Z Nation Lab

Z Nation Lab is an accelerator and venture capital firm based in Cupertino, California, with an additional office in Mumbai, India. Established in April 2016, the firm specializes in seed and series A investments, focusing on early-stage startups within sectors such as IoT, smart cities, banking and finance, media and entertainment, healthcare, real estate, and public services. Z Nation Lab typically invests between $0.05 million and $0.25 million, acquiring an equity stake of eight to twelve percent. Beyond financial support, the firm provides co-working space and collaborates closely with founders to guide them in strategic business decisions, scaling technologies, team building, and navigating market opportunities. Leveraging its strong connections within the Silicon Valley startup ecosystem, Z Nation Lab aims to facilitate the growth and funding of innovative companies in the United States and globally.

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TruNativ

Seed Round in 2024
TruNativ is a nutrition company focused on developing and marketing clean-label, healthy food and beverage products that are nutritionally complete. It operates an online marketplace that provides conveniently packaged items with minimal processing, ensuring that the natural goodness of the ingredients is preserved while also minimizing environmental impact. TruNativ aims to offer customers access to tested food products that deliver balanced nutrition, supporting their fitness goals at reasonable prices.

Delightree

Venture Round in 2024
Delightree is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2019 that specializes in developing a comprehensive franchising technology platform tailored for emerging franchise businesses. The platform offers a range of tools designed to simplify the process of opening and managing franchise locations. Its features include task management and tracking, operational automation, and tools for enhancing team communication and engagement. This enables franchisees to efficiently create, assign, and monitor tasks across various employees and locations. By streamlining onboarding and training, Delightree facilitates faster location launches and helps franchises maintain consistency in customer experiences. The company's innovative approach supports franchise growth while preserving brand integrity.

SuperK

Series A in 2024
SuperK is a tech-driven platform focused on empowering local entrepreneurs to establish and operate mini supermarkets. By providing essential tools and resources, SuperK facilitates the rebranding of small retail stores, allowing them to compete more effectively in the grocery sector. The company offers a comprehensive suite of services, including procurement, technology systems, operational intelligence, and marketing support, which enhance the efficiency and customer experience of these convenience stores. This innovative approach enables local business owners to respond to the increasing demand for accessible grocery options within their communities while promoting sustainable business growth. Through its platform, SuperK helps entrepreneurs optimize their operations and expand their product offerings, ultimately fostering a stronger, neighborhood-oriented retail environment.

Dili

Seed Round in 2024
Dili is an artificial intelligence-powered platform designed to enhance the efficiency of deal teams in private equity and growth-stage venture capital firms during the due diligence process. By automating significant aspects of due diligence, Dili allows firms to complete more transactions in a shorter timeframe. The platform also provides features such as automated data visualization, financial analysis, and the generation of presentation outputs, which help users identify asset-liability mismatches and legal clauses. This combination of tools enables businesses to increase productivity while minimizing the risk of misconduct.

WickedGud

Seed Round in 2024
WickedGud is to make eating guilt-free, and change the way the world consumes comfort foods for the better by using indigenous, high nutrition ingredients. WickedGud is an online store that offers nutritious snacks from pizza to noodles. It creates a habitual indulgence made from nutrition-rich ingredients that are plant-based and have no preservatives. WickedGud bridges the gap between tasty junk food and boring healthy food. It has no artificial colours, pro prortein and nutritious.

Deasie

Seed Round in 2023
Deasie is a startup that creates tools to give businesses more control over text-generating AI models.

Autocracy Machinery

Seed Round in 2023
Autocracy Machinery is a manufacturing company specializing in the production of customized machinery and attachments for the construction, agricultural, and infrastructure sectors. The company focuses on leveraging technology to enhance efficiency and accessibility for farmers and contractors. Its products are designed to optimize performance and maintenance, offering both on-site and off-site service support.

Autocracy Machinery

Seed Round in 2023
Autocracy Machinery is a manufacturing company specializing in the production of customized machinery and attachments for the construction, agricultural, and infrastructure sectors. The company focuses on leveraging technology to enhance efficiency and accessibility for farmers and contractors. Its products are designed to optimize performance and maintenance, offering both on-site and off-site service support.

Envelope Money

Seed Round in 2023
Envelope Money is a technology company that specializes in developing a comprehensive mobile banking platform. This platform is designed to help users manage their family finances by offering a range of features, including flexible budgeting tools, virtual and physical cards, secure account controls, joint accounts, and advanced spending tracking capabilities. The platform aims to simplify financial management, enabling users to efficiently allocate funds, monitor expenses, and work towards achieving their financial goals.

Decoda Health

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Decoda Health operates a conversational AI technology company that streamlines healthcare payment management. Its platform reads electronic health records, automatically assigns billing codes to clinician notes, and facilitates patient payment discussions, aiming to reduce administrative burden, claim denials, and enhance compliance, while maintaining patient respect and understanding.

RevSure.AI

Seed Round in 2023
RevSure.AI provides AI-powered, full-funnel sales software and a pipeline readiness platform that helps B2B SaaS enterprises reduce uncertainty around revenue growth. The company, founded in 2022, specializes in analytics, artificial intelligence, machine learning, customer engagement, marketing, and sales platforms. Its platform aligns marketing, business development, sales, revenue, and customer success to improve pipeline visibility and go-to-market coordination. By delivering predictive intelligence and actionable insights across the entire pipeline, RevSure.AI aims to improve marketing and sales investments, increase qualified opportunities, and drive revenue with greater confidence.

Snaptrude

Series A in 2023
Snaptrude is a web-based collaborative 3D building design tool that enhances the architectural design process through real-time collaboration and data insights. The platform allows design teams to work together efficiently on building projects, facilitating multi-user engagement in a shared 3D environment. Snaptrude provides critical feedback on aspects such as budget, compliance, and climate considerations, enabling architects to make informed decisions and promote sustainable building practices. By streamlining the design process, Snaptrude helps teams reduce the time spent on manual design tasks, fostering a more efficient workflow. Its focus on data-driven design aligns with contemporary building information modeling (BIM) approaches, ultimately leading to the creation of more effective and sustainable buildings.

Jasper

Series A in 2022
Jasper is a global enterprise AI marketing company with offices in the US, Australia, and France. It specializes in providing an AI-powered content writing platform designed to assist businesses in overcoming creative blocks and generating original content. The platform uses artificial intelligence technology to automate the writing of blog articles, social media posts, and marketing emails, helping businesses maintain their brand image while avoiding copywriting issues. Jasper's solutions drive increased brand consistency, efficiency, and personalization at scale for innovative companies worldwide.

Knight FinTech

Venture Round in 2022
Knight FinTech is a banking technology company that specializes in providing comprehensive banking solutions focused on co-lending, lending, and treasury services. Utilizing advanced technologies, Knight FinTech offers cloud-first and API-driven solutions designed to address complex banking challenges. The company’s suite of banking infrastructure solutions integrates seamlessly with existing legacy systems, enhancing process efficiency, automation, and scalability while maintaining affordability. Knight FinTech serves over 80 financial institutions, including more than 15 large financial entities, and has established a significant presence in the Indian banking industry. Headquartered in Mumbai and Singapore, with ten offices across four states, Knight FinTech is supported by prominent domestic and international investors. The company also develops a financial advisory platform that leverages artificial intelligence to analyze data and optimize investment portfolios, helping users achieve their financial goals.

Lal10

Seed Round in 2022
Lal10 is a technology-driven business facilitating cross-border wholesale trade for micro, small, and medium manufacturing enterprises (MSMEs) in India. It operates a B2B marketplace platform that connects these MSMEs, primarily engaged in apparel, home furnishings, and decor product manufacturing, with global buyers. Lal10's unique value proposition lies in its ability to digitize physical inventories using its Karigar application, making them accessible for requests for quotations (RFQs) on its global platform. As of now, Lal10 has onboarded over 30,000 SKUs and is the largest vertical platform for MSMEs in India catering to cross-border wholesale trade. The company targets small and medium-sized buyers in markets like the US, UK, and Middle East, providing them affordable sourcing options along with contemporary design curation and assortment of products. Lal10's innovative technology-led solutions aim to disrupt traditional sales channels and create an efficient alternative for both local manufacturers and global buyers.

GMetri

Seed Round in 2021
GMetri Inc. is a Bengaluru-based company established in 2017 that specializes in creating an online platform for businesses to develop, share, and monitor immersive training modules, online stores, product showcases, and virtual experiences. The platform offers tools for authoring, deploying, and analyzing solutions in Virtual, Mixed, and Augmented Reality. GMetri's services are particularly beneficial for online retail, allowing customers to enjoy a comprehensive view of personalized retail environments tailored to their preferences, based on historical data. The platform enhances user engagement and retention through spatial recognition and gamification, while also providing an analytics toolkit that tracks user interactions within the immersive experience. GMetri caters to various sectors, including automotive, retail, and real estate, by offering customized XR solutions and content development services. Its no-code, cloud-based authoring tool enables enterprises to create and deploy Spatial Interactive Learning and Retail experiences seamlessly across all devices.

Lokal

Series A in 2021
Lokal is a news platform focused on delivering local news and information to Indian communities. It aggregates and publishes a wide range of content, including news on politics, sports, education, and entertainment, as well as government job notifications and classifieds such as job and matrimonial ads. The platform aims to provide authentic and relevant news in native languages, helping readers stay informed about current affairs and issues that affect their local towns and cities. Through its comprehensive approach, Lokal serves as a vital resource for individuals seeking localized content and services.

BeeHero

Series A in 2021
BeeHero develops a beehive technology platform that aims to increase crop yields by enhancing pollination. The platform combines artificial intelligence, machine learning, and in-hive sensors to collect data and optimize pollination during peak cycles, helping farmers protect hives from colony collapse and maximize pollination efficiency for growers worldwide. Founded in 2017, the company operates from Tel Aviv and Silicon Valley and focuses on providing data-driven insights and automation to support pollination across agricultural environments.

FamPay

Series A in 2021
FamPay Solutions Private Limited is a Bengaluru-based company that provides a digital payment application specifically designed for teenagers and their families. Incorporated in 2019, FamPay enables minors to conduct various payment activities, including UPI, peer-to-peer (P2P) transactions, and card payments, without requiring a traditional bank account. The application allows parents to send money to their children, who can then spend it securely at online and in-store merchants under parental supervision. By focusing on the unique needs of younger users, FamPay aims to create a seamless and enjoyable payment experience for teenagers while ensuring financial safety and accountability.

Odeko

Series A in 2020
Odeko, Inc. is a software company that specializes in inventory and supply chain management solutions tailored for coffee retailers, including cafes and bakeries. Founded in 2019 and based in New York, Odeko’s platform provides tools for inventory tracking, order fulfillment, and customer engagement, helping small business owners streamline their operations. The software utilizes data analytics and artificial intelligence to analyze sales trends and create automated ordering models, which assist retailers in reducing waste and increasing sales. By integrating with various payment systems and delivery services, Odeko enhances the operational efficiency of its clients, enabling them to compete effectively in the market.

Observe.AI

Series A in 2019
Observe.AI specializes in enhancing contact center performance through advanced conversation intelligence powered by artificial intelligence. The company’s innovative engine analyzes customer interactions across various channels, including voice, email, and chat, to deliver actionable insights. By providing a comprehensive understanding of customer touchpoints, Observe.AI helps businesses improve sales conversion rates and customer retention. The platform offers real-time insights and coaching, enabling frontline teams to maximize their performance and streamline workflows. Leading organizations, such as Bill.com, Public Storage, and Accolade, collaborate with Observe.AI to drive significant improvements in their operations and outcomes.

Cloosiv

Seed Round in 2019
Cloosiv is a mobile ordering platform designed to facilitate pre-orders for independent coffee shops. The application enables users to bypass long lines by allowing them to place orders with a simple tap, showcasing nearby coffee shops and offering preset menus along with customizable drink options. Once an order is placed, it is prepared for quick pickup, enhancing convenience for customers on the go. Additionally, Cloosiv's platform assists coffee shops in promoting their products and fostering customer loyalty through rewards, ultimately benefiting both consumers and local businesses.

Lokal

Seed Round in 2019
Lokal is a news platform focused on delivering local news and information to Indian communities. It aggregates and publishes a wide range of content, including news on politics, sports, education, and entertainment, as well as government job notifications and classifieds such as job and matrimonial ads. The platform aims to provide authentic and relevant news in native languages, helping readers stay informed about current affairs and issues that affect their local towns and cities. Through its comprehensive approach, Lokal serves as a vital resource for individuals seeking localized content and services.

Khabri

Seed Round in 2019
Khabri, Inc. is a digital audio platform specializing in vernacular content, enabling users to access short news clips recorded by professional voiceover artists. Founded in 2016 by Aankit Roy, Pulkit Sharma, and Sandeep Singh, the company is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, with origins in Haryana, India. Khabri's application allows content creators to establish channels and programs tailored for vernacular audiences, thereby reaching millions of listeners both in India and abroad. Additionally, the platform supports offline listening, making it possible for users to engage with local news in various languages without the need for an internet connection.

Keynua

Seed Round in 2019
Keynua is a Peruvian company founded in 2019 that specializes in developing e-signature solutions combined with identity verification services tailored for the Latin American market. Headquartered in Lima, the company offers a unique platform that utilizes innovative 3-second video signatures, enabling users to identify signatories, validate transactions, and approve documents securely. This technology reduces the burden of traditional identity verification processes while enhancing protection against fraud, making it an effective tool for various business applications. Keynua's focus on streamlined and secure digital signatures addresses the growing demand for efficient and reliable identification methods in the region.

Officepulse

Seed Round in 2018
Officepulse develops an op-tech platform that automates and consolidates the procurement of office assets and consumables. It covers housekeeping, pantry, stationery, IT, facility goods, office furniture, and printing, enabling organizations to simplify purchasing, reduce manual effort, and improve productivity. By streamlining spend and automation, the company helps businesses shift focus from low-value tail spend to high-value, critical expenditures, delivering greater efficiency and spend visibility across operations.

sumHR

Seed Round in 2018
sumHR is a modern Human Resource Management Software designed to assist startups and small to medium-sized enterprises in optimizing their HR and payroll processes. The software aims to simplify the work of HR professionals by automating various functions, reducing reliance on error-prone spreadsheets, and minimizing paperwork. It incorporates features such as employee payroll processing, attendance monitoring, performance management, and leave tracking, enabling HR departments to implement automated tasks that streamline operations and enhance productivity. By leveraging insights from contemporary HR practices, sumHR provides a cloud-based solution that allows organizations to focus more on strategic activities rather than tedious manual processes.

UBITS

Seed Round in 2018
UBITS is an online learning platform focused on employee training in Latin America. It provides a subscription-based service that grants access to a variety of educational resources, including virtual learning sessions, e-learning materials, video tutorials, and live workshops. This platform is designed to assist human resources managers in streamlining and automating corporate training processes, ultimately enhancing employee performance. By prioritizing education, UBITS aims to empower individuals and organizations across the region.

Xplorabox

Seed Round in 2018
Xplorabox is as an educational subscription ecommerce startup designed to engage children in activity-based learning programmes. It focuses mainly on children aged between two and ten, and aims to promote ‘Learning Through Fun’ with its innovative products, fun stories, and educational activities each of their boxes.

Savvy

Seed Round in 2018
Savvy is a technology company founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. It specializes in developing a no-code platform aimed at improving customer management processes. The platform integrates various cloud applications, allowing businesses to consolidate their customer data into a single view. By securely importing contacts from customer relationship management systems, Savvy enables users to search and access this information across multiple work applications. This functionality helps organizations stay informed and up-to-date about their customers, streamlining workflows and enhancing overall efficiency.

ZiffyHomes

Seed Round in 2018
ZiffyHomes, established in 2015 by Sanchal Ranjan and Saurabh Kumar, operates as a tech-driven home rental marketplace. It facilitates long-term rentals of fully furnished individual rooms directly from owners to tenants, eliminating the need for maintenance concerns or brokerage fees. The platform offers online rent payment convenience and the flexibility to switch between its homes, streamlining the entire housing experience.

ZiffyHomes

Seed Round in 2018
ZiffyHomes, established in 2015 by Sanchal Ranjan and Saurabh Kumar, operates as a tech-driven home rental marketplace. It facilitates long-term rentals of fully furnished individual rooms directly from owners to tenants, eliminating the need for maintenance concerns or brokerage fees. The platform offers online rent payment convenience and the flexibility to switch between its homes, streamlining the entire housing experience.

Spacifii

Seed Round in 2018
Spacifii offers one stop home interior solutions. Spacifii helps home owners innovate and curate their living space at the best value for money. It provides a 3D walkthrough to help home owners visualize the result. Founded on 2017, Spacifii has a passionate design and tech heads with years of experience, driven by a single-minded mission to simplify the process of transforming homes. It is headquartered in Mumbai, India.

Voicery

Seed Round in 2018
Voicery is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in developing advanced speech synthesis systems for various applications, including audiobooks, podcasts, television dubbing, and video game characters. Utilizing deep neural networks and artificial intelligence, Voicery creates highly realistic synthetic voices tailored for brands, aiming to produce speech that is nearly indistinguishable from human voices. The company offers a range of voice types and accents, along with customizable audio features that allow for adjustments in emotion, emphasis, and pacing. Their technology supports clients in generating new voices and training their systems on multiple voice profiles simultaneously, thereby facilitating enhanced text-to-speech services and enabling innovative media experiences.

Mirror Emoji Keyboard

Seed Round in 2018
Mirror uses a single selfie to instantly create hundreds of emoji that look like you and your friends. You can then use these in all messengers.

Proven Skincare

Seed Round in 2018
Proven Skincare develops skincare products intended to allow customers to design and personalize products that fit their lifestyles. The company uses an artificial intelligence system that analyzes the skin conditions of customers, and allows for product customization down to the individual ingredient, enabling consumers to access a personalized skincare regiment that will work specifically for them.

QuantMagnum

Seed Round in 2018
QuantMagnum Technologies operates IndoInvesting, an online wealth management platform that provides AI-driven automated investment solutions. The company focuses on helping clients manage their investments and achieve their financial goals through a comprehensive investment platform. By offering a Wealth Management Solution (WMS) tailored for financial intermediaries, QuantMagnum aims to streamline the investment process and enhance the overall client experience. Through its innovative technology and user-friendly interface, the platform supports clients in tracking their investments effectively.

Proof

Seed Round in 2018
Proof Experiences enables your marketing team to personalize your website for each visitor without writing a single line of code. The company enables your marketing team to personalize text, images, and CTAs no matter what platform your site is built on. Proof was established on March 15, 2017 by Chris Hull, Dave Rogenmoser, and John Philip Morgan in Austin, Texas.

Hotify

Seed Round in 2018
Hotify Inc. is a software company specializing in artificial intelligence (AI) cloud-based enterprise solutions. Founded in 2018 and based in Santa Clara, California, Hotify develops its offerings through its AI platform as a service, branded as NuGene. This platform enables the rapid development and deployment of enterprise AI applications within a 24-hour cycle, focusing on areas such as enterprise risk management, knowledge discovery, demand forecasting, process automation, customer intelligence, and predictive maintenance. Hotify employs a proprietary strategy that utilizes granular robotic process automation (RPA) bots, allowing it to deliver AI solutions that are faster, more accurate, and cost-effective compared to traditional cloud offerings. Additionally, the company's technology processes real-time digital content, helping users receive timely and relevant information across multiple touchpoints. As of April 2019, Hotify operates as a subsidiary of Sonasoft Corp.

Playbook

Seed Round in 2018
Playbook is a social network that puts the world's students in touch. It is comprised of a community of college students (and some recent grads) around the world who want to get offline and hang out in person. Originally built in a dorm room as a single Excel spreadsheet four years ago, Playbook today is a community of students from over 220 universities using the platform in over 125 countries. Playbook is built in hopes of creating a community where it’s okay to reach out, meet new people, and assume best intentions with new friends while also keeping in touch with old ones.

ONN

Seed Round in 2017
ONN Bikes is a self-drive bike rental platform focused on providing an accessible and convenient alternative for travel through bike rentals. The company offers a diverse range of two-wheelers, including non-geared scooters and high-end motorbikes, available for hire on an hourly, daily, or weekly basis. With a commitment to affordability, ONN Bikes aims to enhance the biking experience by ensuring a streamlined rental process, which includes a 40-minute delivery guarantee. Customers can also drop off bikes at any location, simplifying the rental experience and addressing common logistical challenges.

SMATSUITE

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Building AI driven SaaS products to help businesses with their sales and marketing automation. SmatBot (www.smatbot.com) AI-Driven Conversational Chatbot For Lead Generation, Live Chat Support, Interactive Landing Pages & Many More. Social Media AI Assistant To Help Find Content, Schedule Posts, Engage With Your Audience & Analyze Your Activity.

Get Parking

Seed Round in 2017
Get Parking is a company focused on addressing the challenges of disorganized parking, congestion, and parking violations through innovative technology. It has developed a smart parking assistant application that leverages Internet of Things (IoT), computer vision, and deep learning to help users locate and manage parking spaces more efficiently. The company aims to enhance the parking experience by providing solutions that reduce fuel emissions and improve overall traffic flow. Additionally, Get Parking offers an online inquiry form on its website to assist users with their parking needs.

ScoutMyTrip

Seed Round in 2017
ScoutMyTrip is an AI-powered road trip planning platform that assists travelers in creating customized itineraries across India. The platform provides a comprehensive selection of points of interest, routes, and accommodations, allowing users to tailor their travel experiences to their preferences. Additionally, ScoutMyTrip connects travelers with expert advisors, known as Scouts, who offer personalized assistance for a fee, helping customers refine their trip plans. By fostering a community for travelers to share and discover experiences, ScoutMyTrip enhances the overall journey, making road trips more accessible and enjoyable.

SMATSUITE

Seed Round in 2016
Building AI driven SaaS products to help businesses with their sales and marketing automation. SmatBot (www.smatbot.com) AI-Driven Conversational Chatbot For Lead Generation, Live Chat Support, Interactive Landing Pages & Many More. Social Media AI Assistant To Help Find Content, Schedule Posts, Engage With Your Audience & Analyze Your Activity.

VideoVerse

Seed Round in 2016
VideoVerse is a video technology company that offers an ecosystem of advanced video editing tools powered by artificial intelligence. It aims to empower both enterprise and individual content creators through its innovative platform. VideoVerse utilizes cutting-edge machine learning technology to analyze live content and generate real-time video highlights, ensuring that users can effectively capture and maximize key moments. Among its flagship products are Magnifi, a cloud-agnostic platform designed for real-time video analysis and highlight generation, and Illusto, a user-friendly web browser-based video editing tool. Through these offerings, VideoVerse enhances the video creation process, making it accessible and efficient for a diverse range of creators.
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