8VC is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, with additional presence in San Francisco. The firm focuses on investing in transformative technologies across various sectors, including healthcare, logistics, IT infrastructure, biology, and government and defense. 8VC aims to partner with founders to drive innovation and create long-term economic and societal value. The firm is dedicated to enabling industry transformation by investing in emerging platforms that have the potential to replace outdated technology infrastructures, thereby fostering greater innovation and global prosperity. As a Registered Investment Adviser, 8VC is committed to its mission of supporting companies that can significantly impact their respective industries.
Sirona Medical, Inc. is a technology company that has developed a cloud-native diagnostic engine tailored for radiologists. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Sirona aims to revolutionize the field of radiology by providing a unified platform that integrates various essential tools, including a universal worklist, viewer, reporter, and AI capabilities. This innovative system simplifies complex workflows, enhances productivity, and allows practitioners to focus on patient care rather than administrative tasks. By streamlining operations and incorporating advanced AI technologies, Sirona empowers radiologists to work more efficiently and effectively, enabling them to deliver better and faster healthcare services.
hotglue
Seed Round in 2024
Hotglue is a cloud-based data integration software that allows developers to embed native software as a service (SaaS) integrations into their applications quickly and efficiently. By incorporating Hotglue into their web apps, developers can offer customers seamless connections to third-party SaaS applications without disrupting their user experience. The platform features tools for customer onboarding, job management, and embeddable widgets, enabling the creation of data integration pipelines in minutes rather than months. Additionally, Hotglue provides an open-source library of connectors, allowing developers to expand integration options without extensive development resources. This approach not only enhances the user experience but also ensures that developers maintain control over data management and integration costs.
Default
Seed Round in 2024
Default is an all-in-one platform focused on inbound lead qualification, scheduling, and routing. Established in 2020 and based in San Francisco, California, Default provides businesses with tools to capture and qualify leads directly from their websites. The platform features low-code marketing forms that display lead information immediately upon submission, allowing for efficient meeting scheduling and lead routing to the appropriate sales representatives. This automation streamlines workflows and equips sales leaders with valuable insights to enhance their lead qualification processes.
Vercel
Series E in 2024
Vercel Inc. is a cloud platform company that specializes in on-demand deployment and hosting services for frontend applications. Established in 2015 and based in Walnut, California, Vercel provides solutions for developing, previewing, and shipping Jamstack sites, enhancing the deployment process for developers. The platform integrates with popular version control systems, such as GitHub, Bitbucket, and GitLab, allowing for automatic project deployment from pull requests and merge requests. Vercel's infrastructure supports the hosting of static websites and serverless functions, optimizing performance through a content delivery network. Formerly known as ZEIT, Inc., the company rebranded to Vercel in April 2020, reflecting its focus on streamlining the development and deployment experience for frontend teams.
ClearFeed
Seed Round in 2023
ClearFeed is a platform designed to enhance service desk operations within Slack by leveraging artificial intelligence. It consolidates multiple service desks into a unified queue, simplifying the management and prioritization of incoming requests for responders. The platform monitors inquiries and escalates urgent issues while providing service level metrics and insights into customer interactions. By detecting SLA breaches, ClearFeed ensures timely responses to requests, allowing service desk teams to maintain high-quality customer support. Responders can easily update request statuses, assign ownership, and manage the closure of requests, ultimately improving overall efficiency and productivity in addressing customer needs.
Middleware
Seed Round in 2023
Middleware is the unified cloud-native observability and monitoring platform for DevOps, engineers, IT operations teams, and business users in the cloud age. Businesses of all sizes use our platform. We offer a complete view to our clients of their technology stack so you can monitor and diagnose issues.
Nile
Series C in 2023
Nile is disrupting the enterprise network market by modernizing IT operations with a new AI networking architecture, delivering enterprise networks entirely as a service. For the first time in the industry, its Nile Access Service integrates zero trust security and offers performance guarantees. With Nile, IT organizations close the gap between their digital aspirations and legacy realities, reduce their total cost of ownership by more than 60%, and recover critical IT resources while their users gain superior connectivity. For more information, visit nilesecure.com/journey.
Aktos
Seed Round in 2023
Aktos is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) company that specializes in providing advanced collection software for debt collection agencies. The company aims to enhance the accounts receivable management (ARM) industry by developing an operating system that streamlines interactions between creditors, agencies, and borrowers. Its platform enables debt collection agencies to operate more efficiently and in compliance with regulations, ultimately improving the collection and recovery processes for all parties involved.
DataHub
Series A in 2023
DataHub Core is the #1 open source platform with a uniquely scalable and extensible metadata graph supporting manual and automated data management. DataHub Cloud is an enterprise-ready SaaS solution providing a fully-managed service of DataHub Core with additional AI-powered capabilities in discovery, observability, and governance to accelerate production-readiness of AI and data assets.
Tome
Series B in 2023
Tome is a company that transforms the sales process for teams by utilizing custom language models to enhance productivity at every stage of sales. The platform aids sales representatives in building qualified pipelines through detailed account research, value hypotheses, and automated outreach. It accelerates existing sales efforts by providing automated call summaries, updated account plans, CRM synchronization, and auto-generated marketing collateral. Additionally, Tome offers insights that help optimize sales strategies, enabling teams to identify effective messaging and features that lead to quicker, larger deals. By streamlining repetitive tasks, Tome allows account executives to focus more on customer interactions, while sales leaders benefit from improved pipeline quality and deal closure rates. Revenue operations leaders can trust that their systems are functioning efficiently, maximizing the potential of their sales processes.
Ushur
Series C in 2023
Ushur, Inc. is a cloud-based automation platform that specializes in enhancing customer engagement through automated service workflows and conversational interfaces. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with an office in Bengaluru, India, Ushur offers a range of intelligent automation solutions. These include the Ushur Virtual Customer Assistant, which automates proactive communications with customers across various channels, and Ushur SmartMail, designed for efficient processing of high volumes of emails from customers, agents, and brokers. The Ushur Flowbuilder is a no-code web-based tool that allows teams to create and manage digital customer engagements, thereby improving business agility and the overall customer experience. By integrating technologies such as Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and Language Intelligence Service Architecture (LISA), Ushur streamlines processes in sectors such as insurance, finance, telecommunications, and customer service, facilitating faster claims processing, customer support, and billing.
Jacobi
Series A in 2022
Jacobi is a next-generation intelligence platform for investment managers to customize and scale multi-asset portfolio design. Its risk and portfolio-construction tools enable practitioners to work and communicate through intuitive storyboards. Built with a multi-asset focus, their platform facilitates the transfer of manager insights, generating better investment ideas and deeper levels of engagement between an investment manager and client. Jacobi was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Rephrase.ai
Series A in 2022
Rephrase.ai specializes in an AI-powered video creation technology that transforms text into animated videos featuring realistic facial representations of individuals. This innovative approach employs generative AI to analyze and learn the facial features of specific people in relation to spoken audio, allowing the system to create photorealistic visuals for any new text or audio input. The platform serves a variety of applications, enabling clients to produce training videos, personalize sales presentations, animate characters in augmented and virtual reality, and provide a visual identity for digital assistants. Through its advanced technology, Rephrase.ai enhances the way organizations communicate and engage with their audiences.
ClearFeed
Seed Round in 2022
ClearFeed is a platform designed to enhance service desk operations within Slack by leveraging artificial intelligence. It consolidates multiple service desks into a unified queue, simplifying the management and prioritization of incoming requests for responders. The platform monitors inquiries and escalates urgent issues while providing service level metrics and insights into customer interactions. By detecting SLA breaches, ClearFeed ensures timely responses to requests, allowing service desk teams to maintain high-quality customer support. Responders can easily update request statuses, assign ownership, and manage the closure of requests, ultimately improving overall efficiency and productivity in addressing customer needs.
Candid Health
Series A in 2022
Candid Health is a platform that automates revenue cycle management for healthcare providers, facilitating efficient tracking of claims and management of billing processes. Utilizing machine learning and artificial intelligence, the platform streamlines medical billing, coding, and claims processing, thereby reducing administrative burdens and enhancing operational efficiency. By offering end-to-end automation, Candid Health optimizes financial operations for clinics and hospitals, allowing healthcare providers to concentrate on delivering quality, affordable, and accessible care while ensuring faster service reimbursement. The platform seamlessly integrates with existing systems, providing modern tools that simplify the complexities of medical billing and improve overall patient experiences.
Socotra
Series C in 2022
Socotra, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in providing a cloud-based platform tailored for the insurance industry. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Socotra offers a comprehensive software solution that facilitates various aspects of insurance operations, including policy administration, underwriting, claims management, and billing. Its platform is designed to support both property and casualty as well as life insurance businesses globally. By utilizing modern technologies, Socotra aims to enhance the efficiency and agility of insurers, allowing them to develop and distribute products more effectively. The platform's features include standardized public APIs and a product-agnostic data model, enabling insurance companies to manage the entire policy lifecycle while fostering innovation and improving customer experiences.
Pair Team
Seed Round in 2021
Pair Team focuses on enhancing primary care infrastructure for vulnerable communities, particularly those served by safety-net systems, Medicaid, and Medicare patients. As a tech-enabled care team, it extends the capabilities of clinical staff by offering personalized, high-touch care experiences. The organization addresses various barriers to healthcare, including transportation issues, housing and food insecurity, and limited mobile access. Pair Team employs a dedicated care team consisting of community health workers, registered nurses, and behavioral health clinicians to deliver comprehensive support tailored to the needs of low-income individuals. Additionally, the company is developing a care delivery platform designed to implement clinical best practices, integrate services with community-based organizations, and streamline administrative tasks, allowing clinicians to dedicate more time to patient care.
Sirona
Series B in 2021
Sirona Medical, Inc. is a technology company that has developed a cloud-native diagnostic engine tailored for radiologists. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Sirona aims to revolutionize the field of radiology by providing a unified platform that integrates various essential tools, including a universal worklist, viewer, reporter, and AI capabilities. This innovative system simplifies complex workflows, enhances productivity, and allows practitioners to focus on patient care rather than administrative tasks. By streamlining operations and incorporating advanced AI technologies, Sirona empowers radiologists to work more efficiently and effectively, enabling them to deliver better and faster healthcare services.
Yugabyte
Series C in 2021
Yugabyte, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing open-source cloud-native database software designed for internet-scale applications. The company's flagship product, YugabyteDB, is a high-performance distributed SQL database that supports global applications, accommodating both scale-out relational database management system (RDBMS) and online transaction processing (OLTP) workloads. YugabyteDB features a combination of advanced capabilities, including automatic sharding, distributed consensus replication, and multi-shard ACID transactions, drawing inspiration from Google's Spanner. Yugabyte offers various deployment options, including Yugabyte Platform, a self-managed database-as-a-service, and Yugabyte Cloud, a fully-managed service available on major cloud platforms. The company also provides two editions of its software: the open-source YugaByte Community Edition for individual users and the YugaByte Enterprise Edition for corporate clients. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Yugabyte aims to deliver a resilient and scalable database solution for modern applications.
Karat
Series C in 2021
Karat Inc. specializes in technical interviewing software designed to assist organizations in hiring software engineers. Founded in 2016 and based in Seattle, Washington, Karat offers a platform that enables the recording of technical interviews, captures candidates' coding abilities, structures feedback, and generates recommendations for hiring teams. Through its network of interview engineers and a purpose-built interviewing infrastructure, Karat aims to address the global shortage of software engineers by expanding hiring capacity and improving the quality of engineering talent. The platform also focuses on reducing pedigree bias and increasing access to underrepresented candidates in the tech industry, thereby fostering a more diverse talent pool.
Examedi
Seed Round in 2021
Examedi is a healthcare startup that provides nurse and lab technician services directly at patients' homes for appointments. Examedi connects the availabilities of healthcare providers with patients.
Rootly
Seed Round in 2021
Rootly is an incident management platform that utilizes a Slackbot to streamline the resolution of incidents for companies. By automating manual administrative tasks, Rootly addresses the challenges engineers face during incidents, thereby enhancing clarity and efficiency. The platform features tools such as handoff alerts, automated run books, status pages, and a service catalog, which collectively help organizations save costs and gain insights to prevent future incidents. With implementation taking less than five minutes, Rootly serves as a practical solution that mitigates the burden of in-house incident management, ultimately preserving developer productivity and reducing potential revenue losses.
DataHub
Seed Round in 2021
DataHub Core is the #1 open source platform with a uniquely scalable and extensible metadata graph supporting manual and automated data management. DataHub Cloud is an enterprise-ready SaaS solution providing a fully-managed service of DataHub Core with additional AI-powered capabilities in discovery, observability, and governance to accelerate production-readiness of AI and data assets.
FreightWaves
Private Equity Round in 2021
FreightWaves is a data and content forum that provides market participants with near-time analytics on the state of the freight market. The company offers current digital intelligence and context to the freight community on a central platform. The company's SaaS product, SONAR, is a freight market analytics tool and dashboard, aggregating billions of data points from hundreds of sources to provide the fastest data in the transportation and logistics sector. The platform is mode agnostic and has time-series and geo-based data from all modes of freight, including truck, rail, ocean, air, and warehouse. FreightWaves was founded to provide transparency and risk-management products to the freight markets. As a provider of aggregated data-sets across the North American freight markets, FreightWaves' SaaS platform helps companies take action based on the signals in the market.
Unstruk Data
Seed Round in 2021
Unstruk Data was started on the premise that expert domain knowledge is being lost at an alarming rate, as employees leave and projects end. For companies that manage and track real-world assets, as the volume of their acquired spatial and unstructured data rises, the amount of hidden or "dark" data increases even more rapidly. Unstruk offers a full-stack knowledge platform which leverages no-code machine learning and a user-friendly spatial data analytics interface. With the Unstruk Data Portal, geo-enabled businesses can catalog, correlate and search their video, audio, 3D point clouds, shape files, orthographic images, PDFs, emails (and more) - to make data-driven decisions more easily and without coding required. Data can be further enriched and correlated via external integrations with ESRI ArcGIS, satellite imagery providers, databases and other API-based services.
DocStation
Seed Round in 2021
DocStation, Inc. is a cloud-based patient care platform designed for pharmacists, incorporated in 2017 and headquartered in Austin, Texas. The platform connects payers and pharmacists to facilitate value-based programs, aiming to reduce healthcare costs while enhancing patient outcomes. With over 500 providers collaborating with innovative health plans, DocStation equips pharmacists with tools that streamline patient management. Its comprehensive dashboard allows for the maintenance of current diagnoses, medications, immunizations, and allergies, while also facilitating the creation of care plans, monitoring adherence, and scheduling follow-ups. By enabling real-time connections between pharmacists and patients, DocStation supports a shift towards value-based care in the pharmacy sector.
Polly
Series A in 2021
PollyEx, Inc. operates a loan trading platform focused on the mortgage capital markets, facilitating transactions between buyers and sellers of mortgage loans. Founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, California, PollyEx enhances loan sale execution through its cloud-based platform, which integrates with buyers and sellers via API, thereby increasing liquidity and automating various functions within capital markets. The platform aims to provide pricing transparency and improve operational efficiency for lenders, enabling them to make informed decisions throughout the lifecycle of a loan.
Deliverr
Convertible Note in 2021
Deliverr, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in order fulfillment services for e-commerce retailers. The company provides shipping solutions designed to help online businesses meet shipping standards and avoid penalties associated with late shipments. By leveraging machine learning and predictive intelligence, Deliverr's platform enables sellers to offer various shipping options and access services such as warehousing, order handling, and packaging. This tech-enabled approach allows sellers of all sizes to fulfill orders efficiently, improve customer satisfaction, and expand their market reach through fast and cost-effective fulfillment solutions.
Deliverr
Series D in 2021
Deliverr, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in order fulfillment services for e-commerce retailers. The company provides shipping solutions designed to help online businesses meet shipping standards and avoid penalties associated with late shipments. By leveraging machine learning and predictive intelligence, Deliverr's platform enables sellers to offer various shipping options and access services such as warehousing, order handling, and packaging. This tech-enabled approach allows sellers of all sizes to fulfill orders efficiently, improve customer satisfaction, and expand their market reach through fast and cost-effective fulfillment solutions.
Yugabyte
Series B in 2021
Yugabyte, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing open-source cloud-native database software designed for internet-scale applications. The company's flagship product, YugabyteDB, is a high-performance distributed SQL database that supports global applications, accommodating both scale-out relational database management system (RDBMS) and online transaction processing (OLTP) workloads. YugabyteDB features a combination of advanced capabilities, including automatic sharding, distributed consensus replication, and multi-shard ACID transactions, drawing inspiration from Google's Spanner. Yugabyte offers various deployment options, including Yugabyte Platform, a self-managed database-as-a-service, and Yugabyte Cloud, a fully-managed service available on major cloud platforms. The company also provides two editions of its software: the open-source YugaByte Community Edition for individual users and the YugaByte Enterprise Edition for corporate clients. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Yugabyte aims to deliver a resilient and scalable database solution for modern applications.
Edgybees
Series A in 2021
Edgybees Ltd. is a technology company based in Palo Alto, California, founded in 2016, that specializes in augmented reality solutions for high-speed applications. Its platform enables real-time, immersive AR experiences for various moving objects, including drones, cars, and wearable devices, by overlaying three-dimensional visuals on live video feeds. This capability is particularly beneficial for sectors such as emergency response, homeland security, real estate, urban planning, and agriculture. The company's offerings include a developer SDK and back-end SaaS services designed to support a wide range of consumer and commercial applications. Edgybees also provides gaming solutions like Droneprix AR and Drone FX, targeting both the entertainment and industrial markets. Co-founded by Menashe Haskin, Adam Kaplan, and Nitay Megides, Edgybees aims to enhance operational effectiveness in military and emergency contexts through its innovative AR technology.
project44
Series D in 2020
Project44, Inc. is a cloud-based visibility platform that enhances supply chain management for shippers and third-party logistics companies. Established in 2014 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with additional offices in cities such as Paris, Amsterdam, and Shanghai, the company offers a suite of solutions that includes pricing, routing, scheduling, tracking, and analytics. Project44's platform manages over 1 billion unique shipments annually for more than 1,300 leading brands across various industries, including manufacturing, automotive, and retail. By connecting and automating key transportation processes, Project44 provides real-time visibility and insights, enabling shippers and carriers to improve predictability, resilience, and sustainability in their operations. Recognized as a market leader, Project44 has received numerous accolades, including being named a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant and achieving high customer satisfaction rankings.
Ushur
Series B in 2020
Ushur, Inc. is a cloud-based automation platform that specializes in enhancing customer engagement through automated service workflows and conversational interfaces. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with an office in Bengaluru, India, Ushur offers a range of intelligent automation solutions. These include the Ushur Virtual Customer Assistant, which automates proactive communications with customers across various channels, and Ushur SmartMail, designed for efficient processing of high volumes of emails from customers, agents, and brokers. The Ushur Flowbuilder is a no-code web-based tool that allows teams to create and manage digital customer engagements, thereby improving business agility and the overall customer experience. By integrating technologies such as Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and Language Intelligence Service Architecture (LISA), Ushur streamlines processes in sectors such as insurance, finance, telecommunications, and customer service, facilitating faster claims processing, customer support, and billing.
Karat
Venture Round in 2020
Karat Inc. specializes in technical interviewing software designed to assist organizations in hiring software engineers. Founded in 2016 and based in Seattle, Washington, Karat offers a platform that enables the recording of technical interviews, captures candidates' coding abilities, structures feedback, and generates recommendations for hiring teams. Through its network of interview engineers and a purpose-built interviewing infrastructure, Karat aims to address the global shortage of software engineers by expanding hiring capacity and improving the quality of engineering talent. The platform also focuses on reducing pedigree bias and increasing access to underrepresented candidates in the tech industry, thereby fostering a more diverse talent pool.
Outrider
Series B in 2020
Outrider, Inc. is a software company that specializes in automating logistics hubs through the use of electric, self-driving trucks. Established in 2017 and based in Golden, Colorado, Outrider provides a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution designed for customer-owned freight and transportation fleets. The company offers a comprehensive system comprised of web-based management software, autonomous driving controls for electric yard trucks, and necessary site infrastructure. Its technology automates various yard operations, including the movement of trailers and the engagement and disengagement of trailer connections, thereby eliminating hazardous and repetitive manual tasks. By focusing on the development of zero-emission systems, Outrider aims to enhance safety and efficiency for large enterprises reliant on logistics.
Sirona
Series A in 2020
Sirona Medical, Inc. is a technology company that has developed a cloud-native diagnostic engine tailored for radiologists. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Sirona aims to revolutionize the field of radiology by providing a unified platform that integrates various essential tools, including a universal worklist, viewer, reporter, and AI capabilities. This innovative system simplifies complex workflows, enhances productivity, and allows practitioners to focus on patient care rather than administrative tasks. By streamlining operations and incorporating advanced AI technologies, Sirona empowers radiologists to work more efficiently and effectively, enabling them to deliver better and faster healthcare services.
Blend
Series F in 2020
Blend is a digital lending platform based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2012 by Erin Collard, Eugene Marinelli, Nima Ghamsari, and Rosco Hill. The company provides a cloud-based software solution that simplifies the application process for mortgages, consumer loans, and deposit accounts. By optimizing the customer journey, Blend enables financial institutions to enhance their services from application to closing. Its platform is utilized by over 285 leading banks, including Wells Fargo and U.S. Bank, facilitating the processing of more than $4 billion in loans daily. The company's offerings include a suite of products that streamline the entire origination process and a Title segment designed to improve the title, settlement, and closing procedures for various mortgage-related products. Blend's focus is on helping lenders acquire more customers, increase productivity, and strengthen customer relationships.
Standard Metrics
Seed Round in 2020
Standard Metrics is an automated financial platform that streamlines data management for investors and startups. By eliminating data silos commonly found in spreadsheets and outdated applications, it provides a centralized system for accessing essential financial metrics and investment information. The platform enables real-time engagement between investors and founders, fostering transparency and facilitating informed decision-making. With automated data collection and comprehensive portfolio management services, Standard Metrics empowers startups to analyze their performance effectively, ultimately aiding in strategic scaling and maximizing returns for investors.
Nylas
Series B in 2020
Nylas, Inc. is a communications platform that allows applications to connect seamlessly with email, calendar, and contact providers. The company's offerings enable developers to create secure, bi-directional synchronization with services such as Gmail, Outlook.com, Microsoft Exchange, Office 365, and IMAP, among others. Nylas facilitates the development of embedded calendar features, supports recurring events, and allows for event creation directly from emails, streamlining enterprise communications. By simplifying the integration of communication data, Nylas empowers businesses to automate routine tasks and enhance user experiences through personalized insights. Founded in 2013 and originally named InboxApp, Nylas is headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in New York and Denver.
Yugabyte
Series B in 2020
Yugabyte, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing open-source cloud-native database software designed for internet-scale applications. The company's flagship product, YugabyteDB, is a high-performance distributed SQL database that supports global applications, accommodating both scale-out relational database management system (RDBMS) and online transaction processing (OLTP) workloads. YugabyteDB features a combination of advanced capabilities, including automatic sharding, distributed consensus replication, and multi-shard ACID transactions, drawing inspiration from Google's Spanner. Yugabyte offers various deployment options, including Yugabyte Platform, a self-managed database-as-a-service, and Yugabyte Cloud, a fully-managed service available on major cloud platforms. The company also provides two editions of its software: the open-source YugaByte Community Edition for individual users and the YugaByte Enterprise Edition for corporate clients. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, Yugabyte aims to deliver a resilient and scalable database solution for modern applications.
Jenfi
Seed Round in 2020
Jenfi is a financial technology company that specializes in providing revenue-based financing and analytics for digital native businesses in Southeast Asia. Founded by Jeffrey Liu and Justin Louie, Jenfi offers a unique asset class known as Growth Capital as a Service (GCaaS), which allows businesses to access non-dilutive capital of up to US$1,000,000 for various growth initiatives, including marketing and inventory management. The company utilizes a proprietary risk assessment engine to evaluate both the creditworthiness of businesses and their marketing growth efficiency, ensuring that financing options are flexible and tailored to meet individual needs. To date, Jenfi has supported hundreds of digital-native companies across various sectors, including B2B and SaaS, helping them scale without the need to give up equity. Prior to founding Jenfi, Liu and Louie successfully built and exited the fitness subscription service GuavaPass.
WellPay
Seed Round in 2020
WellPay, Corp. is a healthcare financial technology company that specializes in developing applications to assist independent medical practices and their patients. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, with additional offices in Raleigh, North Carolina, and Columbia, Maryland, WellPay's platform enables healthcare providers to manage and send bills digitally. It streamlines the billing process by offering real-time reporting and management tools for billers, while also presenting patients with clear, comprehensible medical bills and convenient payment options. The company serves a variety of medical sectors, including urgent care, primary care, anesthesiology, dermatology, radiology, obstetrics, psychiatry, sports rehabilitation, and chiropractic care, aiming to enhance the billing experience for both providers and patients.
Dealpath
Venture Round in 2020
Dealpath, Inc. is a cloud-based software provider specializing in data and collaboration solutions for real estate investment and capital markets. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, with an additional office in New York, the company offers a platform that facilitates pipeline tracking, deal analytics, and collaborative workflows. Its software is utilized by a diverse range of clients, including public real estate investment trusts and private equity real estate firms, which deploy capital for acquiring, developing, and financing various property types. Dealpath's solutions enhance investment management by providing data-driven insights and enabling efficient communication throughout the deal lifecycle. The platform has supported over $10 trillion in transactions and is recognized for its innovative approach within the real estate deal management industry.
Socotra
Series B in 2020
Socotra, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in providing a cloud-based platform tailored for the insurance industry. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Socotra offers a comprehensive software solution that facilitates various aspects of insurance operations, including policy administration, underwriting, claims management, and billing. Its platform is designed to support both property and casualty as well as life insurance businesses globally. By utilizing modern technologies, Socotra aims to enhance the efficiency and agility of insurers, allowing them to develop and distribute products more effectively. The platform's features include standardized public APIs and a product-agnostic data model, enabling insurance companies to manage the entire policy lifecycle while fostering innovation and improving customer experiences.
Legalpad
Series A in 2020
Legalpad Inc. is a Seattle-based company founded in 2018 that focuses on streamlining work visa applications for startups and their employees. By combining advanced software with human support, Legalpad simplifies the legal processes associated with O-1, EB-1, H-1B, and B-1 visas. The platform is designed to automate repeatable legal tasks and workflows, thereby enhancing efficiency in the visa application process. Legalpad aims to connect global talent with opportunities, facilitating cross-border employment for individuals and enabling startups to navigate the complexities of hiring international talent.
Jacobi
Series A in 2019
Jacobi is a next-generation intelligence platform for investment managers to customize and scale multi-asset portfolio design. Its risk and portfolio-construction tools enable practitioners to work and communicate through intuitive storyboards. Built with a multi-asset focus, their platform facilitates the transfer of manager insights, generating better investment ideas and deeper levels of engagement between an investment manager and client. Jacobi was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Blend
Series E in 2019
Blend is a digital lending platform based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2012 by Erin Collard, Eugene Marinelli, Nima Ghamsari, and Rosco Hill. The company provides a cloud-based software solution that simplifies the application process for mortgages, consumer loans, and deposit accounts. By optimizing the customer journey, Blend enables financial institutions to enhance their services from application to closing. Its platform is utilized by over 285 leading banks, including Wells Fargo and U.S. Bank, facilitating the processing of more than $4 billion in loans daily. The company's offerings include a suite of products that streamline the entire origination process and a Title segment designed to improve the title, settlement, and closing procedures for various mortgage-related products. Blend's focus is on helping lenders acquire more customers, increase productivity, and strengthen customer relationships.
Karat
Series B in 2019
Karat Inc. specializes in technical interviewing software designed to assist organizations in hiring software engineers. Founded in 2016 and based in Seattle, Washington, Karat offers a platform that enables the recording of technical interviews, captures candidates' coding abilities, structures feedback, and generates recommendations for hiring teams. Through its network of interview engineers and a purpose-built interviewing infrastructure, Karat aims to address the global shortage of software engineers by expanding hiring capacity and improving the quality of engineering talent. The platform also focuses on reducing pedigree bias and increasing access to underrepresented candidates in the tech industry, thereby fostering a more diverse talent pool.
Indio Technologies
Series B in 2019
Indio Technologies, Inc. operates a cloud-based software platform designed to streamline the insurance application and renewal process for brokers and their clients. Founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, California, the company's platform features over 5,000 digitally enhanced insurance forms, a comprehensive e-signature solution, and secure document sharing capabilities. This allows brokers to efficiently manage applications by uploading existing data and transforming it into interactive online workbooks. The platform alerts brokers when clients engage with the application process, thereby improving communication and efficiency. Indio Technologies serves a diverse range of brokers, facilitating the servicing of more than 300,000 business clients. The company aims to enhance workflows, reduce operational redundancies, and ultimately help brokers win more business while saving time and resources. Indio Technologies became a subsidiary of Applied Systems, Inc. in early 2020.
Side
Series B in 2019
Side Inc. is a real estate brokerage company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in transforming high-performing agents, teams, and independent brokerages into successful businesses and boutique brands. Founded in 2014, Side partners with agents, providing them with proprietary technology and a premier support team to enhance productivity and streamline operations. The company focuses on improving aspects such as legal compliance, marketing programs, and customer experience, which allows agents to concentrate on serving their clients effectively. By leveraging advanced advertising strategies, Side enables its partners to compete successfully in the online real estate market.
Outrider
Series A in 2019
Outrider, Inc. is a software company that specializes in automating logistics hubs through the use of electric, self-driving trucks. Established in 2017 and based in Golden, Colorado, Outrider provides a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution designed for customer-owned freight and transportation fleets. The company offers a comprehensive system comprised of web-based management software, autonomous driving controls for electric yard trucks, and necessary site infrastructure. Its technology automates various yard operations, including the movement of trailers and the engagement and disengagement of trailer connections, thereby eliminating hazardous and repetitive manual tasks. By focusing on the development of zero-emission systems, Outrider aims to enhance safety and efficiency for large enterprises reliant on logistics.
Asana
Series E in 2018
Asana, Inc. operates a work management platform designed for individuals and teams to enhance productivity and engagement. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company offers its services as a cloud-based software solution that enables users to organize, track, and manage work effectively. Asana's platform allows teams to create projects, assign tasks, set deadlines, and communicate seamlessly, supporting various applications from small projects to large strategic initiatives. Its tools improve project and process management efficiency, providing real-time visibility into workflows and facilitating reporting and automation. Asana generates revenue through subscription-based pricing, catering to the needs of diverse organizations.
Ushur
Series A in 2018
Ushur, Inc. is a cloud-based automation platform that specializes in enhancing customer engagement through automated service workflows and conversational interfaces. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, with an office in Bengaluru, India, Ushur offers a range of intelligent automation solutions. These include the Ushur Virtual Customer Assistant, which automates proactive communications with customers across various channels, and Ushur SmartMail, designed for efficient processing of high volumes of emails from customers, agents, and brokers. The Ushur Flowbuilder is a no-code web-based tool that allows teams to create and manage digital customer engagements, thereby improving business agility and the overall customer experience. By integrating technologies such as Robotic Process Automation (RPA) and Language Intelligence Service Architecture (LISA), Ushur streamlines processes in sectors such as insurance, finance, telecommunications, and customer service, facilitating faster claims processing, customer support, and billing.
Deliverr
Series A in 2018
Deliverr, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in order fulfillment services for e-commerce retailers. The company provides shipping solutions designed to help online businesses meet shipping standards and avoid penalties associated with late shipments. By leveraging machine learning and predictive intelligence, Deliverr's platform enables sellers to offer various shipping options and access services such as warehousing, order handling, and packaging. This tech-enabled approach allows sellers of all sizes to fulfill orders efficiently, improve customer satisfaction, and expand their market reach through fast and cost-effective fulfillment solutions.
project44
Series C in 2018
Project44, Inc. is a cloud-based visibility platform that enhances supply chain management for shippers and third-party logistics companies. Established in 2014 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with additional offices in cities such as Paris, Amsterdam, and Shanghai, the company offers a suite of solutions that includes pricing, routing, scheduling, tracking, and analytics. Project44's platform manages over 1 billion unique shipments annually for more than 1,300 leading brands across various industries, including manufacturing, automotive, and retail. By connecting and automating key transportation processes, Project44 provides real-time visibility and insights, enabling shippers and carriers to improve predictability, resilience, and sustainability in their operations. Recognized as a market leader, Project44 has received numerous accolades, including being named a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant and achieving high customer satisfaction rankings.
Socotra
Series A in 2018
Socotra, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in providing a cloud-based platform tailored for the insurance industry. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Socotra offers a comprehensive software solution that facilitates various aspects of insurance operations, including policy administration, underwriting, claims management, and billing. Its platform is designed to support both property and casualty as well as life insurance businesses globally. By utilizing modern technologies, Socotra aims to enhance the efficiency and agility of insurers, allowing them to develop and distribute products more effectively. The platform's features include standardized public APIs and a product-agnostic data model, enabling insurance companies to manage the entire policy lifecycle while fostering innovation and improving customer experiences.
Nylas
Series B in 2018
Nylas, Inc. is a communications platform that allows applications to connect seamlessly with email, calendar, and contact providers. The company's offerings enable developers to create secure, bi-directional synchronization with services such as Gmail, Outlook.com, Microsoft Exchange, Office 365, and IMAP, among others. Nylas facilitates the development of embedded calendar features, supports recurring events, and allows for event creation directly from emails, streamlining enterprise communications. By simplifying the integration of communication data, Nylas empowers businesses to automate routine tasks and enhance user experiences through personalized insights. Founded in 2013 and originally named InboxApp, Nylas is headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in New York and Denver.
FreightWaves
Series A in 2018
FreightWaves is a data and content forum that provides market participants with near-time analytics on the state of the freight market. The company offers current digital intelligence and context to the freight community on a central platform. The company's SaaS product, SONAR, is a freight market analytics tool and dashboard, aggregating billions of data points from hundreds of sources to provide the fastest data in the transportation and logistics sector. The platform is mode agnostic and has time-series and geo-based data from all modes of freight, including truck, rail, ocean, air, and warehouse. FreightWaves was founded to provide transparency and risk-management products to the freight markets. As a provider of aggregated data-sets across the North American freight markets, FreightWaves' SaaS platform helps companies take action based on the signals in the market.
Notable
Seed Round in 2018
Notable is an AI-driven platform designed to enhance healthcare operations and improve physician-patient interactions. Deployed at over 10,000 care sites, it automates more than a million repetitive workflows daily, including processes related to registration, scheduling, authorizations, and chart reviews. The platform features a voice-powered application that organizes physician-patient conversations and dictations while securely recommending appropriate billing codes. By streamlining these tasks, Notable reduces manual workload for caregivers and fosters personalized care for patients, ultimately contributing to better financial health for healthcare providers.
project44
Series B in 2018
Project44, Inc. is a cloud-based visibility platform that enhances supply chain management for shippers and third-party logistics companies. Established in 2014 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with additional offices in cities such as Paris, Amsterdam, and Shanghai, the company offers a suite of solutions that includes pricing, routing, scheduling, tracking, and analytics. Project44's platform manages over 1 billion unique shipments annually for more than 1,300 leading brands across various industries, including manufacturing, automotive, and retail. By connecting and automating key transportation processes, Project44 provides real-time visibility and insights, enabling shippers and carriers to improve predictability, resilience, and sustainability in their operations. Recognized as a market leader, Project44 has received numerous accolades, including being named a leader in the Gartner Magic Quadrant and achieving high customer satisfaction rankings.
Qualia
Series B in 2018
Qualia is a digital closing platform that serves the real estate and mortgage industries, facilitating a streamlined home closing and refinance experience. With a cloud-based infrastructure, the platform connects homebuyers, sellers, mortgage lenders, title and escrow agents, and real estate professionals on a secure, remote interface. Launched in 2015, Qualia has garnered industry recognition as an ALTA Elite Provider and a member of the CB Insights Fintech 250. The company has grown to employ over 500 individuals and has been acknowledged by Forbes as a Best Startup Employer. Qualia prioritizes security in real estate transactions, being the first technology company to join the Coalition to Stop Real Estate Wire Fraud. Headquartered in San Francisco, California, Qualia also has offices in Austin, Texas, and Superior, Colorado.
Forethought
Seed Round in 2018
Forethought, founded in 2018, specializes in generative AI solutions aimed at enhancing customer service automation. The company offers tools that improve efficiency by integrating AI, particularly Large Language Models, into various stages of the customer support process. These tools facilitate immediate responses to customer inquiries, automate the handling of routine issues, and assist support agents with relevant information. By streamlining workflows and providing actionable insights, Forethought enables businesses to reduce resolution times and boost agent productivity, ultimately creating a more seamless customer experience.
Indio Technologies
Series A in 2018
Indio Technologies, Inc. operates a cloud-based software platform designed to streamline the insurance application and renewal process for brokers and their clients. Founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, California, the company's platform features over 5,000 digitally enhanced insurance forms, a comprehensive e-signature solution, and secure document sharing capabilities. This allows brokers to efficiently manage applications by uploading existing data and transforming it into interactive online workbooks. The platform alerts brokers when clients engage with the application process, thereby improving communication and efficiency. Indio Technologies serves a diverse range of brokers, facilitating the servicing of more than 300,000 business clients. The company aims to enhance workflows, reduce operational redundancies, and ultimately help brokers win more business while saving time and resources. Indio Technologies became a subsidiary of Applied Systems, Inc. in early 2020.
Prodigy
Seed Round in 2018
Prodigy helps auto dealers deliver a modern, streamlined digital buying experience to every customer, saving time on every sale while increasing trust and satisfaction. With our true end-to-end sales platform it does not matter if customers are at home, on their phone, or right in the showroom. With Prodigy, customers can complete portions of the process online and then pick up their progress in-store (or vice versa). Everything is synced up in real-time so customers never enter any information twice and sales reps always have the most up to date information to better serve customers.
Asana
Series D in 2018
Asana, Inc. operates a work management platform designed for individuals and teams to enhance productivity and engagement. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company offers its services as a cloud-based software solution that enables users to organize, track, and manage work effectively. Asana's platform allows teams to create projects, assign tasks, set deadlines, and communicate seamlessly, supporting various applications from small projects to large strategic initiatives. Its tools improve project and process management efficiency, providing real-time visibility into workflows and facilitating reporting and automation. Asana generates revenue through subscription-based pricing, catering to the needs of diverse organizations.
Nylas
Series A in 2017
Nylas, Inc. is a communications platform that allows applications to connect seamlessly with email, calendar, and contact providers. The company's offerings enable developers to create secure, bi-directional synchronization with services such as Gmail, Outlook.com, Microsoft Exchange, Office 365, and IMAP, among others. Nylas facilitates the development of embedded calendar features, supports recurring events, and allows for event creation directly from emails, streamlining enterprise communications. By simplifying the integration of communication data, Nylas empowers businesses to automate routine tasks and enhance user experiences through personalized insights. Founded in 2013 and originally named InboxApp, Nylas is headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in New York and Denver.
Edgybees
Series A in 2017
Edgybees Ltd. is a technology company based in Palo Alto, California, founded in 2016, that specializes in augmented reality solutions for high-speed applications. Its platform enables real-time, immersive AR experiences for various moving objects, including drones, cars, and wearable devices, by overlaying three-dimensional visuals on live video feeds. This capability is particularly beneficial for sectors such as emergency response, homeland security, real estate, urban planning, and agriculture. The company's offerings include a developer SDK and back-end SaaS services designed to support a wide range of consumer and commercial applications. Edgybees also provides gaming solutions like Droneprix AR and Drone FX, targeting both the entertainment and industrial markets. Co-founded by Menashe Haskin, Adam Kaplan, and Nitay Megides, Edgybees aims to enhance operational effectiveness in military and emergency contexts through its innovative AR technology.
FreightWaves
Seed Round in 2017
FreightWaves is a data and content forum that provides market participants with near-time analytics on the state of the freight market. The company offers current digital intelligence and context to the freight community on a central platform. The company's SaaS product, SONAR, is a freight market analytics tool and dashboard, aggregating billions of data points from hundreds of sources to provide the fastest data in the transportation and logistics sector. The platform is mode agnostic and has time-series and geo-based data from all modes of freight, including truck, rail, ocean, air, and warehouse. FreightWaves was founded to provide transparency and risk-management products to the freight markets. As a provider of aggregated data-sets across the North American freight markets, FreightWaves' SaaS platform helps companies take action based on the signals in the market.
Blend
Series D in 2017
Blend is a digital lending platform based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2012 by Erin Collard, Eugene Marinelli, Nima Ghamsari, and Rosco Hill. The company provides a cloud-based software solution that simplifies the application process for mortgages, consumer loans, and deposit accounts. By optimizing the customer journey, Blend enables financial institutions to enhance their services from application to closing. Its platform is utilized by over 285 leading banks, including Wells Fargo and U.S. Bank, facilitating the processing of more than $4 billion in loans daily. The company's offerings include a suite of products that streamline the entire origination process and a Title segment designed to improve the title, settlement, and closing procedures for various mortgage-related products. Blend's focus is on helping lenders acquire more customers, increase productivity, and strengthen customer relationships.
BenRevo
Convertible Note in 2017
For employers who purchase health insurance, BenRevo is a platform that brings the shopping experience online. The current method of buying insurance used by brokers, employers and insurance carriers is paper heavy, error prone and time consuming. BenRevo simplifies this process by connecting all parties through a digital marketplace. And by doing so BenRevo will limit errors, imrove plans and price transparency, and automate the $185B mid market insurance space.
Ascend.io
Series A in 2017
Ascend.io, based in Palo Alto, California, offers an advanced platform designed to streamline big data analytics and engineering workflows. The platform integrates essential capabilities such as data ingestion, transformation, delivery, orchestration, and observability into a unified solution, enabling data teams to operate significantly faster. By leveraging declarative configurations and automation, Ascend.io manages cloud infrastructure, optimizes data pipelines, and reduces maintenance throughout the data lifecycle. This innovative approach supports business managers in initiating projects and making informed decisions by simplifying connections to various applications. Recognized as a 2021 Gartner Cool Vendor, Ascend.io is supported by prominent venture capital firms and notable advisors in the tech industry.
Flexport
Series B in 2016
Flexport, Inc. is a global freight forwarder and logistics platform that offers online customs brokerage and freight forwarding services. Founded in 2013 and based in San Francisco, the company provides a comprehensive online dashboard that allows businesses to understand, purchase, manage, and track essential services for global trade. Flexport's offerings include customs brokerage, which encompasses customs clearances, bonds, product classification, and government filings, as well as freight forwarding services such as ocean, air, and road transport. The company also delivers supply chain solutions, including cargo insurance, quality inspections, warehousing, fulfillment, product sourcing, and trade finance. By leveraging modern software, Flexport aims to enhance the user experience in global trade, ensuring timely and cost-effective delivery of goods to fulfillment centers.
RiskMatch
Seed Round in 2016
RiskMatch focuses on the development of web solutions that enable insurance intermediaries and underwriting partners to manage their portfolios and information, and obtain analytics. RiskMatch offers an insurance platform that assists brokerages and agencies to organize and manage their business processes, benchmark rates, and collect, store, and share information. The company provides their customers with training and support about their RiskMatch platform. RiskMatch was founded in 2013 and is based in Greenwich, Connecticut.
Bloomz
Seed Round in 2016
Bloomz Inc. is a developer of a mobile and web application aimed at enhancing communication between teachers and parents. Founded in 2013 and based in Redmond, Washington, the Bloomz App provides a secure and user-friendly platform where teachers can share class photos, updates, and coordinate activities such as volunteer scheduling and parent-teacher conferences. The application facilitates direct communication between educators and parents, allowing for instant messaging and sharing of important announcements. Additionally, it helps parents track their child's activities and school events, fostering a more engaged community while also saving teachers time in their interactions with parents. Bloomz aims to improve parent-teacher coordination and support child development through its innovative technology.
Side
Seed Round in 2016
Side Inc. is a real estate brokerage company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in transforming high-performing agents, teams, and independent brokerages into successful businesses and boutique brands. Founded in 2014, Side partners with agents, providing them with proprietary technology and a premier support team to enhance productivity and streamline operations. The company focuses on improving aspects such as legal compliance, marketing programs, and customer experience, which allows agents to concentrate on serving their clients effectively. By leveraging advanced advertising strategies, Side enables its partners to compete successfully in the online real estate market.
Sudo
Seed Round in 2016
Sudo is a venture-backed startup that is enabling people to talk to their company's CRM system. We're tired of the terrible interfaces with their endless forms and infinite menus. We think highly-skilled, highly-paid employees should not be wasting time doing data entry.
Ascend.io
Seed Round in 2015
Ascend.io, based in Palo Alto, California, offers an advanced platform designed to streamline big data analytics and engineering workflows. The platform integrates essential capabilities such as data ingestion, transformation, delivery, orchestration, and observability into a unified solution, enabling data teams to operate significantly faster. By leveraging declarative configurations and automation, Ascend.io manages cloud infrastructure, optimizes data pipelines, and reduces maintenance throughout the data lifecycle. This innovative approach supports business managers in initiating projects and making informed decisions by simplifying connections to various applications. Recognized as a 2021 Gartner Cool Vendor, Ascend.io is supported by prominent venture capital firms and notable advisors in the tech industry.
Karat
Seed Round in 2015
Karat Inc. specializes in technical interviewing software designed to assist organizations in hiring software engineers. Founded in 2016 and based in Seattle, Washington, Karat offers a platform that enables the recording of technical interviews, captures candidates' coding abilities, structures feedback, and generates recommendations for hiring teams. Through its network of interview engineers and a purpose-built interviewing infrastructure, Karat aims to address the global shortage of software engineers by expanding hiring capacity and improving the quality of engineering talent. The platform also focuses on reducing pedigree bias and increasing access to underrepresented candidates in the tech industry, thereby fostering a more diverse talent pool.
DataHub
DataHub Core is the #1 open source platform with a uniquely scalable and extensible metadata graph supporting manual and automated data management. DataHub Cloud is an enterprise-ready SaaS solution providing a fully-managed service of DataHub Core with additional AI-powered capabilities in discovery, observability, and governance to accelerate production-readiness of AI and data assets.
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