Andreessen Horowitz

Founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, Andreessen Horowitz is a venture capital firm based in Menlo Park, California. The firm specializes in incubating and investing in startups across various stages, from seed to late-stage funding. It primarily focuses on sectors such as technology, including software, cloud computing, enterprise software, and consumer Internet. Additionally, it invests in emerging fields like artificial intelligence, fintech, and healthcare, specifically targeting companies at the intersection of technology and life sciences, such as digital therapeutics and computational medicine. Andreessen Horowitz is committed to fostering innovation and supporting companies that contribute to American dynamism, while strategically avoiding investments in areas like clean energy, transportation, and consumer retail.

Anish Acharya

General Partner

Eric Alby

Partner

Ryan Allen

Partner

Seema Amble

Partner

Jeffrey Amico

Partner and Director of Crypto Startup School

Kofi Ampadu

Partner

Marc Andrusko

Partner

Alicia Barone

Events Partner

Peter Blackwood

Partner

Michael Blau

Partner

Jeff Bramel

Partner, Investing

Sam Broner

Partner

Elena Burger

Deal Partner

Quinten Burgunder

Partner

LeeAnn Caballero

Partner

Connie Chan

General Partner

Sharon Chang

Operating Partner

Zachary Chen

Associate Partner

Alexander Chia

Partner

Zach Cohen

Investor

Annie Collins

Investment Partner

Emma Cooper

Deal Analyst and Chief of Staff

Brian Crnkovich

Partner

Sebastian Cua

Partner and Chief of Staff

Stacy D'Amico

Operating Partner

Allison Davis

Partner

Zach Dicker

Partner

Jay Drain Jr.

Partner, Crypto

JT Evans

Partner

Bryan Faust Ph.D

Investing Partner

Ethan Ferreira

Partner

Pamon Forouhar

Partner, Business Operations

Jason Franklin

Limited Partner

David Garcia

Partner

John Garcia

Firm Operations Partner

Joel de la Garza

Operating Partner

David George

General Partner

Caroline Goggins

Investing Partner, Growth team

Grant Gregory

Partner

Michele Griffin

Partner

Robin Guo

Investment Partner

David Haber

General Partner

Andrea Hall

Partner on the Go-to-Market team

Mason Hall

Partner

Tom Hammer

Partner

Elizabeth Harkavy

Partner

Ronnie Harris

Partner

Leila Abu-Sharr

Partner, Market Development

Oliver Hsu

Partner

Alex Immerman

Partner

Nicole Irvin

Partner

Mindy Isenstein

Partner

Peter Johnson

Partner

Jeff Jordan

Managing Partner

Justin Kahl

Partner

Brad Kern

Operating Partner

Bryan Kim

Partner

Blake Kim

Partner, Enterprise Capital Network

Troy Kirwin

Investment Partner

James Kissell

Partner

Scott Kupor

Managing Partner

Justin Larkin

Partner, Bio Team

Peter Lauten

Partner

Andrew Lee

Partner

Peter Levine

General Partner

Jennifer Li

Enterprise Investment Partner

Yoko Li

Partner

Ginger Liau

Partner, Bio Fund

Kristine Lipscomb

Partner

Bowen Liu

Investing Partner

Seth Lobree

Partner

Insiya Lokhandwala

Partner

Isaiah Lott

Partner

Joshua Lu

Investing Partner, Games Fund One

Josh Lu

Investing Partner, GAMES FUND ONE

Ryan McEntush

Partner

Mehul Mehta

Deal Partner

Michelle V.

Investment Partner

Jeanne Moeschler

Partner

Jason Mok

Operating Partner

Olivia Moore

Consumer Partner

John O'Farrell

General Partner

Nelson Perla-Ward

Partner

Jessica Peterson

Partner - EBC Program and Operations Manager

Becky Pferdehirt Ph.D

Investment Partner

Jewel Pi

Operations Partner

Rajko Radovanovic

Investment Partner

Santiago Rodriguez Lebrija

Partner

Maggie Romero

Co-COO and Operating Partner, Bio+Health

Jason Rosenthal

Operating Partner and Head of Crypto Startup Accelerator

Jay Rughani

Investment Partner

Michael Sandwick

Partner, Consumer

Gil Shafir

Partner

Kristina Shen

General Partner

Jeffrey Silverstein

Partner

Arianna Simpson

General Partner

Sumeet Singh

Partner

Steven Sinofsky

Board Partner

Jack Soslow

Partner

Matt Spence

Partner

Nicole Stanners

Fundraise and IR Partner

Angela Strange

General Partner

Jeffrey Stump

Operating Partner

Jamie Sullivan

Partner

Robert H. Swan

Operating Partner

Satish Talluri

Partner

Kimberly Tan

Investment Partner

Carol Tang

Partner

Adela Tomsejova

Partner, Bio + Health

Dalton Turay

Partner

Gabriel Vasquez

Partner

Melissa Wasser

Partner of Fintech Capital Network

Tyler Wilson

Partner

Daisy Wolf

Investing Partner

Carra Wu

Partner, Crypto Investments

Kevin Wu

Partner

Guy Wuollet

Partner

Shangda Xu

Partner

Zeya Yang

Partner

JJ Yu

Partner, Capital Network

David Ulevitch

General Partner

Frank Chen

Partner

Jonathan Lai

Investment Partner

Matt Bornstein

Partner

Past deals in Mobile Apps

Current

Venture Round in 2024
Current is a consumer fintech banking platform dedicated to enhancing financial access for everyday Americans. The company focuses on developing integrated solutions that address the barriers preventing individuals from achieving their financial goals. With a commitment to simplifying the banking experience, Current aims to empower users to build a more secure financial future. The platform is supported by notable investments from various firms, reflecting its potential impact in the fintech space.

NG.CASH

Series A in 2024
NG.CASH is a digital app designed to help Generation Z become financially independent. It allows users to manage their own money with solutions such as PIX (Brazil’s “instant-payment” method), prepaid credit cards, allowance management, and a virtual card. Structured as a financial hub, NG.CASH aims to accompany its clients throughout their lives and increase financial literacy in the region.

Udio

Seed Round in 2024
Udio is an AI-powered music creation app that offers a platform for instant music creation.

Carbonated

Series A in 2024
Carbonated's main focus is its upcoming mobile shooter, which uses AI to make the typically hardcore genre more accessible and easier to play with just one hand. It is also developing its own live ops system, Carbyne, which it will use to quickly deliver updates to its game.

Betterleap

Seed Round in 2023
Betterleap is an innovative platform designed to assist healthcare professionals in advancing their careers. By leveraging artificial intelligence, it automates the job search process and provides tailored career opportunities that align with users' skills and aspirations. The platform offers curated job listings and personalized recommendations, making it easier for healthcare workers, whether seasoned practitioners or newcomers, to find roles that resonate with their values. Betterleap aims to empower its users by streamlining their job search experience through an easy-to-navigate mobile app, ultimately enhancing their chances of securing meaningful career positions in patient care.

Bold

Series A in 2023
Bold is an at-home digital fitness program designed to help older adults live their strongest, happiest, and healthiest lives. As a member, you’ll enjoy instant access to expert trainers, scientific assessments, and personalized workout plans to help you improve your strength, flexibility, and balance — so you can chase the life you want, at any age.

Maza

Seed Round in 2023
Maza is a mobile application that operates as a digital bank, providing a range of modern banking services. The platform offers users access to savings accounts, NFC-enabled prepaid cards for both online and offline transactions, as well as bill payment and money transfer services. By focusing on user-friendly features, Maza aims to deliver a hassle-free banking experience that encourages financial savings and efficient management of personal finances.

Mino Games

Series B in 2023
Mino Games is a free-to-play mobile gaming studio that produced the top 50 grossing mobile game Mino Monsters, with over 13 million downloads. We create deeply engaging, widely appealing games for millions of fans. We’re currently building our world class development studio in Montreal. We are a small group of passionate engineers, artists and analysts with a mission to create games that millions of people all around the world love to play for years. We are funded by the best angel investors, institutional investors, and gaming companies from across the world. Our third and latest game, Cat Game, has already hit the App Store’s Top 100 Grossing Chart in Canada. The game, currently in soft launch, is showing world class key metrics, and we are expecting it to be a global hit when we launch it by February 2019. We are looking today to grow the team and looking for world class ambitious talent to come join us on the journey, to develop and support this newest title into a global success on both iOS and Android, and help us with future projects as we rapidly grow.

Snapser

Seed Round in 2023
Snapser is a customizable Backend Platform for Game Studios and App Makers.

Carry1st

Series B in 2023
Carry1st is a mobile games publisher focused on social games and interactive content, primarily in frontier markets like Africa. Founded in 2018 by Cordel Robbin-Coker, Lucy Hoffman, and Tino Mundangepfupfu, the company has assembled a diverse team of 29 professionals from 14 countries, drawing talent from notable organizations such as Carlyle, King, and Jumia. Carry1st offers a comprehensive platform for game developers that includes publishing, distribution, localization, user acquisition, marketing, customer experience, and monetization services. This approach enables developers to collaborate with global content owners and tap into previously underserved markets. The company has successfully raised over $10 million in funding, including a recent $7 million Series A led by prominent investors such as Riot Games and Konvoy Ventures. The funds will be utilized to enhance its existing game portfolio, foster new partnerships with international gaming studios, and expand its workforce.

Roboto Games

Series A in 2022
Roboto Games, Inc. is a game development studio based in San Mateo, California, founded in 2013 by Curt Bererton and Mathilde Pignol. The company specializes in creating synchronous multiplayer action games for various platforms, including web, PC, Android, and iOS devices. Roboto Games aims to bring friends and family together through casual multiplayer experiences, while also offering mid-core games that cater to a broader audience by incorporating solo gameplay elements. Prior to establishing Roboto Games, the founders created ZipZapPlay, a web and Facebook games company that was sold to PopCap and later became part of Electronic Arts. The studio is recognized for its commitment to developing innovative and entertaining games within the competitive San Francisco Bay Area gaming industry.

Revero

Seed Round in 2022
Revero is an online clinic focused on treating chronic conditions through a root-cause approach. Founded in 2019 and based in San Francisco, California, the company offers personalized treatments for autoimmune and metabolic disorders using nutrition therapy and remote medical care. Revero's platform combines nutritional therapy and clinical expertise with machine learning and digital tools, allowing patients to monitor their health progress and receive tailored feedback. The primary objectives of Revero include helping patients lower blood sugar, improve metabolic health, reduce inflammation, and restore gut health.

Tellus

Venture Round in 2022
Tellus, Inc. is a financial technology platform that aims to help users build wealth through passive income products. Founded in 2016 and based in Newark, Delaware, Tellus provides an online real estate mobile platform that connects landlords, renters, property managers, realtors, and service providers, facilitating property management tasks. The platform offers a property management application that includes services such as renting and leasing properties, processing rent payments, managing reimbursement requests, and documenting receipts and home-related files. Additionally, Tellus features high-yield cash accounts that offer competitive interest rates, significantly higher than traditional savings accounts, while ensuring users are insulated from stock and cryptocurrency markets. Banking services are backed by FDIC-insured institutions, and the platform employs advanced encryption to safeguard user information.

Navan

Series G in 2022
Navan is a company that specializes in corporate travel management, expense management, and corporate card solutions, aimed at automating manual processes and enhancing spend visibility. By integrating advanced technologies such as cloud computing, mobile applications, and artificial intelligence, Navan offers a modern approach to managing travel and expenses. The platform provides real-time data to help organizations maintain traveler safety and control costs while ensuring a seamless booking experience. Through its innovative services, Navan seeks to simplify travel itinerary management and improve efficiency for businesses, ultimately saving both time and money.

TruckSmarter

Series B in 2022
TruckSmarter provides a free electronic load board that simplifies the process for truck drivers to find and book loads from numerous brokers through a user-friendly mobile application. By offering access to better-paying loads without monthly fees or long-term contracts, TruckSmarter enhances the daily operations of drivers, enabling them to efficiently manage their routes and maximize earnings. The platform not only benefits drivers by improving their quality of life and operational efficiency but also helps brokers by connecting them with a broader pool of carriers. As a result, TruckSmarter facilitates a more effective and profitable relationship between drivers and brokers in the trucking industry.

NG.CASH

Seed Round in 2022
NG.CASH is a digital app designed to help Generation Z become financially independent. It allows users to manage their own money with solutions such as PIX (Brazil’s “instant-payment” method), prepaid credit cards, allowance management, and a virtual card. Structured as a financial hub, NG.CASH aims to accompany its clients throughout their lives and increase financial literacy in the region.

SpotOn

Series F in 2022
SpotOn is a company dedicated to empowering small and midsize businesses by providing innovative software and payment solutions, complemented by personalized local service. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, SpotOn is recognized for its comprehensive integrated systems designed for the restaurant and retail sectors. Its offerings include point-of-sale solutions, marketing tools, website development, online ordering, appointment scheduling, eCommerce, digital loyalty programs, and review management. The platform is cloud-based, allowing businesses to enhance their operational efficiency and customer engagement through analytics and consistent communication strategies. SpotOn aims to deliver these services at a fair price, positioning itself as a valuable partner for business growth and development.

Bounce

Series A in 2022
Bounce, Inc., operating as Get Bounce, offers a luggage storage platform that allows users to securely store their belongings at local businesses, such as cafes and shops, while they explore the city. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in New York, the company provides both hourly and daily storage options, partnering with local establishments to designate specific areas for secure luggage storage. Bounce caters primarily to travelers and tourists, facilitating convenience and peace of mind during their urban excursions.

One More Game

Series A in 2022
One More Game, Inc. is an online game development company founded in 2019 and based in Bellevue, Washington. The company focuses on designing and developing genre-defining online games, catering to home video consoles and smartphones. Its studio aims to create engaging interactive content that fosters social interactions among players and allows for rapid iterations in gameplay. Through its innovative approach, One More Game seeks to enhance the gaming experience and connect players in meaningful ways.

Captions

Series A in 2022
Captions is an AI-driven creative studio that specializes in developing a video creation and editing platform focused on enhancing the video production process. The platform offers a range of software solutions, including automatic subtitle generation, eye contact correction, language dubbing, and video clip extraction, which streamline content creation. Captions aims to make the process of adding captions to videos both easy and affordable, helping users elevate their storytelling. Additionally, the platform generates accurate, time-saving captions and provides essential data such as titles, descriptions, and hashtags for social media, thereby facilitating a more efficient and effective video production experience.

WorldCoin

Series B in 2022
World is a company that connects users through a privacy-focused network designed for secure digital asset management. It offers a digital currency platform that emphasizes both privacy and transparency using a permissionless blockchain. The World App enables users to securely store their World ID, manage digital assets, and access various Mini Apps, promoting global connectivity and trust. Additionally, World provides an iris-scanning device that enhances digital identity security by storing biometric information, which helps discourage spammers from creating multiple accounts. This combination of secure identity management and digital currency aims to facilitate a reliable and user-friendly digital environment.

WorldCoin

Funding Round in 2022
World is a company that connects users through a privacy-focused network designed for secure digital asset management. It offers a digital currency platform that emphasizes both privacy and transparency using a permissionless blockchain. The World App enables users to securely store their World ID, manage digital assets, and access various Mini Apps, promoting global connectivity and trust. Additionally, World provides an iris-scanning device that enhances digital identity security by storing biometric information, which helps discourage spammers from creating multiple accounts. This combination of secure identity management and digital currency aims to facilitate a reliable and user-friendly digital environment.

Phantom

Series B in 2022
Phantom is a digital wallet designed for decentralized finance (DeFi) and non-fungible tokens (NFTs), offering a user-friendly platform for managing crypto assets across multiple blockchain networks, with a primary focus on Solana. The wallet provides a secure and transparent environment for users to store, buy, send, receive, swap tokens, and collect NFTs. Accessible via mobile devices and browser extensions, Phantom caters to a diverse audience engaged in digital finance, ensuring versatility and ease of use in the rapidly evolving cryptocurrency landscape.

Alta

Seed Round in 2022
Alta is a virtual reality company that develops games. They focus on developing a range of fun-based, adventurous, and war-mimicking multiplayer games that could be played across multiple virtual reality interfaces and immersive environments, enabling gaming enthusiasts to engage in mobile, animated virtual reality games via smartphones, laptops, or computers anytime, anywhere.

Glorify

Series A in 2021
Glorify is a Christian daily worship and well-being app aimed at enhancing users' connections with God through various spiritual resources. It offers bite-sized daily devotionals, curated Bible verses, guided meditations, and prayers, all designed to facilitate regular worship. The platform also includes a library of exclusive music and other content to enrich the worship experience. Additionally, Glorify enables users to track and monitor their daily worship progress, helping them to structure their spiritual practices effectively.

Clickup

Series C in 2021
ClickUp is a workplace productivity platform that provides customizable solutions for various departments within organizations. Founded in 2017 by Zeb Evans and Alex Yurkowski, the company is headquartered in San Diego, California. ClickUp's platform enables teams to plan, organize, and collaborate on projects effectively, offering features such as task management, documents, wikis, chat, and integrations with other popular tools. With a focus on enhancing team productivity, ClickUp includes functionalities like reminders, goals, and calendars to help team members stay synchronized and achieve their objectives. The platform is available through a subscription model, making it accessible to a wide range of users.

WorldCoin

Venture Round in 2021
World is a company that connects users through a privacy-focused network designed for secure digital asset management. It offers a digital currency platform that emphasizes both privacy and transparency using a permissionless blockchain. The World App enables users to securely store their World ID, manage digital assets, and access various Mini Apps, promoting global connectivity and trust. Additionally, World provides an iris-scanning device that enhances digital identity security by storing biometric information, which helps discourage spammers from creating multiple accounts. This combination of secure identity management and digital currency aims to facilitate a reliable and user-friendly digital environment.

Sprinter Health

Series A in 2021
Sprinter Health is an on-demand mobile health company that sends full-time nurses and phlebotomists (“Sprinters”) into the home.

Navan

Series F in 2021
Navan is a company that specializes in corporate travel management, expense management, and corporate card solutions, aimed at automating manual processes and enhancing spend visibility. By integrating advanced technologies such as cloud computing, mobile applications, and artificial intelligence, Navan offers a modern approach to managing travel and expenses. The platform provides real-time data to help organizations maintain traveler safety and control costs while ensuring a seamless booking experience. Through its innovative services, Navan seeks to simplify travel itinerary management and improve efficiency for businesses, ultimately saving both time and money.

Intro

Seed Round in 2021
Intro is an application that connects users over a short video call and gets personalized advice.

SpotOn

Series E in 2021
SpotOn is a company dedicated to empowering small and midsize businesses by providing innovative software and payment solutions, complemented by personalized local service. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, SpotOn is recognized for its comprehensive integrated systems designed for the restaurant and retail sectors. Its offerings include point-of-sale solutions, marketing tools, website development, online ordering, appointment scheduling, eCommerce, digital loyalty programs, and review management. The platform is cloud-based, allowing businesses to enhance their operational efficiency and customer engagement through analytics and consistent communication strategies. SpotOn aims to deliver these services at a fair price, positioning itself as a valuable partner for business growth and development.

Titan

Series B in 2021
Titan is an investment platform designed for ambitious individuals, founded in New York in 2018 by Clayton Gardner, Joe Percoco, and Max Bernardy. The company aims to empower everyday investors by providing access to actively managed investment strategies through its mobile-first platform. Titan offers a suite of tools that facilitate investment decisions, ensuring high returns while prioritizing user privacy through encryption of personal information. The platform has garnered support from notable investors and celebrities, enhancing its credibility and reach in the investment community.

Phantom

Series A in 2021
Phantom is a digital wallet designed for decentralized finance (DeFi) and non-fungible tokens (NFTs), offering a user-friendly platform for managing crypto assets across multiple blockchain networks, with a primary focus on Solana. The wallet provides a secure and transparent environment for users to store, buy, send, receive, swap tokens, and collect NFTs. Accessible via mobile devices and browser extensions, Phantom caters to a diverse audience engaged in digital finance, ensuring versatility and ease of use in the rapidly evolving cryptocurrency landscape.

BeReal.

Series A in 2021
BeReal. enables users to spontaneously post photos of their daily lives with their pals. Everyone receives a simultaneous notification each day at a different time to take and share a photo within two minutes.

Current

Series D in 2021
Current is a consumer fintech banking platform dedicated to enhancing financial access for everyday Americans. The company focuses on developing integrated solutions that address the barriers preventing individuals from achieving their financial goals. With a commitment to simplifying the banking experience, Current aims to empower users to build a more secure financial future. The platform is supported by notable investments from various firms, reflecting its potential impact in the fintech space.

Clubhouse

Series C in 2021
Clubhouse is an audio-based social platform that facilitates casual conversations and connection-building among users and their networks. The app allows individuals to join live, audio-only rooms where they can engage in discussions, either by participating or listening in. Users can connect with friends or explore new topics and people through their social circles, enabling spontaneous interactions and fostering a sense of community. Clubhouse emphasizes casual, drop-in conversations, providing a unique space for users to engage with others around the world at their convenience.

Bold

Seed Round in 2021
Bold is an at-home digital fitness program designed to help older adults live their strongest, happiest, and healthiest lives. As a member, you’ll enjoy instant access to expert trainers, scientific assessments, and personalized workout plans to help you improve your strength, flexibility, and balance — so you can chase the life you want, at any age.

Robinhood

Convertible Note in 2021
Robinhood Financial LLC is an online and mobile application-based discount stock brokerage that caters to self-directed investors. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, the company offers commission-free trading in stocks, options, exchange-traded funds, and cryptocurrencies. It aims to democratize access to financial markets, encouraging users to manage their finances and invest through its user-friendly platform. Robinhood provides various services, including cryptocurrency trading, dividend reinvestment, fractional shares, and recurring investments. The firm generates revenue by routing user orders to market makers for execution, enabling a modern financial services platform supported by proprietary technology. Robinhood operates as a subsidiary of Robinhood Markets, Inc.

Clubhouse

Series B in 2021
Clubhouse is an audio-based social platform that facilitates casual conversations and connection-building among users and their networks. The app allows individuals to join live, audio-only rooms where they can engage in discussions, either by participating or listening in. Users can connect with friends or explore new topics and people through their social circles, enabling spontaneous interactions and fostering a sense of community. Clubhouse emphasizes casual, drop-in conversations, providing a unique space for users to engage with others around the world at their convenience.

Navan

Series E in 2021
Navan is a company that specializes in corporate travel management, expense management, and corporate card solutions, aimed at automating manual processes and enhancing spend visibility. By integrating advanced technologies such as cloud computing, mobile applications, and artificial intelligence, Navan offers a modern approach to managing travel and expenses. The platform provides real-time data to help organizations maintain traveler safety and control costs while ensuring a seamless booking experience. Through its innovative services, Navan seeks to simplify travel itinerary management and improve efficiency for businesses, ultimately saving both time and money.

Lowkey

Series A in 2021
Lowkey enables players to automatically save their best gaming moments as video clips and share them effortlessly with friends & communities. Gamers of all types, from casual friends playing 'Among Us' together, to the top pros in esports like League of Legends and VALORANT, use Lowkey to capture plays or full games and share them Snapchat-style.

Reface

Seed Round in 2020
Reface is a Ukrainian product company specializing in artificial intelligence tools for content creation. It has garnered support from notable investors in the gaming and music industries, including leaders from Supercell and Unity Technologies. The company aims to democratize machine learning technologies and offers a range of products designed for content transformation. Notably, its flagship mobile app, Reface, enables users to swap faces in videos and photos, produce voice-over content, and generate AI portraits from selfies, achieving 250 million downloads within two years of its launch. Other offerings include Revive, which animates images for instant editing, Memomet, focused on creating Ukrainian memes, and Metahead, a technology for neural rendering of 3D images from 2D photos. Reface's innovative face-swapping technology allows users to easily edit media by transforming uploaded images into unique facial feature representations, enhancing personalized content creation.

Robinhood

Series G in 2020
Robinhood Financial LLC is an online and mobile application-based discount stock brokerage that caters to self-directed investors. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, the company offers commission-free trading in stocks, options, exchange-traded funds, and cryptocurrencies. It aims to democratize access to financial markets, encouraging users to manage their finances and invest through its user-friendly platform. Robinhood provides various services, including cryptocurrency trading, dividend reinvestment, fractional shares, and recurring investments. The firm generates revenue by routing user orders to market makers for execution, enabling a modern financial services platform supported by proprietary technology. Robinhood operates as a subsidiary of Robinhood Markets, Inc.

Carbonated

Seed Round in 2020
Carbonated's main focus is its upcoming mobile shooter, which uses AI to make the typically hardcore genre more accessible and easier to play with just one hand. It is also developing its own live ops system, Carbyne, which it will use to quickly deliver updates to its game.

Whatifi

Seed Round in 2020
Whatifi is a mobile storytelling platform that creates active social experiences by merging user-generated filmmaking with high production-value content. The platform allows users to watch movies with friends, presenting them with interactive dilemmas at key turning points. This format enables participants to make decisions that influence the direction of the story, fostering engagement and collaboration. By offering a unique blend of interactive video streaming and shared viewing experiences, Whatifi occupies a distinctive niche in the creator economy, enhancing traditional movie-watching into a dynamic and entertaining activity.

Clubhouse

Series A in 2020
Clubhouse is an audio-based social platform that facilitates casual conversations and connection-building among users and their networks. The app allows individuals to join live, audio-only rooms where they can engage in discussions, either by participating or listening in. Users can connect with friends or explore new topics and people through their social circles, enabling spontaneous interactions and fostering a sense of community. Clubhouse emphasizes casual, drop-in conversations, providing a unique space for users to engage with others around the world at their convenience.

DigitalOcean

Series C in 2020
DigitalOcean, LLC is a cloud computing platform that provides infrastructure and platform tools for software developers to deploy and scale applications of various sizes. Established in 2012 and headquartered in New York, the company offers a range of services, including compute, storage, and networking products. Its key offerings include Droplets, which are Linux-based virtual machines, Kubernetes for application deployment and management, databases, and Spaces, an object storage service compatible with S3. DigitalOcean aims to simplify the development process, enabling developers, start-ups, and small to medium-sized businesses to focus on creating innovative software without the need for extensive DevOps expertise. The company's commitment to customer service and support for the developer community enhances its appeal across diverse sectors, including web and mobile applications, e-commerce, and managed services.

Odyssey Interactive

Seed Round in 2020
Odyssey Interactive Inc is a Canadian video game development studio founded in 2020 and located in Grand Valley, Canada. The company focuses on creating games that foster emotional connections and engage players long after they have finished playing. With a mobile-first approach, Odyssey aims to cater to the next generation of gamers, who are increasingly connected and diverse, viewing their devices as extensions of themselves. The founding team consists of four former leads from Riot Games, known for their work on popular titles such as League of Legends and Teamfight Tactics. Odyssey Interactive is dedicated to building games that resonate with players, emphasizing challenges rooted in purpose, community, and longevity to enhance the gaming experience.

OfferUp

Venture Round in 2020
OfferUp, Inc. is an online platform that facilitates the buying and selling of various items within local communities. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, the platform allows users to post items for sale and browse new local postings using mobile devices. It caters to a wide range of product categories, including electronics, furniture, vehicles, and various household items. Users can communicate with potential buyers and sellers through messaging features, enabling them to negotiate prices and arrange meetings. OfferUp aims to create a convenient marketplace that connects people with similar interests and fosters local commerce.

Navan

Series D in 2019
Navan is a company that specializes in corporate travel management, expense management, and corporate card solutions, aimed at automating manual processes and enhancing spend visibility. By integrating advanced technologies such as cloud computing, mobile applications, and artificial intelligence, Navan offers a modern approach to managing travel and expenses. The platform provides real-time data to help organizations maintain traveler safety and control costs while ensuring a seamless booking experience. Through its innovative services, Navan seeks to simplify travel itinerary management and improve efficiency for businesses, ultimately saving both time and money.

Navan

Series C in 2018
Navan is a company that specializes in corporate travel management, expense management, and corporate card solutions, aimed at automating manual processes and enhancing spend visibility. By integrating advanced technologies such as cloud computing, mobile applications, and artificial intelligence, Navan offers a modern approach to managing travel and expenses. The platform provides real-time data to help organizations maintain traveler safety and control costs while ensuring a seamless booking experience. Through its innovative services, Navan seeks to simplify travel itinerary management and improve efficiency for businesses, ultimately saving both time and money.

Government App Solutions

Series A in 2018
Government App Solutions, Inc. prides itself on being a mobile app that provides the people with a true distracted driving enforcement platform. We help municipalities enforce texting and driving violations with the goal of lowering the death and injury rates caused by incidents. Our platform provides an iOS and Android mobile application to users (public and local government) which they use to submit videos of distracted drivers. This will aid cities in reducing the amount of cell phone use while driving and improve community, driver, and pedestrian safety. Our company works closely with local law enforcement and county traffic courts and we provide them with everything needed to efficiently issue tickets and enforce them. Our primary business focus is increasing road safety by ONLY allowing and accepting videos to be submitted by passengers and pedestrians. Our app’s technology automatically tracks the user’s location, time, date, route and other necessary information needed to issue and enforce tickets. Once the user records the violation (a video clip of the violation and the violator's license plate) it is encrypted and sent securely to our servers where it is digitally signed to prevent tampering. Videos are reviewed and the ticket can be issued once approved by local law enforcement. In summary, Government App Solutions is the first application and technology platform of its kind. We are the only provider of such a product and we are committed to reducing the prevalence of distracted driving. Since launch, local governments have asked us to expand our services to include vertical industries such as parking and code enforcement. We have been endorsed by State Representatives/Legislators, Mayors, Law Enforcement Agencies and even government agencies throughout the nation.

Cuenca

Seed Round in 2018
Cuenca is a Mexican FinTech company that specializes in providing digital financial services through its online banking application. The platform enables users to securely deposit and borrow money, offering features such as interest-bearing savings accounts and flexible loan facilities. By facilitating digital transactions, Cuenca aims to enhance the convenience of managing personal finances, allowing users to pay back loans according to their individual needs.

Smartcar

Series A in 2018
Smartcar, Inc. is a technology company based in Mountain View, California, founded in 2014. It specializes in developing a platform that connects vehicles with mobility applications, enabling businesses to integrate their services with connected cars. Smartcar's API provides a range of functionalities, including access to vehicle data such as battery status, odometer readings, and location, as well as the ability to lock and unlock vehicles remotely. By offering a developer-friendly interface and comprehensive documentation, Smartcar facilitates the seamless integration of its services into various tech stacks, allowing clients to manage vehicle tracking, EV charging, and other automotive-related features efficiently.

Rabbit

Series B in 2017
Rabbit is the way to watch anything online with anyone. Discover, share and watch content anywhere with your friends. React and respond in-the-moment or when you have time. Even if you're in a different city, another country, or on the other side of the world, Rabbit allows you to keep in touch while watching your favorite shows together. Rabbit is a Series B start-up that’s backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Goodwater Capital and others.

Within (VR/AR)

Series B in 2017
Within is the premier destination for innovative, entertaining, and informative story-based virtual reality and augmented reality. We bring together the best immersive experiences from the world's finest VR/AR creators—from gripping tales set in worlds of pure imagination to documentaries taking you further inside the news than ever before. Within supports all major headsets, including Oculus Quest, Rift, HTC Vive, Sony PlayStation VR, and Samsung Gear VR. To get started experiencing our ever-growing roster of content, just download our app for iPhone or Android today.

Cardiogram

Seed Round in 2016
Cardiogram, Inc., established in 2015 and based in San Francisco, California, specializes in developing wearable devices and applications to monitor and analyze heart health. The company's technology enables users to track heart rate measurements, providing insights into how their heart responds during workouts and how various factors such as stress, diet, and exercise affect their resting heart rate. The application supports cardio-tracking for devices like the Apple Watch and Android Wear, allowing users to detect heartbeats, monitor sleep, and maintain fitness. By enabling users to visualize and share their heart rate data, Cardiogram aims to help prevent serious heart-related issues such as strokes.

OfferUp

Series C in 2016
OfferUp, Inc. is an online platform that facilitates the buying and selling of various items within local communities. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, the platform allows users to post items for sale and browse new local postings using mobile devices. It caters to a wide range of product categories, including electronics, furniture, vehicles, and various household items. Users can communicate with potential buyers and sellers through messaging features, enabling them to negotiate prices and arrange meetings. OfferUp aims to create a convenient marketplace that connects people with similar interests and fosters local commerce.

Within (VR/AR)

Series A in 2016
Within is the premier destination for innovative, entertaining, and informative story-based virtual reality and augmented reality. We bring together the best immersive experiences from the world's finest VR/AR creators—from gripping tales set in worlds of pure imagination to documentaries taking you further inside the news than ever before. Within supports all major headsets, including Oculus Quest, Rift, HTC Vive, Sony PlayStation VR, and Samsung Gear VR. To get started experiencing our ever-growing roster of content, just download our app for iPhone or Android today.

Foursquare

Series E in 2016
Foursquare Labs, Inc. is a location technology platform that offers business solutions and consumer products focused on location intelligence. Founded in 2009 and based in New York, the company provides a range of tools, including Pinpoint for data-driven media planning, Placed for offline attribution, and the Pilgrim SDK for integrating location awareness in mobile applications. Foursquare's consumer apps, Foursquare and Swarm, allow users to track places visited and share recommendations, while its Places API offers access to firmographic data and community-sourced content. The platform also delivers analytics to enhance customer insights, optimize advertising strategies, and improve programmatic buying. By leveraging location data, Foursquare enables brands to better understand their audiences and measure the effectiveness of their marketing efforts.

YourMechanic

Series A in 2015
YourMechanic, Inc. is an online platform that connects vehicle owners with local mechanics for convenient car repair and maintenance services at home or the office. Founded in 2011 and based in Mountain View, California, the company enables users to request quotes, book services, and access automotive advice. Its mechanics offer a wide range of services, including oil changes, brake pad replacements, battery and alternator replacements, and various diagnostic and repair tasks. YourMechanic aims to make car repair more affordable and transparent, allowing customers to manage their service history and maintenance schedules while providing flexibility for mechanics in choosing their work.

Udacity

Series D in 2015
Udacity is an online learning platform founded in 2011 by David Stavens, Mike Sokolsky, and Sebastian Thrun, headquartered in Mountain View, California. Originating from free computer science courses at Stanford University, Udacity focuses on providing vocational training in high-demand fields such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, data science, and cloud computing. The platform offers various nanodegree programs, including web development, data analysis, and mobile app development, designed to equip learners with skills sought by employers. Udacity's mission is to democratize education, making it accessible and affordable for individuals aiming to enhance their career prospects. The company collaborates with technology firms to ensure its curriculum aligns with industry needs, thereby preparing learners for the evolving job market. Despite facing challenges in its early years, Udacity has grown significantly, boasting millions of users and a valuation exceeding $1 billion, supported by investments from prominent venture capital firms.

Mino Games

Seed Round in 2015
Mino Games is a free-to-play mobile gaming studio that produced the top 50 grossing mobile game Mino Monsters, with over 13 million downloads. We create deeply engaging, widely appealing games for millions of fans. We’re currently building our world class development studio in Montreal. We are a small group of passionate engineers, artists and analysts with a mission to create games that millions of people all around the world love to play for years. We are funded by the best angel investors, institutional investors, and gaming companies from across the world. Our third and latest game, Cat Game, has already hit the App Store’s Top 100 Grossing Chart in Canada. The game, currently in soft launch, is showing world class key metrics, and we are expecting it to be a global hit when we launch it by February 2019. We are looking today to grow the team and looking for world class ambitious talent to come join us on the journey, to develop and support this newest title into a global success on both iOS and Android, and help us with future projects as we rapidly grow.

Within (VR/AR)

Seed Round in 2015
Within is the premier destination for innovative, entertaining, and informative story-based virtual reality and augmented reality. We bring together the best immersive experiences from the world's finest VR/AR creators—from gripping tales set in worlds of pure imagination to documentaries taking you further inside the news than ever before. Within supports all major headsets, including Oculus Quest, Rift, HTC Vive, Sony PlayStation VR, and Samsung Gear VR. To get started experiencing our ever-growing roster of content, just download our app for iPhone or Android today.

DigitalOcean

Series B in 2015
DigitalOcean, LLC is a cloud computing platform that provides infrastructure and platform tools for software developers to deploy and scale applications of various sizes. Established in 2012 and headquartered in New York, the company offers a range of services, including compute, storage, and networking products. Its key offerings include Droplets, which are Linux-based virtual machines, Kubernetes for application deployment and management, databases, and Spaces, an object storage service compatible with S3. DigitalOcean aims to simplify the development process, enabling developers, start-ups, and small to medium-sized businesses to focus on creating innovative software without the need for extensive DevOps expertise. The company's commitment to customer service and support for the developer community enhances its appeal across diverse sectors, including web and mobile applications, e-commerce, and managed services.

Rabbit

Series A in 2015
Rabbit is the way to watch anything online with anyone. Discover, share and watch content anywhere with your friends. React and respond in-the-moment or when you have time. Even if you're in a different city, another country, or on the other side of the world, Rabbit allows you to keep in touch while watching your favorite shows together. Rabbit is a Series B start-up that’s backed by Bessemer Venture Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Goodwater Capital and others.

Meteor Software

Series B in 2015
Meteor is an open source framework for seamlessly building and deploying Web, Mobile, and Desktop applications in Javascript.

OfferUp

Series C in 2015
OfferUp, Inc. is an online platform that facilitates the buying and selling of various items within local communities. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, the platform allows users to post items for sale and browse new local postings using mobile devices. It caters to a wide range of product categories, including electronics, furniture, vehicles, and various household items. Users can communicate with potential buyers and sellers through messaging features, enabling them to negotiate prices and arrange meetings. OfferUp aims to create a convenient marketplace that connects people with similar interests and fosters local commerce.

Leap Transit

Venture Round in 2015
Leap is an smartphone powered shuttle service for San Francisco commuters who work downtown, and live in the surrounding neighborhoods. Our shuttles are equipped with leather seats, wireless internet, heat/AC, and you'll always have a place to sit. Finding stops, tracking your shuttle in real-time, and payment is all handled through our beautiful and easy to use iPhone app. Riding with Leap is as simple as showing up to a stop and showing your pass. Our first route is the Chestnut Express - and we'll be adding more routes very soon. You're going to love riding with Leap.

Human API

Series A in 2015
Human API is a digital health data network that allows consumers to easily access and share their health information from various sources, including hospitals, electronic medical records, pharmacies, labs, and wearable devices. Founded in 2013 and based in San Mateo, California, the company connects to data from 90% of US hospitals and over 300 wellness applications. The platform employs a machine learning-powered data pipeline to standardize health data, making it more accessible and actionable for medical researchers and scientists. Importantly, it empowers consumers to maintain control over their personal health data, determining which companies can access their information. This streamlined approach addresses the challenges of fragmented health data sources, facilitating efficient data sharing and utilization in the healthcare ecosystem.

Smartcar

Seed Round in 2015
Smartcar, Inc. is a technology company based in Mountain View, California, founded in 2014. It specializes in developing a platform that connects vehicles with mobility applications, enabling businesses to integrate their services with connected cars. Smartcar's API provides a range of functionalities, including access to vehicle data such as battery status, odometer readings, and location, as well as the ability to lock and unlock vehicles remotely. By offering a developer-friendly interface and comprehensive documentation, Smartcar facilitates the seamless integration of its services into various tech stacks, allowing clients to manage vehicle tracking, EV charging, and other automotive-related features efficiently.

Trans*H4CK

Grant in 2014
Trans*H4CK is an organization of its kind focused on creating technology to empower the transgender community. They shift the ways trans-gender non conforming, agender, and non binary people live by creating technology that economically empowers, improves access to social services, promotes gender safety and community sustainability, while bringing visibility to trans* tech innovators and entrepreneurs. Trans*H4CK has launched as a response to the growing social and economic barriers that plague the trans community and tackles these social problems by developing new and useful open source tech products that benefit the trans and gender non conforming communities. Since Trans*H4CK's launch in 2013, they have become the hub for transgender visibility in tech and entrepreneurship. They have had over 600 transgender developers, designers, and aspiring coders present at their hackathons, producing mobile apps that are used by trans* and gender non-conforming people across the country. Additionally, their speaker series has featured the stories of leading transgender executives, innovators, and emerging leaders--stories which were previously absent from the tech landscape.

Glow

Series B in 2014
Glow, Inc. is a technology company that develops mobile applications and online communities focused on women's health, particularly in areas concerning menstruation, fertility, pregnancy, and menopause. Founded in 2013 and based in San Francisco, Glow offers several applications, including Ruby By Glow, which assists with period and ovulation tracking, and Glow Nurture, designed for pregnancy tracking. The platform provides valuable insights, articles, and tips to support women throughout their reproductive journeys, whether they are trying to conceive, avoiding pregnancy, or coping with miscarriage. Additionally, Glow First is a community program aimed at making infertility treatment more accessible by allowing couples to pool resources and offering financial assistance to those who do not achieve pregnancy through accredited clinics.

Lookout

Series F in 2014
Lookout, Inc. is a cybersecurity company specializing in cloud-based technology solutions for mobile security. It offers personal security applications for both Android and iOS devices, focusing on mobile threat protection and theft prevention. Lookout's product suite also includes the Mobile Intelligence Center, which facilitates real-time access to mobile threat data, and an App Vetting API that secures enterprise and commercial app stores. The company aims to empower organizations to implement Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policies, ensure compliance, and combat advanced mobile threats. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Lookout has expanded its presence with offices in several global locations, including Boston, London, and Tokyo. It serves a diverse clientele, including enterprises, government agencies, and millions of consumers, by providing solutions that safeguard sensitive data across devices, applications, networks, and clouds.

Urban Engines

Seed Round in 2014
Urban Engines combines big data and spatial analytics to improve urban mobility and help people, cities and companies make better decisions about transportation. Urban Engines’ technology uses information collected from the Internet of Moving Things – data points produced by transit systems, delivery vehicles, on-demand fleets, among others – that are moving through cities to help people, packages, and things get from point A to B faster and more efficiently. Urban Engines’ cloud-based software can be up and running within 30 days — and scales to billions of trips as your system grows. In addition to its data service for cities and companies, the company puts city-level insights and optimized mixed-mode routing options into the hands of commuters with the Urban Engines mobile app.

Magin

Seed Round in 2014
Magin is an iPhone email app that tries to improve where other similar apps fall short by providing unique user interface, combined with cool features. The app tries to focus on most of the key things in email and makes them better by providing user experience that will make your actions seem fast and fluid. The app also tries to incorporate gestures and hand movements to excel the user experience, and combine these with unique animations that makes the interface to look lively and attractive. Being in such a crowded space Magin tries to differentiate from it's competitors by combining unique user interface with great features and aims to boost your productivity, whereas other similar apps are trying to "just work", Magin make it all seem like magic.

OfferUp

Series B in 2014
OfferUp, Inc. is an online platform that facilitates the buying and selling of various items within local communities. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Bellevue, Washington, the platform allows users to post items for sale and browse new local postings using mobile devices. It caters to a wide range of product categories, including electronics, furniture, vehicles, and various household items. Users can communicate with potential buyers and sellers through messaging features, enabling them to negotiate prices and arrange meetings. OfferUp aims to create a convenient marketplace that connects people with similar interests and fosters local commerce.

DigitalOcean

Series A in 2014
DigitalOcean, LLC is a cloud computing platform that provides infrastructure and platform tools for software developers to deploy and scale applications of various sizes. Established in 2012 and headquartered in New York, the company offers a range of services, including compute, storage, and networking products. Its key offerings include Droplets, which are Linux-based virtual machines, Kubernetes for application deployment and management, databases, and Spaces, an object storage service compatible with S3. DigitalOcean aims to simplify the development process, enabling developers, start-ups, and small to medium-sized businesses to focus on creating innovative software without the need for extensive DevOps expertise. The company's commitment to customer service and support for the developer community enhances its appeal across diverse sectors, including web and mobile applications, e-commerce, and managed services.

MediaSpike

Series A in 2013
MediaSpike provides a native monetization platform for applications, with a focus on social and mobile games. For application developers, integration involves using one of the MediaSpike SDKs to interact with the MediaSpike backend. Brands and agencies can then search by several parameters for appropriate placements through the MediaSpike dashboard. Placements are made by selecting an available placement, uploading the appropriate asset(s), previewing the placement and then submitting the placement to the developer through the MediaSpike dashboard. Once submitted a placement is reviewed and approved by the developer. Analytics for live placements are tracked and viewable through the MediaSpike dashboard.

Lookout

Series E in 2013
Lookout, Inc. is a cybersecurity company specializing in cloud-based technology solutions for mobile security. It offers personal security applications for both Android and iOS devices, focusing on mobile threat protection and theft prevention. Lookout's product suite also includes the Mobile Intelligence Center, which facilitates real-time access to mobile threat data, and an App Vetting API that secures enterprise and commercial app stores. The company aims to empower organizations to implement Bring Your Own Device (BYOD) policies, ensure compliance, and combat advanced mobile threats. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Lookout has expanded its presence with offices in several global locations, including Boston, London, and Tokyo. It serves a diverse clientele, including enterprises, government agencies, and millions of consumers, by providing solutions that safeguard sensitive data across devices, applications, networks, and clouds.

Socratic

Seed Round in 2013
Socratic, Inc. is an education technology company based in New York that develops a homework application designed to assist students across various subjects, including science, math, humanities, history, English, and economics. The app allows users to take photos of homework questions and employs artificial intelligence to provide answers along with detailed explanations, curated web videos, and helpful resources. Aimed primarily at high school students, Socratic enhances the learning experience by offering visual aids such as graphs and other educational materials. The application is free to use and is available on both iPhone and Android platforms. Socratic, Inc. was formerly known as Vespr, Inc. and adopted its current name in May 2015. The company was incorporated in 2013 and operates as a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc.

Jawbone

Private Equity Round in 2013
Jawbone is a company specializing in personal technology, focusing on creating comfortable, usable, and aesthetically pleasing devices. Its flagship product, the Jawbone Bluetooth headset, is renowned for its exceptional sound quality, enhanced by NoiseAssassin technology, which was initially developed for military applications to eliminate background noise and ensure clear communication. In addition to audio products, Jawbone has ventured into the health and fitness sector by developing biometric wearable devices. These devices are designed to monitor daily activities, sleep patterns, and eating habits, helping users lead healthier lives. The UP Platform, an open API associated with these fitness trackers, allows users to track their fitness levels and make informed health choices.

Glow

Series A in 2013
Glow, Inc. is a technology company that develops mobile applications and online communities focused on women's health, particularly in areas concerning menstruation, fertility, pregnancy, and menopause. Founded in 2013 and based in San Francisco, Glow offers several applications, including Ruby By Glow, which assists with period and ovulation tracking, and Glow Nurture, designed for pregnancy tracking. The platform provides valuable insights, articles, and tips to support women throughout their reproductive journeys, whether they are trying to conceive, avoiding pregnancy, or coping with miscarriage. Additionally, Glow First is a community program aimed at making infertility treatment more accessible by allowing couples to pool resources and offering financial assistance to those who do not achieve pregnancy through accredited clinics.

Swell

Series A in 2013
Swell is a podcast-like application where listeners also participate in the conversation. It lets users share ideas, ask questions, tell stories and jokes, discuss experiences, provide perspective, and much more. Its listeners can also reply with their own audio posts creating a conversation that is social, fun, and engaging.

Proven

Series A in 2013
Proven operates as a hiring tool intended for small businesses. The platform takes hiring on the go with fully native apps for iOS and Android. Employers can review resumes, respond to candidates, and even post a new job all from a smartphone. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Human API

Seed Round in 2013
Human API is a digital health data network that allows consumers to easily access and share their health information from various sources, including hospitals, electronic medical records, pharmacies, labs, and wearable devices. Founded in 2013 and based in San Mateo, California, the company connects to data from 90% of US hospitals and over 300 wellness applications. The platform employs a machine learning-powered data pipeline to standardize health data, making it more accessible and actionable for medical researchers and scientists. Importantly, it empowers consumers to maintain control over their personal health data, determining which companies can access their information. This streamlined approach addresses the challenges of fragmented health data sources, facilitating efficient data sharing and utilization in the healthcare ecosystem.

Lyft

Series C in 2013
Lyft is a transportation company that operates a mobile application designed to connect drivers with passengers seeking rides. Founded in 2013, it has become the second-largest ride-sharing service provider in the United States and Canada. The Lyft app allows users to request various types of rides, including private, shared, and luxury options, while also facilitating payment. In addition to ride-sharing, Lyft has expanded its services to include bike and scooter-sharing, promoting multimodal transportation solutions. The company primarily focuses on serving college, university, and corporate communities, and it enables riders to schedule rides up to seven days in advance.

Tipbit

Debt Financing in 2013
Tipbit returns email to killer app status by recreating it to make working from the smartphone easier and more productive – as often as possible, turning everyday tasks into a single swipe of a thumb or finger. It is the only mobile app that pulls everything a person needs to work effectively on the go into a single interface.

MessageMe

Series A in 2013
Messageme.com is to provide an emotionally engaging communication experience that's fun, lightweight and ubiquitous. Messaging revolves around a simple loop: users send messages and respond to messages. Social gaming showed that there are ways to tweak the experience around this loop to increase its performance drastically by influencing the emotions surrounding reciprocal interactions. They believe there is a large opportunity to provide a new level of engagement and excitement in messaging apps by applying these techniques and philosophies. MessageMe had also been courted by Snapchat as well as an app maker out of Europe, Truecaller. And, after earnouts, the price that Yahoo paid to acqui-hire MessageMe is between $30 million and $40 million.

Aviate

Venture Round in 2013
Aviate is an intelligent homescreen for the Android operating system that organizes the information in your phone and surfaces it at the perfect moment. Aviate works with your favorite apps to raise the smartphone experience above the clutter.

Foursquare

Debt Financing in 2013
Foursquare Labs, Inc. is a location technology platform that offers business solutions and consumer products focused on location intelligence. Founded in 2009 and based in New York, the company provides a range of tools, including Pinpoint for data-driven media planning, Placed for offline attribution, and the Pilgrim SDK for integrating location awareness in mobile applications. Foursquare's consumer apps, Foursquare and Swarm, allow users to track places visited and share recommendations, while its Places API offers access to firmographic data and community-sourced content. The platform also delivers analytics to enhance customer insights, optimize advertising strategies, and improve programmatic buying. By leveraging location data, Foursquare enables brands to better understand their audiences and measure the effectiveness of their marketing efforts.

Lockitron

Venture Round in 2013
Lockitron, developed by Apigy, is a virtual door locking solution that allows users to lock and unlock deadbolt locks remotely using a mobile device. The system consists of a combination door lock device paired with a smartphone application, effectively transforming a cell phone into a digital key. This technology enables users to secure their homes without the need for traditional keys, enhancing convenience and accessibility in home security.

Talkray

Series A in 2013
Turn your smart phone into the ultimate push to talk walkie-talkie with TiKL. App available in Android Market and iPhone App Store. Its free.

MessageMe

Seed Round in 2013
Messageme.com is to provide an emotionally engaging communication experience that's fun, lightweight and ubiquitous. Messaging revolves around a simple loop: users send messages and respond to messages. Social gaming showed that there are ways to tweak the experience around this loop to increase its performance drastically by influencing the emotions surrounding reciprocal interactions. They believe there is a large opportunity to provide a new level of engagement and excitement in messaging apps by applying these techniques and philosophies. MessageMe had also been courted by Snapchat as well as an app maker out of Europe, Truecaller. And, after earnouts, the price that Yahoo paid to acqui-hire MessageMe is between $30 million and $40 million.

Toro

Seed Round in 2013
Toro is built by Red Hot Labs in San Francisco, California, the team behind Farmville and Castleville for Facebook. Founded in March of 2012, Toro/ Red Hot Labs is a group of former app developers and product managers now focused on arming app developers of today with the tools they always wished they had. Toro's mission is to bring best-in-class mobile marketing to everyone. We accomplish this by guiding app companies through the process of setting up and optimizing marketing campaigns. All of our marketing plans run on the Facebook advertising platform.

Tomfoolery

Seed Round in 2013
Tomfoolery is a mobile app lab founded by ex-Yahoo and AOL execs committed to making enterprise solutions more consumer-friendly. Its debut app is the conversation platform Anchor. Anchor allows users to share files from Box.com and Dropbox, syncs with Evernote, and lets companies create company directories on the platform — a listing of all employees who are on Anchor — which can be used to find email and phone details, as well as link for chatting.

Quirky

Series C in 2012
Quirky is a crowdsourced invention platform based in New York City that facilitates collaboration among its global community of inventors and an in-house team of designers and engineers. Founded by Ben Kaufman, Quirky aims to make invention accessible by allowing individuals to submit product ideas, which are then vetted and voted on by the community. The platform encourages participation by enabling inventors to influence product development and share in royalties from sales of successful creations. By soliciting ideas through its website and mobile app, Quirky brings innovative consumer products to market on a weekly basis. The company considers various factors, including uniqueness and manufacturing complexity, when deciding which ideas to develop, while remaining committed to pursuing concepts that enhance everyday life. Quirky relaunched its platform in 2016 under new ownership, continuing its mission of democratizing the invention process.

Magnet Beauty

Series B in 2012
Magnet Beauty is a developer of a digital sales engagement platform that connects consumers with licensed and brand-trained virtual beauty advisors. This Software as a Service (SaaS) platform enables beauty brands to engage with online visitors, offering instant and personalized beauty advice from a network of certified makeup artists, estheticians, and cosmetologists. By leveraging this platform, brands can enhance consumer engagement, improve conversion rates, and foster brand loyalty, ultimately driving increased revenue. Magnet Beauty is headquartered in Palo Alto, California, and was founded in 2008. The company is known for its focus on creating enterprise-grade mobile applications and tools, ensuring that brands meet the evolving expectations of today's users.

Artillery

Venture Round in 2012
Artillery is a team of passionate gamers that is turning the modern web browser into a gaming console using HTML5 technology. Artillery's team is comprised of a brain trust of former Google and Facebook engineers focused on solving seemingly impossible game development hurdles and includes long-standing and high ranking gaming and eSports community members. It was founded in 2011 and based in Palo Alto, California.

QuickPay

Seed Round in 2012
QuickPay was founded in 2010 with a vision to leverage trends in mobile technology to remove the pain and hassle of finding, accessing, and paying for parking and transportation. Their revolutionary QP QuickPay mobile parking platform offers users one mobile parking application that works across all parking environments — drivers can even raise parking gates using their mobile phones — and gives parking owners and operators an efficient way to enable mobile parking across all their assets with a single integrated solution. Today drivers can use QP QuickPay and a mobile phone to find and pay for parking at hundreds of locations across the U.S., with new locations being added continually.
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