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Founded in 2021, Atmosfy is a San Francisco-based platform that helps users discover dining and nightlife options through video reviews. It covers restaurants, bars, cafes, and clubs nearby or afar, assisting users in making informed decisions based on their preferences.

Pando is bringing equity, inclusion, and structure to employee progression. Employee progression is often opaque, unstructured, uninformed, and subjective. As a result, many employees get overlooked, feel stuck, become disengaged, and eventually leave. They believe that structured, transparent, and actionable career ladders drive equity, empower teams and create purpose for all employees. Pando HR was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Aavenir Software Pvt. Ltd is a provider of Software-as-a-Service solutions focused on source-to-pay processes, founded in 2019 and headquartered in Ahmedabad, India, with an additional office in San Francisco, California. The company's platform utilizes advanced machine learning and natural language processing technologies to enhance procurement and contract lifecycle management. By learning various invoice formats and payment terms, Aavenir's solution can automatically extract essential information such as invoice numbers, item codes, and amounts payable. It validates this data against purchase orders, goods receipt notes, and contracts to ensure accuracy within the ServiceNow platform. Aavenir aims to streamline traditional procurement processes, reduce cycle times, and offer data-driven insights to improve efficiency in sourcing, procurement, and contracting.

Apollo GraphQL provides an open-source GraphQL platform and commercial technologies that help teams build, test, and ship APIs across applications. The platform reduces boilerplate code, accelerates delivery by enabling frontend and mobile features to stay in sync with backend services, and supports scalable API development. Its Apollo GraphOS suite includes a self-service supergraph that links multiple backend services into a unified, scalable API, facilitating faster experimentation and deployment. The company serves major brands such as Netflix, Snap, and The New York Times, handling more than five trillion requests in 2023 and enabling personalized, omnichannel experiences. Based in San Francisco, Apollo GraphQL is used by developers to streamline API workflows across organizations.

Zeno Group, Inc. is a public relations and communications firm that provides a range of services including reputation management, corporate communications, brand marketing, healthcare, technology, and idea generation. The company also develops consumer, digital lifestyle, health, and public affairs programs tailored to meet client business objectives. Founded in 1998 and originally named PR21, Zeno Group changed its name in October 2004. It is headquartered in New York City and has additional offices in Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, and Washington, D.C. Zeno Group operates as a subsidiary of Daniel J. Edelman, Inc.

Bold is a company that operates an application designed to facilitate payments and manage sales reports and transactions, specifically targeting small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) in Colombia. Founded in 2019 and based in Bogotá, Colombia, Bold aims to simplify financial processes for its clients. In addition to its core financial services, Bold Media, Inc., which was established in 2015 and is based in San Francisco, California, provides an internal blog platform that helps organizations share knowledge and ideas efficiently.

Drift Biotechnologies develops bioinformatics software for infectious disease genetic sequencing. The company was headquartered in San Francisco, California in 2020.

Varda Space Industries, Inc. is a space manufacturing startup based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2020 by Delian Asparouhov and Trae Stephens. The company specializes in creating products in space that are intended for terrestrial applications, leveraging the unique advantages of low gravity. Varda aims to establish an infrastructure for harvesting materials from asteroids, enabling the production of new products in space. This approach not only facilitates the manufacturing of innovative goods but also promotes sustainability by reducing reliance on the destructive extraction of Earth's resources.

Zendar Inc. is a manufacturer of advanced radar systems specifically designed for autonomous vehicles. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Berkeley, California, the company focuses on developing high-definition radar technology that integrates the advantages of traditional radar—such as long-range detection and all-weather functionality—with the high resolution typically associated with lidar systems. Zendar's radar solutions enable self-driving cars to operate safely in adverse weather conditions, providing high-resolution imaging that enhances situational awareness and overall safety for autonomous driving.

Underground Cellar is an online marketplace based in San Francisco that specializes in premium wine discovery and purchasing. The platform features daily themed offerings highlighting specific wineries, regions, or varietals, and enhances the consumer experience by providing random rewards in the form of free bottle swaps for rare and private-stash selections from esteemed wineries. Users can easily buy wines from various winery partners and have the option to accumulate and store up to 500 bottles in optimal conditions within a state-of-the-art wine cellar situated in California's wine country. This service allows wine enthusiasts to build their own collections and enjoy convenient home delivery.

Xwing, Inc. specializes in autonomous flight technology tailored for unmanned aircraft, focusing on enhancing the safety and efficiency of air transportation. Founded in 2016 and based in San Francisco, the company develops software that integrates sensors and maps with onboard flight control systems, enabling regional aircraft to navigate, take off, and land autonomously. Initially concentrating on transforming cargo aircraft into fully autonomous planes, Xwing aims to improve access to reliable and affordable delivery services worldwide. The company has garnered recognition for its innovation, being named one of the Most Innovative Transportation Companies by Fast Company and featured in TIME Magazine’s Best Inventions List after achieving the world’s first fully autonomous cargo flight. Xwing is committed to expanding its technology into other sectors of commercial aviation, with a focus on safety, scalability, and sustainability.

Raydiant Inc., established in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, specializes in designing, developing, and providing an experience platform that connects employees and customers with brands across various industries such as banking, retail, hospitality, and healthcare. The company's solution comprises kiosks, virtual agents, and multimedia devices for screen management, enabling businesses to create engaging in-store experiences through digital signage. Raydiant works with over 5,000 brands worldwide, including notable clients like Johnson & Johnson and Chick-Fil-A, helping them streamline operations, enhance customer experiences, and drive sales growth.

Pando is bringing equity, inclusion, and structure to employee progression. Employee progression is often opaque, unstructured, uninformed, and subjective. As a result, many employees get overlooked, feel stuck, become disengaged, and eventually leave. They believe that structured, transparent, and actionable career ladders drive equity, empower teams and create purpose for all employees. Pando HR was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Play2sell is a sales gamification platform that trains brokers and sales teams to improve performance. The platform combines training with incentives through games, tracks sales metrics across teams, and uses points redeemable for virtual or real prizes to motivate learning and engagement. It provides industry-specific content and rankings to assess performance and support task-based recruitment and placement within a company. Founded in 2017 and based in São Paulo, Brazil, the company serves real estate and other sectors by making training more engaging, measurable, and aligned with business goals.

Settle is a cash-flow management software company that automates business-to-business payments and helps optimize working capital. The platform provides payment management, payable date control and extensions, paperless invoicing, auto payments, automated purchase orders, and proactive replenishment alerts to streamline procurement, accounts payable automation, and financing, enabling faster billing cycles and improved visibility into liquidity. Founded in 2019 by Alek Koenig and based in San Francisco, Settle serves companies seeking integrated tools to improve cash flow management.

Founded in 2015, Interviewing.io operates a platform that connects software engineers with senior engineers from top tech companies for anonymous mock interviews. This approach helps candidates prepare for technical job interviews and saves hiring managers time by fast-tracking strong performers.

Founded in 2016, Monograph develops project management software tailored for architects and engineers. Its platform enables firms to manage teams, projects, timesheets, and forecasts efficiently, reducing non-billable hours and improving professionalism with clients.

IonPath Inc., established in 2014 and headquartered in Menlo Park, California, specializes in multiplexed ion beam imaging services for pathology. The company's core technology surpasses light microscopy, enabling it to analyze fresh, frozen, or FFPE tissues with high precision. This allows healthcare providers to diagnose cancer more accurately, ultimately improving human health through better insights into the tissue microenvironment at a single-cell level.

Metadata, Inc. develops a marketing data analytics platform designed to streamline demand generation for B2B enterprises. The platform supports scheduling campaign amplification to targeted audiences, provides full profile information for new signups, and auto-generates buyer and user personas while offering access to a database of prospects. It enables prospect segmentation by industry, job function, technology stack, and interests, and monitors signups to accelerate pipeline creation and marketing campaigns by applying automation data to targeted advertising. The company also integrates with marketing automation systems such as Salesforce to reduce manual tasks for marketers. Founded in 2015, Metadata, Inc. is headquartered in California. By compiling historical sales data, the platform creates profiles of ideal customers and orchestrates the acceleration of existing opportunities while targeting new accounts, helping B2B teams optimize demand generation and drive more predictable outcomes.

Founded in 2017, Routable operates a B2B invoice and bill payment platform that automates processes for accounts payables and receivables teams. Its platform streamlines cash flow by helping to find errors, request authorization, and simplify payments worldwide.

Zendar Inc. is a manufacturer of advanced radar systems specifically designed for autonomous vehicles. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Berkeley, California, the company focuses on developing high-definition radar technology that integrates the advantages of traditional radar—such as long-range detection and all-weather functionality—with the high resolution typically associated with lidar systems. Zendar's radar solutions enable self-driving cars to operate safely in adverse weather conditions, providing high-resolution imaging that enhances situational awareness and overall safety for autonomous driving.

Raydiant Inc., established in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, specializes in designing, developing, and providing an experience platform that connects employees and customers with brands across various industries such as banking, retail, hospitality, and healthcare. The company's solution comprises kiosks, virtual agents, and multimedia devices for screen management, enabling businesses to create engaging in-store experiences through digital signage. Raydiant works with over 5,000 brands worldwide, including notable clients like Johnson & Johnson and Chick-Fil-A, helping them streamline operations, enhance customer experiences, and drive sales growth.

Drift Biotechnologies develops bioinformatics software for infectious disease genetic sequencing. The company was headquartered in San Francisco, California in 2020.

Xwing, Inc. specializes in autonomous flight technology tailored for unmanned aircraft, focusing on enhancing the safety and efficiency of air transportation. Founded in 2016 and based in San Francisco, the company develops software that integrates sensors and maps with onboard flight control systems, enabling regional aircraft to navigate, take off, and land autonomously. Initially concentrating on transforming cargo aircraft into fully autonomous planes, Xwing aims to improve access to reliable and affordable delivery services worldwide. The company has garnered recognition for its innovation, being named one of the Most Innovative Transportation Companies by Fast Company and featured in TIME Magazine’s Best Inventions List after achieving the world’s first fully autonomous cargo flight. Xwing is committed to expanding its technology into other sectors of commercial aviation, with a focus on safety, scalability, and sustainability.

Contra is a networking platform founded in 2019 by Ben Huffman and Gajus Kuizinas. It connects independent professionals with flexible work opportunities through an exclusive community, enabling freelancers to earn a living on their own terms.

Underground Cellar is an online marketplace based in San Francisco that specializes in premium wine discovery and purchasing. The platform features daily themed offerings highlighting specific wineries, regions, or varietals, and enhances the consumer experience by providing random rewards in the form of free bottle swaps for rare and private-stash selections from esteemed wineries. Users can easily buy wines from various winery partners and have the option to accumulate and store up to 500 bottles in optimal conditions within a state-of-the-art wine cellar situated in California's wine country. This service allows wine enthusiasts to build their own collections and enjoy convenient home delivery.

Addressable LLC, founded in 1999 and based in San Francisco, California, specializes in innovative robot technology that produces handwritten communications using actual ballpoint pens. The company has developed a full-stack growth automation platform designed to facilitate high-value relationships through personalized campaigns. By employing patented technology that mimics various human handwriting styles, Addressable aims to bridge the gap between digital advertising strategies and physical outreach. The management team, composed of experts from notable companies such as Facebook, Snowflake, and UJet, focuses on delivering measurable and impactful marketing solutions tailored to industries that prioritize relationship-building.

Weatherwax Bio develops the next generation of induced-proximity medicines. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Nova Credit is a data analytics and credit reporting company focused on expanding access to credit for immigrants by making their financial histories portable across borders. It combines alternative data with bank-grade infrastructure to provide a compliant credit platform and cross-border reporting, including solutions such as Credit Passport and cash flow underwriting and verification. The company helps lenders, property managers, and other businesses assess credit risk more accurately, enabling immigrants to access financial services and housing abroad where traditional credit data are limited. Headquartered in San Francisco, Nova Credit serves clients across industries and leverages its credit expertise to bridge gaps in conventional credit analytics and support responsible growth in open finance.

INDUS.AI is a construction intelligence platform that provides real-time visibility into construction sites for real estate investors, owners, developers, and general contractors. The platform uses live video from secure cameras to identify inefficiencies, monitor productivity, and surface risks, enabling project teams to optimize labor, equipment, and materials, reconcile over-billed charges, and adjust schedules. It aims to improve safety, efficiency, and transparency on projects. Founded in 2017, INDUS.AI has offices in San Francisco and Toronto and serves clients in the United States, Canada, Hong Kong, and Brazil.

InCountry, Inc. is a data residency storage solutions provider that focuses on ensuring global data compliance for international businesses. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company operates in 65 countries, offering a data residency-as-a-service platform that securely stores and processes profile data within its country of origin. InCountry's offerings include a REST API and SDK for executing data logic through micro containers and serverless functions, as well as InCountry Border, which helps keep personal information within national borders. Additionally, the company provides Single-Tenant solutions that offer dedicated hosting, ensuring isolation from other network traffic. InCountry serves a diverse range of sectors, including finance, healthcare, and payments, facilitating easy integration for multinationals to comply with local regulations and manage citizens' data effectively.

Play2sell is a sales gamification platform that trains brokers and sales teams to improve performance. The platform combines training with incentives through games, tracks sales metrics across teams, and uses points redeemable for virtual or real prizes to motivate learning and engagement. It provides industry-specific content and rankings to assess performance and support task-based recruitment and placement within a company. Founded in 2017 and based in São Paulo, Brazil, the company serves real estate and other sectors by making training more engaging, measurable, and aligned with business goals.

Cointopia, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2017 that offers a platform designed to connect startups and existing businesses with funding sources. It serves as a comprehensive solution for token sales and post-ICO management, functioning as a marketplace that facilitates interactions between purchasers and token sale companies. Cointopia leverages blockchain technology to create a secure environment that addresses vulnerabilities in the cryptocurrency marketplace, thereby enabling companies to manage their tokens effectively. The platform also allows users to monitor performance, communicate with purchasers, and track distribution, all while providing access to a network of institutional investors and family offices that are typically difficult to reach.

INDUS.AI is a construction intelligence platform that provides real-time visibility into construction sites for real estate investors, owners, developers, and general contractors. The platform uses live video from secure cameras to identify inefficiencies, monitor productivity, and surface risks, enabling project teams to optimize labor, equipment, and materials, reconcile over-billed charges, and adjust schedules. It aims to improve safety, efficiency, and transparency on projects. Founded in 2017, INDUS.AI has offices in San Francisco and Toronto and serves clients in the United States, Canada, Hong Kong, and Brazil.

Bridgefy, Inc., founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, California, specializes in developing a software development kit that enables mobile applications to function without an internet connection. The company's technology leverages smartphones' Bluetooth and Wi-Fi antennas to create mesh networks, allowing users to communicate even in areas with limited or no internet access. This capability is particularly useful in situations such as crowded events, natural disasters, rural areas, and locations with controlled internet access. Bridgefy's unique mesh network technology improves as more people use it, enhancing the reliability and reach of the communication network. The company's innovative approach has been adopted by over 10 million users worldwide, demonstrating its effectiveness and broad impact.

Platzi is an online education platform that delivers live and recorded courses across design, marketing, and programming. It offers professional tracks in application and web development, online marketing, interface design, server administration, and related fields, with interactive features such as real-time collaboration among students and industry-leading instructors. The platform emphasizes practical, in-demand skills for lifelong learning, using video and interactive lessons to teach applied concepts rather than traditional academia, and supports learners worldwide in multiple languages. Founded in 2012, Platzi serves a global student base and provides access to project sharing, guides, tutorials, and bonus live sessions to enhance learning.

Founded in 2017, Knowhere is a San Francisco-based technology company that delivers factual news through machine learning-supported journalism. It operates daily newsletters, including The Brief with over half a million subscribers across America, and local newsletters reaching thousands of readers in California and Florida.

Founded in 2016, Xertica Labs is a cloud consulting company specializing in enhancing information security. It offers services such as smart key management, password protection, signature verification, file cleaning, news aggregation, and training to strengthen security controls for businesses. With offices across Latin America and the U.S., Xertica Labs helps companies improve communication, collaboration, security, productivity, and profitability through cloud computing.

Nightingale Security specializes in automated aerial robotic security solutions, utilizing proprietary drone-infrastructure technology to enhance facility protection. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company offers a range of aerial security systems tailored for various commercial applications, including perimeter defense, remote surveillance, and event protection. Nightingale's product lineup features unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) such as the Blackbird UAV, alongside a base station and intelligent mission control software. The Nightingale Robotic Aerial Security System is designed specifically for safeguarding critical infrastructure, making it ideal for sectors including enterprise, defense, and emergency response. With a strong sales pipeline, the company has attracted interest from Fortune 500 clients seeking the advantages of its innovative security solutions.

Cointopia, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2017 that offers a platform designed to connect startups and existing businesses with funding sources. It serves as a comprehensive solution for token sales and post-ICO management, functioning as a marketplace that facilitates interactions between purchasers and token sale companies. Cointopia leverages blockchain technology to create a secure environment that addresses vulnerabilities in the cryptocurrency marketplace, thereby enabling companies to manage their tokens effectively. The platform also allows users to monitor performance, communicate with purchasers, and track distribution, all while providing access to a network of institutional investors and family offices that are typically difficult to reach.

Madison Reed, Inc. is a beauty company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in manufacturing hair care products, including permanent hair colors, root touch-up products, and color reviving glosses. The company employs a proprietary ammonia-free formula and uses technology to provide salon-quality hair color at home for an affordable price. Madison Reed also offers a range of hair care accessories and tools, such as color bowls, brushes, and professional color kits. In addition to its extensive online product offerings, the company operates hair color salons in California and provides franchising opportunities. Founded in 2013, Madison Reed is committed to creating hair coloring formulations that are free from harsh ingredients like ammonia and parabens, incorporating beneficial nutrients such as keratin and argan oil to cater to individual customer needs.

Founded in 2015, Interviewing.io operates a platform that connects software engineers with senior engineers from top tech companies for anonymous mock interviews. This approach helps candidates prepare for technical job interviews and saves hiring managers time by fast-tracking strong performers.

All Turtles is a venture builder established in 2017, headquartered in Bentonville, Arkansas. It partners with founding teams to create practical AI solutions for everyday problems, resulting in products such as Butter.ai, Disco, DoNotPay, and others.

Indee Labs develops hardware and platform technologies for gene delivery to immune cells, with the aim of enabling the rapid development and scalable manufacture of gene-modified cell therapies, including CAR-T cells. The company focuses on non-viral delivery methods to introduce small molecules, nucleic acids, proteins, and gene-editing complexes into immune cells, supporting biopharmaceutical research and manufacturing while maintaining high cell viability and function. Its technology has progressed with collaboration from national facilities and through participation in biotech incubators and accelerators. Indee Labs maintains an international footprint, with an office in Sydney and lab space in Berkeley, reflecting its cross-regional development and manufacturing focus.

Play2sell is a sales gamification platform that trains brokers and sales teams to improve performance. The platform combines training with incentives through games, tracks sales metrics across teams, and uses points redeemable for virtual or real prizes to motivate learning and engagement. It provides industry-specific content and rankings to assess performance and support task-based recruitment and placement within a company. Founded in 2017 and based in São Paulo, Brazil, the company serves real estate and other sectors by making training more engaging, measurable, and aligned with business goals.

Bridgefy, Inc., founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, California, specializes in developing a software development kit that enables mobile applications to function without an internet connection. The company's technology leverages smartphones' Bluetooth and Wi-Fi antennas to create mesh networks, allowing users to communicate even in areas with limited or no internet access. This capability is particularly useful in situations such as crowded events, natural disasters, rural areas, and locations with controlled internet access. Bridgefy's unique mesh network technology improves as more people use it, enhancing the reliability and reach of the communication network. The company's innovative approach has been adopted by over 10 million users worldwide, demonstrating its effectiveness and broad impact.

Nightingale Security specializes in automated aerial robotic security solutions, utilizing proprietary drone-infrastructure technology to enhance facility protection. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company offers a range of aerial security systems tailored for various commercial applications, including perimeter defense, remote surveillance, and event protection. Nightingale's product lineup features unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) such as the Blackbird UAV, alongside a base station and intelligent mission control software. The Nightingale Robotic Aerial Security System is designed specifically for safeguarding critical infrastructure, making it ideal for sectors including enterprise, defense, and emergency response. With a strong sales pipeline, the company has attracted interest from Fortune 500 clients seeking the advantages of its innovative security solutions.