Alan is a digital health insurance provider that simplifies and streamlines insurance services for businesses. It offers tailored health insurance solutions, easy claim handling, and access to medical professionals via video calls, enabling users to conveniently manage their health and wellness.
Rippling is a workforce management platform that simplifies the administrative tasks associated with running a business. It offers an all-in-one solution for managing employee data and operations, including onboarding, offboarding, payroll, tax forms, and IT management. The platform automates various HR processes, ensuring compliance and streamlining approvals, while also providing tools for device management and software access. By integrating these functions into a single dashboard, Rippling allows businesses to enhance efficiency, reduce costs, and save time, enabling them to focus on growth. Its capabilities support the entire employee lifecycle and facilitate seamless onboarding for new hires.
SiFive, Inc. is a semiconductor company that specializes in designing and manufacturing chips, particularly focusing on RISC-V architecture. Established in 2015 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, with additional offices in locations such as Oregon, Texas, India, Taiwan, and France, SiFive provides a range of products including multi-core application processors, embedded microcontrollers, and system-on-chip solutions tailored for various applications such as IoT and wearables. The company emphasizes the use of open-source technology to enable faster and more cost-effective hardware development. By offering software development kits, toolchains, and customized silicon products, SiFive aims to democratize access to advanced semiconductor solutions, accelerating innovation for businesses of all sizes.
Lyra Health
Series F in 2022
Lyra Health operates a digital health platform that enhances mental health care for employees by connecting them with a curated network of therapists and coaches. Founded in 2015 and based in Burlingame, California, Lyra uses matching technology to pair individuals with suitable providers based on their needs and preferences. The platform offers live video therapy, coaching, and digital self-care tools, ensuring faster access to care and better outcomes compared to traditional plans. Lyra assesses treatment effectiveness using clinical measures like the PHQ-9 and GAD-7 for conditions such as anxiety and depression. This approach results in significantly more people receiving care and achieving improved mental health outcomes.
Handshake
Series F in 2022
Handshake is a career network focused on connecting students and recent graduates with job opportunities. The platform boasts a community of over 10 million users from 1,400 educational institutions, including colleges and boot camps. It links these individuals to more than 750,000 employers across various sectors, aiming to democratize access to career resources. Handshake enhances the recruiting experience for college students, career centers, and employers by providing a scalable and mobile-friendly infrastructure. This approach empowers students with greater access to job opportunities and insights, while offering employers a more efficient means to connect with talent. Additionally, Handshake equips colleges with tools to foster student engagement and improve employment outcomes.
Rec Room
Venture Round in 2021
Rec Room Inc., founded in 2016 and based in Seattle, Washington, operates an online platform that serves as a virtual social club where users can create and play games with friends. The company focuses on augmented and virtual reality experiences, facilitating social interactions and multiplayer gameplay. Its application allows users to engage in a virtual environment, enabling them to chat, meet, and socialize with others globally. Rec Room aims to build a vibrant community centered around gaming and social engagement.
Cockroach Labs
Series F in 2021
Cockroach Labs, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing open-source database software, particularly known for its flagship product, CockroachDB. This cloud-native, distributed SQL database is designed to support the rapid scaling of applications while ensuring resilience against failures, including disk, machine, and datacenter outages. CockroachDB offers strong consistency and ACID transactions, along with an SQL API for efficient data management. The platform is utilized by a diverse range of customers, from small startups to Fortune 500 companies, across various industries such as finance, retail, and media. Founded in 2015, Cockroach Labs is headquartered in New York City, with an additional office in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The company focuses on enabling developers to build robust applications without compromising on performance or reliability.
Cato Networks
Series F in 2021
Cato Networks Ltd. is a provider of a cloud-based network Security-as-a-Service platform that integrates networking and security solutions for enterprises. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, with additional offices in locations such as California, the United Kingdom, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Australia, the company offers a secure global SD-WAN. Cato's platform connects various enterprise locations, personnel, and data while optimizing application access across all users and locations. Key features include WAN optimization, firewall protection, secure web gateways, and threat protection. Cato Networks enables organizations to reduce costs associated with MPLS, improve performance for global locations and cloud applications, and eliminate the need for branch appliances, all while providing secure internet access and integrating mobile users and cloud data centers into the network seamlessly.
Rebel Foods
Series F in 2021
Rebel Foods is a prominent operator of cloud kitchens that specializes in delivering food on demand through a variety of in-house brands. The company combines culinary expertise with advanced technology to ensure high food quality and efficient delivery. Its innovative approach includes the use of dark kitchens, which allow for streamlined operations and expanded menu options. Rebel Foods offers a range of food brands catering to different consumer dining occasions, including the well-known FAASOS brand, which focuses on retail food provision and home delivery services. By prioritizing ingredient sourcing and preparation standards, Rebel Foods aims to enhance the overall dining experience for food enthusiasts.
Domino Data Lab
Series F in 2021
Domino Data Lab, Inc. offers an enterprise data science platform that supports both on-premise and cloud-based solutions for data analysis applications. Its primary offerings include Domino Cloud, a managed cloud infrastructure for running and scaling models, and Domino On-Premise, which allows clients to track and audit their analyses. The platform is designed to empower data science teams by enabling collaborative, reusable, and reproducible analysis. Domino Data Lab serves a diverse range of industries, including financial services, healthcare, manufacturing, media, technology, retail, and consumer products. The platform is utilized by model-driven organizations to accelerate research, enhance collaboration, and deliver impactful models efficiently. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, California, the company was formerly known as Cerebro, Inc. before rebranding in 2015.
Kuaikan Manhua
Series F in 2021
Kuaikan Manhua is an online and mobile platform for original online comic artwork targeting young readers. Founded in 2014, Kuaikan Manhua is a comic-reading platform and community of interest that is popular among users. As of January 2019, the total number of users of the comics app is over 170 million, and the monthly users are over 40 million, and the market share in the comics market is more than half*. Kuaikan World’s vision is to build an ideal ecosystem of cultural-entertainment in the future, as well as bring happiness to the world. Kuaikan aims to help comic creators to create more widely-popular comics with positive, energetic and warm contents to millions of users.
Lyra Health
Series F in 2021
Lyra Health operates a digital health platform that enhances mental health care for employees by connecting them with a curated network of therapists and coaches. Founded in 2015 and based in Burlingame, California, Lyra uses matching technology to pair individuals with suitable providers based on their needs and preferences. The platform offers live video therapy, coaching, and digital self-care tools, ensuring faster access to care and better outcomes compared to traditional plans. Lyra assesses treatment effectiveness using clinical measures like the PHQ-9 and GAD-7 for conditions such as anxiety and depression. This approach results in significantly more people receiving care and achieving improved mental health outcomes.
UiPath Inc. specializes in designing and developing robotic process automation software for enterprises, aiming to enhance business efficiency through automation. Its comprehensive platform enables hyper-automation by identifying automation opportunities driven by artificial intelligence and human collaboration. The solution facilitates the creation, management, deployment, and optimization of automation across various business processes, including finance, healthcare, human resources, and legal operations. By utilizing a combination of robotic process automation and application programming interfaces, UiPath allows organizations to automate repetitive tasks, offering enhanced control and governance, with deployment options available both in the cloud and on-premises. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in New York, UiPath serves a diverse range of industries, including finance, insurance, telecommunications, and public sector entities.
Sila is a battery materials company founded in 2011 and headquartered in California, United States. It specializes in manufacturing energy-dense lithium-ion batteries designed for electric vehicles and consumer electronics. Sila collaborates with automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to accelerate product development and partners with battery manufacturers to enhance commercial cell production. The company focuses on providing advanced battery materials that improve energy storage capabilities, enabling the production of small, light, and long-lasting devices. By offering superior performance and quality control, Sila aims to facilitate the mass adoption of affordable, long-range electric vehicles while maintaining safety and cycle life standards.
Rivian
Private Equity Round in 2021
Rivian is an automotive technology company that develops products and services to advance the shift to sustainable mobility. The company creates solutions that redefine traditional automotive economics and remove the pain points of conventional ownership. It also manufactures autonomous electric vehicles intended to offer a comfortable and eco-friendly driving experience.
Keep is an innovative fitness platform that combines technology with a passion for sports, aiming to enhance the fitness experience for users. The company offers a comprehensive fitness solution that includes AI-assisted personalized curriculums, interactive live-streaming classes, and recorded fitness courses. These offerings are tailored to individual athletic levels, fitness goals, and daily workout habits. Additionally, Keep provides a range of smart fitness devices, gear, apparel, and nutritional products, creating an integrated ecosystem that bridges the physical and digital realms. By promoting a culture of fitness and encouraging community engagement, Keep seeks to inspire more individuals to embrace an active lifestyle.
Chime is a mobile banking and finance platform that offers users convenient access to banking services through their smartphones. The platform features a unique savings mechanism that automatically allocates a predetermined amount of money into savings after each transaction. Chime generates revenue from transaction fees paid by merchants, which aligns its interests with those of its users, promoting fee avoidance and encouraging savings. Additionally, the platform provides fee-free overdrafts and early access to paychecks, empowering users to gain greater control and flexibility over their financial situations while supporting their efforts to improve credit.
Databricks
Series F in 2019
Databricks Inc. is a technology company that provides a unified data analytics cloud platform designed to facilitate data engineering and collaborative data science. The company offers a comprehensive suite of tools, including a just-in-time data platform that simplifies data integration, real-time experimentation, and deployment of production applications for developers and data scientists. Key products include Databricks Delta, which combines the capabilities of data warehouses with low-latency streaming, MLflow for managing the machine learning lifecycle, and Delta Lake for handling batch and streaming data. Databricks serves a diverse range of industries, including advertising, healthcare, manufacturing, and telecommunications, and has established strategic partnerships with various organizations to enhance its offerings. Founded in 2013, Databricks is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with additional offices in London, Amsterdam, and Bengaluru.
DoorDash, Inc. is a logistics platform that connects consumers, merchants, and delivery personnel, primarily in the United States and Europe. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company initially launched as PaloAltoDelivery.com before rebranding to DoorDash, Inc. in 2015. DoorDash offers a marketplace that allows local and national restaurants, as well as other businesses such as grocery stores and retailers, to reach customers through online ordering for pickup or delivery. The company's services include customer acquisition, delivery logistics, insights and analytics, payment processing, and customer support. Additionally, DoorDash operates DoorDash Drive, a white-label logistics service that further enhances its delivery capabilities. Through its platform, DoorDash aims to transform local businesses and strengthen community connections by building a robust last-mile delivery infrastructure.
Instacart
Series F in 2018
Instacart is a prominent grocery delivery service operating in the United States and Canada, facilitating rapid deliveries of groceries and home essentials, often within an hour. The company partners with a variety of local and national grocers, including well-known brands such as Safeway, Whole Foods, and Costco, allowing customers to select from over 500,000 items and combine orders from multiple stores. Instacart employs a network of approximately 600,000 independent contractors who pick and deliver items directly to customers' homes. In addition to its delivery services, Instacart generates revenue by charging fees based on order value and by offering advertising opportunities primarily to consumer-packaged goods companies. With nearly 8 million monthly active users, Instacart has established itself as a leading platform in the grocery delivery market.
Meituan, established in 2010 and headquartered in Beijing, China, operates a comprehensive online platform offering retail and group buying services. It specializes in delivering Chinese food from local restaurants and provides online group discounts for a wide range of sectors, including movies, groceries, restaurants, entertainment, and health/fitness. As of 2020, Meituan holds a dominant 70.7% share in China's food delivery market. Its revenue streams are primarily derived from on-demand services (58%), hotel booking, coupon sales, and advertising (17%), with new initiatives contributing the remaining 25%. These new initiatives, such as community group buying and non-food delivery, are poised to transform Meituan into a broader grocer and logistics business, potentially surpassing food delivery as its primary focus.
Box is an online file sharing and cloud content management service offering unlimited storage, custom branding, and administrative controls. Box provides more than 8 million users with secure cloud content management and collaboration. Box platform "allows personal and commercial content to be accessible, sharable, and storable in any format from anywhere." It also helps businesses of all sizes in every industry securely access and manages their critical information in the cloud.