Pioneer
Seed Round in 2023
Pioneer is a company that specializes in utilizing artificial intelligence to assist businesses in securing grants, contracts, loans, and tax credits. Its AI-powered platform streamlines the application process by generating drafts and enhancing the volume of applications submitted. By providing secure access to government incentives from various federal, state, and local databases, Pioneer enables climate technology companies to concentrate on their primary operations while effectively tapping into non-dilutive funding opportunities. With a team of experts, Pioneer aims to optimize the grant-seeking process, making it more efficient for its clients.
Ruuf
Pre Seed Round in 2023
Ruuf is a solar marketplace that connects homeowners with solar installers and lenders.
Sawyer is a marketplace focused on enriching childhood experiences, connecting children, parents, and providers through an innovative platform. The company offers a comprehensive suite of technology solutions designed to enhance the online registration and booking processes for various enriching activities, such as yoga, dance, and arts and crafts classes. By empowering small business owners, non-profits, and educational institutions with tools for business intelligence and community engagement, Sawyer facilitates growth and impact in the early childhood development sector. The platform also aids parents in navigating the diverse landscape of children's activities, making it easier to discover and book local experiences that foster a love of learning. Sawyer's mission is to transform perceptions of education, emphasizing that meaningful learning extends beyond academic performance to include joyful discovery and adventure, ultimately preparing children for their future.
Axie Infinity
Series A in 2021
Axie Infinity is a game that allows players to collect, raise, battle, and trade fantasy creatures called Axies. Built on blockchain technology, it enables users to earn in-game resources with real-world value.
SuperRare Labs
Series A in 2021
SuperRare Labs operates an online digital art marketplace that specializes in non-fungible tokens (NFTs). The platform provides artists with the tools to issue limited-edition digital artworks, which are tokenized as unique crypto-collectible items. This enables collectors to buy, own, and trade single-edition pieces of art directly from the original creators. By facilitating this process, SuperRare Labs connects artists with collectors, promoting the acquisition and exchange of digital art in a secure and innovative manner.
Science Exchange
Venture Round in 2019
Science Exchange, Inc. operates an online marketplace that facilitates collaboration between researchers and scientific service providers, including academic and government laboratories. Founded in 2011 and based in Palo Alto, California, the company enables users to search for, compare, and procure scientific services from U.S. research institutions, streamlining the process of obtaining quotes, managing projects, and processing payments. The platform enhances research and development productivity by automating various collaborative tasks while ensuring data security and regulatory compliance. By matching researchers seeking to outsource experiments with qualified service providers, Science Exchange makes it easier and more affordable for scientific institutions and researchers to access outsourced research and development services, ultimately accelerating the pace of scientific discovery.
Science Exchange
Debt Financing in 2019
Science Exchange, Inc. operates an online marketplace that facilitates collaboration between researchers and scientific service providers, including academic and government laboratories. Founded in 2011 and based in Palo Alto, California, the company enables users to search for, compare, and procure scientific services from U.S. research institutions, streamlining the process of obtaining quotes, managing projects, and processing payments. The platform enhances research and development productivity by automating various collaborative tasks while ensuring data security and regulatory compliance. By matching researchers seeking to outsource experiments with qualified service providers, Science Exchange makes it easier and more affordable for scientific institutions and researchers to access outsourced research and development services, ultimately accelerating the pace of scientific discovery.
Sawyer is a marketplace focused on enriching childhood experiences, connecting children, parents, and providers through an innovative platform. The company offers a comprehensive suite of technology solutions designed to enhance the online registration and booking processes for various enriching activities, such as yoga, dance, and arts and crafts classes. By empowering small business owners, non-profits, and educational institutions with tools for business intelligence and community engagement, Sawyer facilitates growth and impact in the early childhood development sector. The platform also aids parents in navigating the diverse landscape of children's activities, making it easier to discover and book local experiences that foster a love of learning. Sawyer's mission is to transform perceptions of education, emphasizing that meaningful learning extends beyond academic performance to include joyful discovery and adventure, ultimately preparing children for their future.
Lendit
Venture Round in 2018
Lendit is a South Korean fintech company operating an online peer-to-peer lending platform. It connects investors with borrowers seeking personal loans, offering competitive interest rates for both parties. Lendit uses advanced risk-ranking algorithms and efficient operational processes to facilitate these transactions. Borrowers can access APRs ranging from 4.5% to 18.0%, while investors enjoy an average return of approximately 10.66%. The company's platform is fully automated, using a credit scoring model for personalized interest rates based on various data points. Lendit aims to disrupt traditional banking systems by providing accessible financial solutions for both borrowers and investors.
Caretaker
Venture Round in 2018
Caretaker is a property management platform that helps rental owners and tenants streamline the rental process. It automates payment collection, manages maintenance requests, and facilitates tenant screening, enabling landlords to efficiently oversee properties and provide a reliable housing option for renters. The company started in 2017 as Flip, a basic subletting platform.
Caretaker
Seed Round in 2018
Caretaker is a property management platform that helps rental owners and tenants streamline the rental process. It automates payment collection, manages maintenance requests, and facilitates tenant screening, enabling landlords to efficiently oversee properties and provide a reliable housing option for renters. The company started in 2017 as Flip, a basic subletting platform.
Square Roots Urban Growers
Seed Round in 2017
Square Roots Urban Growers, Inc. is a Brooklyn-based company that focuses on urban farming and entrepreneurship, helping individuals and businesses cultivate local food. Founded in 2016, it offers a unique farming platform that includes a yearlong training program for selected entrepreneurs, where they learn the skills of urban farming using hydroponic, controlled-climate container farms. The company operates three main initiatives: an urban farming campus where participants grow food, a resident entrepreneur program featuring a comprehensive curriculum of training and development, and a community network designed to connect local business owners and entrepreneurs. Square Roots grows a variety of produce, such as basil, chives, and mint, which it sells through partnerships with restaurants and retail outlets, ensuring a steady supply of fresh food to urban areas year-round.
Sawyer is a marketplace focused on enriching childhood experiences, connecting children, parents, and providers through an innovative platform. The company offers a comprehensive suite of technology solutions designed to enhance the online registration and booking processes for various enriching activities, such as yoga, dance, and arts and crafts classes. By empowering small business owners, non-profits, and educational institutions with tools for business intelligence and community engagement, Sawyer facilitates growth and impact in the early childhood development sector. The platform also aids parents in navigating the diverse landscape of children's activities, making it easier to discover and book local experiences that foster a love of learning. Sawyer's mission is to transform perceptions of education, emphasizing that meaningful learning extends beyond academic performance to include joyful discovery and adventure, ultimately preparing children for their future.
Science Exchange
Series C in 2017
Science Exchange, Inc. operates an online marketplace that facilitates collaboration between researchers and scientific service providers, including academic and government laboratories. Founded in 2011 and based in Palo Alto, California, the company enables users to search for, compare, and procure scientific services from U.S. research institutions, streamlining the process of obtaining quotes, managing projects, and processing payments. The platform enhances research and development productivity by automating various collaborative tasks while ensuring data security and regulatory compliance. By matching researchers seeking to outsource experiments with qualified service providers, Science Exchange makes it easier and more affordable for scientific institutions and researchers to access outsourced research and development services, ultimately accelerating the pace of scientific discovery.
Daily Harvest
Series A in 2017
Daily Harvest is a consumer food company that operates a subscription-based platform delivering healthy frozen foods. Its offerings include smoothies, soups, bowls, lattes, breakfasts, and bites developed by nutritionists. Products are sold online. The company emphasizes direct-to-farmer relationships and a technology-driven supply chain to speed product delivery and personalize options for subscribers. Daily Harvest was founded in 2014 and is based in New York. Through its data-driven approach, it aims to provide convenient, preportioned meals without cooking.
Lendit is a South Korean fintech company operating an online peer-to-peer lending platform. It connects investors with borrowers seeking personal loans, offering competitive interest rates for both parties. Lendit uses advanced risk-ranking algorithms and efficient operational processes to facilitate these transactions. Borrowers can access APRs ranging from 4.5% to 18.0%, while investors enjoy an average return of approximately 10.66%. The company's platform is fully automated, using a credit scoring model for personalized interest rates based on various data points. Lendit aims to disrupt traditional banking systems by providing accessible financial solutions for both borrowers and investors.
Sawyer is a marketplace focused on enriching childhood experiences, connecting children, parents, and providers through an innovative platform. The company offers a comprehensive suite of technology solutions designed to enhance the online registration and booking processes for various enriching activities, such as yoga, dance, and arts and crafts classes. By empowering small business owners, non-profits, and educational institutions with tools for business intelligence and community engagement, Sawyer facilitates growth and impact in the early childhood development sector. The platform also aids parents in navigating the diverse landscape of children's activities, making it easier to discover and book local experiences that foster a love of learning. Sawyer's mission is to transform perceptions of education, emphasizing that meaningful learning extends beyond academic performance to include joyful discovery and adventure, ultimately preparing children for their future.
Sawyer
Pre Seed Round in 2015
Sawyer is a marketplace focused on enriching childhood experiences, connecting children, parents, and providers through an innovative platform. The company offers a comprehensive suite of technology solutions designed to enhance the online registration and booking processes for various enriching activities, such as yoga, dance, and arts and crafts classes. By empowering small business owners, non-profits, and educational institutions with tools for business intelligence and community engagement, Sawyer facilitates growth and impact in the early childhood development sector. The platform also aids parents in navigating the diverse landscape of children's activities, making it easier to discover and book local experiences that foster a love of learning. Sawyer's mission is to transform perceptions of education, emphasizing that meaningful learning extends beyond academic performance to include joyful discovery and adventure, ultimately preparing children for their future.
CircleUp is a San Francisco-based company established in 2012, operating an online platform that connects early-stage consumer and retail brands with accredited investors. The platform facilitates capital raising and provides resources to these companies, enabling them to grow and scale. CircleUp's proprietary machine learning platform, Helio, evaluates and predicts the potential success of over 1.3 million consumer businesses, aiding in the discovery and selection of promising investment opportunities.
Opencare
Seed Round in 2015
Opencare Inc. is a healthcare discovery platform based in Toronto, Canada, that facilitates connections between patients and healthcare providers across North America. Founded in 2012 and initially known as HealthKiwi Inc., Opencare specializes in the dental sector, creating a premium dental care network that ensures patients receive high-quality care from top dentists. The platform simplifies the process of finding and booking appointments with various healthcare providers, including dentists, chiropractors, massage therapists, physiotherapists, and optometrists. By streamlining interactions between patients and providers, Opencare aims to enhance the overall patient experience in accessing healthcare services.
UpCounsel
Seed Round in 2013
UpCounsel operates an online marketplace that connects businesses with lawyers in the United States based on user preferences. It enables clients to access legal services across areas including agreements, business formation, patents, trademarks, immigration, general counsel, labor and employment, and securities and finance. The platform serves startups, executives, HR teams, and legal departments, helping them find suitable counsel and collaborate on documents. The company provides features such as document collaboration tools, billing and invoicing, and opportunities for lawyers to market their services, facilitating efficient connections, secure transactions, and streamlined engagement. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, UpCounsel positions itself as a platform to simplify hiring legal help and managing legal work.
Balanced
Seed Round in 2013
Balanced is the first payment system designed for marketplaces from the ground up. We provide a feature-rich, fully integrated api that allows marketplaces to charge cards, escrow funds, deposit next day via ACH direct, and collect their own marketplace fees.
Thumbtack
Series A in 2012
Thumbtack is an online services marketplace that connects homeowners with local professionals across categories including movers and packers, contractors, plumbers, roofers, cleaners, handymen, attorneys, web designers, application developers, personal trainers, electricians, landscapers, and photographers. It provides personalized guidance on what to do and when to do it, and recommendations on who to hire from a large community of service providers, enabling homeowners to manage and complete home projects by hiring the right professionals. Founded in 2008 and based in San Francisco, Thumbtack helps users plan, manage, and execute home improvement, repair, and everyday service needs.
TaskRabbit
Series B in 2011
TaskRabbit, Inc. is an online platform that connects clients with taskers for same-day home services. Founded in 2008 and based in San Francisco, California, TaskRabbit offers a variety of services including minor home repairs, furniture assembly, moving, house cleaning, and yard work. The platform allows users to easily book freelance labor for everyday tasks, facilitating immediate assistance within their local communities. TaskRabbit operates in thousands of cities across nine countries, including the United States, Canada, and several European nations, and is available in over 200 IKEA stores worldwide. In 2017, the company became a subsidiary of Ingka Group, which is part of the IKEA family.
TaskRabbit
Series A in 2011
TaskRabbit, Inc. is an online platform that connects clients with taskers for same-day home services. Founded in 2008 and based in San Francisco, California, TaskRabbit offers a variety of services including minor home repairs, furniture assembly, moving, house cleaning, and yard work. The platform allows users to easily book freelance labor for everyday tasks, facilitating immediate assistance within their local communities. TaskRabbit operates in thousands of cities across nine countries, including the United States, Canada, and several European nations, and is available in over 200 IKEA stores worldwide. In 2017, the company became a subsidiary of Ingka Group, which is part of the IKEA family.