Felicis

Felicis is a venture capital firm founded in 2006 and based in Menlo Park, California. The firm focuses on early-stage investments, backing founders who are creating innovative companies that can redefine industries and develop frontier technologies. Felicis seeks to support a diverse range of sectors, including artificial intelligence, healthcare, and security, while primarily targeting consumer internet startups. The firm employs a hands-on approach, combining angel investing with active mentoring and advisory services to provide entrepreneurs with more than just capital. Felicis typically invests between $100,000 and $1 million in its portfolio companies, which span various nationalities and countries, with a significant concentration in the Bay Area. Since its inception, Felicis has invested in over 120 technology companies, achieving notable success with 50 of these companies either being acquired or going public. Aydin Senkut, the founder and president, brings prior experience from a senior management role at Google to guide the firm’s investment strategy.

Nicole Bae

Partner, Operations

Daniel Bartus

Partner

Maddie Chavez

Partner, Operations

Grace Chou

Principal

Tobi Coker

Senior Associate

Viviana Faga

General Partner

Gabriella Garcia

Deal Partner

Ryan Isono

Vice President

Dasha Maggio

Partner and Head of Founder Success

Niki Pezeshki

General Partner

Larissa Rainey

Operating Partner

Jake Storm

Vice President

Victoria Treyger

General Partner and Managing Director

Mischa Vaughn

Partner, Head of Content

Aydin Senkut

Founder and Managing Partner

Astasia Myers

General Partner

Past deals in Data Visualization

Wherobots

Series A in 2024
Wherobots is a company focused on harnessing spatial intelligence across various domains, including earth, society, and business. It operates a cloud-native data analytics platform designed to assist businesses in processing data within a geospatial context. The platform enables users to collect, analyze, visualize, integrate, store, and manage geospatial data effectively. By leveraging advanced data and AI technologies, Wherobots simplifies the utilization of spatial intelligence, allowing organizations to derive meaningful insights from their enterprise data and make informed, data-driven decisions.

DatologyAI

Series A in 2024
DatologyAI is an AI-data curation startup focused on developing deep learning tools that facilitate automatic selection in data training. The company offers solutions that automate the creation of datasets by identifying the most relevant information based on the specific needs of the AI model. Its technology employs modality-agnostic algorithms capable of detecting redundant, noisy, or harmful data points, without the need for labels, making it applicable across various industries. Additionally, DatologyAI's tools suggest methods for augmenting existing datasets and optimizing the organization of data, ultimately streamlining the model training process and reducing costs for clients.

MotherDuck

Series B in 2023
MotherDuck specializes in data infrastructure and analytics, providing a serverless platform designed to handle both small and large datasets. By integrating the performance of DuckDB with cloud capabilities, the company offers a user-friendly solution that facilitates collaborative data analysis. Its platform employs an embedded database to support hybrid execution, allowing users to analyze data locally and remotely. This enables businesses to effectively prototype and optimize their data strategies, enhancing their ability to derive insights and maximize profits in a streamlined environment.

Weights & Biases

Venture Round in 2023
Weights & Biases provides performance visualization tools specifically designed for machine learning practitioners. The company focuses on helping teams track their models and visualize performance metrics, thereby facilitating the transition of deep learning research projects into deployed software. Its offerings include a dataset optimization tool that allows users to automate the training process and enhance model performance. By streamlining these aspects, Weights & Biases aims to support companies in developing high-quality software solutions that leverage deep learning technologies.

Explo

Series A in 2022
Explo is a data exploration and analysis platform founded in 2019 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. The platform enables users to connect directly to various database and data warehouse sources, allowing them to explore, analyze, and visualize data easily through a user-friendly point-and-click interface. By integrating with any data source, Explo facilitates data manipulation and visualization without requiring SQL knowledge, empowering clients to make informed, data-driven decisions to enhance their business growth and scalability.

Violet Labs

Seed Round in 2022
Violet Labs is a developer of a cloud-based software integration platform tailored for complex hardware engineering. The platform consolidates data from various software tools utilized throughout the engineering lifecycle, providing a centralized solution that enhances efficiency and minimizes errors during the development process. By streamlining these aspects, Violet Labs enables clients to accelerate their product development and bring their innovations to market more swiftly.

PicnicHealth

Series C in 2022
PicnicHealth is focused on simplifying access to medical records while leveraging data to advance medical research. The company provides patients with a secure online dashboard that consolidates their medical records from various healthcare providers across the United States. This platform not only facilitates easy access to personal health information but also allows patients the option to contribute their anonymized data to scientific research. This real-world data enhances the understanding of disease experiences and treatment methods beyond traditional clinical trials, aiming to improve patient outcomes through better treatment options. PicnicHealth has assisted tens of thousands of patients and established partnerships with major biopharma companies, receiving significant investment from notable venture capital firms.

PreQL

Seed Round in 2022
Preql integrates with the modern data stack to empower business users and manage business metrics. Preql was founded in 2022 and was headquartered in Brooklyn, New York.

Weights & Biases

Series C in 2021
Weights & Biases provides performance visualization tools specifically designed for machine learning practitioners. The company focuses on helping teams track their models and visualize performance metrics, thereby facilitating the transition of deep learning research projects into deployed software. Its offerings include a dataset optimization tool that allows users to automate the training process and enhance model performance. By streamlining these aspects, Weights & Biases aims to support companies in developing high-quality software solutions that leverage deep learning technologies.

Mosaic.tech

Series A in 2021
Mosaic.tech is a strategic finance platform that leverages big data and machine learning to offer predictive reporting capabilities. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in San Diego, California, the company provides startups with tools and insights typically available to large enterprises. Its software platform features one-click integrations, real-time analytics, dashboards, and data visualization tools that enable users to connect with data swiftly, automate financial forecasts, and report seamlessly. By delivering clear insights and straightforward recommendations, Mosaic enhances visibility into critical business dynamics, empowering clients to make informed decisions and effectively execute their plans.

PicnicHealth

Series B in 2020
PicnicHealth is focused on simplifying access to medical records while leveraging data to advance medical research. The company provides patients with a secure online dashboard that consolidates their medical records from various healthcare providers across the United States. This platform not only facilitates easy access to personal health information but also allows patients the option to contribute their anonymized data to scientific research. This real-world data enhances the understanding of disease experiences and treatment methods beyond traditional clinical trials, aiming to improve patient outcomes through better treatment options. PicnicHealth has assisted tens of thousands of patients and established partnerships with major biopharma companies, receiving significant investment from notable venture capital firms.

Crunchbase

Series C in 2019
Crunchbase is a comprehensive platform that assists over 80 million investors, analysts, and dealmakers in identifying and acting on private market opportunities through detailed analysis of company activities. It enables users to discover significant companies via its homepage, Crunchbase Scout, and search functionalities. The platform offers proprietary predictions and insights on organizational profiles, facilitating informed decision-making. Additionally, Crunchbase enhances team efficiency with various features such as data exports, administrative tools, and integrations. By providing unique private company intelligence, Crunchbase bridges the gap between data access and actionable business decisions, ultimately supporting users in navigating the complexities of the investment landscape.

Factual

Venture Round in 2018
Factual is the location data company the world’s most valuable brands and tech companies trust to understand and intelligently grow their businesses. Factual provides product and engineering teams, marketers and data analysts access to the world’s most trusted, accurate and comprehensive data on places and people worldwide, transforming products, advertising and businesses with data that puts everything in context.

Crunchbase

Series B in 2017
Crunchbase is a comprehensive platform that assists over 80 million investors, analysts, and dealmakers in identifying and acting on private market opportunities through detailed analysis of company activities. It enables users to discover significant companies via its homepage, Crunchbase Scout, and search functionalities. The platform offers proprietary predictions and insights on organizational profiles, facilitating informed decision-making. Additionally, Crunchbase enhances team efficiency with various features such as data exports, administrative tools, and integrations. By providing unique private company intelligence, Crunchbase bridges the gap between data access and actionable business decisions, ultimately supporting users in navigating the complexities of the investment landscape.

Fluxx

Series B in 2017
Fluxx’s provides a cloud-based platform that powers impact philanthropy. It connects givers and doers, creating capacity, increasing visibility, and improving collaboration for organizations throughout the philanthropy ecosystem. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Ascend.io

Seed Round in 2015
Ascend.io, based in Palo Alto, California, offers an advanced platform designed to streamline big data analytics and engineering workflows. The platform integrates essential capabilities such as data ingestion, transformation, delivery, orchestration, and observability into a unified solution, enabling data teams to operate significantly faster. By leveraging declarative configurations and automation, Ascend.io manages cloud infrastructure, optimizes data pipelines, and reduces maintenance throughout the data lifecycle. This innovative approach supports business managers in initiating projects and making informed decisions by simplifying connections to various applications. Recognized as a 2021 Gartner Cool Vendor, Ascend.io is supported by prominent venture capital firms and notable advisors in the tech industry.

Crunchbase

Series A in 2015
Crunchbase is a comprehensive platform that assists over 80 million investors, analysts, and dealmakers in identifying and acting on private market opportunities through detailed analysis of company activities. It enables users to discover significant companies via its homepage, Crunchbase Scout, and search functionalities. The platform offers proprietary predictions and insights on organizational profiles, facilitating informed decision-making. Additionally, Crunchbase enhances team efficiency with various features such as data exports, administrative tools, and integrations. By providing unique private company intelligence, Crunchbase bridges the gap between data access and actionable business decisions, ultimately supporting users in navigating the complexities of the investment landscape.

Fluxx

Series A in 2015
Fluxx’s provides a cloud-based platform that powers impact philanthropy. It connects givers and doers, creating capacity, increasing visibility, and improving collaboration for organizations throughout the philanthropy ecosystem. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Distill

Seed Round in 2013
Distill is a company focused on improving the hiring and recruiting process through innovative technology. It has developed a browser-based recruiting platform that offers a suite of tools designed to enhance collaboration during the interview process. This includes features for conducting video interviews, scheduling interviews, taking and sharing notes, and administering ability assessments. By leveraging data-driven products, Distill aims to streamline the recruitment process for recruiters, hiring managers, interviewers, and candidates, ultimately reducing the challenges associated with hiring.

Kissmetrics

Series B in 2013
Kissmetrics offers behavioral analytics, segmentation, and email campaign automation all in one place. The company connect their experiment results to key business metrics they already track using Kissmetric, streamlines workflow by reviewing experiment results in their familiar Kissmetrics dashboard, and uncover new insights about your experiment using Kissmetrics capabilities Founded in 2008, Kissmetrics is run by a team of designers, developers, and entrepreneurs that are passionate about helping online businesses measure, grow, and monetize.

PlotWatt

Series A in 2012
PlotWatt helps small-and medium-sized business owners manage their energy so they have energy to manage their businesses. Based in Durham, N.C., PlotWatt serves customers in the United States, Canada and New Zealand. PlotWatt’s machine-learning algorithms analyze energy usage data, which it converts into actionable insights that customers follow to improve energy and process-efficiency. Its service is a particular value to multi-location businesses because it provides site-by-site comparative analysis as well as operational benchmarking.

PlotWatt

Seed Round in 2011
PlotWatt helps small-and medium-sized business owners manage their energy so they have energy to manage their businesses. Based in Durham, N.C., PlotWatt serves customers in the United States, Canada and New Zealand. PlotWatt’s machine-learning algorithms analyze energy usage data, which it converts into actionable insights that customers follow to improve energy and process-efficiency. Its service is a particular value to multi-location businesses because it provides site-by-site comparative analysis as well as operational benchmarking.

Factual

Series A in 2010
Factual is the location data company the world’s most valuable brands and tech companies trust to understand and intelligently grow their businesses. Factual provides product and engineering teams, marketers and data analysts access to the world’s most trusted, accurate and comprehensive data on places and people worldwide, transforming products, advertising and businesses with data that puts everything in context.

Votizen

Venture Round in 2010
Votizen is a consumer technology company that harnesses social networks to create a connected electorate of voters. Votizen provides a new way to focus, measure, and exercise political influence by bringing voters together. As opposed to existing tools that help elected officials campaign, Votizen empowers its users to leverage their own networks to self-organize in voting blocks and advance their causes and interests, redefining the political system with the voter at the center -- not the politician. The company has engineered an entirely new database of voting record rolls across the United States, taking public voting information and normalizing that data to the district level. Then, by mapping those rolls to a user's online identity (through Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, and Google+), Votizen is able to create the first graphical representation of a voter's network, across states, political parties, and frequency of voting. Votizen was cofounded by David Binetti, Jason Putorti, and Matt Snider. The company is nonpartisan, for-profit, venture-backed, and based in Mountain View, CA: www.votizen.com

Kissmetrics

Series A in 2009
Kissmetrics offers behavioral analytics, segmentation, and email campaign automation all in one place. The company connect their experiment results to key business metrics they already track using Kissmetric, streamlines workflow by reviewing experiment results in their familiar Kissmetrics dashboard, and uncover new insights about your experiment using Kissmetrics capabilities Founded in 2008, Kissmetrics is run by a team of designers, developers, and entrepreneurs that are passionate about helping online businesses measure, grow, and monetize.

Mint

Series B in 2008
Mint is an extensible, self-hosted web site analytics program. Its interface is an exercise in simplicity. Visits, referrers, popular pages and searches can all be taken in at a glance on Mint's flexible dashboard.

Rapleaf

Series B in 2007
Rapleaf, a division of TowerData, specializes in delivering data solutions that enhance marketers' understanding of their customers. With access to information on 80% of U.S. email addresses, the company enables brands to segment their subscribers effectively and personalize their communications. This capability fosters more relevant interactions, ultimately improving customer satisfaction and engagement. Additionally, Rapleaf offers a meta-reputation system that allows users to create reviews and ratings based on consumer transactions, further enhancing the data analysis process. By providing comprehensive insights, Rapleaf supports businesses in optimizing their marketing strategies and building stronger customer relationships.

Mint

Angel Round in 2006
Mint is an extensible, self-hosted web site analytics program. Its interface is an exercise in simplicity. Visits, referrers, popular pages and searches can all be taken in at a glance on Mint's flexible dashboard.

Rapleaf

Series A in 2006
Rapleaf, a division of TowerData, specializes in delivering data solutions that enhance marketers' understanding of their customers. With access to information on 80% of U.S. email addresses, the company enables brands to segment their subscribers effectively and personalize their communications. This capability fosters more relevant interactions, ultimately improving customer satisfaction and engagement. Additionally, Rapleaf offers a meta-reputation system that allows users to create reviews and ratings based on consumer transactions, further enhancing the data analysis process. By providing comprehensive insights, Rapleaf supports businesses in optimizing their marketing strategies and building stronger customer relationships.
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