Spline is a design tool that facilitates 3D and 2D modeling, specifically tailored for designers, developers, and teams engaged in digital projects. The platform allows users to create, edit, and collaborate on 3D designs directly within a web browser, supporting real-time collaboration for multiple users on the same project. Spline's capabilities enable the development of interactive 3D prototypes suitable for both web and mobile applications. The tool simplifies the design process by allowing the creation and publication of three-dimensional text and basic geometric shapes, while also providing options for importing models and editing materials. With versatile export functionalities, Spline ensures that designs can be easily shared across various platforms, enhancing usability and accessibility for its users.
The Expert
Series A in 2022
The Expert is a platform that connects customers with interior design professionals for hour-long, one-on-one video consultations. Based in Los Angeles, the service enables clients to access design expertise from designers around the world through online video calls without committing to a full-service project or high budgets. The platform provides personalized guidance and support from top home design experts, allowing users to obtain tailored advice for specific spaces or projects. By focusing on concise, affordable consultations, it complements traditional interior design services rather than replacing them.
Spline is a design tool that facilitates 3D and 2D modeling, specifically tailored for designers, developers, and teams engaged in digital projects. The platform allows users to create, edit, and collaborate on 3D designs directly within a web browser, supporting real-time collaboration for multiple users on the same project. Spline's capabilities enable the development of interactive 3D prototypes suitable for both web and mobile applications. The tool simplifies the design process by allowing the creation and publication of three-dimensional text and basic geometric shapes, while also providing options for importing models and editing materials. With versatile export functionalities, Spline ensures that designs can be easily shared across various platforms, enhancing usability and accessibility for its users.
Bizwise
Seed Round in 2021
Bizwise is a business services company offering website design and development for small businesses, delivering customized websites built from client input and a suite of integrated tools for marketing, operations, commerce, employee management, and back-office functions. The company provides round-the-clock support with ongoing updates and specialized tools to enhance digital presence and internal processes. It also operates Bizwise Accounting, which provides accounting software consulting, bookkeeping, payroll, office management, and business planning advice to help clients manage finances and operations more effectively. Through these interconnected services, Bizwise aims to support small businesses in marketing, operations, and growth while offering steady support and practical financial guidance.
Abstract is the design workflow management system that empowers design teams and stakeholders to seamlessly manage, version, and collaborate. It specializes in the fields of software, web apps, and web designs.
It was founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Abstract
Seed Round in 2016
Abstract is the design workflow management system that empowers design teams and stakeholders to seamlessly manage, version, and collaborate. It specializes in the fields of software, web apps, and web designs.
It was founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Wake is a web-based application designed for product designers. It facilitates the sharing of animations, videos, and captured designs from notebooks or whiteboards among teams. The platform enables designers to communicate effectively with their team members and receive feedback on their work.
Bloc, Inc. is an online apprenticeship platform focused on teaching the fundamentals of web development, iOS, and web design. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company provides an intensive coding bootcamp experience that combines personalized 1-on-1 mentorship with a curriculum developed by industry experts. Students can select mentors based on their expertise, programming languages, geographic location, and availability, allowing for tailored learning experiences. Bloc aims to offer a more accessible and effective alternative to traditional offline bootcamps, enabling aspiring developers worldwide to build essential skills through guided assignments and practical application. As of 2018, Bloc operates as a subsidiary of Thinkful, Inc.
Pantheon Systems
Series B in 2014
Founded in 2010, Pantheon Systems provides a cloud-based platform for agile marketing teams and developers to build, launch, and manage WordPress and Drupal websites. Serving diverse industries such as media, technology, education, and government, the company enables efficient website development and management.
Bloc, Inc. is an online apprenticeship platform focused on teaching the fundamentals of web development, iOS, and web design. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company provides an intensive coding bootcamp experience that combines personalized 1-on-1 mentorship with a curriculum developed by industry experts. Students can select mentors based on their expertise, programming languages, geographic location, and availability, allowing for tailored learning experiences. Bloc aims to offer a more accessible and effective alternative to traditional offline bootcamps, enabling aspiring developers worldwide to build essential skills through guided assignments and practical application. As of 2018, Bloc operates as a subsidiary of Thinkful, Inc.
Pagevamp
Seed Round in 2013
Pagevamp is a website-building platform that enables small businesses to publish and maintain a professional website by updating it directly from a Facebook Page. The service emphasizes ease of use, allowing users to create and refresh site content without mastering a new CMS, and it supports selling products and accepting payments through the site. The platform originated with founders Vincent Sanchez-Gomez, Atulya Pandey, and Fred Wang, who previously ran a traditional design agency, with the first version built at a PennApps Hackathon in 2012 and a public beta released in 2013. Pagevamp aims to provide an affordable, integrated online presence that reflects a brand and helps connect with customers, making it suitable for businesses seeking a quick, low-friction way to establish or update their online footprint.
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.
Rockmelt was a social web browser developed on Chromium technology, offering seamless integration with Facebook and Twitter through its unique "Edges" feature, displaying real-time updates from friends and followed feeds. It introduced an innovative search function that displayed complete results as dropdowns over webpages, facilitating easy navigation between different results. The browser also featured its own URL shortener, me.lt, and was supported on Windows and OS X platforms. Backed by notable Silicon Valley figure Marc Andreessen, Rockmelt's principal engineer was Robert John Churchill, previously the principal engineer for Netscape Navigator.
Pantheon Systems
Seed Round in 2010
Founded in 2010, Pantheon Systems provides a cloud-based platform for agile marketing teams and developers to build, launch, and manage WordPress and Drupal websites. Serving diverse industries such as media, technology, education, and government, the company enables efficient website development and management.
KidZui provides a browser that appeals to kids and only lets them navigate certain pre-approved areas of the web.
Rockmelt was a social web browser developed on Chromium technology, offering seamless integration with Facebook and Twitter through its unique "Edges" feature, displaying real-time updates from friends and followed feeds. It introduced an innovative search function that displayed complete results as dropdowns over webpages, facilitating easy navigation between different results. The browser also featured its own URL shortener, me.lt, and was supported on Windows and OS X platforms. Backed by notable Silicon Valley figure Marc Andreessen, Rockmelt's principal engineer was Robert John Churchill, previously the principal engineer for Netscape Navigator.
Mint is a self-hosted web analytics program designed for simplicity and ease of use. It provides a flexible dashboard that allows users to monitor key metrics such as visits, referrers, popular pages, and search queries at a glance. In addition to its analytics capabilities, Mint also offers a free online personal finance service that enables users to track their bank accounts, credit cards, investments, and loans through a single interface. This functionality allows clients to review their transactions and monitor their spending effectively, supporting them in managing and growing their financial resources.
Rockmelt
Seed Round in 2009
Rockmelt was a social web browser developed on Chromium technology, offering seamless integration with Facebook and Twitter through its unique "Edges" feature, displaying real-time updates from friends and followed feeds. It introduced an innovative search function that displayed complete results as dropdowns over webpages, facilitating easy navigation between different results. The browser also featured its own URL shortener, me.lt, and was supported on Windows and OS X platforms. Backed by notable Silicon Valley figure Marc Andreessen, Rockmelt's principal engineer was Robert John Churchill, previously the principal engineer for Netscape Navigator.
KidZui
Venture Round in 2008
KidZui provides a browser that appeals to kids and only lets them navigate certain pre-approved areas of the web.
Mint is a self-hosted web analytics program designed for simplicity and ease of use. It provides a flexible dashboard that allows users to monitor key metrics such as visits, referrers, popular pages, and search queries at a glance. In addition to its analytics capabilities, Mint also offers a free online personal finance service that enables users to track their bank accounts, credit cards, investments, and loans through a single interface. This functionality allows clients to review their transactions and monitor their spending effectively, supporting them in managing and growing their financial resources.
CE Interactive
Series A in 2008
Wirewize is a product of CE Interactive, a New York-based software and services company that has developed the definitive platform to help users manage, support, improve and simplify their consumer electronics experience. CEI represents the next generation of support services, and provides its solutions to consumer electronics retailers, manufacturers, service providers and consumers.
CEI's unique information delivery technologies provide cross-brand model specific support solutions at all critical customer touch points; on the retail floor, through a call center help desk, through a service or installation event, and by the customer directly over the web.
Flowgram
Seed Round in 2008
[Flowgram](http://www.flowgram.com) is a way to share Web pages, photos, and videos in a browser-based player that acts like an interactive screencast. The company is headed by [Abhay Parekh](http://www.crunchbase.com/person/abhay-parekh), the co-founder of FastForward Networks (which was sold to Inktomi for $1.3 billion in 2000) and an ex-[Accel](http://www.crunchbase.com/financial-organization/accel-partners) Venture Partner.
Sendori is a company focused on enhancing digital marketing solutions for advertisers and publishers, aiming to reduce costs, generate revenue, and protect brand equity. It offers a diverse range of high-converting traffic through both proprietary and third-party network sources. Sendori utilizes patented one-click redirect technology and a robust ad serving platform to optimize digital advertising campaigns, driving conversions while minimizing the cost per acquisition. Additionally, the company provides internet navigation support that improves the customer experience by facilitating faster access to popular websites and enhancing security by reducing the risk of typos that could lead to malicious sites.
Mint is a self-hosted web analytics program designed for simplicity and ease of use. It provides a flexible dashboard that allows users to monitor key metrics such as visits, referrers, popular pages, and search queries at a glance. In addition to its analytics capabilities, Mint also offers a free online personal finance service that enables users to track their bank accounts, credit cards, investments, and loans through a single interface. This functionality allows clients to review their transactions and monitor their spending effectively, supporting them in managing and growing their financial resources.
Mint is a self-hosted web analytics program designed for simplicity and ease of use. It provides a flexible dashboard that allows users to monitor key metrics such as visits, referrers, popular pages, and search queries at a glance. In addition to its analytics capabilities, Mint also offers a free online personal finance service that enables users to track their bank accounts, credit cards, investments, and loans through a single interface. This functionality allows clients to review their transactions and monitor their spending effectively, supporting them in managing and growing their financial resources.
Mint is a self-hosted web analytics program designed for simplicity and ease of use. It provides a flexible dashboard that allows users to monitor key metrics such as visits, referrers, popular pages, and search queries at a glance. In addition to its analytics capabilities, Mint also offers a free online personal finance service that enables users to track their bank accounts, credit cards, investments, and loans through a single interface. This functionality allows clients to review their transactions and monitor their spending effectively, supporting them in managing and growing their financial resources.
KidZui provides a browser that appeals to kids and only lets them navigate certain pre-approved areas of the web.
Browster develops browsing and search enhancement technology. It provides Browster, a tool that pre-fetches content from links on a Web page and makes that content available by mousing-over the link. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
CE Interactive
Seed Round in 2005
Wirewize is a product of CE Interactive, a New York-based software and services company that has developed the definitive platform to help users manage, support, improve and simplify their consumer electronics experience. CEI represents the next generation of support services, and provides its solutions to consumer electronics retailers, manufacturers, service providers and consumers.
CEI's unique information delivery technologies provide cross-brand model specific support solutions at all critical customer touch points; on the retail floor, through a call center help desk, through a service or installation event, and by the customer directly over the web.