Inventus Capital Partners is an investment firm that provides financial services to start-ups, entrepreneurs, and founders. The GPs have backed nearly 90 Founders to date, typically at the Seed or early-Series A stage, and invest with high conviction behind a very select number of new teams each year. Over the past 10 years, Inventus has helped Silicon Valley founders grow from early-stage startups into meaningful companies with aggregate annual sales of over $1 billion today. Notable Inventus companies include Poshmark in the $330 billion fashion industry, Credit Sesame in the $500 billion consumer credit & finance markets, and Sierra Atlantic in the $100 billion outsourced product development industry. Investment themes include online consumer marketplaces and business automation software, but the Inventus GPs are particularly interested in backing Founders with a unique and often surprising vision for re-ordering industries and re-inventing consumer experiences for the digital age. While we make investments of conviction to lead financings and apply our own operating successes to coach Founders on strategy, hiring, and growth hacking, we’ve also institutionalized the persistent delivery of high-impact customer and partner introductions via CXOBridge. Inventus co-founded and catalyzed CXOBridge in 2016 with the goal of helping participating startups grow revenue 10x in 2years by matching them with decision-makers at Fortune1000 customers and partners. CXOBridge is an independent organization with a full-time team applying a merit-based approach to selecting startups that solve high-priority problems for the program’s Fortune-1000 participants. To date, 46 startups and 300+ corporates are active in the program, resulting in over $300m of value creation so far. CXOBridge provides startups persistent help with revenue growth and sales traction at scale and is the latest example of the unique capabilities of our firm.
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Wald.ai
Seed Round in 2024
Wald.ai driven by creativity, it aims to securely unleash AI assistants' potential to boost output, encourage teamwork, and improve financial results.
Mercately
Seed Round in 2024
Mercately is a developer of an e-commerce management platform that specializes in centralizing communication channels for small and medium-sized businesses. The platform integrates popular applications such as WhatsApp, Hubspot, MercadoLibre, Facebook, Instagram, and Webchat, providing businesses with a comprehensive CRM solution. Mercately offers features such as WhatsApp Multi-user, chatbots, and access to the WhatsApp Business API, allowing teams to streamline their communication and enhance customer interactions. By facilitating conversational commerce, Mercately enables businesses to manage their e-commerce activities effectively, maintain organized inventory, and process digital payments with ease, all without the need for complex technologies.
Skillfully
Seed Round in 2024
Skillfully was founded on the belief that hiring should be efficient, inclusive, and skills-centric. Through experiential hiring methods using virtual simulations, employers now see applicant skills in action. This solution uncovers the perfect fit for a role before the interview phase, saving HR teams time, money, and effort. For decades, recruiters have relied on resume-based hiring to superficially qualify candidates by parsing applicant descriptions of skills to determine employability. The rise of AI tools that automatically enhance and submit applications at an unprecedented scale has overwhelmed employer pipelines, making accurate and precise decision-making nearly impossible. Enter Skillfully’s recruitment solution - HiredNow. The HiredNow tool allows employers create custom simulations of real-life, on-the-job scenarios to effectively assess an applicant’s actual skill level. For the first time, employers can see an applicant’s skills firsthand to determine if their abilities match the unique requirements of a job opening before engaging with the applicant directly. These simulations provide a precise skills scorecard for every applicant, vastly improving hiring efficiency compared to traditional resume-driven tools and enabling skills-first hiring at scale. Through the Skillfully platform, employers can also hire directly from our exclusive, skill-verified TalentNetwork, which includes national career partners such as leading universities, community college systems, HBCUs and workforce development organizations. Employers hiring from our TalentNetwork get access to a deeply diverse and highly motivated candidate pool often overlooked by conventional resume-first hiring tools and professional networks. In this new Age of AI “Good on Paper” is no longer good enough for employers searching for the very best talent. Discover how Skillfully can transform your hiring process today!
Flam
Seed Round in 2024
Flam is an AI-powered mixed reality publishing platform that specializes in creating digital photo cards. These innovative cards combine printed photographs with embedded videos that can be accessed through Flam's application, which employs proprietary artificial intelligence image recognition and augmented reality technologies. The platform allows users to build and preserve meaningful connections by offering a tangible way to store and interact with memories. Through its unique blend of digital and physical elements, Flam enhances the experience of sharing personal moments in a creative and engaging manner.
PineGap
Seed Round in 2024
PineGap is an AI-powered equity research platform for Wall Street to assist equity research analysts working in hedge funds, mutual funds, and investment banks, among others, in interpreting data and deriving insights from company earnings documents using the trained Pine-LLM model.
Khyaal
Seed Round in 2024
Khyaal is a comprehensive digital solution aimed at improving the quality of life for senior citizens in India. The company develops a digital club application that offers a variety of services, including digital literacy programs, engaging entertainment content, curated travel opportunities, financial services, and personalized assistance. By focusing on enhancing the physical, emotional, and social well-being of seniors, Khyaal enables users to learn, engage, and gain independence during their retirement years. The platform also organizes fun and engaging activities, fostering a sense of community among its users. Overall, Khyaal is dedicated to enriching the lives of elderly individuals through a holistic approach that promotes well-being and connection.
livSYT
Seed Round in 2023
livSYT’s self-configurable integrated process workflow allows you to digitize on-site construction processes, thereby shifting construction from memory dependant operations to system-assisted operations to deliver robust process implementation across construction lifecycle. livSYT automatically allocates activities to your team in real-time thereby significantly reducing the time spent on extensive communication & coordination across different mediums (calls, SMS, chats, meetings etc.) for people alignment while enhancing people accountability. Our system-driven approach enables seamless mobilization & synchronized orchestration of resources leading to improved on-site output.
SwingVision
Series A in 2023
SwingVision is a mobile application that provides real-time automated scoring, statistics, and line-calling for ball and racket sports. Founded in 2019 and based in San Mateo, California, the company leverages artificial intelligence to track various match metrics, including ball swing speed, rotation rate, shot type, and players' health and fitness data. This technology allows individual athletes, their parents, coaches, and teams to access professional-level sports intelligence, thereby enhancing performance and training effectiveness. SwingVision's platform aims to democratize sports analytics, making advanced insights more accessible to a wider audience.
Tricog Health
Series C in 2023
Tricog Health specializes in developing advanced cardiac diagnostic tools aimed at addressing cardiovascular conditions with precision and timeliness. Utilizing medical-grade artificial intelligence, Tricog's solutions facilitate real-time reporting and analysis of electrocardiography results, enabling healthcare providers to identify cardiac issues quickly and accurately. The company focuses on bridging gaps in cardiac care infrastructure, expertise, and efficiency, ensuring that patients receive prompt diagnoses and timely interventions. Tricog is dedicated to enhancing cardiac care accessibility by providing virtual diagnostic tools and services, thereby supporting healthcare professionals in delivering reliable and consistent patient care.
StepFunction.ai
Seed Round in 2022
StepFunction is a market leader in revenue growth solutions for SaaS. Based on a data-driven, real-time understanding of customer intent, it assists leading SaaS companies in significantly increasing the amount and predictability of their subscription revenues. By applying advanced analytics to customer behavior signals and operational data, the company hopes to turn SaaS operations into a science. The StepFunction Customer Intent Engine uses machine learning to provide SaaS clients with data-driven, real-time, and actionable insights for customer retention and upsell. With bullseye targeting, SaaS clients can achieve top-line growth through increased customer retention, reduced churn, and targeted upselling, as well as bottom-line growth by lowering customer acquisition costs.
Crypso
Seed Round in 2022
Crypso is an infrastructure for people to engage with crypto influencers and creators to democratize crypto for millions.
Rexera (formerly InspectHOA)
Seed Round in 2022
Rexera transforms stagnant and manual real estate processes into streamlined and fast workflows. Powered by the astonishing development of AI, proprietary data, and our team’s vast real estate experience, we’re not just changing the rules; we’re rewriting the playbook. Real estate professionals no longer have to bury themselves in repetitive tasks and can focus on the most important work—building connections with their clients and providing exceptional customer service. Rexera’s product suite now includes HOA Documents Acquisition, Condo Project Review, Mortgage Payoff, Municipal Lien Search, and most recently, HOA Access, HOA Payments, and HOA Violations.
Asimily
Venture Round in 2021
Asimily, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in securing healthcare devices through its innovative risk remediation platform. Founded in 2017 and based in Sunnyvale, California, Asimily offers a healthcare-specific management platform that utilizes distributed analytics to monitor and manage both connected and standalone medical devices. The platform provides a comprehensive inventory and classification of devices, identifying and prioritizing vulnerabilities while delivering actionable insights for effective remediation. By leveraging big data and machine learning, Asimily ensures that healthcare organizations can continuously assess risks and detect anomalies in device behavior. This proactive approach helps to safeguard resources, enhance patient safety, and protect IT assets within healthcare settings.
Dresma
Seed Round in 2021
Dresma offers a mobile app and web platform that allows online sellers to create all the content they need to succeed online - product listing content, social media posts and ad content. We combine an AI powered content creation platform with a content intelligence layer that monitors content performance and optimizes content in real time.
Schmooze Dating
Seed Round in 2021
Schmooze Dating is an app that has introduced a new feature called schmooze flirts which selects memes from the app's algorithm that a match is likely to laugh at and encourages users to send the meme to their match in order to start a conversation. The user has 48 hours to message the other person before the chat disappears. The app also includes icebreakers to help to get started before a match is removed.
Motivo
Series A in 2021
Motivo Inc. is a technology company based in Palo Alto, California, founded in 2015. It specializes in developing software solutions that leverage proprietary computational technology, including graph analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning, specifically tailored for the semiconductor integrated circuit (IC) industry. Motivo's innovative approach dramatically enhances yield improvement through the use of terascale data analytics, enabling fabless design companies to optimize chip design and accelerate the introduction of new products. By focusing on explainable and interpretable AI and ML technologies, Motivo provides valuable insights that help improve manufacturing outcomes in the semiconductor sector.
Talview
Series B in 2021
Talview is a technology company that provides an AI-powered platform for recruitment and education. Founded in 2011 and originally known as Interview Master Technology Solutions, the company is headquartered in Bengaluru, India, with an additional office in San Jose, California. Talview's platform supports asynchronous video interviews, online assessments, and remote proctoring, allowing organizations to screen, interview, and test candidates and students efficiently from any location. The platform utilizes advanced technologies such as natural language processing and machine learning to streamline the hiring process, reduce recruitment costs, and enhance candidate experience. Talview serves a diverse clientele, including startups, individual recruitment consultants, small and medium-sized businesses, and Fortune 500 companies across various sectors such as information technology, engineering, pharmaceuticals, and banking and financial services.
Flam
Seed Round in 2021
Flam is an AI-powered mixed reality publishing platform that specializes in creating digital photo cards. These innovative cards combine printed photographs with embedded videos that can be accessed through Flam's application, which employs proprietary artificial intelligence image recognition and augmented reality technologies. The platform allows users to build and preserve meaningful connections by offering a tangible way to store and interact with memories. Through its unique blend of digital and physical elements, Flam enhances the experience of sharing personal moments in a creative and engaging manner.
Orbion Space Technology
Series B in 2021
Orbion Space Technology, based in Houghton, Michigan, specializes in the development and manufacture of plasma propulsion systems for small satellites. Founded in 2016, the company provides advanced electric propulsion technology that enhances satellite functionality by enabling precise maneuverability in space. Orbion's thrusters facilitate essential tasks such as the last-mile delivery of spacecraft from launch vehicles to their designated orbits, extending the operational life of satellites, and ensuring safe de-orbiting at the end of their missions. By offering a cost-effective solution that can significantly reduce operational expenses for spacecraft operators, Orbion contributes to the growing demand for efficient propulsion systems in the rapidly evolving space industry.
Credit Sesame
Series G in 2021
Credit Sesame, Inc. operates a credit and loan management platform designed to simplify and automate consumer credit management. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, the company offers a range of services including credit score monitoring, credit reports, identity theft protection, and personalized recommendations for personal loans, home loans, student loans, and refinancing options. The platform helps users analyze their loans, existing mortgages, and credit card debt, enabling them to manage and improve their credit and financial well-being in one location. By leveraging a deep understanding of personal credit and the latest digital banking technology, Credit Sesame provides a free online and mobile service that empowers consumers to effectively manage their credit and cash flow.
StepFunction.ai
Seed Round in 2020
StepFunction is a market leader in revenue growth solutions for SaaS. Based on a data-driven, real-time understanding of customer intent, it assists leading SaaS companies in significantly increasing the amount and predictability of their subscription revenues. By applying advanced analytics to customer behavior signals and operational data, the company hopes to turn SaaS operations into a science. The StepFunction Customer Intent Engine uses machine learning to provide SaaS clients with data-driven, real-time, and actionable insights for customer retention and upsell. With bullseye targeting, SaaS clients can achieve top-line growth through increased customer retention, reduced churn, and targeted upselling, as well as bottom-line growth by lowering customer acquisition costs.
Allround
Seed Round in 2020
Allround is an educational platform aimed at children aged 7 to 15, focusing on e-learning and extracurricular activities. The company provides a range of live courses designed to foster creativity and personal development among students. Offerings include classes in dance, chess, guitar, foreign languages, keyboard, western vocals, abacus, and public speaking. By blending education with enjoyable learning experiences, Allround enables students to explore new interests and enhance their skills in a supportive environment.
Credit Sesame
Venture Round in 2019
Credit Sesame, Inc. operates a credit and loan management platform designed to simplify and automate consumer credit management. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, the company offers a range of services including credit score monitoring, credit reports, identity theft protection, and personalized recommendations for personal loans, home loans, student loans, and refinancing options. The platform helps users analyze their loans, existing mortgages, and credit card debt, enabling them to manage and improve their credit and financial well-being in one location. By leveraging a deep understanding of personal credit and the latest digital banking technology, Credit Sesame provides a free online and mobile service that empowers consumers to effectively manage their credit and cash flow.
Peel-Works
Series B in 2017
Peel-Works is a technology and data analytics company focused on enhancing eCommerce for corner stores in India. Through its ISO-certified platform, Taikee, the company offers a B2B grocery eCommerce solution that simplifies the procurement process for traditional grocery retailers. By partnering with leading FMCG brands, Taikee enables corner stores to source a diverse range of products at competitive prices via a single application, eliminating the need for multiple supplier interactions. The platform addresses key challenges such as inventory management, stock shortages, and working capital constraints by ensuring next-day delivery, ultimately improving the shopping experience for consumers. Additionally, Peel-Works provides inventory analytics services that deliver real-time insights to help retailers optimize operations, reduce costs, and enhance customer loyalty, thereby driving sales and profitability for small retail businesses.
Poshmark
Series E in 2017
Poshmark, Inc. operates a social marketplace that facilitates the buying and selling of lifestyle products, including apparel, footwear, home goods, beauty products, and accessories. Established in 2011 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, Poshmark connects a community of over 80 million registered users across the United States, Canada, Australia, and India. The platform blends the interpersonal aspects of traditional shopping with the convenience of e-commerce, making it easy for users to engage in sustainable consumption by buying and reselling both new and secondhand items. Through this approach, Poshmark not only promotes a vibrant marketplace for fashion and lifestyle products but also encourages environmentally conscious choices among consumers.
Credit Sesame
Venture Round in 2017
Credit Sesame, Inc. operates a credit and loan management platform designed to simplify and automate consumer credit management. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, the company offers a range of services including credit score monitoring, credit reports, identity theft protection, and personalized recommendations for personal loans, home loans, student loans, and refinancing options. The platform helps users analyze their loans, existing mortgages, and credit card debt, enabling them to manage and improve their credit and financial well-being in one location. By leveraging a deep understanding of personal credit and the latest digital banking technology, Credit Sesame provides a free online and mobile service that empowers consumers to effectively manage their credit and cash flow.
StatX
Seed Round in 2017
StatX is fast, easy, visual native iOS and Android app that keeps your critical metrics and updates at your fingertips and conveniently brings you what changed so you can respond faster. Get your sales, financial, marketing or any critical data automatically fed from Salesforce, QuickBooks, MailChimp, Excel, Google Sheets and more. Easily set up instant collaboration with any team to stay efficiently in sync.
CodeMonkey Studios
Seed Round in 2017
CodeMonkey is an online game that teaches both the fundamentals and advanced topics in computer programming. We believe learning to code should be as fun and rewarding as feeding a monkey (as long as it doesn't bite your fingers. Darn monkey). CodeMonkey Studios is a startup company located in Tel Aviv. Recently, we graduated from the MindCET accelerator program. With vast experience in both technology and education, we wish to change the way people learn coding.
Disco
Seed Round in 2016
Disco is an HR recognition tool that offers products to recognize, reward, promote, socialize, and analyze a company culture. The tool helps the team recognize one another's contributions, big and small, and quantifies that feedback to keep culture on track. Through recognition, employees adapt company values while strengthening peer relationships, measure the pulse of the company with culture surveys in Slack, reward employees that go above-and-beyond, and publicize company values to every employee through fun and habit-forming social experiences.
Poshmark
Series D in 2016
Poshmark, Inc. operates a social marketplace that facilitates the buying and selling of lifestyle products, including apparel, footwear, home goods, beauty products, and accessories. Established in 2011 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, Poshmark connects a community of over 80 million registered users across the United States, Canada, Australia, and India. The platform blends the interpersonal aspects of traditional shopping with the convenience of e-commerce, making it easy for users to engage in sustainable consumption by buying and reselling both new and secondhand items. Through this approach, Poshmark not only promotes a vibrant marketplace for fashion and lifestyle products but also encourages environmentally conscious choices among consumers.
Truebil
Series A in 2016
After working for a year, one of us decided to buy himself a stylish car. But with a budget of 3-4 lakhs it was not possible to get a sedan. So he started exploring this used car market and realized that these deals are actually value for money. But the entire process of shortlist, inspection, test drive and legal proceedings was way too much for a busy young professional. The lack of a one-stop solution for used cars motivated us to take this leap and build one ourselves
Power2SME
Series D in 2016
Power2SME is India's first buying club dedicated to small and medium enterprises (SMEs), aiming to empower them and contribute to the country's growth. The company focuses on reducing the purchase prices of raw materials by pooling the demand from various SMEs and sourcing these materials directly from manufacturers. This model allows Power2SME to negotiate competitive pricing and ensure a wide selection of quality suppliers across multiple product categories, including chemicals, metals, and polymers. By providing an e-commerce platform that offers these commodities at economical rates, Power2SME helps SMEs enhance their productivity and achieve significant business value.
ActivityHero
Seed Round in 2015
ActivityHero, Inc. is an online marketplace that connects parents with providers of after-school activities and summer camps for children. Founded in 2011 and based in Palo Alto, California, the platform allows parents to browse, filter, and compare various classes and camps based on age, location, and date. ActivityHero features listings that include photos, descriptions, schedules, and reviews of activity providers across the United States. In addition to facilitating parent registrations, the company offers software solutions that enable providers to manage online registrations and payments effectively. This streamlined approach not only enhances the booking experience for parents but also assists activity providers in increasing their operational efficiency and visibility.
Intelli-Vision
Series A in 2015
Intelli-Vision is the market leader in Intelligent Video Analytics Software. Intelli-Vision is the market leader and innovator in providing “Video Intelligence and Smart Cameras with Analytics.” Offering unique patented technology for video analytics processing, searching, video data mining, and analyzing vast amounts of real-time or stored video on a device or in the Cloud, IntelliVision has been recognized as the “Brains Behind the Eyes” for many camera applications.
Credit Sesame
Series D in 2015
Credit Sesame, Inc. operates a credit and loan management platform designed to simplify and automate consumer credit management. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, the company offers a range of services including credit score monitoring, credit reports, identity theft protection, and personalized recommendations for personal loans, home loans, student loans, and refinancing options. The platform helps users analyze their loans, existing mortgages, and credit card debt, enabling them to manage and improve their credit and financial well-being in one location. By leveraging a deep understanding of personal credit and the latest digital banking technology, Credit Sesame provides a free online and mobile service that empowers consumers to effectively manage their credit and cash flow.
Poshmark
Series C in 2015
Poshmark, Inc. operates a social marketplace that facilitates the buying and selling of lifestyle products, including apparel, footwear, home goods, beauty products, and accessories. Established in 2011 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, Poshmark connects a community of over 80 million registered users across the United States, Canada, Australia, and India. The platform blends the interpersonal aspects of traditional shopping with the convenience of e-commerce, making it easy for users to engage in sustainable consumption by buying and reselling both new and secondhand items. Through this approach, Poshmark not only promotes a vibrant marketplace for fashion and lifestyle products but also encourages environmentally conscious choices among consumers.
Aasaanjobs
Seed Round in 2015
Aasaanjobs is a recruitment company for entry level jobs in India. It aims to create a digital identity for millions who play such a crucial role in the ever expanding service industry of the country. It envisages to provide a better connected platform for the unorganized job sector in the country which are largely two: freelancing and blue-collared (drivers, maids, cooks, tutors, back-office staff, etc). Aasaanjob's vision is to counter the huge mismatch between employee skillset and industry expectation helping people get better prepared for the industry while solving hiring problems of start-ups and SMEs.
SysCloud
Series A in 2014
SysCloud, Inc. specializes in providing cloud and on-premise solutions for the protection and governance of Google Apps domains. Founded in 2010 and based in Cranford, New Jersey, the company offers a comprehensive software suite designed to safeguard against data loss, unauthorized exposure, and compliance violations. Its solutions include automated backup protection, real-time data security, and compliance policies, enabling enterprises and educational institutions to migrate to Google Apps while ensuring the security of their data. SysCloud's offerings encompass backup and disaster recovery software, which can be deployed in both virtual and physical environments. The Google Apps Backup product is particularly notable for its single-click domain-level functionality, allowing users to automatically back up, search, and restore all Google Apps for Business data, including Gmail and Google Docs, with robust encryption for enhanced security.
Cbazaar.com
Series B in 2014
Cbazaar is the largest online Indian Ethnic Wear Store. Cbazaar offers a myriad of Indian Ethnic Wear for men, women and kids and has patronage in over 130 countries. It offers timeless Indian styles, as well as chic reinvented styles, in designer wear, party wear and everyday fashion. Cbazaar is a pioneer in Indian Ethnic Wear. The Collection includes over 16,000 exquisite designs. Be it, Wedding Wear or Festive Apparels or trendy Daily Wear, Cbazaar is a one-stop-solution to get Indian Ethnic Wear and Accessories, online. We also house Designer Sarees, Salwar Kameez, Designer Kurtis, Lehenga-Cholis, Kids Clothing, Indian Ethnic Wear for Men, Designer Sherwanis, Kurta Pyjama, Pathani Suits and many more. With a modest beginning, Cbazaar today is a pioneer in the Indian e-retailing industry. Team Cbazaar is backed by over 350 talented Fashion Designers, Dressmakers, Programmers, Designers, Customer Engagement Executives, etc. Cbazaar has 3 unique in-house brands RaiR, Bollywood Vogue, and Modni. These brands house some of the finest cuts, fabrics and styles.
Power2SME
Series C in 2014
Power2SME is India's first buying club dedicated to small and medium enterprises (SMEs), aiming to empower them and contribute to the country's growth. The company focuses on reducing the purchase prices of raw materials by pooling the demand from various SMEs and sourcing these materials directly from manufacturers. This model allows Power2SME to negotiate competitive pricing and ensure a wide selection of quality suppliers across multiple product categories, including chemicals, metals, and polymers. By providing an e-commerce platform that offers these commodities at economical rates, Power2SME helps SMEs enhance their productivity and achieve significant business value.
ActivityHero
Seed Round in 2014
ActivityHero, Inc. is an online marketplace that connects parents with providers of after-school activities and summer camps for children. Founded in 2011 and based in Palo Alto, California, the platform allows parents to browse, filter, and compare various classes and camps based on age, location, and date. ActivityHero features listings that include photos, descriptions, schedules, and reviews of activity providers across the United States. In addition to facilitating parent registrations, the company offers software solutions that enable providers to manage online registrations and payments effectively. This streamlined approach not only enhances the booking experience for parents but also assists activity providers in increasing their operational efficiency and visibility.
Assured Risk Cover
Seed Round in 2014
We are an insurance startup, looking to bring immediate financial relief following global catastrophes, to homeowners, and small business. We are seeking Series A financing.
Peel-Works
Series A in 2014
Peel-Works is a technology and data analytics company focused on enhancing eCommerce for corner stores in India. Through its ISO-certified platform, Taikee, the company offers a B2B grocery eCommerce solution that simplifies the procurement process for traditional grocery retailers. By partnering with leading FMCG brands, Taikee enables corner stores to source a diverse range of products at competitive prices via a single application, eliminating the need for multiple supplier interactions. The platform addresses key challenges such as inventory management, stock shortages, and working capital constraints by ensuring next-day delivery, ultimately improving the shopping experience for consumers. Additionally, Peel-Works provides inventory analytics services that deliver real-time insights to help retailers optimize operations, reduce costs, and enhance customer loyalty, thereby driving sales and profitability for small retail businesses.
Vizury
Series C in 2014
Vizury is a commerce marketing platform that specializes in personalized retargeting, helping digital companies enhance their marketing return on investment and increase transactions. Launched in 2007, its platform is designed to target and engage interested consumers across various channels including programmatic, social, and notifications. The platform provides an integrated approach that combines paid retargeting and customer relationship management channels to maximize reach and foster meaningful consumer interactions. In 2018, Vizury was acquired by Affle, a global technology company known for its consumer intelligence platform, which further integrated Vizury's offerings into its suite of products aimed at driving consumer engagement, acquisitions, and transactions through relevant mobile advertising.
FarFaria
Series A in 2014
FarFaria is an app for the iPad that offers unlimited reading, instantly. Designed to provide families with the perfect story time, FarFaria stimulates an interest in reading and promotes families spending time together. For a low monthly cost, families have access to FarFaria’s vast library of content with new stories added every week. FarFaria was created by Intuary, a team of socially responsible entrepreneurs whose mission is to create innovative products that enhance people’s lives. In addition to FarFaria, Intuary is the creator of Verbally, a free app that aids those suffering from nonverbal disabilities.
Resilinc
Series A in 2014
Resilinc Corporation specializes in providing cloud-based Software-as-a-Service solutions focused on supply chain resiliency and risk management. The company offers a comprehensive suite of tools, including supply chain mapping to identify vulnerabilities, crisis management solutions for preparedness and response, and a collaborative platform for risk mitigation efforts. Additionally, Resilinc delivers EventWatch Professional, a service that monitors global events that could disrupt supply chains, and Resilinc CyberSCRM, which protects supply chains from cybersecurity threats. Founded in 2010 and based in Palo Alto, California, Resilinc's solutions enable organizations to effectively plan, monitor, and mitigate disruptions across multi-tier supply chains, enhancing overall resilience and compliance.
Espresso Logic
Seed Round in 2013
Industry’s first reactive programming-based database backend as a service for web and mobile applications. Espresso provides an instant RESTful server for developers to connect web and mobile applications to external databases including MySQL, Oracle Server and Microsoft SQL Server. Enterprise developers can now use the Espresso Designer to securely manage access to database rows and columns based on individual roles. Just register and you can start using it right away – no downloads or configuration. Reduces SQL backend development time from months to days for mobile and web apps. Key highlights: Create RESTful server for SQL database in minutes versus days Enterprise class API created in minutes for exposing corporate database Row/column level security and access control based on roles Excel or Google Docs user can access SQL databases in real-time
Power2SME
Series B in 2013
Power2SME is India's first buying club dedicated to small and medium enterprises (SMEs), aiming to empower them and contribute to the country's growth. The company focuses on reducing the purchase prices of raw materials by pooling the demand from various SMEs and sourcing these materials directly from manufacturers. This model allows Power2SME to negotiate competitive pricing and ensure a wide selection of quality suppliers across multiple product categories, including chemicals, metals, and polymers. By providing an e-commerce platform that offers these commodities at economical rates, Power2SME helps SMEs enhance their productivity and achieve significant business value.
PolicyBazaar
Series A in 2013
PolicyBazaar Insurance Brokers Private Limited is an online platform based in Gurugram, India, specializing in insurance services. Founded in 2014, the company offers a wide range of insurance products, including life, health, car, two-wheeler, travel, and home insurance. The platform features a comparison portal and mobile application that allow users to compare different insurance plans based on coverage, premiums, benefits, and exclusions. This enables consumers to make informed decisions about their insurance needs. Additionally, PolicyBazaar provides tools and calculators for users to estimate their insurance requirements and premiums. The company primarily generates revenue from its insurance brokerage services, while also aiming to enhance financial awareness in India regarding the implications of death, disease, and damage.
Poshmark
Series B in 2012
Poshmark, Inc. operates a social marketplace that facilitates the buying and selling of lifestyle products, including apparel, footwear, home goods, beauty products, and accessories. Established in 2011 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, Poshmark connects a community of over 80 million registered users across the United States, Canada, Australia, and India. The platform blends the interpersonal aspects of traditional shopping with the convenience of e-commerce, making it easy for users to engage in sustainable consumption by buying and reselling both new and secondhand items. Through this approach, Poshmark not only promotes a vibrant marketplace for fashion and lifestyle products but also encourages environmentally conscious choices among consumers.
Lemnisk
Series B in 2012
Lemnisk is a marketing automation company that specializes in providing a secure customer data platform for enterprises. Their platform aggregates data from various sources to create a unified view of customers, enabling one-to-one personalization and cross-channel customer journeys at scale. By focusing on real-time data and personalized messaging, Lemnisk aims to enhance conversion rates, improve customer retention, and drive growth for businesses. The company also develops agile digital growth tools that assist clients in generating leads and conversions through targeted and hyper-personalized communications.
Dhingana
Series B in 2012
Dhingana is an Indian on-demand music service that enables users to discover a vast array of traditional Indian and Bollywood music. It offers access to millions of songs in over 35 languages and genres, catering to a global audience. Launched in 2007 by twin brothers Snehal and Swapnil Shinde, along with Sushil Choudhari, Dhingana has its roots in Silicon Valley’s Sunnyvale, with additional offices in Pune, India. The platform is available on various devices, including iOS, Blackberry, and Android. Users can engage with the music community by sharing tracks on Facebook and exploring what others are listening to. Dhingana also features a premium subscription service, Dhingana Gold, which allows subscribers to download unlimited songs, enjoy high-definition audio quality, experience an ad-free environment, and sync their downloads across multiple devices.
FundsIndia
Series B in 2012
FundsIndia is a pioneering online platform in India that specializes in mutual fund investing, aiming to transform the financial services landscape. The platform caters to a diverse range of investors by offering access to various investment products, including mutual funds, equities, corporate deposits, and systematic investment plans. FundsIndia focuses on aligning its services with the unique goals and risk appetites of its users, facilitating an accessible and confident investment experience. With a commitment to customer support and technological innovation, FundsIndia seeks to enhance the investment journey for every individual investor in India.
Credit Sesame
Series C in 2012
Credit Sesame, Inc. operates a credit and loan management platform designed to simplify and automate consumer credit management. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, the company offers a range of services including credit score monitoring, credit reports, identity theft protection, and personalized recommendations for personal loans, home loans, student loans, and refinancing options. The platform helps users analyze their loans, existing mortgages, and credit card debt, enabling them to manage and improve their credit and financial well-being in one location. By leveraging a deep understanding of personal credit and the latest digital banking technology, Credit Sesame provides a free online and mobile service that empowers consumers to effectively manage their credit and cash flow.
Unnati Silks Pvt
Series A in 2012
Unnati Silks Pvt Ltd is a shop that sells handwoven items made by some of the best weavers in the subcontinent. In everything designers create, they strive for innovation, originality, and beauty. Unnati Silks evolved from a need for products that could handle managing homes, gruelling office meetings, glamorous weddings, or simply going to the movies, from fibre to fabric to factory to end functionality.
Power2SME
Series A in 2012
Power2SME is India's first buying club dedicated to small and medium enterprises (SMEs), aiming to empower them and contribute to the country's growth. The company focuses on reducing the purchase prices of raw materials by pooling the demand from various SMEs and sourcing these materials directly from manufacturers. This model allows Power2SME to negotiate competitive pricing and ensure a wide selection of quality suppliers across multiple product categories, including chemicals, metals, and polymers. By providing an e-commerce platform that offers these commodities at economical rates, Power2SME helps SMEs enhance their productivity and achieve significant business value.
Spotzot
Series A in 2011
Spotzot operates a mobile shopping network that connects advertisers with a large base of high-intent shoppers who primarily make purchases at physical retail locations. With a user base of 30 million, Spotzot enhances the in-store shopping experience by offering location-based services that allow consumers to discover trends, promotions, and nearby stores. The platform boasts impressive engagement, with 40% of visitors returning monthly and over half a million active shoppers daily. Retailers benefit significantly from Spotzot's capabilities, as more than 60% of users are actively seeking to make purchases, with up to 15% completing transactions in-store. Additionally, Spotzot serves as a top monetization source for publishers, providing access to a wide range of in-store coupons and promotions from leading retail chains across 500,000 locations in the U.S. Through its free APIs, Spotzot enables publishers to integrate these promotions into various shopping and entertainment applications, facilitating a seamless experience for consumers and brands alike.
Salorix
Series A in 2011
Salorix works with the world's largest brands and agencies to simplify and scale social media engagements. The Salorix Social Marketing Platform is the industry's first comprehensive solution to deliver listening, campaign planning and execution, analytics and optimization through a single user-interface supporting multiple social channels including FaceBook, Twitter, LinkedIn, YouTube, blogs and websites. There has never been an easier way for social and brand marketers to execute, track, and measure their campaigns and activities across the most popular social sites. Additionally, Salorix provides a suite of social media engagement, campaign strategy, and custom analytic and optimization services for brands that desire a completely outsourced social media solution. Salorix is positioned at the intersection of three major industry trends: big data, social media and marketing automation. Over the years Salorix has developed in-house expertise on large-scale data management and integration. Salorix was founded in 2009 by digital media veterans and is backed by leading venture capital firms Nexus Venture Partners and Inventus Capital. Salorix is a global company headquartered in Silicon Valley, with offices in New York City and Bangalore, India.
Genwi
Series A in 2011
Genwi is used by marketers to distribute information, gathered from multiple sources, to mobile devices in realtime. It provides an efficient way to curate, manage and optimize content, which results in vastly better channel to relay information to an organization’s customers, partners and employees.
Credit Sesame
Series B in 2011
Credit Sesame, Inc. operates a credit and loan management platform designed to simplify and automate consumer credit management. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, the company offers a range of services including credit score monitoring, credit reports, identity theft protection, and personalized recommendations for personal loans, home loans, student loans, and refinancing options. The platform helps users analyze their loans, existing mortgages, and credit card debt, enabling them to manage and improve their credit and financial well-being in one location. By leveraging a deep understanding of personal credit and the latest digital banking technology, Credit Sesame provides a free online and mobile service that empowers consumers to effectively manage their credit and cash flow.
Sokrati
Series A in 2011
Sokrati Inc. is a digital marketing and analytics company that specializes in managing and analyzing digital marketing budgets. Founded in 2009 by former Amazon employees, Sokrati aims to address inefficiencies in search marketing, particularly for advertisers in the online retail and travel sectors. The company offers an integrated platform that facilitates the management of campaigns across search, display, and social media networks, including major platforms like Google and Facebook. Sokrati provides predictive analytics and image optimization services, driving significant traffic for its clients, with over 12 million monthly visits and managing more than 100 million active ad entities in real time. The company serves various industries, including retail, financial services, and travel, and has gained recognition as Google's largest small and medium-sized business partner in India. Sokrati’s effectiveness in enhancing conversion rates for leading brands has earned it accolades, including being named one of the "Top 20 Hottest Technology Startups" in India by Techcircle. The company is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with an additional location in Pune, India.
Poshmark
Series A in 2011
Poshmark, Inc. operates a social marketplace that facilitates the buying and selling of lifestyle products, including apparel, footwear, home goods, beauty products, and accessories. Established in 2011 and headquartered in Redwood City, California, Poshmark connects a community of over 80 million registered users across the United States, Canada, Australia, and India. The platform blends the interpersonal aspects of traditional shopping with the convenience of e-commerce, making it easy for users to engage in sustainable consumption by buying and reselling both new and secondhand items. Through this approach, Poshmark not only promotes a vibrant marketplace for fashion and lifestyle products but also encourages environmentally conscious choices among consumers.
Dhingana
Series A in 2011
Dhingana is an Indian on-demand music service that enables users to discover a vast array of traditional Indian and Bollywood music. It offers access to millions of songs in over 35 languages and genres, catering to a global audience. Launched in 2007 by twin brothers Snehal and Swapnil Shinde, along with Sushil Choudhari, Dhingana has its roots in Silicon Valley’s Sunnyvale, with additional offices in Pune, India. The platform is available on various devices, including iOS, Blackberry, and Android. Users can engage with the music community by sharing tracks on Facebook and exploring what others are listening to. Dhingana also features a premium subscription service, Dhingana Gold, which allows subscribers to download unlimited songs, enjoy high-definition audio quality, experience an ad-free environment, and sync their downloads across multiple devices.
Lemnisk
Series A in 2010
Lemnisk is a marketing automation company that specializes in providing a secure customer data platform for enterprises. Their platform aggregates data from various sources to create a unified view of customers, enabling one-to-one personalization and cross-channel customer journeys at scale. By focusing on real-time data and personalized messaging, Lemnisk aims to enhance conversion rates, improve customer retention, and drive growth for businesses. The company also develops agile digital growth tools that assist clients in generating leads and conversions through targeted and hyper-personalized communications.
Genwi
Seed Round in 2010
Genwi is used by marketers to distribute information, gathered from multiple sources, to mobile devices in realtime. It provides an efficient way to curate, manage and optimize content, which results in vastly better channel to relay information to an organization’s customers, partners and employees.
iSites
Venture Round in 2010
iSites is a service that allows publishers to quickly build applications for the digital devices that allows them to create a customized and branded app. The platform simultaneously publishes apps on the iPhone, Android, and iPad.
FundsIndia
Series A in 2010
FundsIndia is a pioneering online platform in India that specializes in mutual fund investing, aiming to transform the financial services landscape. The platform caters to a diverse range of investors by offering access to various investment products, including mutual funds, equities, corporate deposits, and systematic investment plans. FundsIndia focuses on aligning its services with the unique goals and risk appetites of its users, facilitating an accessible and confident investment experience. With a commitment to customer support and technological innovation, FundsIndia seeks to enhance the investment journey for every individual investor in India.
Sierra Atlantic
Secondary Market in 2010
Sierra Atlantic is an e-business integrator that delivers internet time-to-market solutions for the insurance and financial industries. Sierra Atlantic was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.
Credit Sesame
Series A in 2010
Credit Sesame, Inc. operates a credit and loan management platform designed to simplify and automate consumer credit management. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, the company offers a range of services including credit score monitoring, credit reports, identity theft protection, and personalized recommendations for personal loans, home loans, student loans, and refinancing options. The platform helps users analyze their loans, existing mortgages, and credit card debt, enabling them to manage and improve their credit and financial well-being in one location. By leveraging a deep understanding of personal credit and the latest digital banking technology, Credit Sesame provides a free online and mobile service that empowers consumers to effectively manage their credit and cash flow.
Vivu
Series A in 2009
ViVu specializes in providing innovative videoconferencing solutions that facilitate global communication. Its browser-based video platform is designed for ease of use, affordability, and requires no downloads, allowing users to initiate video chats and share desktops quickly. This flexibility enables participation from various devices, including PCs, Macs, Linux systems, and mobile devices. ViVu's services cater to a range of applications, such as online meetings, live events, training sessions, and customer support, making it a versatile choice for organizations. Trusted by Fortune 500 companies, ViVu aims to enhance the online meeting experience, positioning itself as a strong alternative to traditional videoconferencing providers.
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