Liquid 2 Ventures

Liquid 2 Ventures is a venture capital firm founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, California. The firm specializes in seed-stage investments, targeting technology startups across various sectors, including communications, biotechnology, artificial intelligence, and more. With a focus on pre-seed and seed-stage companies, Liquid 2 Ventures aims to support early-stage entrepreneurs in the United States as they develop innovative solutions and grow their businesses. The firm was established by Joe Montana, Mike Miller, and Michael Ma, bringing together their expertise to foster technological advancements and drive economic growth in the tech industry.

Michael Ma

Co-Founder and Partner

Mike Miller

Co-Founder and Partner

Nate Montana

Partner

Joe Montana

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Nathaniel Montana

Partner

Elizabeth Montana-Luciano

Director of Operations

Matt Mulvey

Partner

Past deals in Recruiting

Round

Seed Round in 2022
Round is a community platform that connects technology executives and senior leaders to foster professional growth and collaboration. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington, the platform is designed to accelerate the careers of its members by facilitating mentorship and knowledge sharing among high-impact teams in various functions, including product, engineering, marketing, and design. Through this collaborative environment, Round enables technology leaders to enhance their skills and amplify their influence within the industry.

Wrangle

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Wrangle is a process automation software for busy teams improving efficiency for onboarding, sales quote approval, and contract management. Its app channelizes workflows by assigning approvals and tasks, tracks the ticket status from request to completion in slack, and collects, organizes, and tracks every ticket submitted by employees.

Pavestep

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of employee feedback and performance management software designed to simplify and automate manager, self, and reviews. The company's software helps users develop, motivate and understand employees with technology and also hands-on coaching by sharing feedback and recognition to help them grow, enabling clients to eliminate the administrative burden and helping spend time in meaningful conversations with the employees.

Enable Us

Seed Round in 2021
Referenceable is an all-in-one workspace for the B2B Sales, Marketing, and Customer facing teams to provide a personalized and interactive buying and onboarding experience to their prospective customers. Customer facing teams have everything they need in one single location to: - Capture Video/Audio Product demos, customer references, sales decks, white-papers, contracts, onboarding material, and other content - Automatically organize & contextualize (by industry, persona, deal stage, deal size) - Build personalized deal rooms with AI-targeted content, simplified workflows, and 1:1 communication with the prospect and other stakeholders/influencers.

Endgame

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of product-led sales platform designed to transform the way modern software companies go to market. The company's platform makes it easy to observe what is happening in a trial or free motion, and prioritize sales-ready accounts and users based on behavioral signals, enabling clients to act fast and turn the leads into revenue.

Instawork

Series C in 2021
Instawork operates an online job marketplace designed to connect hospitality businesses with qualified workers. The platform automates the recruitment process, allowing businesses to fill job shifts on demand while enabling professionals to choose work that fits their schedules. By streamlining traditional recruiting methods, Instawork creates economic opportunities for both local businesses and workers. The company is rapidly expanding its reach across the United States, focusing on meeting the evolving needs of the hospitality sector.

Spokn

Seed Round in 2021
Spokn helps companies develop their talent and build a culture of continuous learning - all in audio. Our 'bite-sized' insights cover skills like communication, collaboration, productivity and leadership and come from the top experts in the world - from Harvard Business School and MIT to HubSpot, Mindful, the Financial Times and more. The best part? It's 100% in audio, so learning fits into the daily routine of employees.

Spokn

Seed Round in 2021
Spokn helps companies develop their talent and build a culture of continuous learning - all in audio. Our 'bite-sized' insights cover skills like communication, collaboration, productivity and leadership and come from the top experts in the world - from Harvard Business School and MIT to HubSpot, Mindful, the Financial Times and more. The best part? It's 100% in audio, so learning fits into the daily routine of employees.

Humanly.io

Seed Round in 2020
Humanly.io is a hiring platform that specializes in screening and scheduling job candidates through an AI-based system. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Kirkland, Washington, Humanly engages with candidates visiting a company’s job pages and social media, facilitating their qualification and addressing their inquiries. This innovative technology allows organizations to enhance candidate conversion rates across various recruitment channels while significantly reducing the time spent by human resources on each open role. With its focus on efficiency and automation, Humanly streamlines the hiring process for businesses, making it easier to manage candidate interactions at scale.

Humanly.io

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Humanly.io is a hiring platform that specializes in screening and scheduling job candidates through an AI-based system. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Kirkland, Washington, Humanly engages with candidates visiting a company’s job pages and social media, facilitating their qualification and addressing their inquiries. This innovative technology allows organizations to enhance candidate conversion rates across various recruitment channels while significantly reducing the time spent by human resources on each open role. With its focus on efficiency and automation, Humanly streamlines the hiring process for businesses, making it easier to manage candidate interactions at scale.

Remote

Seed Round in 2020
Remote Technology, Inc. provides a comprehensive human resource technology platform that specializes in payroll, benefits, compliance, and tax services for businesses employing distributed teams. Founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, the company simplifies international payroll and compliance processes for both employees and contractors. Remote's platform allows organizations to manage onboarding, automatic payments, and various statutory obligations, such as social and pension contributions and income tax retention, while connecting candidates with remote job opportunities. By addressing the complexities of global employment, Remote enables companies to focus on their workforce and enhance productivity without compliance risks.

Remote

Seed Round in 2020
Remote Technology, Inc. provides a comprehensive human resource technology platform that specializes in payroll, benefits, compliance, and tax services for businesses employing distributed teams. Founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, the company simplifies international payroll and compliance processes for both employees and contractors. Remote's platform allows organizations to manage onboarding, automatic payments, and various statutory obligations, such as social and pension contributions and income tax retention, while connecting candidates with remote job opportunities. By addressing the complexities of global employment, Remote enables companies to focus on their workforce and enhance productivity without compliance risks.

PostHog

Pre Seed Round in 2020
PostHog is increasing the number of successful products in the world. We do that by providing a platform for open-source product analytics. This helps software teams understand user behaviour. We took part in Y Combinator’s W20 cohort, and had the most successful B2B software launch on HackerNews since 2012, with a product that was just 4 weeks old. Our team is a combination of former CTOs and YC founders all turned developers, alongside some of the best developers from the world's largest tech companies who have the experience to help us handle scalability. We're all remote, and we've raised enough to pay top of market. We are proudly backed by some of the best VCs and Investors in the world, such as Y Combinator. We believe in product-led growth, while we build something awesome and let our product bring the users, rather than an outbound sales team and regular cold calls. Check out posthog.com/careers if you want to be part of this journey.

Humanly.io

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Humanly.io is a hiring platform that specializes in screening and scheduling job candidates through an AI-based system. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Kirkland, Washington, Humanly engages with candidates visiting a company’s job pages and social media, facilitating their qualification and addressing their inquiries. This innovative technology allows organizations to enhance candidate conversion rates across various recruitment channels while significantly reducing the time spent by human resources on each open role. With its focus on efficiency and automation, Humanly streamlines the hiring process for businesses, making it easier to manage candidate interactions at scale.

Prelay

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Prelay is a team selling platform designed to enhance collaboration among revenue teams and internal stakeholders involved in large deal and account processes. By facilitating coordination and communication, Prelay enables account executives, deal support teams, and implementation units, along with finance and legal departments, to work together effectively. The platform streamlines processes and fosters team alignment, allowing companies to close deals more efficiently and expedite user deployment. Ultimately, Prelay aims to simplify complex sales processes, helping organizations drive revenue collectively.

Dover

Seed Round in 2019
Dover is a recruitment services provider based in the United States, focused on modernizing the hiring process for companies. The organization employs a unique automated hiring platform that leverages algorithmic technology to identify and engage suitable candidates for open positions. By understanding the specific skill sets required by companies, Dover streamlines the recruitment process, reducing the need for extensive human involvement. This approach not only enhances the efficiency of hiring but also helps organizations improve their margins by ensuring that the right talent is onboarded. Through its innovative methods, Dover aims to support some of the fastest-growing companies in finding and engaging high-quality candidates.

Dover

Seed Round in 2019
Dover is a recruitment services provider based in the United States, focused on modernizing the hiring process for companies. The organization employs a unique automated hiring platform that leverages algorithmic technology to identify and engage suitable candidates for open positions. By understanding the specific skill sets required by companies, Dover streamlines the recruitment process, reducing the need for extensive human involvement. This approach not only enhances the efficiency of hiring but also helps organizations improve their margins by ensuring that the right talent is onboarded. Through its innovative methods, Dover aims to support some of the fastest-growing companies in finding and engaging high-quality candidates.

Zuma

Seed Round in 2019
Resident Boost is a funded mission-driven company that is focused on improving the leasing process for tenants, landlords, and property managers. Resident Boost was birthed from the frustrations the founders faced when trying to lease their own apartments. The process was fragmented and the workflow was broken. At Resident Boost, our mission is to make leasing frictionless by leveraging conversational AI and machine learning to reduce the time and involvement needed from tenants, landlords, and property managers.

Rippling

Series A in 2019
Rippling is a human resource management company that streamlines various employee-related processes, including payroll, benefits, device management, and application access. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Francisco, Rippling offers a platform that automates manual tasks, such as the onboarding of new hires. In a matter of 90 seconds, businesses can set up or disable employee payroll, health insurance, and access to essential third-party applications like Gmail, Microsoft Office, and Slack. By unifying all employee systems, Rippling effectively reduces administrative burdens, allowing organizations to focus on their core activities.

RankScience

Seed Round in 2018
RankScience is a continuous-optimization platform that improves website SEO through automatic A/B testing and data science.

Mutiny

Seed Round in 2018
Mutiny is a company based in the United States that specializes in personalizing websites and landing pages for business-to-business and Software-as-a-Service companies. Its platform allows marketers to create tailored experiences for each visitor, addressing the diverse needs of users from various industries and company sizes. By utilizing a graphical interface, Mutiny enables clients to customize webpage elements based on visitor intent and search terms, thereby enhancing user engagement. This personalization helps convert a significant portion of web traffic that typically bounces, with clients reporting conversion increases of up to 200%. Companies such as Segment, Brex, Amplitude, and Carta have successfully implemented Mutiny's solutions to drive revenue from their top-of-funnel demand without requiring engineering resources.

PullRequest

Seed Round in 2017
PullRequest, Inc., founded in 2017 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, offers online code reviewing services aimed at enhancing code quality for development teams. The company provides a range of solutions, including static analysis and access to an on-demand network of code review experts. This service enables teams to accelerate their code delivery while maintaining high quality and reducing costs. PullRequest has also participated in the YCombinator accelerator program, further solidifying its commitment to improving software development processes.

Jopwell

Series A in 2017
Jopwell, Inc. is a career platform that connects underrepresented minority professionals and students, specifically Black, Latino/Hispanic, and Native American individuals, with various companies to enhance their career prospects. Founded in 2015 by former Goldman Sachs employees Porter Braswell and Ryan Williams, Jopwell facilitates access to employment opportunities across diverse industries, including technology, finance, education, and healthcare. The platform serves as a valuable resource for both candidates and companies, offering a talent pipeline that helps organizations recruit from backgrounds historically underrepresented in top-tier firms. Jopwell aims to empower individuals at all stages of their careers while promoting diversity in the workplace. Based in New York City, the company has received recognition for its innovative approach to enhancing professional opportunities and fostering a more inclusive workforce.

Guilded

Seed Round in 2017
Guilded, Inc. is a company that creates a chat platform specifically aimed at competitive gaming and esports, helping gamers stay organized and connected with their teams. Launched in 2016 and headquartered in Dallas, Texas, Guilded offers tools that streamline communication and collaboration among gaming groups. The platform features integrated event calendars, forums, and document creation, allowing users to manage events and organize servers effectively. By providing resources that facilitate team recruitment and strategy discussions, Guilded enhances the overall online gaming experience for players and teams alike.

Gem

Seed Round in 2017
Gem is an all-in-one recruiting platform that integrates with LinkedIn, Gmail & Outlook, and your ATS. It enables world-class recruiting teams to find, engage, and nurture top talent. Recruiters use Gem to build lists of people to reach out to, find an email, and automate follow-ups. Gem saves time, doubles response rate, and gives visibility into what’s working. Teams use Gem to collaborate on candidates, discover best practices, and never reach out to the same person twice. Managers unlock visibility into their team’s pipeline because every touchpoint is automatically tracked. And everything syncs to your applicant tracking system with best-in-class data integrity.

PullRequest

Seed Round in 2017
PullRequest, Inc., founded in 2017 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, offers online code reviewing services aimed at enhancing code quality for development teams. The company provides a range of solutions, including static analysis and access to an on-demand network of code review experts. This service enables teams to accelerate their code delivery while maintaining high quality and reducing costs. PullRequest has also participated in the YCombinator accelerator program, further solidifying its commitment to improving software development processes.

RankScience

Venture Round in 2017
RankScience is a continuous-optimization platform that improves website SEO through automatic A/B testing and data science.

Oohlala Mobile

Series A in 2016
Ready Education's mission is to help higher ed institutions improve the student experience. Their product extends to all aspects of student life, and strives to reduce the complexity of campus life into a simplified user experience that facilitates student success. As an education technology company, their mission is to provide both a valuable product to students and insightful data for administrators to improve efficacy. Their vision is shared by 350+ institutions they partner with across the world, each of whom has worked alongside us and helped us craft the best experience possible for students.

WorkRamp

Seed Round in 2016
WorkRamp, Inc. develops a software for enterprises to onboard, train, and certify their employees. It offers WorkRamp, a software that provides templates that are used as starting point for the training needs. The company’s software also enables managers, mentors, and buddies to collaborate in real-time; and used to implement, track, and manage the training program. In addition, its solutions are used for onboarding programs, ongoing training, and certify the team members. WorkRamp, Inc. was formerly known as Bulletin Board IO, Inc. and changed its name to WorkRamp, Inc. in November 2015. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in San Carlos, California.

Mentat

Seed Round in 2016
Mentat is a company that offers a job application platform designed to streamline the job search process. Utilizing machine learning technology, the platform assists users by rewriting their resumes and generating customized cover letters tailored to specific job applications. Additionally, Mentat provides a service that allows users to apply for jobs on their behalf, simplifying the job-seeking experience. The company's aim is to create a more efficient and effective pathway for individuals to secure better employment opportunities.

StrongIntro

Pre Seed Round in 2016
StrongIntro is a recruiting service that leverages the networks of existing employees to enhance the hiring process. By combining software solutions with a human-centric approach, StrongIntro facilitates thoughtful recruitment through employee referrals. The company provides a comprehensive suite of services that includes social networking, as well as assistance with resume and cover letter creation. Additionally, StrongIntro offers personalized marketing, career guidance, and resume services, all aimed at simplifying the recruitment process for businesses.

Apollo.io

Pre Seed Round in 2016
Apollo is a unified engagement acceleration platform designed to enhance sales performance and drive organizational growth. It empowers sales representatives to conduct targeted outreach by providing insights on whom to contact, how to engage, and what messaging to use. The platform features a comprehensive database of over 200 million contacts, a customizable scoring engine, and a full sales engagement stack, along with tools such as an Account Playbook builder and advanced analytics. Managers benefit from a sophisticated Rules Engine that helps establish processes and improve workflow efficiency. By using Apollo's tools, teams can save time, implement strategic changes quickly, and continuously analyze data throughout their sales pipeline. Companies like Autodesk and Snowflake leverage Apollo's capabilities to transform their sales strategies.

Bluecrew

Seed Round in 2015
BlueCrew, Inc. is an on-demand staffing platform based in Palo Alto, California, specializing in connecting employers with temporary workers in the Bay Area. The platform allows companies to post job openings and enables applicants to easily sign up and apply for positions. BlueCrew focuses on filling short-term, low-complexity roles in areas such as commercial moving, furniture pickup, data entry, truck driving, and on-the-move sales. By combining transparency and automation, BlueCrew aims to enhance the staffing experience for blue-collar positions while providing the flexibility of a mobile-based interface along with the legal protections typically associated with traditional employment models. As of February 2018, BlueCrew operates as a subsidiary of IAC/InterActiveCorp.
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