SV Angel is a San Francisco-based angel investment group founded in 1992 that focuses on supporting entrepreneurs in the software-centric consumer and enterprise sectors across the United States. The organization assists founders at crucial stages of their business development by providing strategic advice, financing, and support for mergers and acquisitions. Unlike traditional venture capital firms that typically invest in a limited number of companies annually, SV Angel is known for its high volume of investments, often exceeding 100 companies each year. By leveraging its extensive network, SV Angel aims to help startups build sustainable and enduring companies.
Doppel is a company focused on enhancing social engineering defense through a combination of artificial intelligence and human expertise. Its platform addresses a range of digital threats, including phishing, business email compromise, and impersonation, by actively detecting and neutralizing these risks. Utilizing its proprietary suite of tools known as Doppel Vision, the company offers services such as Brand Protection, Executive Protection, and Phishing Incident Response. This adaptive approach allows Doppel to respond to emerging threats in real time, ensuring the security of clients' personnel, brands, and communications across various channels. Additionally, the platform employs advanced technologies, including computer vision and large language models, to identify and swiftly eliminate phishing attacks and protect intellectual property, including counterfeit non-fungible tokens.
Treat AI
Seed Round in 2023
Treat is a startup that uses artificial intelligence to generate personalized photo products.
Lindy
Seed Round in 2023
Lindy is an AI assistant that can help with all your tasks, from calendar management and email drafting to contract sending and beyond.
MotherDuck
Series A in 2022
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.
Aide
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Aide consolidates support tools into a unified and reactive system that handles every step of the support workflow —identifying issues, solving them automatically, and suggesting optimizations to support and business operations — bringing intelligence to the support stack.
Relay
Seed Round in 2022
Relay lets you create playbooks for the operational workflows your team relies on, letting you combine human tasks and automated actions in a single playbook.
Kumo.AI
Series B in 2022
Kumo.AI is a SaaS AI platform that allows anyone in an organization to tackle predictive problems in business. It enables all non-technical and technical users, regardless of ML experience, to traverse all the major steps of a best practice ML lifecycle. The platform's users can immediately tackle a wide variety of predictive problems all in a single sitting, in application areas such as new customer acquisition, customer loyalty and retention, personalization and next best action, entity resolution and knowledge graph curation, abuse detection, financial crime detection, generation of ML features for data science teams, and more. Kumo.AI was founded in 2021 and is based in Mountain View, California.
Magical
Series A in 2022
Magical is a productivity app that empowers anyone to slash through repetitive tasks in seconds by effortlessly moving data between any site you work with. With a simple keystroke, Magical automates mundane tasks like messaging, data entry, sourcing, and prospecting workflows. Unlike existing automation solutions that are expensive, clunky, and require a technical team to set up, Magical is designed for non-technical users, offering a simple, user-enabled solution that works across any app.
Doppel
Seed Round in 2022
Doppel is a company focused on enhancing social engineering defense through a combination of artificial intelligence and human expertise. Its platform addresses a range of digital threats, including phishing, business email compromise, and impersonation, by actively detecting and neutralizing these risks. Utilizing its proprietary suite of tools known as Doppel Vision, the company offers services such as Brand Protection, Executive Protection, and Phishing Incident Response. This adaptive approach allows Doppel to respond to emerging threats in real time, ensuring the security of clients' personnel, brands, and communications across various channels. Additionally, the platform employs advanced technologies, including computer vision and large language models, to identify and swiftly eliminate phishing attacks and protect intellectual property, including counterfeit non-fungible tokens.
Kumo.AI
Series A in 2022
Kumo.AI is a SaaS AI platform that allows anyone in an organization to tackle predictive problems in business. It enables all non-technical and technical users, regardless of ML experience, to traverse all the major steps of a best practice ML lifecycle. The platform's users can immediately tackle a wide variety of predictive problems all in a single sitting, in application areas such as new customer acquisition, customer loyalty and retention, personalization and next best action, entity resolution and knowledge graph curation, abuse detection, financial crime detection, generation of ML features for data science teams, and more. Kumo.AI was founded in 2021 and is based in Mountain View, California.
Canonic Security
Seed Round in 2022
Canonic Security is a SaaS Application Security platform that continuously profiles apps and user accounts, identifies suspicious or out-of-policy behavior, and automatically reduces the SaaS attack surface. The platform provides access intelligence and vulnerability insight, detects SaaS-native threats, and helps security teams respond quickly.
Airbyte
Series B in 2021
Airbyte is an open-source data integration platform that facilitates the synchronization of data from various applications, APIs, and databases to data warehouses. The platform automates the creation of data pipelines using both pre-built and custom connectors, allowing businesses to efficiently gather analytics from all users, including those employing ad-blocking tools. With a focus on simplifying data integration, Airbyte empowers organizations to streamline their data processes and enhance their analytical capabilities.
Evidence
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Evidence is an open-source business intelligence platform that enables analysts to create polished data products using SQL and markdown. This code-based alternative to traditional drag-and-drop BI tools facilitates the development of reliable and version-controlled reporting systems. With its enhanced component library, Evidence allows users to incorporate various charts and graphs into their reports, ensuring consistency and trustworthiness in their outputs. By leveraging a markup language for report generation, Evidence empowers SQL analysts to produce high-quality business reports and dashboards efficiently.
OpenStore
Series A in 2021
Ingenyes has a new business model in web hosting. It provides free web hosting, then 'clips the ticket' on ancillary services provided by partners such as SEO specialists, web designers, and ecommerce platforms. The company is building a global apps store of services from web partners and connects them to small businesses via its free web hosting service.
Airbyte
Series A in 2021
Airbyte is an open-source data integration platform that facilitates the synchronization of data from various applications, APIs, and databases to data warehouses. The platform automates the creation of data pipelines using both pre-built and custom connectors, allowing businesses to efficiently gather analytics from all users, including those employing ad-blocking tools. With a focus on simplifying data integration, Airbyte empowers organizations to streamline their data processes and enhance their analytical capabilities.
Feathery
Seed Round in 2021
Feathery provides a low-code platform that facilitates the creation of customizable forms and user journeys, catering to critical industries such as insurance, financial services, and healthcare. The platform enables product teams to build data intake workflows with ease, offering features such as automatic deployment and SEO indexing. By supporting popular search engines and JavaScript frameworks, Feathery enhances the user experience while granting businesses greater ownership, speed, and control over their data collection processes. This streamlined approach allows organizations to effectively manage their data intake needs while maintaining flexibility and efficiency.
Condorsay
Seed Round in 2021
Condorsay specializes in developing business software aimed at enhancing decision-making processes for teams. The company's platform utilizes artificial intelligence to organize and clarify critical decision factors and options, facilitating more informed choices. It offers paired comparison surveys that help teams navigate complex trade-offs, thereby minimizing circular compromises and overcoming challenges such as groupthink, bias, and miscommunication. By focusing on clarity, alignment, and focus, Condorsay empowers organizations to make quicker and more effective decisions.
Clara
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Clara is a spending management platform focused on serving companies in Latin America. It offers an end-to-end solution that includes locally-issued corporate cards, bill payment services, financing options, and a software platform that streamlines corporate expense management. The platform is designed to simplify and automate financial processes, allowing businesses to gain real-time insights into spending and manage budgets more effectively. Clara is backed by a diverse group of global and regional investors, aiming to empower companies with greater financial agility and clarity. By enhancing the way company finances are managed, Clara contributes to increasing the economic competitiveness of the region.
Drata
Seed Round in 2021
Drata is a Trust Management Platform founded in 2020 and headquartered in San Diego, California. The company focuses on helping organizations streamline their security compliance processes, including standards such as SOC 2, ISO 27001, HIPAA, and GDPR, among others. Drata's platform features an autopilot system that automates control monitoring and evidence collection, which significantly reduces the costs and time associated with annual audits. By providing actionable insights, reports, alerts, and integrations with various software-as-a-service (SaaS) applications, Drata enables enterprises to build trust with their users, customers, and partners while facilitating secure business growth.
Canvas
Seed Round in 2020
Canvas connects to Stripe, Quickbooks, Segment, Hubspot, and >150 other apps and lets you build dashboards and answer questions like a data pro without having to set up and maintain a data warehouse yourself. If you have complex business logic, they offer fractional data services so you can benefit from the expertise of a data team instead of increasing headcount. They’re Sequoia-backed, SOC 2 compliant, and have helped dozens of early-stage startups get data-driven without spending a fortune on their data stack.
You.com
Series A in 2020
You.com is an innovative AI-powered search engine founded by leading AI researchers. It utilizes a Large Language Model to generate personalized, human-like responses to user queries. The platform features various AI tools, including YouChat, YouCode, YouWrite, and YouImagine, which assist users in web searches, content creation, image generation, and code development. Emphasizing data privacy, You.com delivers real-time results and concise summaries while filtering out irrelevant information, fake reviews, and advertisements. This focus on efficiency enables users to access accurate information quickly, enhancing productivity and streamlining complex research tasks.
Spiketrap
Seed Round in 2020
Spiketrap Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that develops an artificial intelligence-driven platform focused on analyzing customer behavior through user-generated content. Founded in 2016, Spiketrap's solutions help organizations monitor and measure online discussions, allowing businesses to make informed decisions across various areas, including marketing, business intelligence, and sales. By providing data analytics and visualization tools, Spiketrap enables clients to understand audience dynamics and improve their development strategies. The platform is designed to enhance decision-making processes by offering insights into real-time conversations, ultimately helping businesses reduce risk and increase returns.
Neo.Tax
Seed Round in 2020
Neo.Tax, based in Mountain View, California, offers tax preparation and automation services through its innovative software platform. The company focuses on simplifying the often complex process of applying for the Research and Development (R&D) tax credit, especially in light of recent tax law changes regarding R&D capitalization. By leveraging machine learning algorithms, Neo.Tax automates the collection and organization of data from various sources, including emails, documents, and financial systems, which streamlines the tax filing process. Their platform is designed to assist both early-stage startups and larger public companies, ensuring they are audit-ready and capable of optimizing their tax liability. Through its solutions, Neo.Tax aims to alleviate common challenges faced by finance teams in accurately documenting activities and expenses related to tax credits.
Bonsai
Seed Round in 2020
Bonsai offers an AI platform that empowers enterprises to build and deploy intelligent systems. By completely automating the management of complex machine learning libraries and algorithms, Bonsai enables enterprises to program AI models that improve system control and enhance real-time decision support. Businesses use these models today to increase automation and improve operational efficiency of industrial systems including robotics, manufacturing, supply chain, logistics, energy and utilities. Based in Berkeley, CA, Bonsai is backed by leading investors including NEA, Microsoft Ventures, ABB, Samsung NEXT and Siemens.
Census
Seed Round in 2020
Census is a data activation platform that specializes in synchronizing data warehouses with customer relationship management and operational tools. By utilizing Reverse ETL technology, Census enables businesses to transform their data into actionable insights without the need for custom scripts or significant engineering resources. This functionality allows marketing and sales teams to access and utilize reliable customer data effectively. Numerous companies, such as Fivetran, Canva, Sonos, and Figma, leverage Census to enhance their operations, leading to significant improvements like personalized marketing for millions of users, a tenfold increase in sales productivity, and a substantial reduction in support response times. Through its platform, Census aims to facilitate better decision-making and operational efficiency for its clients.
Kenchi
Pre Seed Round in 2020
Kenchi is a developer of a browser extension that focuses on streamlining customer support by transforming manual processes into simple automation. The company's platform enables organizations to manage team content and operations from a centralized control center. By converting customer feedback into actionable data, Kenchi allows businesses to enhance their operations and improve product quality. The solution is designed to help teams work more efficiently, turning new employees into skilled contributors while amplifying individual lessons for broader team benefits. With its integration capabilities, Kenchi supports existing tools to facilitate smarter work practices within organizations.
Outlier
Series B in 2020
Outlier offers analytic solutions that enable businesses to make better decisions. Moreover, Outlier monitors business data and notifies the user when unexpected changes occur.
Lido
Seed Round in 2019
Lido is a data visualization tool that connects, analyzes, and visualizes all of its data in a single spreadsheet. They import their data into spreadsheet tables and provide appropriate database information.
Retool
Series A in 2019
Retool offers a tool development platform that enables businesses to create custom business tools without requiring programming knowledge. The platform allows users to build interfaces for displaying and manipulating data quickly and accurately, facilitating the creation of custom workflows. This capability allows companies to concentrate on their core products and expertise while equipping their operational development teams with the necessary tools to enhance efficiency and effectiveness. By simplifying the tool-building process, Retool empowers organizations to streamline their operations and improve productivity.
CamoAg
Series A in 2019
CamoAg is a prominent provider of agricultural intelligence and operational management solutions tailored for the agribusiness sector. The company offers a comprehensive platform that facilitates price discovery and enables landowners to optimize financial returns through fair rent assessments. CamoAg streamlines administrative processes with standardized online leases and digital payment systems, enhancing efficiency for both landowners and farmers. By harnessing advanced technologies, CamoAg empowers its clients to gain visibility into their operations, make informed decisions, and identify responsible growers, thereby promoting long-term sustainability and growth within the agricultural industry.
Preset
Series A in 2019
Preset Inc. is a visual analytics company based in San Mateo, California, established in 2018. The company offers an open analytics data platform built on Apache Superset, designed to enhance productivity in data exploration and analysis. Its platform features an intuitive visual interface that allows users to create flexible dashboards and utilize a wide range of visualization types, facilitating efficient communication of data-driven insights. The cloud-native nature of Preset's solution supports modern team workflows, enabling data professionals to analyze, share, and make informed decisions based on their data.
Uppercase
Seed Round in 2018
The modern retail solution helping brands launch stores from the ground up. Uppercase provides turnkey retail solutions that integrate real-estate, build-outs, analytics, staffing, and everything in between to support businesses in making their retail journey a successful one.
Outlier
Series A in 2018
Outlier offers analytic solutions that enable businesses to make better decisions. Moreover, Outlier monitors business data and notifies the user when unexpected changes occur.
Brex
Series B in 2018
Brex Inc. is a financial technology company that provides corporate credit cards and integrated financial services to businesses. Established in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Brex has additional offices in Draper, Utah; Vancouver, Canada; and New York, New York. The company offers the Brex Mastercard Corporate Credit Card, which features reward programs for various categories, including rideshare, travel, dining, and software subscriptions. By combining financial services with existing software applications, Brex enables businesses to streamline their financial operations and empower employees to make informed financial decisions. This innovative approach helps companies navigate the complexities of the modern business environment and enhances their growth potential.
Mark43
Series C in 2018
Mark43, Inc. specializes in developing innovative software solutions for law enforcement agencies. Its primary offerings include the Mark43 Records Management System (RMS), which facilitates data collection and management, and the Mark43 Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) system, a cloud-based solution designed for emergency response. These platforms enable law enforcement officials to efficiently gather, manage, analyze, and share critical information, including criminal profiles and activity updates. By linking to federal, state, and local databases, Mark43's software enhances decision-making and resource allocation through advanced analytics tools that provide valuable insights into crime patterns and hotspots. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York, Mark43 aims to improve public safety and community well-being by leveraging cutting-edge technology in law enforcement.
Braavo Capital
Seed Round in 2017
Braavo Capital, Inc. is a financial solutions company that specializes in providing capital-as-a-service financing to mobile app developers, primarily for marketing and user acquisition. Founded in 2015 and based in New York, the company offers non-dilutive funding options, allowing developers to access capital without relinquishing ownership stakes. In addition to funding, Braavo Capital provides analytics tools that assist app businesses in monitoring performance and making informed, data-driven decisions.
People.ai
Series A in 2017
People.ai is an artificial intelligence platform headquartered in San Francisco that enhances enterprise revenue operations. It assists sales, marketing, and customer success teams in identifying revenue opportunities by capturing and analyzing customer contacts, activities, and engagements. The platform provides sales leaders with comprehensive insights into sales activities, facilitating effective team management and revenue growth. It leverages AI to offer performance analytics, personalized coaching, and pipeline reviews. Additionally, People.ai helps marketers visualize interactions with customers and assess the success of campaigns, enabling them to create targeted marketing strategies that improve return on investment. Customer success teams utilize the platform to engage effectively with clients during transitions and align their efforts with high-potential opportunities, ensuring efficient resource allocation and support.
Nanonets
Seed Round in 2017
Nanonets is an AI-driven company specializing in automating document processing and data extraction workflows. By utilizing advanced Optical Character Recognition (OCR) and deep learning models, Nanonets assists businesses in managing document-intensive processes such as accounts payable, order processing, and insurance underwriting. The platform effectively processes unstructured documents—such as invoices, receipts, and contracts—transforming them into structured data. Nanonets integrates seamlessly with existing systems through APIs, significantly reducing manual effort by up to 90% while delivering high accuracy and efficiency. The solution not only enhances productivity but also offers substantial cost savings, making it a valuable tool for organizations looking to streamline their operations without the need for complex database management.
Zenreach
Series C in 2017
Zenreach, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that provides online marketing solutions aimed at improving customer acquisition and lifetime value for businesses with physical locations. Founded in 2011, Zenreach developed Walk-Through Marketing to integrate digital marketing with in-store outcomes. Their Zenreach Engage platform automatically tracks customer visits, creating and updating detailed customer profiles. Additionally, Zenreach Attract enhances advertising effectiveness by targeting audiences based on existing customer data, reportedly improving ad performance by four times. The company measures success through its proprietary Walk-Through Rate™, which indicates when an individual exposed to an advertisement subsequently visits a location. Zenreach serves a diverse clientele, including thousands of independent merchants and well-known brands.
TalkIQ
Seed Round in 2016
Since 2014, TalkIQ has offered voice‐to‐text transcription and analytics for clients across a wide variety of industries. Using cutting edge deep‐learning algorithms, proprietary speech recognition and predictive analytics technology, we give our clients visibility into all of their phone conversations, extracting insights for uses ranging from sales optimization, to customer service, compliance, and more. Our recommendations enable teams to save time and maximize productivity, though quick access to action-oriented data & analysis. TalkIQ is backed by prominent Silicon Valley VC firms and is helmed by an advisory board with decades of experience in the speech and language recognition fields.
People.ai
Seed Round in 2016
People.ai is an artificial intelligence platform headquartered in San Francisco that enhances enterprise revenue operations. It assists sales, marketing, and customer success teams in identifying revenue opportunities by capturing and analyzing customer contacts, activities, and engagements. The platform provides sales leaders with comprehensive insights into sales activities, facilitating effective team management and revenue growth. It leverages AI to offer performance analytics, personalized coaching, and pipeline reviews. Additionally, People.ai helps marketers visualize interactions with customers and assess the success of campaigns, enabling them to create targeted marketing strategies that improve return on investment. Customer success teams utilize the platform to engage effectively with clients during transitions and align their efforts with high-potential opportunities, ensuring efficient resource allocation and support.
Polly
Seed Round in 2016
Polly is a survey platform founded in 2015 by former Microsoft engineers Samir Diwan and Bilal Aijazi. The company specializes in employee engagement solutions, enabling businesses to create enterprise surveys and polls that facilitate quick feedback collection. Its platform features a chatbot that can be trained to gather, connect, and analyze data from employees, allowing organizations to enhance their workflows and improve both employee and customer experiences. Polly's clients include notable companies such as Soylent, Auth0, and Grammarly, and it is supported by various investors, including Amplify Partners, Slack Fund, Fathom Capital, and Madrona Venture Group.
Heap
Series A in 2016
Heap automates away the annoying parts of analytics so that companies can focus on making smarter business decisions. The company's mission is to power business decisions with truth. It encourages companies to focus on discovering insights and taking action. With Heap, organizations can remove technical jams and obtain a single comprehensive view of the customers. The software automatically gathers, organizes, analyzes, and connects customer data, so businesses can create more valuable products and experiences. Heap serves over 6,000 companies in ecommerce, SaaS, fintech, retail, media, and beyond including Twilio, LendingClub, App Annie, Optimizely, Morningstar, Monotype, and Casper. Heap was founded on 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Metabase
Convertible Note in 2016
Metabase is an open-source analytics and business intelligence application founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, California. The platform enables users to create dashboards and reports, facilitating the measurement, analysis, and sharing of data to address complex business challenges. Metabase offers various professional services, including managed hosting and support, as well as assistance with implementing customized analytics solutions. This enables organizations to track data trends over time, enhancing their decision-making processes.
Zenreach
Series B in 2016
Zenreach, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that provides online marketing solutions aimed at improving customer acquisition and lifetime value for businesses with physical locations. Founded in 2011, Zenreach developed Walk-Through Marketing to integrate digital marketing with in-store outcomes. Their Zenreach Engage platform automatically tracks customer visits, creating and updating detailed customer profiles. Additionally, Zenreach Attract enhances advertising effectiveness by targeting audiences based on existing customer data, reportedly improving ad performance by four times. The company measures success through its proprietary Walk-Through Rate™, which indicates when an individual exposed to an advertisement subsequently visits a location. Zenreach serves a diverse clientele, including thousands of independent merchants and well-known brands.
Incorta
Series A in 2016
Incorta, Inc. is a data analytics company based in San Mateo, California, founded in 2013. It offers a unified platform designed to tackle complex data analytics challenges for enterprises, enabling them to be more agile and competitive. The company's Direct Data Platform allows organizations to acquire, enrich, analyze, and act on their business data efficiently. This platform features a direct data mapping engine that enhances query performance, eliminates costly join operations, and significantly reduces the time needed to deploy new analytics applications. Incorta serves a diverse range of clients, including notable brands and organizations, providing solutions for real-time operational analytics, embedded analytics, and comprehensive dashboards tailored for various business environments. The company is supported by several prominent venture capital firms and collaborates with customers ranging from Fortune 5 to Global 2000 companies.
Mark43
Series B in 2016
Mark43, Inc. specializes in developing innovative software solutions for law enforcement agencies. Its primary offerings include the Mark43 Records Management System (RMS), which facilitates data collection and management, and the Mark43 Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) system, a cloud-based solution designed for emergency response. These platforms enable law enforcement officials to efficiently gather, manage, analyze, and share critical information, including criminal profiles and activity updates. By linking to federal, state, and local databases, Mark43's software enhances decision-making and resource allocation through advanced analytics tools that provide valuable insights into crime patterns and hotspots. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York, Mark43 aims to improve public safety and community well-being by leveraging cutting-edge technology in law enforcement.
Jyve
Seed Round in 2016
Jyve Corporation is a technology company that operates a mobile application designed to connect businesses with on-demand labor. Founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, Jyve primarily serves grocers, brands, and retailers across the United States. The platform matches brands' in-store execution needs with qualified labor, facilitating tasks such as stocking, auditing, ordering, and display building. Jyve provides access to a network of certified skilled workers, known as Jyvers, who are equipped to fulfill various merchandising and e-commerce requirements. By leveraging real-time insights into employee performance, Jyve helps businesses improve operational efficiency and drive revenue growth.
Jyve
Seed Round in 2016
Jyve Corporation is a technology company that operates a mobile application designed to connect businesses with on-demand labor. Founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, Jyve primarily serves grocers, brands, and retailers across the United States. The platform matches brands' in-store execution needs with qualified labor, facilitating tasks such as stocking, auditing, ordering, and display building. Jyve provides access to a network of certified skilled workers, known as Jyvers, who are equipped to fulfill various merchandising and e-commerce requirements. By leveraging real-time insights into employee performance, Jyve helps businesses improve operational efficiency and drive revenue growth.
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.
Outlier
Venture Round in 2015
Outlier offers analytic solutions that enable businesses to make better decisions. Moreover, Outlier monitors business data and notifies the user when unexpected changes occur.
Teleport
Pre Seed Round in 2015
Teleport is a software company that specializes in providing tools for deploying and managing applications across various cloud providers and on-premises infrastructure. Founded in 2015 and based in Oakland, California, with additional offices in Seattle and Toronto, Teleport focuses on modernizing identity, access, and policy management for both human and machine identities. Its platform enhances engineering velocity and improves the security of critical infrastructure by employing a unified approach to access management, zero-trust networking, and identity governance. Teleport's products include solutions for server access, Kubernetes access, application access, and cloud access, all designed to facilitate quick and secure resource access while meeting compliance requirements. The company's infrastructure identity platform aims to streamline operations and reduce the support burden typically associated with traditional software, particularly in restricted and regulated environments.
Teleport
Seed Round in 2015
Teleport is a software company that specializes in providing tools for deploying and managing applications across various cloud providers and on-premises infrastructure. Founded in 2015 and based in Oakland, California, with additional offices in Seattle and Toronto, Teleport focuses on modernizing identity, access, and policy management for both human and machine identities. Its platform enhances engineering velocity and improves the security of critical infrastructure by employing a unified approach to access management, zero-trust networking, and identity governance. Teleport's products include solutions for server access, Kubernetes access, application access, and cloud access, all designed to facilitate quick and secure resource access while meeting compliance requirements. The company's infrastructure identity platform aims to streamline operations and reduce the support burden typically associated with traditional software, particularly in restricted and regulated environments.
LiftIgniter
Seed Round in 2015
LiftIgniter is a machine learning personalization company based in San Francisco, California, that offers a predictive recommendation platform designed to enhance user engagement and conversion rates. By utilizing data science, LiftIgniter's technology analyzes user interactions in real time, allowing businesses to tailor their websites and applications to better meet customer needs. This personalization engine interprets interest signals from users, facilitating optimized communication and improved sales outcomes. LiftIgniter aims to create intelligent and dynamic experiences across various customer touchpoints, helping businesses connect more effectively with their audiences.
Clearbit
Pre Seed Round in 2015
Clearbit, Inc. is a business intelligence company based in San Francisco, California, specializing in application program interface tools that assist organizations in gathering detailed information about their customers. Its suite of tools is designed for various functions, including customer analysis, geolocation, fraud prevention, background checks, and address verification. By providing accurate and relevant data, Clearbit enables businesses to enhance their sales efforts and mitigate risks associated with fraud. The company's focus on delivering comprehensive customer insights helps organizations make informed decisions and improve their overall operational efficiency.
Zen99
Seed Round in 2014
Zen99 is an all-in-one dashboard to manage your 1099 work. We help with tracking finances, estimating/minimizing taxes, and getting insurance - things every contractor is required by law to do, but struggles to figure out due to complex regulations. Why contractors? They’re about to be over 40% of the workforce, and are growing at twice the rate of traditional employees. Our platform serves contractors both in service industries (rideshare drivers, web development and creative services, athletic trainers, etc) and in asset-based industries (Airbnb hosts, Ebay sellers, etc). Ultimately, we make it easier to manage being a contractor, and allow people greater control over their economic freedom.
SCUBA Analytics
Series A in 2014
SCUBA is a collaborative decision intelligence platform providing in-the-moment decision intelligence and activation without compromising privacy. Global brands like Microsoft, McDonald's, Twitter, and Warner Bros trust SCUBA to gain in-the-moment insights across billions of touchpoints, fueling real-time experiences and growth. Founded by former Facebook executives and led by industry veterans from Kantar, Sonos, Splunk, and WarnerMedia.
Zenefits
Series B in 2014
Zenefits is a cloud-based human resources platform tailored for small and medium-sized businesses. It serves as an all-in-one solution for managing various HR functions, including benefits administration, employee onboarding and off-boarding, time tracking, payroll, and compliance. The platform integrates its own applications with numerous third-party providers, allowing for a cohesive and mobile HR experience. By centralizing these HR processes into a single dashboard, Zenefits enables businesses to streamline their operations, enhance employee management, and maintain regulatory compliance. Thousands of organizations utilize Zenefits to empower their workforce and efficiently manage HR-related tasks.
Formstack
Venture Round in 2014
Formstack, LLC is a secure workplace productivity platform that provides online form building software designed to streamline data collection and management for various organizations. Founded in 2006 and based in Indianapolis, Indiana, Formstack enables users to create custom web forms, manage workflows, and collect electronic signatures without the need for coding. The platform offers a range of features, including conditional logic, analytics, payment integrations, and mobile applications, which enhance the efficiency of form-based tasks. It serves a diverse clientele, including Fortune 500 companies, small businesses, nonprofits, educational institutions, and government agencies, helping to digitize processes and automate workflows. With over 25,000 organizations relying on its services, Formstack is committed to improving productivity and transforming how businesses engage with their data.
Ambition
Seed Round in 2014
Ambition is a sales management platform that empowers sales leaders to enhance team performance through effective coaching and streamlined management. The platform is designed for performance-driven teams, facilitating a remote work environment that promotes positive accountability and team inspiration. By fostering transparency and goal-oriented strategies, Ambition helps sales organizations and call centers operate efficiently and successfully, regardless of the physical location of their employees. The company aims to create a work culture that prioritizes economic opportunity, equality, and flexibility, enabling businesses to thrive in a modern workforce landscape.
SmartAsset
Series A in 2014
SmartAsset is an online platform dedicated to providing consumer-focused financial information and advice. It operates SmartAdvisor, a marketplace designed to connect consumers with financial advisors and products. The platform reaches approximately 75 million users each month through its educational content, personalized calculators, and decision-making tools, all aimed at helping individuals make informed financial choices related to home buying, retirement, and taxes. SmartAsset has gained recognition for its growth and innovation, having been ranked among the fastest-growing private companies and listed among the best financial planning technology companies. With a recent valuation exceeding $1 billion following a significant funding round, SmartAsset continues to enhance its offerings to empower users in their financial journeys.
Theorem
Seed Round in 2014
Theorem uses machine learning, data science, and software engineering to invest in loans originated by online platforms. Hugh Edmundson (CEO) is formerly a member of Morgan Stanley’s credit derivatives team, and Abeer Agrawal (CTO) is a former Googler and employee #1 at a startup called MobileSpan (which got acquired by Dropbox). We started off with YC's winter 2014 batch, managing $50k in assets. Today we are a company of almost 30 employees managing over $800 million AUM, and Theorem’s assets have increased by more than 50% since year-end 2017.
Ambition
Seed Round in 2014
Ambition is a sales management platform that empowers sales leaders to enhance team performance through effective coaching and streamlined management. The platform is designed for performance-driven teams, facilitating a remote work environment that promotes positive accountability and team inspiration. By fostering transparency and goal-oriented strategies, Ambition helps sales organizations and call centers operate efficiently and successfully, regardless of the physical location of their employees. The company aims to create a work culture that prioritizes economic opportunity, equality, and flexibility, enabling businesses to thrive in a modern workforce landscape.
Databricks
Series A in 2013
Databricks Inc. offers a unified data analytics cloud platform that simplifies data engineering and supports collaborative data science. Its core product, Databricks, enables organizations to process and analyze large datasets efficiently, leveraging tools like Apache Spark. The platform is designed for real-time experimentation and robust deployment of production applications, catering to developers and data scientists. Additionally, Databricks provides Databricks Delta, a data management system that combines the scalability of a data warehouse with low-latency streaming capabilities. The company also offers MLflow for managing the machine learning lifecycle and Delta Lake for handling batch and streaming data. Databricks serves a diverse range of industries, including healthcare, finance, manufacturing, and telecommunications. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in London, Amsterdam, and Bengaluru, Databricks has established strategic partnerships to enhance its offerings and foster innovation in data and AI technologies.
Heap
Convertible Note in 2013
Heap automates away the annoying parts of analytics so that companies can focus on making smarter business decisions. The company's mission is to power business decisions with truth. It encourages companies to focus on discovering insights and taking action. With Heap, organizations can remove technical jams and obtain a single comprehensive view of the customers. The software automatically gathers, organizes, analyzes, and connects customer data, so businesses can create more valuable products and experiences. Heap serves over 6,000 companies in ecommerce, SaaS, fintech, retail, media, and beyond including Twilio, LendingClub, App Annie, Optimizely, Morningstar, Monotype, and Casper. Heap was founded on 2013 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Mark43
Seed Round in 2013
Mark43, Inc. specializes in developing innovative software solutions for law enforcement agencies. Its primary offerings include the Mark43 Records Management System (RMS), which facilitates data collection and management, and the Mark43 Computer-Aided Dispatch (CAD) system, a cloud-based solution designed for emergency response. These platforms enable law enforcement officials to efficiently gather, manage, analyze, and share critical information, including criminal profiles and activity updates. By linking to federal, state, and local databases, Mark43's software enhances decision-making and resource allocation through advanced analytics tools that provide valuable insights into crime patterns and hotspots. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York, Mark43 aims to improve public safety and community well-being by leveraging cutting-edge technology in law enforcement.
Datahug
Series A in 2013
Datahug provides next-generation sales software that applies data science to a sales team's existing workflow to increase efficiency, improve predictability and drive revenue. With Datahug, deal activity is automatically entered into a company's CRM and analyzed with machine learning algorithms. The results are used to provide useful insights for every member of the sales team. Sales reps see prescriptive steps to close their deals based on the patterns of successful deals in the past. Sales managers get real-time insight on the state of the deals in their pipeline. And Sales VPs improve their forecast accuracy to 95%. Overall, organizations using Datahug improve their close rates by an average of 21%.
SCUBA Analytics
Seed Round in 2013
SCUBA is a collaborative decision intelligence platform providing in-the-moment decision intelligence and activation without compromising privacy. Global brands like Microsoft, McDonald's, Twitter, and Warner Bros trust SCUBA to gain in-the-moment insights across billions of touchpoints, fueling real-time experiences and growth. Founded by former Facebook executives and led by industry veterans from Kantar, Sonos, Splunk, and WarnerMedia.
Nomi
Seed Round in 2013
Nomi is an omni-channel marketing platform that assists retailers in enhancing customer engagement and optimizing the return on investment from their marketing and store operations. It effectively analyzes and measures the impact of various marketing initiatives by quantifying visitor traffic generated by campaigns and calculating the lifetime value of newly acquired customers. The platform evaluates store performance by determining how well retailers convert potential customers into actual buyers, identifies underperforming staff, and assesses the impact of training and management investments on customer behavior. Additionally, Nomi provides a comprehensive view of the customer conversion funnel, enabling retailers to anticipate the health of their stores and address operational issues before they affect profitability. Founded in September 2012 and based in New York, Nomi was established by Marc Ferrentino, Corey Capasso, Wesley Barrow, Peter Quintas, and Robert Balousek.
Datapad
Seed Round in 2013
Datapad is a company that specializes in developing a collaborative platform for tracking key performance indicators (KPIs) and creating dashboards tailored for teams. The platform allows users to consolidate all their critical metrics, charts, and analyses in one accessible location, facilitating real-time access from any device. Datapad aims to promote data democracy within small and medium enterprises by providing enhanced visual analytics tools. The company focuses on seamless integration of local and cloud data, enabling teams to collaborate effectively and share insights easily. With features that include data entry, maintenance, and notifications, Datapad fosters transparency and alignment in organizations, helping teams stay informed and coordinated on their performance metrics.
Periscope Data
Seed Round in 2012
Periscope Data is the most powerful, flexible analytics platform for data professionals and business users. With the fastest time to insight, periscope data helps companies ingest, store, analyze, visualize and report on data — all from a single connected platform. Periscope Data is trusted by more than 1,000 customers, including Adobe, Crunchbase, EY, Flexport and ZipRecruiter. - 291% 2 year headcount growth - Winner of 15 Comparably awards: https://www.comparably.com/companies/periscope-data/review - Super high ratings on GlassDoor: https://www.glassdoor.com/Overview/Working-at-Periscope-Data-EI_IE1139334.11,25.htm - Voted Top Places to Work by the Bay Area News Group - Voted 2017 & 2018 Best Places To Work by the SF Business Time and the Silicon Valley Business Journal - Winner of the SaaS Award in 2018 for "Best SaaS Product for Business Intelligence or Analytics" - Super sticky product: customers companies spend 20 hours per week, per person, using Periscope Data! - Super high customer retention — better than best in class for a SaaS company - Our own building in SOMA! - Lunch every day, healthcare fully paid
SmartAsset
Debt Financing in 2012
SmartAsset is an online platform dedicated to providing consumer-focused financial information and advice. It operates SmartAdvisor, a marketplace designed to connect consumers with financial advisors and products. The platform reaches approximately 75 million users each month through its educational content, personalized calculators, and decision-making tools, all aimed at helping individuals make informed financial choices related to home buying, retirement, and taxes. SmartAsset has gained recognition for its growth and innovation, having been ranked among the fastest-growing private companies and listed among the best financial planning technology companies. With a recent valuation exceeding $1 billion following a significant funding round, SmartAsset continues to enhance its offerings to empower users in their financial journeys.
OmniVirt
Seed Round in 2012
OmniVirt is a technology company based in Millbrae, California, specializing in a virtual reality and 360° video distribution platform for brands and publishers. Established in 2012, the platform allows brands to easily upload, promote, and analyze immersive advertising content across a wide network of publishers. OmniVirt's innovative technology supports the creation of various ad formats, including 360°, 3D, VR, and AR, which have been shown to deliver significantly higher performance compared to traditional advertising methods. The platform is designed to be ad platform agnostic and boasts 99% browser compatibility, making it accessible for digital marketers. OmniVirt is recognized for its collaboration with renowned publishers such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and Forbes, enhancing the reach and effectiveness of immersive advertising campaigns.
Moat
Series B in 2012
Moat, Inc. develops analytics solutions tailored for brand advertisers and publishers, focusing on measuring customer attention and advertising effectiveness. Its flagship product, Moat Analytics, serves as an attention measurement platform that offers insights into ad campaigns and website inventory. Additionally, Moat Pro provides real-time ad intelligence, allowing users to visualize relationships between brands, publishers, and programmatic platforms, while offering brand alerts and prospecting reports. Moat also features a dedicated ad search engine that enables users to search for display ads, discover new advertisers, and access creative resources. This centralized ad search utilizes a specialized web crawler to index ads for easy retrieval. Established in 2007 and based in New York, Moat operates internationally and is a subsidiary of Oracle Corporation.
GoCardless
Seed Round in 2012
GoCardless Limited provides online payment processing services that facilitate bank-to-bank transfers for businesses. The company offers a range of products, including GoCardless for one-off and recurring payments, GoCardless Pro for creating a recurring payments ecosystem, and Success+, a tool designed to predict and manage payment failures. With connections to over 2,300 banks across Europe, GoCardless enables businesses to collect payments both domestically and internationally while reducing the stress and costs associated with payment collection. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in London, GoCardless has expanded its presence with offices in Paris, Munich, and Melbourne, serving over 75,000 businesses globally. The company aims to leverage bank account data to enhance decision-making and risk management for its clients.
Custora
Seed Round in 2012
Custora is a leader in advanced customer analytics tailored for the retail sector. The company offers a Customer Intelligence Platform that equips marketing leaders with the insights needed to achieve immediate results while fostering long-term profitability. This platform creates a comprehensive view of each customer and employs predictive analytics to identify key customer segments and paths. Additionally, it provides actionable recommendations aimed at enhancing customer lifetime value, addressing the practical challenges faced by marketing professionals. By leveraging data science, Custora enables brands to better understand customer behavior and develop strategic marketing initiatives that enhance the relevance and effectiveness of their communications.
RJMetrics
Debt Financing in 2012
RJMetrics is a developer of cloud-based business intelligence software that addresses the analytical challenges faced by high-growth online businesses. It consolidates data from various sources, including e-commerce platforms, marketing systems, and customer relationship management tools, which are often siloed and difficult to analyze. The platform offers an intuitive user interface that enables users to explore and act on their data effectively. By providing a comprehensive view of the customer life-cycle and actionable insights, RJMetrics equips businesses to make informed, data-driven decisions.
IFTTT
Seed Round in 2012
IFTTT Inc. is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2010 that offers a cloud-based platform enabling users to automate tasks and workflows through a simple, no-code interface. The platform allows individuals to connect over 800 popular business, productivity, and smart home applications, facilitating the creation of automated actions triggered by specific events. With more than 25 million users, IFTTT helps individuals and businesses save time and enhance productivity by streamlining everyday tasks, allowing them to focus on more important activities. Its open-ended connectivity platform empowers users to integrate and manage various devices and services seamlessly.
Vidyard
Seed Round in 2011
Vidyard is a video platform designed to assist businesses in enhancing communication and driving revenue through online video. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Kitchener, Ontario, Vidyard goes beyond simple video hosting and management by enabling organizations to engage viewers more effectively, track individual viewing activities, and convert those views into actionable outcomes. The platform supports businesses in creating interactive and personalized video experiences, helping them expand their content usage and ultimately turn viewers into customers. Major global companies, including Honeywell, LinkedIn, and Citibank, utilize Vidyard to enhance their video content strategies.
Kaggle
Series A in 2011
Kaggle Inc. is a prominent platform that facilitates data prediction competitions, allowing organizations to submit their datasets for analysis by a global community of data scientists. Established in 2010 and headquartered in San Francisco, Kaggle serves a diverse range of sectors, including pharmaceuticals, financial services, energy, information technology, and retail. The platform not only hosts competitions but also provides access to datasets, models, and coding resources, enabling users to collaboratively execute and refine their data science projects. Additionally, Kaggle Prospect, one of its offerings, assists companies and government entities in transforming raw data into actionable insights. As a subsidiary of Google, Kaggle continues to foster innovation in data science, positioning itself as a vital resource for professionals seeking to address complex challenges across various industries.
Freshplum
Seed Round in 2011
Freshplum is a provider of data analytic software focused on enhancing decision-making for companies engaged in electronic commerce. By offering revenue analytic tools, Freshplum aims to empower businesses that sell goods and services online, enabling them to leverage data science for improved operational insights and performance.
Prism Skylabs
Seed Round in 2011
Prism is a cloud-based video intelligence platform that transforms ordinary cameras into powerful business tools. Through computer vision, A.I., and machine learning, Prism unlocks valuable information from video that can be immediately understood, shared and acted upon. Leading companies in 80 countries around the world use Prism to better understand, manage and grow their business
Moat
Series A in 2011
Moat, Inc. develops analytics solutions tailored for brand advertisers and publishers, focusing on measuring customer attention and advertising effectiveness. Its flagship product, Moat Analytics, serves as an attention measurement platform that offers insights into ad campaigns and website inventory. Additionally, Moat Pro provides real-time ad intelligence, allowing users to visualize relationships between brands, publishers, and programmatic platforms, while offering brand alerts and prospecting reports. Moat also features a dedicated ad search engine that enables users to search for display ads, discover new advertisers, and access creative resources. This centralized ad search utilizes a specialized web crawler to index ads for easy retrieval. Established in 2007 and based in New York, Moat operates internationally and is a subsidiary of Oracle Corporation.
Visual Revenue
Seed Round in 2011
Founded in 2010, Visual Revenue, Inc. develops a real-time predictive analytics platform aimed at enhancing editorial decision-making in data-driven newsrooms. This platform supports human editors by providing tools that improve their judgment and decision-making capabilities without replacing them. By offering real-time recommendations and measurements of social media success, Visual Revenue enables media organizations to better manage content and increase audience engagement across their digital platforms. Each feature is tailored to simplify the complexities of content management while preserving the unique editorial voice of publishers. In 2013, the company was acquired by Outbrain.
Domo
Series A in 2011
Domo, Inc. operates a cloud-based platform that connects all levels of an organization, from executives to frontline employees, facilitating access to real-time data and insights. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in American Fork, Utah, Domo enables users to manage their business operations via smartphones. The platform is offered as a subscription-based service, allowing users to receive notifications and respond promptly, with the capability to write back to the original systems of record. In addition to its core platform, Domo provides a Programmatic Revenue Solution that integrates complex data from ad servers and sell-side platforms into user-friendly dashboards. The company's revenue primarily comes from subscriptions to its platform and related professional services.
SingleStore
Seed Round in 2011
SingleStore, Inc. is a provider of a relational database designed for cloud and on-premises transactions and analytics. The company offers a cloud database-as-a-service, known as SingleStore Managed Service, which enables analytics on the cloud of choice. Its flagship product, SingleStore DB, is a distributed SQL database that supports operational analytics on bare metal and hybrid cloud environments. SingleStore specializes in modernizing data platforms, securing government workloads, and facilitating IoT analytics, customer interactions, and risk management. It caters to a diverse range of industries, including financial services, media communications, energy, government, and retail. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company has additional offices in Seattle, Boston, Portland, Lisbon, and London. Initially known as MemSQL Inc., it rebranded to SingleStore, Inc. in October 2020.
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.
Bitly
Series B in 2010
Bitly, Inc. is a link management platform that enables businesses to efficiently manage, shorten, and optimize their links across various channels. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in New York, with additional offices in San Francisco and Denver, Bitly offers tools for tracking link performance, gathering audience insights, and measuring the effectiveness of marketing campaigns. The platform supports branded links that enhance brand visibility and employs HTTP 301 redirects, allowing companies to use custom domains for shortened links. By providing a comprehensive solution for omnichannel campaign tracking, Bitly helps brands improve customer engagement and optimize their marketing strategies. The company serves a global clientele through a network of representatives and offers browser plug-ins and software applications for easy access to its services.
PagerDuty
Seed Round in 2010
PagerDuty, Inc. operates a digital operations management platform designed to enhance real-time operational capabilities for businesses globally. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company provides a software-as-a-service solution that integrates digital signals from various systems and devices with human response data, enabling teams to respond effectively to incidents and disruptions. Its platform offers a range of services, including event intelligence, incident response, on-call management, and advanced analytics, catering to industries such as technology, telecommunications, retail, and financial services. With over 10,000 customers, including notable names like Comcast and Slack, PagerDuty empowers organizations to proactively manage incidents and ensure exceptional customer experiences. The company's partnership with Tata Consultancy Services further supports efforts in digital transformation.
YipitData
Series A in 2010
YipitData is a market research firm that specializes in providing detailed insights derived from alternative data sources. The company collects and analyzes data such as credit card transactions, web scraping information, and app usage metrics to deliver actionable insights. By offering customized reports tailored to specific business needs, YipitData assists clients in making informed decisions based on real-time data. This comprehensive analysis enables businesses and analysts to identify emerging market trends, understand consumer behavior, and monitor industry shifts, ultimately facilitating improved decision-making across various sectors.
Foursquare
Series B in 2010
Foursquare Labs, Inc. is a location technology platform that offers business solutions and consumer products focused on location intelligence. Founded in 2009 and based in New York, the company provides a range of tools, including Pinpoint for data-driven media planning, Placed for offline attribution, and the Pilgrim SDK for integrating location awareness in mobile applications. Foursquare's consumer apps, Foursquare and Swarm, allow users to track places visited and share recommendations, while its Places API offers access to firmographic data and community-sourced content. The platform also delivers analytics to enhance customer insights, optimize advertising strategies, and improve programmatic buying. By leveraging location data, Foursquare enables brands to better understand their audiences and measure the effectiveness of their marketing efforts.
Upserve
Series A in 2010
Upserve is a restaurant management software company founded in 2009 and based in Providence, Rhode Island. It aims to assist independent restaurants, which often operate with tight margins and limited resources, by providing tools that simplify various aspects of their operations. The software facilitates online payments and offers insights into guest behavior, server performance, and menu effectiveness. By delivering timely guidance, Upserve helps restaurateurs manage essential functions such as guest relations, staff coordination, marketing, and financial oversight. This enables restaurants to streamline operations, enhance productivity, and ultimately improve profitability in an increasingly competitive environment. The company is supported by notable investors including First Round Capital and Greylock Partners.
Narrative Science
Venture Round in 2010
Narrative Science Inc. specializes in creating natural language generation (NLG) systems that convert data into easily understandable narratives. The company offers two primary products: Quill, an automated narrative generation platform that transforms data into insightful reports, and Lexio, which integrates with various data sources to provide actionable insights for users with limited analytical skills. By leveraging artificial intelligence, Narrative Science enables businesses to communicate complex data in a clear and engaging manner, enhancing decision-making and storytelling capabilities. The company's solutions cater to a diverse range of industries, including financial services, government, marketing, sports, manufacturing, retail, and healthcare. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, Narrative Science aims to improve how organizations interpret and present their data.
Yammer
Series B in 2010
Yammer is an enterprise social networking platform that facilitates communication, collaboration, and information sharing among employees. Established in 2008 and now part of Microsoft, Yammer empowers users to work together in real time across various departments and locations. The platform allows employees to create project-specific groups, share and edit documents, and exchange ideas through short, frequent updates. Accessible via web, desktop, and mobile devices, it supports a flexible work environment that can adapt to users' needs. Yammer also integrates seamlessly with other systems, such as Microsoft SharePoint, enhancing its functionality across enterprise applications. With over 7 million users, including employees from a significant majority of Fortune 500 companies, Yammer plays a crucial role in improving productivity and engagement within organizations.
Milo
Series A in 2009
Milo.com is a free Web site that enables shoppers to research products online and buy local, providing the best of both worlds. The leader in the local product search space, Milo.com tracks the real-time availability and prices of more than 2 million products at over 48,000 stores across the U.S. By combining the resources of the Web and the immediacy of local stores, Milo.com makes it easy for shoppers to research the best products, find the right prices and check where products are available near them. Shoppers save time and money, get to see and try products before they buy them and get the product they want right when they want it. Retailers with products listed on Milo.com can better compete with e-commerce and can use the Site to drive valuable intent-based foot traffic into their stores. Based in [Palo Alto, Calif.](/maps/city/Palo%2520Alto), Milo.com boasts leadership from [comScore](/organization/comscore) and [Google](/organization/google), and is backed by [True Ventures](/financial-organization/true-ventures) and prominent Silicon Valley investors and entrepreneurs from [Mint.com](/organization/mint), [PayPal](/organization/paypal), [Yelp](/organization/yelp), [YouTube](/organization/youtube), and others.
Block
Series A in 2009
Block, Inc. is a technology company established in 2009 that specializes in financial services. It encompasses several key divisions, including Square, Cash App, TIDAL, and TBD, all aimed at increasing economic accessibility. Block provides payment services to merchants and has developed Cash App, a person-to-person payment network that facilitates financial transactions between individuals. In 2023, the company reported a payment volume exceeding $200 million. Through its various platforms and services, Block seeks to empower users and enhance their ability to engage with the economy.
Motally
Series A in 2009
Motally specializes in mobile analytics by offering user tracking and reporting services specifically designed for mobile devices and applications. The company provides a hosted service that facilitates the integration of tracking mechanisms, allowing operators of mobile websites and apps to gain insights into user behavior. With a database featuring over 10,000 devices and carrier IP address ranges, Motally offers tools for generating daily and dynamic web-based reports, including statistics on unique users, page views, and search keywords. Its range of products includes both self-service options and custom integrations, enabling businesses to optimize their offerings and enhance the effectiveness of advertising campaigns through a deeper understanding of customer engagement.
Bitly
Series A in 2009
Bitly, Inc. is a link management platform that enables businesses to efficiently manage, shorten, and optimize their links across various channels. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in New York, with additional offices in San Francisco and Denver, Bitly offers tools for tracking link performance, gathering audience insights, and measuring the effectiveness of marketing campaigns. The platform supports branded links that enhance brand visibility and employs HTTP 301 redirects, allowing companies to use custom domains for shortened links. By providing a comprehensive solution for omnichannel campaign tracking, Bitly helps brands improve customer engagement and optimize their marketing strategies. The company serves a global clientele through a network of representatives and offers browser plug-ins and software applications for easy access to its services.
Asana
Seed Round in 2008
Asana, Inc. operates a work management platform designed for individuals and teams to enhance productivity and engagement. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company offers its services as a cloud-based software solution that enables users to organize, track, and manage work effectively. Asana's platform allows teams to create projects, assign tasks, set deadlines, and communicate seamlessly, supporting various applications from small projects to large strategic initiatives. Its tools improve project and process management efficiency, providing real-time visibility into workflows and facilitating reporting and automation. Asana generates revenue through subscription-based pricing, catering to the needs of diverse organizations.
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