SV Angel

SV Angel, established in 2009 and based in San Francisco, is an investment firm that supports early-stage entrepreneurs. They provide business development, financing, M&A, and strategic advice to help startups navigate key inflection points and accelerate growth. SV Angel invests primarily in software-focused companies across the United States, with a typical investment size ranging from $25,000 to $100,000. They differentiate themselves by investing in a higher volume of companies, often over 100 per year, compared to traditional venture capital firms.

Ron Conway

Founder and Managing Partner

Ronald Conway

Founder and Managing Partner

Topher Conway

Managing Partner

Sourav Gupta

Principal

Steven Lee

Partner

Beth Turner

Managing Partner - Seed

Past deals in Developer Tools

Vercel

Series E in 2024
Vercel Inc., established in 2015 and based in Walnut, California, specializes in developing a cloud platform for on-demand deployment of frontend applications. The company offers automated deployment solutions from pull requests via GitHub and Bitbucket, as well as merge requests through GitLab. Vercel's platform is designed to facilitate the development, previewing, and shipping of Jamstack sites, enabling efficient delivery of web pages through content delivery networks.

Together AI

Series A in 2024
Together AI is a cloud-based platform designed for constructing open-source generative AI and infrastructure for developing AI models. The company contributes cutting-edge open-source research, models, and datasets to push the boundaries of AI forward. Through its decentralized cloud services, developers and researchers at organizations of various scales are empowered to train, refine, and deploy generative AI models.

Factory

Seed Round in 2023
Factory is a technology company that develops an AI-driven platform for software engineering. This platform reviews code, identifies and fixes bugs, answers queries, and handles routine tasks such as code review and refactoring, allowing engineers to focus on complex problems.

Modular

Series B in 2023
Modular is an AI software development platform aimed at simplifying the creation and deployment of artificial intelligence applications. The platform integrates various popular frameworks through common interfaces, enhancing usability and flexibility while ensuring compatibility across diverse hardware backends and cloud environments. This approach allows developers to adopt the tools seamlessly into their existing workflows without the need for extensive code modifications. By focusing on production-quality infrastructure and a straightforward user experience, Modular enables developers to save time and increase their productivity, ultimately streamlining the development process from edge to datacenter.

Resend

Seed Round in 2023
Resend is a software development company that delivers developer-focused email solutions, primarily through its email API designed for sending transactional emails at scale. The company's services emphasize ease of use and reliability, featuring dedicated IPs that enhance email deliverability. Resend's platform automatically warms up and scales based on sending volume, eliminating waiting periods and reducing the risk of repeated emails to uninterested recipients. Additionally, Resend monitors DNS configurations to identify errors, ensuring that communications reach users rather than being filtered into spam folders. The company also provides tailored solutions for Laravel, allowing developers to send emails conveniently using either Laravel's email service or the Resend API facade, alongside comprehensive documentation and support for seamless integration.

Together AI

Seed Round in 2023
Together AI is a cloud-based platform designed for constructing open-source generative AI and infrastructure for developing AI models. The company contributes cutting-edge open-source research, models, and datasets to push the boundaries of AI forward. Through its decentralized cloud services, developers and researchers at organizations of various scales are empowered to train, refine, and deploy generative AI models.

Replit

Series B in 2023
Replit is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2016 that operates a browser-based integrated development environment (IDE) designed to simplify coding for users of all skill levels. The platform supports over 50 programming languages, allowing developers to create applications and websites directly from their browsers on any operating system, including mobile devices. Replit emphasizes accessibility and collaboration, providing features such as real-time coding collaboration and communal workspaces. Users can easily build, deploy, save, and share their code projects, making the platform a versatile tool for both individual developers and teams working together.

Cycle

Venture Round in 2023
Cycle is a developer of a versatile platform designed to support product-centric teams in managing their workflows effectively. The platform features flexible building blocks that allow for customization, enabling teams to adapt their work processes to their specific needs. Cycle's comprehensive toolset includes functionalities for workflow management, feedback management, custom forms, prioritization matrices, and customer support. It also facilitates team integration, multiplayer editing, and real-time engagement, ensuring seamless communication and collaboration among team members. By connecting customer needs with product delivery workflows, Cycle empowers teams to explore, prioritize, plan, deliver, and communicate more efficiently, ultimately aiding in the development of products that meet market demands.

Payload

Seed Round in 2022
Payload is a headless content management system (CMS) founded in 2018 and headquartered in Michigan. The platform is built using TypeScript, Node, React, and MongoDB, providing developers with a robust tool for creating and managing content across various applications, including websites and native apps. Payload distinguishes itself with advanced data security features, allowing for access control at both the document and field levels. Its dynamic field types, such as Arrays and Blocks, along with specialized fields like Relationship and GeoJSON, facilitate flexible data modeling. The platform also offers comprehensive documentation services, design capabilities, and output customization, which enhance the development process by saving time and effort for engineers.

Modular

Seed Round in 2022
Modular is an AI software development platform aimed at simplifying the creation and deployment of artificial intelligence applications. The platform integrates various popular frameworks through common interfaces, enhancing usability and flexibility while ensuring compatibility across diverse hardware backends and cloud environments. This approach allows developers to adopt the tools seamlessly into their existing workflows without the need for extensive code modifications. By focusing on production-quality infrastructure and a straightforward user experience, Modular enables developers to save time and increase their productivity, ultimately streamlining the development process from edge to datacenter.

Garnet Labs

Seed Round in 2021
listen.dev provides proactive security monitoring inside GitHub Actions to secure software release pipelines. It integrates seamlessly into your CI/CD workflows through a single step, monitoring your build, test, and release processes to flag anomalous and malicious behaviors. By detecting issues early and providing in-line context within existing workflows, listen.dev enables DevSecOps to stay ahead of issues and release securely without the slowdown.

Vercel

Series D in 2021
Vercel Inc., established in 2015 and based in Walnut, California, specializes in developing a cloud platform for on-demand deployment of frontend applications. The company offers automated deployment solutions from pull requests via GitHub and Bitbucket, as well as merge requests through GitLab. Vercel's platform is designed to facilitate the development, previewing, and shipping of Jamstack sites, enabling efficient delivery of web pages through content delivery networks.

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.

Fig

Seed Round in 2021
Fig is a software development platform designed to enhance the productivity of developers by integrating visual applications and shortcuts into the terminal. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Fig provides an API that allows users to execute shell commands using simple JavaScript. This functionality enables developers to create wrappers around command-line interfaces, build custom workflows, and customize configurations. By offering features such as autocompletion for terminal commands, Fig aims to streamline the coding process, allowing teams to complete projects more efficiently.

SST

Seed Round in 2021
SST is an open-source framework designed to facilitate the development of serverless applications. It provides developers with tools to create, test, and deploy Lambda functions in real-time, streamlining the development process. The platform manages pipelines, configures environments, and monitors deployments, allowing clients to efficiently build full-stack applications tailored to their business needs. Additionally, SST is recognized for producing a highly regarded resource for developers seeking guidance in building serverless applications.

Intella X

Series A in 2021
Intella X is a technology company that develops and operates a blockchain-based web3 gaming platform. This platform aims to connect web2 and web3 gamers and developers by providing tools and services that facilitate the creation, trading, and management of digital assets, such as non-fungible tokens (NFTs). It maintains a decentralized exchange, an NFT marketplace, and a launchpad to facilitate these transactions. Additionally, Intella X offers a simplified crypto wallet and integration tools to make it easier for developers to incorporate blockchain applications into their games.

Plato

Seed Round in 2021
The most powerful platform for building internal tools without coding

Rome

Seed Round in 2021
Rome is a comprehensive development toolchain that integrates multiple programming tools into a single application, catering to languages such as JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, and CSS. Its software streamlines the development process by unifying functionality and minimizing configurations, which enhances the overall user experience for developers. Rome offers a single command-line interface (CLI) that facilitates various tasks, including dependency installation, error checking, code testing, and code bundling. This cohesive approach allows developers to efficiently process code, identify errors, and manage their workflows, ultimately improving productivity in software development.

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.

Pyroscope

Seed Round in 2021
Pyroscope is an open-source tool designed for continuous profiling to help developers monitor and debug applications and APIs. Founded in 2020 and based in Oakland, California, Pyroscope provides a platform that enables users to identify performance issues and bottlenecks in their code. The technology includes features for code editing, debugging, and sampling profiling, allowing users to optimize application performance effectively. Additionally, the platform supports building custom data storage engines for storing and profiling data, enhancing the overall development process.

ReadySet Technology

Seed Round in 2021
ReadySet is a distributed SQL caching layer that precomputes the results of parameterized SQL queries and incrementally updates these results as the underlying data changes. It is wire-compatible with MySQL and Postgres, plugs directly into existing databases and applications without any code changes, and elastically scales read throughput to meet fluctuating demands. ReadySet offers the low latencies of a custom caching system and the high query throughputs of read replicas with the straightforward developer experience of using a single relational database.

Specto

Seed Round in 2021
Specto is a mobile application performance monitoring platform founded in 2019 and based in San Francisco, California. The platform is designed for developers, allowing them to collect essential metrics and profiles with minimal code integration. Specto's proprietary dashboard provides insights into mobile application performance, helping businesses understand the reasons behind specific performance issues. By combining data analysis with industry expertise, the platform enables clients to identify root causes and offers actionable recommendations to enhance application performance. Specto emphasizes ease of integration and provides hands-on support to ensure a smooth user experience.

Splitgraph

Seed Round in 2020
Splitgraph is a developer of integrated data catalog software that enables users to combine multiple data sources into reproducible data images. The platform features an HTTP API and a PostgreSQL-compatible endpoint, allowing users to run queries on datasets using familiar PostgreSQL syntax. It utilizes columnar storage, optimizing it for fast aggregation queries, making it suitable for modern web applications. Splitgraph's indexes include diverse data sources, such as live databases and versioned data snapshots, facilitating a seamless connection to a data delivery network. This functionality empowers data scientists and engineers to create, share, and extend datasets in a straightforward and reproducible manner.

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.

Fig

Seed Round in 2020
Fig is a software development platform designed to enhance the productivity of developers by integrating visual applications and shortcuts into the terminal. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Fig provides an API that allows users to execute shell commands using simple JavaScript. This functionality enables developers to create wrappers around command-line interfaces, build custom workflows, and customize configurations. By offering features such as autocompletion for terminal commands, Fig aims to streamline the coding process, allowing teams to complete projects more efficiently.

PostHog

Pre Seed Round in 2020
PostHog is an open-source product analytics platform designed for developers, founded in 2020 and based in San Francisco, California. The platform provides a comprehensive suite of tools that includes product analytics, session recording, funnels, feature flags, and experimentation, all integrated into a single solution. By automating event tracking and user data collection, PostHog enables engineers to understand product usage and user behavior more effectively. This functionality allows development teams to create applications that are better tailored to their users' needs.

Replit

Series A in 2020
Replit is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2016 that operates a browser-based integrated development environment (IDE) designed to simplify coding for users of all skill levels. The platform supports over 50 programming languages, allowing developers to create applications and websites directly from their browsers on any operating system, including mobile devices. Replit emphasizes accessibility and collaboration, providing features such as real-time coding collaboration and communal workspaces. Users can easily build, deploy, save, and share their code projects, making the platform a versatile tool for both individual developers and teams working together.

Cycle

Seed Round in 2019
Cycle is a developer of a versatile platform designed to support product-centric teams in managing their workflows effectively. The platform features flexible building blocks that allow for customization, enabling teams to adapt their work processes to their specific needs. Cycle's comprehensive toolset includes functionalities for workflow management, feedback management, custom forms, prioritization matrices, and customer support. It also facilitates team integration, multiplayer editing, and real-time engagement, ensuring seamless communication and collaboration among team members. By connecting customer needs with product delivery workflows, Cycle empowers teams to explore, prioritize, plan, deliver, and communicate more efficiently, ultimately aiding in the development of products that meet market demands.

Evervault

Seed Round in 2019
Evervault Ltd., founded in 2017 and headquartered in Dublin, Ireland, specializes in developing privacy-preserving cloud infrastructure. The company provides encryption infrastructure designed to make data privacy straightforward and accessible for software developers. Its platform offers user-friendly tools that allow developers to deploy applications within hardware-secured environments, ensuring that data remains encrypted throughout its lifecycle. By focusing on simplifying security measures, Evervault enables developers to concentrate on building their products without the burden of managing complex security concerns.

Manticore Games

Series B in 2019
Manticore Games, Inc. is a video game developer based in San Mateo, California, and was founded in 2016 by industry veterans with diverse experience across PC, console, mobile, and virtual reality games. The company is known for its platform, Core, which serves as both a game construction kit and a social gaming platform. Core allows users to build, share, and play online games with minimal coding experience, enabling aspiring game developers to create and publish games quickly, often in less than an hour. Manticore Games aims to foster a community where users can explore a vast universe of games, promoting creativity and collaboration among new generation game makers.

Specto

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Specto is a mobile application performance monitoring platform founded in 2019 and based in San Francisco, California. The platform is designed for developers, allowing them to collect essential metrics and profiles with minimal code integration. Specto's proprietary dashboard provides insights into mobile application performance, helping businesses understand the reasons behind specific performance issues. By combining data analysis with industry expertise, the platform enables clients to identify root causes and offers actionable recommendations to enhance application performance. Specto emphasizes ease of integration and provides hands-on support to ensure a smooth user experience.

Dagger

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Dagger is a developer-focused platform that enables users to streamline their software projects by replacing traditional scripts with a modern API and a cross-language scripting engine. It allows developers to encapsulate their project's tasks and workflows into simple Dagger Functions, which can be written in their preferred programming language. These functions can be executed from the command line, a language interpreter, or a custom HTTP client. Dagger also facilitates the packaging of these functions into reusable modules, which can be shared within the community or imported into new projects. By integrating existing build, continuous integration, infrastructure management, and deployment tools, Dagger provides a customizable solution that simplifies the deployment process for developers, enabling them to focus on their code rather than the complexities of software delivery.

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.

DIRT Protocol

Seed Round in 2018
DIRT Protocol is a platform designed for decentralized curation of trusted data sets, founded in 2017 and based in the United States. It operates by allowing users to contribute information similarly to how Wikipedia functions, while implementing a unique token staking mechanism to promote accuracy and honesty. Contributors must deposit tokens to submit data, which can be challenged by others if deemed incorrect. This system incentivizes users to provide accurate information, as correct data can be freely shared and incorrect data can be contested for rewards. By utilizing these principles, DIRT Protocol aims to create a reliable and accessible repository of information while discouraging the persistence of misinformation.

Thunkable

Venture Round in 2018
Thunkable is a U.S.-based company that offers a platform for users to create mobile applications without extensive coding knowledge. Originating from MIT's App Inventor and participating in YCombinator's W2016 batch, Thunkable provides a free drag-and-drop interface that simplifies the app development process. Users can design applications using built-in templates and make real-time changes, which can be instantly previewed on their devices through the Thunkable mobile app. The platform supports automatic formatting for deployment across major operating systems, including Android and iOS, enabling individuals to build and publish native apps efficiently. By eliminating the need for large development tools or complex coding, Thunkable empowers users to create functional applications easily and share them directly with others or upload them to app stores.

Pagedraw

Seed Round in 2018
Pagedraw is a software company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in transforming website mock-ups and designs into functional code. Founded in 2016, Pagedraw provides a user-friendly UI builder that allows designers to input their drawings into an editor. The software automatically generates production-ready code, including HTML, CSS, JSX, ERB, and PHP, which can be seamlessly integrated into GitHub. By automating the translation of graphics into semantic and dynamic code, Pagedraw enables web design teams to streamline their workflow without compromising on design quality or coding standards.

Manticore Games

Series A in 2017
Manticore Games, Inc. is a video game developer based in San Mateo, California, and was founded in 2016 by industry veterans with diverse experience across PC, console, mobile, and virtual reality games. The company is known for its platform, Core, which serves as both a game construction kit and a social gaming platform. Core allows users to build, share, and play online games with minimal coding experience, enabling aspiring game developers to create and publish games quickly, often in less than an hour. Manticore Games aims to foster a community where users can explore a vast universe of games, promoting creativity and collaboration among new generation game makers.

Manticore Games

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Manticore Games, Inc. is a video game developer based in San Mateo, California, and was founded in 2016 by industry veterans with diverse experience across PC, console, mobile, and virtual reality games. The company is known for its platform, Core, which serves as both a game construction kit and a social gaming platform. Core allows users to build, share, and play online games with minimal coding experience, enabling aspiring game developers to create and publish games quickly, often in less than an hour. Manticore Games aims to foster a community where users can explore a vast universe of games, promoting creativity and collaboration among new generation game makers.

Mux

Seed Round in 2016
Mux is a company focused on enhancing online video infrastructure, primarily through its API-first platform designed for developers. It offers Mux Data, a performance analytics tool that provides critical insights into video performance metrics such as rebuffering, startup time, and video quality. This tool is utilized by notable organizations including Vimeo and PBS. Building on its analytics foundation, Mux introduced Mux Video, which simplifies video hosting, encoding, and streaming. This service allows users to seamlessly integrate video files or live streams into their applications, ensuring high-quality playback across various devices. Mux provides features like automatic thumbnails and data-driven encoding, along with an intuitive dashboard that facilitates A/B testing and offers detailed analytics on video views. By addressing common video-related challenges, Mux enables developers and publishers to enhance user experience without needing extensive expertise in video technology.

Launchkit

Venture Round in 2016
LaunchKit is an online platform designed to support creators in monetizing their work, providing resources such as guides, technology, and community engagement. It caters to a diverse range of creators, including streamers, user-generated content (UGC) creators, and influencers, positioning itself as a comprehensive resource for those looking to thrive in the digital space. Additionally, LaunchKit develops tools for mobile application creators, facilitating the creation, launch, and monitoring of their apps. Through its dual focus on empowering individual creators and enhancing mobile development, LaunchKit aims to foster a vibrant ecosystem for digital entrepreneurship.

Expo

Convertible Note in 2016
Expo lets you write native apps that run on web, iOS, and Android with a single React codebase. Expo is trusted in production by tens of thousands of companies including Brex, Flexport, Valve, Blackline, Burger King, sweetgreen, Cameo, Codecademy, DailyPay, TriNet, ShapeShift, Warpcast, and Insider and is depended on by over 1,000,000 projects on GitHub.

Kite

Seed Round in 2016
Kite is a technology company that specializes in artificial intelligence tools designed to enhance the coding experience for developers. Founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, Kite offers a plugin that integrates with various integrated development environments (IDEs), including Atom, PyCharm, Sublime, Vim, and VS Code. This plugin utilizes machine learning to provide developers with intelligent code completions, examples, and documentation relevant to the libraries and terminal commands they are using. Additionally, Kite improves coding efficiency by detecting simple errors and suggesting fixes, effectively acting as an artificial pair programmer that leverages the vast knowledge available on the internet to support developers in their work.

Projector

Seed Round in 2016
Projector, established in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, specializes in developing a collaborative, browser-based graphic design platform. This platform empowers professionals, particularly developers and product teams, to create engaging visual content such as videos, GIFs, and social media posts, fostering more impactful communication.

Mux

Seed Round in 2016
Mux is a company focused on enhancing online video infrastructure, primarily through its API-first platform designed for developers. It offers Mux Data, a performance analytics tool that provides critical insights into video performance metrics such as rebuffering, startup time, and video quality. This tool is utilized by notable organizations including Vimeo and PBS. Building on its analytics foundation, Mux introduced Mux Video, which simplifies video hosting, encoding, and streaming. This service allows users to seamlessly integrate video files or live streams into their applications, ensuring high-quality playback across various devices. Mux provides features like automatic thumbnails and data-driven encoding, along with an intuitive dashboard that facilitates A/B testing and offers detailed analytics on video views. By addressing common video-related challenges, Mux enables developers and publishers to enhance user experience without needing extensive expertise in video technology.

Thunkable

Seed Round in 2016
Thunkable is a U.S.-based company that offers a platform for users to create mobile applications without extensive coding knowledge. Originating from MIT's App Inventor and participating in YCombinator's W2016 batch, Thunkable provides a free drag-and-drop interface that simplifies the app development process. Users can design applications using built-in templates and make real-time changes, which can be instantly previewed on their devices through the Thunkable mobile app. The platform supports automatic formatting for deployment across major operating systems, including Android and iOS, enabling individuals to build and publish native apps efficiently. By eliminating the need for large development tools or complex coding, Thunkable empowers users to create functional applications easily and share them directly with others or upload them to app stores.

Gigster

Series A in 2015
Gigster is a San Francisco-based company offering on-demand software development services. It connects clients such as IBM with its team of developers, designers, and product managers to build applications and websites efficiently. Gigster's platform improves project management by enabling businesses to recruit and manage distributed teams, enhancing efficiency by up to 30%, reducing risk by 60%, and increasing satisfaction levels significantly.

HeadSpin

Seed Round in 2015
HeadSpin is a developer of a digital experience intelligence platform aimed at ensuring flawless digital interactions. The platform leverages automation, artificial intelligence, and analytics to integrate end-to-end testing, performance optimization, and experience monitoring. It operates thousands of devices across more than 100 locations globally, utilizing real carrier and WiFi networks. This comprehensive approach enables development, quality assurance, operations, and product teams to remotely test and monitor mobile applications effectively, ultimately enhancing user experiences and boosting revenue.

Blockspring

Seed Round in 2015
Blockspring is a developer of a spreadsheet editing platform that facilitates the automatic gathering and processing of information from application programming interfaces (APIs). The platform allows users to create visualizations using innovative blocks developed by engineers both within their organization and globally. By deploying a containerized API for multiple scripts, Blockspring generates endpoints and provides a user-friendly form interface for interacting with various resources. This functionality enables users to easily access data, run algorithms, automate reports, and enhance lists from different software applications, streamlining the process of data management and reporting.

Interviewing.io

Seed Round in 2015
Interviewing.io Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that provides a platform for software engineers to practice technical interviews. Founded in 2015, the platform connects users with hiring managers from top tech companies, allowing them to book mock interviews featuring realistic algorithmic and systems design questions. The unique aspect of interviewing.io is its anonymous interview process; candidates' identities are only revealed to companies after they successfully pass the technical interview. This approach not only helps candidates demonstrate their skills irrespective of their backgrounds but also streamlines the hiring process, saving companies significant time by ensuring a steady pipeline of qualified senior engineers. Additionally, participants receive actionable feedback, enhancing their preparation for future job opportunities.

ReadMe

Seed Round in 2015
ReadMe is a documentation platform that enables companies to create dynamic developer portals, integrating support, tutorials, topical guides, and API exploration. The platform simplifies the process of generating and maintaining documentation, ensuring that it remains current and accessible. Additionally, ReadMe offers community-oriented features that foster the development of loyal and productive developer communities, which can enhance user engagement and drive product adoption. By streamlining documentation efforts, ReadMe helps organizations improve customer support and facilitate better user experiences.

OneName

Seed Round in 2014
Onename is a registrar (like GoDaddy) for the .id namespace on the Blockstack network.

Bowery

Seed Round in 2014
Bowery Inc. is a New York-based company founded in 2013 that specializes in providing cloud-based automated development environments for web developers. The company's services streamline the setup and configuration of essential developer tools, software, and applications. By automating time-intensive and repetitive tasks, Bowery enables programmers to quickly establish their coding environments, allowing them to focus on their work more efficiently. The use of virtualization software further enhances this process by enabling developers to replicate team environments across various desktops, thus improving collaboration and productivity.

Hiro

Pre Seed Round in 2014
Hiro is a core entity within the Stacks Ecosystem, a collection of independent entities, developers, and community members working to create a user-owned internet on bitcoin. They provide developers with the tools they need to innovate and build on bitcoin in previously unimaginable ways.

Heavybit

Seed Round in 2013
Heavybit, established in 2012 and based in San Francisco, is a venture capital firm specializing in early and later-stage investments in software companies. It focuses on developer tools, cloud-native infrastructure, and open-source sectors. The firm's success lies in its unique approach of partnering with technical founders and leveraging a community of over 600 domain experts to nurture developer-first startups.

CircleCI

Seed Round in 2013
CircleCI is a provider of a continuous integration and delivery platform that assists software teams in efficiently releasing code by automating the processes of building, testing, and deploying applications. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company enables developers to quickly ramp up and scale their operations while maintaining high-quality output. As applications and systems grow increasingly complex, CircleCI's tools help teams to identify and resolve bugs proactively, ensuring that issues are addressed before they affect end users. The platform is utilized by numerous prominent companies, including Facebook, Kickstarter, and Spotify, to enhance their software delivery speed and focus on generating business value. CircleCI has also been recognized as one of the best workplaces in the Bay Area. With a global remote workforce, the company is backed by several venture capital firms.

Lift

Series A in 2012
Lift is a virtual web design and development company with a focus on user experience design, second screen apps, and WordPress development. Co-founded by designer Chris Wallace and entrepreneur Brad Miller, Lift works primarily with large television networks building second-screen applications for tv shows Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, Bridezillas, and others. Founded in 2009, Lift originally focused on building WordPress websites for small businesses and blog networks. In 2010, Lift redesigned and developed TheNextWeb.com, releasing the new website live at The Next Web conference, showcasing a tight integration with the newly-released Facebook API and a unique widget-driven homepage, allowing readers to customize their news page with a drag-and-drog interface. In 2011, Lift developed The Walking Dead StorySync® for AMC tv, helping draw millions of viewers and winning two Social TV Award for Best Mobile Phone, iPad or Tablet Social TV Application. Also in 2011, Lift led the redesign of IFC.com, bring responsive design to the world of television networks.

Compose

Series A in 2012
Compose, Inc., established in 2009 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, operates a managed platform for developers to deploy, host, and scale databases. It specializes in Elasticsearch and MongoDB hosting, offering features such as auto-scaling, monitoring tools, replica sets, regular backups, and priority support. The company, formerly known as MongoHQ, rebranded as Compose in 2014 and is now a subsidiary of IBM.

GitHub

Series A in 2012
GitHub is a software development platform that provides code hosting services for both open-source and private projects. It enables developers to store and share code repositories with various stakeholders, including colleagues and the public. The platform features collaboration tools such as version control, task management, issue tracking, and feature requests, which facilitate teamwork and enhance productivity. GitHub supports developers in overcoming challenges, advancing ideas, and fostering a learning environment within teams.

Neighborland

Seed Round in 2012
Neighborland, Inc. is a public engagement platform that facilitates collaboration between local residents, government agencies, developers, and civic organizations. Established in 2011 and headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, the company allows neighborhood residents to share ideas, support one another, and connect based on shared interests. The platform enables planners and stakeholders to engage in a participatory and equitable manner, providing tools for hosting projects, publishing updates, conducting surveys, and gathering insights from various sources. With over 3 million participants, Neighborland has demonstrated significant social and economic impact through its partnerships, achieving more effective community engagement than traditional outreach methods. As of April 2020, Neighborland operates as a subsidiary of Nextdoor, Inc.

Trigger.io

Seed Round in 2012
Trigger.io is a San Francisco-based company that has developed a cross-platform mobile development framework specifically designed for web developers aiming to create native mobile applications. Its application development platform leverages an HTML5 operating system, enabling efficient interaction between companies and their customers through digital media. The platform is regularly updated to address bugs, which helps reduce data consumption, allowing developers to build native mobile applications more swiftly and effectively. By focusing on enhancing the development process, Trigger.io provides a valuable solution for businesses looking to engage with their audiences through mobile technology.

Stitch

Seed Round in 2012
Stitch, Inc. is a managed ETL service designed for developers and small businesses, enabling seamless integration of various data sources. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Stitch facilitates the connection to a range of databases, such as MongoDB and MySQL, as well as SaaS tools like Salesforce and Zendesk. By streamlining the process of data replication to warehouses, Stitch allows developers to provision data for analysts and team members swiftly, often within minutes. The company operates as a subsidiary of Talend Inc. since November 2018.

Clipboard

Seed Round in 2011
Clipboard was founded by Gary William Flake in January 2011 with the simple goal of helping people save and share the parts of the Web that they care about. Since the Internet is more than two decades old, doesn't it seem strange that the typical way to save something online is to put it into an email or a document? We think so too, which is why we built an easy and powerful tool to help you. All of this may sound simple, but we think it's actually quite significant. We believe that someday soon everyone will be saving and organizing their online life in a way that is easy, fun and reflective of themselves. It is a world where everyone is highly engaged and active in saving their life experiences online. We are here for you and we are in this for the long haul. Our mission is to help you organize your online life. Please read more about us and our values at https://clipboard.com/about Stats on Clipboard: In close to 2 years before Clipboard was acquired in May 2013 140,000 people created 3 million clips.

Apollo GraphQL

Seed Round in 2011
Apollo GraphQL helps developers help the world by providing a better API platform across teams. Apollo’s open-source software is downloaded 25M times per month and its commercial GraphQL technologies power the most innovative brands today. Teams at Netflix, Snap, and the New York Times ship personalized, omnichannel experiences faster with a supergraph – a self-service GraphQL platform that spans any number of backend services. Serving over 5T requests in 2023, the Apollo GraphOS platform simplifies API development with workflows and infrastructure to build, test, and ship supergraphs at any scale. Based in San Francisco, Apollo is backed by Insight Partners, Andreessen Horowitz, Matrix Partners, and Trinity Ventures. Learn more at: https://www.apollographql.com.

RethinkDB

Series A in 2011
RethinkDB is an open-source distributed database management platform designed specifically for the realtime web. It enables developers to build scalable applications more efficiently by allowing the database to push updated query results directly to applications, eliminating the need for constant polling. RethinkDB supports data storage in JSON documents and features a user-friendly query language that includes capabilities such as table joins and groupBy. The platform is built for reliability across various workloads and edge cases, providing users with the tools to manage clusters effectively, monitor production environments with live statistics, and gain complete visibility into ongoing tasks. This combination of features allows RethinkDB to facilitate the rapid development of realtime applications while maintaining simplicity and scalability.

Game Closure

Seed Round in 2011
Game Closure offers a development platform that facilitates the creation of multiplayer games across web and mobile environments. Its SDK is HTML-based, allowing developers to utilize familiar Web APIs to produce high-quality games. The platform simplifies the complexities associated with game development, including debugging and hosting, while also enabling compilation into hardware-accelerated native applications for distribution on various devices. By streamlining the development process, Game Closure empowers game studios to efficiently publish games on both iOS and Android ecosystems, making it easier and more cost-effective for developers to enter the multiplayer, multiplatform gaming market.

Compose

Seed Round in 2011
Compose, Inc., established in 2009 and headquartered in San Mateo, California, operates a managed platform for developers to deploy, host, and scale databases. It specializes in Elasticsearch and MongoDB hosting, offering features such as auto-scaling, monitoring tools, replica sets, regular backups, and priority support. The company, formerly known as MongoHQ, rebranded as Compose in 2014 and is now a subsidiary of IBM.

Realm

Seed Round in 2011
Realm ApS is a mobile database company that provides a robust alternative to SQLite and Core Data, facilitating faster application development for users on Android, iOS, and OSX platforms. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Copenhagen, Denmark, with an additional office in San Francisco, Realm specializes in offering a memory-efficient database that includes features like querying, relationships, graphs, and thread safety. This innovative platform significantly reduces the amount of code developers need to write, effectively saving them time and enabling the creation of enhanced user experiences. As of May 2019, Realm operates as a subsidiary of MongoDB, Inc.

HackerRank

Seed Round in 2011
HackerRank is a company that offers a technical hiring platform aimed at assisting businesses in assessing the skills of software developers. Its platform features automated skill assessments that enable tech recruiters and hiring managers to objectively evaluate candidates' technical abilities throughout the recruitment process. By providing tools to measure and compare talent from around the globe, HackerRank facilitates the hiring of skilled developers, helping companies create opportunities for qualified individuals while streamlining the evaluation process.

Cabana

Seed Round in 2011
Cabana offers a browser-based mobile app development platform.

dotCloud

Series A in 2011
DotCloud is a 2nd-generation platform-as-a-service, and is the commercial entity behind Docker.io. Docker is an open source engine that makes it possible to pack, ship, and run any application as a lightweight container.

Docker

Series A in 2011
Docker, Inc. is a software company that provides an open platform for building, shipping, and running distributed applications through the use of container technology. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Docker facilitates collaboration among developers and system administrators by allowing applications to be packaged as containers that can run seamlessly across various environments, including local machines, data centers, and public clouds. The platform includes tools for code building, scaling, deployment, and load balancing, as well as a cloud service for sharing applications and automating workflows. By offering an integrated and secure workflow, Docker enhances the efficiency of application development and accelerates the delivery process from code to deployment, serving millions of developers worldwide.

AppHarbor

Seed Round in 2011
AppHarbor Inc. operates a cloud-based platform that provides a hosted .NET platform-as-a-service, enabling developers to deploy and scale .NET applications seamlessly. Founded in 2010 and based in San Francisco, California, AppHarbor allows users to push code via Git or Mercurial, after which the platform builds the code and runs unit tests before deployment. This process eliminates the need for developers to manage server maintenance or configuration files, allowing them to concentrate on application development and innovation. The service caters to both personal blogs and high-traffic web applications, offering features such as version control and add-ons, along with support for users.

Kite

Pre Seed Round in 2011
Kite is a technology company that specializes in artificial intelligence tools designed to enhance the coding experience for developers. Founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, Kite offers a plugin that integrates with various integrated development environments (IDEs), including Atom, PyCharm, Sublime, Vim, and VS Code. This plugin utilizes machine learning to provide developers with intelligent code completions, examples, and documentation relevant to the libraries and terminal commands they are using. Additionally, Kite improves coding efficiency by detecting simple errors and suggesting fixes, effectively acting as an artificial pair programmer that leverages the vast knowledge available on the internet to support developers in their work.

Twilio

Series B in 2010
Twilio is a cloud-based communications company that empowers developers and businesses to build and integrate voice, video, messaging, and authentication into their applications via a robust set of APIs. By merging cloud computing, web services, and telecommunications, Twilio is transforming traditional telecom, enabling more contextual and personalized customer interactions. The company's Super Network ensures fast, cost-effective communication across the globe.

Stack Overflow

Series A in 2010
Stack Overflow Ltd operates an online community designed for developers to share programming knowledge and solve coding challenges. Founded in 2008 by Jeff Atwood and Joel Spolsky, the company offers several distinct platforms: Stack Overflow for Teams, which facilitates mission-critical knowledge management; Stack Overflow for Talent and Jobs, providing hiring and employer branding solutions for technology teams; Stack Overflow Advertising, aimed at promoting products and enhancing brand visibility; and Stack Overflow Enterprise, which enables large teams to share and access critical company information securely. Based in London, the company empowers developer communities by enhancing knowledge distribution and fostering collaboration, ultimately increasing efficiency and innovation within organizations.

RethinkDB

Seed Round in 2010
RethinkDB is an open-source distributed database management platform designed specifically for the realtime web. It enables developers to build scalable applications more efficiently by allowing the database to push updated query results directly to applications, eliminating the need for constant polling. RethinkDB supports data storage in JSON documents and features a user-friendly query language that includes capabilities such as table joins and groupBy. The platform is built for reliability across various workloads and edge cases, providing users with the tools to manage clusters effectively, monitor production environments with live statistics, and gain complete visibility into ongoing tasks. This combination of features allows RethinkDB to facilitate the rapid development of realtime applications while maintaining simplicity and scalability.

App.net

Seed Round in 2010
App.net is an ad-free, subscription-based social networking and development platform launched in August 2012. Owned and operated by Mixed Media Labs, founded by CEO Dalton Caldwell and CTO Bryan Berg, the platform serves as a backbone for the social web, allowing developers to create applications while providing users with tools for meaningful interactions. App.net offers a range of social applications, including group messaging, photo and document sharing, and microblogging, all designed to enhance user engagement without the distraction of advertisements.

Heroku

Series A in 2008
Heroku is a cloud-based Platform as a Service (PaaS) that simplifies app deployment, management, and scaling for developers. It leverages container technology to enable users to focus on their core product, rather than server or infrastructure maintenance. Heroku supports multiple programming languages and allows developers to collaborate, share, and manage their applications easily.
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