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.

Topher Conway

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Ronald Conway

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Ron Conway

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Principal

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Past deals in Developer Tools

Browser Use

Seed Round in 2025
Browser Use is a technology company specializing in web accessibility software for AI agents. It enables AI agents to interact with websites by extracting interactive elements, managing multiple browser tabs, and supporting custom actions. The company's software combines visual understanding with HTML extraction, allowing developers to build capable web-based AI agents using various large language models.

Factory

Seed Round in 2023
Factory is a technology company that develops an AI-based platform for software engineering. Its platform reviews code, addresses bugs, answers questions, and handles routine tasks such as code review, debugging, and refactoring, allowing engineers to delegate tasks and focus on complex problems.

Resend

Seed Round in 2023
Resend is a software development company that focuses on delivering developer-oriented email solutions, specifically through its robust email API. This API enables developers to efficiently build, test, and send transactional emails at scale. Resend enhances email deliverability by offering fully managed dedicated IPs that automatically warm up and scale based on sending volume, ensuring that emails reach users instead of ending up in spam folders. The company also prioritizes reliability by monitoring DNS configurations for errors and regression, preventing repeated emails to recipients who no longer wish to receive them. Additionally, Resend provides tailored solutions for Laravel, allowing users to send emails seamlessly through either Laravel's email service or the Resend API facade, supported by comprehensive documentation and integration assistance.

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 Michigan-based company that specializes in a self-hosted, headless content management system (CMS) designed for developers. Founded in 2018, its platform utilizes TypeScript, Node, React, and MongoDB to facilitate the creation and management of content across various applications, including websites, native apps, and e-commerce platforms. Payload's CMS is distinguished by its robust data modeling capabilities, featuring dynamic field types such as Arrays and Blocks, as well as specialized fields like Relationship and GeoJSON. The platform also incorporates advanced access control functions at both document and field levels, enhancing data security. By streamlining backend and admin panel development, Payload enables engineers to save time and improve their workflow in managing content effectively.

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.

Evidence

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Evidence is a developer of an open-source business intelligence platform that offers a code-based alternative to traditional drag-and-drop BI tools. The platform empowers analysts to create polished data products, reports, and dashboards using SQL and markdown, fostering a trusted and version-controlled reporting system. By utilizing its superset of markdown, Evidence provides a growing library of components, including charts and graphs, which enables SQL analysts to produce reliable and consistent outputs. The emphasis on a markup language instead of a graphical interface allows for greater flexibility and precision in data presentation and analysis.

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 a developer-focused company that provides an open-source framework designed to simplify the creation and deployment of serverless applications. The platform enables users to manage pipelines, configure environments, and monitor deployments, facilitating the development of full-stack applications. SST's approach allows developers to make changes and test their Lambda functions in real-time, streamlining the development process. Additionally, the company is recognized for producing a widely used resource for building serverless applications, further establishing its position in the serverless computing landscape.

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 designed to streamline the coding process for developers. It integrates multiple tools into a single application, supporting programming languages such as JavaScript, TypeScript, HTML, and CSS. The software allows users to manage dependencies, check for errors, run tests, and bundle code through a unified command-line interface, enhancing overall efficiency. By consolidating functionality and minimizing the need for extensive configurations, Rome provides developers with a cohesive experience that simplifies code processing, error display, task parallelization, and caching.

Feathery

Seed Round in 2021
Feathery is a technology company that provides a low-code platform focused on creating customizable forms and user journeys, particularly for industries such as insurance, financial services, and healthcare. The platform streamlines end-to-end data intake workflows, enabling product teams to efficiently build and deploy forms while ensuring compatibility with popular search engines and JavaScript frameworks. By offering features like automatic deployment and SEO indexing, Feathery empowers businesses to enhance their data collection processes, granting users greater ownership, speed, and control over their workflows.

Pyroscope

Seed Round in 2021
Pyroscope is an open-source platform founded in 2020, based in Oakland, California, that specializes in continuous profiling to monitor and debug applications and APIs. The platform provides tools for code editing, debugging, and sampling profiling, allowing users to identify performance issues and optimize their software effectively. By enabling developers to build custom data storage engines for profiling data, Pyroscope aims to help improve application performance and efficiency. The company focuses on addressing and resolving bottlenecks within code, making it a valuable resource for software engineering teams seeking to enhance their applications' responsiveness and overall performance.

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 established in 2019 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. Designed by developers for developers, the platform simplifies the integration process, allowing users to collect vital performance metrics with minimal coding. Specto’s proprietary dashboard enables businesses to monitor their mobile applications effectively, providing insights into performance issues and their underlying causes. By combining data analysis with industry expertise, Specto equips clients with actionable insights to enhance their applications' performance and usability. The company is committed to offering hands-on support to ensure seamless implementation and optimal use of its technology.

Splitgraph

Seed Round in 2020
Splitgraph is a developer of integrated data catalog software that enables users to combine various data sources into reproducible data images. The company provides an HTTP API and a PostgreSQL-compatible endpoint, allowing users to run queries on datasets using familiar PostgreSQL syntax. Splitgraph's technology leverages columnar storage optimized for fast aggregation queries, making it suitable for modern web applications. By offering access to a diverse array of live databases and versioned data snapshots, the platform facilitates the creation, sharing, and extension of datasets for data scientists and engineers, promoting a simple and reproducible approach to data management.

you.com

Series A in 2020
You.com is an innovative AI-driven search engine founded by leading AI research scientists. It employs a Large Language Model (LLM) to offer personalized and human-like responses to user queries. The platform includes various AI tools such as YouChat, YouCode, YouWrite, and YouImagine, which facilitate efficient web searches, content and image creation, and code generation. By leveraging advanced machine learning techniques, You.com streamlines the process of answering complex questions, aiding users in tasks and research while providing citations and current information. Additionally, the platform emphasizes data privacy, delivering real-time results and summaries while minimizing exposure to irrelevant content, fake reviews, and advertising clutter. This combination enhances productivity and helps users find the information they seek more quickly and efficiently.

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 founded in 2020 and based in San Francisco, California. The company provides a comprehensive suite of tools designed for developers, enabling them to understand product usage, automate event tracking, and collect user data. Its software integrates various functionalities, including product analytics, session recording, funnels, feature flags, and experimentation, allowing engineering teams to analyze user behavior effectively. By auto-capturing product events and providing insights into feature usage, PostHog empowers developers to build 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. is a company that specializes in developing privacy-preserving cloud infrastructure, founded in 2017 and headquartered in Dublin, Ireland. The company focuses on providing encryption infrastructure for developers, offering tools that allow them to deploy applications within hardware-secured environments. This approach ensures that user data remains encrypted at all times, simplifying the process of maintaining data privacy. Evervault's platform enables software developers to concentrate on product development without the added concern of security, making data protection both accessible and manageable.

Manticore Games

Series B in 2019
Manticore Games, Inc. is a game development company founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Mateo, California. The company specializes in creating Core, a comprehensive platform that allows users to build, share, and play online games. It serves as an accessible game construction kit and social gaming environment, designed to empower individuals with little to no coding experience to create and publish their own games quickly. Manticore Games aims to foster a vibrant community of game makers and players, providing an endless universe of interactive experiences for users to explore. The team comprises industry veterans with extensive backgrounds in PC, console, mobile, and virtual reality gaming.

Specto

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Specto is a mobile application performance monitoring platform established in 2019 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. Designed by developers for developers, the platform simplifies the integration process, allowing users to collect vital performance metrics with minimal coding. Specto’s proprietary dashboard enables businesses to monitor their mobile applications effectively, providing insights into performance issues and their underlying causes. By combining data analysis with industry expertise, Specto equips clients with actionable insights to enhance their applications' performance and usability. The company is committed to offering hands-on support to ensure seamless implementation and optimal use of its technology.

Dagger

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Dagger is a developer-focused company that offers a programmable platform designed to streamline software project management. By allowing developers to replace traditional scripts with a modern API and cross-language scripting engine, Dagger enables users to encapsulate tasks and workflows into Dagger Functions, which can be written in various programming languages. These functions can be executed from the command line, language interpreters, or custom HTTP clients, providing flexibility in their use. Additionally, Dagger allows for the packaging and reuse of these functions within modules, facilitating collaboration and knowledge sharing among developers. The platform also supports the integration of existing tools for build, continuous integration, infrastructure management, and deployment, simplifying the deployment process and allowing developers to customize their workflows while minimizing complexity.

Retool

Series A in 2019
Retool is a developer of a tool-building platform that enables businesses to create custom applications without requiring any programming knowledge. The platform allows users to design interfaces that facilitate the display and manipulation of data efficiently and accurately. By streamlining the development of custom workflows, Retool empowers operational teams to focus on their primary products and expertise, enhancing overall productivity. The company's solution is particularly beneficial for organizations looking to optimize their internal processes and improve data management capabilities.

DIRT Protocol

Seed Round in 2018
DIRT Protocol, founded in 2017 and based in the United States, is a platform designed for decentralized curation of trusted data sets. It facilitates the organization and accessibility of information by allowing users to contribute information similarly to Wikipedia. However, DIRT Protocol employs a unique mechanism of token staking to incentivize honesty among contributors. Each participant must deposit tokens to submit data, ensuring that only accurate information is shared. If inaccuracies are identified, other users can challenge the data and earn tokens for correcting it. This economic model promotes the integrity of the data set, making it less likely for misinformation to persist. DIRT Protocol thus serves as a foundational tool for building Token Curated Registries, helping communities maintain high-quality information standards.

Thunkable

Venture Round in 2018
Thunkable is a United States-based company that develops a user-friendly platform for creating mobile applications. Originating from MIT's App Inventor and YCombinator's W2016 batch, Thunkable allows users to build powerful native apps through a simple drag-and-drop interface, eliminating the need for extensive coding knowledge or complex software installations. The platform offers various built-in app templates that users can customize, and changes can be made and viewed instantly on devices via the Thunkable mobile app. Additionally, Thunkable enables users to easily deploy their applications to all major platforms, including the Play Store, streamlining the development process for app creators of all skill levels.

Rapid

Series A in 2018
Rapid Software Solutions Ltd. is a technology company based in Haifa, Israel, specializing in software applications and Software-as-a-Service solutions. The firm is known for its RapidAPI Hub, which is the largest API hub globally, allowing over 4 million developers to discover, evaluate, and integrate more than 40,000 APIs from prominent providers. Rapid also offers a comprehensive development platform called RapidAPI Studio, enabling developers to design, develop, test, monitor, and publish their APIs seamlessly. For enterprise clients, the company provides RapidAPI Enterprise Hub, a customizable platform that facilitates the management and connection of both internal and external APIs. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, Rapid aims to support modern developers by streamlining access to essential API resources.

Pagedraw

Seed Round in 2018
Pagedraw is a software company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2016. It specializes in a UI building tool that enables designers to convert drawings and mock-ups of websites into functional code automatically. Users can create their user interface in Pagedraw's editor, which generates production-ready code in various formats, including HTML, CSS, JSX, ERB, or PHP. This output can be seamlessly integrated into GitHub, streamlining the workflow for web design teams. By automating the translation of graphics into semantic and dynamic code, Pagedraw allows teams to enhance efficiency without compromising on design quality or coding standards.

Manticore Games

Series A in 2017
Manticore Games, Inc. is a game development company founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Mateo, California. The company specializes in creating Core, a comprehensive platform that allows users to build, share, and play online games. It serves as an accessible game construction kit and social gaming environment, designed to empower individuals with little to no coding experience to create and publish their own games quickly. Manticore Games aims to foster a vibrant community of game makers and players, providing an endless universe of interactive experiences for users to explore. The team comprises industry veterans with extensive backgrounds in PC, console, mobile, and virtual reality gaming.

Manticore Games

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Manticore Games, Inc. is a game development company founded in 2016 and headquartered in San Mateo, California. The company specializes in creating Core, a comprehensive platform that allows users to build, share, and play online games. It serves as an accessible game construction kit and social gaming environment, designed to empower individuals with little to no coding experience to create and publish their own games quickly. Manticore Games aims to foster a vibrant community of game makers and players, providing an endless universe of interactive experiences for users to explore. The team comprises industry veterans with extensive backgrounds in PC, console, mobile, and virtual reality gaming.

Rapid

Seed Round in 2016
Rapid Software Solutions Ltd. is a technology company based in Haifa, Israel, specializing in software applications and Software-as-a-Service solutions. The firm is known for its RapidAPI Hub, which is the largest API hub globally, allowing over 4 million developers to discover, evaluate, and integrate more than 40,000 APIs from prominent providers. Rapid also offers a comprehensive development platform called RapidAPI Studio, enabling developers to design, develop, test, monitor, and publish their APIs seamlessly. For enterprise clients, the company provides RapidAPI Enterprise Hub, a customizable platform that facilitates the management and connection of both internal and external APIs. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, Rapid aims to support modern developers by streamlining access to essential API resources.

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.

Rapid

Seed Round in 2016
Rapid Software Solutions Ltd. is a technology company based in Haifa, Israel, specializing in software applications and Software-as-a-Service solutions. The firm is known for its RapidAPI Hub, which is the largest API hub globally, allowing over 4 million developers to discover, evaluate, and integrate more than 40,000 APIs from prominent providers. Rapid also offers a comprehensive development platform called RapidAPI Studio, enabling developers to design, develop, test, monitor, and publish their APIs seamlessly. For enterprise clients, the company provides RapidAPI Enterprise Hub, a customizable platform that facilitates the management and connection of both internal and external APIs. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, Rapid aims to support modern developers by streamlining access to essential API resources.

Launchkit

Venture Round in 2016
Launch Kit is an online platform designed to empower creators by providing them with essential resources, technology, and community support. Focused on serving streamers, user-generated content creators, influencers, and other digital creators, Launch Kit aims to be the go-to destination for individuals seeking to establish and grow their online presence. In addition to its community-driven approach, the company develops mobile applications and offers a suite of developer tools that assist app creators in building, launching, and monitoring their applications effectively. Through its comprehensive offerings, Launch Kit seeks to facilitate sustainable online livelihoods for a diverse range of creators.

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 based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2014. It specializes in developing an artificial intelligence plugin designed to enhance the coding experience for developers. The Kite plugin integrates with various integrated development environments (IDEs), including Atom, PyCharm, Sublime, Vim, and VS Code. By leveraging machine learning, Kite provides developers with intelligent code completions, relevant examples, and documentation for the libraries and terminal commands they are using. Additionally, the tool can identify simple coding errors and suggest corrections, effectively serving as an artificial pair programmer and augmenting the coding environment with a wealth of programming knowledge from the internet.

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 United States-based company that develops a user-friendly platform for creating mobile applications. Originating from MIT's App Inventor and YCombinator's W2016 batch, Thunkable allows users to build powerful native apps through a simple drag-and-drop interface, eliminating the need for extensive coding knowledge or complex software installations. The platform offers various built-in app templates that users can customize, and changes can be made and viewed instantly on devices via the Thunkable mobile app. Additionally, Thunkable enables users to easily deploy their applications to all major platforms, including the Play Store, streamlining the development process for app creators of all skill levels.

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.

Blockspring

Seed Round in 2015
Blockspring is a developer of a spreadsheet editing platform that simplifies the process of gathering and processing information from application programming interfaces (APIs). The company's innovative platform allows users to create visualizations using various pre-built components developed both internally and externally. It features a containerized API that supports multiple scripts for generating endpoints and offers a user-friendly form interface for data interaction. By automating marketing reports and facilitating data enrichment from different software applications, Blockspring enables users to efficiently find data, execute algorithms, and streamline reporting processes.

Interviewing.io

Seed Round in 2015
Interviewing.io Inc. is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2015 that operates a platform designed to facilitate technical interview practice for software engineers. The platform allows users to schedule mock interviews with experienced hiring managers from prominent tech companies, commonly referred to as FAANG. Unique to Interviewing.io is the anonymity of the interview process; candidates' identities are revealed to companies only after they successfully complete the technical interview. This innovative approach not only streamlines the hiring process by significantly reducing the time spent by recruiters and hiring managers but also provides a diverse pool of strong candidates. The platform offers realistic algorithmic and systems design questions, along with actionable feedback, enabling software engineers to effectively prepare for technical job interviews.

ReadMe

Seed Round in 2015
ReadMe is a documentation platform that enables companies to create aesthetically pleasing and functional developer portals. These portals integrate support resources, tutorials, topical guides, and API exploration tools, offering a comprehensive solution for documentation needs. The platform simplifies the process of keeping documentation current and includes community-oriented features that foster engagement and drive user adoption. By facilitating the development of dynamic documentation, ReadMe helps companies enhance their customer support and build productive developer communities.

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 a cloud-based automated development environment for web developers. The company focuses on simplifying the web development process by streamlining the setup and configuration of developers' tools, software, and applications. By automating time-intensive and repetitive tasks, Bowery enables programmers to quickly initiate their work without the burden of establishing complex coding environments. This innovative approach aims to enhance productivity and efficiency within development teams.

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.

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.

Trigger.io

Seed Round in 2012
Trigger.io is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in cross-platform mobile development. Their primary product is a framework designed to help web developers create native mobile apps efficiently. The platform focuses on using HTML5 and regularly updates to reduce data consumption, making it easier for developers to build applications quickly.

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 specifically designed for the realtime web. It enables developers to build scalable applications efficiently by allowing the database to continuously push updated query results to applications, eliminating the need for polling. RethinkDB supports storage of data in JSON documents and features a powerful query language that includes advanced functionalities like table joins and groupBy. The platform is built with a highly parallelized architecture, ensuring reliability across various workloads and edge cases. Additionally, it offers web-based tools for managing clusters, providing users with live statistics and complete visibility into ongoing operations.

Game Closure

Seed Round in 2011
Game Closure is a company that offers an HTML-based multiplayer game development platform designed to simplify the creation and distribution of games for developers. Its software development kit (SDK) allows users to leverage familiar Web APIs to produce high-quality games that can be published across both iOS and Android ecosystems. By streamlining the processes of debugging, hosting, and development, Game Closure enables game studios to overcome traditional barriers associated with multiplayer game creation. Additionally, the platform compiles games into hardware-accelerated native applications, facilitating immediate distribution on various devices. This approach provides developers with a cost-effective means to enter the competitive multiplayer and multiplatform gaming markets.

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.

Cabana

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

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 for deploying and scaling .NET applications. Founded in 2010 and based in San Francisco, California, AppHarbor enables developers to push code using Git or Mercurial, after which the platform builds the code, runs unit tests, and deploys it to a scalable cloud environment. This streamlined process allows developers to concentrate on creating applications rather than managing server configurations, deployment issues, or scaling challenges. AppHarbor serves both individual developers and businesses, offering support and add-ons that enhance the development experience.

Kite

Pre Seed Round in 2011
Kite is a technology company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2014. It specializes in developing an artificial intelligence plugin designed to enhance the coding experience for developers. The Kite plugin integrates with various integrated development environments (IDEs), including Atom, PyCharm, Sublime, Vim, and VS Code. By leveraging machine learning, Kite provides developers with intelligent code completions, relevant examples, and documentation for the libraries and terminal commands they are using. Additionally, the tool can identify simple coding errors and suggest corrections, effectively serving as an artificial pair programmer and augmenting the coding environment with a wealth of programming knowledge from the internet.

Stack Overflow

Series A in 2010
Stack Overflow is an online community founded in 2008 by Jeff Atwood and Joel Spolsky, initially based in New York, later moved its headquarters to London. It provides a platform for developers and programmers to share knowledge, solve coding challenges, and collaborate on projects. The company offers several services including Stack Overflow for Teams, which facilitates mission-critical knowledge management; Stack Overflow for Talent and Jobs, focusing on hiring, recruiting, and employer branding solutions; Stack Overflow Advertising, designed to promote products and boost brand awareness; and Stack Overflow Enterprise, a secure platform for large teams to share and find critical company information.

RethinkDB

Seed Round in 2010
RethinkDB is an open-source distributed database management platform specifically designed for the realtime web. It enables developers to build scalable applications efficiently by allowing the database to continuously push updated query results to applications, eliminating the need for polling. RethinkDB supports storage of data in JSON documents and features a powerful query language that includes advanced functionalities like table joins and groupBy. The platform is built with a highly parallelized architecture, ensuring reliability across various workloads and edge cases. Additionally, it offers web-based tools for managing clusters, providing users with live statistics and complete visibility into ongoing operations.

App.net

Seed Round in 2010
App.net is an ad-free, subscription-based social networking and development platform that was launched in August 2012. Owned and operated by Mixed Media Labs, which was founded by CEO Dalton Caldwell and CTO Bryan Berg, the company aims to serve as the backbone of the social web. App.net provides a robust infrastructure that enables developers to create various social applications, including group messaging, photo and document sharing, and microblogging. The platform focuses on facilitating meaningful interactions among its members while maintaining a commitment to an uninterrupted user experience free from advertisements.

Heroku

Series A in 2008
Heroku is a cloud Platform as a Service (PaaS) that specializes in modern application deployment, management, and scaling. Built on container technology, it provides a multi-language platform that enables developers to focus on their core products without the complexities of server management or infrastructure maintenance. Heroku facilitates the development process by allowing users to deploy, scale, and manage applications seamlessly, while also offering features that support collaboration, code sharing, and import/export functionalities. This streamlined approach empowers developers to concentrate on creating innovative software solutions.
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