Thrive Capital

Thrive Capital is a New York-based venture capital investment firm founded in 2009. The firm specializes in investing in internet, software, and technology-enabled sectors, and it also offers venture-building services. Thrive has successfully attracted funding from notable institutional investors, including Princeton University, Wellcome Trust, and Hall Capital. A significant milestone for the firm was its participation in Instagram's $50 million Series B funding round, where it joined other leading firms and subsequently saw a substantial return on investment when Instagram was acquired by Facebook. Co-founded by Josh Kushner and Mario Schlosser, Thrive Capital has established itself as a prominent player in the venture capital landscape.

Chris Grimm

Director, Head of Valuations

Natalie Guo

Investor

Vincent Hankes

Investor

Avery Klemmer

Investor

Joshua Kushner

Founder and Managing Partner

Nabil Mallick

General Partner

Belen Mella

Investor

Nitin Nohria

Executive Chairman

Jared Weinstein

General Partner

Christina White

Investor

Kyle Yuan

Investor

Mark Znutas

Vice President, GTM

Past deals in Series D

Dutchie

Series D in 2021
Dutchie is an online cannabis ordering platform that connects consumers with local dispensaries. It allows users to enter their address to find nearby cannabis retailers, view product menus, and place orders for delivery or pickup through both web and mobile interfaces. By providing a safe and convenient way to purchase cannabis, Dutchie enhances the overall consumer experience. The platform also supports dispensaries by enabling them to manage their operations efficiently through e-commerce transactions and point-of-sale solutions.

Melio

Series D in 2021
Melio Payments Inc., known as Melio, offers a digital bill payment solution specifically designed for small businesses in the United States. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in New York, Melio provides a comprehensive digital accounts payable and receivable dashboard that enables small businesses to efficiently transfer and receive payments. The platform processes transactions and facilitates payments to vendors and suppliers through options such as mailed paper checks or bank deposits. By streamlining the payment process, Melio helps small businesses manage their cash flow more effectively, reducing the likelihood of late payment costs and enhancing overall financial control.

Plaid

Series D in 2021
Plaid Inc. is a technology platform that enables users to connect their bank accounts to various financial applications, facilitating a more modern and digitally-enabled financial system. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company offers a suite of APIs that allows developers to create innovative financial products. Its offerings include tools for accessing transaction histories, authenticating bank accounts, verifying user identities, confirming real-time account balances, and assessing borrowers' assets and income. Plaid's solutions cater to a wide range of financial activities, including personal finances, consumer payments, lending, and business transactions. The platform serves a diverse clientele, including Fortune 50 companies, and aims to democratize financial services by providing the necessary infrastructure for both small startups and large financial institutions to enhance their service offerings.

Cedar

Series D in 2021
Cedar is a patient payment and engagement platform for hospitals, health systems, and medical groups that elevate the end-to-end patient experience. The platform leverages advanced data science to customize and simplify the payment experience, resulting in a modern, consumer-friendly way for patients to plan for and pay their bills. It was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Honor

Series D in 2020
Honor Technology, Inc. operates an online platform that connects in-home caregivers with seniors and their families across several states, including California, Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, Ohio, and Michigan. Founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, the company provides non-medical home care services aimed at helping older adults live safely and comfortably in their own homes. Honor leverages proprietary technology to screen and match caregivers with seniors based on their specific needs. The platform offers features such as the Honor Frame, which informs seniors about their caregivers and arrival times. Additionally, families can monitor caregiver activities and visit durations. By partnering with local agencies through the Honor Care Network, the company enhances caregiver recruiting, training, and scheduling, supporting a reliable and transparent care experience for older adults.

Airtable

Series D in 2020
Airtable is a cloud-based software company founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. It combines features of traditional spreadsheets with the functionality of a database, making it accessible to a wider audience beyond technical users. This platform enables users to create and customize their own workflows, facilitating tasks such as managing editorial calendars and planning events. By providing intuitive tools, Airtable empowers non-coders to build complex workflows and applications, enhancing productivity and collaboration across various projects.

Gong

Series D in 2020
Gong.io, Inc. develops and markets a sales conversation intelligence platform designed to enhance the performance of remote sales teams. The platform captures, analyzes, and delivers insights from customer interactions, providing valuable deal and people intelligence. Its Revenue Intelligence solution supports various applications, including sales improvement, training, onboarding, strategy, engagement, enablement, and conversation analysis. The cloud-based platform employs artificial intelligence to automatically record and transcribe sales conversations, integrating results from audio sources and web-conferencing tools with customer relationship management systems. This functionality enables organizations to save time, improve win rates, enhance strategic decision-making, and ultimately drive revenue growth. Founded in 2015, Gong.io is headquartered in San Francisco, California, with an additional office in Ramat Gan, Israel.

Lattice

Series D in 2020
Lattice is a people management platform that helps organizations enhance employee engagement and performance. It combines continuous performance management with employee feedback, providing real-time analytics that generate actionable insights. This enables HR and People teams to support managers in developing their leadership skills and fosters a culture of high performance among employees. The platform streamlines the performance management process, allowing companies to efficiently conduct performance reviews and track employee goals throughout the year. Targeting primarily medium-sized organizations, Lattice aims to transform workplaces into environments where employees can thrive and succeed.

Benchling

Series D in 2020
Benchling, Inc. is a developer of a cloud-based informatics platform tailored for life sciences research and development. The platform encompasses a range of integrated applications that enable scientists to design, share, and document experiments efficiently. Key offerings include an electronic lab notebook for experiment documentation, a biological registration system for managing inventory like plasmids and antibodies, and analytical tools for visualizing and collaborating on structured data. Benchling's software supports cutting-edge research techniques such as CRISPR and CAR-T immunotherapy, facilitating advancements in biotherapeutics, biofuels, and biomaterials. The company's solutions are utilized by researchers in biotech and pharmaceutical companies, as well as academic and government labs, streamlining workflows and enhancing collaboration across various research projects. Founded in 2012, Benchling is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Pitzi

Series D in 2019
Pitzi is a prominent insurtech company based in São Paulo, Brazil, specializing in direct-to-consumer smartphone warranty services. The company transforms the insurance experience for Brazilian consumers by leveraging advanced customer experience design and an innovative supply chain. Pitzi partners with leading insurance firms to offer comprehensive smartphone insurance programs, currently protecting over one million users across the country. Its platform allows customers to easily access support for smartphone damages, ensuring efficient and effective assistance in unavoidable circumstances. Backed by notable venture capital firms, Pitzi is at the forefront of reshaping how individuals interact with insurance products in Brazil.

Patreon

Series D in 2019
Patreon Inc. operates a membership platform designed to help content creators and artists fund their work. Founded in 2013 and based in San Francisco, California, Patreon.com facilitates connections between users and provides access to various types of content, including videos, photographs, artwork, audio clips, and more. The platform allows patrons to pledge support to their favorite creators on a recurring basis, thereby empowering a new generation of artists to earn a living from their passions. By enabling direct financial support from fans, Patreon fosters a sustainable ecosystem for creative individuals to thrive.

Lemonade

Series D in 2019
Lemonade, Inc. is an insurance company based in New York, offering a range of insurance products in the United States and Europe. Founded in 2015, the company provides homeowners and renters insurance, as well as landlord insurance policies for individuals renting out their properties. Lemonade utilizes artificial intelligence and behavioral economics to streamline the insurance process, replacing traditional brokers and reducing paperwork to create a seamless customer experience. The company employs bots and machine learning to deliver instant insurance solutions, allowing for efficient claims processing and rate setting. Additionally, Lemonade acts as an agent for other insurance providers, expanding its offerings in the market.

Segment

Series D in 2019
Segment.io, Inc. is a company that specializes in customer data infrastructure, enabling businesses to collect, unify, and connect their customer data across various platforms. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Segment offers a single API that allows organizations to track customer information across multiple devices and channels. This data can be seamlessly sent to a variety of third-party tools, internal systems, or SQL databases. Additionally, Segment provides a product known as Data Lakes, which assists companies in leveraging their customer data to enhance user experiences. The company also maintains an office in Dublin, Ireland, and operates as a subsidiary of Twilio Inc. as of November 2020.

Glossier

Series D in 2019
Glossier, Inc. is a direct-to-consumer beauty company based in New York, founded in 2010. It specializes in manufacturing and selling a variety of beauty products, including skincare, makeup, body care, and fragrances. Glossier engages with its customers through a content-driven approach, featuring a blog that provides beauty advice, interviews with models and makeup artists, and insights into product usage. The company operates primarily through its website, allowing customers in the United States, Canada, Sweden, and the United Kingdom to shop directly. Additionally, Glossier has a showroom in New York City. Its product offerings are designed to meet the needs of everyday women, emphasizing accessibility and real-life beauty solutions.

Raisin

Series D in 2019
Raisin is a Berlin-based online financial marketplace established in 2012 that connects retail customers with banks throughout Europe, facilitating access to competitive deposit rates. The platform offers a variety of savings and investment products, including overnight flexible savings and long-term deposits, allowing users to choose from exclusive offerings by various financial institutions. By streamlining the investment process, Raisin enables individuals and businesses to manage their investments efficiently through a single interface. The primary objective of Raisin is to help savers find the best interest rates while expanding the deposit reach for partner banks.

Zola

Series D in 2018
Zola, Inc. is a wedding company that provides a comprehensive platform for wedding planning and registry services. Founded in 2013 and based in New York, the company offers a suite of tools under the Zola Weddings brand, including customizable wedding websites, a versatile registry featuring gifts and experiences, a personalized checklist for managing tasks and deadlines, and a guest list management tool that aids in collecting addresses, tracking RSVPs, and facilitating communication with guests. Zola aims to simplify the wedding planning process by combining modern technology with attentive customer service, helping couples navigate from engagement to their wedding day and into their new lives together.

Zola

Series D in 2018
Zola, Inc. is a wedding company that provides a comprehensive platform for wedding planning and registry services. Founded in 2013 and based in New York, the company offers a suite of tools under the Zola Weddings brand, including customizable wedding websites, a versatile registry featuring gifts and experiences, a personalized checklist for managing tasks and deadlines, and a guest list management tool that aids in collecting addresses, tracking RSVPs, and facilitating communication with guests. Zola aims to simplify the wedding planning process by combining modern technology with attentive customer service, helping couples navigate from engagement to their wedding day and into their new lives together.

Justworks

Series D in 2018
Justworks, Inc. is a New York-based company that provides an online platform designed to simplify payroll, benefits, human resources, and compliance for businesses of all sizes. Founded in 2012, Justworks offers a comprehensive solution that enables employers to manage employment-related responsibilities efficiently. The platform allows businesses to administer payroll, access affordable health insurance, and streamline benefits enrollment. Additionally, it assists in managing employee information, compliance with employment regulations, and organizing important documents. With a focus on customer service, Justworks empowers teams to focus on their core operations by alleviating the complexities of back-office functions.

Monzo

Series D in 2017
Monzo Bank Limited is a digital-only bank based in London, United Kingdom, offering a range of financial services including current accounts, savings accounts, overdrafts, and loans for both individuals and businesses. Established in 2015 and rebranded from FOCUS FS LIMITED in 2016, Monzo focuses on providing an efficient online banking experience through its mobile application, catering to tech-savvy customers who prefer managing their finances without traditional bank branches. The platform allows users to spend, save, and manage their money seamlessly, with real-time balance updates, intelligent notifications, and comprehensive tracking of transactions. Monzo aims to serve as a central hub for users' financial activities, enhancing their overall banking experience.

Artsy

Series D in 2017
Artsy is the largest online art marketplace, offering access to over one million artworks from both iconic and emerging artists, sourced from more than 4,000 galleries, leading auction houses, and prestigious art fairs. The platform aims to expand the art market by supporting artists and promoting art globally. By collaborating with prominent museums and galleries, Artsy enables users to discover, learn about, and collect art. Additionally, the company manages online art publications, further enhancing its role as a comprehensive resource for art enthusiasts and collectors.

Instacart

Series D in 2017
Instacart is a grocery delivery service that enables customers to receive groceries and home essentials at their doorstep, often within an hour. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, Instacart offers a wide selection of over 500,000 items from various local grocery stores, including well-known retailers such as Safeway, Whole Foods, and Costco. Customers can conveniently combine products from multiple stores into a single order, making the shopping experience more efficient. The company connects customers with individual shoppers who fulfill their orders, allowing for a personalized service. Instacart has garnered significant funding from various prominent investment firms, supporting its growth and expansion in the competitive grocery delivery market.

Practo

Series D in 2017
Practo Technologies Private Limited operates a comprehensive healthcare platform that connects patients with healthcare providers globally. Established in 2008 and headquartered in Bengaluru, India, Practo offers a range of services to meet diverse healthcare needs, including finding doctors, booking appointments, accessing online consultations, scheduling diagnostic tests, and ordering medicines. The platform also features Practo Ray, a subscription-based practice management software for healthcare professionals, and Practo Reach, a service that enhances visibility for hospitals and clinics. With additional offices in major Indian cities and locations in Southeast Asia and Brazil, Practo aims to facilitate better healthcare management by allowing users to store health records, consult doctors online, and engage with healthcare services more effectively.

Compass

Series D in 2016
Compass is a real estate brokerage company based in New York City, founded in 2012 by Ori Allon, Robert Reffkin, and Ugo Di Girolamo. The company offers a comprehensive platform for residential real estate agents, equipping them with a suite of cloud-based software tailored for customer relationship management, marketing, and client service. This integrated approach enhances the ability of agents to provide exceptional service to buyers and sellers. In addition to its brokerage services, Compass has developed a mobile app for iOS and Android that facilitates buying, selling, and renting homes across the United States. The company operates primarily within the domestic market.
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