Mews
Venture Round in 2025
Mews is a cloud-based hotel property management system designed to streamline hotel operations and enhance guest experiences. Founded by former hoteliers, Mews provides a next-generation hospitality platform suitable for hotels, hostels, and apartments. Its innovative features include smart automation for online check-ins, payment processing, booking management, and staff training, allowing property owners to improve both operational efficiency and guest satisfaction. Serving over 5,000 properties across more than 85 countries, Mews stands out for its extensive range of integrations with various hospitality technology providers, making it a comprehensive solution in the industry. In recognition of its capabilities, Mews was awarded Best Property Management System at the 2024 HotelTechAwards.
Tango is a digital software company focused on streamlining work process documentation. Its platform enables users to automatically create step-by-step guides by capturing their actions on computer screens. This functionality generates interactive guides complete with screenshots and automated descriptions, allowing teams to share knowledge and execute tasks with enhanced efficiency. By eliminating the need for traditional written instructions or training videos, Tango simplifies the onboarding and training processes, making it easier for organizations to disseminate information and improve productivity.
PortalOne
Series A in 2022
PortalOne AS is a pioneering startup in the videogames industry based in Oslo, Norway, founded in 2018. The company specializes in developing hybrid games that merge traditional gaming elements with interactive TV shows, creating an immersive entertainment experience. PortalOne's platform hosts daily 24-hour tournaments across various genres, including exclusive Atari titles like 'Pong', 'Breakout', and 'Centipede'. These games are integrated with TV shows broadcast within the games themselves, allowing players to compete against special guests who appear as characters in the game worlds. The company's flagship show format is the 'Arcade Show,' which features celebrities such as Justin Bieber and Atari founder Nolan Bushnell. PortalOne aims to be a global destination for hybrid games, currently operating in the US, Canada, and Norway, with plans to expand worldwide.
Moov Technologies, Inc. is a software company that specializes in creating a real-time interactive platform for buying and selling pre-owned manufacturing equipment, with a particular focus on the semiconductor sector. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Moov's platform provides an online marketplace that facilitates the matching of buyers and sellers of used manufacturing equipment. The platform automates key processes such as documentation, information sharing, contracts, payments, and logistics, thereby streamlining transactions. By offering these integrated services, Moov enables users to save time and reduce costs while minimizing equipment wastage in the manufacturing industry.
Contentful
Series F in 2021
Contentful GmbH, established in 2011, is a technology company headquartered in Berlin, Germany, with additional offices in San Francisco and Denver. It specializes in developing a cloud-based content management platform, Contentful, designed to streamline digital experiences for businesses. Contentful enables companies to create, manage, and distribute content across multiple channels, including web and mobile applications, at a faster pace and larger scale than traditional CMS solutions. It unifies content in a single hub, structures it for use in any digital channel, and integrates seamlessly with other tools through open APIs. Contentful serves a diverse range of clients, including 30% of the Fortune 500 and prominent brands like Chanel, Shopify, and BP.
Moveworks
Series C in 2021
Moveworks, Inc. is a technology company that develops a cloud-based AI platform aimed at enhancing employee productivity by automating IT support tasks. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, with an additional office in Culver City, Moveworks provides an AI assistant that enables employees to efficiently resolve various support issues, such as ordering hardware, raising software requests, and checking the status of open tickets. The platform utilizes natural language processing and a conversational interface to interpret complex requests, execute multi-step processes, and learn from past interactions. Major companies, including Databricks and Broadcom, leverage Moveworks to streamline workflows and improve the efficiency of information retrieval across their enterprise systems.
MessageBird B.V. is a cloud communications platform that provides software solutions for customer communication, including voice services, SMS, email, and two-factor authentication. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Amsterdam, the company operates additional offices in major cities such as San Francisco, London, and Singapore. MessageBird aims to simplify customer communication by offering a comprehensive suite of APIs that enable enterprises to connect reliably with their global customers. With its own telecommunications carrier infrastructure, MessageBird serves over 15,000 businesses, ensuring fast and dependable communication through SMS, voice, and chat services. The company has garnered significant attention and investment, including a notable $60 million Series A funding round in 2017, underscoring its position as a leading player in the European software industry.
DLocal
Venture Round in 2021
DLocal is a payment technology company based in Montevideo, Uruguay, founded in 2016. It operates a platform designed to facilitate online payments in emerging markets, focusing on bridging the gap between global enterprises and consumers in these regions. With over 900 payment methods available in more than 40 countries, DLocal allows merchants to accept local payment options and manage cross-border fund settlements efficiently. The company aims to enhance the online payment experience by simplifying complex processes, thereby enabling global merchants to reach billions of underserved consumers in high-growth markets across Africa, Asia, and Latin America. DLocal generates revenue through fees charged for its payment processing services related to both local and cross-border transactions, with a significant portion of its income coming from Brazil.
Toast, Inc. is a Boston-based restaurant technology company that specializes in developing an all-in-one point-of-sale and restaurant management platform tailored for the food service and hospitality industries. Founded in 2011, Toast offers a cloud-based system designed specifically for restaurants, enabling functionalities such as tableside ordering, real-time reporting, online ordering, and labor management. The platform serves a diverse clientele, including restaurants, cafés, bars, and bakeries, and supports over 120,000 locations across the United States. Toast generates revenue through software subscription fees, transaction processing commissions, and additional services such as hardware installation and professional support. By facilitating payment transactions on its platform, Toast processed approximately $126 billion in gross volume in 2023, demonstrating its significant role in the restaurant technology landscape.
Toast, Inc. is a Boston-based restaurant technology company that specializes in developing an all-in-one point-of-sale and restaurant management platform tailored for the food service and hospitality industries. Founded in 2011, Toast offers a cloud-based system designed specifically for restaurants, enabling functionalities such as tableside ordering, real-time reporting, online ordering, and labor management. The platform serves a diverse clientele, including restaurants, cafés, bars, and bakeries, and supports over 120,000 locations across the United States. Toast generates revenue through software subscription fees, transaction processing commissions, and additional services such as hardware installation and professional support. By facilitating payment transactions on its platform, Toast processed approximately $126 billion in gross volume in 2023, demonstrating its significant role in the restaurant technology landscape.
Toast, Inc. is a Boston-based restaurant technology company that specializes in developing an all-in-one point-of-sale and restaurant management platform tailored for the food service and hospitality industries. Founded in 2011, Toast offers a cloud-based system designed specifically for restaurants, enabling functionalities such as tableside ordering, real-time reporting, online ordering, and labor management. The platform serves a diverse clientele, including restaurants, cafés, bars, and bakeries, and supports over 120,000 locations across the United States. Toast generates revenue through software subscription fees, transaction processing commissions, and additional services such as hardware installation and professional support. By facilitating payment transactions on its platform, Toast processed approximately $126 billion in gross volume in 2023, demonstrating its significant role in the restaurant technology landscape.
BlackBuck
Series B in 2015
BlackBuck is a leading logistics company based in India, founded in 2015, that leverages technology to transform the trucking industry. By moving offline trucking operations online, BlackBuck connects shippers with truckers, providing a seamless platform for booking loads and facilitating payments, insurance, and financial services. The company's comprehensive solutions enhance reliability and efficiency in transportation, benefiting both truckers and shippers. BlackBuck's platform features tools for price discovery, route optimization, in-transit tracking, and timely delivery assurance, which collectively help clients improve business productivity. With a workforce of around 2,000 employees, BlackBuck has established itself as the largest trucking network in India and has garnered recognition for its innovative approach, earning awards such as CNBC-TV18's Young Turks Startup of the Year and Zee Business's Company of the Year in Logistics in 2018. The company is also featured in a case study by Harvard Business School, underscoring its impact on the logistics landscape.
Tyro Payments
Venture Round in 2015
Tyro Payments is an Australian financial technology company that specializes in providing tailored payment solutions and business banking products for small to medium-sized enterprises, particularly in the hospitality, retail, and health sectors. The company focuses on delivering routing payment solutions and is expanding its services into trade, accommodation, and various service industries. Tyro's offerings include industry-specific solutions designed for easy integration with point-of-sale systems, broad acceptance of various payment types, and a range of ancillary features. While historically concentrating on in-store sales, Tyro is also enhancing its capabilities in e-commerce by developing online payment gateways to better support digital transactions.
Alibaba Group
Secondary Market in 2013
Alibaba Group is the largest online and mobile commerce company globally, primarily known for its extensive e-commerce platforms that connect buyers and sellers. It operates notable marketplaces in China, including Taobao, which focuses on consumer-to-consumer transactions, and Tmall, which caters to business-to-consumer interactions. The company's core business lies in its China commerce retail division, which is a significant source of cash flow. In addition to retail and wholesale transactions, Alibaba also generates revenue from various sectors, including international commerce, local consumer services, cloud computing, digital media and entertainment, and logistics through its Cainiao network. Alibaba's diverse portfolio positions it as a key player across multiple industries, including retail, logistics, and technology.