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Bazze

San Francisco, US · Founded 2019 · Delaware corporation · 3 known investors

bazze.io ↗

Bazze is an intelligence targeting and early warning platform that lets defense and intelligence agencies analyze commercial data about a person, place, or thing on a consumption basis. It acquires datasets from various sources, including vendors collecting data from mobile apps, and offers pay-per-use pricing to reduce data acquisition and cloud storage costs.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDefense Tech

Founders & leadership

Bazze was founded in 2019 by Samuel Bazze Semwangu.

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Samuel Bazze SemwanguFounder

Board

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Nick Adamsin𝕏Board directorManaging Partner at Differential Ventures

Investors · 3

Differential VenturesNew York · $250K – $3M
Newfund CapitalSilicon Valley · $250K – $2M
RiverPark VenturesreportedNew York · $500K – $1M

Competitors · 2

by search overlap
SoundCloud11 shared keywordsAudio distribution and music-sharing platform for artists and creators.
Deezer5 shared keywordsDeezer is a music streaming platform offering access to over 120 million tracks, podcasts, and curated recommendations across 180+ countries. The service operates on a freemium model with offline download capabilities and includes an AI music detector tool.

Companies competing with Bazze for the same Google search keywords, organic and paid, via search-intersection analysis.

Reported raises · per SEC filings

Form D private placements

$3.3M disclosed across 1 round · 2023

▶$3.3MraisedAug 2024 · 23 investors · Other Technology
Rule 506(b)
Officers, directors & promoters on the filing
  • Nick AdamsDirector
  • Samuel Bazze SemwanguExecutive Officer, Director, Promoter
Offering amount
$3.3M
Amount sold
$3.3M
First sale
Nov 2023
Incorporated
Corporation, Delaware, 2019
Federal exemptions
06b
Full filing on SEC EDGAR ↗

Source: SEC EDGAR Form D. Amounts as filed; amended filings shown once at their latest values.

Non-dilutive funding · 2 SBIR/STTR awards

Federal grants — no equity taken
AgencyPhaseYearAmount
U.S. Air ForceAir ForcePhase II2020$749.9K
U.S. Air ForceAir ForcePhase I2019$158K

Source: SBIR.gov award data (U.S. Small Business Administration). SBIR/STTR awards are competitive federal R&D grants and contracts — non-dilutive capital alongside any venture rounds above.

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