Venture-Backed Startups

Avvio Medical is a clinical-stage medical device company developing Microbubble SonoLithotripsy, an outpatient procedure that uses low-intensity ultrasound to actuate patented microbubbles that break up ureteral (kidney) stones without routine stents or general anesthesia. Its technology, marketed as the Avvio Enhanced Lithotripsy System, targets urinary stone disease treatment for urology patients and providers.

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Awabah is a financial platform for Africa's informal sector and gig economy, bundling pensions, health insurance, accident cover, and life assurance into welfare packages (Valubah) and enabling retirement savings remittances (Penpay). It serves informal-sector workers, SMEs, startups, large corporates, and associations, and offers APIs for partners to embed its products.

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Awabah is a financial platform for Nigeria's informal sector and gig economy, offering micro-pensions, health insurance, accident cover and life assurance through products like Valubah and Penpay. It serves informal workers, SMEs, startups, corporates and gig workers, and provides APIs for partners to embed its benefits products.

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AWAKE makes premium caffeinated chocolate bites that are individually wrapped for on-the-go consumption. The company sells directly to consumers, offering subscription auto-delivery and a program giving free products to overnight workers such as healthcare staff, night-shift servers, and truckers.

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Awake Labs provides a digital platform combining smartwatch, mobile, and web dashboard technologies to measure stress in real-time for adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities. The company aims to improve quality of life and mental health support for this underserved population.

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AWAKE Mobility uses IoT and machine learning to provide predictive maintenance and remote vehicle analytics that improve fleet availability and uptime for mobility providers operating buses, trucks, and special vehicles such as garbage collection cars. The company serves public transport and commercial vehicle operators, initially in the DACH region.

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Crypto tax software for everyone

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Awanio builds sovereign cloud infrastructure software, including KVM-based virtualization (Vapor), cluster orchestration (Cockpit), multi-tenant white-label IaaS portals, and workload migration tools for moving off VMware, Nutanix, Sangfor, and Hyper-V. It targets enterprise operations teams and cloud providers seeking data sovereignty and an alternative to per-core VMware licensing.

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Awanui Labs operates a national network of medical laboratories and blood test collection centres across New Zealand, providing pathology and diagnostic testing services. It unifies eight regional laboratory brands from Northland to Southland under a single national name.

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Awardco provides incentive and rewards management software for sales teams, helping organizations automate performance-based programs and customize compensation structures.

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Awardco is an employee recognition and rewards platform that supports engagement, performance, and workplace culture programs. It integrates with tools like Workday, Amazon Business, Slack, and Microsoft Teams to enable peer recognition and reward fulfillment.

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Signal provides IT, security, legal and compliance teams with visibility and control over collaboration data from workplace communication platforms like Slack, Microsoft Teams, and Zoom. The platform uses automated detection rules to identify non-compliance and prevent sensitive data loss.

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Real-time asset tracking and workflow monitoring in healthcare

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Awari offers cohort-based online courses in Brazil targeting tech professionals, taught by practitioners from major companies, as an alternative to traditional master's degree programs.

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