Venture-Backed Startups

Birch Biosciences develops enzyme-based plastic recycling technologies using green chemistry and machine learning to transform plastic waste into reusable material. The company targets the plastic resin market with solutions for industrial and commercial recycling applications.

2 investors

Birch Boys is a producer and seller of wild-harvested Chaga mushroom products, such as Chaga tea, sourced from birch trees. The company sells medicinal mushroom and herbal wellness products directly to consumers.

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Automates complex call center operations; acquired by Sagility Health.

2 investors

Birchbox curates and delivers personalized beauty products monthly to consumers, offering discovery of curated beauty and grooming items. The company operates a direct-to-consumer subscription model centered on personalized product selection and inclusivity.

6 investors

Birchgrove develops and rents purpose-built retirement apartments for people in later life, with all-inclusive monthly rent covering utilities, maintenance, 24-hour staffing, and communal amenities. Each neighbourhood offers on-site teams and access to wellbeing support and homecare partners, serving residents aged 65 and older across Surrey, Kent, and London.

1 investor

Birch Hill builds infrastructure for institutions to underwrite, structure, and manage tokenized credit exposure, applying traditional credit analysis to onchain lending and real-world assets (RWAs). It offers tokenization, vault curation, risk parameter configuration, and institutional-grade monitoring and reporting across onchain lending markets.

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Birchmount Network provides outsourced, end-to-end gift card program management for retailers, handling program setup and operations through integrations with technology and payment providers. It powers gift card programs for more than 2,100 retailers across North America.

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BirchStreet builds an AI-powered procure-to-pay and operations platform purpose-built for the hospitality industry, helping hotel and hospitality brands manage purchasing, supplier collaboration, and spend visibility. The platform targets global hospitality brands seeking to improve operational and financial performance and enforce compliance across properties.

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Bird provides messaging infrastructure for developers, offering SMS, email, voice, and real-time messaging APIs built and operated end-to-end. The platform serves developers and applications requiring reliable message delivery across multiple channels globally.

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Bird Buddy makes a smart bird feeder with a built-in camera (Nature Cam Pro) that captures 2K video and photos and uses AI to recognize bird species, paired with a mobile app that lets users view and share bird activity in their garden. The consumer hardware product is marketed to families and nature enthusiasts.

6 investors

BirdDog manufactures professional PTZ and fixed cameras, encoders, decoders, and control software for video capture, distribution, and management across broadcast, corporate, education, worship, and creator production environments.

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BIRD INITIATIVE supports large corporations in creating new businesses, offering end-to-end new-business development including carve-out exit strategies through its Carve out Studio, and building AI solutions such as real-time factory/warehouse simulators, drone and autonomous-vehicle mobility management, and causal-analysis AI for marketing and HR. It also helps enterprises and research institutions commercialize dormant patents and develop patent strategies.

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Bird operates a shared electric scooter and e-bike service designed to reduce car trips and emissions in urban environments across multiple continents.

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Birda is a birdwatching app that lets users log and identify birds using an AI-powered photo identification tool, an in-built species guide, and community help, alongside interactive maps of birding spots. It targets nature lovers and birders, offering goal tracking, challenges, and a social feed, and sends collected sightings data to the Global Biodiversity Information Facility for conservation research.

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BIRD Aerosystems develops defense technology to protect air, sea, and land fleets, offering aircraft missile protection systems and border surveillance ("border task force") solutions. It provides turnkey programs including design, certification, and installation through its own Maintenance and Repair Organization, serving governments and defense organizations such as the US government, UN Air Operations, and NATO forces.

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