Venture-Backed Startups

9Zero is a membership community and network of physical climate innovation hubs for founders, investors, scientists, and operators working on climate solutions. It organizes sub-sector "clusters," hosts frequent member events, and offers workspace and office memberships, with locations in San Francisco and Seattle and New York planned.

1 investor

A* is a venture capital firm; its team page lists partners, general partners, and operating staff. The page does not describe a product company.

2 investors

A UK charitable trust that funds partner organisations and initiatives rather than supporting individuals directly, focusing on equitable justice systems, harm prevention, rehabilitation, and a fair immigration system for migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers. It operates three grant-making programmes.

1 investor

A Bathing Ape (BAPE) is a Japanese streetwear brand selling apparel and accessories, including t-shirts, hoodies, jackets, caps, bags, and lifestyle goods under labels such as A Bathing Ape and Baby Milo. Its online store offers men's, women's, and kids' collections featuring signature camo and ape head designs.

1 investor

Glowbar offers customized 30-minute expert facials through membership and non-member appointments at its studios, along with a line of skincare products for at-home routines. It serves individual skincare consumers through in-studio treatments and direct-to-consumer product sales.

1 investor

This is a personal blog by Adam Nash featuring analysis and commentary, including a post comparing Palo Alto (Silicon Valley) home prices to technology stock and Bitcoin prices over time.

1 investor

Style shopping app offering fashion, beauty, and lifestyle products based on personal preferences

2 investors

ABOSS is a productivity platform that unifies booking agencies, artists, and crews in the live music industry through agency management software, artist dashboards, mobile tour tools, and an open API, replacing fragmented spreadsheets and email workflows with centralized deal and calendar management.

2 investors

A Cabin Company operates a small forest lodging with wooden cabins in Chiba, Japan, accessible by train from Tokyo without a car. The cabins are made with domestic wood and come fully equipped for overnight nature stays (meals are not currently offered).

1 investor

A Cloud Guru is an online learning platform focused on cloud computing skills, offering certification courses, hands-on labs, practice exams, and live cloud sandboxes for AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, and Linux. It serves individual engineers and enterprise teams building cloud fluency, and was acquired by and integrated into Pluralsight in 2021.

4 investors

This is a long-form editorial exploration authored by 0xsmac and Compound Crypto that speculates on how the crypto industry might evolve year by year from 2023 through 2026. It is a thought piece / thesis publication about crypto's future rather than a company selling a product.

1 investor

Google's AI division showcases generative AI capabilities for creating and editing images, video, audio, 3D designs, games, and web apps from text or uploaded media prompts. The offerings target consumers and creators through Google's Gemini product.

1 investor

A Dozen Cousins makes ready-to-eat packaged foods—including seasoned beans, bone broth rice, and seasoning sauces—inspired by Creole, Caribbean, and Latin American recipes. The products are sold direct-to-consumer and emphasize real, nutrient-dense ingredients for home cooking.

3 investors

A mobile platform where users can ask questions on any topic and receive answers from verified professionals such as doctors, lawyers, and accountants. The service creates personalized feeds based on user interests and facilitates community discussion around expert knowledge.

1 investor

A Kids Co. produces children's books, kids' podcasts, and an app covering challenging and important topics for young audiences, along with a parenting podcast ("Raising Us") for grownups. Its content focuses on helping children and their caregivers engage with big questions across a range of subjects.

2 investors

A.L.A. S.p.A. is a publicly traded Italian company listed on Euronext Growth Milan. The page is an investor relations section containing financial disclosures, regulatory filings, and shareholder information rather than operational details about the company's business.

2 investors

A London-based digital agency with an international network providing creative and development services.

1 investor

Meras Annos (AMA) produces high-purity stable isotopes using cryogenic distillation technology with distillation columns over 300 meters tall, along with a heat recovery system for energy efficiency. A spin-off of the publicly funded Aria Project, it is building a production facility at the Seruci mine in southwest Sardinia, Italy, to serve the global stable isotope market.

1 investor

A-metal develops and manufactures compact, affordable 3D metal printers designed to make additive manufacturing accessible to industrial companies without requiring large capital investments, specialized facilities, or expert personnel.

2 investors

A Minute for Mental Health provides research-informed, practical mental-health tools and training to improve mental-health literacy, coping skills, and willingness to seek help among people in high-pressure roles such as first responders, healthcare workers, educators, social workers, and caregivers. The service aims to help these professionals manage stress and prevent burnout.

1 investor

A Place for Mom is a senior care referral service that helps families find and compare senior living and care options, including assisted living, memory care, independent living, home care, nursing homes, and senior apartments. It also provides guides and resources such as VA benefits information for long-term care.

40 investors

0 investors

A Pup Above makes fresh, human-grade dog food that is sous-vide cooked using whole ingredients such as cage-free chicken, grass-fed beef, and bone broth, with recipes formulated by board-certified veterinary nutritionists to AAFCO standards. Sold direct-to-consumer via subscription and in roughly 2,900 US retail locations including Sprouts and Pet Supplies Plus, the products are aimed at dog owners seeking an alternative to kibble.

0 investors

Ⓐ is an offensive security and remediation platform that discovers and validates complete attack paths, simulates adversary kill-chains, and remediates exploitable vulnerabilities against AI-driven threats. It prioritizes critical attack paths, integrates with ITSM workflows, and documents fixes and retests automatically.

2 investors