Venture-Backed Startups

Chara develops synchronous reluctance motor systems and intelligent controllers that avoid rare-earth magnets, using sustainable materials to reduce energy costs and CO2 footprint. Its motors and drive control firmware target applications from electric vehicles to industrial motors.

1 investor

Character sells "do-it-with-me" home improvement kits for projects such as faucet and showerhead installation, bundling supplies with how-to videos and text-based access to a support team. It offers a virtual Expert Support team that helps customers research, prepare, and answer questions during projects seven days a week.

6 investors

Character Bio is a precision medicine company that integrates genomics, longitudinal clinical data, imaging, and AI-based biomarker analysis to identify genetic drivers of progressive polygenic eye diseases such as age-related macular degeneration and glaucoma. It uses this data platform to discover and develop targeted therapies in ophthalmology for patients with these conditions.

6 investors

0 investors

Consumer generative-AI platform where users create and chat with customizable AI characters via web and mobile apps.

6 investors

CharacterQuilt provides AI-powered campaign management that automates audience data collection, creative asset generation, and deployment across existing marketing tools like HubSpot, Marketo, and LinkedIn Ads. The platform serves marketing teams that need to increase campaign throughput without adding headcount or learning new platforms.

3 investors

0 investors

The site lists fashion and luxury items — including clothing, handbags, sunglasses, and jewelry — with original and discounted prices, suggesting an online resale or discount fashion marketplace. Listings are in Korean, indicating a Korean-market focus.

1 investor

Charco Neurotech develops the CUE1, a non-invasive device that uses vibratory stimulation to ease movement symptoms and improve quality of life for people with Parkinson's disease. The company builds its technology together with and for Parkinson's patients based on ongoing scientific research.

4 investors

A charcuterie producer that unites the Creminelli, Daniele, Del Duca, and La Quercia brands under a shared standard of artisanal quality and food safety. It supplies cured meats and charcuterie products to retail, foodservice, and at-home customers.

1 investor

0 investors

ChargeEuropa builds EV charging stations that double as digital out-of-home (DOOH) advertising platforms, such as its Yedge 60 DC charger with a 75" LED panel and programmatic ad targeting. It serves drivers, cities, and brands, with all stations powered by clean energy suppliers.

3 investors

Charge Robotics automates labor-intensive tasks in solar construction to address deployment bottlenecks as demand for solar energy grows. The company focuses on enabling scalable solar installation through robotics technology.

3 investors

Charge Running operates a mobile platform offering live, coached running classes and races where participants from around the world can join simultaneously and view each other's real-time performance metrics. The platform targets runners of all levels and combines group fitness with social features and competitive events.

1 investor

CHARGE+ is an integrated EV charging solution provider that supplies, installs and maintains charging points for real estate developers, commercial building managers, and residential property owners. It operates across Singapore and Southeast Asia, with a goal of deploying 30,000 charging points by 2030.

1 investor

ChargeAfter operates an embedded consumer financing platform that connects mid-market and enterprise merchants to a network of lenders, offering point-of-sale financing across in-store, in-home, online, and telesales channels. It also provides a white-label financing platform for financial institutions to create and distribute consumer finance products.

1 investor

Chargeback used AI agents and computer-use automation to cancel consumers' unwanted subscriptions on their behalf.

2 investors

Chargebee provides unified revenue infrastructure connecting billing, pricing, usage metering, invoicing, and compliance for businesses with modern, usage-based, and hybrid business models at enterprise scale. The platform serves 6,500+ businesses across 227 countries and territories.

7 investors

Chargeblast provides chargeback prevention and dispute management tools for merchants, including real-time chargeback alerts, deflection, recovery, refund handling, and representment. It integrates with payment providers such as PayPal and Stripe to help businesses reduce and respond to payment disputes.

1 investor

0 investors

ChargedUp operates a portable powerbank rental network for venues and events such as pubs, shopping centres, and festivals, letting customers tap a card or phone to unlock a charged powerbank and return it at any station. It provides venues with plug-and-play, remotely monitored charging hardware to increase dwell time and generate revenue, with a network spanning 5 countries and 3,000 venues, primarily in the UK.

1 investor

Chargeflow provides AI-driven chargeback and dispute resolution automation for eCommerce merchants, SaaS companies, and airlines. The platform automates merchant processes to recover lost revenue from credit card disputes and chargebacks.

2 investors

chargeFUZE operates a network of rentable mobile power bank charging stations that let people rent a battery via an app, charge on the go, and return it to any station. It serves events, stadiums, arenas, hospitals, campuses, and businesses, and offers a distributor model to expand its network.

2 investors

Chargehound provides automated chargeback management software for merchants to handle payment disputes and friendly fraud. The platform helps businesses across e-commerce, marketplaces, and retail recover disputed transactions.

1 investor