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Africa's Talking offers communication and payments APIs — including Voice, SMS, and airtime — that let developers build mobile engagement and customer communication applications without integrating directly with mobile operators.

Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsFintechNairobi, KE

Co-investorsAHL Venture PartnersEndeavor CatalystHive Colab

CareInsights (formerly Agathos) is a mobile-first platform that delivers personalized peer-comparison insights on clinical metrics directly to physicians via text to drive improvements in care quality and reduce costs.

Digital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechBoulder, US

Andrew Trees(Executive Officer, Director)STEVE WAYE(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardMARK BAKKEN(Director)inELISE MILLER HOFFMAN(Director)in

Co-investorsNarrow Gauge VenturesNewfund CapitalCultivation CapitalHealthX VenturesI2BF Global Ventures

Avalo uses machine learning to accelerate crop breeding, developing improved plant varieties such as fast-maturing broccoli, adaptive sugarcane, heat-resilient tomatoes, and low-input cotton.

AgTechAI & Machine LearningClimate TechDurham, US

Mariano Alvarez(Founder)in

Co-investorsAt One VenturesBlue Bear Capital PartnersGermin8 VenturesGiant Ventures Global LlpGreycroft

Aja Labs develops skincare-infused synthetic hair fibers for protective styling, designed to nourish the scalp while reducing environmental waste.

Advanced ManufacturingHealthtechNew MaterialsNew York City, US

Co-investorsDebut CapitalTechstarsBetter VenturesImpact America FundOverlap Holdings

Beni is a search and discovery platform that aggregates 300 million secondhand deals across resale marketplaces, allowing consumers to find used items from their favorite brands at lower prices through web, mobile app, and browser extension.

Circular EconomyConsumerMarketplacesBrooklyn, US

Katharine Sanner(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsBuoyant Ventures Management, LlcXYZ Venture CapitalChingona Ventures

BookNook provides live, research-based reading and math tutoring for K–8 students through a synchronous learning platform, supporting small-group intervention.

EdTech

Co-investorsLumos Capital GroupMontage Capital

Clay is a concierge medicine practice offering health assessments, lifestyle guidance, and clinically managed medical care focused on longevity and optimal health.

Digital HealthLongevityWellness & FitnessNevada, US

Co-investorsGROOVE CAPITAL

The page presents Mostbet, an online platform offering sports betting alongside casino entertainment such as slots and live dealer games, aimed at users in Poland.

ConsumerGamingHealthtechChicago, US

Nate Pelzer(Founder)

Co-investorsSeae VenturesTechstarsAcumenAcumen AmericaAvesta FundBetter Ventures+1 more

Critical Loop builds software and hardware solutions for energy infrastructure, applying aerospace engineering rigor to grid-scale challenges in utilities and enterprise markets.

Climate TechEnergyEnterprise SoftwareLong Beach, US

Bala Ramamurthy(CEO and Co-Founder)Lydia Maher(CTO and Co-Founder)Andrew Grinalds(Executive Officer)

BoardJoseph Malchow(Director)

Co-investorsEvolution VC Partners

Chicago, US

Christine Izuakor(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsBee Partners

Co-investorsBlue Bear VenturesSafar PartnersKdT Ventures

Debut applies AI and biotechnology to discover and formulate cosmetic ingredients and beauty products, decoding skin and hair at the genomic level to create novel actives.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechConsumerSan Diego, US

Joshua Britton(Founder)

Co-investorsGS FuturesMaterial ImpactBreakout VenturesKdT VenturesSandbox IndustriesACVC Partners+8 more

Dimension Bio is a biotechnology company that designs and manufactures regenerative therapeutics using its BioNidum™ platform to restore tissue function lost to disease, trauma, or aging.

BiotechHealthtechNew MaterialsChicago, US

Caralynn Nowinski Collens, M.D.(Co-founder & CEO)Ramille Shah, Ph.D.(Co-founder & CSO)Ramille Shah(Director)Caralynn Collens(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardRima Chakrabarti(Director)in

Co-investorsLofty VenturesPathway BioventuresPortal InnovationsSolas BioVenturesKdT Ventures

Doowii offers an AI-based analytics platform that consolidates an education institution's existing data sources into one place so staff can ask questions and get answers without needing a dedicated data analytics team.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEdTechLos Angeles, US

Ben Dodson(CEO & Founder)inMatthew Young(Head of CX & Founder)inBenjamin D(Founder)Patricia Dodson(Chief of Staff)in

Co-investorsAvesta FundBrass Ring VenturesGSV Ventures

EDEN provides an instant online quoting tool for residential HVAC contractors, generating heating and cooling load calculations, equipment selection, and applicable rebate and tax credit amounts to help contractors close sales.

CleantechSaaSSales Tech

Ben Phillips(Founder/CEO)Meghan Bodenstab(Head of Product)Shy Aberman(Head of Engineering)Christine French(Head of Operations)

Co-investorsBreakwater VenturesClimactic

Eko develops FDA-cleared digital stethoscopes and AI-powered software that enables healthcare professionals to detect and diagnose cardiovascular disease with greater accuracy.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechMedical Devices

Connor Landgraf(Co-Founder and CEO)Tyler CrouchJason Bellet(Co-Founder and Chief Business Officer)in

Co-investorsQuesta CapitalHighland Capital PartnersArtis VenturesDigiTx Partners LLCEvolution VC PartnersLG Technology Ventures+8 more

Frate provides an AI-powered, exchange-first returns portal for Shopify brands, automating the returns process while offering fraud detection, smart routing, and recommerce options.

AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainRetail TechAustin, US

Jake GoodmanBailey Newton(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardYenn Lei(Director)Ryan Broshar(Director)

Co-investorsMatchstick Ventures2048 VenturesBetter VenturesWhitecap Venture Partners

Funga restores forest soil microbiomes by reintroducing native, growth-promoting fungal communities to degraded land, aiming to speed forest growth and increase carbon captured in wood biomass.

AgTechBiotechClimate TechAustin, US

Colin Averill(Founder & CEO)Dr. Colin Averill(Founder, CEO)Erika Randolph(Chief Operating Officer)Josh Parrish(Chief Growth Officer)

BoardMatthew Nordan(Director)in

Co-investorsAzolla VenturesBetter VenturesTrailhead CapitalCollaborative Fund

Prosper Medical offers concierge-style primary care combining a dedicated physician and care team with AI, providing continuous health monitoring, unified medical records, and preventive/longevity-focused medicine.

Digital HealthHealthtechLongevity

Co-investorsFUSE

Hicap provides a unified API platform that routes AI requests to 100+ language models across multiple providers, with built-in observability, cost optimization, and access controls.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsSan Francisco, US

Ben Green(Founder)Javier C(Founder)

Co-investorsBrainstorm Ventures

HILOS builds design software for footwear designers, including a machine learning-based system called INTERPLAY/OS that lets designers create and print footwear concepts in a CAD-free environment.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningSaaSPortland, US

Co-investorsLinus VenturesBetter VenturesBuilders VCXRC

K4Connect offers K4Community, an all-in-one platform for senior living communities that centralizes staff communications, content management, event scheduling, resident management, and analytics through a web-based Team Hub.

Digital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechIoTSaaSMorrisville, US

F. Scott Moody(Director)Mike Weller(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardManish Agarwal(Director)inSteven F. Lux(Director)inLouis Rajczi(Director)Cary Burch(Director)

Co-investorsSierra VenturesTopmark PartnersAtlantic Vantage PointAXA Venture PartnersForte VenturesIntel Capital

KETOS develops an automated water quality and monitoring platform combining hardware, connectivity, software, and services to test water safety and efficiency for cities and businesses.

AI & Machine LearningCleantechData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareIoTMilpitas, US

Meena Sankaran(Executive Officer, Director)Veery Maxwell(Director)

BoardHeidi Patel(Director)inOllen Douglass(Director)

Co-investorsRethink ImpactMotley Fool VenturesPlum Alley InvestmentsThe Perkins FundAccenture Ventures

Lassogen engineers lasso peptides — structurally unique 3D scaffolds — into therapeutics it calls Lassotides, designed to combine the strengths of antibodies and small molecules.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechSan Diego, US

Mark J Burk(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsFirst In VenturesPlayground Global

LeadGenius provides AI-powered contact intelligence and data sourcing for go-to-market teams to identify and engage target customers.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareMedia & EntertainmentSaaSSales TechSan Francisco, US

Anand Kulkarni(Founder/CEO)inPrayag Narula(Founder)inPhilipp Gutheim(Founder/COO)inDave Rolnitzky(Founder/CPO)inDavid RolnitzkyMark Godley

Co-investors500 GlobalBee PartnersFundersClubJavelin Venture PartnersKapor CapitalLumia Capital+6 more

LitLab is an early-literacy software platform providing curriculum-aligned decodable texts, a custom decodable generator, and oral reading fluency practice with AI-based fluency and accuracy analysis.

AI & Machine LearningEdTechSaaS

Co-investorsEdovate Capital

Matereal develops customizable material formulations built on modular chemistry blocks, allowing customers to tailor properties like elasticity, strength, and abrasion resistance for their specific products and manufacturing processes.

Deep TechNew Materials

Co-investorsAlante CapitalJuniper

Meati produces meat alternatives made from mycelium, the root structure of fungi, offering a plant-based protein source with complete amino acids and additional nutritional benefits.

ConsumerFoodTech

Tyler Huggins(Founder)

Co-investorsBluestein VenturesFifty YearsJoyance PartnersSocial StartsThe March GroupToba Capital+4 more

Metabolic Psychiatry Labs offers mental health treatment that addresses root causes in the brain and body, targeting conditions like depression, anxiety, and bipolar disorder through metabolic interventions including nutrition, insulin resistance management, and inflammation reduction.

Digital HealthHealthtechMental Health

Mimio makes a daily supplement built from fasting metabolites that aims to recreate the cellular health and longevity benefits of prolonged fasting without requiring users to fast.

BiotechConsumerLongevityWellness & FitnessSan Francisco, US

Christopher Rhodes(Executive Officer, Director)Caitlin Beatty(COO, Co-Founder)Dr. Chris Rhodes(CEO, Co-Founder)Dr. Angela Zivkovic(Co-Founder)

BoardWes Selke(Director)in

Mission Barns produces cultivated meat products, primarily pork-based items like meatballs, bacon, and sausages, combining lab-grown pork fat with plant protein for consumers seeking sustainable alternatives to conventional meat.

Climate TechFoodTechBerkeley, US

Ilan Eitan Fischer(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardDavid Bowman(Director)

Co-investorsAir Street CapitalBabel VenturesBloom8Blue Ledge CapitalJoyance PartnersLever VC+6 more

NBD Nano develops advanced coatings, additives, and adhesives using nanotechnology to enhance product surfaces across various industries.

Advanced ManufacturingCleantechDeep TechNew MaterialsBoston, US

Deckard Sorensen(CEO & Co-Founder)Miguel Galvez(President & Co-founder)

BoardJOHN CHEN, PH.D.(Director)NOBI KAMBE, PH.D.(Director)DAVID ANDERSON, PH.D(Director)

Co-investorsBantam GroupTechstarsBoston Seed CapitalPhoenix Venture Partners

Neru Health provides an AI-powered operations platform for durable medical equipment (DME) suppliers to automate patient onboarding, compliance management, therapy adherence monitoring, and equipment resupply workflows.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHealthtech

Co-investorsEntrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA)

NuCicer develops improved crop varieties through selective breeding, starting with high-protein chickpeas designed for better nutrition.

AgTechAI & Machine LearningFoodTechDavis, US

Kathryn Cook(Executive Officer, Director)inDouglas Cook(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardPaimun Amini(Director)inJerry Steiner(Director)inCarsten Boers(Director)in

Co-investorsBlue Horizon CorporationIllumina VenturesLever VCRhapsody Venture PartnersStray Dog Capital

Oasys provides practice management and AI-powered documentation software for mental health practitioners and clinics.

Digital HealthMental HealthSaaSSan Francisco, US

Co-investorsPathlight VenturesTwine Ventures1984 Ventures Management, LlcBetter Ventures

One.bio develops food products designed to provide beneficial molecular signals to support health and address chronic inflammatory disease.

BiotechFoodTechHealthtechWellness & Fitness

Matt Amicucci(Co-Founder & Chief Science Officer)Matt Barnard(Co-Founder & CEO)

Co-investorsAcre Venture PartnersAlpha EdisonCollaborative FundDoon CapitalE12 Venture Capital, LlciSelect Fund+4 more

Pariti is a hiring platform that uses recruiter-trained AI and a referral network of professionals to source, screen, and vet candidates for employers, helping them fill critical roles within about four weeks.

AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkHR TechAlexandria, US

Yacob Berhane(Executive Officer, Director)inWossen Ayele(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investors500 Global

Pluton is developing a sun-powered, soil-surface biological nutrient system that uses photosynthetic microbial consortia to fix atmospheric nitrogen, improve phosphorus availability, and add carbon to soil for crop growers.

AgTechBiotechClimate TechSt. Louis, US

Barry Goldman(Co-founder)Elizabeth Gallegos(Chief Executive Officer)Jerry Steiner(Executive Chair)Charlie Walch(Executive Officer, Director)Glendon Schuster(Director)

Co-investorsFirst In VenturesIllumina VenturesRadicle GrowthBetter VenturesFall Line CapitalGrantham Foundation+4 more

Pow.Bio develops a high-efficiency continuous fermentation platform for biomanufacturing that enables production of biotech products at lower cost and faster timelines.

BiotechDeep Tech

Shannon Hall(CEO)inOuwei Wang(CTO)

Co-investorsHitachi VenturesiSelect FundJuniperVectors AngelBee PartnersBetter Ventures+4 more

Refiberd uses hyperspectral imaging combined with AI software to detect the fiber composition and contaminants in textiles, offering a fast, non-destructive material detection method.

AI & Machine LearningCircular EconomyNew MaterialsCupertino, US

Sarika Bajaj(Co-Founder & CEO)Tushita Gupta(Co-Founder & CTO)

BoardSara Brand(Director)in

Co-investorsSun Road SyndicateTrue Wealth Ventures

Co-investorsClimacticSeraphim Space

Rock Rabbit provides an AI-powered platform that simplifies the application, verification, and payment of energy efficiency incentives for contractors, installers, and equipment manufacturers.

AI & Machine LearningCleantechClimate TechConstruction TechEnergyPropTechSaaSPalo Alto, US

Aimee Gotway Bailey(Executive Officer)

BoardAnthony Oni(Director)inRiyad Muradov(Director)

Co-investorsEnergy Impact PartnersTechstarsBetter VenturesPowerhouse

RxDiet provides AI-powered personalized nutrition programs with fresh ingredient delivery to help health plans and at-risk populations manage chronic diseases like diabetes and heart disease.

Digital HealthFoodTechHealthtech

Jan Škvařil(Founder)in

Co-investorsGiant Ventures Global LlpInformed Ventures Advisors, Llc

Sail Internet is a fiber-based internet service provider serving the San Francisco Bay Area and Silicon Valley since 2015.

Fremont, US

Kevin Fisher(Chief Product Officer)George GinisDana Wayne Tom(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardAshmeet Sidana(Director)inClint Korver(Director)in

Co-investorsBrainstorm VenturesLong Venture PartnersUlu VenturesV1 VCEngineering Capital

Skillfully provides verified skills data for workforce decisions through performance-based work simulations rather than proxy measures.

Enterprise SoftwareHR Tech

Co-investorsHelium-3 Ventures

SpecifX provides data enrichment for HVAC assets, turning basic nameplate data into structured, asset-level metadata such as specifications, features, and performance levels for commercial and industrial equipment.

CleantechData & InfrastructureSaaS

Ryan Martineau(Founder, Chief Executive Officer)Pete Shimkus(Founder, Chief Product Officer)Ben Patch(Founder, Chief Data Officer)Jason Riley(Chief Technology Officer)

Co-investorsBlackhorn VenturesSystemiq CapitalPowerhouse VenturesSaas Ventures, L.L.C.SYSTEMIQ

Synop provides an all-in-one software platform for managing commercial electric vehicle fleets, charging stations, and distributed energy resources such as battery storage.

EnergyMobility & TransportationSaaSCarmel, US

Andrew Blejde(Executive Officer, Director)inGagan DhilloninGagandeep Dhillon(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsCongruent VenturesObvious VenturesWireframe Ventures

Co-investorsImpact America FundK Street Capital

UNLESS Collective makes apparel and footwear from plant-based materials with no plastic, designed to be compostable or recyclable at end of life.

Circular EconomyConsumerDirect to Consumer

Co-investorsAurumigniteXL Venture

Unnatural Products is a drug discovery platform company that develops synthetic macrocycles to target previously undruggable disease targets.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechMedical DevicesSanta Cruz, US

Cameron Pye(Co-Founder & CEO)inJoshua Schwochert(Co-Founder & CSO)

BoardVasudev Bailey(Director)in

Co-investorsAbstract VenturesArtis VenturesAsset Management CompanyBlue Bear VenturesDroia VenturesFirst Spark Ventures, Llc+6 more

UtilityAPI provides data infrastructure for the utility industry, connecting utilities, consumers, and solution providers to share energy account data through a compliant, utility-controlled platform.

CleantechData & InfrastructureEnergyOakland, US

Elena Lucas(Cofounder)Daniel Roesler(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Devin Hampton(Executive Officer, Director)inLynne Wander(Executive Officer)Arthur Vos(Director)

BoardNneka Kibuule(Director)

Co-investorsAligned Climate Capital

VO Health is developing a blood test based on multi-omics molecular signatures to measure biomarkers related to human healthspan, performance, adaptation, and recovery.

BiotechHealthtechLongevity

Co-investors2048 Ventures

Zya develops naturally-derived enzymes that change how the body processes food after eating, aiming to improve nutrition without altering taste.

BiotechFoodTech

Joshua Sauer(Co-Founder & CEO)inNiels Wicke(Co-Founder & CSO)in

Co-investorsAstanor VenturesAhren Innovation CapitalBetter VenturesCavallo VenturesSiddhi CapitalUnruly Capital