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Artillery is a performance testing toolkit that provides load testing, Playwright-based end-to-end testing, and production monitoring capabilities for web applications and APIs.

Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSLimerick, IE

HVHassy Veldstra(Founder)inHasan Minatullaevich Veldstra(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatEDEliot Durbin· per SEC Form D · $2.1M raise · filed Aug 2021

Co-investorsY Y CombinatorESEssence Venture CapitalFIFirst Round CapitalGEGeneral CatalystLOLowercase Capital

BigID is a data security platform that discovers, classifies, and governs enterprise data across cloud, SaaS, and unstructured environments to enable privacy, security, and compliance.

CybersecurityData & InfrastructureEnergyEnterprise SoftwareMamaroneck, US

NVNimrod Vax(Co-Founder and CPO)inDSDimitri Sirota(CEO)in

BoardGBGil Beyda(Director)in

Board seatESEd Sim· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsBEBessemer Venture PartnersCICisco InvestmentsCLClearSkyCOComcast VenturesGAGaia VenturesGLGlynn Capital Management+10 more

Blockdaemon provides blockchain infrastructure services including staking, node deployment, APIs, and wallet management across 60+ protocols for financial institutions and developers.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureEnergyEnterprise SoftwareFintechLos Angeles, US

KRKonstantin Richter(CEO and Founder)in

BoardGBGil Beyda(Director)in

Board seatESEd Sim· per SEC Form D

Co-investors1010SQ Capital (TenSquared)AMAmplify.LAAUAurum Venture PartnersBABaroda VenturesBLBlockchain CoinvestorsBOBorderless Venture+21 more

FortressIQ built a computer-vision-based process discovery and task mining platform; acquired by Automation Anywhere in 2021-2022.

San Francisco, US

PANKAJ CHOWDHRY(Executive Officer, Director)

Board seatESEd Sim· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsCOComcast VenturesFIFirebolt Ventures Management Company, LlcABAbstract VenturesANAndreessen HorowitzAUAudaciousENEniac Ventures+12 more

Generalist develops embodied foundation models for robots, focusing on dexterity and enabling machines to intelligently interact with the physical world.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechRoboticsBay Area, Boston, US

AZAndy Zeng(Founder)inPFPete Florence(Founder)inAndrew Barry(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardFKFraser Kelton(Director)inRobert Toews(Director)

Board seatECEllen Chisa· per SEC Form D

Co-investors8V8VCINInspired CapitalLMLMNT VenturesNONorwest Venture PartnersRARadical VenturesSCScale Venture Partners+9 more

Hypernative provides machine learning-powered security monitoring and threat detection for blockchain and digital assets, protecting organizations operating across multiple blockchain networks.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Cybersecurity

GSGal Sagie(Co-Founder & CEO)inDCDan Caspi(Co-Founder & CTO)in

BoardDLDor Lee-Lo(Director)in

Board seatESEd Sim· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsBABallistic VenturesBLBloccelerate VCBOBorderless VentureIBIBI Tech FundTETen ElevenTITitan Capital Partners

Netpreme develops a Memory Processing Unit (MPU) and Networked Memory Tiering technology designed to extend XPU memory capacity for AI systems.

AI & Machine LearningHardwareSemiconductorsCambridge, US

ZZZhizhen Zhong(Co-Founder & CEO)inNLNikita Lazarev(Co-Founder & CTO)in

BoardYuqin Duan(Director)

Board seatESEd Sim· per SEC Form D · $13.4M raise · filed Jul 2025

Co-investorsRHRhapsody Venture PartnersTHThe E14 FundPRPropeller Inc.

Data & InfrastructureOakland, US

BDBrian Douglas(Executive Officer, Director)in

Board seatECEllen Chisa· per SEC Form D · $3.5M raise · filed May 2023

Co-investorsTETechstars

Protect AI develops security solutions for artificial intelligence systems.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSeattle, US

ISIan Swanson(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inBABadar Ahmed(Director)inDaryan Dehghanpisheh(Director)

BoardRSRichard Seewald(Director)inMKMark Kraynak(Director)in

Board seatESEd Sim· per SEC Form D

Co-investors0101 AdvisorsACAcrew CapitalAVAviso VenturesEVEvolution Equity PartnersSASamsung NextEVEvolution Technology+3 more

Agentuity builds infrastructure for managing and operating autonomous AI agents at scale.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareAustin, US

JHJeff HaynieinRBRick Blalockin

Co-investorsBLBloomberg BetaSOSouthern Equity

Amberdata provides institutional-grade data, analytics, and infrastructure solutions for digital assets and Web3, covering market data, portfolio and risk management, compliance, and tax management.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintechFremont, US

JEJoanes Espanol(Executive Officer, Promoter)inTGTongtong Gong(Executive Officer, Promoter)inSDShawn Douglass(CEO)in

BoardLLLars Leckie(Director)in

Co-investorsASAspenwoodCOCoinbase VenturesFEFenbushi CapitalHUHummer Winblad Venture Partners (HWVP)VUVU Venture PartnersCHChicago Trading Company+5 more

Integration testing made easier for developers; acquired by Docker

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper Tools

Co-investorsIAIA Seed VenturesINInsight Partners

PagerDuty Workflow Automation lets Dev and IT Operations teams automate manual business processes by combining human-in-the-loop steps such as approvals and decisions with technical automation like Runbook Automation.

Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSChicago, US

SCSean Chou(Executive Officer, Director)inRavi Singh(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardPBPeter Barris(Director)in

Co-investorsCHChicago VenturesINIn-Q-TelINIntel CapitalLILightbankGIGICHYHyde Park Angels+3 more

ChangeTip built a payment application designed to work inside social networks.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

NSNick Sullivanin

Co-investors50500 GlobalBLBlockchain CapitalTRTransmedia Capital

Clay provides a data enrichment and workflow platform that combines first-party, intent, and third-party data from 100+ sources to help sales and growth teams identify and reach target customers.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMarketing TechSaaSSales TechNew York, US

KAKareem Amin(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsABAbstract VenturesAMAmbush CapitalBOBoxGroupCACapitalGFIFirst Round CapitalFRFrontline Ventures+8 more

CloudQuery provides cloud governance teams with unified visibility and management across multiple cloud providers and accounts.

Cloud ComputingCybersecurityData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software

Co-investorsPAPartech VenturesSISierra VenturesMAMango CapitalWOWork-Bench

Movable Ink offers AI-driven personalization software, including its Studio and Da Vinci products, that automatically generates and curates content, send times, and frequency to personalize customer messages such as email at the moment of engagement.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSWaltham, US

Gregory Leibon(Executive Officer, Director)inKen MacAskill(Executive Officer)James Glover(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsCECeltic House Venture PartnersCOContour Venture PartnersESEscalate Capital PartnersM]m]x[v CapitalMIMI VenturesRURunway Venture Partners+4 more

Common Paper provides contract templates and standards for technology transactions, enabling programmatic access to contracts through open-source standards.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLegalTechSaaSSales TechPhiladelphia, US

BGBenjamin Garvey(Founder)inJSJake Stein(Founder)in

Co-investorsUNUncork CapitalY Y Combinator

CrewAI provides an enterprise platform for discovering, building, deploying, and governing AI agents that automate workflows across business applications, with no-code multi-agent workflow creation and observability.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

J(João (Joe) Moura(Co-founder)inRob Bailey(Co-founder)in

Co-investorsCRCraft VenturesDADallas Venture CapitalEAEarl Grey CapitalFIFirsthandVCFLFlybridge Capital PartnersBLBlitzscaling Ventures+1 more

Dooly was a CRM integration platform for sales teams, but the company is shutting down on June 30, 2025.

Sales Tech

Justin Vaillancourt(Founder)

Co-investorsMAMantis CapitalPAPallasite VenturesREReshapeADAdditionBABattery VenturesBOBoxGroup+7 more

Dylibso builds developer tooling and infrastructure that helps engineering teams run WebAssembly in production.

Co-investorsFEFelicis VenturesCRCrew CapitalPEPebblebed

WebAssembly infrastructure and developer tools for plugin systems

Co-investorsPEPebblebedFEFelicis VenturesSISierra Ventures

Easop provides a platform for managing equity compensation for international employees, handling global compliance across 70+ countries, legal operations, and employee education on equity.

HR TechLegalTechSaaS

NENaël El Berkani(Founder)in

Co-investorsKIKima VenturesPAPartech Ventures

Front AI builds an AI-powered customer service platform that automates service channels with multilingual conversational bots and provides channel strategy optimization tools.

AI & Machine LearningSaaSFinland, FI

Co-investorsLILifeline Ventures

Grepr is an infrastructure technology company that provides observability and reliability tools designed to help engineering teams operate more efficiently in environments increasingly driven by AI-generated code.

Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

JNJad Naous(CEO)in

Co-investorsANAndreessen Horowitz

Harbr provides a platform for external data delivery and distribution, letting data providers push data to cloud environments (Databricks, AWS S3, Google Cloud Storage, Azure Blob Storage), file drops, Delta Shares, or desktop via SFTP under consistent entitlements and governance.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSLondon, GB

ACAnthony Cosgrove MBE(Founder)inACAnthony Cosgrove(Co-Founder)inGary Butler(Co-Founder)LSLeo Spiegel(CEO)inTBTom Blacksell(Chief Revenue Officer; Company Secretary)inMRMarvin Reynolds(Chief Customer Officer)in

Co-investorsACAcequia Capital (AceCap)CRCrane Venture PartnersDADawn Capital

Human First developed Atlas, a platform providing evidence and insights related to digital health measurement; the company and its Atlas product have been acquired by ICON.

Data & InfrastructureDigital HealthHealthtech

Co-investorsDODorm RoomTHThreshold VenturesARArkitekt VenturesBOBoost VCLULux CapitalMAMaverick Ventures+5 more

IOpipe is a serverless DevOps platform that provides visibility and monitoring for serverless applications in production.

Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSeattle, US

EWErica Windisch(Founder and CTO)inAJAdam Johnson(Executive Officer, Director)Eric Windisch(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsLALas Olas Venture CapitalNENew Enterprise Associates (NEA)STStruck CapitalTETechstarsMAMadrona Venture GroupUNUnderscore VC

Jeli provides incident analysis and collaborative learning tools that help engineering and operations teams review incidents, build timelines, and identify patterns to improve reliability.

Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Co-investorsHEHeavybit

Keycard provides infrastructure for AI agents to operate safely and securely in production environments, enabling developers to connect agents to services across multiple clouds while maintaining identity, policy, and audit controls.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper Tools

ILIan Livingstone(Founder, CEO)inMCMatthew Creager(Founder, Product & Marketing)inJHJared Hanson(Founder, Technology)in

Co-investorsACAcrew CapitalANAndreessen HorowitzEXExceptional CapitalMAMantis CapitalMOModern Technical

Keycard provides identity and access control for AI agents, enforcing policies on agent tool and API access while issuing short-lived, task-scoped credentials.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper Tools

Co-investorsMOModern TechnicalTATapestry VCVEVermilion Cliffs VenturesACAcrew CapitalANAndreessen HorowitzESEssence Venture Capital

Kumospace provides a virtual office and events platform where distributed teams meet over chat and video in immersive online spaces.

Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSNew York City, US

Yang Mou(Founder)in

Co-investorsALAlumni VenturesLILightspeed Venture Partners

Kustomer is an AI-native customer experience (CX) platform that ties every interaction to a complete customer record so AI and human agents can respond with full context, automate conversations, and manage support workflows.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechShort Hills, US

JSJeremy Suriel(CTO & Co-Founder)inBBBrad Birnbaum(CEO & Co-Founder)inMichael Chapin(Executive Officer, Promoter)

BoardScott Beechuk(Director)inABAlex Bard(Director)inNANeeraj Agrawal(Director)in

Co-investorsACAcurio VenturesBABattery VenturesCACanaan PartnersCICisco InvestmentsCOCoatue ManagementNONorwest Venture Partners+3 more

Liveblocks provides APIs and infrastructure for building real-time collaborative tools, enabling multiplayer functionality for creative and productivity applications.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsSaaSSan Francisco, US

Guillaume Salles(Co-founder & Engineer)inSFSteven Fabre(Co-founder & Product Designer)in

Co-investorsATAtlassian VenturesBABanana CapitalKIKima Ventures

Memphis.dev is an open-source, Kubernetes-native data streaming platform and message broker for backend developers.

Co-investorsANAngular Ventures

Olympix provides a security tool for smart contract development that deterministically analyzes Solidity code to detect and remediate vulnerabilities before audits and deployment.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3CybersecurityDeveloper Tools

Channi(Founder)

Co-investorsDIDigital Currency GroupPIPicks and Shovels (Picks & Shovels)

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company focused on developing artificial general intelligence (AGI) with emphasis on safety and beneficial outcomes for humanity.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

SASam Altman(Co-founder & CEO)EMElon Musk(Co-founder & former Co-chair / board member)inGBGreg Brockman(Co-founder & President)inISIlya Sutskever(Co-founder & Chief Scientist)inWZWojciech Zaremba(Co-founder)inJohn Schulman(Co-founder (departed 2024))

Co-investorsA.A.Capital VenturesA'A'Z AngelsADAdvent InternationalALAlpha Wave GlobalANAndreessen HorowitzANAnti+54 more

Optic generates OpenAPI specifications from test traffic and maintains their accuracy through automated schema testing and patch application.

Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareNew York City, US

ACAidan Cunniffe(Founder/CEO)in

Co-investorsKIKindred VenturesY Y CombinatorZAZag CapitalACACE & CompanyKLKleiner PerkinsPAPantera Capital

Rapportive displays contact information and social profiles directly within email clients, allowing users to view photos, locations, and professional details about message senders and connect with them on social networks.

Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkMedia & EntertainmentSan Francisco, US

RVRahul Vohra(Founder/CEO)inMKMartin Kleppmann(Founder)SSSam Stokes(Founder)in

Co-investors50500 GlobalY Y Combinator

API and platform for interactive emails with real-time analytics; acquired by Salesforce

Co-investorsCOCourtside VenturesOUOutbound VenturesTHThe Chernin Group (TCG Crypto)LELerer Hippeau

Reco secures AI and agent sprawl across enterprise ecosystems by detecting and controlling unauthorized AI usage with 260+ app integrations and 1,000+ detection controls.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Co-investorsANAngular VenturesINInsight PartnersJIJibe VenturesS S VenturesZEZeev VenturesWOWorkday Ventures

Replicated provides a container-based platform for software vendors to deploy cloud-native applications in customer environments.

Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software

Co-investorsAMAmplify PartnersFOFounder CollectiveHEHeavybitMUMucker CapitalPRPreston-Werner VenturesTOTop Corner Capital+4 more

Snyk is a developer-focused security platform that identifies and fixes vulnerabilities in code, dependencies, containers, and cloud infrastructure using AI-powered analysis.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsBoston, US

GPGuy Podjarny(Director)inPMPeter McKay(Executive Officer, Director)inSDStephanie Dominy(Executive Officer)in

BoardPBPhilippe Botteri(Director)inMWMatthew Weigand(Director)inKFKen Fox(Director)in

Co-investors202050 CapitalACAccelALAlkeon InnovationAMAmity VenturesAMAmplify PartnersATAtlassian Ventures+32 more

Spectro Cloud provides a platform called Palette that simplifies Kubernetes deployment and management for enterprise operations and development teams across cloud and edge environments.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Jose, US

TFTenry Fu(Founder)inSMSaad Malik(Founder)in

Co-investorsCECerity Partners VenturesLELeonis CapitalLGLG Technology VenturesQUQualcomm VenturesSISierra VenturesSTStripes+1 more

Steadybit is a chaos engineering and reliability testing platform that helps product and engineering teams identify, validate, and fix reliability issues in their networks and applications before they reach production.

Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsSaaS

BWBenjamin Wilmsin

Co-investorsANAngular VenturesPAPaladin Capital Group

Stellate provides an edge caching and performance layer for GraphQL APIs, offering response caching, rate limiting, monitoring, and analytics to reduce backend load and improve API stability.

Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSaaS

MSMax Stoiber(Founder)inTSTim Suchanek(Founder)in

Co-investorsSYSystem.OneTITiger Global Management

Superhuman provides an AI-native platform for marketing teams that integrates AI agents, email management, and collaborative documentation within existing workflows.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkMarketing TechSaaS

CIConrad Irwin(Founder)inRVRahul VohrainVivek Sodera

Co-investors181809 Capital50500 Global7B7BC Venture CapitalANAndreessen HorowitzARArcher Capital GroupARArcher Venture Capital+24 more

Tessl builds an AI Native software development platform with tools for developers building with AI agents, centered on preserving intent and context rather than code.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSLondon

GPGuy Podjarny(Founder & CEO)inKenneth MacAskill(Director)

BoardTHTom Hulme(Director)inEdward Sim(Director)CGCarlos Gonzalez-Cadenas(Director)in

Co-investorsACAccelGVGV (Google Ventures)INIndex VenturesFIfirstminute capital

TRES provides on-chain risk and treasury management software for self-custodied, EVM-based crypto treasuries, serving funds, trading firms, market makers, DAOs, foundations, exchanges, and custodians.

Crypto & Web3CybersecurityFintech

Co-investors3C3cubed VenturesAMAmbush CapitalFAFactionMAMantis CapitalNENew Form Capital

UtilizeCore is a software platform for service companies that manage subcontractor networks, offering tools for operations, accounts receivable and payable, contractor onboarding and compliance, and proposals.

Construction TechEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSNew York, US

JKJason Kwait(Executive Officer, Director)inRMRyan Matthew Gottfried(Founder)inJohnny Zhu(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardSGSteven Gottfried(Chairman)in

Co-investorsANAngel Collective Opportunity FundMAMantis CapitalKEKearny Jackson

Wallaroo.AI offers a unified platform for deploying, serving, monitoring, and optimizing machine learning and AI models in production across cloud, on-premise, and edge environments.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareBrooklyn, US

Vidyut Jain(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardODOwen Davis(Director)inPMPriyanka Mitra(Director)inSGShomik Ghosh(Director)inSamir Kumar(Director)

Co-investorsCOContour Venture PartnersFOFour Acres CapitalM1M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)MYMyAsiaVCREResolute VenturesSUSupernode Ventures+3 more

WP Engine provides managed hosting and platform services for WordPress websites, serving companies and agencies of all sizes with infrastructure, tools, and support.

Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSAustin, US

JCJason Cohen(Founder)inDBDavid Brolsma(Executive Officer)inHBHeather Brunner(Executive Officer)inCCChad Costello(Executive Officer)inRick Crandall(Director)Mariano Dima(Director)

Co-investorsGOGolub GrowthHAHazelview VenturesMAMantella Venture PartnersPAPacelineSISilver Lake PartnersSISilverton Partners+2 more

Yhat provided a platform for managing the complete lifecycle of data science projects, from model development through deployment.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareNew York City, US

AOAustin Ogilvie(Founder/CEO)inGLGreg Lamp(Founder)in

Co-investorsCOContour Venture PartnersLOLongley CapitalY Y Combinator

YipitData is a data and analytics company that combines proprietary and licensed datasets—such as card transactions, receipts, web data, and app usage—paired with dedicated analysts to deliver market intelligence.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechNew York, US

James Dana Moran(Executive Officer, Director)VVVinicius Vacanti(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardWDWilliam D. Porteous(Director)inJFJason Finger(Director)inDan Nova(Director)

Co-investorsNONorwest Venture PartnersOMOmega Venture PartnersVCVCFA GroupCACarlyle GroupRRRRE Ventures

Yoast develops SEO software, including plugins for WordPress, WooCommerce, and Shopify, that provides real-time content analysis, AI-powered optimization suggestions, and readiness for AI-driven search discovery.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS

JDJoost de Valk(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsAUAugust CapitalB B Capital GroupBEBessemer Venture PartnersBLBlumberg CapitalCACathay InnovationCOConductive Ventures+26 more

Zuplo builds an API management and gateway platform designed to fit into developers' existing tools and workflows.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsSaaSRedmond, US

Nathan Totten(Executive Officer, Director)inJonjo Twist(Executive Officer, Director)Josh Twist(Founder)in

BoardYuval Neeman(Director)

Co-investorsMOMotive ForceTRTrilogy Equity Partners