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Encore is a backend development platform that lets developers declare cloud infrastructure directly in application code, run a local environment mirroring the cloud, and automatically provision production infrastructure in their own AWS or GCP accounts.

Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsSaaSStockholm, SE

Marcus Kohlberg(Founder)inAndré Eriksson(Founder)

Co-investorsAlliance VCKleiner PerkinsAlliance VentureCrane Venture PartnersDig Ventures Management LimitedEssence Venture Capital

Letta is an AI research lab building self-improving AI agents that manage memory through programmatic context management and continuous learning.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

BoardIon Stoica(Advisor)Joey Gonzalez(Advisor)

Co-investorsFelicis VenturesAngel Collective Opportunity Fund

Unkey is an API management platform for developers, designed to handle API workflows including integration and scaling.

Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSaaS

James Perkins(Co-founder)inAndreas Thomas(Co-founder)

Co-investorsUncork CapitalDeep AcreHomebrewPreston-Werner VenturesEssence Venture Capital

Comfy is an open-source tool for building repeatable visual AI workflows by chaining multiple AI models together.

AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyDeveloper ToolsSan Francisco, US

Yoland Y.(Founder)inYaozhong Yan(Executive Officer, Director)Junhan Huang(Director)

BoardChristopher Paik(Director)Yannik Marek(Director)

Co-investorsAbstract VenturesCraft VenturesFoundersTranspose Platform ManagementChemistryCursor Capital+2 more

Datafold builds AI-powered agents and tools that automate complex data engineering tasks including migrations, optimization, CI/CD, and data quality validation.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York City, US

Gleb Mezhanskiy(Founder)inAlex Morozov(Founder)in

BoardAaron Jacobson(Director)inPeter Sonsini(Director)in

Co-investorsAmplify PartnersAngel Collective Opportunity FundAvant LabsGood News VenturesNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Y Combinator+1 more

Fearn is a patent prosecution firm that handles patent drafting and filing for technology teams, founded by former Big Law patent professionals and PhDs.

AI & Machine LearningLegalTech

Han Kim(Co-founder & CEO)

Co-investorsDesigner FundKindred VenturesA16Z SpeedrunEssence Venture Capital

Kernel offers a data management platform that RevOps teams use to clean, deduplicate, and enrich account data and manage account hierarchies across enterprise CRMs.

Data & InfrastructureSaaSSales Tech

Co-investorsMoonfire VenturesSarah SmithAccelCintrifuse CapitalCoreWeaveCowboy Ventures+5 more

LanceDB is an AI-native multimodal lakehouse platform that unifies training data across multiple systems to accelerate model development and dataset creation at scale.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Chang She(Founder)inLei Xu(Founder)

Co-investorsAngel Collective Opportunity FundCRV (Charles River Ventures)Swift VenturesThe E14 FundTheory VenturesWayfinder Ventures+5 more

Magic provides managed virtual assistant teams for executives and growing businesses, handling administrative tasks like calendar management, email, travel planning, and operational coordination.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSWashington, US

Mike Chen(Founder/CEO)inAaron Kemmer(Founder)inDavid Merriman(Founder)inNic Novak(Founder)inMichael Rubin(Founder/CFO)in

Co-investorsAltra VentureMVP VenturesSilicon VenturesSprint VcY CombinatorBling Capital+4 more

Magic provides a bank-based payment solution that allows merchants to accept direct bank transfers at checkout, reducing processing fees and payment failures compared to traditional card payments.

E-commerceFintechSaaSNew York City, US

Chetan Kulhari(Founder)inDavid Guo(Founder)

Co-investorsY CombinatorBling CapitalFloodgateLerer HippeauStandard CapitalTwenty Two Ventures

Magic Patterns generates user interface designs that match existing product styling and enables rapid prototyping of new features.

Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Alex Danilowicz(Founder)inTeddy Ni(Founder)in

Co-investorsStandard CapitalY CombinatorEssence Venture CapitalTwenty Two Ventures

Nuon is a platform that lets software developers run their applications natively inside their customers' cloud accounts, supporting the BYOC (Bring Your Own Cloud) deployment model for B2B applications.

Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareBeverly Hills, US

Jon Morehouse(CEO, Founder)James Wu(Director)

BoardAndrew McLoughlin(Director)

Co-investorsDeep AcreHawk Hill VenturesMantis CapitalRed Swan VenturesAlumni VenturesEssence Venture Capital+2 more

Orb provides billing and revenue infrastructure for software companies, enabling usage-based and hybrid pricing models.

Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Alvaro Morales(Co-Founder & CEO)inKshitij Grover(Co-Founder & CTO)inJosh Buckler(Head of Sales)Bas de Goei(Head of Marketing)Justin Chuan(Head of Design)

BoardSaam Motamedi(Board Member / Investor Representative (Partner, Greylock))in

Co-investorsAngel Collective Opportunity FundData Community FundFOG VenturesGreylock PartnersMayfield FundMenlo Ventures+6 more

Patterns provides an AI-powered platform for financial analysis and reporting that allows users to perform data analysis using natural language instead of traditional spreadsheets.

Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Ken Van Haren(Founder)inChris Stanley(Founder)in

Co-investorsRoot Ventures Manager, LlcWayfinder VenturesY CombinatorStandard CapitalTwenty Two Ventures

Superframe is a customer intelligence platform that consolidates customer signals into a context layer for AI-powered go-to-market teams, providing cited answers to GTM questions.

AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales TechPalo Alto, US

Derek Steer(Executive Officer, Director)Nick Bruun(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardDan Scholnick(Director)

Co-investorsDesigner FundEssence Venture Capital

Truffle Security develops TruffleHog, an open-source secrets scanning tool that identifies and remediates exposed credentials such as encryption keys in cloud and SaaS environments before exploitation.

CybersecurityDeveloper Tools

Dylan Ayrey(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsAbstract VenturesAndreessen HorowitzExpaHarpoon VenturesEssence Venture CapitalIntel Capital+2 more

Yurts (Legion Intelligence) builds enterprise AI agents that perform search, analysis, content creation, and multi-step workflow automation across an organization's existing systems and documents, with source attribution and human-in-the-loop controls.

AI & Machine LearningDefense TechEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Ben David Van Roo(Executive Officer, Director)Jason Schnitzer(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardManish Patel(Director)Ross Fubini(Director)in

Co-investorsAngel Collective Opportunity FundGlynn Capital ManagementMango CapitalBloomberg BetaNava VenturesXYZ Venture Capital