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effx built a platform to help engineering teams collaborate and work more productively, with a focus on microservices architectures.

Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Co-investorsCOCowboy VenturesKLKleiner PerkinsTOTokyo BlackMOModern TechnicalOLOlima VenturesESEssence Venture Capital

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

MKMarcus Kohlberg(Founder)inAEAndré Eriksson(Founder)in

Co-investorsALAlliance VCKLKleiner PerkinsALAlliance VentureCRCrane Venture PartnersDIDig Ventures Management LimitedESEssence Venture Capital

Letta is an AI research lab building self-improving digital agents that use memory-native reinforcement learning and programmatic context management to learn continuously from experience over time.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

CPCharles Packer(Founder)inSWSarah Wooders(Founder)inCharles Packer Sarah Wooders(Founder)

BoardIon Stoica(Advisor)Joey Gonzalez(Advisor)

Co-investorsFEFelicis VenturesANAngel Collective Opportunity FundSUSunflower Capital Management FundANAntlerESEssence Venture Capital

Mixpeek provides a multimodal AI data platform for advertising technology companies to analyze images, videos, audio, and text content for contextual targeting, creative performance attribution, brand safety, and audience insights.

AdTechAI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsMarketing TechSaaS

Co-investorsWOWork-BenchHUHumans Of The InternetESEssence Venture Capital

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

Cloud ComputingData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSaaS

JPJames Perkins(Founder)inATAndreas Thomas(Founder)in

Co-investorsUNUncork CapitalDEDeep AcreHOHomebrewPRPreston-Werner VenturesESEssence Venture CapitalSTStep Function Ventures+1 more

Cline is an open source AI coding agent runtime that developers use inside their IDE, terminal, or embedded via an SDK to plan and execute coordinated multi-file code changes, run terminal commands, and automate workflows in CI pipelines.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsSaaS

SRSaoud Rizwan(Founder)in

Co-investors191984 Ventures Management, LlcEMEmergence Capital PartnersESEssence Venture CapitalPAPace CapitalZEZero Prime Ventures

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

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

BoardChristopher Paik(Director)inYannik Marek(Director)

Co-investorsABAbstract VenturesCHChemistryCRCraft VenturesESEssence Venture CapitalFOFoundersGVGV (Google Ventures)+4 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

GMGleb Mezhanskiy(Founder)inAMAlex Morozov(Founder)inLisa Mezhanskaia(Senior Operations Manager)Tina Perkins(Recruiter)Steven Avella(Recruiter)Becky Lee-Roche(Head of Recruiting)

Co-investorsAMAmplify PartnersANAngel Collective Opportunity FundAVAvant LabsBTBT Growth CapitalGOGood News VenturesHUHustle Fund+7 more

Daft is a data processing platform that transforms raw multimodal data (video, images, audio, sensor data) into training-ready datasets in a single pipeline.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeep TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

SSSammy Sidhu(Founder)inJCJay Chia(Founder)inTony Wang(Founder)Patrick Ames(Founder)Ritvik Kapila(Founder)Maurice Weber(Founder)

Co-investorsALAlumni VenturesARArray Ventures Management LlcBABasis Set VenturesCRCRV (Charles River Ventures)FEFelicis VenturesMAMaterialized View Capital+12 more

Eventual's Direct Bill is a financial reconciliation platform for insurance agencies that automates the matching of carrier statements to policy records and accounting systems, eliminating manual spreadsheet work and reconciliation delays.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechInsurTechLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSSan Francisco, US

MCMohit Chawla(CEO)in

Co-investorsBLBlank VenturesPIPicks and Shovels (Picks & Shovels)ALAlleyCorpARArray Ventures Management LlcCACaffeinated CapitalCRCRV (Charles River Ventures)+4 more

Familiar builds an AI video-translation and dubbing model that combines voice cloning and full-face lip-sync in a single system, preserving tone, expressions, and background audio, with support for real-time streams.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareMedia & EntertainmentSan Francisco, US

MKMingi Kwon(Founder)inAZAn Zhu Liu(CEO)inXZXu Zheng(Founder)inJibin Song(Founder)Sid Sharma(Founder)Vatsal Aggarwal(Founder)

Co-investorsY Y CombinatorVEVela PartnersZEZero IndexAGAgrolimen VenturesANAndreessen HorowitzAUAustralian Gulf Capital+7 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 LearningLegalTechSan Francisco, US

HKHan Kim(Founder)inAngela Gao, PhD(Co-Founder & CTO)Angela Gao(Founder)

Co-investorsDEDesigner FundESEssence Venture CapitalKIKindred VenturesA1A16Z Speedrun

Genmo is a research lab building frontier AI models for video generation, positioning its models as world simulators for embodied AI and synthetic environments.

AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyDeep TechMedia & EntertainmentSan Francisco, US

AJAjay Jain(Founder)inPJParas Jain(Founder)in

Co-investorsANAngel Collective Opportunity FundEAEastlink Capital PartnersNENew Enterprise Associates (NEA)ESEssence Venture CapitalGOGold House VenturesHOHouse+1 more

Good Start Labs builds game-based learning environments, benchmarks, and data-generation pipelines that produce verifiable rewards and real human feedback to train and evaluate AI models.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeep TechGaming

Alex Duffy(Founder)inTyler(Founder)Tyler Marques(Founder)

Co-investorsINInovia CapitalTITIRTA VenturesESEssence Venture CapitalGEGeneral Catalyst

Stream processing cloud that lets developers turn data into real-time action at scale.

Co-investorsCUCusp Capital46468 CapitalCOCortical VenturesESEssence Venture Capital

Kite builds payment infrastructure for an "agent-native" web, providing autonomous AI agents with verifiable identity, programmable governance, and stablecoin-based settlement.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Developer ToolsFintechSan Francisco, US

SSScott Shi(Founder)in

Co-investorsCOCoinbase Ventures8V8VCGEGeneral CatalystALAlumni VenturesFAFaculty GroupRRRR2 Capital+11 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

CSChang She(Founder)inLXLei Xu(Founder)in

Co-investorsANAngel Collective Opportunity FundCRCRV (Charles River Ventures)ESEssence Venture CapitalINInvest In DataRORogue CapitalSKSky9 Capital+13 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

MCMike Chen(CEO)inAKAaron Kemmer(Founder)inDMDavid Merriman(Founder)inNNNic Novak(Founder)inMRMichael Rubin(CFO)inBenjamin Godlove(CTO)

Co-investorsALAltra VentureHUHustle FundMVMVP VenturesSISilicon VenturesSPSprint VcTOTop Shelf Equity Funds C+10 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

CKChetan Kulhari(Founder)inDavid Guo(Founder)inRenasha Mishra

Co-investorsALAlumni VenturesSOSoma CapitalY Y CombinatorBLBling CapitalFLFloodgateGEGeneral Catalyst+6 more

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

Developer ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

ADAlex Danilowicz(Founder)inTNTeddy Ni(Founder)inADAlexander Danilowicz(Founder)in

Co-investorsESEssence Venture CapitalPIPioneerSTStandard CapitalY Y CombinatorCACapitalize VCCOCoughdrop Capital+7 more

Modal provides a cloud platform that lets developers define compute, hardware, and application logic in Python and deploy to the cloud, with fast-booting containers and autoscaling GPUs.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsNew York, US

EBErik Bernhardsson(Founder)inABAkshat Bubna(Founder)inSeth Zelnick(Executive Officer)inAKAaron Krane(Founder)in

BoardPCPatrick Chase(Director)inSCSarah Catanzaro(Director)in

Co-investorsAMAmplify PartnersGEGeneral CatalystLULux CapitalRERedpoint VenturesCRCreandumABAbstraction Capital+23 more

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

JMJon Morehouse(Founder)inJWJames Wu(Director)in

BoardAMAndrew McLoughlin(Director)in

Co-investorsALAlumni VenturesDEDeep AcreHAHawk Hill VenturesIMImpossible FinanceMAMantis CapitalMAMaterialized View Capital+6 more

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

Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSSan Francisco, US

AMAlvaro Morales(Founder)inKGKshitij Grover(Founder)inJBJosh Buckler(Head of Sales)inBas de Goei(Head of Marketing)inJCJustin Chuan(Head of Design)in

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

Co-investorsANAngel Collective Opportunity FundDAData Community FundFOFOG VenturesGRGreylock PartnersMAMayfield FundMEMenlo Ventures+9 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

KVKen Van Haren(Founder)inCSChris Stanley(Founder)inSNSam Nickolay(Senior Software Engineer)inJon Travis(Vice President Engineering)Michael Hathaway(Growth Lead)

Co-investorsRORoot Ventures Manager, LlcWAWayfinder VenturesY Y CombinatorAMAmity VenturesAMAmplify PartnersANAndreessen Horowitz+5 more

Restate is a lightweight runtime that turns AI agents, workflows, and backend services into durable processes with durable execution, consistent state, and reliable communication.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsSanta Clara, US

ISIgal Shilman(Co-founder)inTRTill Rohrmann(Co-founder)inSEStephan Ewen(Co-Founder)inAFAhmed Farghal(Co-founder)in

Co-investorsESEssence Venture CapitalFIfirstminute capitalRERedpoint VenturesCACapital One VenturesCUCusp CapitalEXExceptional Capital+3 more

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

DSDerek Steer(Founder)inNick Bruun(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardDan Scholnick(Director)

Co-investorsDEDesigner FundESEssence 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

DADylan Ayrey(Co-Founder • CEO)inDustin Decker(Co-Founder • CTO)inJulian Dunning(Founder)

Co-investors51515 VenturesABAbstract VenturesANAndreessen HorowitzEXExpaHAHarpoon VenturesINIntel Capital+5 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(Founder)inBen Van Roo(Founder)

BoardMPManish Patel(Director)RFRoss Fubini(Director)in

Co-investorsANAngel Collective Opportunity FundGLGlynn Capital ManagementMAMango CapitalBLBloomberg BetaNANava VenturesXYXYZ Venture Capital

ZettaBlock provides a Web3 data platform that indexes and unifies on-chain and off-chain data across 12+ blockchains, offering pre-parsed datasets and low-latency GraphQL/REST/SQL APIs.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsSan Francisco, US

ECEvan Cheng(Co-founder & CEO)SSScott Shi(Co-founder)inChi Zhang(Co-founder)in

Co-investorsHAHashed8V8VCGEGeneral CatalystSASamsung NextANAngel Collective Opportunity FundALAlumni Ventures+7 more