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Fuel Capital — 2017 Investments

5 investments dated 2017 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all

Buoyantbuoyant.ioin𝕏Jul 2017 · $10.5M

Buoyant develops Linkerd, a service mesh platform for Kubernetes that enables organizations to build secure, reliable, and observable software infrastructure.

Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software

William Morgan(Founder)inOliver Gould(Founder)in

Co-investorsA.Capital VenturesDCVC (Data Collective)GV (Google Ventures)Harpoon VenturesWebb Investment NetworkBenchmark+2 more

Buoyantbuoyant.vcJul 2017 · $10.5M

Buoyant Ventures is an early-stage venture fund that invests in seed and Series A companies developing AI, software, and hardware solutions for climate resilience, resource efficiency, and decarbonization.

AI & Machine LearningCleantechClimate TechDeep TechEnergyChicago, US

Amy Francetic(Co-founder & Managing General Partner)inAlex Behar(Partner)inLaura Katzman(Partner)in

Co-investorsSilicon ValleyA.Capital VenturesBank of AmericaBenchmarkDCVC (Data Collective)GV (Google Ventures)+2 more

Clara Labsclaralabs.comin𝕏Seed · Jul 2017Acquired

Clara Labs provides an AI scheduling assistant that handles meeting coordination by reading email threads and proposing meeting times on behalf of professionals.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSan Francisco, US

Maran Nelson(CEO)inMichael Akilian(CTO)inZain Shah(Machine Learning)

BoardXuezhao Lan(Director)in

Co-investorsY CombinatorBasis Set VenturesDeciensFirst Round CapitalHaystackInitialized Capital+6 more

Crowd Cowcrowdcow.comin𝕏Jan 2017

CrowdCow sources and sells high-quality, sustainably-produced food from ethical farms and fisheries, partnering directly with producers to bring traceable products to consumers across the country.

B2B MarketplacesDirect to ConsumerFoodTechImpact & Social GoodSeattle, US

Ethan Lowry(Founder)inJoseph Heitzeberg(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Joe Heitzeberg(Founder)

Co-investorsAscend Venture CapitalMadrona Venture GroupUnlock Venture PartnersAscendAshton KutcherGuy Oseary+3 more

CTRL Labsctrl-labs.comJan 2017Acquired

New York startup building non-invasive neural interface wristbands to control computers, acquired by Facebook in 2019.

Patrick Kaifosh(Founder)Thomas Reardon(Founder)Tim Machado(Founder)

Co-investorsBreyer CapitalGV (Google Ventures)Lux CapitalMatrixSpark CapitalAmazon Alexa Fund+2 more

Orion Labsorionlabs.ioSep 2017 · $18.3MAcquired

Voice-first collaboration platform providing push-to-talk, voice AI workflows and translation for deskless and frontline workers.

San Francisco, US

Jesse Robbins(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inRoger Wood(Executive Officer)Gregory B. Albrecht(Executive Officer)

BoardRich Levandov(Director)

Co-investorsCelesta CapitalDell Technologies CapitalThe Argentum GroupDelta PartnersMathers Associates

Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.