Gradient Ventures — 2023 Investments

Charm is a payments and savings app that enables users to send money across different platforms (Venmo, Cash App, Zelle) through a unified interface, with funds earning interest when held in the app.

ConsumerCrypto & Web3FintechSocialNew York City, US

GNGray Newfield(Founder)inNNNoah Newfield(Founder)inChristian Rocha(Founder)Toby Padilla(Founder)

Co-investorsPIPioneerY Y Combinator46468 CapitalCACavalry VenturesF-F-Prime CapitalFIFirestreak Ventures+7 more

Charm builds open-source tools and libraries for creating user interfaces and applications in the terminal, including command-line interface frameworks, markdown readers, and components for developers.

Developer Tools

Co-investorsBEBetaworksCACavalry VenturesFEFelix JahnLOLowercarbon CapitalMOMotive ForceNANAP+6 more

Charm.fi is a decentralized finance platform offering automated liquidity management vaults on Ethereum, letting users browse or create vaults for any token and build LP strategies to manage liquidity and earn yields.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Co-investorsCOCoinbase VenturesCACavalry VenturesF-F-Prime CapitalFUFuel CapitalKHKhosla VenturesNENew Enterprise Associates (NEA)+2 more

Collective is an online back-office platform for self-employed people and single-person businesses ("Businesses-of-One"), offering services such as business formation, taxes, and accounting.

FintechFuture of WorkSaaSSan Francisco, US

UKUgur Kaner(Director)inBugra Han Akcay(Director)HRHooman Radfar(Founder)inJeff Barlam(Executive Officer)inBugra Akcay(Founder)Uğur Kaner(Founder)

Co-investors5353 StationsADAdventure FundAGAglae VenturesARArdent VentureBEBetter Tomorrow VenturesCRCrosscourt Ventures+16 more

Fileread is an AI platform for litigation teams that lets users query large document collections to find key documents, verify findings, and build fact memos, chronologies, character lists, and case summaries with citations to source documents.

AI & Machine LearningLegalTechSaaSLong Island, US

FZFreya Zhou(Founder)inDHDaniel Hu(Founder)inChan-Hee Koh(Executive Officer, Director)Hengyi Hu(Executive Officer, Director)Chan Koh(Founder)

Co-investorsSOSoma Capital

Flourish Labs was a healthcare startup that scaled mental health peer support through technology to address the youth mental health crisis, training young adults as certified Peer Support Specialists and Community Health Workers.

Digital HealthHealthtechMental HealthSan Francisco, US

OFObi Felten(Co-founder)inKNKim Newell Green(Co-founder)inBETTINA FELTEN(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsCOCollaborative FundLELearn CapitalLELearnStart

Infisical is an all-in-one platform for managing application secrets, certificates, and privileged access across cloud, on-premises, and AI infrastructure, serving developer teams and organizations.

CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

VMVlad Matsiiako(Founder)inTDTony Dang(Founder)inMIMaidul Islam(Founder)inMorgan Coovert(Senior Recruiter)Jessica Widel(Founding Recruiter)Austin Thompson(Sourcer)

Co-investorsAVavraTWTwenty Two VenturesY Y CombinatorELElad Gil

Prepared provides emergency response software solutions to public safety answering points (PSAPs) to improve 911 call handling and emergency response coordination.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareGovTechWilmington, US

John Ramey(Manager)Dylan Gleicher(Founder)Michael Chime(Founder)Neal Soni(Founder)

Co-investorsANAndreessen HorowitzAVavraDODorm RoomM1M13MVMVP VenturesNENewView Capital+4 more

Prepared builds intelligence tools for 911 emergency call centers, supporting call-takers, dispatchers, and supervisors with information gathering, translation, channel monitoring, and real-time quality evaluation.

AI & Machine LearningGovTechSaaS

Michael Chime(CEO)

Co-investorsFLFlucas VenturesGEGeneral CatalystRARadical VenturesANAndreessen HorowitzFIFirst Round CapitalM1M13

Redactable provides AI-powered document redaction software that detects and permanently removes sensitive data (PII, PHI, financial information) and hidden metadata from PDFs, images, and scanned documents.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityLegalTechSaaS

ALAmanda Levay(Founder)in

Co-investorsHUHustle FundEVEverywhere VenturesRERevelry Venture PartnersTHThe FundWOWocstar Capital

Stairwell provides cybersecurity threat intelligence solutions to help teams identify and address security threats.

Cybersecurity

Mike Wiacek(Founder)

Co-investorsACAccelBABallistic VenturesINIn-Q-TelS3S32SESequoia CapitalEREric Schmidt+4 more

Versed creates clean skincare and makeup products using dermatologist-tested, vegan, and cruelty-free ingredients designed for sensitive skin.

ConsumerWellness & Fitness

Co-investorsADAdvancit CapitalAVAvenir Growth CapitalBABAM VenturesGRGreycroftSOSonoma Brands CapitalCHCherry Ventures

Versed AI provides supply chain analytics and visualization software that maps multi-tier supplier networks, enabling companies to gain visibility across their entire supply chain infrastructure and integrate these insights into their existing technology systems.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS

SBSimon Baker(Research Associate)inPWPascal Wichmann(PhD student)in

Co-investorsFOFounders FactoryINInnovate UKUNUniversity of Cambridge EnterpriseY Y CombinatorWOWorking Capital FundCHCherry Ventures

Weflow is a Salesforce activity-capture and revenue tool that automatically logs emails, meetings, attachments, and contacts and maps them to native Salesforce objects, and provides deal reviews, pipeline analysis, and forecasting.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales Tech

JZJanis Zechin

Co-investorsCHCherry Ventures