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Diginex is a sustainable RegTech company offering a suite of software and advisory services for ESG, climate, and supply chain data collection, reporting, and risk management.

Climate TechEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSCentral, GB

PEPaul Ewing(Chief Financial Officer)inRBRichard Byworth(Chief Executive Officer and Director of the Issuer)

BoardAndrew Watkins(Director of the Issuer)Paul Smith(Director of the Issuer)Richard Petty(Director of the Issuer)Yoon Chi-Won(Chairman and Director of the Issuer)

Co-investorsCOcoparionCYCyberport Hong KongWOWorking Capital FundRHRhino VenturesWOWorking Capital Innovation

Creative Force is a SaaS platform for planning and producing eCommerce creative content such as photography, video, and copywriting, serving brands, retailers, and commercial studios.

AI & Machine LearningE-commerceEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSHolstebro, DK

Thomas Kragelund(Founder)

Co-investorsBYbyFounders

GPMS develops helicopter health management and condition monitoring systems for the aviation maintenance industry.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareIoTVermont, US

EBEric BechhoeferinJed KalksteininJohn Taylor(Director)John Schweizer(Director)

BoardMatthew Porat(Director of Issuer)Brian Flynn(Director of Issuer)

Co-investorsDIDiamondStream PartnersVEVermont Center for Emerging Technologies (VCET)

Tezign builds enterprise-grade AI agent systems and products that organize a company's proprietary content, knowledge, rules and processes into "Context" so agents can understand business goals and act on them.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechShanghai, CN

LFLing Fan(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsLILinear CapitalTETemasekCHCherubic Ventures

Acin partners with financial institutions and industry leaders to drive growth and deliver value to clients.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintech

Paul(Founder, Advisor)Paul Ford(Founder)

Co-investorsNONotion CapitalTATalis Capital

AppliedXL builds intelligence infrastructure that converts the public record into verified signals, indicators, and forecasts for the information industry.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMedia & EntertainmentNew York City, US

Erin Riglin(Founder)

Co-investorsALAlumni VenturesCOCommunitas Capital PartnersCOCorrelation VenturesMOMontage Ventures

Basil provides a platform to manage freelancer hiring and administrative tasks, handling onboarding, contracting, tax documentation, and payments for businesses.

Future of WorkHR TechSaaSNew York City, US

HKHarshita Kejriwal(Founder)in

Co-investorsTETechstarsGOGolden VenturesIIIIMA VenturesPRPrime Venture Partners

Basil Systems provides a big-data SaaS platform called Basil Intel that consolidates global regulatory, clinical, safety, and commercial data into a single indexed dataset for analytics and insights.

AI & Machine LearningHealthtechSaaSBoston, US

Anthony Cirurgiao(Executive Officer, Director)Luca Fabbri(Director)Bert Amato(Director)

Co-investorsALAlumni VenturesSEService Provider CapitalUNUntapped CapitalALAlix VenturesGOGolden VenturesLOLooking Glass Capital

BoxedUp is a website builder and rental management system that lets rental businesses accept online bookings, rentals, and sales 24/7.

E-commerceRetail TechSaaSSeattle, US

Daniel Hanks(Director)Donald Boone(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsSEService Provider CapitalBLBlack CapitalCOCollab CapitalLALavrock VenturesLELevel Up VenturesOUOutlander VC+1 more

Caavo, now operating as JubileeTV, offers a TV control product (Control Center) with an apparent focus on senior living.

ConsumerHardwareSan Francisco, US

BKBlake Krikorian(Co-Founder)Andrew Einaudi(Co-Founder & CEO (early))inAAAshish Aggarwal(Co-Founder & CEO)inVGVinod Gopinath(Co-Founder, Engineering)inMilan Bhalala(VP, Growth/Operations)Michelle Wright(Marketing)

Co-investorsDCDCM VenturesLALauder PartnersGRGreylock Partners

CARTO is a cloud-based location intelligence and GIS platform for spatial analysis, designed to run on cloud data warehouses such as BigQuery without moving the data.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York, US

JDJavier de la Torre(Founder)inSÁSergio Álvarez(Founder)inLSLuis Sanz(CEO)Luis Sanz (CEO)(Founder)Sergio Álvarez Leiva(Founder)

Co-investorsACAccelEAEarlybird Venture CapitalKIKibo VenturesSISINEWAVE VENTURESINInsight Partners

Cognitive Credit provides structured financial data and models on investment-grade corporate bond issuers in the US and Europe, extracted from official filings and delivered via automated systems to investment teams and analysts.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintech

RSRobert Slater(CEO)in

Co-investorsETETFS CapitalPEPentech VenturesXTXTX Markets

CredCore's Tusk Liquid is an MCP-based tool that indexes and analyzes public credit deals by sector, structure, and lender, letting users query clauses and terms from tools like Excel, Word, ChatGPT, Claude, and Copilot.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS

KNKarthik Nandyal(Founder)inSaumil Annegiri(Founder)in

Co-investorsAVAvataar Venture PartnersINInspired CapitalTRTranspose Platform Management

Dock provides a white-label customer portal platform that enables companies to manage projects, share files, track engagement, and handle renewals in a single collaborative workspace.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales Tech

Co-investorsCRCraft VenturesFIFive Four VenturesFJFjor FoundersOPOperator CollectiveRERecall CapitalLILightbank+6 more

Dock is a collaborative workspace where users create teams of specialized AI agents that coordinate with one another to carry out departmental work.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

GKGovind Kavaturi(Founder)inMMMike Molinet(Founder)inAntonio Soares(Founder)Diogo Frenkel(Founder)

Co-investorsPIPioneerVEVela PartnersY Y CombinatorAMAmino CapitalBLBlast.ClubLILightbank+8 more

Professional drone racing league whose pilots fly identical custom-built FPV drones on 3D courses broadcast worldwide.

New York, US

Nicholas Horbaczewski(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsCECerity Partners VenturesCHChaifetz GroupLELerer HippeauLULux CapitalRSRSE VenturesCOCourtside Ventures+2 more

Aerial imaging and AI inspection company for renewable energy and infrastructure assets, rebranded as Zeitview in 2023.

San Diego, US

DBDaniel Burton(Executive Officer, Director)ETEli Tamanaha(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardMSMark Suster(Director)inVPVivek Pattipati(Director)inMichael Bishop(Director)GBGreg Bettinelli(Director)in

Co-investorsENEnergy Transition VenturesACAccelPRPritzker Group Venture CapitalRARazi VenturesTHThe Chernin Group (TCG Crypto)UNUnion Square Ventures (USV)+2 more

Duality develops simulation software that models complex environmental scenarios and processes real-time sensor and machine data.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechRoboticsSan Mateo, US

ASApurva Shah(Founder)inMichael Taylor(Founder)in

Co-investorsALAlumni VenturesDODorm RoomDRDrive CapitalHGHG VenturesINIntel CapitalLELemnos VC+3 more

Duality provides a privacy-preserving data collaboration platform that lets organizations analyze and share sensitive, distributed data without moving or exposing it, using Privacy Enhancing Technologies such as fully homomorphic encryption, federated learning, and trusted execution environments.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityData & InfrastructureMaplewood, US

KRKurt Rohloff(Executive Officer)inRSRina Shainski(Executive Officer, Director)AKAlon Kaufman(Executive Officer, Director)inSGShafi Goldwasser(Executive Officer)VVVinod Vaikuntanathan(Executive Officer)in

BoardYSYuval Shachar(Director)in

Co-investorsLGLG Technology VenturesNANAventuresINIntel CapitalTETeam8

Co-investors2B2B Angels2B2B.VCDODot CapitalRHRhodiumAIAiSprouts VC

Insurify operates an online insurance-comparison marketplace that pulls real-time, personalized quotes from 120-plus insurers (including GEICO, Allstate, and Progressive) for auto, home, renters, and pet insurance, letting shoppers compare policies and buy online or with a licensed agent.

FintechInsurTechMarketplacesCambridge, US

GZGiorgos Zacharia(Co-founder)inSZSnejina Zacharia(Founder)inTKTod Kiryazov(Co-founder)inChang Jo(Executive Officer)inGSGene Shkolnik(Mr. Shkolnik is the Chief Technology Officer of the Issuer.)in

BoardDTDaniel Tsiddon(Director)in

Co-investorsMOMotive PartnersMTMTECH CAPITALVIViola FinTechMAMassMutual VenturesMOMoneta VCR1R136 Ventures+3 more

Joytunes offers mobile apps that teach music and drawing through interactive, adaptive lessons with real-time feedback.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerCreator EconomyEdTech

YKYigal Kaminka(Founder)inRoey Izkovsky(Founder)Yuval Kaminka(Founder)in

Co-investorsKAKaedan CapitalLELeft Lane CapitalALAlephFOFounder CollectiveGVGV (Google Ventures)INInsight Partners+2 more

Kargo uses computer vision hardware ("Towers") installed at warehouse loading docks to capture freight events in real time and turn them into structured data.

AI & Machine LearningHardwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSSan Francisco, US

SLSam Lurye(Founder)in

BoardSFSpencer Foust(Director)in

Co-investorsSOSozo VenturesACActivant CapitalAVAvenir Growth CapitalB3B3 CapitalEVEvolution VC PartnersGOGood Friends+10 more

Knox Systems helps software companies navigate FedRAMP compliance and secure federal government contracts.

Cloud ComputingCybersecurityGovTechSaaSAustin, US

IDIrina Denisenko(Executive Officer, Director)inWilliam Christopher Johnson(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardVFViviana Faga(Director)inCLCarrie Lee(Federal Advisor)DEDavid Epperson(Federal Advisor)CTChad Tetrault(Federal Advisor)

Co-investorsB B Capital GroupB4B4 CapitalFEFelicis VenturesM1M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)B B CapitalBEBenchstrength Partners+3 more

Arlington, US

CPCarolyn Parent(Executive Officer, Director)inRandolph Klueger(Executive Officer)JAJenny Abramson(Executive Officer, Director)inBDBarry Diller(Executive Officer)Jeffrey Grass(Executive Officer, Director)Ehsan Pahlevani(Director)

Co-investorsRIRise of the Rest Seed

Loora is an AI-powered English tutoring app that provides conversational speaking practice, real-time feedback on pronunciation and grammar, and lesson summaries.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerEdTech

Roy Mor(Founder)inYonti Levin(Founder)

Co-investorsEMEmerge VenturesKAKaedan CapitalQPQP VenturesTWTwo Lanterns Venture PartnersUNUnion Tech VenturesVGvgames+1 more

Maven develops AI-powered software for trucking fleet operations, offering tools for route planning, dispatch, telematics, and fleet management.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareIoTLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSPittsburgh, US

Avishai Geller(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inAGAvi Geller(Founder & CEO)

Co-investorsALAllos VenturesGRGreat Oaks Venture CapitalPHPhoenix CourtRIRiverfront Ventures, LLCCRCreator FundLOLocalGlobe

Optable provides a cloud-based platform for identity, audience, and data collaboration that lets publishers, media companies, and advertisers own, enrich, and monetize their first-party data while maintaining privacy.

AdTechData & InfrastructureMarketing TechLos Angeles, US

YPYves PoiréinVSVlad StesininBMBosko MilekicinWilliam Glasgow Phillips(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsBRBrightspark VenturesASasterXBRBreakpoint CapitalDEDeloitte VenturesDEDesjardins CapitalMMMML UK Advisor

Personalized internet radio powered by the Music Genome Project

AdTechOakland, US

TWTim Westergren(Founder)inWGWill Glaser(Founder)inJKJon Kraft(Founder)inSara Clemens(Executive Officer)inJTJohn Trimble(Executive Officer)inSimon Fleming-Wood(Executive Officer)in

Co-investorsCRCrosslink CapitalDBDBL PartnersGRGreylock PartnersKEKensington Capital Partners LimitedMOMoonshots CapitalNONotable Capital+7 more

Forestkey.com is the personal blog of Forest Key, a product professional who writes about media technology, travel, AI/creativity tools, and personal topics.

Media & EntertainmentSeattle, US

FKForest Key(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)in

BoardSivaramakichenane Somasegar(Director)Michael Galgon(Director)Timothy Porter(Director)

Co-investorsCICisco InvestmentsM1M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)MAMadrona Venture Group

Portcast offers a freight intelligence platform that connects shipment data to orders, contracts, and invoices, using AI to predict shipment delays and manage freight spend.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSSingapore, SG

NGNidhi Gupta(Founder)inLingxiao Xia(Founder)inNidhi Gupta Lingxiao Xia(Founder)

Co-investorsENEntrepreneur FirstNENewtown PartnersTMTMVWAWavemaker PartnersSISignal Ventures

Recurrent builds software and data analytics tools to help consumers and dealerships transition to electric vehicles and optimize EV adoption.

Climate TechData & InfrastructureMobility & TransportationRetail TechSaaS

SCScott Case(Founder)in

Co-investorsARArcTern VenturesASAscend Venture CapitalAUAutomotive Ventures MobilityE8E8 AngelsENEnerTech CapitalGOGoodyear Ventures+6 more

Robotic Skies provides maintenance, repair, and inspection services for commercial drone fleets through a global network of over 250 FAA Part 145 service centers across 50 countries.

HardwareLogistics & Supply ChainRoboticsAlbuquerque, US

BHBrad Hayden(Executive Officer, Director)inEric Butler(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsDRDRONE FUNDSUSun Mountain Capital

RxLightning offers a digital platform that automates specialty medication onboarding, including enrollment forms, benefit checks, prior authorization, consent collection, and patient assistance programs.

Digital HealthHealthtechSaaSGreenville, US

JRJulia Regan(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)in

BoardTJTaha Jangda(Director)inRichard Cohan(Director)

Co-investorsHEHealthX VenturesLRLRVHealthMCMcKesson Ventures

ScoreBig is an online ticket marketplace for live events including concerts, sports, and theater, selling tickets without added service fees or hidden costs.

ConsumerMarketplacesMedia & EntertainmentLos Angeles, US

Adam Kanner(Director)David Goldberg(Executive Officer, Director)Joel Milne(Executive Officer, Director)Nate Checketts(Director)

BoardGeorge Kliavkoff(Director)Rick Lewis(Director)

Co-investorsBABain Capital VenturesU.U.S. Venture Partners

SecurityScorecard provides third-party risk management (TPRM) software using AI to help organizations identify, monitor, and mitigate cybersecurity risks across their supply chain and vendor networks.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York, US

SKSam Kassoumeh(Founder)inAYAleksandr Yampolskiy(Founder)in

Co-investorsBOboldstart venturesEVEvolution Equity PartnersINIntel CapitalNGNGP CapitalRIRiverwood CapitalAXAXA Venture Partners+8 more

sees.ai develops an autonomous drone inspection platform for electricity network operators to conduct large-scale, close-up inspections of live power networks safely and consistently.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningEnergyEnterprise SoftwareRoboticsLondon, GB

JMJohn McKenna(CEO)inEAEduardo Aldaz Carroll(CTO)inRHRichard Hopkirk(VP Engineering)in

Co-investorsELElbow Beach CapitalTETechstarsWAWakeUp CapitalSUSustainable Future Ventures

Sigma360 builds risk intelligence software that combines global data, entity resolution, and matching to deliver financial crime, credit risk, and decisioning solutions.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS

SJStuart Jones, Jr.(Founder)inRSRandal Skipperin

Co-investorsMOMosaik PartnersVOVocap PartnersCOContour Venture PartnersFIFinTech CollectiveMOModerne Ventures

Blake Krikorian(Founder)

Snappy is a gifting platform that integrates with Microsoft Teams, enabling users to send and receive gift notifications directly within Teams workspaces.

B2B MarketplacesConsumerEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkHR TechMarketing TechSaaSNew York, US

DCDvir Cohen(Founder)HGHani Goldstein(Founder)in

Co-investors8383NorthNONotable CapitalSASaban VenturesXRXRCCECeltic House Asia PartnersCECeltic House Venture Partners+3 more

Boston, US

Joseph DeSena(Executive Officer, Director)Jeffrey Connor(Executive Officer)Kenneth Koleyni(Executive Officer)

BoardScott English(Director)Robert Jain(Director)Edward Philip(Director)

Co-investorsRARaptor GroupVEVermont Center for Emerging Technologies (VCET)

Stepful provides affordable, online healthcare education programs with live instruction and personalized coaching to train students for healthcare careers.

EdTechHealthtechNew York City, US

CMCarl Madi(Founder)inTHTressia Hobeika(Founder)inESEdoardo Serra(Founder)in

Co-investorsALAlleyCorpBLBlue Trail PartnersEQEqual Opportunity VenturesFOForesite CapitalINIntermountain HealthOAOak HC/FT+11 more

Boston, US

HOHILMI OZGUC(Executive Officer, Director)inGFGRETCHEN FLEMING(Executive Officer)in

BoardRONALD D. FISHER(Director)WBWOODY BENSON(Director)inNBNILANJANA BHOWMIK(Director)inMICHAEL GOLDEN(Director)

Co-investorsCOConvergeLOLongworth Venture PartnersSOSoftBank Capital

Trakstar builds talent development and people management software for HR leaders and companies, offering hiring, performance communication, and employee development tools.

HR TechSaaS

Co-investorsSASaaS CapitalVAValor Equity PartnersUPUpfront VenturesY Y Combinator

Truepic builds enterprise software for verifying the authenticity of digital media and detecting AI-generated content and digital fraud, helping companies identify fraud and improve customer processes.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Diego, US

CSCraig Stack(Co-Founder & President)inJLJason Lyons(Co-Founder & Lead Engineer)inJeffrey McGregor(Chief Executive Officer)inJMJeffery McGregor(Chief Executive Officer)MIMounir Ibrahim(Chief Communications Officer & Head of Public Affairs)inNBNick Brown(Chief Technology Officer)in

Co-investorsM1M12 (Microsoft's Venture Fund)MOMozilla VenturesSOSony Ventures CorporationWEWestern Technology Investment

tvScientific offers a connected TV (CTV) advertising platform with real-time reporting that integrates with Google Analytics to track traffic, conversions, and return on investment from CTV ad campaigns.

AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS

JFJason Fairchild(Founder)inDKDavid Koye(Founder)inBHBill H. Gross(Founder)in

Co-investorsNENewRoad Capital Partners, LLCNONorwest Venture PartnersPRProgress VenturesS4S4S VenturesSESecond Alpha PartnersUNUnanimous Capital+5 more

Zeitview provides advanced inspection software for high-value infrastructure assets including solar, wind, properties, telecom, and utility infrastructure.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningCleantechClimate TechConstruction TechDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareRoboticsSaaSLos Angeles, US

DBDan Burton(Founder)inEli Tamanaha(Founder)

Co-investorsCLClimate InvestmentENEnergy Transition VenturesUNUnion Square Ventures (USV)UPUpfront VenturesVAValor Equity PartnersY Y Combinator+4 more

Zendrive is a San Francisco mobility risk intelligence company using smartphone data to score driving behavior for insurers.

San Francisco, US

JMJonathan Matus(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardPadmasree Warrior(Director)Max Ventilla(Director)Ran Makavy(Director)

Co-investorsACACME CapitalBMBMW i VenturesEXExpansion Venture CapitalFOFontinalis PartnersITIT-Farm CorporationNYNyca+7 more