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Coinbasecoinbase.comin𝕏Nasdaq: COIN

Coinbase is a cryptocurrency exchange platform that offers trading, custody, and financial services for cryptocurrencies, stocks, derivatives, and prediction markets to consumers, institutions, and developers.

Crypto & Web3FintechSan Francisco, US

Brian Armstrong(CEO)inFred Ehrsam(Board Of Directors)inEmilie Choi(President & COO)inAlesia Haas(Chief Financial Officer)inPaul Grewal(Chief Legal Officer & Secretary)inLawrence (L.J.) Brock(Chief People Officer)

Co-investors1confirmationA.Capital Venturesa16z cryptoAcrew CapitalAdventure FundAndreessen Horowitz+99 more

Energy Vaultenergyvault.comin𝕏NYSE: NRGV

Energy Vault designs and integrates energy storage products and management software for grid-scale and utility customers, spanning battery, gravity-based, and hydrogen storage systems.

CleantechClimate TechEnergyHardware

Robert Allen Piconi(Chairman of the Board, Co-Founder & CEO)inCraig R. Horne(Chief Technology Officer)inNitin Dahiya(Chief Financial Officer)inLaurence Alexander(Chief of Staff & Chief Marketing Officer)inMarco Terruzzin(Chief Revenue Officer)inAkshay Ladwa(Chief Development and Operations Officer)in

Co-investorsCRESCENT COVE CAPITALNeotribe VenturesPrime Movers LabSoftBank Vision FundAramco VenturesCemex Ventures+1 more

Twiliotwilio.comin𝕏NYSE: TWLO

Twilio provides a cloud-based communications platform that enables businesses to integrate voice, messaging, and video into applications using APIs.

Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Jeff Lawson(Founder)inEvan Cooke(Founder)John Wolthuis(Founder)inLee Kirkpatrick(Chief Financial Officer)inRoy Ng(Executive Officer)inKaryn Smith(Executive Officer)in

Co-investors500 GlobalBessemer Venture PartnersCraft VenturesDraper AssociatesFounders Circle CapitalFounders Fund+20 more

Abundance Labsabundancelabs.ioSeed · Apr 2023Defunct

Abundance Labs develops and operates marketplaces for alternative currencies.

ConsumerMarketplacesSan Francisco, US

Kjerstin Erickson(CEO)inKerstin Erickson(Executive Officer, Director)Daniel Page(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsY CombinatorAbstract VenturesAgrolimen VenturesBEENEXTFoundation CapitalFriale+9 more

Answersanswers.comin𝕏

Answers.com is a community-driven Q&A platform where users seek and share knowledge on a wide range of topics.

ConsumerMedia & EntertainmentSector Agnostic

Co-investorsKortschak Investments L.P.Redpoint VenturesKhosla VenturesKleiner PerkinsSouth Park CommonsSV Angel

Aptera Motorsin

Advanced ManufacturingCarlsbad, US

Steve Fambro(Co-Chief Executive Officer, Secretary)inChris Anthony(Co-Chief Executive Officer, Interim Chief Financial Officer)in

Authyauthy.com𝕏acquired by Twilio

Authy provides a two-factor authentication (2FA) app that protects user accounts from unauthorized access by requiring device-based identity verification.

CybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Daniel Palacio(CEO)inGleb Chuvpilo(Founder)inDavid Cuadrado(Tech Lead)in

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzCorazon CapitalDCVC (Data Collective)Streamlined VenturesTuesday CapitalY Combinator+7 more

Branchbranchapp.comin𝕏

Branch is a workforce payments platform that accelerates wage payments to employees and provides financial services.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechFuture of WorkHR TechMinneapolis, US

Atif Siddiqi(Founder)in

BoardVicki Lin(Director)Andy Jenks(Director)TOM MCGOVERN(Director)BRETT BREWER(Director)JAMES ARMSTRONG(Director)

Co-investorsAct One VenturesBonfire VenturesCrosscut VenturesGeneral AtlanticGreat North VenturesMatchstick Ventures+10 more

Candy Clubcandyclub.com𝕏

Candy Club curates and sells quality candy sourced from American and international confectioneries, offering products in various formats like gift sets, party favors, and seasonal collections for direct-to-consumer purchase.

ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerce

Keith Cohn

Co-investors500 Global

Carbon Capturecarboncapture.comin𝕏Series A · Oct 2021 · $35M

CarbonCapture develops CO₂ direct air capture technology aimed at removing carbon from the atmosphere to address climate change.

CleantechClimate TechDeep TechHardwarePasadena, US

Bill Gross(Co-founder & Chairman)inAdrian Corless(Chief Executive Officer)inLindsy Sanders(Director)Tom McGovern(Director)

BoardBrandon Simmons(Director)Carly Anderson(Director)

Co-investorsAlumni VenturesArmada Investment AGBay Bridge Ventures ClimateLightbankNeotribe VenturesPrime Movers Lab

Cars Directcarsdirect.com

CarsDirect is an automotive website that publishes car news, model previews, and buying information for prospective vehicle buyers in the U.S. market.

ConsumerMedia & Entertainment

Co-investorsClearstone Venture Partners

Changetipchangetip.cominacquired by Airbnb

ChangeTip built a payment application designed to work inside social networks.

Crypto & Web3Fintech

Nick Sullivanin

Co-investors500 GlobalBlockchain Capitalboldstart venturesTransmedia Capital

Clayboardclayboard.comDefunct

Clayboard provides tools for educators to build interactive, group-based learning activities.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSNew York City, US

Jorge Fuentes(Founder)inNilay Modi(Founder)in

Co-investorsSoma CapitalY CombinatorGradient VenturesKleiner Perkins

Codesparkcodespark.com𝕏Jul 2016

codeSpark is a learn-to-code app for children ages 3-10 that teaches coding concepts such as sequencing, loops, conditionals, and variables through word-free visual puzzles and game creation.

ConsumerEdTechGamingPasadena, US

Grant Hosford(Executive Officer, Director)Craig Chrisney(Executive Officer)

BoardBill Gross(Director)Marcia Goodstein(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsFusionKapor CapitalUrban InnovationVentek

Elementary Roboticselementaryrobotics.comin𝕏

Elementary Robotics develops machine vision inspection systems for industrial quality control and defect detection.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningRobotics

Arye Barnehama(Founder)

Co-investorsOUP (Osage University Partners)Riot VenturesThundermark CapitalFathom CapitalFika VenturesRewired+4 more

Enplugenplug.com𝕏Seed · Apr 2014 · $3M

Enplug provides digital signage software to display communications, promotions, and menu boards on screens in physical business locations such as retail stores and car dealerships.

Marketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSaaS

Nanxi Liu(Cofounder and CEO)Alex RossDavid ZhuJustyna Denuit-WojcikKevin KoNavdeep Reddyin

Co-investors500 GlobalAmino CapitalzPark Venture

Factualfactual.comFeb 2010 · $1Macquired by Foursquare · Apr 2020

Factual was a Los Angeles-based data company that built and licensed a global database of business points-of-interest and geolocation information, used by apps like Apple Maps, Bing, and Yelp.

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzDCVC (Data Collective)Founder CollectiveIndex VenturesMiramar Venture PartnersSaints Capital+2 more

Fair Warrantyfairwarranty.comin

Fair Warranty provides insurance pricing and risk management solutions for the automotive sector.

Enterprise SoftwareInsurTechSaaSSilicon Valley, US

William Betteridge(Founder, CEO)Stephen Bates(Founder, Chief Risk Officer)inWill B(Founder)

Co-investorsAntlerBlue CollectiveCopper Sky CapitalRender CapitalTruStage VenturesBMW i Ventures+2 more

Firstlookfirstlook.aiin

Firstlook uses machine learning to monitor continuous-flow systems (water, power, cooling) and predict equipment failures before they occur by learning normal operating signatures and detecting anomalies.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareIoT

Co-investorsHealth Wildcatters

GameMixgamemix.comin𝕏

GameMix is a browser-based platform for playing games instantly on smartphones, tablets, and computers without downloads or installs.

ConsumerGamingMedia & Entertainment

Co-investorsKarlin Ventures

Gemgem.comin𝕏

Gem is an AI recruiting platform that helps talent acquisition teams find candidates and hire faster.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Steven Bartel(CEO)inSteve Bartel(Founder)inNick Bushak(Founder)inEmil Ibrishimov(CTO)Susan Phan(COO)inNic Cryns(VP of Sales)in

Co-investorsAccelICONIQY CombinatorGlasswing VenturesGreylock PartnersICONIQ Growth+12 more

Glideglideapps.comin𝕏Seed

Glide is a no-code platform that converts spreadsheets into AI-powered business applications for automating manual workflows.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Mark Probst(Founder)inDavid Siegel(Founder)inJason Smith(Founder)inAntonio García Aprea(Co-founder)inAntonio Garcia Aprea(Founder)Harleigh Gabrielson(Head of Operations)

Co-investorsavraFirst Round CapitalY CombinatorAlt CapitalBenchmarkJASON SMITH+2 more

GMO-Z.com TECH KR, Inc.z.com

GMO Internet Group is a Japanese internet company offering services including domain registration, web hosting, cloud hosting, SSL certificates, and online FX trading.

Cloud ComputingFintechSaaS

Co-investorsGMO Internet

HelloTechhellotech.com

HelloTech provides in-home and online technical support for consumer computers, printers, networking, mobile devices, and other household electronics.

ConsumerSaaSLos Angeles, US

Richard Wolpert(Founder)Sascha Linn(Executive Officer, Director)Minah Oh(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardLen Jordan(Director)

Co-investorsAmplify.LABaroda VenturesCollaborative FundCrosscut VenturesExpansion Venture CapitalKarlin Ventures+6 more

Iceice.comin𝕏

ICE operates regulated futures exchanges and clearing services that enable derivative trading across multiple asset classes including energy, fixed income, currencies, and metals.

Data & InfrastructureEnergyEnterprise SoftwareFintech

Co-investorsVTF Capital

Internet Brandsinternetbrands.com

Internet Brands is a digital holding company that builds and operates a portfolio of branded websites and services across large vertical markets including auto, home, travel, and related consumer categories.

B2B MarketplacesConsumerMarketplaces

Co-investorsBattery VenturesHellman & FriedmanJMI EquityRedpoint VenturesSaints CapitalWarburg Pincus

Launchpad LAlaunchpad.la𝕏

Prevoty builds a cloud-based web application security platform that detects and prevents code injection attacks, SQL injections, cross-site scripting, and DDoS threats.

CybersecuritySector AgnosticSanta Monica, US

Kunal Anand(Co-founder)Julien Bellanger(Co-founder)

Co-investorsDouble M PartnersPLUS CapitalBaroda Ventures

Luminlumin.ai

Lumin.ai provides an AI tool that automatically follows up with sales leads via real-time text messaging and schedules appointments, integrating with a company's calendar and CRM.

AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales Tech

MightyVoicemightytext.net𝕏

MightyText lets users send and receive SMS/MMS from a computer or tablet using their existing Android phone number, keeping messages in sync with the phone's inbox.

ConsumerHealthtechImpact & Social GoodSaaS

Maneesh Arora(Founder)inAmit Sangani

Co-investors500 Global

MyLifestopbreathethink.com

MyLife offers a consumer app for emotional well-being built around regular self check-ins.

Healthtech

Jamie PriceJulie Campistron

Co-investors500 GlobalAmplify.LAOwl Capital

Netzeronetzero.net

NetZero appears to be an internet service provider offering promotional deals to customers, with the page primarily promoting a Norton 360 cybersecurity subscription offer rather than describing its own services.

Consumer

Co-investorsClearstone Venture PartnersDraper Associates

Overture Gamesoverture.gamesin

Overture runs game-based learning programs and AI creation challenges for students, offering guided tools to build games, movies, music, and applications.

AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyEdTechGamingChicago, US

Aspen Buckingham(CEO & Co-Founder)inSteven Jiang(COO & Co-Founder)in

Co-investorsDraper AssociatesFenway Summer VenturesGV (Google Ventures)TechstarsUpfront VenturesKhosla Ventures

Papaya Paymentspapayapay.comin𝕏

Papaya provides a platform to help Americans track and pay bills online, aiming to reduce financial anxiety and simplify bill payment management.

ConsumerFintechSaaSLos Angeles, US

Patrick Kann(Founder)inJason Meltzer(Founder)inHaakon Brekke(Founder)Julian Timings(Founder)Kush Sodhia(Founder)Renato Serra(Founder)

Co-investorsAcrew CapitalActivant CapitalBessemer Venture PartnersClocktower VenturesF-Prime CapitalFika+8 more

Sellbritesellbrite.comin𝕏Aug 2016

Sellbrite is a multi-channel ecommerce management tool that lets brands and retailers list products, sync inventory, and fulfill orders across major online marketplaces and their own web stores from a single interface.

E-commerceRetail TechSaaSPasadena, US

Michael Ugino(Executive Officer, Director)inBrian Nolan(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardAllen Morgan(Director)Tom McGovern(Director)

Co-investorsKrillion Ventures

Teliportmeteliportme.comSeed · Oct 2012 · $400K

TeliportMe provides 3D virtual tour software with 360-degree photo capture apps (Android/iOS), a browser-based editor, and SDKs/APIs for real estate and property-management companies.

Media & EntertainmentPropTechSaaS

Co-investorsSand Hill Angels

Ucodeucode.com𝕏Mar 2015

A domain brokerage that helps companies acquire premium .COM domain names, providing pricing guidance, branding consultation, and escrow-based transaction handling.

Enterprise SoftwareMarketing TechHermosa Beach, US

Craig Chrisney(Executive Officer)Marcia Goodstein(Executive Officer)Scott Mueller(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardDavid Cremin(Director)inBill Gross(Director)Roy Bahat(Director)in

Co-investorsFrontier Venture CapitalGotham Gal VenturesBloomberg Beta

Utilityutility.comin

Coreforce provides a comprehensive technology suite for public safety organizations, spanning dispatch, records management, evidence, and field operations.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareGovTechSaaS

Co-investorsBraemar Energy Ventures

Whitecoatwhitecoatai.comin

Whitecoat provides a clinical education platform for health professions training programs, combining rotation management, competency tracking, curriculum mapping, onboarding, and an integrated LMS in a single tool.

AI & Machine LearningEdTechHealthtech

Co-investorsMarket Square Ventures

X1x1.comin𝕏Apr 2005 · $10M

X1 develops eDiscovery, data discovery, and compliance software used by enterprise and legal/investigation teams.

CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareLegalTechSaaSPasadena, US

Todmund Cole(Chief Executive Officer)Craig Chrisney(Executive Officer)Larry Gill(CEO)inRob Lekowski(Chief Revenue Officer)inAndrew Kang(Chief Financial Officer)inCharles Meier(Chief Product Officer)in

Co-investorsMantis CapitalPalisades Growth Capital

xospherexosphere.ioin

Xosphere offers the Xosphere IQ platform, which autonomously optimizes cloud compute, Kubernetes, and AI spending by migrating workloads to Spot capacity on AWS and GCP, scaling clusters, and attributing AI costs to business outcomes.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise Software

Co-investorseLab Ventures

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Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

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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.