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State Affairs is an AI-powered intelligence platform that analyzes legislative hearings, bills, and regulations to deliver real-time policy intelligence to organizations.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareGovTechNew York, US

JSJamie Seltzer(Director)inBEBrady Evan Burns(Executive Officer, Director)in

Board seatJamie Seltzer· per SEC Form D · $1M raise · filed Feb 2022

Co-investorsESEscalate Capital PartnersPEPerceptive Ventures Management Company, LlcWEWestern Technology Investment

1v1Me is a platform that allows users to stake money on esports matches as a legal alternative to esports betting, available across all 50 U.S. states.

Gaming

Alexander Emmanuel(Founder)in

Co-investorsCOConductive VenturesEXExpansion CapitalFJFJ LabsGAGaingelsVIVillage GlobalBEBettor Capital+5 more

A storytelling platform that turns submitted stories into serialized cinematic shows across genres like true crime, fantasy, drama, and animation, and lets users generate personalized experiences and interact with the fictional worlds.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerMedia & Entertainment

Co-investorsTRTreble Capital

Affiniti is a financial technology company offering a platform that combines banking, payments, credit cards, expense management, bill pay, and accounting automation for small and mid-sized American businesses.

FintechSaaS

SPSahil Phadnis(Founder)in

Co-investorsEVEvolution VenturesRIRiverPark VenturesSISignalFireSPSpice CapitalCOContrarian Thinking CapitalDADay One Ventures+4 more

Antenna's Subscriber Views product measures how programming affects audience behavior and subscriber loyalty by tracking which shows drive sign-ups, retention, and engagement across streaming services.

Data & InfrastructureMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSaaS

JCJonathan Carson(Founder)inRTRameez Tase(Founder)in

Co-investorsIMImagination CapitalWAWaverley CapitalHYHyperSKSK VenturesUTUTA VenturesGRGrit Capital Partners+5 more

Aria Labs is an indie studio creating music software including creation games, digital instruments, and plugins designed to be intuitive and tactile.

ConsumerCreator EconomyGamingMedia & Entertainment

Autolane develops a curb management platform with sensor hardware and cloud software to coordinate autonomous vehicle operations for delivery, pickup, and mobility services.

HardwareIoTMobility & Transportation

Co-investorsDRDraper AssociatesFEFeld VenturesHYHyperplane Venture CapitalIRIron PrairieLALAUNCHRERedstick Ventures

Boomerang is a Miami-based lost-and-found platform that uses AI to help businesses identify and return items to customers.

Skyler Logsdon(Founder)in

Co-investors30305 VenturesEVEverywhere VenturesEVEvolution VenturesGAGaingelsHAHarlo Equity PartnersMOMonta Vista Capital+5 more

Breach builds regulated insurance products for cryptocurrency and digital assets, offering coverage to both individual holders and institutional clients.

Crypto & Web3FintechInsurTech

Iain Fraser(Founder)inEyhab

Co-investorsALAlumni VenturesCHChain ReactionFOFoundation CapitalPJPJCRARaptor Group

Marketplace enabling users to request personalized video messages or live chats with celebrities and influencers.

SGSteven Galanis(Founder)inMartin Blencowe(Founder)inDSDevon Spinnler Townsend(Founder)inArthur Leopold(Founder)Devon Townsend(Founder)

Co-investorsCHChaifetz GroupCHChicago VenturesCLCleo CapitalCOConnect VenturesDIDigi VenturesDUDuke Capital Partners+26 more

Cashmere provides a multi-signature Solana wallet that allows enterprises and startups to manage cryptocurrency holdings across multiple authorized signers rather than concentrating control in a single account.

Crypto & Web3FintechSan Francisco, US

SKShashank Khanna(Founder)inRLRebecca Lee(Founder)inCMCharlotte McGinn(Founder)in

Co-investorsCACanapi VenturesCOCoinbase VenturesFOFortitude VenturesNONotation CapitalSOSoma CapitalSOSouth Quad+13 more

Cashmere operates a platform that connects publishers with AI applications, letting publishers license, track, and monetize how their content is accessed by AI platforms at inference time.

AI & Machine LearningMedia & EntertainmentSaaS

Co-investorsFOFortitude VenturesREReach Capital

The map for people who care where they're going.

Co-investorsABAbstract VenturesTATactile VenturesFOForerunner Ventures

Edge Sound Research builds intelligent audio infrastructure based on patented technologies that capture, separate, and enhance sound, transform physical surfaces into sound emitters, and map audio into spatial experiences.

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3Deep TechGamingHardwareMedia & EntertainmentRiverside, US

Co-investorsCACartan CapitalELElevate VenturesKEKern Venture GroupTETechstarsPOPotential Capital

Arlington, US

ITIyad Tarazi(Executive Officer, Director)inDan Rabinovitsj(Director)Jill Smith(Director)Steven C. Marshall(Director)Joseph Pignato(Executive Officer, Director)inCraig Cowden(Director)

Co-investorsBIBigfoot CapitalCECerberus Capital ManagementGIGIC

Edisyl builds a semantic layer for enterprise data that encodes organizational understanding of metrics and data meaning, enabling AI tools to answer questions according to business logic.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareBoston, US

DBDavid Balter(Executive Officer, Director)in

BoardADAdam D'Augelli(Director)inRalph Folz(Director)Shikar Ghosh(Director)

Co-investorsBIBitDAOBLBlockchain CoinvestorsCECeras VenturesCOCollab+CurrencyCOCommerce VenturesDIDigital Currency Group+17 more

Edisyl builds a semantic layer that encodes organizational understanding of data meaning, metrics definitions, and institutional knowledge to enable enterprise AI tools to answer questions aligned with business logic.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software

JMJim Myers(Founder)in

Co-investorsBOBoston Seed CapitalCOCoinbase VenturesCOConvergeF-F-Prime CapitalGAGalaxy VenturesM1M13+15 more

Freestyle makes baby care products including diapers and water-based wipes designed for sensitive skin, using chlorine-free and plastic-free materials.

ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerce

RWRuss Wallace(Founder)in

Co-investorsADAdapt VenturesECECP GrowthENEntrepreneur VenturesSUSuperAngel.FundLELeft Lane CapitalMUMucker Capital+1 more

Genvid is a media technology company building studio-grade production management infrastructure for generative AI content, with native generation, version control, asset tracking, and provenance for film, TV, and games.

AI & Machine LearningGamingMedia & EntertainmentSaaSNew York, US

JNJacob Navok(Founder)inCCChristopher Cataldi(Founder)inFNFabien Ninoles(Founder)inJerry Heinz(CIO)inSBStephan Bugaj(Chief Creative Officer)in

BoardGMGregory Milken(Director)in

Co-investorsHOHorizons VenturesMAMakers FundNTNTT DOCOMO VenturesOCOCA VenturesTHThird Point VenturesVAValor Equity Partners+6 more

St. George, US

LKLawrence Kosick(Founder)inNeil D'Souza(Executive Officer, Director)NDNeil Dsouza(Founder)inDeval Delivala(Founder)

BoardMGMatthew Greenfield(Director)in

Co-investorsASASDF VenturesCOCowboy VenturesHDHDS CapitalPRPrimetime PartnersRERethink EducationAMAME Cloud Ventures+2 more

Giant creates personalized, interactive digital stories for children that adapt to their names, voices, and interests.

ConsumerEdTechMedia & Entertainment

JKJohn Kobs(CEO & Founder)in

Co-investorsDEDecasonicFJFJ LabsJ4J4 VenturesPEPerceptive Ventures Management Company, LlcWEWestern Technology Investment

Giant Swarm provides a platform for deploying, managing, and governing AI agents at scale across any infrastructure environment, whether cloud, on-premises, edge, or air-gapped networks.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

TDTimo Derstappen(Co-Founder and CTO)inHLHenning Lange(Co-Founder and CEO)inOTOliver Thylmann(Co-Founder and CCO)in

Co-investorsFIFirestartrARArrington CapitalDEDecasonicFLFlex Capital PartnersGRGriffin Gaming PartnersKRKraken+6 more

Goldin is a US sports, history and pop-culture collectibles auction house, founded in 2012 and acquired by eBay in 2024.

Runnemede, US

Kenneth Goldin(Executive Officer, Director)inKGKen Goldin(Founder)inMatthew Brown(Director)Michaela Venuti(Director)Jesse Jacobs(Director)Nathaniel S. Turner V(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsAUAurum Venture PartnersTHThe Chernin Group (TCG Crypto)0101 Advisors7575 & SunnyANAnthony PomplianoCRCraft Ventures+4 more

Greeter provides commercial-grade digital storefront displays (55", 46", LED and transparent mesh) bundled with installation, content management software, performance data, and support for a single monthly fee with no upfront cost.

AdTechHardwareRetail Tech

Illumix builds infrastructure for spatial AI, combining computer vision, multimodal AI, and edge deployment technologies for both consumer and enterprise applications.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareRoboticsPalo Alto, US

KSKirin Sinha(Founder)inMarianne Dang(Founder)in

Co-investorsALAlumni VenturesDIDisney AcceleratorLILightspeed Venture PartnersMAMaveronRARaptor GroupSOSony Ventures Corporation+6 more

Incredible Dream is a tabletop game studio that develops original intellectual property and adapts licensed properties, handling worldbuilding, production, localization, and global retail distribution.

ConsumerGamingMedia & EntertainmentSan Francisco, US

Co-investorsADAdvancit CapitalCOCourtside VenturesFIFive Four VenturesGEGeneral CatalystSLSlow Ventures

Ludeo builds an SDK and consumer platform that lets game studios turn game scenes into "Ludeos" — playable, interactive moments generated at the game-engine level while preserving the game's IP.

AI & Machine LearningGamingMedia & Entertainment

AGAsaf Gazit(Founder)inOmri Gazit(Founder)in

Co-investors9191 VenturesANAnD VenturesFUFuture Back VenturesLGLG Technology VenturesSASamsung NextSTStardom

Memo provides article readership data sourced directly from publications, letting communications and PR teams see how many people actually read their press coverage and which stories, outlets, and reporters drive traffic.

Data & InfrastructureMarketing TechSaaSNew York City, US

EKEddie Kim(Founder & CEO)KSKarlie Santucci(Chief Customer Officer)inBKBrad Kagawa(CTO)in

Co-investorsFOFounder CollectiveMHMHS CapitalSUSusa VenturesABAbstract VenturesLALauder PartnersPRPreface Ventures

Helium operates a decentralized wireless network where individuals and businesses host small devices called Hotspots to provide cellular connectivity and earn HNT cryptocurrency.

Crypto & Web3

Amir Haleem(Founder)Sean Carey(Founder)Shawn Fanning(Founder)SJShishir Jakati(Founder)inZWZach Witzel(Founder)in

Co-investors1010T FundA1a16z cryptoALAlpha Square GroupALAlumni VenturesANAndreessen HorowitzBLBlueYard Capital+30 more

Overtime creates and operates new sports leagues and media IP — including OTE and OT Select in basketball and OT7 and OT Nationals in football — while producing over 150 weekly pieces of original sports content for its global audience of next-generation fans and athletes.

ConsumerCreator EconomyMedia & EntertainmentSports TechBrooklyn, US

ZWZachary Weiner(Founder)inZWZack Weiner(Founder)inDPDan Porter(Founder)

Co-investors35359 CapitalANAndreessen HorowitzBEBezos ExpeditionsBLBlack CapitalSPSpark CapitalWIWinslow Capital+31 more

Peak offers TAP, a platform that provides advertisers with visibility into where their programmatic ads appear adjacent to child sexual abuse material (CSAM) and other high-risk content.

AdTechAI & Machine LearningCybersecuritySaaS

Co-investorsEXExpert DOJOMUMute VenturesBABanter Capital

Podchaser operated a crowdsourced podcast database offering metadata, credits, ratings, reviews, and advertising/data insights for podcasts.

Oklahoma City, US

CRCole Raven(Executive Officer, Director)inMatthew Luckett(Director)Bradley Davis(Founder)

Co-investorsADAdvancit CapitalGRGreycroftHIHigh AlphaKEKeyhorse CapitalPOPoplar VenturesHYHyde Park Venture Partners+2 more

PrivacyHawk is a consumer privacy company that helps individuals protect their personal data from spam, scams, identity theft, data selling, and hacking.

ConsumerCybersecuritySaaSLos Angeles, US

AMAaron Mendes(Founder)inJWJustin Wright(Founder)in

Co-investorsALAlumni VenturesCACadron Capital PartnersFFFf Venture CapitalGAGaingelsK K Street CapitalLALalotte Ventures+5 more

Procurated operates a marketplace and review platform connecting public sector buyers with suppliers, providing ratings, reviews, and insights to facilitate informed purchasing decisions for government, educational, and nonprofit organizations.

B2B MarketplacesEnterprise SoftwareGovTechSaaSWashington, US

DYDavid Yarkin(Founder)inCFCassie Fay(VP, Sales)inBSBecca Smith(VP Product & Engagement)

BoardPaul Finnegan(Director)APAlan Patricof(Director)in

Co-investorsGAGaingelsGRGreycroftK K Street CapitalTRTribeca Venture PartnersPRPrimetime PartnersTDTDF Ventures

Atorie sells leather handbags directly to consumers, including a pebbled-leather bowling bag made from Italian cowhide with a lambskin-lined interior.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerce

Luis Angulo(Founder)in

Co-investorsCHCharge VCCRCreator VenturesLILightbank

ShopShops is a livestream shopping application for fashion, beauty, and lifestyle goods.

B2B MarketplacesConsumerE-commerceSocial

Liyia Wu(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsANAnsa CapitalFOFounder CollectiveSOSozo VenturesTHThe Chernin Group (TCG Crypto)UNUnion Square Ventures (USV)XRXRC+5 more

Slipstream provides a music catalog for content creators in entertainment and media, offering tracks that can be licensed across any platform globally.

AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMedia & EntertainmentSaaS

Co-investorsTHThird PrimeSOSony Music Entertainment

Slipstream Music offers music licensing subscription plans that cover use across platforms such as YouTube, TikTok, Instagram, Twitch, Facebook, and podcasts.

Creator EconomyMedia & EntertainmentSaaS

Status is a social platform that lets users inhabit and interact within fantasy worlds, with over 3 million active users globally.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerGamingSocialNew York City, US

FNFai Nur(Founder)inGreat OkonkwoBlossom Okonkwo(CMO)

Co-investorsABAbstract VenturesALAlly VenturesBLBlockchain CoinvestorsCRCreator VenturesNINight CapitalPEPeterson Ventures+8 more

Status AI is a social media simulation mobile game where players create avatars and virtual personas, interact with 1000+ AI characters from fandoms like Marvel and Anime, and navigate the dynamics of online fame and controversy.

AI & Machine LearningGamingSocial

Co-investorsABAbstract Ventures

Digiday is a media publication covering the digital advertising, marketing, and media industries, producing news, briefings, podcasts, and research reports.

AdTechMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentBrooklyn, US

Yonatan Raz-Fridman(Executive Officer, Director)Kenneth Lamb(Director)Pedro Romi(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsSISilicon VenturesARAream & Co.GRGriffin Gaming PartnersPOPowerhouse CapitalWAWarner Music Group

Sway operates a tech-enabled delivery and returns network for consumer brands, offering premium same-day and next-day delivery, box-less at-home return pickups, and doorstep exchanges.

E-commerceLogistics & Supply ChainRetail Tech

Kristian Zak(Founder)inERIC WIMER(Founder)in

Co-investors7G7GC & CoEVEvolution VenturesFEFeldsmith CapitalGOGood FriendsGRGraph VenturesHAHawke Ventures+4 more

Returnmates operates a tech-enabled delivery and returns network for retail brands, offering premium same-day and next-day deliveries, box-less at-home return pickups, and doorstep exchanges.

E-commerceLogistics & Supply ChainRetail TechVenice, US

Eric Wimer(Founder)inKristian Zak(Director)

Co-investors7G7GC & CoBLBlackhorn VenturesFIFirebrand VenturesGAGaingelsYEYes VCTHThe Fund

Telly builds a television platform designed as a central hub for home entertainment, information, fitness, and social connection.

AdTechConsumerHardwareMedia & EntertainmentSan Francisco, US

IPIlya Pozin(Co-Founder, CEO)inMohammad Al Adham(Executive Officer, Director)Shervin Pishevar(Co-Founder, Chairman)in

BoardCameron Lester(Director)Nasser Al-Sabah(Director)Mohammed El Saadi(Director)

Co-investorsEVEverybody VenturesFOFourward VenturesGRGreat Oaks Venture CapitalHAHawke VenturesMEMech VenturesPAPalm Tree Crew Investments+8 more

The Juggernaut is a consumer subscription media company and community focused on South Asia and the South Asian diaspora.

ConsumerMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSocialNew York City, US

SSSnigdha Sur(Founder)inShelley Garg(Senior Growth Engineer)

Co-investorsBABackstage CapitalY Y CombinatorPRPrecursor VenturesBABackbone AngelsHEHead & Heart CapitalGAGaingels+9 more

Toucan builds blockchain infrastructure for the voluntary carbon market, tokenizing carbon credits on-chain so they can be traded and retired.

CleantechClimate TechCrypto & Web3Fintech

Raphaël Haupt(Founder)in

Co-investorsEAEarthshot VenturesGOGolden VenturesOBObvious VenturesWOWonder VenturesAGAgrolimen VenturesBABalderton Capital+9 more

Vurvey Labs develops AI-powered platforms that simulate human behavior and consumer insights, enabling enterprises and agencies to research, validate, and deploy products and marketing strategies at speed across CPG, healthcare, hospitality, retail, and entertainment sectors.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSCincinnati, US

Chad Reynolds(Executive Officer, Director)Eric Poff(Executive Officer)Keith Brown(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardJames Price(Director)

Co-investorsCICincyTechEAEagle Venture

Workweek operates a media network built around individual creators who produce newsletters and shows for professional audiences, including ecommerce, HR and people, healthcare, banking and fintech, and marketing leaders.

Creator EconomyFuture of WorkMedia & EntertainmentSocial

BSBecca Sherman(Founder)in

Co-investorsDADay One VenturesNENext Coast VenturesHUHummingbird Ventures

WasteNot is an ad optimization tool that automatically syncs dynamic exclusion audiences (such as past customers and recent visitors) across Meta and Google Ads campaigns to prevent wasted spend and lower customer acquisition costs.

AdTechMarketing TechSaaS

Co-investorsNENextView Ventures

Waywise provides "expectation intelligence" for video game studios, analyzing player discourse across Steam, Reddit, YouTube, and Discord to measure how player beliefs form and where perception diverges from what a game delivers.

AI & Machine LearningGamingSaaSSan Francisco, US

Matthew Cavnar(Executive Officer, Director)Stephen Danton(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardSRScott Rupp(Director)in

Co-investorsBIBitkraft Esports Ventures