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Matrix — 2018 Investments

10 investments dated 2018 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all

Brightbackbrightback.comSep 2018

San Francisco, US

GUY MARION(Executive Officer, Director)Cory Watilo(Founder)Guy Marion(Founder)

BoardZACK URLOCKER(Director)inSHARDUL SHAH(Director)in

Co-investorsCamber PartnersPoint NineRembrandt Venture PartnersVerissimo VenturesIndex Ventures

CloudBeescloudbees.comin𝕏Jun 2018 · $62M

CloudBees Unify Feature Management is a control layer for software delivery that decouples code deployment from customer exposure, letting engineering teams ship continuously while leaders retain visibility, governance, and risk control.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Jose, US

Sacha Labourey(Founder)inFrançois Déchery(Founder)inMichael Neale(Founder)inMoritz Plassnig(Chief Executive Officer)inPhilippe Van Hove(Chief Revenue Officer)inRaj Sarkar(Chief Marketing Officer)in

Co-investorsCamber PartnersDelta-v CapitalFoundryGolub GrowthLightspeed Venture PartnersNewView Capital+7 more

Dray Alliancedrayalliance.cominJul 2018 · $10.2M

Dray Alliance is a drayage provider offering technology-based, end-to-end drayage management to move shipping containers between ports and distribution centers.

B2B MarketplacesLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSLakewood, US

Jason Yu(Founder)inHank Cui(Director)Hao Yu(Director)Haobo Wen(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsFJ LabsNextwave [X] PartnersWonder VenturesAct One VenturesCraft VenturesHeadline+3 more

Earninearnin.comin𝕏Dec 2018 · $125M

EarnIn provides early wage access, allowing workers to access portions of earned pay before payday.

FintechLos Angeles, US

Ram Palaniappan(Founder)in

Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzCamp One VenturesCleo CapitalCoatue ManagementFelicis VenturesG Squared+8 more

Headlightheadlight.healthin𝕏Feb 2018

Headlight provides mental health services in the Western U.S., offering therapy and medication management delivered by licensed clinicians through a care coordination model that emphasizes personalized matching and integrated care.

Digital HealthHealthtechMental HealthWalnut, US

Dr. Manish ShethJason Shen(Executive Officer, Director)Wayne Gerard(Executive Officer, Director)Jameel Marafie(Founder)Manish Sheth(Founder)Puneet Chhabra(Founder)

Co-investorsMultiplier CapitalPACE Healthcare CapitalEntrepreneur FirstEPIC VENTURESFoundersFounders A/S

Kolide1password.comin𝕏Apr 2018 · $8M

1Password Enterprise Password Manager (EPM) is a zero-knowledge secrets manager that centralizes passwords, passkeys, SSH keys, API tokens, and AI agent credentials in encrypted, policy-governed vaults.

CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Sara Teare(Founder)Roustem Karimov(Founder)inDave Teare(Founder)Jeff Shiner(Founder)Jeff Shiner (CEO)(Founder)Natalia Karimov(Founder)

Co-investorsAccelFlume VenturesICONIQLightspeed Venture PartnersPrimary Venture PartnersSalesforce Ventures+4 more

Namelynamely.comin𝕏Aug 2018 · $60MAcquired

Namely is a cloud-based HR platform that combines HRIS, payroll, benefits administration, and talent management for mid-market companies.

Enterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSNew York, US

Matthew Straznitskas(Executive Officer, Director)Larry Dunivan(CEO (appointed July 2019))inMatt Straz(Founder)

BoardAdam D'Augelli(Director)inDavid Skok(Director)in

Co-investorsNotable CapitalScale Venture PartnersSequoia CapitalTrue VenturesBullpen CapitalGolub Growth+6 more

Razorpayrazorpay.comin𝕏Seed · Jan 2018 · $20M

Razorpay provides payment processing APIs and financial services for online merchants, schools, and ecommerce businesses, offering payment acceptance, disbursement, current accounts, and working capital loans.

E-commerceEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSBengaluru, IN

Harshil Mathur(CEO)inShashank Kumar(Founder)inRamya SreedharaPrashanth MSSirisha ReddyAnuradha

Co-investorsAlkeon InnovationFundamentumGMO VenturePartnersgrowX VenturesIIMA VenturesLightspeed India Partners+24 more

Smartcatsmartcat.comin𝕏Sep 2018

Smartcat provides AI-powered language translation and localization software that converts content across multiple formats (documents, videos, websites, software) into any language for global enterprises.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSWilmington, US

Ivan Smolnikov(Founder)inILIYA SHIROKOV(Director)ANASTASIYA SHYSKINA(Executive Officer)Ilya Mishchenko(Founder)

BoardVinny Pujji(Director)inDavid Skok(Director)in

Co-investorsAltaIR CapitalFJ LabsLeft Lane CapitalNelstone Ventures

Zaiuszaius.comApr 2018acquired by Optimizely · Mar 2021

Zaius provided a customer data platform (CDP) and B2C marketing automation software that unified customer data to power personalized marketing campaigns.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMarketing TechSaaSBoston, US

Mark Gally(Executive Officer, Director)Spencer Pingry(Executive Officer, Director)inPhilip Wickline(Executive Officer, Director)Salvatore Fondaco(Executive Officer)

BoardRaymond Tacoma(Director)David Skok(Director)in

Co-investorsInsight PartnersUnderscore VCLeaders Fund

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.