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MNTN provides self-serve software for connected TV advertising that enables brands to run television ads and measure performance across conversions, revenue, and site visits.

AdTechMarketing TechNew York, US

MDMark Douglas(President & CEO)inPAPatrick A. Pohlen(Chief Financial Officer)inChristopher Innes(Chief Operating Officer)

Co-investorsBABaroda VenturesBOBonfire VenturesGRGreycroftQUQualcomm VenturesSASaints CapitalSESecond Alpha Partners+1 more

Beam Benefits is a digitally-native employee benefits company offering dental, vision, life, and supplemental health insurance through an online platform with personalized rewards and AI-powered underwriting.

FintechHealthtechHR TechInsurTechMadison, US

AFAlex Frommeyer(Founder)inACAlex Curry(Founder)inDDDan Dykes(Founder)in

Co-investorsDRDrive CapitalKLKleiner PerkinsALAlumni VenturesBLBlue Ivy VenturesLELewis & Clark VenturesGEGeorgian

Phin provides a security awareness training and simulated phishing platform built for managed service providers (MSPs) to train and test their clients' end-users.

CybersecurityEdTechSaaSWilmington, US

CSCONNOR SWALM(Executive Officer, Director)inJOSHUA SIMMONS(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardJLJustin Label(Director)inMRMargaret Roth(Director)in

Co-investorsINInner Loop CapitalSQSQUADRA VENTURESEAEarly Light Ventures

A healthcare software company that provides patient transfer, admission, discharge planning, and post-acute care placement solutions for hospitals and health systems.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechSaaS

JSJonathan Shoemaker(Chief Executive Officer)inJustin Falk(Chief Technology Officer)in

Academia.edu is a commercial San Francisco platform where researchers share, discover and publish academic papers.

San Francisco, US

RPRichard Price(Founder)in

BoardBijan Sibet(Director)BLBen Ling(Director)inAnthony Duffy(Director)

Co-investorsLOLocalGlobeSDSDVTETeamworthy VenturesTRTrue Ventures2020VCALAlumni Ventures+25 more

Atomic builds financial infrastructure and open finance solutions used by financial institutions.

Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsFintechSaaSSalt Lake City, US

JWJordan Wright(Co-founder)inSWScott Weinert(Co-founder)inAMAndrea Martone(Co-founder)inLDLindsay Davis(Head of Markets (as of 2021-2022))in

BoardJMJosh McFarland(Greylock Partner (investor contact / board involvement implied))in

Co-investorsAQAquiline Technology GrowthATATX Venture PartnersCOCore Venture CapitalGRGreylock PartnersPOPortage VenturesSHSharf Ventures+5 more

Attain is a consumer-data platform built on direct, permissioned relationships that turns live purchase activity into audience targeting, measurement, and market insights.

AdTechData & InfrastructureMarketing TechChicago, US

Co-investorsCOCore Venture CapitalLILightbankSTStarting LineMOMotivate Venture Capital

Attain provides a digital ordering and inventory management platform for convenience stores to purchase stock from food-service distributors, replacing traditional paper invoices and phone orders.

E-commerceEnterprise SoftwareMarketplacesRetail TechSaaSSan Francisco, US

AHAamir Hudda(Founder)inJYJoseph Yeh(Founder)inJYJoseph Yehin

Co-investorsSOSoma CapitalY Y CombinatorKHKhosla Ventures

South Jordan, US

Darin M. Vercillo(Executive Officer, Director)Chad Latimer(Executive Officer)

BoardJan Newman(Director)AHAlan Hall(Director)inScott Frazier(Director)Angela Franks(Director)

Co-investorsMUMultiplier CapitalRURubicon Technology PartnersIRIron Gate Capital

Cloud Elements was a Denver-based API integration platform that let SaaS providers and enterprises publish, integrate, and manage APIs through prebuilt one-to-many connectors, linking entire categories of cloud applications through a single unified API.

Enterprise SoftwareSaaSDenver, US

MGMark Geene(Founder & CEO)

BoardJoseph R. Zell(Director)JHJeffrey Hinck(Director)inJim Franklin(Director)

Co-investorsACAccess Venture PartnersFIFirstMile VenturesRARally Ventures Management, LlcUPUpslope VenturesGRGrotech VenturesHAHarbert Growth Partners

Control4 develops a smart home and business automation platform that centralizes control of connected devices including lighting, audio, video, climate, security, and intercom systems.

Enterprise SoftwareHardwareIoTLehi, US

ESEric Smith(Founder)inWWWill West(Founder)inMMMark Morgan(Founder)in

Co-investorsCICisco InvestmentsLOLobby CapitalSASapphire VenturesSTSTARTUP IGNITION VENTURES

Cradlepoint (part of Ericsson) provides wireless WAN connectivity using cellular 5G and LTE, including cellular routers/gateways, private 5G networks, and small cell neutral host solutions.

Enterprise SoftwareHardwareIoTBoise, US

Val Heusinkveld(Executive Officer)GMGeorge Mulhern(Founder)inPat Sewall(Founder)

BoardLeGrand Lewis(Director)Gerard Langeler(Director)Aaron DeRose(Director)

Co-investorsDEDelta-v CapitalFOFoundryICIcon VenturesNONorwest Venture PartnersSWSwell CollectiveTCTCV

Vivante Health is a digital health company focused on gastrointestinal (GI) care, developing data-driven, value-based health programs and technology for managing digestive conditions.

Digital HealthHealthtechWellness & FitnessHouston, US

KAKimon Angelides(Founder)inSally Welborn(Director)William Snyder(Executive Officer, Director)MVMarco Veremis(Director)inSEShawn Ellis(Director)inSanford Duncan(Director)

Co-investors7W7wire VenturesCOCorewell Health VenturesLILifeforce CapitalPEPeterson VenturesBIBig Pi VenturesDIDistributed Ventures+5 more

Cyware provides a cybersecurity platform that enriches, correlates, and operationalizes cyber threat intelligence across an organization's tools and teams, using AI to enable faster, automated, and collaborative threat responses.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareWest Orange, US

AGAnuj Goel(Co-Founder and CEO)inAJAkshat Jain(CTO and Co-Founder)in

Co-investorsEMEmerald Development ManagersTETen ElevenADAdvent International

Ephesoft provides an intelligent document processing (IDP) platform that uses OCR and machine learning to capture, classify, and extract data from documents to automate workflows such as accounts payable and invoice processing.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSLaguna Hills, US

Ilker Kavas(Chief Financial Officer & Secretary)Donald Field(President & CEO)PHPeter Hantman(Chief Executive Officer)inRWRobert Watson(Chief Financial Officer)inMVMike Verdeyen(Chief Technology Officer)DWDanielle Weinblatt(Chief Product Officer)in

Co-investorsCECEI VenturesINIn-Q-TelOMOmega Venture PartnersSTStructural Capital

FreightPOP is an AI supply chain platform that combines order management, warehouse execution, and multi-carrier transportation management, connecting ERP systems, carriers, and marketplaces through 1,500+ integrations.

AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS

KJKurt Johnson(Founder)in

Co-investorsAMAmbassadors Impact NetworkCOCove FundEAEagle VentureNANavigate VenturesSCScOp Venture CapitalPRPRELUDE

ioMemory NAND clustering architecture for storage.

Co-investorsACAccelACAccess Venture PartnersANAndreessen HorowitzLILightspeed Venture PartnersNENew Enterprise Associates (NEA)PRPresidio Ventures+5 more

Galileo (SoFi Technology Solutions) provides APIs and a payments platform for banks, fintechs, and brands to build and scale financial products, including digital accounts and ledgers, ACH and card-based payments, card issuing and processing, and fraud and risk tools.

Cloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareFintechSaaS

Kathleen Pierce-Gilmore(President of SoFi Technology Solutions)BKBill Kennedy(CFO)DRDavid Rice(Chief Technology Officer)JSJoel Sherwin(Head of Legal)MSMiguel Santos(Head of Strategy)

Co-investorsACAccelKIKickstart

GloveBox is a client-facing service portal and mobile app for independent insurance agencies that integrates with their agency management system (AMS) to handle routine policy servicing tasks, certificate management, payments, and cross-sell/referral opportunities.

FintechInsurTechSaaSEnglewood, US

R�Ryan 💥 Mathisen(Founder)inZach Sivertson(Director)Sean Mulhern(Executive Officer, Director)Daniel Drechsel(Director)

Co-investorsBIBIP VenturesNANaples Technology VenturesPAPanoramic Ventures

Goal Zero designs and sells portable power products, including power stations, solar generators, power banks, home backup systems, and lights.

CleantechConsumerHardware

Co-investorsINIn-Q-Tel

Greenfly offers an AI-powered platform for collecting, organizing, and distributing short-form media and digital assets, used by sports leagues, teams, and media organizations to engage fans and create sponsor and broadcast revenue.

AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentSaaSSports TechSanta Monica, US

DKDaniel Kirschner(Co-Founder + CEO)inSGShawn Green(Co-Founder + Chairman)inMTMichael Tracyin

BoardNRNate Redmond(Director)inMLMark Leschly(Director)

Co-investors4M4M HoldingADADVANTAGEALAllievo CapitalALAlpha EdisonCOCorazon CapitalCPCP Ventures+7 more

Hash Kitchen is a brunch restaurant concept offering experiential dining in Phoenix, Arizona with plans to expand nationally, known for distinctive flavors and atmosphere.

ConsumerFoodTechPhoenix, US

JMJoey Maggiore(Executive Chef, Founder)Cristina Maggiore(Co-founder)Flora Tersigni(Co-founder)

Co-investorsSASavory

Application and serverless security startup, acquired by VMware in 2019, that restricted what code could do at runtime.

Palo Alto, US

Mukul Gupta(Founder)Rohit Toshniwal(Founder)Shiv Agarwal(Founder)Craig McLuckie(Founder)Diane Greene(Founder)Edouard Bugnion(Founder)

Co-investors8383NorthACAccompliceALAllegisCyber CapitalANAndreessen HorowitzARAristos VenturesAUAugust Capital+17 more

Kalderos describes its company culture, values, and diversity and inclusion initiatives, including a women-in-tech program.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechSaaSChicago, US

Jeremy Docken(Chief Executive Officer of Issuer)JSJim Sparks(Executive Officer)inRHRusty Hensley(Executive Officer)inAFAngie Franks(Executive Officer, Director)inMicah Litow(Director)in

BoardClint Stone(Director)

Co-investorsALAlumni VenturesBABain Capital VenturesBABascom VenturesSASavano Capital PartnersVAValspring Capital

Kuali is an ed tech company that builds software for institutions of higher education, including administrative and SaaS solutions for colleges and universities.

EdTechEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

JDJoel Dehlin(Chief Technology and Product Officer)inCCChris Coppola(CEO)in

Co-investorsOWOwl Ventures

Lambda operates cloud infrastructure and supercomputers purpose-built for AI training and inference, serving hyperscalers, enterprises, and frontier AI labs.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureSan Francisco, US

SBStephen Balaban(Founder)inBenhamin Nelson(Executive Officer)Austen Allred(Executive Officer, Director)ML engineers in(Founder)Michael Balaban(Founder)

BoardJessica Verrilli(Director)

Co-investorsACAccess Ventures (New York)AIAir Street CapitalALAlpha Square GroupALAlumni VenturesB B Capital GroupB4B4 Capital+36 more

Latent AI builds tools and services for deploying, optimizing, and updating machine learning models at the edge, including in disconnected real-world environments across varied hardware and device fleets.

AI & Machine LearningDefense TechEnterprise Software

SCSek Chai(Founder)in

Co-investorsAUAUM VenturesBLBlackhorn VenturesBOBooz Allen VenturesDODoon CapitalFIFirst Spark Ventures, LlcFUFuture Ventures+2 more

Lendio operates a marketplace connecting small businesses in the US with 75+ funding partners through a single loan application, and provides embeddable and integrated lending technology for banks, credit unions, and platform partners.

FintechMarketplacesSaaSSouth Jordan, US

BBBrock Blake(Founder)inMSMark Santiago(Executive Officer)in

BoardABAndre Bliznyuk(Director)inCGChris Gottschalk(Director)inDaniel Kittredge(Director)BHBrian Hirsch(Director)in

Co-investorsBLBlank Space VenturesBLBlumberg CapitalBYBYU Cougar CapitalCOComcast VenturesRURuna CapitalTRTribeca Venture Partners+3 more

Verisk provides data analytics, technology, and scientific research for the insurance industry, covering property and casualty, life and annuities, reinsurance, and specialty markets.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureInsurTech

Co-investorsUTUtah Governor’s Office of Economic Development (GOED)

ObservePoint provides analytics validation software that detects broken, duplicate, or missing tracking tags and validates data across customer journeys for GA4, Adobe Analytics, and 94+ other platforms.

CybersecurityData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSProvo, US

Chris Cooper(Director)Shane Atchison(Director)John Pestana(Director, Promoter)Rob Seolas(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Jared Wilks(Executive Officer)

BoardJeff Burningham(Director)

Co-investorsALAlbum VCBYBYU Cougar Capital

Ownwell helps homeowners reduce their property tax bills and other real estate ownership expenses through a combination of local expert analysis and technology.

FintechPropTechSaaS

CPColton Pace(Founder)inJNJoseph Noor(Founder)inCFChang FuinJRJamie RyaninCRCaroline RileyinDHDavid Holyoakin

Co-investorsALAlpha EdisonDEDetroit Venture PartnersFIFirst Round CapitalFOFounder CollectiveLELeft Lane CapitalLOLong Journey Ventures+3 more

Paytient is a platform that removes out-of-pocket costs as a barrier to healthcare access, allowing patients to choose care without financial burden while ensuring providers receive full payment and employers control costs.

Digital HealthEnterprise SoftwareFintechHealthtechHR TechInsurTechColumbia, US

BWBrian Whorley(Founder)inDLDaniel Lynn(Founder)in

BoardAndy Cloyd(Director)

Co-investorsBOBoxGroupFEFelicis VenturesINInspired CapitalBEBertelsmann InvestmentsCUCultivation CapitalLALachy Groom+2 more

Skullcandy makes consumer audio hardware including earbuds, headphones, and speakers, some featuring bass enhancement, active noise canceling, and gaming headsets.

ConsumerDirect to ConsumerHardwareSports Tech

Rick Alden(Founder)

Co-investorsBABattery VenturesMIMill RoadSTSTARTUP IGNITION VENTURESTATactile Ventures

Sphero manufactures programmable robots and STEAM-based educational tools designed for students to learn coding, science, music, and the arts.

EdTechHardwareRoboticsBoulder, US

Adam Wilson(Founder)inIan Bernstein(Founder)

Co-investorsDIDisney AcceleratorFOFoundryGRGrishin RoboticsTETechstarsSKSK VenturesSWSway Ventures

Stance designs and manufactures socks and underwear for athletes, artists, and active individuals, with particular focus on comfort and craftsmanship through products like casual socks, performance socks, and underwear.

ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerceCalifornia, US

JKJeff Kearl(Executive Officer, Director)John Wilson(Executive Officer)

BoardJosh James(Director)David Gatto(Director)Pravin Vazirani(Director)Jay Brown(Director)

Co-investorsACACME CapitalAUAugust CapitalFOFounders Circle CapitalKIKickstartLOLobby CapitalPAParade Ventures+1 more

Summersalt is a direct-to-consumer apparel brand selling women's swimwear, including its Sidestroke one-piece style.

ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerceSt. Louis, US

LCLori Coulter(Executive Officer, Director)inRCReshma Chattaram Chamberlin(Executive Officer, Director)in

Co-investorsBRBread And Butter Ventures, LlcDUDundee Venture CapitalLELewis & Clark VenturesRERevolutionSEService Provider CapitalVIVisible Ventures+5 more

Lori Coulter(Founder)Reshma Chattaram Chamberlin(Founder)

Co-investorsBRBread And Butter Ventures, LlcDUDundee Venture CapitalM2M25

Tegile (part of DDN) offers IntelliFlash, a flash storage platform for midrange AI and enterprise workloads that supports block, file, and object protocols with NVMe performance, deduplication, compression, and automated tiering.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSan Jose, US

Rohit Kshetrapal(Executive Officer, Director)Ian Edmundson(Executive Officer)

BoardVMVivek Mehra(Director)inDipender Saluja(Director)Aravinth Babu(Director)PMPaul Madera(Director)in

Co-investorsATATEL VenturesAUAugust CapitalCRCross Creek AdvisorsFIFirstMile VenturesCACapricorn Investment GroupMEMeritech Capital Partners+2 more

Torus Station is a full-stack energy storage platform that integrates hardware, software, security, and monitoring capabilities.

EnergyHardware

NWNate Walkingshaw(Founder)inAWAnthony Woo(Founder)inGLGilbert Lee(Founder)in

Co-investorsALAlumni VenturesEPEPIC VENTURESGRGreycroftOROrigin VenturesSEService Provider CapitalMAMagnetar+1 more

Torus is an AI system that analyzes engineering documents such as P&IDs, datasheets, and specifications to identify cross-document inconsistencies and automate engineering workflows.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

MLMarcus Lima(CEO)inRTRahul Thayil(CTO)inGilbert Lee(Founder)Nate Walkingshaw(Founder)Emily Hunter(Operations Manager)

Co-investorsSCScribble VenturesSEService Provider CapitalY Y CombinatorACAct One VenturesACActia PartnersANAndreessen Horowitz+24 more

Untangle developed network security software for small and mid-sized businesses, offering firewall, content filtering, and network management through its NG Firewall platform.

CybersecuritySanta Clara, US

Michael Callahan(Founder)Keith Amidon(Founder)Debabrata Dash(Founder)Gary Golomb(Founder)RKRahul Kashyap(President & CEO)Rudolph Araujo(VP, Security Product Strategy, Marketing & Business Development)

Co-investorsACAccelBABain Capital VenturesENEnergize CapitalEVEvolution Equity PartnersGRGreylock PartnersDEDell Technologies Capital+1 more

Vasion Automate is a document automation platform that integrates with PrinterLogic to intercept print jobs and route them into workflows for tasks like e-signature, archiving, and document processing.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Venafi, now part of CyberArk as CyberArk Machine Identity Security, provides machine identity security including certificate lifecycle management, enterprise PKI, workload identity management, secure code signing, and SSH security.

Cloud ComputingCybersecurityEnterprise Software

Ben Hodson(Founder)Russell Thornton(Founder)

Co-investorsDEDelta-v CapitalHAHarmonic Growth PartnersNENextEquity PartnersQUQuestMark PartnersTOTop Corner CapitalFOFoundation Capital+2 more

Via 313 is a Detroit-style pizzeria founded in 2011 that makes authentic Detroit-style pizza using carefully prepared dough, specialized steel pans, and layered cheese.

ConsumerFoodTechDetroit, US

BHBrandon HuntinZHZane Huntin

Co-investorsSASavoryBRBrightwood Capital Advisors

Videra provides AI-powered technology that supports behavioral health clinicians by enhancing their capabilities and patient engagement to improve care delivery and outcomes.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthHealthtechMental Health

Co-investorsBYBYU Cougar CapitalEPEPIC VENTURESPEPeterson Ventures

Wellth helps individuals with chronic diseases develop positive behavioral habits that improve health outcomes and quality of life.

Digital HealthHealthtech

Matthew Loper(CEO)in

Co-investorsCOComcast VenturesDIDistributed VenturesDRDreamit VenturesESEsplanade VenturesFCFCA Venture PartnersNENew York Life Ventures+4 more