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Mission and Market

Venture capital

San Francisco · Seed · 4 people tracked

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Investment thesis

Mission and Market is an early-stage investment firm backing founders pursuing bold missions in large markets.

Source: firm website, verified Oct 2, 2026.

Stage
Seed
HQ
San Francisco, US
Tracked investments
40
Unicorns
1
IPOs
1
Acquisitions
5

Team · 4 people

from the firm's website & public directories

Founder mafia

2 people who came through Mission and Market went on to found or lead other companies.

What they invest in

from 31 of 40 portfolio companies

Enterprise Software ×11AI & Machine Learning ×9Healthtech ×8Biotech ×7Fintech ×6SaaS ×6Medical Devices ×4Developer Tools ×3

HQs:United States×26Israel×1Sweden×1

Who they back

founder profiles across 24 portfolio companies
33%
solo founders
8 of 24 mapped founding teams
64%
repeat founders
of 33 founders with career history

Founding team size:solo founder×82 founders×93 founders×34+ founders×4

Where their founders studiedfrom 34 founders with education data

Brown University ×3University of Toronto ×3Washington University in St. Louis ×3Cornell ×2Princeton University ×2Stanford University Graduate School of Business ×2

What their founders studiedfrom 30 founders with field-of-study data

Computer Science ×8Engineering ×7Economics ×4Life Sciences ×4Mathematics & Statistics ×2

Where their founders worked beforefrom 33 founders with career history

Boss Consulting SA ×2Health Catalyst ×2IBM ×2iCracked Inc. ×2Microsoft ×2Stanford University ×2

Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program

Y Combinator ×18

8 founders hold a PhD · 2 hold an MBA (of 32 with degree data)

Investments · 40 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2025 · 12024 · 12022 · 12019 · 12016 · 12015 · 16 dated

Able Healthablehealth.cominSeed · Mar 2019Acquired

Able Health provides software for physician organizations to administer value-based care programs, including quality measure calculation and health plan coordination to reduce administrative overhead.

HealthtechSan Francisco, US

Rachel Katz(Founder)inSteve Daniels(Founder)in

Co-investorsLifeforce CapitalSoma CapitalY CombinatorFifty YearsGreat Oaks Venture CapitalRefactor Capital

Akido Labsakidolabs.cominSeed · Mar 2025

Akido Labs develops an AI operating system designed for healthcare that leverages machine learning to enable personalized medical diagnostics and care coordination at scale.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechInsurTechLos Angeles, US

Jared Goodner(Founder)inPrashant Samant(Founder)inSanjit Mahanti(Chief Business Development Officer and Co-founder)in

BoardAndrew Adams(Director)inJohn Greco(Director)Prasad Jeereddi(Director)

Co-investorsDCVC (Data Collective)Early Light VenturesFuture Communities CapitalGFO CompaniesGreat Oaks Venture CapitalHealthy Ventures+25 more

Aspirationaspiration.comin

GreenFi (formerly Aspiration's consumer finance brand) offers climate-friendly banking and investing, including checking, savings, and investment accounts whose deposits avoid funding fossil fuels.

Climate TechFintechImpact & Social Good

Tim Newell(CEO)in

Co-investorsCommonweal VenturesJovonoRadicle ImpactUnruly CapitalOaktree

Assetaasseta.com

Asseta operates an online marketplace connecting buyers and sellers of used industrial equipment and components, providing transparent pricing and transaction support through a web-based platform.

Enterprise SoftwareMarketplacesNewport Beach, US

Garrett Beck(Founder)inJon Pease(Founder)

Co-investorsFundersClubWinklevoss CapitalY CombinatorACE & CompanyAmino CapitalBEENEXT+4 more

Atomwiseatomwise.comin

Atomwise uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to discover novel small-molecule drugs, with a current focus on developing treatments for immune and inflammatory diseases.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechSan Francisco, US

Izhar Wallach(Founder)inAbraham Heifets(Founder)inYan Zhao(Executive Officer)inStephen Worland(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardRobert Mittendorff(Director)inAdam Seabrook(Director)in

Co-investorsAurum Venture PartnersB Capital GroupCerity Partners VenturesCreative Destruction Lab (CDL)Draper AssociatesThreshold Ventures+7 more

Bright Fundsbrightfunds.org

Bright Funds provides corporate giving software for companies to manage employee donations, grants, and volunteering programs.

HR TechImpact & Social GoodSaaS

Rutul Davè(Founder)Ty Walrod(Founder)

Co-investorsBloomberg BetaThirdstream Partners11.2 Capital

Clara Foodsclarafoods.com

The EVERY Company produces animal-free egg proteins for food companies using a patented fermentation process.

BiotechFoodTech

Arturo Elizondo(Cofounder)

Co-investorsVegInvest

Cofactor Genomicscofactorgenomics.comin𝕏Seed

Cofactor Genomics develops predictive diagnostics for cancer immunotherapy using RNA-expression models to characterize tumor microenvironments and predict patient response.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesSt. Louis, US

Dave Messina(Founder)inJarret Glasscock(Founder)inJarret Glassock(Executive Officer, Director)Jon Armstrong(Founder)in

BoardMatthew A. Ocko(Director)inMark Siegel(Director)in

Co-investorsArgonautic VenturesAscension VenturesDCVC (Data Collective)Fifty YearsiSelect FundJude Gomila+11 more

Cymmetriacymmetria.cominOct 2015Acquired

Cymmetria develops deception-based security software that detects and responds to attackers operating inside networks.

CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareTel Aviv-Yafo, IL

Gadi Evron(Founder)inDean Sysman(Director)in

Co-investors408 VenturesFollow[the]SeedLumia CapitalRally Ventures Management, LlcY CombinatorACME Capital+7 more

Direct Matchdirectmatchx.cominSeed · Jan 2016Defunct

Direct Match operates a trading platform for US Treasury securities that connects buyers and sellers directly.

FintechNew York City, US

Galen Simmons(Founder)inJames Greco(Executive Officer, Director)Kristen Neller(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardRoger Ehrenberg(Director)Daniel Ciporin(Director)Robert Newhouse(Director)

Co-investorsY CombinatorIA VenturesSGH CapitalWinklevoss Capital

Enliticenlitic.comin𝕏Oct 2024

Enlitic provides artificial intelligence solutions for healthcare systems to improve medical imaging data quality and unlock new revenue opportunities.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesFort Collins, US

Darren Scotti(Executive Officer)inMichael Sistenich(Executive Officer, Director)inJeremy Howard(Founder)in

BoardLawrence Gozlan(Director)Riichi Yamada(Director)Sergio Duchini(Director)in

Co-investorsAmplify PartnersDCVC (Data Collective)

FloydHubfloydhub.comin𝕏SeedDefunct

FloydHub provides cloud infrastructure for machine learning engineers to train and deploy deep learning models without managing underlying infrastructure.

AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Sai Prashanth Soundararaj(Founder)inNaren Thiagarajan(Founder)in

Co-investorsView DifferentY CombinatorAmino CapitalAvalon Ventures Management, LlcCRV (Charles River Ventures)DCVC (Data Collective)+9 more

Getfovegetfove.com

FOVE develops an eye-tracking virtual reality headset for entertainment and medical applications.

Co-investorsColopl Next

Insight RXinsight-rx.comin𝕏

InsightRX builds precision dosing and clinical decision support software for hospitals, using pharmacokinetic models that are continuously retrained on de-identified patient data aggregated across participating institutions.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Sirj Goswami(Founder)inRON KEIZER(Director)inSRIJIB GOSWAMI(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardASHOK KRISHNAMURTHI(Director)in

Co-investorsComet LabsFundersClubGreatPoint VenturesHealthX VenturesOSF VenturesWorldQuant Ventures+2 more

Kickpaykickpay.comin𝕏Defunct

Kickpay offers financing solutions for e-commerce companies, allowing them to defer payment for inventory until after sales occur, rather than paying upfront.

Enterprise SoftwareFintechSan Francisco, US

Andrew McCalister(Founder)inStefano Bernardi(Founder)inSean Watters(Founder)in

Co-investorsCanaan PartnersCota CapitalDCVC (Data Collective)FundersClubY CombinatorBoxGroup+8 more

Landedlanded.comin𝕏SeedAcquired

Landed provides housing loan program administration and management for hospitals and colleges, enabling employers to co-invest with employees for down payment assistance while managing compliance and program operations.

FintechHR TechPropTechSan Francisco, US

Jonathan Asmis(Founder)inAlex Lofton(Founder)inJesse Vaughan(Cofounder)inVivian Wang(Founder)in

Co-investorsAAF Management Ltd.MassMutual VenturesUlu VenturesY CombinatorBlockchain CapitalClocktower Ventures+14 more

Maderightmaderight.comDefunct

Maderight provides supply chain services for fashion brands, handling sourcing, manufacturing, and logistics across a vetted network of factories.

Enterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSan Francisco, US

Kent Mori(Founder)inShuo Yang(Founder)inKevin Chan(Founder)in

Co-investorsY CombinatorFifty Years

NGD SYSTEMS, INC.ngdsystems.com

NGD Systems is a website offering free demo access to over 8,000 online slot games from providers such as NetEnt, Pragmatic Play, Play'n GO, and Microgaming, with no downloads or registration.

GamingMedia & Entertainment

Notable Labsnotablelabs.comin𝕏

Notable Labs operates an automated laboratory that tests combinations of existing drugs against individual patients' blood cancer cells to identify effective treatment options for patients whose cancers have become resistant to standard therapies.

BiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesSan Francisco, US

Matthew De Silva(Founder)inPete Quinzio(Founder)in

Co-investors11.2 CapitalAlumni VenturesBuilders VCFundersClubHemisphere Ventures LLCLifeforce Capital+29 more

NuCyphernucypher.com

Security and encryption platform for distributed systems.

San Francisco, US

MacLane Wilkison(Founder)Michael Egorov(Founder)

Co-investors1k(x)1kxAmino CapitalBase Venture Management, Inc.Ceras VenturesContinue Capital+5 more

NuCypher (aka Threshold Network)threshold.networkin𝕏SeedDefunct

Threshold Network is a decentralized protocol that enables Bitcoin to be used across multiple blockchain networks and financial markets through its tBTC token, facilitating lending, staking, trading, and yield-generation activities.

Crypto & Web3Enterprise SoftwareFintechAustin, US

MacLane Wilkison(Founder)in

Co-investorsCathay CapitalCollab+CurrencyCompoundDigital Finance GroupFusionReciprocal Ventures+21 more

Numerion Labsnumerionlabs.aiin𝕏Seed

Numerion combines drug discovery expertise with machine learning and computational chemistry.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesSan Francisco, US

Alex Levy(Founder)inIzhar Wallach(Founder)inSteve Worland(CEO)inPamela Tsuruda(VP, Biology)Mark Sabat(VP, Medicinal Chemistry)inKate Stafford(VP, Machine Learning)in

Co-investorsB Capital GroupB4 CapitalColorcon VenturesDCVC (Data Collective)Dolby Family VenturesNEXT Canada+12 more

Padletpadlet.comin𝕏Seed

Padlet creates web-based tools like timelines and maps that serve as alternatives to traditional documents and presentations for sharing information.

Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSan Francisco, US

Nitesh Goel(Founder)in

Co-investorsBloomberg BetaFundersClubImagine K12Monk's Hill VenturesOlima VenturesY Combinator+10 more

Pakiblepakible.cominDefunct

Pakible provides software and manufacturing services that help customers design, price, and order custom product packaging.

Enterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSan Francisco, US

Nick Carson(Founder)inPhillip Akhzar(Founder)in

Co-investorsY CombinatorZenStone Venture Capital

ReadMereadme.comin𝕏

ReadMe is a developer hub that provides API documentation, monitoring, and developer engagement tools for API-first companies.

Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSector AgnosticNew York City, US

Gregory Koberger(Founder)in

Co-investorsAccelF-Prime CapitalGreat Oaks Venture CapitalHeavybitSoma CapitalY Combinator+5 more

Replitreplit.comin𝕏Seed · Mar 2022

Replit is a platform for software development that aims to make app creation accessible to non-programmers through intuitive tools and AI agents.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingCreator EconomyData & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsEdTechEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSSan Francisco, US

Haya Abdalla(Founder)inAmjad Masad(Founder)inHaya Odeh(Founder)inLuis Héctor Chávez(CTO)Faris Masad(Founder)designer(Founder)

Co-investors137 Ventures7BC Venture CapitalA.Capital VenturesAbstract VenturesAIspace VenturesAllied Venture Partners+66 more

Seedseed.coAcquired

Seed offers mobile banking services tailored to small business owners, providing digital banking tools and support services for business management.

FintechSan Francisco, US

Brian Merritt(Founder)inRyan Hildebrand(Founder)inAra Katz(Founder)Raja Dhir(Founder)

Co-investorsY CombinatorArtis VenturesAtomicoBold Capital PartnersBoxGroupCipio Partners+16 more

Starcitystarcity.comSeedAcquired

A co-living housing operator that provided shared residential spaces; the company was acquired by Common in 2021.

PropTechSan Francisco, US

Jon Dishotsky(Founder)inJosh Lehman(Founder)inMo Sakrani(Founder)Jesse Suarez(Founder)in

Co-investorsBlue CollectiveBullpen CapitalTransition Level InvestmentsY CombinatorAvlok CapitalComcast Ventures+11 more

ThinAirthinair.comDefunct

ThinAir provides cloud-based data security software that gives administrators and employees control over sensitive information without compromising workflow efficiency.

CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Tony Gauda(Founder)in

Co-investorsQuest Venture PartnersThink+ Ventures Management, LlcY Combinator10x Group11.2 Capital500 Global+11 more

Toymailtoymail.coDefunct

Toymail makes connected plush toys that allow children and adults to exchange two-way voice messages through a mobile app or directly between toys using built-in wifi and voice processing.

ConsumerHardwareLos Angeles, US

Gauri Nanda(Founder)in

Co-investorsRanch VenturesSupernode VenturesY CombinatorBBG VenturesVerizon Ventures

Transcriptictranscriptic.comin𝕏Series ADefunct

Strateos operates a cloud lab platform offering laboratory automation-as-a-service, using high-throughput robotics that let scientists design, run, and analyze experiments remotely via a web browser.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechRoboticsSan Francisco, US

Max Hodak(Founder)inMark Fishcher-Colbrie(CEO)

Co-investorsGV (Google Ventures)Y Combinator500 GlobalAME Cloud VenturesDCVC (Data Collective)Digital Science+1 more

Vitrolabsvitrolabsinc.com

Cultivated animal products company.

BiotechMilpitas, US

Ingvar Helgason(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)in

BoardMartin Avetisyan(Director)Anthony Chow(Director)

Co-investorsFlucas VenturesHemisphere Ventures LLCKube VCRegeneration.VCStray Dog CapitalVegInvest

Wheelys Caféwheelyscafe.com𝕏Defunct

Wheelys sells small, bicycle-based café units designed for aspiring entrepreneurs to operate as independent vendors.

ConsumerFoodTechStockholm, SE

Per Cromwell(Founder)inTomas Mazetti(Founder)

Co-investorsY Combinator

Other

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

EazeupHellopicoIguazJoinstarcityKonikuSymplicreditincVrlimitlessltd

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has Mission and Market made?
Mission and Market has 40 tracked investments, 6 of which have exited, including 2 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does Mission and Market invest at?
Mission and Market invests at the Seed stage.
What sectors does Mission and Market focus on?
Mission and Market focuses on Healthtech.
Where is Mission and Market located?
Mission and Market is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
Who does Mission and Market co-invest with?
Mission and Market most often shares deals with Y Combinator, FundersClub, Bloomberg Beta, among 126 tracked co-investors.

Co-investors · 20

Amino Capital

AMINO Capital is a global venture capital firm based in Palo Alto that invests around the theme of data moat and network effects, focusing on big data, machine learning, and exceptional products.

$100K – $10M
Andreessen Horowitz

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) is a venture capital firm founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, known for pioneering the platform model with a large team of operators supporting founders across stages.

Both backed · 2
$500K – $50M
CRV (Charles River Ventures)

CRV is a venture capital firm that backs founders at the seed and Series A stages, focusing on those with deep conviction and unique insights.

Both backed · 1
$250K – $5M
Semantic Ventures

Semantic Ventures is a London-based venture firm that invests in infrastructure for data and the digital economy. Its homepage offers little further detail on stage or portfolio focus.

Balderton Capital

Balderton Capital is a European venture capital firm that backs technology startups.

$5M – $50M
PICUS CAPITAL

Picus Capital is an early-stage technology investment firm with a long-term investment philosophy, partnering closely with founders on strategic and operational challenges to build global companies.

$100K – $5M
Better Tomorrow Ventures

Better Tomorrow Ventures (BTV) is an early-stage venture firm run by experienced operators that invests in and helps build fintech startups.

$500K – $4M
Passion Capital

Passion Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm that backs European founders building technology companies, with a focus on AI, FinTech and Risk.

Valar Ventures Llc

Valar Ventures is a global venture capital firm that invests in high-margin, fast-growing technology companies, with a strong focus on financial technology.

$100K – $5M
Earlybird Venture Capital

Earlybird Venture Capital is a European venture capital investor that backs early-stage technology founders with capital, strategic support, and access to an international network.

$540K – $12M
Polygon

Polygon is a blockchain platform positioned as infrastructure for global payments and money movement, enabling assets to move onchain at scale. It offers an open stack for accessing the onchain economy and is powered by its native token $POL.

HOF Capital

HOF Capital is a New York-based venture capital firm investing in companies transforming foundational industries through advanced software and AI.

$500K – $10M
▶8 more co-investors

MMC VenturesHummingbird VenturesPresight CapitalBECO CapitalNeotribe VenturesFrialeThe Fintech FundStartupGym

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