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BuzzFeed is a digital media company that produces entertainment, news, and content across pop culture, food, and commerce for online audiences.

ConsumerCreator EconomyMedia & EntertainmentNew York, US

JPJonah Peretti(Founder)inJohn Johnson III(Director)MFMark Frackt(Executive Officer)GCGreg Coleman(Executive Officer, Director)Allison Lucas(Executive Officer)JSJON STEINBERG(President and Chief Operating Officer)in

Co-investorsANAndreessen HorowitzGEGeneral AtlanticLELerer HippeauNENew Enterprise Associates (NEA)RRRRE VenturesHEHearst Ventures+3 more

eToro's Smart Portfolios are ready-made, thematic investment portfolios curated by its analysts and partners (such as Franklin Templeton and BlackRock), bundling diversified financial assets around market trends like AI, fintech, and commodities.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerFintechBnei Brak

Johnathan Alexander Assia(Executive Officer, Director)RARonen Assia(Executive Director, Co-founder and Director)inYAYoni Assia(Founder)inShalom Berkovitz(Chief Financial Officer and Deputy Chief Executive Officer)inHBHedva Ber(Executive Officer)inTCTuval Chomut(Chief Solutions Officer)in

Co-investors1010T Fund141435 Capital9191 VenturesAGAglae VenturesALAlexander Geza Marcus PejacsevichANAnthemis Venture+22 more

Instacart operates a marketplace connecting grocery retailers with customers who order food and household items for same-day delivery or in-store pickup, serving millions of households across North America through partnerships with over 350 retailers.

ConsumerE-commerceFoodTechSan Francisco, US

AMApoorva Mehta(Chairman \u0026 Founding CEO)inBLBrandon Leonardo(Founder)inMMMax Mullen(Founder)inCRChris Rogers(Chief Executive Officer)inEREmily Reuter(Chief Financial Officer)inHetong Li(Senior Software Engineer)

Co-investorsA*A*ANAndreessen HorowitzAVAvenue Growth PartnersBABACKGROUND CAPITALBLBling CapitalBRBright Pixel Capital+54 more

Pinterest operates a visual discovery platform where users save and browse images organised into boards, used heavily for shopping, recipes and design.

San Francisco, US

ESEvan Sharp(Founder)BSBen Silbermann(Founder)inPSPaul Sciarra(Founder)Mike Yang(Executive Officer)Natalie Fair(Executive Officer)inBRBill Ready(Chief Executive Officer)in

Co-investors3S3Spoke CapitalA.A.Capital VenturesA*A*ACAcequia Capital (AceCap)ALAllied Venture PartnersAMAmakor+64 more

Arketa is a management platform for fitness and wellness businesses, offering scheduling, booking, payments, memberships, reporting, and marketing tools across single or multi-location studios.

Enterprise SoftwareSaaSSports TechWellness & FitnessNew York City, US

RLRachel Lea Fishman(Founder)inJAJosh Archer(Founder)inJoshua Archer(Founder)Katherine bateman(Marketing)Willa Zhou Berson(Head of Operations)Liz Wessel(Recruiting)

Co-investorsAMAmity VenturesFIFirst Round CapitalINInspired CapitalRERecall CapitalY Y CombinatorALAllison Pickens Ventures+3 more

Autograph is a platform that facilitates branded digital collectibles and experiences, typically NFTs, featuring collaborations with celebrities, athletes, and influencers from sports, music, and entertainment sectors.

Creator EconomyCrypto & Web3

DRDillon Rosenblatt(Founder)inTBTom Brady(Founder)inRRRichard Rosenblatt(Founder)

Co-investorsA1a16z cryptoANAndreessen HorowitzCOCosmic Venture PartnersHAHaun VenturesLILightspeed Venture PartnersTHThe Players' Impact+1 more

Real-money gaming platform for safely running peer-to-peer contests with content, community, and payment tools.

Co-investorsJOJoint Effects

Carda Health provides at-home virtual cardiac and pulmonary rehabilitation for patients with conditions like COPD and heart disease, delivering physician-supervised care through clinical exercise physiologists with live vital-sign monitoring.

Digital HealthHealthtechMedical Devices

HDHarry DiFrancesco(Founder)in

Co-investorsDEDetroit Venture PartnersHDHDS CapitalPRPrimetime PartnersSISiesta VenturesTHThe MBA Fund

Casper designs and manufactures foam and hybrid mattresses engineered for comfort and spinal support, selling directly to consumers through an online platform with physical retail locations and a 100-night risk-free trial.

ConsumerHardwareNew York City, US

PKPhilip Krim(Founder)inGabe Flateman(Founder)Jeff Chapin(Founder)Neil Parikh(Founder)T. Luke Sherwin(Founder)

Co-investorsALAllied Venture PartnersALAlumni VenturesBUBullishCOCorrelation VenturesCRCrosslink CapitalDIDigital Strategies+17 more

Connect The Dots is a relationship intelligence platform that helps sales professionals and companies replace cold outreach with strategic network-based introductions.

Enterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechSan Francisco, US

DSDrew Sechrist(CEO & Co-founder)inISIan Swinson(Head of Design & Marketing, Co-founder)inLTLuka Trikic(COO, Head of Engineering, Co-founder)

Co-investorsASAspenwoodINInnovius CapitalNONorwest Venture Partners

New York, US

MGMax Galka(Executive Officer, Director)inNuria Gutiérrez Prunera(Founder)CLChris LipowiczinVladimir Jelisavcic(Director)

BoardAPAnthony Pompliano(Director)in

Co-investorsF-F-Prime CapitalMOMoonshots CapitalPAParaFi CapitalAVAvon VenturesGEGemini Frontier FundLILightspeed Venture Partners+2 more

Etched designs custom inference chips, racks, and software co-designed for running frontier AI models, including large sparse mixture-of-experts models, long-context, and agentic workloads.

AI & Machine LearningHardwareSemiconductorsSan Jose, US

GUGavin Uberti(Founder)inRWRobert Wachen(Founder)CZChris Zhu(Founder)inMRMark Ross(CTO)inBLBrian Loiler(VP of Platform)inWCWayne Cao(VP of Production)in

Co-investorsTHThiel CapitalANAntiAZAZURO CAPITAL VENTURESBABain Capital VenturesBEBeyond CapitalCOConversion Capital+29 more

Flipboard is a news and social network aggregator that presents curated web content in a flippable magazine format.

Palo Alto, US

Michael McCue(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Evan Doll(Founder)Mike McCue(Founder)in

BoardBGBing Gordon(Director)inDavid Bell(Director)

Co-investorsAMAmino CapitalCOCoatue ManagementCOComcast VenturesINIndex VenturesINInsight PartnersK2K2 Global+8 more

Customer support intelligence platform

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales Tech

George Davis(Founder)inBRBrandon Reiss(Founder)in

Co-investorsCOConversion CapitalFIFirstMark CapitalG2G20 VenturesGAGaingelsGRGreycroftKUKube VC+6 more

Gynger provides non-dilutive capital to startups to purchase software and infrastructure tools, combining financing with software procurement to help businesses manage cash flow without equity dilution or traditional lending requirements.

AI & Machine LearningFintechSaaSNew York, US

Mark Ghermezian(Founder)Eric Reiner(Director)

Co-investorsDEDeciensGRGradient VenturesM]m]x[v CapitalUPUpper90VIVine VenturesBABAG Ventures+2 more

Healthie provides a software platform for healthcare practitioners including dietitians and life coaches to manage their practices and deliver virtual, recurring care to patients outside traditional hospital settings.

Digital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechSaaSWellness & FitnessNew York City, US

CKCavan Klinsky(Founder)inEJErica Jain(Founder)in

BoardSASean Ammirati(Director)

Co-investorsBIBirchmere VenturesDODorm RoomGRGreen Egg VenturesGRGreyMatterLOLongley CapitalTETechstars+3 more

KarmaCheck provides technology-based background checks, credentialing, and compliance solutions for staffing and healthcare companies, with emphasis on speed and candidate experience.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSSan Francisco, US

ELEric Ly(Co-founder & CEO)inMLMark Lieberwitz(Founder)in

BoardMLMichael Lazerow(Director)

Co-investorsNENextView VenturesPAParameter VenturesAAAAF Management Ltd.ALAlumni VenturesMGMGV.VCONOne Way Ventures+4 more

Personal art studio site of artist Kurt Giehl, featuring collections of his artwork available for sale.

Consumer

KGKurt Giehl

LeoLabs operates a network of ground-based radars and an AI-enabled cloud platform that tracks and maps objects and activity in low Earth orbit.

AI & Machine LearningDefense TechSpace TechMenlo Park, US

DCDaniel Ceperley(Founder & Chief Operating Officer)inEdward Lu(Founder & Chief Technology Officer)Michael Nicolls(Founder)Tony Frazier(Chief Executive Officer)John Buonocore(Founder & Chief Engineer)

Co-investorsALAlumni VenturesDEDefence TrailblazerDODolby Family VenturesHEHemisphere Ventures LLCMDMDSV CAPITALNZNZ Growth Capital Partners+6 more

Liquid Death manufactures and sells sparkling energy drinks, iced teas, and flavored sparkling waters branded with horror-themed names and marketing.

ConsumerFoodTech

MCMike Cessario(Founder)inJ(Jon-Ryan (J.R.) Riggins(Founder)in

Co-investorsBABatshit Crazy VenturesCACapital B Private HoldingsCOConvivialité VenturesFEFeldsmith CapitalGRGroundForce CapitalHIHinge Capital+9 more

Mercato is an online grocery marketplace that connects shoppers with locally-owned, independent grocers, butchers, and bakeries for delivery or in-store pickup.

E-commerceFoodTechMarketplacesNew York, US

RJRobert J. Brannigan, Jr.(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)BBBobby Brannigan(Founder)in

Co-investorsBRBrighter CapitalFLFlucas VenturesGAGaingelsGRGreycroftINInterlock CapitalKEKeshif Ventures+2 more

nft42 builds on-chain NFT products on Ethereum, including Avastars (generative vector-art digital collectibles with unique trait combinations) and nameless, a Web3 product suite offering cloud-based private testing environments with Ethereum, IPFS, and Arweave integrations for building and testing dapps and NFT projects.

Crypto & Web3Developer ToolsGamingDenver, US

JMJimmy McNelis(Founder)inMichelle Brown(Director)

Co-investorsRERed Beard VenturesSOSound Ventures

Austin fintech that sold automated accounting software to SMBs, raised ~$103M, and wound down operations in 2020.

FintechAustin, US

Kurt Rathmann(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)KRKurt Rathmann, CPA(Founder)inWilliam Siegel(Director)Gary Forni(Executive Officer, Promoter)David Loia(Executive Officer, Promoter)

BoardAmos Schwartzfarb(Director)

Co-investorsMAMatchstick VenturesTETechstarsABAbstract VenturesACACME CapitalBEBessemer Venture PartnersBRBroadhaven Capital Partners+12 more

Scopely is a mobile and interactive entertainment company that creates, publishes, and operates games across multiple platforms, powered by its proprietary Playgami technology platform.

GamingLos Angeles, US

WDWalter Driver(Founder)inSTSujay TyleinRich WatersinAnkur Bulsara(Founder)EFEric Futoran(Founder)inEytan Elbaz(Founder)

Co-investorsANAnthem Venture Management, LlcBABAM VenturesBABattery VenturesBEBessemer Venture PartnersBOBonfire VenturesBOBoxGroup+32 more

Splash9 manufactures autonomous surface vessels (ASVs) for maritime applications including coastal defense, harbor patrols, seabed mapping, and infrastructure security.

Advanced ManufacturingDefense TechHardwareRoboticsLos Angeles, US

IAIvan Avanesov(CEO)inMVMarcell Veszpremi(CTO)inJoel Milton(Founder)TJ Ross(Founder)

Co-investorsSTSterling RoadUBUbiquity VenturesY Y Combinator46468 CapitalACAccompliceACAcies Investments+9 more

Splash Sports is a peer-to-peer real-money fantasy sports platform for contests like Survivor, Pick'Em and DFS.

Denver, US

JMJoel Milton(Founder)inT.J. Ross(Founder)TJ Ross(Founder)TJ Ross Joel Milton(Founder)

Co-investorsACAcies InvestmentsBOBoston Seed CapitalCOCounterview CapitalEVEvolution VC PartnersACAccompliceELElysian Park Ventures+2 more

Strigo provides a managed cloud lab infrastructure platform for delivering technical training.

Cloud ComputingDeveloper ToolsEdTechEnterprise SoftwareSaaSTel-Aviv, IL

Daniel Wolf(CEO and Co-founder)inNevo Peretz(CBO and Co-founder)ACAmit Cohen(COO and Co-founder)inBSBen Shoval(VP Product and Co-founder)in

BoardPasha Romanovski(Director)in

Co-investorsHAHanaco Venture Capital

SuperRare is a marketplace for buying, selling, and collecting digital artworks as NFTs, where artists release unique pieces and limited editions.

Creator EconomyCrypto & Web3Marketplaces

Co-investors1C1confirmationBLBlockchain CoinvestorsCACapital B Private HoldingsCOCollab+CurrencyDEDeepTech VenturesJUJustin “3LAU” Blau+4 more

UK professional networking platform connecting creative freelancers and companies through projects rather than CVs.

PJPip Jamieson(Founder)in

Co-investorsCOCoral Reef IOANAngel AcademeCLCloud Apps Capital PartnersNONorwest Venture PartnersSASalica Investments

Tile by Life360 offers location-tracking products and apps that let people find their belongings and share the location of family members, pets, and Bluetooth trackers.

ConsumerHardwareIoTSan Mateo, US

MFMike Farley(Founder)in

BoardJEFF RICHARDS(Director)BDBYRON DEETER(Director)in

Co-investorsBEBessemer Venture PartnersFRFrancisco PartnersNONotable CapitalTATandem CapitalGGGGV CapitalKHKhosla Ventures+2 more

Torre operates an AI-driven job network that automates recruitment and job hunting for companies and professionals.

AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkHR Tech

ATAlexander Torrenegra(Founder)in

Co-investors0B0BSBEBeta VenturesCACapria VenturesMAMatterScale VenturesSASalkantay VenturesTBTBD Angels+1 more

Tribble is a platform that helps revenue teams answer RFPs, DDQs, security reviews, and live buyer questions by connecting approved knowledge, CRM context, and security evidence with governance controls.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSales TechMarina Del Rey, US

SRSunil Rao(Founder)inRay Shipley(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsCOCocoon Ignite Ventures

Tumblr is a microblogging and social networking platform where users create and follow blogs, share posts, and explore content organized by topic tags such as music.

Creator EconomyMedia & EntertainmentSocial

DKDavid Karp(Founder)Marco Arment(Founder)

Co-investorsAVAvant Global LLCBEBetaworksBIBirchmere VenturesDRDraper AssociatesGLGlynn Capital ManagementINInsight Partners+11 more

Xona Space Systems operates Pulsar, a positioning, navigation, and timing (PNT) service delivered from a constellation of small satellites in Low Earth Orbit that broadcasts a new signal to augment or replace GPS.

Deep TechHardwareSpace TechBurlingame, US

BMBrian Manning(Founder)inTRTyler Reid(Founder)inAdrien Perkins(Director)Paul Tarantino(Founder)

BoardSDSky Dayton(Director)inLJLewis Jones(Director)in

Co-investorsALAloniqARArmada Investment AGBEBeyond Earth VenturesCACapital InnovatorsCRCraft VenturesCRCross Culture Ventures+19 more