The people behind the ideas.
The ideas behind the companies.
Runway’s
Cristóbal Valenzuela
on AI-driven art and lifelong learning 
Deepgram’s
Scott Stephenson
on revolutionizing voice AI and building a developer tool 
A-Alpha Bio’s
David Younger
on advancing drug discovery and the role of company culture 
Common Room’s
Linda Lian
on integrating community into your company 
Pulumi’s
Joe Duffy
on bringing more power to developers 
RelationalAI’s
Molham Aref
on finding investors who believe in your passion Company List
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Sila is a fintech software platform that provides payment infrastructure as a service, a business-critical element for all companies that need to integrate with the US banking system and blockchain quickly, securely, and in compliance with applicable US regulation. Sila offers Banking, Digital Wallet & ACH Payments APIs for Software Teams. The firm was recognized as a ‘2021 best place to work in financial technology’. Sila is headquartered in Portland, Oregon.Initial Investment2020Sila is a fintech software platform that provides payment infrastructure as a service, a business-critical element for all companies that need to integrate with the US banking system and blockchain quickly, securely, and in compliance with applicable US regulation. Sila offers Banking, Digital Wallet & ACH Payments APIs for Software Teams. The firm was recognized as a ‘2021 best place to work in financial technology’. Sila is headquartered in Portland, Oregon.FoundersShamir Karkal
Isaac Hines
Angela Angelovska-Wilson
Alexander LiptonInvestment JourneyAcquired by Priority Commerce in 2025Initial Investment2020 -
Stratify enables organizations to collaboratively create operating budgets, monitor performance, and analyze their business in real time. Designed by finance professionals, Stratify connects to every system that runs your business. We provide guided workflows for coordinated, data-informed planning, and automatically generate analytics that have historically burdened finance teams and are stale upon delivery. Stratify is a machine learning-based, intelligent application. We proactively identify business insights and empower finance teams and budget owners to evolve their business in changing market environments.Initial Investment2020Stratify enables organizations to collaboratively create operating budgets, monitor performance, and analyze their business in real time. Designed by finance professionals, Stratify connects to every system that runs your business. We provide guided workflows for coordinated, data-informed planning, and automatically generate analytics that have historically burdened finance teams and are stale upon delivery. Stratify is a machine learning-based, intelligent application. We proactively identify business insights and empower finance teams and budget owners to evolve their business in changing market environments.FounderBrian CamposanoInvestment JourneyAcquired by CovenantiQ 2025Initial Investment2020 -
Unearth delivers a cloud-native collaboration and communication platform for building physical infrastructure from scratch or maintaining existing assets.Initial Investment2018Unearth delivers a cloud-native collaboration and communication platform for building physical infrastructure from scratch or maintaining existing assets.FoundersAmy Hutchins
Brian Saab
Nate MillerInvestment JourneyAcquired by Procore 2023Initial Investment2018 -
Wicket Labs was a video analytics platform that provides customer insights into conversion, engagement and likelihood to churn across traditional and Over-the-Top channels.Initial Investment2017Wicket Labs was a video analytics platform that provides customer insights into conversion, engagement and likelihood to churn across traditional and Over-the-Top channels.FoundersMartin Roberts
Ian Blaime
Eric KnutsonInvestment JourneyAcquired by Brightcove 2022Initial Investment2017