The people behind the ideas.
The ideas behind the companies.

Rover’s
Aaron Easterly
on the love of pets and finding the right partners 
SeekOut’s
Anoop Gupta
on hiring and untapped talent pools 
Common Room’s
Linda Lian
on integrating community into your company 
Pendulum’s
Mark Listes
on finding hidden narratives in social media 
OctoML’s
Luis Ceze
on bringing ML to all platforms 
Flexe’s
Karl Siebrecht
on transforming the logistics industry 
Spotnana’s
Sarosh Waghmar
on challenging a decades-old industry 
Highspot’s
Robert Wahbe
on customers, AI, and building relationships that last 
Nautilus Bio’s
Sujal Patel and Parag Mallick
on the proteome 
Sila’s
Shamir Karkal
on the digital payments revolution Company List
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Peach works with local restaurants to deliver lunch to your office via SMS text. Meals are always under $12 with delivery, tax, and tip included.Initial Investment2014Peach works with local restaurants to deliver lunch to your office via SMS text. Meals are always under $12 with delivery, tax, and tip included.
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Rec Room is an online universe where you play and create games with your friends.Initial Investment2020Rec Room is an online universe where you play and create games with your friends.FoundersNick Fajt
Cameron Brown
John Bevis
Dan Kroymann
Josh Wehrly, Bilal OrhanInitial Investment2020 -
Route offers an eCommerce platform enabling consumers to track and protect orders, across merchants, on a post- purchase basis and enables merchants to enrich D2C merchandising capabilities and offload white-glove support.Initial Investment2021
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Trade is the leading coffee marketplace connecting the best independent roasters to customers across the country.Initial Investment2020Trade is the leading coffee marketplace connecting the best independent roasters to customers across the country.