The people behind the ideas.
The ideas behind the companies.
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 
SeekOut’s
Anoop Gupta
on hiring and untapped talent pools 
Rover’s
Aaron Easterly
on the love of pets and finding the right partners 
RelationalAI’s
Molham Aref
on finding investors who believe in your passion 
Statsig’s
Vijaye Raji
on using data to build better products 
Crowd Cow’s
Elizabeth Liu
on the power of e-commerce to transform an industry Company List
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Jetson is the mentor-in-your-pocket for student entrepreneurs.Initial Investment2022Jetson is the mentor-in-your-pocket for student entrepreneurs. -
LumaTax’s mission is to alleviate the burdensome process of state and local tax compliance for the 20 million plus small and medium sized businesses across America.Initial Investment2016LumaTax’s mission is to alleviate the burdensome process of state and local tax compliance for the 20 million plus small and medium sized businesses across America. -
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 LiptonInitial 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.