The people behind the ideas.
The ideas behind the companies.
MotherDuck’s
Joran Tigani
on shaping serverless data with DuckDB 
Runway’s
Cristóbal Valenzuela
on AI-driven art and lifelong learning 
Rec Room’s
Nick Fajt
on democratizing game development 
Common Room’s
Linda Lian
on integrating community into your company 
Pulumi’s
Joe Duffy
on bringing more power to developers 
Statsig’s
Vijaye Raji
on using data to build better products Company List
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Archway is a platform for banks to easily create innovative digital services in weeks, not years. It provides a single access point to seamlessly connect any banking platform to third-party financial software providers — with pre-assembled integrations.Initial Investment2023Archway is a platform for banks to easily create innovative digital services in weeks, not years. It provides a single access point to seamlessly connect any banking platform to third-party financial software providers — with pre-assembled integrations. -
Esper offers a DevOps SaaS platform for dedicated devices. As the industry’s leading solution for Android DevOps, Esper is on a mission to let software teams ship without worrying about the hardware. Esper’s device infrastructure enables developers, mid-market organizations, and enterprise fleets of 100,000+ devices to deliver their software as a service. Esper has rapidly- growing global customer adoption among some of the world’s most innovative major brands in retail, hospitality, logistics, healthcare, education and more.Initial Investment2020Esper offers a DevOps SaaS platform for dedicated devices. As the industry’s leading solution for Android DevOps, Esper is on a mission to let software teams ship without worrying about the hardware. Esper’s device infrastructure enables developers, mid-market organizations, and enterprise fleets of 100,000+ devices to deliver their software as a service. Esper has rapidly- growing global customer adoption among some of the world’s most innovative major brands in retail, hospitality, logistics, healthcare, education and more. -
Highspot is the sales enablement platform that increases the performance of sales teams. With the content to engage customers, guidance to land strategy, training to improve skills, coaching to elevate performance, and analytics to inform action, Highspot equips every rep to execute with impact — empowering you to drive strategy and revenue with the full force of your sales team. Highspot has more than 1,000 employees, five global offices, and is trusted by companies across industries and geographies, including Aetna, DocuSign, Siemens, Staples, and Yahoo.Initial Investment2014Highspot is the sales enablement platform that increases the performance of sales teams. With the content to engage customers, guidance to land strategy, training to improve skills, coaching to elevate performance, and analytics to inform action, Highspot equips every rep to execute with impact — empowering you to drive strategy and revenue with the full force of your sales team. Highspot has more than 1,000 employees, five global offices, and is trusted by companies across industries and geographies, including Aetna, DocuSign, Siemens, Staples, and Yahoo.FoundersRobert Wahbe
Oliver Sharp
David Wortendyke
Scot GellockInitial Investment2014 -
Pluto develops applications for people to communicate within virtual reality. Pluto wants to give people a feeling of connection, no matter where they are.Initial Investment2016Pluto develops applications for people to communicate within virtual reality. Pluto wants to give people a feeling of connection, no matter where they are.FoundersForest Gibson
Jared Cheshier
John Vechey
Jonathan GeibelInitial Investment2016 -
Polly is a modern workflow measurement solution for collaboration platforms including Slack and Microsoft Teams.Initial Investment2019 -
Shaped's AI platform empowers businesses to create personalized user experiences that deliver measurable results. By analyzing user behavior and content, Shaped helps tailor recommendations and search for increased engagement, conversions, and customer satisfaction.Initial Investment2024Shaped's AI platform empowers businesses to create personalized user experiences that deliver measurable results. By analyzing user behavior and content, Shaped helps tailor recommendations and search for increased engagement, conversions, and customer satisfaction. -
Founded in 2017, TaskHuman is the world’s first real-time digital coaching platform, allowing users to amplify their daily work and personal life with 1:1 personalized guidance from LIVE specialists over video calls. With TaskHuman, instantly discover and connect with the world’s most comprehensive global network of coaches, instructors, and specialists covering over 1,000 aspects of your well-being, such as physical fitness, mental well-being, spiritual, emotional, financial, career & leadership coaching, and more. With this platform, users can focus on self care anytime — privately and cost effectively. The company has over 100 full-time team members and more than 1,000 coaches around the world across nearly 50 different countries. TaskHuman is backed by USVP, Impact Ventures, Madrona, RingCentral Ventures, and several notable individual investors.Initial Investment2021Founded in 2017, TaskHuman is the world’s first real-time digital coaching platform, allowing users to amplify their daily work and personal life with 1:1 personalized guidance from LIVE specialists over video calls. With TaskHuman, instantly discover and connect with the world’s most comprehensive global network of coaches, instructors, and specialists covering over 1,000 aspects of your well-being, such as physical fitness, mental well-being, spiritual, emotional, financial, career & leadership coaching, and more. With this platform, users can focus on self care anytime — privately and cost effectively. The company has over 100 full-time team members and more than 1,000 coaches around the world across nearly 50 different countries. TaskHuman is backed by USVP, Impact Ventures, Madrona, RingCentral Ventures, and several notable individual investors. -
Troop is a next-generation corporate travel meeting management platform.Initial Investment2021Troop is a next-generation corporate travel meeting management platform.