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Asseta

The honest and sensible way to buy parts and equipment from the secondary market.

Asseta website

Andy OS

Andy OS, Inc. makes user acquisition more effective and lucrative for mobile app developers, and mobile apps more accessible to consumers. Built on the technology back-bone of a custom Android operating system, Andy OS, Inc. brings to market two distinct products. 

Andy OS website

Buffer

Buffer helps you build an audience organically. We’re a values-driven company that provides affordable, intuitive marketing tools for ambitious people and teams.

Buffer website

Blink Fire

Blinkfire Analytics is a Sponsorship Data Platform™ that uses computer vision to measure media value accurately and in real-time, so rights holders and brands can better engage fans and sponsors.SEMrush.

Blink Fire Website

Block.One

Block.one invest in a world built on integrity.

Block.One website

Bikanta

Bikanta is introducing revolutionary nanodiamond-based technology to push the boundaries of current medical imaging and diagnostics, allowing researchers to answer questions and medics to detect diseases that they currently cannot. A nanodiamond is forever. This company sadly closed down in 2018.

Bikanta website

Blispay

Blispay is a financial technology company pioneering the next generation of point-of-sale financing. Blispay is an everyday financing solution that customers deserve and merchants need. 

Blispay website

Bookity

Bookity is the friendliest way you’ll ever take group reservations at your museum, historic site or attraction. Working with our venue partners led us to develop the technology for Affectly. Bookity closed down but failure is a good thing!


Barricade

Barricade is an application security management platform that provides real-time security operations visibility as well as intuitive monitoring and alerting.  Barricade’s platform marries traditional intrusion detection methods and innovative machine learning techniques to identify data breaches.

Bento

On demand food delivery. Launched in 2014, closed in 2017.

Breeze

Easy-to-use church management software.

Breeze website

Chariot

At Chariot, we’re focused on creating the world’s first self-sustainable mass-transit system that relieves congestion while offering a comfortable, personalized commuting experience.

Acquired by Ford Motor Group


Contactually

We understand that your network means a lot to you and that it’s very important to you personally and professionally. We help you prevent anyone from falling through the cracks by systematically and organically bubbling up the important people who haven’t been spoken to in a while.

Acquired by Compass

Caribou Biosciences

We are a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company focused on developing transformative genome-edited allogeneic cell therapies for devastating human diseases.

Caribou website

CoolChip Technologies

CoolChip Technologies, Inc. is the worldwide leader in Kinetic CoolingTM, a new product category based on disruptive technology that is transforming the electronics cooling industry. Solutions Powered by Kinetic CoolingTM offer unprecedented performance across acoustics, form factor, and cooling. Closed down 2019 but many lessons were learned.

Classkick

Classkick is the digital notebook app making effective teaching faster and easier. Plan, grade, differentiate, and give rich feedback in seconds. 

Classkick website

Chai

At Chai, we design PCR solutions to real-world problems. Our mission is to make research-grade biotechnology accessible to everyone.

Chai website

Crayon

Crayon is a competitive intelligence platform that monitors your competitors, alerts you to relevant intel, and enables your sales team to win deals. Market-leading B2B companies—including Gong, Dropbox, and ZoomInfo—use Crayon to win and retain more revenue.

Crayon Website

codeSpark

codeSpark by Begin is on a mission to ignite curiosity about computer science and turn programming into play. Our award-winning computer science education platform, “codeSpark Academy with The Foos”​, is specifically designed for kids 5 and up.

codeSpark website

Codementor

Codementor is a remote learning platform for developers. We help developers grow through live mentorship and virtual events. // Creator of DevProjects.

Codementor website

Datanyze

Datanyze helps sales and marketing professionals find and connect with B2B prospects, supplying actionable contact information, including email addresses, direct dial and mobile numbers directly from LinkedIn profiles and company websites without leaving your browser. 

Acquired by ZoomInfo

Dishcraft Robotics

Dishcraft Daily is a full-service dishware delivery service that uses robotics and AI to improve sustainability, efficiency and the dining experience of food service operations. Similar to a linen service, Dishcraft Daily delivers quality, reusable dishes and flatware each day with pricing comparable to, or less than, disposable wares and in-house dishwashing.

Closed, leasons learned.

Faraday Bicycles

Faraday Bicycles is a company dedicated to revolutionary bicycle innovation and design. Faraday designs and manufactures the finest electric bicycles on the planet. We are engineers, designers, and industry veterans who passionately believe that better bikes make a better world.

Acquired by PON Holdings

Framer

Success starts with a site. Design and publish yours for free at.

Framer website

Flipter

Flipter conveniently enables users to socially tap into public insight on any topic, Questions are packaged with pre-defined answers, with options to embed images, video and links.

Follow Flipter

Grove Collaborative

We’re Grove Collaborative, your one-stop shop for brands you love and that love the planet.  200+ vetted brands We bring together innovative brands across cleaning, wellness, and more everyday essentials. Every brand on our “shelves” has met rigorous standards for efficacy, ingredients, ethics, and more social and environmental criteria.

Grove website

HappyCo

From acquisition to disposition, HappyCo provides full portfolio lifecycle support with software and services designed for PMCs of all sizes. When it comes to elevating your property’s performance, the sky’s the limit.

HappyCo website

Headout

Headout is home to the world’s best real-life experiences – from expert-led tours to incredible landmarks, activities, events, and everything in between. Its mission is to inspire people to get up and close with the world we live in by building the most seamless and affordable booking platform. 

Headout website

haystagg

Haystagg utilizes real-time bidding and predictive ad targeting technology to engage targeted audiences through display advertising. Closed in 2016, many lessons learned.

Holidog

As animal lovers, we all want the best for our furry companions. Like for us humans, having access to healthy and adapted food is essential for our pets’ well-being.

Hector Kitchen website

Heights

Unlock a healthier body and mind with smarter, science-backed supplements.

Heights website

Immediately

Immediately is a mobile platform for modern sales professionals. Our mission is to elevate the craft of sales to what truly matters – building relationships. 

Immediately website

1World

1World Online is a Silicon Valley-based startup providing Consumer Intelligence Platform. It serves the entire web publishing enterprise. 

1World website

KiwiCo

KiwiCo delivers super fun and awesomely enriching experiences to kids and their families. From hands-on projects to media content, we are committed to helping young innovators build their creative confidence and problem-solving skills. We have shipped over 50 million projects created by in-house experts and tested by kids.

KiwiCo website

Life360

At Life360, we’re on a mission to simplify safety so families can live fully. Everyday more than 50 million members across 195 countries trust us to protect and connect their loved ones at home, on the road, and on the go.

Life360 website

LoungeBuddy

Many travelers today look forward to their destination, but dread the journey to get there. Our mission at LoungeBuddy is to instead elevate the airport experience by making it a memorable chapter of your journey. 

Acquired by American Express

Lounge Buddy website

LendStreet

Our mission is simple – help people get out of debt, rebuild their credit, and get a fresh start. Closed in 2022, many lessons learned.

MakeLeaps

MakeLeaps is online invoicing software for freelancers and businesses in Japan. Create beautiful invoices and optionally include your company logo and hanko. We can even print and send your invoice anywhere in Japan for only ¥148. Create a free account today.

Acquired by Ricoh

Makers Row

Maker’s Row is an online marketplace that inspires American businesses to think domestic first. Our unique platform connects American manufacturers and product-based businesses, making factory sourcing easy. 

Makers Row website

Matchmade

Matchmade is an easy-to-use platform that brings advertisers and creators together for targeted and measured campaigns. Matchmade continuously analyses channels, videos, streams on YouTube and Twitch. That’s over 1.1 Billion videos and 9.2M YouTube channels to date. 

Matchmade website

Mattermark

At Mattermark, we’re accelerating sales and deal making through data and automation. Mattermark collects and organizes comprehensive information on the world’s fastest growing companies.

Acquired by FullContact

NodeSource/Pocket

Pocket is building a content platform where high-quality stories from around the web can thrive long after their original publish date.

Acquired by Mozilla

Navdy

A pioneering startup that did not make it. It closed in 2023.

NextLesson

NextLesson offers standards‑aligned lessons that engage students in real world problem‑solving through topics they love.

Acquired by XanEdu


Paintzen

Founded in 2013, Paintzen is revolutionizing the way property homeowners and renters paint their living spaces. 

Acquired by PPG

Pigeonly

Time Magazine 2022 100 most influencial companies, Pigeonly is a subscription-based platform that makes it easy for people to search, find, and communicate with an incarcerated loved from anywhere in the world.

Pigeonly Website

Time Magazine story here

Porterhouse.com

Order your meat online and have it delivered in less than 30 minutes. It closed in 2020 but gosh we ate alot before it did!

Peas&Pod

 Help your kids to learn via a monthly subscription box designed to give you the montessori experience at home. 


Shortcut

Shortcut is the first project management platform for software development that brings together every team across an organization to build better products.

Shortcut website

Sapho

Integrate your systems. Simplify business processes. Triple productivity. Sapho Employee Experience Portal enables IT teams to deliver powerful, personalized experiences that today’s workforce expects on any device, intranet, or messenger.

Acquired by Citrix

Streamlabs

Streamlabs is a high-growth technology company providing a suite of software solutions that enables live streamers to engage with viewers, monetize their broadcasts, and grow their channels across several platforms such as Twitch, YouTube Live, Facebook Live, and TikTok. 

Acquired by Logitech

Sproutling

Sproutling is the World’s First Sensing, Learning, Predicting Baby Monitor.

Acquired bt Mattel


Spry Health

 Spry Health improves outcomes for healthcare organizations by identifying early signs of clinical deterioration in chronically-ill patients. 

Acquired by ZOLL-Itamar

Scalyr

Scalyr is limitless enterprise infrastructure for live data queries, analytics, insights, and retention. No data schema requirements. Index-free. Blazing fast. The technology of choice for engineering, DevOps, IT, and security teams to unlock the power of data.

Acquired by SentinelOne

Sliced Investing

Sliced Investing is online platform that provides access to top private investments for financial advisors and accredited investors. Sadly Sliced closed in 2022.

Tradesy

Fashion, apparel, online resale.

Acquired by Vestiaire Collective


Teachable

Enabling the transformative power of knowledge is what gets us out of bed in the morning. We believe knowledge transfer is crucial to human progress.

Acquired bt Hotmart

Ticketbis

Ticketbis is an intermediary company for the purchase and sale of tickets by individuals for sporting events, concerts and theatre, around the world. 

Acquired by EBAY/STARHUB

Table Yeti

Exceptional hospitality brands choose TableYeti to connect the dots across restaurant, bar, hotel and cafe operations.

TableYeti Website

TW Water

One of five unique sources of water in the world with natural mineral water. 

TW Water website
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