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We look for what can go right. Just like you, we’re risk-takers — not risk-mitigators.
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We have your back and ask the tough questions. Think of us as your SWAT team.
We don’t mind if your idea is raw.
We’re product people who see your vision. Bring on the sushi-grade.
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We work fast to make our decisions. We’re founders too — and waiting is the worst.
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Founding Product Manager at Android Nexus. Investor at Founder Collective: Cruise Automation, Firebase, Dia & Co. Software Eng/Harvard MBA.
Founding product manager at Twitter. Product at Yahoo! and Overture. Partner at Foundation Capital: Kik, Mesosphere, Hutch, Paribus, Custora. Cornell MBA.
We've been fortunate to partner with exceptional product-centric founders just when they were getting going. Below is the list of companies they started.
1build uses machine intelligence to convert building blueprints into material shopping lists and cost estimates.
High speed wireless Internet at a fraction of the cost.
Empowers your finance team to provide nextgen insights to the rest of the organization.
Machine learning platform that empowers biomedical scientists to plan and execute more successful experiments.
Executive coaching for everyone.
Building the future of autonomous neighborhood delivery.
Marketplace for Maintenance, Repair & Operations Products in emerging markets.
Building brick and mortar stores for digital brands.
Managed marketplace for automotive services.
World's first live Social Club.
Enterprise SaaS solution that combines a global fulfillment network with flexible FMS software to give enterprise D2C businesses the visibility and control they need.
CivilGrid is a construction intelligence platform combining layers of utility, environmental, and geotechnical site data.
The first luxury lab-grown diamond ring brand, offers its customers 30% more diamond for the same price as mined equivalents.
Saving consumers money via AI.
Devron is developing next generation privacy-preserving machine learning systems.
Company networks are underutilized for hiring.
Global Supply Unchained.
Serverless cloud database that offers fast global access to data via modern APIs like GraphQL without sacrificing data consistency.
Making customer spreadsheets accessible to software products with a turnkey data importer.
Managed marketplace for fleet services.
Empowering the secondhand gig economy turning stuff into cash.
Federated Data Access Management Platform.
Online events platform for performance driven event marketing.
Automating patient data collection and provider documentation.
Highlight helps businesses understand their users, with clarity.
Hightouch helps businesses sync their customer data across sales and marketing tools.
World's first PTO loan.
Observability for a distributed world.
The home construction marketplace that automates design.
The best code-automation platform for event-driven systems.
Intentomatic surfaces buyer intent to Sales teams.
Lifecycle management for datasets and machine learning models.
B2B last-mile distribution marketplace for the informal economy in Southern Africa.
Knock is an API and low-code rule builder that manages in-app and out-of-app notifications for engineering and product teams.
Kover.ai enables any business to create and distribute relevant coverage plans to their customers.
Platform for Gaming Communities.
Data-driven global healthcare marketplace.
Your notes and team wiki in one place.
Instant, on-demand and scalable verification of professionals to power your business.
Emotional well-being benefits platform for employers.
Next-generation banking with spending, savings, and rewards built for Canadians.
New Lantern accelerates radiology with cloud & AI powered medical image analysis.
Building the "Amazon Prime Now" experience for D2C brands.
Lifelike fitness instructors and classes for everyone.
Osana is building the API-connected infrastructure for the healthcare industry in LATAM.
This generation's sports network.
Talking with superpowers.
Credit that's honest, simple, and accessible.
Build credit through your rent.
Smart health assistant that bridges siloed health data.
Connecting patients with top-rated doctors around the world.
Headless checkout for modern brands.
Understanding time and cost of customer interactions across roles and tools.
Building A-Teams for highly ambitious companies.
Enterprise software that helps to define a price on carbon emissions, manage carbon taxes and reduce emissions while having financial returns.
Powering haptic feedback in mid air.
Where creators become entrepreneurs.
Helping office cleaning companies attract, manage and retain cleaning professionals.
Hassle free container trucking.
Helping parents raise kids that are smarter about money.
Vibely powers next-gen communities led by creators.
Live online training from industry experts.
Anonymous voice conversation app.
Making healthcare more affordable for patients by turning bills into small, interest free installments.
Crowdsourced, collective team knowledge, available anywhere.
Scaling Video Personalization with Deepfake AI.
Inspiration & insight for modern parents.
The future of media monetization.
A place for virtual restaurants to call home.