The Lobby Capital Portfolio

We’re on a mission to help amazing teams achieve greatness.

Apera AI

Apera AI’s goal is to make factories more productive by providing robots with human-like vision intelligence and speed. Our technology can be applied in applications such as bin picking, packaging, assembly, kitting, and sorting within multiple industries.
Status:
Active
Sector:
Enterprise
Sub‑Sector:
DevOps/Infrastructure/Platform/Security
Location:
Vancouver, Canada
Founder(s):
Sina Afrooze and Armin Khatoonabadi
Lobby Lead:
Buddy Arnheim

Better Trucks

We created Better Trucks, a lean, technology-focused organization that helps your Brands thrive in this NOW or NEVER economy. We recognize that every package delivered must represent your Brand and provide to your customers a memorable customer experience. We keep this in mind and accommodate costs to help you exceed those expectations while growing. Behind every package is a family, a life, a human being, who is relying on us to safely deliver. This means a lot to us!
Status:
Active
Sector:
Enterprise
Sub‑Sector:
eCommerce/Marketplaces
Location:
Downers Grove, Illinois
Founder(s):
Andy Whiting and Weston Webb
Lobby Lead:
Eric Carlborg

CarbonVoice

Meet voice again. The phone call, reimagined.
Status:
Active
Sector:
Enterprise
Sub‑Sector:
Application
Location:
San Francisco, California
Founder(s):
Travis Bogard
Lobby Lead:
Eric Carlborg

Docyt

Docyt is a real-time account platform that replaces manual processes and stale data with AI-powered accounting automation. The platform includes products that support bill pay, receipt capture and expense reporting.
Status:
Active
Sector:
Enterprise
Sub‑Sector:
FinTech/InsurTech/Payments/Web3
Location:
Santa Clara, California
Founder(s):
Sugam Pandey, Sidharth Saxena
Lobby Lead:
Eric Carlborg

EarlyBird

EarlyBird is transforming lives through early detection of literacy challenges, including predicting risk for dyslexia, with a tech platform leveraging an engaging mobile game.
Status:
Active
Sector:
Consumer / Enterprise
Sub‑Sector:
Consumer Internet/Entertainment/Media / EdTech
Location:
Boston, Massachusetts
Founder(s):
Carla Small
Lobby Lead:
David Hornik

Faros AI

Faros AI empowers software engineering organizations to do their best work with readily available data, actionable insights, and automation around every aspect of the software development process.
Status:
Active
Sector:
Enterprise
Sub‑Sector:
DevOps/Infrastructure/Platform/Security
Location:
San Francisco, California
Founder(s):
Vitaly Gordon, Shubha Nabar, and Matthew Tovbin
Lobby Lead:
David Hornik
Feed

Feed

Feed is a fun, food-lovers discovery and shopping app that curates the best small, independent makers and artisanal brands from across the United States. Our built-in-interactive social feed features recipes, reviews, beautiful videos, and more to help you connect with brands you love and those you haven’t discovered yet.
Status:
Active
Sector:
Consumer
Sub‑Sector:
eCommerce/Marketplaces
Location:
San Francisco, California
Founder(s):
Onur Kardeşler and Ece Cokar
Lobby Lead:
David Hornik

ForeVR Games

ForeVR is creating category defining games with social play that offer entertainment for people of all ages. The ForeVR team includes gaming veterans, imagineers, and a death metal guitarist. This collective are also early pioneers of social gaming, VR-AR immersives and AAA branded toys. Together they have one goal –Translate the most popular and classic IRL games into immersive virtual reality experiences where friends and families of all ages can connect and have fun.
Status:
Active
Sector:
Consumer
Sub‑Sector:
Consumer Internet/Entertainment/Media
Location:
Los Angeles, California
Founder(s):
Marcus Segal and Mike Doom
Lobby Lead:
Buddy Arnheim
Hidden Level
Jeffrey Cole and Gary Dominicos

Hidden Level

Hidden Level has developed and maintains a proprietary system that ensures National airspace safety at low altitude by providing actionable airspace monitoring data through its distributed sensor network.
Status:
Active
Sector:
Enterprise
Sub‑Sector:
DevOps/Infrastructure/Platform/Security
Location:
Syracuse, New York
Founder(s):
Jeffrey Cole, Gary Dominicos
Lobby Lead:
Buddy Arnheim

Kolena

Kolena is on a mission to define new quality standards for ML testing. Founded by computer vision engineers and executives, the team at Kolena has first-hand experience with the challenges you’re facing. And they know there’s a better way.
Status:
Active
Sector:
Enterprise
Sub‑Sector:
DevOps/Infrastructure/Platform/Security
Location:
San Francisco, California
Founder(s):
Mohamed Elgendy, Andrew Shi, and Gordon Hart
Lobby Lead:
Eric Carlborg

Ownify

Homeownership reimagined for you. Buy your home brick by brick. Zero debt. No surprises. Fractional ownership. A revolutionary new way of owning your home.
Status:
Active
Sector:
Consumer
Sub‑Sector:
FinTech/InsurTech/Payments/Web3
Location:
San Francisco, California
Founder(s):
Frank Rohde
Lobby Lead:
Eric Carlborg

Procyon

The next generation cloud-based privilege access management solution for multi-cloud identity and access management.
Status:
Active
Sector:
Enterprise
Sub‑Sector:
DevOps/Infrastructure/Platform/Security
Location:
Santa Clara, California
Founder(s):
Sukhesh Halemane, Suman Sharma, Mahantesh Pattanshetti
Lobby Lead:
Buddy Arnheim

Remix AI

A playground for your imagination. Create, share, and remix AI.
Status:
Active
Sector:
Consumer
Sub‑Sector:
Consumer Internet/Entertainment/Media
Location:
San Francisco, California
Founder(s):
Michael Dougherty, Kevin Swint, Gary Clayton
Lobby Lead:
David Hornik

Vowel

Vowel is building a modern operating system for meetings. Through a suite of tools that sit on top of video conferencing, Vowel allows teams to plan, prepare, engage, and exchange information, no matter where your team members are sitting.
Status:
Active
Sector:
Enterprise
Sub‑Sector:
Application
Location:
New York, New York
Founder(s):
Paul Fisher, Andrew Berman
Lobby Lead:
David Hornik

WaffarX

WaffarX is the first cash-back shopping platform for the MENA region (Middle East and North Africa). WaffarX offers their customers a variety of promotions when shopping through their digital platform.
Status:
Active
Sector:
Consumer
Sub‑Sector:
eCommerce/Marketplaces
Location:
Cairo, Egypt
Founder(s):
Ezz Fayek, Mahmoud Montasser, Ahmed Kamal
Lobby Lead:
David Hornik / Kevin Johnson

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Ambient.ai

Status:
Active
Sector:
Enterprise
Sub‑Sector:
Devices/Hardware/Machines
Location:
Menlo Park, California
Investment Lead:
Buddy Arnheim
About:

With Ambient.ai, computer vision intelligence is transforming security tools, operations and outcomes, moving physical security teams from reactive to proactive operations.

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Amount

Status:
Active
Sector:
Enterprise
Sub‑Sector:
FinTech/InsurTech/Payments/Web3
Location:
Chicago, Illinois
Investment Lead:
Eric Carlborg
About:

Amount is a financial technology company born out of disruption and built for speed. We partner with banks and financial institutions to rapidly digitize their financial infrastructure and optimize growth opportunities in the modern world of banking.

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Avant

Status:
Active
Sector:
Consumer
Sub‑Sector:
FinTech/InsurTech/Payments/Web3
Location:
Chicago, Illinois
Investment Lead:
Eric Carlborg
About:

Avant (then known as AvantCredit®) was founded in 2012 with the goal of improving the borrowing experience for middle-income consumers. A byproduct of the Y Combinator startup accelerator program, Avant quickly built a reputation as an online lending platform, a reputation that continues to this day. Over the years, Avant has continued to streamline the online borrowing process.

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BILL

Status:
Exited - All / Exited - IPO
(NYSE: BILL)
Sector:
Enterprise
Sub‑Sector:
FinTech/InsurTech/Payments/Web3
Location:
San Jose, California
Investment Lead:
David Hornik
About:

BILL is a leading provider of cloud-based software that simplifies, digitizes, and automates back-office financial processes for small and mid-sized businesses.

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Blue Nile

Status:
Exited - All / Exited - Acquired
(Acquired by Bain Capital)
Sector:
Consumer
Sub‑Sector:
eCommerce/Marketplaces
Location:
Seattle, Washington
Investment Lead:
Eric Carlborg
About:

Blue Nile was founded in 1999 with the idea that the diamond and engagement ring business was ready for innovation. We revolutionized the industry with a disruptive online business model, making it possible to shop for extraordinary, high-quality diamonds at a great value.

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Box

Status:
Exited - All / Exited - IPO
(NYSE:BOX)
Sector:
Enterprise
Sub‑Sector:
Application
Location:
Redwood City, California
Investment Lead:
Buddy Arnheim
About:

We started Box in 2005 to make it easy to access information from anywhere and collaborate with anyone. While that vision still lies at the core of our business, it has transformed into our mission to power how the world works together. Today, we’re proud to call 97,000 companies and 68% of the Fortune 500 our customers — but we’re just getting started. As work continues to evolve, we stay focused on delivering innovation to organizations across the globe and blowing our customers’ minds every day.

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Callisto Media

Status:
Exited - All / Exited - Acquired
(Acquired by Penguin Random House)
Sector:
Consumer
Sub‑Sector:
Consumer Internet/Entertainment/Media
Location:
Oakland, California
Investment Lead:
Howard Hartenbaum
About:

Callisto Media combines the power of data and technology with lean economics to deliver high-quality, high-value products, services, and experiences that enable consumers to genuinely improve their lives.

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Cloudera

Status:
Exited - All / Exited - Acquired / Exited - IPO
(NYSE: CLDR, then acquired by CD&R and KKR)
Sector:
Enterprise
Sub‑Sector:
DevOps/Infrastructure/Platform/Security
Location:
Santa Clara, California
Investment Lead:
Buddy Arnheim
About:

Cloudera’s hybrid data platform uniquely provides the building blocks to deploy all modern data architectures.

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Control4

Status:
Exited - All / Exited - Acquired / Exited - IPO
(NASDAQ: CTRL, then acquired by SnapAV)
Sector:
Consumer
Sub‑Sector:
Devices/Hardware/Machines
Location:
Salt Lake City, Utah
Investment Lead:
Buddy Arnheim
About:

Control4 connects smart devices to work in unison, delivering a truly intelligent smart home experience that makes life more convenient, safe, and enjoyable.

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eBates

Status:
Exited - All / Exited - Acquired
(Acquired by Rakuten)
Sector:
Consumer
Sub‑Sector:
eCommerce/Marketplaces
Location:
Menlo Park, California
Investment Lead:
David Hornik, Eric Carlborg, Kevin Johnson
Eric Carlborg, David Hornik, Kevin Johnson (Company Executive)
About:

eBates is the pioneer and leader of online Cash Back Shopping.

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evite

Status:
Exited - All / Exited - Acquired
(Acquired by InterActiveCorp, then Liberty Media)
Sector:
Consumer
Sub‑Sector:
Consumer Internet/Entertainment/Media
Location:
Los Angeles, California
Investment Lead:
David Hornik, Selina Tobaccowala
David Hornik, Selina Tobaccowala (Company Executive)
About:

As the leading and most innovative online invitation company in the world, evite makes it easy to celebrate together by offering thousands of professionally designed, on-trend digital invitations and cards. evite helps hosts craft and send invitations via email, text, or social media using our desktop site, mobile website, and app. evite also offers features like RSVP tracking, event reminders, gift ideas, eGift cards, Bitcoin gifting, and more.

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Fastly

Status:
Exited - All / Exited - IPO
(NYSE: FSLY)
Sector:
Enterprise
Sub‑Sector:
DevOps/Infrastructure/Platform/Security
Location:
San Francisco, California
Investment Lead:
David Hornik, Eric Carlborg
About:

With Fastly’s powerful edge cloud platform, developers get the tools they need to build the most groundbreaking apps — all optimized for speed, security, and scale — so businesses can effectively transform to compete in today’s markets. Together, we’re building the future of the web.

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FourKites

Status:
Active
Sector:
Enterprise
Sub‑Sector:
Application
Location:
Chicago, Illinois
Investment Lead:
Eric Carlborg
About:

Named one of Forbes’ Next Billion-Dollar Startups, FourKites connects global end-to-end supply chains with the most powerful technology on the planet, helping our customers and their customers work better together.

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GitLab

Status:
Exited - All / Exited - IPO
(NASDAQ:GTLB)
Sector:
Enterprise
Sub‑Sector:
DevOps/Infrastructure/Platform/Security
Location:
San Francisco, California
Investment Lead:
David Hornik
About:

GitLab is the DevOps platform that empowers organizations to maximize the overall return on software development by delivering software faster and efficiently, while strengthening security and compliance. With GitLab, every team in your organization can collaboratively plan, build, secure, and deploy software to drive business outcomes faster with complete transparency, consistency and traceability.

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Hippo

Status:
Exited - All / Exited - IPO
(NYSE: HIPO)
Sector:
Consumer
Sub‑Sector:
FinTech/InsurTech/Payments/Web3
Location:
Palo Alto, California
Investment Lead:
Buddy Arnheim
About:

Bundling modern coverage with smart home technology, and offering access to Hippo Home Care, Hippo keeps you one step ahead of problems so you can crush it as a homeowner.

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HotelTonight

Status:
Exited - All / Exited - Acquired
(Acquired by Airbnb)
Sector:
Consumer
Sub‑Sector:
eCommerce/Marketplaces
Location:
San Francisco, California
Investment Lead:
Buddy Arnheim
About:

We’ve said goodbye to endless scrolling. Booking travel should be fun, easy, and instant.

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HouseCall Pro

Status:
Active
Sector:
Enterprise
Sub‑Sector:
FinTech/InsurTech/Payments/Web3
Location:
Denver, Colorado
Investment Lead:
Eric Carlborg
About:

Founded in 2013, Housecall Pro helps home service professionals thrive. We offer an industry-leading SaaS operating platform combined with modern financial services and supporting business solutions, helping Pros run all aspects of their business.

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Integral Ad Science

Status:
Exited - All / Exited - Acquired / Exited - IPO
Acquired by Vista Equity, followed by IPO (NASDAQ: IAS)
Sector:
Enterprise
Sub‑Sector:
Application
Location:
New York, New York
Investment Lead:
Eric Carlborg
About:

IAS makes every impression count, ensuring that ads are viewable by real people, in safe and suitable environments, activating contextual targeting, and driving supply path optimization. Our mission is to be the global benchmark for trust and transparency in digital media quality for the world’s leading brands, publishers, and platforms. We do this through data-driven technologies with actionable real-time signals and insight.

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Kin Insurance

Status:
Active
Sector:
Consumer
Sub‑Sector:
FinTech/InsurTech/Payments/Web3
Location:
Chicago, Illinois
Investment Lead:
Eric Carlborg
About:

Kin’s mission is to reimagine home insurance For Every New Normal. While other insurers struggle to handle a fast-changing world, Kin is built for the future and prepared to meet its challenges head-on while helping our customers do the same. Because of our technology and direct-to-consumer model, we provide affordable pricing without compromising coverage, even in areas most impacted by climate change. We are fully licensed, and our carrier, the Kin Interinsurance Network, is rated A, Exceptional, by Demotech, Inc., meaning we have the financial strength to help our customers through everyday claims and game-changing catastrophes.

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Level

Status:
Active
Sector:
Consumer
Sub‑Sector:
Devices/Hardware/Machines
Location:
Redwood City, California
Investment Lead:
Buddy Arnheim
About:

At Level, we take a unique approach — one that focuses not only on what we make but how we make it and who we make it for; one that results in elegant and impactful solutions; one that raises the bar for the connected home. We start at what we like to call square zero and design products that make “smart” invisible. Our flagship product, the Level Bolt, embodies our beliefs, highlighting that technology shouldn’t demand consumers to change the way they live their lives. It should blend seamlessly into the background and take care of you when you need it.

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Lively

Status:
Active
Sector:
Enterprise
Sub‑Sector:
FinTech/InsurTech/Payments/Web3
Location:
San Francisco, California
Investment Lead:
Buddy Arnheim
About:

The Modern Health Savings Account Provider. Lively helps people prepare for tomorrow by making smart decisions about finances and healthcare today.

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MaintainX

Status:
Active
Sector:
Enterprise
Sub‑Sector:
Application
Location:
San Francisco, California
Investment Lead:
David Hornik
About:

MaintainX digitizes the paper-based procedures, work orders, inspection logs, and audit checklists used daily in thousands of businesses worldwide.

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Makara

Status:
Exited - All / Exited - Acquired
(Acquired by RedHat)
Sector:
Enterprise
Sub‑Sector:
DevOps/Infrastructure/Platform/Security
Location:
New York, New York
Investment Lead:
Buddy Arnheim
About:

Makara enables organizations to provision, deploy, manage, monitor, and scale their Java and PHP applications on public and private clouds.

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OpenTable

Status:
Exited - All / Exited - Acquired / Exited - IPO
(NASDAQ: OPEN, then acquired by Booking)
Sector:
Consumer
Sub‑Sector:
eCommerce/Marketplaces
Location:
San Francisco, California
Investment Lead:
Buddy Arnheim
About:

We love what can happen around the restaurant table. And since 1998 we’ve been committed to empowering that experience. From helping restaurants of all sizes thrive, to enabling diners to find and book the perfect table for every occasion, our story is one of human connection—among diners and restaurants, and between restaurants and their communities.

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PubMatic

Status:
Exited - All / Exited - IPO
(NASDAQ: PUBM)
Sector:
Enterprise
Sub‑Sector:
Application
Location:
Redwood City, California
Investment Lead:
Eric Carlborg
About:

PubMatic’s sell-side platform empowers the world’s leading digital content creators across the open internet to control access to their inventory and increase monetization by enabling marketers to drive return on investment and reach addressable audiences across ad formats and devices. Since 2006, our infrastructure-driven approach has allowed for the efficient processing and utilization of data in real time. By delivering scalable and flexible programmatic innovation, we improve outcomes for our customers while championing a vibrant and transparent digital advertising supply chain.

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SendBird

Status:
Active
Sector:
Enterprise
Sub‑Sector:
DevOps/Infrastructure/Platform/Security
Location:
San Mateo, California
Investment Lead:
David Hornik
About:

Sendbird’s chat API, voice API, video API, native chat SDKs, feature-rich platform, and ready-made UI components make developers more productive. We take care of a ton of operational complexity under the hood, so you can power a rich chat service, and life-like voice, and video experiences, without worrying about features, edge cases, reliability, or scale.

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SentinelOne

Status:
Exited - All / Exited - IPO
(NYSE: S)
Sector:
Enterprise
Sub‑Sector:
DevOps/Infrastructure/Platform/Security
Location:
Mountain View, California
Investment Lead:
Buddy Arnheim
About:

One platform. Unprecedented speed. Infinite scale.
The future of cybersecurity is autonomous.
Singularity XDR secures endpoint, cloud, and identity.

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Skydio

Status:
Active
Sector:
Enterprise
Sub‑Sector:
Devices/Hardware/Machines
Location:
Redwood City, California
Investment Lead:
Buddy Arnheim
About:

Our mission is to make the world more productive, creative, and safe with autonomous flight.

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SpinLaunch

Status:
Active
Sector:
Enterprise
Sub‑Sector:
Devices/Hardware/Machines
Location:
Long Beach, California
Investment Lead:
Buddy Arnheim
About:

SpinLaunch is an innovative new space technology company that has created an alternative method for putting 200 kilogram class satellites into low earth orbit. Unlike traditional fuel-based rockets, SpinLaunch uses a ground-based, electric powered kinetic launch system that delivers a substantially less expensive and environmentally sustainable approach to space access.

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Splunk

Status:
Exited - All / Exited - Acquired / Exited - IPO
(NASDAQ: SPLK, then acquired by Cisco)
Sector:
Enterprise
Sub‑Sector:
DevOps/Infrastructure/Platform/Security
Location:
San Francisco, California
Investment Lead:
David Hornik
About:

The Splunk platform removes the barriers between data and action, empowering observability, IT and security teams to ensure their organizations are secure, resilient and innovative.

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Spring Labs

Status:
Active
Sector:
Enterprise
Sub‑Sector:
FinTech/InsurTech/Payments/Web3
Location:
Los Angeles, California
Investment Lead:
Eric Carlborg
About:

Spring Labs helps businesses securely store and share sensitive data without revealing any personally identifiable information (PII) with patented, ultra-secure cryptography and tokenization solutions.

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Stance

Status:
Active
Sector:
Consumer
Sub‑Sector:
eCommerce/Marketplaces
Location:
San Clemente, California
Investment Lead:
Eric Carlborg
About:

We believe that you shouldn’t have to sacrifice self-expression for the sake of functionality or craftsmanship. Because why would you? Our philosophy is that everything you wear should be a direct extension of who you are and how you feel. An amplifier of your unique energy. A point of view that’s reflected in our product from toe to head. Sure, we’ve done our homework. Innovative materials, unparalleled comfort and colorful constructions that are built to last. Ours is an open invitation to embrace a life of creativity and confidence. We are Stitched Different™.

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StrongLoop

Status:
Exited - All / Exited - Acquired
(Acquired by IBM)
Sector:
Enterprise
Sub‑Sector:
DevOps/Infrastructure/Platform/Security
Location:
San Mateo, California
Investment Lead:
Buddy Arnheim
About:

StrongLoop launched in 2013 offering an open-source enterprise version of Node.js. Acquired by IBM in 2015, the StrongLoop team continues to build LoopBack, the open-source Node.js API Framework. IBM continues to contribute and support the StrongLoop community through these projects that provide key technologies for the API economy:

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Tickets Now

Status:
Exited - All / Exited - Acquired
(Acquired by Ticketmaster)
Sector:
Consumer
Sub‑Sector:
Consumer Internet/Entertainment/Media
Location:
Rolling Meadows, Illinois
Investment Lead:
Buddy Arnheim
About:

TicketsNow is an event ticket resale marketplace where fans of live entertainment buy and sell tickets.

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Trulia

Status:
Exited - All / Exited - Acquired
(Acquired by Zillow)
Sector:
Consumer
Sub‑Sector:
eCommerce/Marketplaces
Location:
San Francisco, California
Investment Lead:
Buddy Arnheim
About:

Trulia is a home and neighborhood site for buyers and renters to find homes and neighborhoods across the United States.

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Turo

Status:
Active
Sector:
Consumer
Sub‑Sector:
eCommerce/Marketplaces
Location:
San Francisco, California
Investment Lead:
Howard Hartenbaum
About:

Turo is the world’s largest car sharing marketplace where you can book any car you want, wherever you want it, from a vibrant community of trusted hosts across the US, Canada, and the UK. Whether you’re flying in from afar or looking for a car down the street, searching for a rugged truck or something smooth and swanky, guests can take the wheel of the perfect car for any occasion, while hosts can take the wheel of their futures by building an accessible, flexible, and scalable car sharing business from the ground up.

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VetCove

Status:
Active
Sector:
Consumer
Sub‑Sector:
eCommerce/Marketplaces
Location:
Miami, Florida
Investment Lead:
Buddy Arnheim
About:

VETERINARY SUPPLY STARTS HERE. Cut ordering time in half and save on supplies with the vendors you already use. Completely free to veterinary clinics and nonprofits.

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Wattpad

Status:
Exited - All / Exited - Acquired
(Acquired by Naver)
Sector:
Consumer
Sub‑Sector:
Consumer Internet/Entertainment/Media
Location:
Toronto, Canada
Investment Lead:
Candice Faktor, David Hornik
David Hornik, Candice Faktor (Company Executive)
About:

The world’s most-loved social storytelling platform, Wattpad, connects a global community of 90 million readers and writers through the power of story.

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WePay

Status:
Exited - All / Exited - Acquired
(Acquired by JP Morgan Chase)
Sector:
Enterprise
Sub‑Sector:
FinTech/InsurTech/Payments/Web3
Location:
Redwood City, California
Investment Lead:
David Hornik
About:

We deliver payments you can bank on. Our APIs make flexible, integrated payments possible via referral, white label or payment facilitator models, so our customers can focus on their core strategy.

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Zulily

Status:
Exited - All / Exited - Acquired / Exited - IPO
(NASDAQ: ZU, then acquired by QVC)
Sector:
Consumer
Sub‑Sector:
eCommerce/Marketplaces
Location:
Seattle, Washington
Investment Lead:
Eric Carlborg
About:

zulily is a fabulous new online store offering something special every day. Members can enjoy savings of up to 70% off retail prices; not to mention discover some exciting new brands and products. Only members can shop our slaes, but membership is free and to sign up is instant and easy. zulily is a retailer obsessed with bringing moms special finds every day-all at incredible prices. We feature an always-fresh curated collection for the whole family, including clothing, home décor, toys, gifts and more.