Founder Directory

Bright Health Plan

Bright HealthCare develops a health insurance service platform designed to deliver a quality healthcare experience. Healthcare Insurance

Last round: IPO Bessemer, Post-IPO, $2.0B valuation

Lemonade

Lemonade operates as a full-stack insurance company powered by AI and behavioral economics and driven by social good. FinTech Insurance

Last round: IPO Sequoia, Post-IPO, $1.6B valuation

Samsara

Samsara is the pioneer of the Connected Operations Cloud SaaS Sensors

Last round: IPO Andreessen Horowitz, Post-IPO, $5.0B valuation

BridgeBio

BridgeBio Pharma focuses on genetic disease therapies and develops those assets with the right approach in supporting R&D. Biotech Life Sciences

Last round: IPO Sequoia, Post-IPO, $1.1B valuation

Confluent

Confluent offers a streaming platform based on Apache Kafka that enables companies to easily access data as real-time streams. Enterprise Software Data Science

Last round: IPO Sequoia, Benchmark, Post-IPO, $6.0B valuation

GitLab

GitLab is open source software to collaborate on code used by more than 100,000 organizations. SaaS Developer Tools

Last round: IPO Khosla Ventures, Y Combinator, Post-IPO, $6.0B valuation

Circle

Circle is a global internet finance company, built on blockchain technology and powered by crypto assets. FinTech Crypto Banking

Last round: IPO Accel, Post-IPO, $9.0B valuation

DoorDash

DoorDash is a food delivery platform that connects customers with local and national businesses. Food & Drinks Delivery

Last round: IPO Sequoia, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Y Combinator, Post-IPO, $20.0B valuation

Amplitude

Amplitude is a product intelligence platform that helps teams run and grow their businesses. SaaS Business Intelligence Analytics

Last round: IPO Sequoia, Benchmark, Post-IPO, $2.2B valuation

CS Disco

DISCO is a legaltech company that applies AI and cloud computing to legal problems. Software LegalTech

Last round: IPO Bessemer, Post-IPO, $1.8B valuation

Snowflake

Snowflake is a cloud data platform that provides a data warehouse-as-a-service designed for the cloud. Analytics Enterprise Software

Last round: IPO Sequoia, Post-IPO, $42.0B valuation

Upstart

Upstart is an online lending platform that uses data to bring together high potential borrowers and investors. FinTech Lending

Last round: IPO Khosla Ventures, Post-IPO, $1.6B valuation

CrowdStrike

CrowdStrike is a cybersecurity technology firm pioneering cloud delivered next-generation endpoint protection and services. Crowdsourcing Cybersecurity SaaS Enterprise Software

Last round: IPO Accel, Post-IPO, $29.0B valuation

DigitalOcean

DigitalOcean provides a cloud platform to deploy, manage, and scale applications of any size. Web Hosting SaaS

Last round: IPO Andreessen Horowitz, Post-IPO, $3.0B valuation

Toast

The all-in-one POS and restaurant management platform. Software Point of Sale Restaurants

Last round: IPO Bessemer, Post-IPO, $10.0B valuation

Zoom

Zoom offers a communications platform that connects people through video, voice, chat, and content sharing. Enterprise Software SaaS Collaboration Meeting Software

Last round: IPO Sequoia, Post-IPO, $23.0B valuation

Freshworks

Freshworks creates SaaS customer engagement solutions to delight and wow both customers and employees. SaaS Enterprise Software

Last round: IPO Sequoia, Post-IPO, $3.5B valuation

Sumo Logic

Sumo Logic is a log management and analytics service, transforms big data into sources of operations, security, and compliance intelligence. Enterprise Software SaaS Analytics

Last round: IPO Sequoia, Post-IPO, $1.3B valuation

Asana

Asana is a computer software company that specializes in the fields of work management and productivity. SaaS Collaboration Enterprise Software

Last round: IPO Founders Fund, Post-IPO, $3.3B valuation

PagerDuty

PagerDuty is an operations performance platform delivering visibility and actionable intelligence. SaaS

Last round: IPO Andreessen Horowitz, Bessemer, Accel, Post-IPO, $2.7B valuation

Health Catalyst

Health Catalyst is a tech platform that organizes and links health-related data from different systems and makes it available for all users. Analytics Healthcare Enterprise Software

Last round: IPO Sequoia, Post-IPO, $1.4B valuation

23andMe

23andMe is a DNA testing technology company that enables its users to access their ancestry, genealogy, and inherited traits. Biotech DNA Testing

Last round: IPO Sequoia, Post-IPO, $1.9B valuation

Proterra

Proterra designs and builds zero-emission, battery-electric, fast-charge buses. Vehicles Sustainability

Last round: IPO Kleiner Perkins, Post-IPO, $1.8B valuation

Qualtrics

Qualtrics is the world's leading enterprise survey platform that powers customer, market, and employee insights. SaaS Enterprise Software

Last round: IPO Sequoia, Accel, Post-IPO, $6.0B valuation

Bird

Bird operates as a dockless electric scooter company developing a vehicle sharing platform. Transportation RideSharing Electric Vehicles

Last round: IPO Sequoia, Accel, Post-IPO, $870M valuation

hims & hers

Men's wellness products backed by science Wellness SaaS

Last round: IPO Founders Fund, Post-IPO, $865M valuation

SoundHound

SoundHound is the innovator in voice-enabled AI and conversational intelligence technologies. Artificial Intelligence Speech Recognition NLP

Last round: IPO Kleiner Perkins, Post-IPO, $605M valuation

Nautilus Biotechnology

Nautilus Biotechnology offers a high-throughput, low-cost platform for analyzing and quantifying the human proteome. Biotech

Last round: IPO Andreessen Horowitz, Post-IPO, $470M valuation

Funding Circle

Funding Circle is a lending platform for small businesses. FinTech Small Business Lending

Last round: IPO Accel, Post-IPO, $350M valuation

Coursera

Coursera partners with universities and organizations to offer classes on their platform. EdTech

Last round: IPO Kleiner Perkins, Post-IPO, $280M valuation

Otonomo

Otonomo provides car manufacturers, drivers, and service providers with a cloud-based solution that connects millions of cars SaaS Vehicles

Last round: IPO Bessemer, Post-IPO, $168M valuation

Brii Biosciences

Brii Biosciences is a biotechnology company that commits to bring innovative medicines to China as a way to improve public health. Healthcare Biotech

Last round: IPO Sequoia, Post-IPO, $10.0B valuation

Kymera Therapeutics

Kymera Therapeutics is pioneering a transformative approach to treating previously untreatable diseases. Healthcare Biotech

Last round: IPO Bessemer, Post-IPO, $2.0B valuation

ACV Auctions

ACV is a full-service dealer marketplace that runs online automotive auctions Vehicles E-Commerce Marketplaces

Last round: IPO Bessemer, Post-IPO, $1.4B valuation

Clover Health

Clover Health is a new health insurance company. Healthcare Insurance

Last round: IPO Sequoia, Post-IPO, $1.0B valuation

Opendoor

Opendoor is an online real estate marketplace used to streamline home buying and selling. Real Estate Marketplaces

Last round: IPO Khosla Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Post-IPO, $1.0B valuation

VELO3D

Velo3D develops metal additive manufacturing solutions, including 3D printing systems, print preparation software and integration technology Manufacturing Hardware 3D Tech

Last round: IPO Khosla Ventures, Post-IPO, $1.4B valuation

Nubank

Nubank is a digital bank that offers digital credit cards, transfers, and payments. FinTech Banking

Last round: IPO Sequoia, Founders Fund, Post-IPO, $41.0B valuation

Oscar Health

Oscar offers individual and family health insurance plans, medicare advantages, and small group products. Insurance Healthcare

Last round: IPO Khosla Ventures, Founders Fund, Post-IPO, $1.2B valuation

Robinhood

Robinhood is a new way to invest in the stock market. FinTech Trading

Last round: IPO Sequoia, Andreessen Horowitz, Post-IPO, $10.0B valuation

Affirm

Affirm offers installment loans to consumers at the point of sale. FinTech Lending

Last round: IPO Khosla Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, Post-IPO, $5.0B valuation

Blend

Developing software & data applications for mortgage lenders. FinTech Mortgage Software

Last round: IPO Founders Fund, Post-IPO, $2.0B valuation

Coinbase

Coinbase is a digital wallet that allows you to securely buy, use, and accept bitcoin currency. FinTech Trading Crypto

Last round: IPO Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator, Post-IPO, $13.0B valuation

Guardant Health

Revolutionizing cancer detection, care and treatment Biotech Healthcare

Last round: IPO Sequoia, Khosla Ventures, Post-IPO, $5.0B valuation

Peloton

The Peloton Bike delivers live indoor cycling workouts to your home whenever you want them, with social elements like competition and chat. Hardware Healthcare Fitness

Last round: IPO Kleiner Perkins, Post-IPO, $3.3B valuation

UiPath

UiPath is a leading provider of software automation and robotic process automation software. Enterprise Software Artificial Intelligence Developer Tools

Last round: IPO Sequoia, Kleiner Perkins, Accel, Post-IPO, $6.0B valuation

Snap Inc.

Snap is a camera company focusing on technology and social media. Consumer Social Apps Messaging

Last round: IPO Sequoia, Post-IPO, $15.0B valuation

TransferWise

Money transfer service allowing private individuals and businesses to send money abroad without hidden charges. FinTech

Last round: IPO Andreessen Horowitz, Post-IPO, $7.0B valuation

HashiCorp

Provision, secure, connect, & run any infrastructure for any application. Our product suite includes Vagrant, Packer, Terraform, Vault, Noma Enterprise Software Cloud Infrastructure

Last round: IPO Bessemer, Post-IPO, $4.4B valuation

Uber

Uber develops, markets, and operates a ride-sharing application that allows consumers to submit a trip request. Delivery Apps Ride Sharing

Last round: IPO Sequoia, Post-IPO, $48.0B valuation

Accolade

Accolade features personalized health and benefits solutions that help to improve outcomes, and healthcare cost for employers. Healthcare Employee Benefits

Last round: IPO Andreessen Horowitz, Post-IPO, $1.2B valuation

Rocket Lab

Rocket Lab delivers a range of complete rocket systems and technologies for fast and low-cost payload deployment. Manufacturing Space Hardware

Last round: IPO Khosla Ventures, Bessemer, Post-IPO, $2.4B valuation

SmileDirectClub

SmileDirectClub offers home invisible aligners, plastic aligners that gradually shift teeth into their desired position. Dental Healthcare E-Commerce

Last round: IPO Kleiner Perkins, Post-IPO, $877M valuation

Vicarious Surgical

Vicarious Surgical improves the lives of patients and surgeons by giving access to high quality care through the use of surgical robotics. Healthcare Medical Devices Hardware

Last round: IPO Khosla Ventures, Post-IPO, $700M valuation

Berkshire Grey

Berkshire Grey develops a materials handling system to automate omnichannel fulfillment. Hardware Logistics Robotics

Last round: IPO Khosla Ventures, Post-IPO, $700M valuation

Winc

Winc is a modern winery with a direct connection to the consumer, building a portfolio of brands for the next generation of wine drinkers. Wine SaaS

Last round: IPO Bessemer, Post-IPO, $60M valuation

Weave Communications

Weave makes communicating with customers easier for businesses by integrating features like texting, phone service, fax, and reviews. WebHosting Healthcare Telecommunications

Last round: IPO Bessemer, Post-IPO, $590M valuation

COMPASS Pathways

COMPASS Pathways is dedicated to accelerating patient access to evidence-based innovation in mental health. Healthcare Mental Health

Last round: IPO Founders Fund, Post-IPO, $500M valuation

AEye

AEye develops advanced vision hardware, software and algorithms that act as the eyes and visual cortex of autonomous vehicles. Artificial Intelligence Autonomous Vehicles Hardware Data Science

Last round: IPO Kleiner Perkins, Post-IPO, $487M valuation

TransMedics

Transmedics is a medical device company for transplant devices. Healthcare Medical Medical Devices

Last round: IPO Kleiner Perkins, Post-IPO, $400M valuation

Vaccitech

Vaccitech is creating novel vaccines that elicit strong responses from helper and cytotoxic T-cells. Healthcare Medical Research

Last round: IPO Sequoia, Post-IPO, $290M valuation

Shapeways

Shapeways offers 3D technology solutions to enable the automation, innovation, and digitization of product development. Manufacturing Marketplaces 3D Printing

Last round: IPO Andreessen Horowitz, Post-IPO, $177M valuation

Quince Therapeutics

Quince is developing treatments for Alzheimers and other degenerative disorders. Alzheimers Healthcare

Last round: IPO Sequoia, Post-IPO, $130M valuation

Farmers Edge

Farmers Edge digitizes farms, from connected field sensors to cloud-based software and services. Agriculture Hardware Software

Last round: IPO Kleiner Perkins, Post-IPO, $124M valuation

Desktop Metal

Changing the way the world makes metal parts Hardware 3D Printing

Last round: IPO Kleiner Perkins, Post-IPO, $120M valuation

UNITY Biotechnology

UNITY is making medicines that target the root cause of age-related diseases Biotech Healthcare Anti-aging

Last round: IPO Founders Fund, Post-IPO, $55M valuation