Investments: See companies in Castor Ventures's portfolio

Sampling of Our Portfolio Companies

Castor Ventures invests in a broad range of venture-backed companies to build
diversified venture portfolios invested alongside established venture firms.

Lumanu Inc

http://lumanu.com

Lumanu streamlines payments and eases collaboration interactions to give creators more time to focus on building their brands and growing their businesses.

Co-Investors

Origin Ventures

Aleph Farms

http://aleph-farms.com

Aleph Farms produces beef steaks using the natural cells of a cow.

Co-Investors

L Catterton, Oryx

OneScreen.ai

http://onescreen.ai

Onescreen.ai is working to make any screen into a measurable advertising medium.

Co-Investors

Brian Halligan, Dharmesh Shah, TechFarms

Coda.io

http://coda.io

Coda is a collaboration solution that centralizes the most common functions of online documents and work applications.

Co-Investors

Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan, Kleiner Perkins, General Catalyst, Greylock Partners, Madrona Venture Group, Khosla Ventures, Nokia Growth Partners

Inkbit

http://avgfunds.com

Inkbit is the developer of a multi-material 3D printing system for advanced additive manufacturing.

Co-Investors

Phoenix Venture Partners, Stratasys, DSM Venturing, Ocado Ventures, 3M

Algolux

http://algolux.com

Algolux is the developer of an autonomous vision and imaging technology.

Co-Investors

Drive Capital, Forte Ventures, Investissement Québec, GM Ventures, Generation Ventures

Strateos

http://strateos.com

Strateos is a robotic cloud lab platform designed to accelerate drug discovery and synthetic biology research.

Co-Investors

Lux Capital, DCVC, Ally Bridge, Eli Lilly, Mack & Co, BD Ventures, Harmonix, Dolby Ventures, AME

Cabana

http://avgfunds.com

Cabana is an upscale mobile lodging company.

Co-Investors

Craft Venture, Goldcrest Capital, LAUNCH, Getaway

Hayden AI

http://hayden.ai

Hayden AI is a smart cities platform working to improve safety, traffic flow, and urban mobility.

Co-Investors

Bootstrap Labs, Modern Ventures, E. Republic Ventures

Stavvy

http://stavvy.com

Stavvy is a digital mortgage vendor platform.

Co-Investors

Morningside

Jock Mkt

http://jockmkt.com

Jock MKT (”market”) is an app that allows users to buy and trade fantasy shares of sports players for cash.

Co-Investors

Left Lane Capital

Willow Innovations, Inc.

http://willowpump.com

Willow Innovations is the developer of a hands-free, wearable breast pump that has 100% spill-proof, 360-degree mobility.

Co-Investors

NEA, Endeavour Vision, Pura Vida, Logos, Gaingels

Groq

http://groq.com

Groq is the inventor of the Tensor Streaming Processor (TSP) architecture-based chip that better accommodates computation-intensive workloads.

Co-Investors

Tiger Global

NoMad Data

http://nomad-data.com

NoMad Data is the provider of a multi-sided data management platform.

Co-Investors

Bloomberg Beta

Matchwell

http://wematchwell.com

Matchwell is a cloud-based, online, clinician marketplace.

Co-Investors

11.2 Capital, Flying Point Industries

RapidSOS

http://rapidsos.com

RapidSOS links direct data from millions of connected devices (smartphones, wearables, connected cars, home IoT) to 911 and first responders.

Co-Investors

Insight Partners, Axon, Highland, Transformation Capital, Energy Impact Partners

Capital Rx

http://cap-rx.com

Capital Rx is an online, cloud-native, pharmacy benefits management (PBM) platform.

Co-Investors

Transformation Capital Partners, Edision Partners

Ocient

http://ocient.com

Ocient is a near-real-time database and data analytics platform for petabyte- to exabyte-scale data sets.

Co-Investors

Greycroft, OCA Ventures, VCapital, Valor Equity, Pritzker Group, In-Q-Tel

Civis Analytics

http://civisanalytics.com

Civis is a data science, technology, and consulting company that works across industry sectors.

Co-Investors

Drive Capital, Verizon Ventures

Ayar Labs

http://ayarlabs.com

Ayar Labs is an in-package optical I/O company that aims to make data transmission more efficient by replacing traditional copper wires with interconnects that move data using light waves.

Co-Investors

Downing Ventures, Blue Sky Capital, Intel Capital, Playground, Founders Fund, Rising Tide, Applied Materials, Lockheed Martin, SG Innovate, TechuVentures, GlobalFoundries

Verge Genomics

http://vergegenomics.com

Verge Genomics uses machine learning and human genomics to accelerate drug discovery.

Co-Investors

Threshold Ventures (fka DFJ), Draper Associates, Tao Capital, WuXi Ventures, Lifeforce Capital

Enable

http://enable.com

Enable has developed an enterprise platform to help manage complex rebate agreements with suppliers and customers.

Co-Investors

Menlo Ventures, Sierra Ventures, Rising Tide VC

BlockFi

http://blockfi.com

BlockFi develops loans, trading, and a number of other financial services for cryptoassets.

Co-Investors

Morgan Creek, Valar Ventures

Pie Systems (Pie VAT)

http://pievat.com

Pie Systems is a VAT reclaim software that allows for a fully digital reclaim process for tourists shopping in host countries.

Co-Investors

Green Visor Capital (GVC), Builders VC, Digital Garage Ventures, Bumble Ventures

Unlearn AI

http://unlearn.health

Unlearn.AI is a computational science company that builds machine learning platforms to create biological digital twins for the healthcare and pharmaceutical industries.

Co-Investors

8VC, DCVC, Mubadala

Hydrow

http://hydrow.com

Hydrow is a fitness platform focused around a tech-enabled rowing machine.

Co-Investors

L Catterton

Emissary

http://emissary.io

Emissary is a human intelligence network.

Co-Investors

G20 Ventures, Andy Ory, Dino Di Palma, Bruce Clark

Rigetti

http://rigetti.com

A full-stack quantum computing startup, focused on designing and manufacturing superconducting quantum integrated circuits and building software to enable quantum computing, as well as integrating its systems directly into existing cloud infrastructure.

Co-Investors

Bessemer Venture Partners

Teraki

http://teraki.com

Teraki is an AI and IoT company that develops and produces intelligent edge processing software for the automotive industry.

Co-Investors

Horizons Ventures, American Family Ventures, Paladin Capital Group, Innogy Ventures, Sony Semiconductors

Gatik.AI

http://gatik.ai

Gatik AI is an autonomous vehicle company focused on “middle-mile” B2B short-term logistics.

Co-Investors

Wittington Ventures, Innovation Endeavors, Dynamo, AngelPad, Trucks VC, Fontinalis, Fuji America Corporation

Medivis

http://medivis.com

Medivis is a medical technology company that uses augmented reality and artificial intelligence to facilitate advanced medical imaging and surgical visualization.

Co-Investors

Vectr, Initialized Capital

PetPlate

http://petplate.com

PetPlate is a pet food delivery company that develops healthy, all-natural, human-grade meals for dogs.

Co-Investors

Dane Creek Capital

Ozone

http://ozone.ai

Ozone is a data privacy company that offers users free mobile tools to sync, organize, and monetize their personal internet data.

Co-Investors

LAUNCH (Jason Calacanis), Season Two Ventures, Primera Capital, Ten Holdings

Openprise

http://openprisetech.com

Openprise is a cloud-based data automation platform that is intended to leverage open data and open web technology on a single platform.

Co-Investors

Bloomberg Beta, TsingYuan Ventures, Team Builder Ventures

Capella Space

http://capellaspace.com

Capella Space develops cost-effective SAR satellites that are able to see through clouds, at night, and even underground.

Co-Investors

Data Collective (DCVC), Spark Capital, AME Cloud Ventures, Cota Capital

Notable Labs

http://.

Notable Labs is a drug development platform that is built to rapidly identify and advance new cancer therapeutics at a fraction of traditional costs.

Mythical

http://mythical.games

Mythical is a game technology platform enabling true ownership of digital assets, verifiable scarcity, and integrated secondary markets.

Co-Investors

Javelin Venture Partners, Struck Capital, Galaxy EOS VC, Fidelity (Devonshire)

Plastiq

http://plastiq.com

Plastiq is an e-commerce payment platform that allows users to pay with credit cards where cards are not accepted.

Co-Investors

B Capital, Kleiner Perkins, Accomplice, Bling Capital, Khosla

Deserve Series C

http://deserve.com

Deserve offers credit cards—no credit history or deposit required—using machine learning and many non-traditional data points that correlate to the user's credit worthiness

Co-Investors

Goldman Sachs PSI, Sallie Mae, Pelion, Accel, Aspect, Mission Holdings

Influence

http://influence.co

Influence is a public online platform designed to be the first vertical professional community to discover and connect influencers, brands, and agencies.

Co-Investors

Bonfire Ventures, ACT, Next10 Ventures, SPHV

Motif FoodWorks

http://madewithmotif.com

Motif FoodWorks is an ingredient innovation company dedicated to reshaping the landscape of food through bio-science and technology.

Co-Investors

Breakthrough Energy Ventures, General Atlantic, Viking Global Investors, Louis Dreyfus Company, Anchorage Capital Group, Fonterra Ventures, CPT Capital

Pienso

http://pienso.com

Pienso is a machine learning platform designed to facilitate, manipulate, and manage the interaction between algorithms and their data.

Co-Investors

Differential Ventures

Pared

http://pared.com

Pared is a restaurant staffing technology platform that serves as an on-demand tool for hospitality industry professionals to hire restaurant staff or find new opportunities.

Co-Investors

Calibrate Ventures, Charles River Ventures, Uncork, True Ventures, Precursor Ventures

What3Words_Part2

http://what3words.com

What3words enables each three-meter square in the world to have a reliable three-word address.

Co-Investors

Daimler, Sony, Fraser McCombs, Intel Capital, SAIC Technologies

True Link Financial

http://truelinkfinancial.com

True Link develops payment cards, investment management, and other financial services for older adults, people with disabilities, and people who are recovering from addictions.

Co-Investors

Khosla Ventures, QED, Nippon Life, Deciens Capital, Exor Seeds, Trusted Insight, Initialized Capital, Collaborative Fund, Radicle Emerging Impact Fund, AngelList

E25Bio

http://e25bio.com

E25Bio is a medical device company developing a finger-stick blood diagnostic test designed to detect dangerous mosquito-borne diseases.

Co-Investors

The Engine

FarmWise

http://farmwise.io

FarmWise develops farming robots to facilitate autonomous cultivation and organic farming with the mission of building sustainable farming at scale.

Co-Investors

Calibrate Ventures, Playground

X-Mode

http://xmode.io

X-Mode’s location data platform creates a living map of consumers.

Co-Investors

Origin Ventures, Build Group

Optimus Ride

http://optimusride.com

Self-driving vehicle technologies designed to enable safe, sustainable and equitable mobility services in geo-fenced environments.

Co-Investors

Neoteny, Emerson Collective, Fraser McCombs Capital

Jebbit

http://jebbit.com

Jebbit is a mobile marketing solution designed to collect and activate the most relevant consumer data through innovative mobile experiences.

Co-Investors

Style Genome

http://stylegenome.com

Style Genome (formerly Spruce Up) is a personalized e-commerce solution for home and design.

Co-Investors

Two Sigma, Madrona, Peterson

Populus

http://populus.ai

Populus helps urban transportation systems gather and analyze data to better manage their streets, curbs, and new mobility fleets.

Co-Investors

Precursor Ventures

Rhone

http://rhone.com

Rhone designs and develops high-performance activewear.

Co-Investors

L Catterton, M3 Ventures, Equinox

WorldCover

http://worldcovr.com

WorldCover develops crop insurance for smallholder farmers who live in Africa and around the world.

Co-Investors

MS&AD Ventures

OpenGov

http://opengov.com

OpenGov develops software for public sector budgeting, reporting and open data access.

Co-Investors

Emerson Collective, Andreessen Horowitz, 8VC, Thrive Capital

CumulusDS

http://cumulusds.com

CumulusDS is an Internet of Things platform designed to manage end-to-end workflow.

Co-Investors

Shell Ventures

Alpaca

http://alpaca.casa

Alpaca uses AI to match tenants and landlords and guide them through the rental process.

Co-Investors

Lightspeed Venture Partners, Correlation Ventures, Canaan Partners

Vyrill

http://vyrill.com

Vyrill develops an artificial intelligence tool designed to focus on video insights, licensing, and content marketing.

Co-Investors

Long Venture Capital, Panache Venture Capital

Clear Labs

http://clearlabs.com

Clear Labs develops comprehensive, genomics-based testing and cutting-edge data science.

Co-Investors

Menlo Ventures

Getaway

http://getaway.house

Getaway develops and operates a growing portfolio of tiny houses located within a short drive of major cities.

Co-Investors

L Catterton

Honor

http://joinhonor.com

Honor is a software and tech-enabled services company that utilizes AI to improve in-home senior care.

Co-Investors

Andreessen Horowitz, Naspers, Thrive Capital, 8VC

Circle

http://circle.com

Circle is a cryptocurrency-focused finance company intended to utilize blockchain technology and let users and customers globally invest in cryptocurrency assets.

Co-Investors

General Catalyst, Accel, IDG, Oak, Breyer Funds, Goldman Sachs

Sana.IO

http://sana.io

Sana offers a mask-and-headphones device that uses audio visual stimulation to promote relaxation.

Co-Investors

Founders Fund

RealSelf

http://realself.com

RealSelf is a platform for people to learn about cosmetic procedures, share experiences, and connect with providers.

Co-Investors

Elephant, The Capital Group Companies

Algorand

http://algorand.com

Algorand develops open source, public blockchain technology based on a pure proof-of-stake consensus protocol.

Co-Investors

Union Square Ventures, Pillar, Foundation Capital, Wing VC

OpenInvest

http://openinvest.co

OpenInvest develops technology for an easy-to-use impact investing solution.

Co-Investors

QED, Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator

Tamr

http://tamr.com

Tamr is an enterprise software company designed to tackle large-scale data management challenges in organizations with extreme data volume and variety.

CommonBond

http://commonbond.co

CommonBond is a student loan platform designed to make education more accessible to everyone.

Co-Investors

Fifth Third Capital

CNEX Labs

http://cnexlabs.com

CNEX Labs is a data storage solutions company that manufactures high-performance semiconductors and software for cloud, hyper-scale, and enterprise data centers.

Co-Investors

Dell Ventures

Dataminr

http://dataminr.com

Dataminr is a real-time information discovery platform that leverages AI and machine learning to detect and disseminate critical events for businesses and governments.

Co-Investors

IVP, Venrock, Valor Equity Partners, Fidelity, Goldman Sachs

Vesper Technologies

http://vespermems.com/

Vesper develops piezoelectric micro-electro-mechanical systems (MEMS) microphones for consumer applications.

Co-Investors

American Family Ventures, Sands Capital Ventures, Accomplice

Verity Studios

http://veritystudios.com

Verity is a platform designed to enable safe use of large numbers of drones indoors and above people for verticals including entertainment and industry.

Co-Investors

Fontinalis Partners, Sony

Unity Biotechnology

http://unitybiotechnology.com

UNITY Biotechnology develops small molecule medicines that potentially halt, slow, or reverse age-associated diseases, while restoring human health.

Co-Investors

Fidelity, ARCH Ventures, Venrock, Founders Fund

GrubMarket

http://grubmarket.com

GrubMarket is an affordable, farm-to-table food delivery service offering a variety of organic and locally sourced food and produce.

Co-Investors

GGV Capital, Global Founders Capital, Y Combinator, Sound Ventures, Battery Ventures, AME Cloud Ventures

Agile Stacks

http://agilestacks.com

Agile Stacks provides enterprise clients with an automated cloud development and deployment service platform.

Co-Investors

Canaan Partners

Horsepower Technologies

http://horsepowertech.com

Horsepower Tech is an animal healthcare and biotech company that is intended to combat equine lameness and suffering.

Co-Investors

Accomplice, MassVentures

Relayr

http://relayr.io

Relayr has developed an industrial IoT middleware platform designed to facilitate interoperability through industrial-grade platforms.

Co-Investors

HSB, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Munich Venture Partners, Munich RE

Lumiata

http://lumiata.com

Lumiata is a healthcare-focused artificial intelligence platform company optimizing healthcare delivery to individuals.

Co-Investors

Khosla Ventures

Prenav

http://prenav.com

Prenav uses precision-guided drones, powerful cameras, and deep-learning algorithms for infrastructure inspection.

Co-Investors

Crosslink Capital, Pear Ventures, NTT Docomo Ventures, WI Harper Group

Teal Drones

http://tealdrones.com

Teal develops drones that are designed to improve augmented reality, security, and inspections.

Co-Investors

Highland Capital, Pelion, NEA, IDO Investments

Sentenai

http://sentenai.com

Sentenai is a data cloud infrastructure that delivers automated data engineering for data science and machine learning applications.

Co-Investors

Mass Ave Capital, Founder Collective, Flybridge Capital, Hyperplane

Consumer Physics

http://consumerphysics.com

Consumer Physics sells SCiO, the first sensor that hovers over and determines the quality and content of foods and substances on iPhones.

Co-Investors

Khosla, Third Point, ML Capital, Grove Partners

Trocafone

http://.

TRM Labs develops regulatory technology intended to address compliance in the cryptocurrency industries.

ScanTrust

http://scantrust.com

ScanTrust develops a non-forgeable digital fingerprint that can identify and locate products anywhere in the supply chain with a smartphone.

Co-Investors

Credit Suisse, Helvetica Capital, Innogy Ventures, SOSV Ventures

Celularity

http://celularity.com

Celularity develops cellular therapies and biomaterials from the placenta to amplify the body’s ability to fight disease and heal and regenerate itself.

Manus Bio

http://manusbio.com

Manus is a biotech/biosynthetics company that sustainably manufactures natural chemicals and plant oils via fermentation.

Co-Investors

415 Investments, NXT Ventures

C2Sense

http://c2sense.com

C2Sense develops gas sensing technology designed to transform smell into real-time data that can be accessed remotely.

Co-Investors

MIT's The Engine Fund, Boston Millennia Partners Fund, Thiel Foundation

Respiratory Motion

http://respiratorymotion.com

Respiratory Motion’s ExSpiron device monitors breathing in non-intubated patients — like an EKG for lungs.

Co-Investors

Jean Hammond/Golden Seeds, Easton Capital, Mehta Ventures, Boston-area Angels group

Humatics

http://humatics.com

Humatics develops breakthrough radar-based technology that enables ultra-low-cost millimeter scale positioning, creating a new category of micro-location.

Co-Investors

Fontinalis Partners, Airbus Ventures, Lockheed Martin Ventures, Ray Stata

Smartvid.io

http://smartvid.io

Smartvid.io is an AI-based risk identification platform for construction sites.

Co-Investors

Autodesk, Borealis Ventures

Replenish

http://getreplenish.com

Replenish offers a self-cleaning appliance that instantly prepares healthy smoothies and snacks.

Co-Investors

Tandem Capital, Kainos Capital

Domo

http://domo.com

Domo develops intuitive software solutions for enterprise users.

Co-Investors

Andreessen Horowitz, Benchmark Capital, SV Angel, IVP, Jeff Bezos' Bezos Expeditions, Greylock Partners, TPG Growth, BlackRock

Akselos

http://akselos.com

Akselos develops engineering simulations for offshore oil and gas and power system industries, making digital twins a reality.

Co-Investors

EuroUS Ventures; FortiCap; Shell Ventures; Innogy Ventures; David Brown, Swiss Angel Investor of the Year (2016)

Ready4

http://ready4.com

Ready4 is a machine learning-based, gamified testing smartphone app that helps students prepare for college entrance examinations.

Co-Investors

Atlas, Accomplice, Square Peg Ventures

EverQuote

http://everquote.com

EverQuote is an online auto, health, life, and home insurance marketplace.

Co-Investors

Link Ventures, Savano Capital Partners, Second Alpha Partners, Stratim Capital

Kinsa

http://kinsahealth.com

Kinsa is an illness tracking system that uses predictive modeling, real-time health data, and smart thermometers to help users manage symptoms.

Co-Investors

KPCB, GSR, FirstMark, Founder Collective

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The Castor Portfolio

Sampling of Our Portfolio Companies

Lumanu Inc

Aleph Farms

OneScreen.ai

Coda.io

Inkbit

Algolux

Strateos

Cabana

Hayden AI

Stavvy

Jock Mkt

Willow Innovations, Inc.

Groq

NoMad Data

Matchwell

RapidSOS

Capital Rx

Ocient

Civis Analytics

Ayar Labs

Verge Genomics

Enable

BlockFi

Pie Systems (Pie VAT)

Unlearn AI

Hydrow

Emissary

Rigetti

Teraki

Gatik.AI

Medivis

PetPlate

Ozone

Openprise

Capella Space

Notable Labs

Mythical

Plastiq

Deserve Series C

Influence

Motif FoodWorks

Pienso

Pared

What3Words_Part2

True Link Financial

E25Bio

FarmWise

X-Mode

Optimus Ride

Jebbit