Investments: Learn more about the companies in The Yard's portfolio

Sampling of our Portfolio Companies

The Yard Ventures invests in a broad range of venture-backed companies
to build high-quality, highly-diversified venture portfolios for our investors.

Wrench

http://getwrench.com

Wrench provides an online platform designed to book appointments for on-site car repairing services.

Co-Investors

Tenaya Capital

Getaway

http://getaway.house

Getaway develops and operates a growing portfolio of "tiny houses", located within a short drive of major cities offering its customers a way to completely disconnect while enjoying short vacations in nature.

Co-Investors

L Catterton

Honor

http://joinhonor.com

Honor is a software and services company that utilizes AI to improve in-home senior care. The company's mission is to provide high quality non-medical home care for the increasing market of older adults.

Co-Investors

Andreessen Horowitz, Naspers, Thrive Capital, 8VC

Sunbit

http://sunbit.com

Sunbit is a provider of a financing and payment platform intended to split up purchases into easier and smaller payments. Similar to a credit card, Sunbit allows the customer to pay over time for larger purchases.

Co-Investors

Chicago Ventures

Freebird

http://getfreebird.com

Freebird is a provider of a mobile re-booking tool designed to allow disrupted travelers instantly book a new ticket on any airline at no additional cost in the event of a flight cancellation, four-hour delay, or missed connection.

Co-Investors

Amex Ventures, Accomplice, General Catalyst, Citi Ventures

OpenInvest

http://openinvest.co

OpenInvest is dedicated to using technology to bring honesty and transparency to financial services, while making socially responsible investing easy and more accessible.

Co-Investors

QED, Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator

CommonBond

http://commonbond.co

A student loan platform, refinancing student loans for young working adults, providing in-school loans for college and graduate students, and offering student loan benefit programs to employers.

Co-Investors

Fifth Third Capital

Lacework

http://lacework.com

Lacework brings automation, speed and scale to cloud security so that security and DevOps teams can keep data and applications in the cloud safe.

Co-Investors

Sutter Hill Ventures

High Brew Coffee

http://highbrewcoffee.com

High Brew Coffee is a convenient, shelf-stable, premium cold-brew experience made from 100% Fair Trade Certified Arabica beans.

Co-Investors

Charles Street Partners, CAVU Venture Partners

Dataminr

http://dataminr.com

Dataminr is the world's leading real-time information discovery platform, leveraging AI/machine learning in detecting and disseminating critical events for businesses and governments.

Co-Investors

Valor Equity Partners, Fidelity

PetPlate

http://petplate.com

A pet food delivery company that provides healthy, all-natural and customized meals for dogs. Based on the size and breed, PetPlate creates a meal plan according to your dog's specific profile and needs.

Co-Investors

Dane Creek Capital

Tethr

http://tethr.com

A communications intelligence platform designed to surface insights from large volumes of customer phone conversations to influence business decisions.

Co-Investors

Grotech Ventures

Verity Studios

http://veritystudios.com

Verity Studios is a provider of indoor drone shows. The company's product Synthetic Swarm, is a drone show system that combines its proprietary software with its new LucieTM micro drones.

Co-Investors

Fontinalis Partners

Unity Biotechnology

http://unitybiotechnology.com

Unity Biotechnology is a developer of small molecule medicines that potentially halt, slow, or reverse age-associated diseases, while restoring human health.

Co-Investors

Fidelity, ARCH Ventures, Venrock, Founders Fund

RapidSOS

http://rapidsos.com

RapidSOS is developing an emergency technology platform, capable of predicting and preempting emergencies before they occur.

Co-Investors

Microsoft Ventures, Highland Capital

Kano

http://kano.me

Kano is a do-it-yourself computer kit designed to allow anyone, especially children, to build a computer and learn basic computer coding skills.

Co-Investors

Breyer Capital, Index Ventures, Thames Trust, Collaborative Fund, Marc Benioff

ScopeAI

http://getscopeai.com

ScopeAI uses natural language processing to connect trends found in customer conversations to business metrics that can then be used to make strategic product and operational decisions.

Co-Investors

Quiet Capital, Salesforce Ventures, Menlo Ventures, Social Capital

Henry

http://henrythedentist.com

Henry the Dentist is a provider of dental services to corporate offices through a mobile dental practice. The company offers a state-of-the-art mobile dental service that provides polishing, repairing, whitening, and crowning to its customers.

Co-Investors

Brand Foundry, Trail Mix

Social Bicycles (Converted to Uber Available Stock)

http://socialbicycles.com

JUMP Bikes (formerly names Social Bicycles) offers affordable and scalable bikeshare technology.

Co-Investors

Menlo Ventures

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

Rigetti

http://rigetti.com

Rigetti Computing designs and manufactures superconducting quantum integrated circuits and builds software to enable quantum computing and integrate its systems directly into existing cloud infrastructure.

Co-Investors

Andreessen Horowitz, Data Collective, Y Combinator, Nimble Ventures, VY Capital

Exicure

http://exicuretx.com

Developing a new class of immunomodulatory and gene silencing drugs.

Co-Investors

Eric Lefkofsky, Bill Gates, AbbVie Ventures, Katalyst Securities

STRIVR

http://strivr.com

STRIVR has built a virtual reality software platform that that allows large organizations to run simulated training programs for its employees covering any and all situations they may encounter on the job.

Co-Investors

Signia

Wheels Up

http://wheelsup.com

Membership-based private aviation company reducing the upfront costs to fly privately.

Co-Investors

NEA, Corigin Ventures, T. Rowe Price, Fidelity Investments

Analytical Space

http://analyticalspace.com

A satellite network of in-orbit relays that utilize laser communication to increase speed and amount of data transmitted.

Co-Investors

Space Angels, The Engine, The Graduate Syndicate, NXT Ventures

NewLeaf

http://newleafsym.com

An agricultural biotechnology company that develops and researches Pink Pigmented Facultative Methylotrophs (PPFMs), which are symbiotic bacteria that aid in plant germination and crop yield.

Co-Investors

Otter Capital, S2G Ventures, Monsanto

SuperPhone

http://superphone.io

A full-featured, scalable CRM for managing any volume of SMS, Text or Messenger conversations. SuperPhone allows people that have hundreds of thousands of followers and fans to manage direct interaction with those fans on a scalable basis.

Co-Investors

Bessemer, Runway Venture Partners, FryFly Ventures

Freshly

http://freshly.com

Freshly is the market leader in the prepared meals space delivering healthy, gourmet, ready to heat meals to your door.

Co-Investors

Highland Capital, Insight Ventures, Nestle

Landit

http://landit.com

SimpliSafe

http://simplisafe.com

SimpliSafe provides do-it-yourself home security products designed to help people live safely without introducing complexity, hassle or annoyance into their lives.

Co-Investors

Sequoia Capital

Sqrrl

http://sqrrl.com

Industry-leading threat hunting platform

Co-Investors

Spring Lake Equity, Rally Ventures, Matrix Partners, Accomplice

Rinse

http://rinse.com

Provider of dry cleaning and laundry delivery service.

Co-Investors

ParTech Ventures, Javelin Venture Partners, Arena Ventures

Sidecar Interactive

http://side.cr

E-commerce optimization allowing retailers precise control of their Product Level Marketing across all channels.

Co-Investors

Harbert Growth Partners, Ascent Venture Partners, Osage Venture Partners

Domo

http://domo.com

SaaS platform for business intelligence, analysis, and collaboration.

Co-Investors

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

Mic

http://mic.com

The leading media brand and news platform for the Millennial generation

Co-Investors

Lightspeed Venture Partners, Time Warner, Advancit Capital

Plastiq

http://plastiq.com

E-commerce payment platform

Co-Investors

Accomplice VC, Flybridge Capital Partners, Khosla Ventures

Admit Hub

http://admithub.com

Artificial intelligence-powered mobile chat platform helping current and prospective students engage with colleges and universities.

Co-Investors

Relay Ventures, Reach Capital, University Ventures

Conversica

http://conversica.com

Artificial intelligence-based sales automation platform designed to improve customer engagement.

Co-Investors

Kennet Partners, Toba Capital

Compass Therapeutics

http://compasstherapeutics.com

Antibody discovery and development company co-founded by Adimab.

Co-Investors

OrbiMed, F-Prime Capital Partners (formerly Fidelity Biosciences), Borealis Ventures, GV (formerly Google Ventures), Thiel Capital

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The Yard Portfolio

Sampling of our Portfolio Companies

Wrench

Getaway

Honor

Sunbit

Freebird

OpenInvest

CommonBond

Lacework

High Brew Coffee

Dataminr

PetPlate

Tethr

Verity Studios

Unity Biotechnology

RapidSOS

Kano

ScopeAI

Henry

Social Bicycles (Converted to Uber Available Stock)

Relayr

Rigetti

Exicure

STRIVR

Wheels Up

Analytical Space

NewLeaf

SuperPhone

Freshly

Landit

SimpliSafe

Sqrrl

Rinse

Sidecar Interactive

Domo

Mic

Plastiq

Admit Hub

Conversica

Compass Therapeutics