INVESTMENTS
AND HOLDINGS
AIRBNB
Airbnb was born in 2007, when two hosts hosted three guests at their home in San Francisco. Today, the company has 4 million partner hosts, who have already received more than 800 million guests, in more than 220 countries and regions.
A modern and smart way to offer the perfect accommodation, with great cost x benefit. The best accommodation for every guest profile and needs, providing unique and authentic experiences through artificial intelligence.
ATTENTIVE
Headquartered in New York, Attentive is an important mobile messaging platform. The system, which uses real-time behavioral data, maximizes communication between brands and customers, thereby increasing exposure and sales.
The company is estimated to have more than tripled its customer base in 2020, operating in a market expected to grow by around 20% by 2025, reaching $ 42 billion.
BREX
Founded in 2017, Brex is the leading US fintech disrupting the banking, credit card and financial management software markets for small and medium businesses (SMBs).
Initially launched as a credit card solution for startups, Brex's integrated financial management software is fast becoming the financial operating system for businesses: Cash management, bank accounts, credit cards, controls, and reporting all in one place.
The company is led by charismatic young Stanford drop-outs from Brazil with an outstanding track record of delivering results, having launched successful businesses from as early as 12 years of age and selling a business ($1.5B payment volume) to StoneCo for nine figures at just 19.
CHIME
Chime is an American fintech company competing against traditional incumbent banking services. Chime provides customers with bank accounts (free from fees), debit cards, credit cards and other lending facilities. Unlike existing banks, Chime does not have physical branches and focuses on delivering a seamless and cost-effective service via its app, earning transaction-based fees from debit card use.
Founded in 2012, the bank has seen material growth over the Covid period, with consumer opting for its fee-less proposition and ease of use.
COLOR
Color is a leader in distributed healthcare and clinical testing. From high-throughput COVID-19 testing to hereditary cancer and heart disease risk testing, we provide the technology and infrastructure to power large-scale health initiatives. We work with health systems, employers, researchers, physicians, and national health initiatives worldwide to drive positive health outcomes.
DISCORD
Discord is a VoIP, instant messaging and digital distribution platform. Users communicate with voice calls, video calls, text messaging, media and files in private chats or as part of communities called "servers". Servers are a collection of persistent chat rooms and voice chat channels. Discord runs on Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, iPadOS, Linux, and in web browsers. As of December 2020, the service has over 250 million registered users and over 140 million monthly active users.
IMPOSSIBLE FOODS
Impossible Foods Inc. is a company that develops plant-based substitutes for meat products. Founded in 2011, and headquartered in Redwood City, California, the company's stated aim is to give people the taste and nutritional benefits of meat without the negative health and environmental impacts associated with livestock products.
The company researches animal products at the molecular level, then selects proteins and nutrients from plants to recreate the experience and nutrition of meat products.
LIVEOAK VENTURE PARTNER
LiveOak Venture Partners is an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with visionary entrepreneurs to build world class, category dominating companies.
Their focus is to provide first institutional capital for tech and tech-enabled services companies based in Texas. The fund is entrepreneur first, segment agnostic, active and full life-cycle investors.
MASTERCLASS
MasterClass, is an American online education subscription platform on which students can access tutorials and lectures pre-recorded by experts in various fields.
The concept for MasterClass was conceived by David Rogier and developed with Aaron Rasmussen. MasterClass produces online classes with well-known instructors in their field of expertise. Classes cover topics like writing, sports, and cooking. As of 2019, the company was expanding into politics, economics, and video game design. The courses are available through an annual subscription.
SPACE X
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. [SpaceX] is an American aerospace manufacturer, space transportation services and communications company headquartered in Hawthorne, California. SpaceX was founded in 2002 by Elon Musk with the goal of reducing space transportation costs to enable the colonization of Mars. SpaceX manufactures the Falcon 9 and Falcon Heavy launch vehicles, several rocket engines, Dragon cargo, crew spacecraft and Starlink communications satellites.
TENSILITY VENTURE PARTNERS
Tensility Venture Partners is a seed-stage venture capital firm that partners with mission-driven founders of early-stage enterprise Artificial Intelligence startups, with a focus on software for cyber security and digital health, as well as novel, vertical-focused applications for artificial intelligence.
The fund seeds and grows companies that will revolutionize business by delivering the promise of AI to the enterprise. They look for entrepreneurs that do what has never been done before