Cubit Investments Limited is a venture capital firm specializing in incubation, seed/start up, and early venture investments. The firm prefers to invest in information technology and Internet companies. It seeks to invest in Israel. The firm seeks to invest between $0.1 million and $1 million. It invests through its personal capital. Cubit Investments Limited was founded in 1998 and is based in Israel.

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NFX operates as a pre-seed & seed stage investor that is transforming how true innovators are funded for entrepreneurs. They believe that creating something of true significance starts with seeing things others do not. As Founders, they reinvented industries with this mindset. As investors, their approach is no different. They do this by asking ourselves one question - ideally, how should the startup experience work for Founders, both NFX and the whole ecosystem. NFX lens is always through the eyes of the Founder. The firm approach is to first build an early-stage experience for all Founders that is powered by more software. Second, to bring the founders they back exponential yet little-known techniques for network effects and growth. Third, to make visible the typically seen methods of technology's most impactful companies. Having built 10 companies with more than $10 billion in exits across multiple industries and geographies, they're entrepreneurs first because they're entrepreneurs first. And they are determined to guard the backs of the next generation of fearless founders.

Wix provides a platform for the development of cloud data services for millions of registered users worldwide. It specializes in web development and management that provides an easy-to-use powerful cloud-based platform of products through a freemium model. Its core products consist of three web editors: the Wix Editor, intended for users with basic technological skills, Wix ADI, intended for novice users and Wix Code, intended for more tech savvy users. It builds its web development technology based on HTML5 and offers HTML5 compatible capabilities, web design and layout tools, domain hosting, and other marketing and workflow management applications, and services. The geographic segments include North America, Europe, Latin America, and Asia as well as other regions.

Insight Partners is a global software investor that partners with growth-stage technology and software companies. Insight has a deep focus in Fintech, Cybersecurity, AI/ML, DevOps, and Healthcare sectors. Across their people and their portfolio, they encourage a culture around a core belief growth equals opportunity. As of December 31, 2022, the firm has over $75B in regulatory assets under management. Insight Partners has invested in more than 750 companies worldwide and has seen over 55 portfolio companies achieve an IPO.

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Mozilla provides internet solutions. It offers firefox, a web browser; thunderbird 2, an email application raindrop, a prototype messaging tool which enables its users to manage a stream of messages coming from sources and rainbow, a developer prototype that brings video and audio recording to firefox 4.

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Spike is the future of email. The Spike app transforms your inbox into a chat-like interface and brings all your messaging, collaboration, tasks, and video/audio calls into one place.  Instead of app-switching to check off a task or create a meeting agenda, Spike's powerful Inbox gives you all the tools you need in a single workflow. Making it extremely simple to get your work done, communicate with team members/clients, stay organized and stay productive.  Spike makes it easy to collaborate and manage—Email, to-do lists, tasks, Notes, Group Chats, docs, and way more -all from your inbox! Spike works on top of any existing email (O365, G suite, and IMAP) and is available on iOS, Android, MacOS, Windows & Web.  The company's goal is to bring all of the communications, emails, chats, calls, team collaborations, tasks, and voice notes to one place. The mission is to improve the world of productivity one email at a time.

Spike is a software company that provides a unified workspace for communication, collaboration, and productivity. Its platform combines email, messaging, video conferencing, and note-taking functionalities into a single interface. Spike's key offering is a conversational email experience that enables users to interact with their emails in a chat-like format. The platform also includes features such as a shared inbox, collaborative notes and tasks, calendar synchronization, and file sharing.

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Spike is a software company that provides a unified workspace for communication, collaboration, and productivity. Its platform combines email, messaging, video conferencing, and note-taking functionalities into a single interface. Spike's key offering is a conversational email experience that enables users to interact with their emails in a chat-like format. The platform also includes features such as a shared inbox, collaborative notes and tasks, calendar synchronization, and file sharing.Spike offers a range of pricing plans tailored to different user segments, including individuals, small teams, and larger businesses. The plans vary in terms of storage capacity, custom email domains, advanced features like video call recording and single sign-on (SSO), and support levels. The platform incorporates AI-powered tools such as email composition assistance, note summarization, and an AI assistant for research, problem-solving, and content creation.&nbsp;Funding and financialsIn June 2020, The company raised USD 8 million in a Series A round led by Insight Partners. Wix, NFX and Koa Labs also participated in the round. The company used the funds to aggressively scale hiring and expand its team.In March 2019, Spike raised USD 5m in funding. Backers included Wix, Koa Labs, and NFX. The company allocated the funds to expand its reach in the small business market.

Hive is a productivity platform for project management and collaboration. The platform provides automated workflows, project planning layouts, and action templates to assign and keep track of project tasks. Hive focuses on improving task execution with instant feedback cycles for editing and approvals. Additional features include note taking (Hive Note), instant messaging, online meetings, and file sharing.Hive offers a variety of ways for teams to organize their projects, including Gantt charts, Kanban boards, tables, and calendars, with updates made in one view automatically reflected in all others. The platform allows team members to create action cards with files, sub-actions, dependencies, and comments to stay on top of their objectives, and have access to a personal to-do list that compiles all assigned tasks from all projects. Managers can use Hive to assign approvals, share proofs, provide feedback, and collect project forms from clients and customers. Hive also uses AI and machine learning to provide insights on team productivity and identify potential risks, and to optimize resource allocation and client billing.Key customers and partnershipsThe company’s customer base includes Google, Toyota, Comcast, and Starbucks. Hive offers integrations with over 1,000 SaaS platforms, including Asana, Trello, Basecamp, and Smartsheet, allowing users to import tasks from these platforms.Funding and financialsIn <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/5208">August 2021</a>, Hive raised USD 10 million in a funding round led by Rembrandt Venture Partners with participation from Zoom, and existing investors Tribeca Venture Partners and Angelpad. Hive is one of the first startups to receive an investment from Zoom’s “Zoom Apps Fund” (a USD 100 million global venture fund). The fresh funds were allocated toward platform development.&nbsp;

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Grain’s software allows users to record, highlight, transcribe, and share online meeting content from tools such as Zoom in an effective manner. It automatically records and transcribes meetings, allowing users to create shareable video clips from highlighted transcript sections. Grain leverages AI to generate customizable meeting notes and answer questions about the transcript. It supports coaching and collaboration through comments and training content creation. The platform offers deal analytics and insights, tracking key account activities and integrating with tools like HubSpot, Salesforce, Zapier, and Slack. &nbsp;The company’s products focus on distributed teams, sales, product and user research, and hiring teams.In April 2022, the company acquired Ping Pong, a video messaging platform.Funding and financialsIn <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/9759">April 2022</a>, Grain raised USD 16 million in Series A funding led by Tiger Global Management. The funds were raised to expand operations and develop its ​​video meeting system of record for content, which allows employees to collaborate around insights, topics, relationships, or teams.

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Air is a creative operations platform designed for creative teams to streamline their workflows and collaborate more effectively. It offers a comprehensive solution that goes beyond basic cloud storage systems, catering specifically to the needs of the creative process. Air allows users to collect content, approve assets, share versions for feedback, and organize their work seamlessly, eliminating the need for additional organizational efforts.Air provides a centralized hub for content collaboration, approval, and versioning. Air's technology streamlines various aspects of the creative workflow, including content collection, asset approval, version control, and feedback sharing. Unlike traditional cloud storage solutions, Air's platform is tailored to the specific requirements of creative teams, enabling them to work more efficiently and effectively.Key customers and PartnershipsThe company’s customer base includes notable firms such as Native, Together, Spindrift, and Univision.&nbsp;Funding and financialsIn <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/8139">January 2022</a>, Air raised USD 10 million in an “Operator Round” led by Headline with participation from Tiger Global, Lere Hippeau, and 50+ strategic founders and marketing executives including Peter Rahal (Co-Founder, RXBAR), Kipp Bodnar (CMO, HubSpot), and Joe Thomas (CEO, Loom), valuing the company at USD 110 million. The funds were used to accelerate Air’s go-to-market activities and growth.

Acapela was co-founded by Roland Grenke, founder of Dubsmash, a video sharing social media app. Acapela facilitates online meetings without real-time interaction between participants; instead, members contribute to meetings over time.Acapela provides voice and video messages integrated with popular productivity tools such as Asana, Google Workspace, Notion, and Atlassian. Additionally, meetings will generate tasks and meeting summaries automatically. The company identified distributed tech teams as its initial target segment and plans to shift focus toward small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and larger enterprises eventually. The product is currently in invite-only beta.In October 2020, the company exited stealth mode with a USD 3 million seed funding round led by Visionaries Club. The round included Entrepreneur First and other notable individual investors, such as Christian Reber (founder of presentation software Pitch) and Taavet Hinrikus (founder of online money transfer service TransferWise).

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iObeya is a cloud-based enterprise visual management platform that enables organizations to digitize their Lean, Agile, and Industry 4.0 practices. The platform provides virtual "Oobeyas" (Japanese for "big room"), which are digital collaborative workspaces where teams can align, synchronize, and visualize their work using digital boards, sticky notes, and other visual tools. iObeya's platform allows teams to recreate the in-person experience of paper-based visual management practices with real-time collaboration, enhancing team efficiency, creativity, and problem-solving.iObeya's technology supports a wide range of enterprise use cases, including industrial product lifecycle management, manufacturing operational excellence, product development, and continuous improvement for business performance and agility. It integrates with various systems like ERP, MES, BI, and Application lifecycle Management (ALM) tools such as Atlassian Jira and Microsoft Azure DevOps Server.Key customers and partnershipsiObeya's customer base includes global enterprises such as Airbus, Thales, Volvo, Philips, Cartier, Axa, Eli Lilly and Company, Western Digital, General Electric, Kimberly-Clark, Danaher, and Sanofi.Funding and FinancialsIn July 2020, iObeya raised USD 17 million in a series A funding round led by Red River West with participation from Atlantic Bridge Capital and Fortino Capital Partners. The funds were allocated to develop its platform further and accelerate the company’s expansion in the US.

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Platforms that provide virtual workspaces using spatial technology to combine a variety of productivity and collaboration tools in a single space.

Platforms that provide standalone presentation software, prototyping and web development software, templates, and design workspaces.

Platforms that facilitate task delegation and tracking with board, timeline, and kanban style views.

Platforms that provide standalone video communication tools and complementary products such as interactive interfaces, presentation features, and transcription software.

Platforms that offer chat and email-based collaborative tools.

Solutions in this industry hub are predominantly offered under a B2B SaaS model

Some solutions in the virtual office and video conferencing segments are based on AR/VR

Facilitates hybrid workforces by offering tools for employees to collaborate regardless of location

Meeting transcription and note-taking apps, design, and project management tools use AI/ML for product development

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