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Returnly was a return management platform designed to help e-commerce brands streamline their return processes and enhance customer experience. It offered solutions such as instant exchanges and smart fraud detection, primarily for Shopify merchants, before officially shutting down on October 1, 2023.

Cabify is a technology-driven mobility platform that aims to transform urban transportation by connecting citizens, companies, and drivers in a safe and efficient manner. Founded in Madrid in 2011, Cabify operates in six countries across Latin America and Spain, offering services for individual riders and corporate clients, while maintaining a commitment to sustainability and ethical principles.

Spotahome is a 100% online booking platform that allows users to rent apartments, rooms, studios, and student residences for mid-to-long term stays of 30 days or more, without the need for in-person viewings.

RecargaPay is a financial SuperApp that allows users to manage payments, investments, and loans, aiming to empower consumers and entrepreneurs in Brazil.

Plexigrid provides a software solution for managing electricity distribution grids, enabling utilities to optimize operations, integrate renewable energy sources, and enhance grid resilience through advanced analytics and digital twin technology.

Tinyhealth is a pioneering company that offers the first gut health test specifically designed for babies, providing accurate insights tailored to their unique microbiome needs. Unlike other tests that rely on adult reference ranges, Tinyhealth's testing utilizes advanced sequencing technology to deliver actionable reports and recommendations for families.

Nalej operates GitLab, a DevOps platform for software development, providing services for project planning and code management.

USYNCRO is a company specializing in logistics, customs, and space telecommunications, leveraging blockchain and AI for secure, automated processes. It received recognition from the United Nations for promoting digital logistics corridors.

Tonder provides an all-in-one payment solution designed for businesses operating in Latin America, enabling them to accept and disburse payments through a variety of local methods and currencies.

Early-stage boutique that publicly rebooted after admitting a lost decade, offering an institutionalized Fellows talent pipeline funneling top students into breakout startups. Kleiner Perkins deliberately transformed from a sprawling, personality-driven platform into a tighter early-stage boutique after 2018, openly acknowledging a 'lost decade' and marketing their turnaround as a core part of their brand story. The firm built one of the industry's most structured talent pipelines through their Kleiner Perkins Fellows program, which provides a systematic route for top students into breakout startups and comes with KP-sponsored seed capital.

Early-stage batch accelerator turning tiny MVPs into companies via 400+ startups per batch, intense peer-pressure learning, founder-character screening, and founder-first support that reduces career risk. YC pioneered the modern batch-based accelerator model in 2005, systematically transforming tiny MVPs into venture-scale companies at industrial scale with 400+ startups per batch and a portfolio exceeding 4,000 companies, achieving unusually high success rates where ~4.5-5.5% become unicorns compared to ~2.5% for other venture-backed startups.

A borderless, Rocket-backed venture arm with offices in 16 cities and five partners, offering founders in emerging and secondary markets experienced support for simultaneous multi-continent scaling from day zero.

Partech Partners invests at seed, venture and growth stages with an integrated multi-continent platform operating offices in Paris, Berlin, Dakar, Dubai, Nairobi, and San Francisco. The firm offers deep Africa expertise and is widely cited for deal-flow reporting. Originated in 1982 as Paribas Technologies inside a bank before becoming an independent, partner-owned global VC platform through a 2008 management buyout.