Soma has systematically identified and backed 40+ multi-billion dollar startups before the broader market catches on:
Growth investments OpenAI & Anthropic.
🏆 Top Breakouts
| Company | Valuation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 💳Ramp | $32B | AI finance platform. Founded by Eric Glyman & Karim Atiyeh. |
| 🌍Deel | $17B | Global workforce OS. $1B+ run rate, 35K+ companies. Founded by Alex Bouaziz & Shuo Wang. |
| ⚡Rippling | $20B | All-in-one workforce platform. $450M Series G backed by Goldman & YC. Founded by Parker Conrad. |
| 🤖Cognition | $15B | Makers of Devin, first AI software engineer. Acquired Windsurf. Founded by Scott, Steven & Walden. |
| 📈Kalshi | $11B | First federally regulated event trading exchange. $1B+ Super Bowl volume (2,700% YoY). Founded by Tarek & Luana. |
| 👥Mercor | $10B | AI talent platform, $450M ARR. Series C led by Felicis. Founded by Adarsh, Brendan & Surya. |
| 🛡️Cyera | $10B | Enterprise data security. Raised at $6B (doubled in 6 months). Founded by Yotam & Tamar. |
| 💸Razorpay | $7.5B | India's leading payments platform. Founded by Harshil & Shashank. |
| 🛒Zepto | $7B | 10-minute grocery delivery. Raising at $7B (up 40%). Founded by Aadit & Kaivalya. |
| ⚙️Etched | $5B | Specialized transformer chip challenging Nvidia. Raised $120M. Founded by Gavin & Chris. |
| 🏥Abridge | $5B | Enterprise AI healthcare platform. Raised $300M led by a16z. Founded by Shiv & Sandeep. |
| 🎧Decagon | $4B | AI concierge for enterprise CX. Raised $250M Series D (3× in 6 months). Founded by Jesse & Ashwin. |
| ⚖️Ironclad | $3B | AI contract management. Backed by Accel & Sequoia. Founded by Jason Boehmig. |
| 🏦Human Interest | $3B | 401(k) platform for SMBs. 5-year Soma partnership. Founded by Jeff Schneble. |
| 🦾Bot Co | $4B | Household humanoid robots. $150M from Greenoaks. Founded by Kyle, Luke & Paril. |
| 🎬Moonvalley | $1B | Generative video model. $84M seed from GC. Founded by Vasil & Naeem. |
| 🛰️Astranis | $1B | Micro geostationary satellites for global broadband. Founded by John Gedmark. |
| 💊Alto | $1B | Pharmaceutical delivery. Soma secured board of pharmacy approval via legislative connections. Founded by Mattieu Gamache-Asselin. |
🚀 Growth Investments
| Company | Valuation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 🧠OpenAI | $850B | Growth investment |
| 🤖Anthropic | $350B | Growth investment |
📊 Next Poised Breakouts ($500M–$1.5B)
| Company | Valuation | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 🔭Gecko Robotics | $1.2B | Infrastructure inspection robots. $100M NAES deal for US power grid. Series D at $1.2B. |
| 🌌ZeroMatter | $1.1B | Tesla-grade cloud simulation engine. Founded by Ian Glow. |
| 🔀OpenRouter | $1.4b | Unified AI model gateway. $40M Series A led by a16z, Menlo & Sequoia. Founded by Alex & Louis. |
| 🏦Slash | $1b | Verticalized business banking. $41M Series B. Founded by Kevin & Victor. |
| 🛸Starcloud | $1B | Space-based GPU compute. First AI model trained in space. Founded by Philip Johnston. |
| 🤖Avoca | $1b | 24/7 AI communications for SMBs. Founded by Tyson & Apurva. |
| 🔍Exa AI | $700M | Search engine for AIs. $85M Series B from Benchmark. Founded by William & Jeffrey. |
| 🌐Aspora | $500M | Global cross-border neobank. Series A & B led by Sequoia. Founded by Parth. |
| 🏭Tractian | $500M | Industrial IoT. $120M Series C from Sapphire. Founded by Igor & Gabriel. |
| Atum Works | $500M | 3D lithography for semi conductors and nanoprinting materials. |
| 🏗️DualEntry | $400M | AI-native ERP. $90M Series A from Lightspeed, Khosla & GV. Founded by Santiago & Benedict. |
| 🌿Greenlite | $350M | AI for financial crime investigations. $15M Series A from Greylock. Founded by Will & Alex. |
| 🏢Runwise | $350M | Smart OS for 4,000+ buildings. $55M Series B from Menlo. Founded by Michael & Lee. |
| 👤Paraform | $350M | Recruiter marketplace. $20M Series A from Felicis. Founded by John & Jeffrey. |
| 💊Slope | $300M | B2B BNPL for enterprises. TikTok partnership. Founded by Alice & Lawrence. |
| 🔒Delve | $300M | Compliance automation — HIPAA in hours. $32M Series A from Insight. Founded by Selin & Karun. |
| 🌌Astroforge | $180M | First commercial asteroid mining. Founded by Matt Gialich. |
| 🩺Nitra | $150M | All-in-one finance platform for healthcare. Founded by Jonathan & Tim. |
| 🏦Affiniti | $120M | Fintech OS for backbone US industries. $17M Series A from Signal Fire. |
| 📋Cluely | $120M | Real-time AI interview support. Series A from a16z. Founded by Roy & Neel. |
| 🔊Vapi | $100M | Voice AI infra. $20M Series A from Bessemer. Founded by Jordan & Nikhil. |
| 🗄️LanceDB | $100M | Open-source vector DB. $30M Series A from Theory Ventures. Founded by Lei & Chang. |
| 💻Diode Computers | $100M | AI-powered PCB design. Series A from a16z. Founded by Davide & Lenny. |
| 📊HockeyStack | $80M | AI GTM intelligence. $20M Series A from Bessemer. Founded by Buğra, Emir & Arda. |
| 🚚Vooma | $60M | AI freight document digitization. Founded by Mike & Jesse. |
Vivek Ranadive built Tibco - the enterprise software giant that:
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Beyond introductions:
Aneel and Vivek helped curate the Silicon Valley CEO dinner with the President (Tim Cook, Satya Nadella, Sundar Pichai, Zuckerberg + 30 others). Soma has facilitated multiple founder intros to the likes of Sam Altman, Jensen Huang, Sergey Brin, Jack Dorsey, Eduardo Saverin, etc.
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The Soma team holds multiple C-suite meetings every week. We make warm introductions, facilitate commercial relationships that would take years to build independently, and personally help close enterprise customers, starting at the seed stage,
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