January 31, 2024 12:11 pm
Published by James Falkoff
Fora, led by entrepreneur and seasoned C-suite leader Joe Essenfeld, is set to redefine executive leadership with its AI-powered ERM platform. With $3.8 million in pre-seed financing from Converge, GTM Fund, Zelkova Venture Partners, Acadian Ventures, 14Peaks, and other institutional investors and individual executives, Fora is committed to enhancing the strategic capabilities of executive leaders... Read More
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October 31, 2023 12:36 pm
Published by James Falkoff
Converge is pleased to back Aaron Painter, Ross Kinder, and team in their mission to transform authentication and online identity verification. IT and security teams use Nametag to reduce their helpdesk costs while stopping the social engineering and AI deepfake attacks that lead to account takeovers, data breaches and ransomware events. Nametag website
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September 19, 2023 12:15 pm
Published by James Falkoff
Converge GP Anshu Agarwal wrote a blog post entitled My First 90 Days as a VC. Read on here to hear about Anshu’s key realizations in the transition from experienced founder and operator to venture investor.
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September 12, 2023 12:34 pm
Published by James Falkoff
Converge is pleased to announce its investment in Lumber, a purpose-built workforce management solution for the complex needs of the construction industry. Lumber’s modern, purpose-built payroll and time-tracking solution is powered by a construction-specific LLM trained on the large sets of regulatory and compliance data for the construction industry, bring much-needed automation to a labor-constrained... Read More
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August 21, 2023 10:20 am
Published by James Falkoff
Anshu Agarwal was interviewed on the Sand Hill Road Podcast. Take a listen to hear about Anshu’s journey as a researcher, operator, and investor, and to test yourself with a riddle. https://art19.com/shows/sand-hill-road/episodes/bb344817-d5c4-4d99-b191-6f0c2a5de64f
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July 23, 2023 8:10 am
Published by James Falkoff
MarketWatch’s Jon Swartz interviewed Anshu Agarwal about joining Converge. You can read the story here: Longtime tech entrepreneur Anshu Agarwal joins venture firm to ‘let founders do their magic’.
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July 20, 2023 9:00 am
Published by James Falkoff
Cambridge, MA and San Jose, CA – July 20, 2023 – Converge, led by Nilanjana Bhowmik and Maia Heymann — two of the region’s most highly-regarded venture capitalists — today announced the addition of Anshu Agarwal as a General Partner, to launch the firm’s Silicon Valley presence. In the premier technology market of the world,... Read More
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May 8, 2023 11:49 am
Published by James Falkoff
Central Casting’s mission is to allow game developers of any level to populate games with characters created with generative AI. Converge invested alongside Tirta Ventures, E14 Fund, Beat Ventures, and Rendered VC. Founders Jeff Orkin and Sarah Rudzki have been building AI products together since 2016. For four years, they led development of AI products... Read More
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March 7, 2023 12:59 pm
Published by James Falkoff
Civ Robotics’ autonomous surveying solution, CivDot, is an unmanned ground vehicle (UGV), designed for civil engineering and infrastructure projects, such as solar farms, roadways, data centers and power plants. Leading construction firms like Bechtel have adopted CivDot for surveying. Converge invested alongside ff Venture Capital, Alley Robotics Ventures, and strategic investor Trimble Ventures. Read more... Read More
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October 21, 2022 4:44 pm
Published by James Falkoff
Converge invests in Stylo’s $3M Series Seed Round alongside Matchstick Ventures. Stylo is using next-generation AI to scan each customer support ticket and prioritize the most important issues, leading to decreased response times, customer frustration, and support costs. Read more about Stylo at: www.askstylo.com
