Venture51 is a modern early-stage VC firm uniquely focused on investing in the most promising founders in high-growth markets at the “Post-Seed Traction Round” stage. Venture51 is creating a new type of investment vehicle for early stage startups by bridging the gap between initial seed money and the traditional venture capitalists. Founded in 2010, the firm invests in high technology companies and has made 60+ investments to date, including: Dollar Shave Club, Reserve, A Plus, Betaworks, Classpass, DoubleDutch, Betable, Life360, eToro, Ripple and Getaround.

Luminescent Technologies' products made semiconductor manufacturing more efficient. KLA-Tencor acquired Luminescent Technologies in April, 2014. The company had previously raised over $25 MM in multiple rounds from Sevin Rosen, Adams Capital Management and Western Technology Investment.