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May 2018
Welcome to Bluffworks. We make products that solve problems so you can take on the world while looking great.
We believe life is a grand adventure, and your clothes shouldn’t hold you back.
Our not-so-basics are designed to empower the journeys of men and women around the world - for work, play, and beyond.
Investor
Feb 2018
Thistle makes it easy to get and stay healthy while improving the sustainability of the food system. We deliver deliciously nutritious, ready-to-eat plant-forward meals, snacks, and juices straight to your door.
Designed by nutritionists and crafted by chefs, our meal design reflects scientific, evidence-based principles of diet that optimize health and longevity, while maximizing planetary health, featuring real, whole, plant-rich foods like fresh vegetables, fruits, nuts, legumes, and whole grains. Above all, Thistle makes eating a plant-forward, planet-friendly diet the most irresistible option on the table. We’ve delivered over 20 million meals since our founding in 2013 by Ashwin Cheriyan and Shiri Avnery, PhD, and maintain ongoing partnerships with local food rescue nonprofit organizations to alleviate hunger and fight food waste. We currently deliver throughout the greater West Coast and East Coast, and are continuing to rapidly expand.
We’re proud to be recognized for our growth and impact. Newsweek ranked us in their 2025 Excellence Index 1000, while the San Francisco Business Times included us in the 2023 Top 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies in the Bay Area. In 2022, Inc. honored us with their Best in Business award for excelling in food and sustainability, and in 2024, we were featured in the Inc. Regionals list of the fastest-growing companies in America by region.
To learn more about our mission, visit www.thistle.co.
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Nov 2017
At Bloom Institute of Technology (also called BloomTech), our mission is to provide learners with a direct, low risk path to a higher income.
Investor
Oct 2017
We help unlock the full potential of the American economy by delivering cross-industry upskilling programs for active duty and a high-impact talent marketplace highlighting military talent.
Our vision is to create a world where career growth and learning are visible, accessible, and affordable, and the diversity of someone’s experience and achievements are fairly assessed and celebrated.
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2016
We’re Grove Collaborative, your one-stop shop for brands you love and that love the planet.
340+ vetted brands
We bring together innovative brands across cleaning, wellness, and more everyday essentials. Every brand on our “shelves” has met rigorous standards for efficacy, ingredients, ethics, and more social and environmental criteria, so you can shop with complete peace of mind.
Plastic neutral
Grove is the world’s first plastic neutral retailer. For every ounce of plastic packaging you purchase from Grove, we collect the same amount of nature-bound plastic pollution in partnership with rePurpose Global.
CarbonNeutral® Certified
We offset unpreventable emissions by financing external renewable energy and forest conservation projects.
People & planet driven
As a Certified B Corporation, we prioritize social, environmental, and community well-being over everything else. We’re always on the search for bright minds and go-getters with a passion for the planet. Sound like you? Check out our available positions at www.grove.com/careers.
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2016
PeerSpot’s Buying Intelligence Platform is where tech pros go to get practical, reliable information on enterprise tech, so they can be sure what they buy is exactly what they need. Powered by the world’s largest community of enterprise tech buyers, PeerSpot provides in-depth reviews, online forums, direct Q&A support and more, giving professionals the confidence to make the right decision and the happiness of reality meeting expectations.
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2018
Investor
May 2018
Welcome to Bluffworks. We make products that solve problems so you can take on the world while looking great.
We believe life is a grand adventure, and your clothes shouldn’t hold you back.
Our not-so-basics are designed to empower the journeys of men and women around the world - for work, play, and beyond.
Investor
Feb 2018
Thistle makes it easy to get and stay healthy while improving the sustainability of the food system. We deliver deliciously nutritious, ready-to-eat plant-forward meals, snacks, and juices straight to your door.
Designed by nutritionists and crafted by chefs, our meal design reflects scientific, evidence-based principles of diet that optimize health and longevity, while maximizing planetary health, featuring real, whole, plant-rich foods like fresh vegetables, fruits, nuts, legumes, and whole grains. Above all, Thistle makes eating a plant-forward, planet-friendly diet the most irresistible option on the table. We’ve delivered over 20 million meals since our founding in 2013 by Ashwin Cheriyan and Shiri Avnery, PhD, and maintain ongoing partnerships with local food rescue nonprofit organizations to alleviate hunger and fight food waste. We currently deliver throughout the greater West Coast and East Coast, and are continuing to rapidly expand.
We’re proud to be recognized for our growth and impact. Newsweek ranked us in their 2025 Excellence Index 1000, while the San Francisco Business Times included us in the 2023 Top 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies in the Bay Area. In 2022, Inc. honored us with their Best in Business award for excelling in food and sustainability, and in 2024, we were featured in the Inc. Regionals list of the fastest-growing companies in America by region.
To learn more about our mission, visit www.thistle.co.
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Lambda School
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Nov 2017
Investor
Nov 2017
At Bloom Institute of Technology (also called BloomTech), our mission is to provide learners with a direct, low risk path to a higher income.
Investor
Oct 2017
We help unlock the full potential of the American economy by delivering cross-industry upskilling programs for active duty and a high-impact talent marketplace highlighting military talent.
Our vision is to create a world where career growth and learning are visible, accessible, and affordable, and the diversity of someone’s experience and achievements are fairly assessed and celebrated.
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