About Worklife
Worklife is a venture capital firm founded in 2019. It is primarily based out of San Francisco, United States. As of Feb 2024, Worklife has invested in 32 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to FinTech and Enterprise Infrastructure. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series A round of Knock Overall, Worklife portfolio has seen 4 unicorns and 3 acquisitions including key companies like ClassDojo, Quo and WorkOS. A lot of funds co-invest with Worklife, with names like Scott Belsky sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Worklife has team of 1 people including 1 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, Series A & 1 more
Portfolio Acquisitions
Portfolio Soonicorns
Worklife's List of Top Investments
Worklife has a portfolio of 32 companies, including 4 unicorns. Their most notable investments are in Archie and Flow Club.Their portfolio spans across United States, Canada, Singapore and 1 more locations. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, FinTech, Enterprise Infrastructure and 15 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 1 more. Here is the list of top investments by Worklife:
1. ClassDojo
Classroom behaviour feedback platform used by teachers and students. The platform allows teachers to give students real-time feedback. The platform engages parents and students to improve behaviour at home as well. The platform can run on an interactive whiteboard, a computer connected to a projector or on a smartphone, tablet. The tool offers behaviour-tracking analytics and reports that can be shared with parents and administrators. Teachers can message parents and keep them informed about students' progress. Its mobile app is available for Android, iOS, and web devices.
Key facts about ClassDojo
- Founded Year: 2011
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series D
- Total Funding till date: $221M
- Employee Count: 513 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Adams Street Partners, RAA Capital and 44 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series D, Mar 04, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
2. Quo
AI-based budgeting and expense management platform. It offers a platform for expense tracking and plans monthly finances. It also allows users to access emergency loans instantly via Quo membership card.
Key facts about Quo
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: Palo Alto (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $63.2M
- Employee Count: 60 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Global Founders Capital, Craft Ventures and 25 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Apr 07, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
3. WorkOS
Cloud based solutions for secure access control. The product offers APIs with pre built features and integrations. The features of the single sign on, scalable audit logging, app logins integration with the operating system, user management, directory sync, multi factor authentication, authkit, fine grained authorization, and more.
Key facts about WorkOS
- Founded Year: 2019
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $99M
- Employee Count: 145 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Sapphire Ventures, First Round Capital and 33 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Jun 01, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Highlight
Provider of open source platform for web application monitoring and debugging. The platform offers session replay, error monitoring, logging, and tracing capabilities. It provides dashboards for visualizing observability data and supports self-hosting. The platform integrates with various frameworks and tools, focusing on compliance and security.
Key facts about Highlight
- Founded Year: 2020
- Location: Seattle (United States)
- Last Known Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $8.5M
- Employee Count: 35 as on Dec 31, 2022
- Investors: Craft Ventures, Fuel Capital and 11 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Aug 15, 2023, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
5. Supabase
Developer of relational database management tools and backend infrastructure services. This platform provides a managed database environment based on relational technology, incorporating authentication, storage, and real-time data synchronization capabilities. It offers serverless functions for executing custom code and tools for managing vector embeddings to support machine learning integration. The infrastructure includes features for row-level security, database schema management, and application programming interfaces to facilitate data access and manipulation. Developers utilize these tools to build and deploy applications without managing underlying server hardware or complex backend configurations.
Key facts about Supabase
- Founded Year: 2020
- Location: Singapore (Singapore)
- Annual Revenue: $10M - $50M as on Dec 31, 2024
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series F
- Total Funding till date: $1.19B
- Employee Count: 439 as on Aug 31, 2026
- Investors: Georgian, GIC and 29 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series F, Oct 02, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Worklife's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Worklife has invested in 32 companies over the last 7 years, with an average of 3 new investments annually in the last 5 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Knock and most recent follow-on round was in Equals.Year | No. of Investments | ||
|---|---|---|---|
1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2025 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
2024 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2023 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2022 | 9 | 2 | 11 |
2021 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
2020 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
2019 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Worklife's Investments by Stage
Worklife has made 19 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $5.06M, 8 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $9.25M and 1 investment in Series B stage with an average round size of $40M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 19 |
Series A | 8 |
Series B | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Worklife's Investments by Sector
Worklife has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Enterprise Applications, Enterprise Infrastructure, FinTech, HealthTech and Consumer. Notably, it has invested in 31 Tech companies, 28 Software companies, 26 Enterprise (B2B) companies and at least 20 companies focusing on Saas.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Enterprise Applications | 22 |
Enterprise Infrastructure | 7 |
FinTech | 6 |
HealthTech | 4 |
Consumer | 3 |
Others | 14 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Worklife's Investments by Geography
Worklife has made most investments in United States (27), followed by Canada where it has made 1 investment.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 27 |
Canada | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Worklife's recent investments
Worklife has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by Worklife:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Feb 15, 2024 | United States | Series A | 4428 | [+10] | |
Jan 24, 2024 | United States | Seed | 9162 | [+4] | |
Jan 11, 2024 | United States | Seed | 7290 | [+3] | |
Nov 09, 2023 | United States | Seed | 4754 | [+5] | |
Aug 15, 2023 | United States | Seed | 7656 | [+10] |
Unicorns in Worklife's Portfolio
Worklife has 4 unicorns in its portfolio - WorkOS, Supabase, ClassDojo and others. The most recent unicorn in their portfolio is WorkOS. It became a unicorn in 2026, 4 years after Worklife first invested in it.Here is a list of unicorns in Worklife's portfolio:
Tracxn Score | Company | Short Description | Founded year | Sector | Location | Company Stage | First Investment/ Acquisition Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
69 | Cloud based solutions for secure access control | 2019 | San Francisco | Series B | wseowgt | ||
67 | Developer of relational database management tools and backend infrastructure services | 2020 | Singapore | Series F | exmtvc{ | ||
78 | Classroom behaviour feedback platform used by teachers and students | 2011 | San Francisco | Series D | r{nfvhk | ||
66 | Online revenue-based financing marketplace for SaaS businesses | 2019 | Los Angeles | Series C | sbdnhib |
Acquired companies in Worklife's Portfolio
3 companies from Worklife's portfolio have been acquired. The most recent acquisition was Highlight in Apr 2025 by LaunchDarkly for $*****.Here are Worklife's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Apr 23, 2025 | Aug 15, 2023 | Seed | 6298 | |
Feb 19, 2025 | May 11, 2023 | Seed | 4931 | |
Mar 21, 2023 | Apr 07, 2022 | Series B | 9018 |
Team profile of Worklife
Worklife has a team of 1 member located in United States. Worklife's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of Worklife
Over the past 7 years, 377 investors have co-invested in Worklife's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Worklife: Y Combinator, SignalFire and 82 others have invested in rounds before Worklife. There are 7 companies where Y Combinator has invested before Worklife and 1 company where SignalFire has invested before Worklife.
- Top Co-investors of Worklife: 195 investors entered a company along with Worklife. These include investors like Scott Belsky (5 companies).
- Invested after Worklife: A total of 98 investors have invested in Worklife's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Jack Altman (2 companies), Gokul Rajaram (2 companies) and Waseem Daher (2 companies).
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