# The Refiners

> The Refiners is a VC fund in San Francisco backing Software and Computer. See 9 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 9
- Last investment: Jan 2022
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-refiners/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/TheRefiners_Inc
- Website: http://www.therefiners.co/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/therefiners

The Refiners is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on Software and Computer. Founded by entrepreneurs, The Refiners is a San Francisco-based Seed Fund Program devoted to helping world-class entrepreneurs thrive in the bountiful yet complicated environment of Silicon Valley. The Refiners is passionate about the needs of international startups and believe they are different enough to warrant a program specifically for them.Over a three-month period, startups usually receive funding, networking, and mentorship opportunities in Silicon Valley.The Refiners’ aim is to equip start-ups with the tools necessary to expand your startup’s vision and scale globally. The Refiners is committed to providing start-ups with unparalleled support, guidance, and expertise.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for The Refiners. Shizune tracks 8 team members at The Refiners. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/therefiners?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 33% |
| Computer | 2 | 22% |
| Information Technology | 2 | 22% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 2 | 22% |
| SaaS | 1 | 11% |

37 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 5 | 56% |
| Seed | 2 | 22% |
| Angel | 1 | 11% |
| Series A | 1 | 11% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 5 | 56% |
| France | 3 | 33% |
| The Netherlands | 1 | 11% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Carlos Diaz | Co-Founder & General Partner | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/carlos-diaz |
| Denis Morgan | Mentor | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/denis-morgan |
| Freddy Mini | Mentor, Limited Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/freddy-mini |
| Geraldine Le Meur | Co-Founder & General Partner | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/geraldine-le-meur |
| Keenan Koizumi | Program Manager | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/keenan-koizumi |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WILD.AI | WILD.AI is building a knowledge base of female datasets, across all ages, life stages, and ethnicity. The company provides the knowledge, support, and power for women to perform at their best. WILD.AI was founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, California. | $2.9M | Pre-Seed | Jan 27, 2022 |  |
| ELSI Skin Health Inc. (dba Dr. Elsa Jungman) | Based upon 10 years of skin research and industrial experience with renowned French and US institutions, ELSI was created to disrupt the $120 billion health and beauty industry, by giving consumers a new array of science-backed and clean beauty products powered by advanced analytics. | $1M | Pre-Seed | Oct 22, 2019 |  |
| RapidPricer B.V. | RapidPricer is an AI company that utilizes deep learning algorithms and machine vision to dynamically price and promote products, to match their real-time value based on competition, product lifecycle and market conditions. With deep expertise in retail pricing, we compute merchandising actions for real-time execution in a retail environment. | $212K | Pre-Seed | Oct 10, 2018 |  |
| Snipfeed | Snipfeed is building Shopify but for content creators. The platform allows them to build their storefront directly on top of social and consolidate all the monetization tools they need in one place. Snipfeed lets them monetize their audience in one click through on-demand content, direct interactions, tips, and commerce. On the back-end,Snipfeed's dashboard helps you optimize and grow your business by integrating with all the third-party tools you need as a creator (analytics, financial tools...). | $200K | Pre-Seed | Jul 09, 2018 |  |
| Tempow | Tempow is a research and design company focused on pushing the limits of Bluetooth technology. Their first product, the Tempow Audio Profile (TAP) is an updated Bluetooth protocol allowing any Bluetooth chip to stream audio on multiple Bluetooth audio outputs simultaneously. It is a 100% software solution and works with any brand of Bluetoothspeaker on any chip. The company closed a Series A round of venture funding led by Balderton Capital and has global partnerships that bring Tempow-enhanced Bluetooth to millions around the world. Tempow is headquartered in Paris, France with extended operations in Seoul, Korea, and Shenzhen, China. Tempow is partnering with leading semiconductor companies. | $4M | Series A | May 23, 2018 |  |
| Seald | Seald is certified by the "ANSSI" (the French cybersecurity agency). At Seald we provide two solutions:- one for end-users who want to protect files and emails with a seamless user experience, - another for developers who want to add encryption to their web or mobile app in 30 lines of code with our SDK.Our approach to IT security isgranular and we protect each data individually.Our servers are hosted in France by a French service provider and we guarantee to never have access to the documents. | $849K | Seed | Dec 13, 2017 |  |
| PassRight | PassRight is a SaaS company providing technology to immigration law firms, companies & individuals | $1M | Seed | Nov 01, 2017 |  |
| PhantomBuster | Build applications with unique content. All-in-one scraping platform to automate all websites. Everything out of the box. APIs are 0.01% of the Web. Tap into the 100% and give your users content they cannot get elsewhere. | $75K | Pre-Seed | Mar 01, 2017 |  |
| Witty Inc. | Witty is an online network for the entrepreneurs that showcases idea, project, and startup from around the world. |  | Angel | Dec 20, 2016 |  |

9 of 9 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Wind](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/wind-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [50 Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/50-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alma Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alma-angels) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Balderton Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/balderton-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Berkeley SkyDeck Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/berkeley-skydeck-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Bpifrance](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bpifrance) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does The Refiners invest in?

The Refiners invests primarily in Software, Computer and Information Technology startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 9 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact The Refiners?

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### Who are the partners at The Refiners?

The team at The Refiners includes Carlos Diaz (Co-Founder & General Partner), Denis Morgan (Mentor) and Freddy Mini (Mentor, Limited Partner), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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