Ballast Point Ventures

Ballast Point Ventures, established in 2001 and headquartered in Tampa, Florida, is a growth capital investment firm managing $360 million. It focuses on partnering with established, rapidly growing companies in the Southeast and Texas, with a particular emphasis on healthcare, business services, communications, information technology, and consumer/retail sectors. The firm invests in companies with proven business models and strong management teams, typically committing $5-15 million per investment. Ballast Point Ventures' strategy is to be a financial and strategic partner, taking minority ownership stakes and leveraging its local knowledge and long-term relationships to add value to its portfolio companies.

Sean Barkman

Partner

Dick Brandewie

Co-Founder and Venture Partner

Robert Faber

Partner

O. Gene Gabbard

Venture Partner

Drew Graham

Managing Partner

Paul Johan

Co-Founder and Partner

Drew Obeck

Associate

Matt Rice

Partner

Ryan Silvester

Senior Associate

Jerett Smith

Vice President

Laura Stein

Vice President

Walter Yarbrough

Senior Associate

Past deals in Florida

Symphonic Distribution

Series B in 2022
Symphonic Distribution is an independent music distribution and marketing company founded in 2006 by Jorge Brea. Based in Tampa, Florida, with offices worldwide, Symphonic serves thousands of record labels, managers, and individual artists by providing global digital music distribution to hundreds of retail and streaming platforms. The company offers additional services such as playlist pitching, release promotion, and a comprehensive suite of label services. Notable clients include Bassnectar, deadmau5, Waka Flocka Flame, and various other artists and labels across different genres.

Abacode

Series A in 2020
Abacode, Inc. is a managed cybersecurity and compliance service provider based in Tampa, Florida, with an additional office in London, United Kingdom. Founded in 2014, the company serves a diverse range of industries, including banking, healthcare, legal, technology, and government. Abacode differentiates itself by prioritizing business strategy over technology, allowing organizations to make informed decisions that enhance their overall risk management. The company's offerings include assessment and advisory services, managed detection and response, breach response, and compliance readiness, among others. By providing small and medium enterprises with a comprehensive suite of cybersecurity and compliance solutions, Abacode helps clients mitigate modern cyber threats while ensuring adherence to regulatory requirements, thereby reducing operational costs and improving efficiency.

BioTissue

Series C in 2019
BioTissue is a technology company focused on developing medical solutions using human amniotic and umbilical cord tissues. Founded in 2001 and based in Miami, Florida, the company offers a platform that processes placental tissue to maintain its biological and structural integrity. This innovative approach provides healthcare professionals with products that possess anti-inflammatory, anti-scarring, and anti-angiogenesis properties, enhancing regenerative healing in various medical fields such as eye care, wound care, and orthopedics. By addressing unmet clinical needs, BioTissue aims to improve patient healing outcomes through its advanced regenerative medicine solutions.

Symphonic Distribution

Venture Round in 2017
Symphonic Distribution is an independent music distribution and marketing company founded in 2006 by Jorge Brea. Based in Tampa, Florida, with offices worldwide, Symphonic serves thousands of record labels, managers, and individual artists by providing global digital music distribution to hundreds of retail and streaming platforms. The company offers additional services such as playlist pitching, release promotion, and a comprehensive suite of label services. Notable clients include Bassnectar, deadmau5, Waka Flocka Flame, and various other artists and labels across different genres.

BioTissue

Series B in 2015
BioTissue is a technology company focused on developing medical solutions using human amniotic and umbilical cord tissues. Founded in 2001 and based in Miami, Florida, the company offers a platform that processes placental tissue to maintain its biological and structural integrity. This innovative approach provides healthcare professionals with products that possess anti-inflammatory, anti-scarring, and anti-angiogenesis properties, enhancing regenerative healing in various medical fields such as eye care, wound care, and orthopedics. By addressing unmet clinical needs, BioTissue aims to improve patient healing outcomes through its advanced regenerative medicine solutions.

Tower Cloud

Venture Round in 2013
Tower Cloud provides telecom backhaul services to wireless carriers. The company builds and operates fiber optic and wireless networks to connect cellular towers to the wireless carriers' mobile switching centers. Wireless carriers utilize Ethernet and Sonet T-1 broadband capacity provided by Tower Cloud to manage the exploding volume of voice and data traffic on their cellular networks. Tower Cloud currently operates backhaul networks in the greater Orlando, FL and Miami, FL markets and is in the process of constructing a new network in Atlanta, GA. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in St. Petersburg, FL.

BioTissue

Series A in 2013
BioTissue is a technology company focused on developing medical solutions using human amniotic and umbilical cord tissues. Founded in 2001 and based in Miami, Florida, the company offers a platform that processes placental tissue to maintain its biological and structural integrity. This innovative approach provides healthcare professionals with products that possess anti-inflammatory, anti-scarring, and anti-angiogenesis properties, enhancing regenerative healing in various medical fields such as eye care, wound care, and orthopedics. By addressing unmet clinical needs, BioTissue aims to improve patient healing outcomes through its advanced regenerative medicine solutions.

Tower Cloud

Venture Round in 2012
Tower Cloud provides telecom backhaul services to wireless carriers. The company builds and operates fiber optic and wireless networks to connect cellular towers to the wireless carriers' mobile switching centers. Wireless carriers utilize Ethernet and Sonet T-1 broadband capacity provided by Tower Cloud to manage the exploding volume of voice and data traffic on their cellular networks. Tower Cloud currently operates backhaul networks in the greater Orlando, FL and Miami, FL markets and is in the process of constructing a new network in Atlanta, GA. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in St. Petersburg, FL.

Tower Cloud

Venture Round in 2011
Tower Cloud provides telecom backhaul services to wireless carriers. The company builds and operates fiber optic and wireless networks to connect cellular towers to the wireless carriers' mobile switching centers. Wireless carriers utilize Ethernet and Sonet T-1 broadband capacity provided by Tower Cloud to manage the exploding volume of voice and data traffic on their cellular networks. Tower Cloud currently operates backhaul networks in the greater Orlando, FL and Miami, FL markets and is in the process of constructing a new network in Atlanta, GA. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in St. Petersburg, FL.

Watermark Medical

Series B in 2010
Watermark Medical, founded in 2008, specializes in home sleep testing solutions for managing sleep disorders. Based in Boca Raton, Florida, the company offers the Apnea Risk Evaluation System (ARES), which combines in-home physiological data with clinical history to diagnose obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Their ARES Unicorder is a wearable, wireless recorder measuring key sleep parameters, while ARES Screener predicts OSA risk and severity. Watermark Medical serves physicians, dentists, and sleep clinics via direct sales and distributors.

Tower Cloud

Venture Round in 2009
Tower Cloud provides telecom backhaul services to wireless carriers. The company builds and operates fiber optic and wireless networks to connect cellular towers to the wireless carriers' mobile switching centers. Wireless carriers utilize Ethernet and Sonet T-1 broadband capacity provided by Tower Cloud to manage the exploding volume of voice and data traffic on their cellular networks. Tower Cloud currently operates backhaul networks in the greater Orlando, FL and Miami, FL markets and is in the process of constructing a new network in Atlanta, GA. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in St. Petersburg, FL.

Lifestyle Fitness

Venture Round in 2004
A St. Petersburg, Fla.-based owner and operator of fitness clubs in the Florida market

PDSHeart

Venture Round in 2003
PDSHeart is a telephonic monitoring company specializing in cardiac monitoring technology and services in the United States. The company offers a range of products, including the Dual Alert Afib monitor for capturing specific cardiac events, the Looping Multi-Event monitor for long-term recording of cardiac arrhythmias, and the WebHolter, a web-based digital Holter monitoring system. Additionally, PDSHeart provides the Thumb One, a non-looping monitor that allows patients to record events by grasping the device, and a Non-Looping Chest Plate for real-time recordings of transient symptoms. The Digital Holter System includes a patient event button for symptom reporting. PDSHeart also supplies various Holter accessories and offers equipment upgrades, Holter monitoring, and pacemaker monitoring services. The company's technology enables remote and ambulatory care monitoring for both asymptomatic and symptomatic arrhythmia detection through multiple communication methods. Founded in 1995 by Sean Heyniger, PDSHeart is headquartered in West Palm Beach, Florida, with an additional office in Conyers, Georgia.
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