Gaingels

Gaingels is a venture capital investment firm founded in 2014 and based in Burlington, Vermont. It specializes in investing in companies led by LGBT+ founders and C-suite leaders across various stages of growth, as well as in established firms aiming to create more inclusive teams. With a global portfolio of over 130 companies and $70 million in investment capital deployed, Gaingels actively supports its portfolio by helping to identify and recruit diverse talent for leadership roles. The firm fosters a vibrant community of industry leaders, investors, operators, and entrepreneurs who are united in their mission to drive positive social change through business and successful investments.

Marc Baum

Investor

Jesse Curran

Principal

Ashley Flucas

Venture Partner

Max Frenkel

General Partner

Todd Havill

Research Operations and Principal, Investment

Surya Jayaweera

Angel Investor

Jennifer Jeronimo

CEO and General Partner

Jake Prigoff

General Partner

Peter Steinberg

General Partner

Alexandra Tanner

Investor

Lorenzo Thione

General Partner

Past deals in Analytics

Adwisely

Seed Round in 2022
Our mission is to make digital advertising easy and efficient. In our vision, human involvement in ads creation and optimization should be minimized. To get the maximum possible returns on advertising investments, people must focus on improving the product/service quality - the ads can be fully automated by software.

Accern

Series B in 2022
Accern Corporation, based in New York, develops a no-code web surveillance software platform that automates research and data analysis processes. Its technology is particularly beneficial in financial research, fundamental investing, coverage banking, and quantitative trading, serving a range of clients, including hedge funds, asset managers, and news media sectors. Accern's platform leverages advanced natural language processing and forecasting features to extract insights from unstructured data, thereby minimizing time to value and maximizing return on investment. The company partners with significant industry players and is recognized as a Forbes 30 Under 30 company. Accern was incorporated in 2014 and is supported by various venture capital firms.

Digiphy

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Developer of a SaaS platform designed to connect companies directly to consumers. The company's platform offers new insights and converts one-time buyers into loyal customers, also captures first-party data, fosters trust and drives consumer action and marketing materials into immersive digital experiences, enabling businesses to collect valuable zero-party consumer data.

Metadata

Series B in 2022
Metadata, Inc. operates a demand generation platform tailored for B2B enterprises, focusing on inbound marketing and customer acquisition. The platform automates essential marketing tasks, allowing users to efficiently scale their demand generation efforts. It offers features such as campaign amplification, detailed profile information for incoming signups, and the auto-generation of buyer personas. Users can segment prospects by various criteria, including industry and technology stack, and monitor new signups to enhance their sales pipeline. By leveraging machine learning and a proprietary identity graph, Metadata streamlines marketing processes and aligns them with revenue objectives, helping businesses convert target accounts into customers more effectively than traditional methods. Incorporated in 2015, Metadata is based in San Francisco, California, and is utilized by numerous innovative B2B marketers to optimize their marketing strategies.

Fama

Series B in 2022
Fama is an AI-based solution that identifies and offers an opportunity to address problematic behavior among potential hires and current employees by analyzing publicly available online information. This type of content can ultimately lead to brand risk and toxic culture, and is often missed in the hiring and management process.

Uplift Labs

Seed Round in 2022
Developer of a motion analysis platform designed to transform athletic performance by using artificial intelligence to offer in-depth movement analysis. The company's platform offers kinematic analysis using proprietary deep learning models and algorithms, enabling sports clubs and organizations to analyze and improve human movement to improve performance and minimize injuries.

Instil

Seed Round in 2022
Developer of a donor management platform designed to help nonprofit organizations streamline operations. The company's cloud-based platform offers data-driven dashboards with real-time data visualizations and insights for every interaction and an easy-to-use customer relationship management interface, enabling nonprofit organizations to Increase donor support and drive fundraising.

Prevedere

Venture Round in 2022
Prevedere is a company that specializes in predictive analytics and industry insights, aiding business leaders in making informed decisions by offering a real-time perspective on future performance. Unlike traditional methods that focus solely on internal metrics, Prevedere’s platform continuously monitors external data, such as economic and consumer behavior trends, to identify potential opportunities and threats to business performance. By leveraging advanced forecasting software and a team of experts, including data scientists and economists, Prevedere enables organizations to understand key leading indicators that influence revenue and profitability. The company has received several accolades for its innovative approach and effective solutions, working with prominent global enterprises to enhance their strategic decision-making capabilities.

Kentik

Series C in 2021
Kentik Technologies, Inc. is a network intelligence platform that delivers cloud-based real-time visibility and analytics solutions for network and security operators. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company offers Kentik Detect, a big data-based software-as-a-service that transforms network data into actionable intelligence. This platform enables clients to conduct ad-hoc analytics for improved operations, capacity optimization, anomaly resolution, and DDoS detection, thereby enhancing application and service protection. Kentik also provides My Kentik, a self-service network analytics tool, and an AIOps platform aimed at streamlining network operations. Additionally, the company serves various industries, including financial services, media and entertainment, cloud infrastructure, and telecommunications, offering tailored solutions for visibility, performance, detection, planning, and integration. Kentik was previously known as CloudHelix, Inc. before rebranding in September 2014.

Otis AI

Seed Round in 2021
Otis AI offers a data-driven digital marketing platform that simplifies advertising for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). By utilizing artificial intelligence, Otis AI helps these businesses leverage their own data to acquire and retain valuable customers through an easy-to-use, one-click ad management system. The platform enables users to launch advertising campaigns across various social media channels while providing comprehensive analysis of marketing performance. Key features include automation of marketing efforts such as retargeting, online-to-offline attribution, and creative optimization. This allows SMBs to efficiently conduct cross-platform campaigns and maximize their return on investment in real-time. Otis AI serves as an essential tool for builders, creators, and small businesses aiming to enhance their marketing efforts with minimal complexity.

ClimateView

Series A in 2021
ClimateView AB, founded in 2017 and based in Stockholm, Sweden, specializes in climate data solutions for cities and nations. The company has developed Climate Panorama, a software platform that aggregates and visualizes climate data, enabling cities to monitor greenhouse gas emissions effectively. ClimateView operates on principles of agility, focusing on visualization, collective intelligence, and transparency to address the complexities of climate change. Its tools are designed to assist urban planners and policymakers in making informed decisions to combat climate breakdown.

Innovare

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of education analytics and strategy software designed to make data-driven decisions that positively impact students and communities. The company's web-based application aggregates the siloed data of schools such as student information systems, standardized assessments, attendance, reading and math ed-tech programs and spreadsheets, into one personalized dashboard, enabling leadership teams to develop data-driven strategies, build continuous improvement culture, and measure real-time impact using the synthesized data.

Statespace

Series C in 2021
StateSpace provides performance analytics and a suite of tools for casual gamers and eSport athletes to maximize their potential. It uses cognitive science and artificial intelligence to revolutionize the way humans improve. Leveraging expertise as neuroscientists, data scientists, video game developers, and computer visionaries, the products bring much needed standardized performance analytics to train. It was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Accern

Convertible Note in 2021
Accern Corporation, based in New York, develops a no-code web surveillance software platform that automates research and data analysis processes. Its technology is particularly beneficial in financial research, fundamental investing, coverage banking, and quantitative trading, serving a range of clients, including hedge funds, asset managers, and news media sectors. Accern's platform leverages advanced natural language processing and forecasting features to extract insights from unstructured data, thereby minimizing time to value and maximizing return on investment. The company partners with significant industry players and is recognized as a Forbes 30 Under 30 company. Accern was incorporated in 2014 and is supported by various venture capital firms.

People.ai

Series D in 2021
People.ai is an artificial intelligence platform based in San Francisco, California, designed to enhance revenue operations for enterprise teams. The platform automates processes related to sales, marketing, and customer success, enabling organizations to identify and capitalize on revenue opportunities. By capturing comprehensive data on customer contacts, activities, and engagements, People.ai provides actionable insights that help sales leaders manage their teams effectively and drive revenue growth. The platform offers tools for personalized coaching, sales performance analytics, and pipeline reviews, allowing users to visualize interactions with potential buyers and assess the success of marketing campaigns. Customer success teams utilize People.ai to ensure effective engagement with clients post-sale, aligning their efforts with the right opportunities and tracking the costs associated with customer support. Overall, People.ai aims to transform business activities by leveraging AI technology to deliver insights that foster predictable growth and improved sales productivity.

People.ai

Series D in 2021
People.ai is an artificial intelligence platform based in San Francisco, California, designed to enhance revenue operations for enterprise teams. The platform automates processes related to sales, marketing, and customer success, enabling organizations to identify and capitalize on revenue opportunities. By capturing comprehensive data on customer contacts, activities, and engagements, People.ai provides actionable insights that help sales leaders manage their teams effectively and drive revenue growth. The platform offers tools for personalized coaching, sales performance analytics, and pipeline reviews, allowing users to visualize interactions with potential buyers and assess the success of marketing campaigns. Customer success teams utilize People.ai to ensure effective engagement with clients post-sale, aligning their efforts with the right opportunities and tracking the costs associated with customer support. Overall, People.ai aims to transform business activities by leveraging AI technology to deliver insights that foster predictable growth and improved sales productivity.

MakerSights

Series B in 2021
MakerSights Inc. is a product intelligence software company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2015. It specializes in providing product development solutions for consumer brands in the retail industry. The company's platform allows brand partners to effectively gauge customer demand for upcoming products and concepts by analyzing preferences for styles, colors, and product attributes. Through predictive analysis, MakerSights helps businesses forecast product sales, track shifts in consumer behavior, and identify both popular and underrated products. This information enables brands to make informed decisions throughout the product creation process, ultimately optimizing their resources and enhancing product design based on customer insights.

PrivacyHawk

Pre Seed Round in 2021
PrivacyHawk is a consumer privacy platform that enables individuals to manage their personal data effectively. The platform automates the processes of opting out, unsubscribing, and deleting private information from various databases that may be misusing clients' data. By helping users reduce their digital footprint, PrivacyHawk enhances their privacy and security, thereby lowering the risks associated with scams, spam, and identity theft. Its services empower clients to take control of their personal information and safeguard their privacy in an increasingly data-driven world.

Crayon

Series B in 2021
Crayon, Inc. is a market intelligence company that provides businesses with tools to track, analyze, and respond to external market activities. Its platform allows users to capture and assess information from over 7 million sources, utilizing artificial intelligence to prioritize insights. Crayon's offerings include an intelligence and analysis platform, a marketing intelligence tool, and a website inspiration platform, all designed to support informed decision-making. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, the company was originally established as M80 Labs, Inc. and rebranded to Crayon, Inc. in June 2017.

Density

Venture Round in 2021
Density measures how people use space in real-time without invading privacy. Using proprietary depth sensors and deep learning algorithms, the platform accurately and anonymously counts people in real time. Organizations use Density to improve efficiency and enhance occupant experience in buildings, workplaces, and real estate. Unlike a camera, Density's platform doesn't capture personally identifiable information and is purpose-built for accurately measuring how people use physical space.

CivilGrid

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Agora is a construction intelligence platform combining layers of utility, environmental, and geotechnical project site data. We aggregate and curate datasets that developers, engineers, and construction companies need to make critical planning and project implementation decisions. By partnering with local utilities and agencies, we gain access to the most current GIS datasets. These datasets help you accelerate project due diligence, reduce utility research and project engineering cost, and improve risk identification and construction planning.

Graff Golf

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of golf analytics and simulation technology designed to aid golfers to train, play and compete at at-home. The company's technology offers shot statistics, session analytics, improvement plans, and performance tracking, enabling golfers to improve their game with efficiency and precision.

Anzu

Series B in 2021
Anzu.io, founded in 2017 and based in Tel Aviv with an additional location in Berlin, offers an innovative in-game advertising platform that integrates non-intrusive advertisements into video games and esports. The company's Blended In-Game Advertising solution enables top-tier game studios to incorporate brand advertisements seamlessly into gameplay, enhancing engagement without disrupting the user experience. Utilizing advanced programmatic technology and real-time data, Anzu allows brand advertisers to deploy ads in recognized formats across an exclusive inventory of popular video games, ensuring brand safety and ad visibility. By providing game developers with new revenue streams through cross-platform advertising and monetization solutions, Anzu empowers them to maintain control over content and analytics. The company aims to transform gaming and esports into a premium revenue engine, driven by its commitment to a native advertising approach that meets the needs of the video gaming industry.

Qualytics

Seed Round in 2021
Developer of a data quality surveillance platform designed to monitor and actively defend against data pipeline corruption. The company's technology includes a data firewall that captures erroneous data at the source and prevents it from entering downstream data platforms and combines it with data pipelines, data flows and surveillance hub as well as uses machine learning to automatically create data rules and adapt those rules through supervised workflows, enabling firms to detect and respond to anomalies in real-time with active measures such as a message-level quarantining.

Apty

Seed Round in 2020
Apty is a digital platform that optimizes software utilization. Apty works with any web-based application to track usage and provide on-screen help. Apty’s AI engine analyzes the user data and provides actionable insights so you can improve efficiency at an unprecedented scale. The Apty Platform consists of four products: Lens, Insights, Assist, and Automation. Apty Lens -Track And Analyze The built-in usage tracking for most enterprise software solutions lacks the detail needed to get a clear picture of how effectively your employees are using the system. You need to do more than recording how frequently someone logs in. Logging in and actually completing your work are two different things. Apty Insights Actionable Analytics Apty Insights transforms your usage data into tactics for improving your productivity. Apty’s AI engine continuously analyzes your usage data in real-time to help identify where users are struggling with the software and processes and how to solve the problem. Apty Assist Real-Time Guidance & Onboarding Deploy Apty’s recommendations for improving productivity to your end-users with Apty’s advanced engagement tools. Apty Assist shows users how to complete a task, prompts them to correct errors, and streamlines how they search for support content Apty Automation - Accelerated Productivity Utilize Apty Automation to simplify even the most complicated processes in your application. Remove the burden of completing mundane tasks with the help of robotic process automation (RPA) and artificial intelligence (AI).

Keydabra

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Keydabra is a developer of a digital intelligence platform that leverages artificial intelligence to enhance customer experience. The platform assesses and quantifies the digital interactions of users, translating these experiences into a comprehensive score. This scoring system allows clients to benchmark and compare user engagement across various consumer-focused industries, verticals, and platforms, ultimately aiming to improve overall customer satisfaction and engagement. By utilizing data insights, Keydabra enables businesses to make informed decisions that can enhance their digital offerings and strengthen their relationships with customers.

Bluecore

Series D in 2020
Bluecore is a retail marketing platform that leverages predictive intelligence to enhance marketing efforts for retailers. By integrating and analyzing consumer behavior and product data, Bluecore provides a detailed understanding of each shopper, including their past interactions and anticipated future engagement with brands. The platform personalizes customer interactions across multiple channels, including email, websites, display ads, and social media, which helps businesses acquire, retain, and expand their customer base. With nearly 500 million shopper IDs and a product catalog extensive enough to rival Amazon, Bluecore has successfully doubled marketing revenue and improved customer retention and lifetime value for over 400 brands, such as Express, Nike, and Sephora. Recognized as one of New York City's rapidly growing SaaS startups, Bluecore is supported by prominent venture capital firms and continues to serve a diverse range of retailers.

ClimateView

Seed Round in 2020
ClimateView AB, founded in 2017 and based in Stockholm, Sweden, specializes in climate data solutions for cities and nations. The company has developed Climate Panorama, a software platform that aggregates and visualizes climate data, enabling cities to monitor greenhouse gas emissions effectively. ClimateView operates on principles of agility, focusing on visualization, collective intelligence, and transparency to address the complexities of climate change. Its tools are designed to assist urban planners and policymakers in making informed decisions to combat climate breakdown.

VoiceOps

Series A in 2019
VoiceOps is an AI-driven coaching and training platform designed to enhance sales efficiency for call centers. Founded in 2016, the platform provides visibility into sales calls and facilitates coaching for representatives. By utilizing artificial intelligence, VoiceOps identifies successful behaviors from effective calls and helps scale these practices across teams, allowing managers to deliver data-driven insights to their sales personnel. The company has established partnerships with leading organizations in sectors such as insurance, mortgage, travel, and education. With a team composed of distinguished graduates from prestigious institutions and notable achievements, VoiceOps has garnered attention from major media outlets and secured backing from prominent investors.

Outlogic

Series A in 2019
Outlogic operates an online location platform that develops a comprehensive map of individual movements to address various real-world needs. The company's offerings include a location data collection technology, safety applications such as Drunk Mode for social connectivity, fitness apps like Burn, and tools for real-time family location sharing through PlanC. Outlogic is committed to enhancing accuracy and transparency in location data, creating the largest privacy-conscious location data panel. This initiative supports diverse industries including advertising, market research, real estate, and security. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Outlogic aims to foster innovation with high-quality location data while promoting a more efficient and sustainable world through its initiatives.

Samba TV

Venture Round in 2018
Samba TV specializes in personalizing television experiences by leveraging extensive real-time viewership data from various media sources, including broadcast, cable, over-the-top (OTT), and digital platforms. The company develops a streaming analytics platform that utilizes software applications embedded in smart TVs and set-top boxes, along with connections to numerous devices, to enhance audience measurement and addressability. This enables marketers to effectively activate cross-screen campaigns and evaluate the impact of their media investments. Headquartered in San Francisco, Samba TV also has offices in Asia and Europe, reinforcing its commitment to providing clients with data-driven insights that improve content discovery and address audience fragmentation across multiple screens.

Unacast

Series B in 2018
Unacast AS operates an online platform for connecting beacons and other proximity sensors to online marketing platforms. It offers uRETARGET, which enables to retarget customers online to bring them back to the store; uMONETIZE that monetizes data from beacons and other proximity sensors; and uNETWORK that shares anonymous subsets of data to unetwork and get subsets in return. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Oslo, Norway. Unacast AS operates as a subsidiary of Unacast, Inc.

Samba TV

Series B in 2017
Samba TV specializes in personalizing television experiences by leveraging extensive real-time viewership data from various media sources, including broadcast, cable, over-the-top (OTT), and digital platforms. The company develops a streaming analytics platform that utilizes software applications embedded in smart TVs and set-top boxes, along with connections to numerous devices, to enhance audience measurement and addressability. This enables marketers to effectively activate cross-screen campaigns and evaluate the impact of their media investments. Headquartered in San Francisco, Samba TV also has offices in Asia and Europe, reinforcing its commitment to providing clients with data-driven insights that improve content discovery and address audience fragmentation across multiple screens.
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