Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator

Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA) is a prominent technology accelerator located in New York City, established in 2011. It focuses on early-stage startups across a variety of sectors, including logistics, apparel, media, education, software, e-commerce, fintech, artificial intelligence, and advertising technology. ERA supports selected companies through a mentor-driven program, offering an initial investment of $150,000 for a 6% equity stake. The accelerator operates two four-month sessions each year, providing participants with not only financial backing but also essential resources such as free office space, cloud hosting credits, and access to a network of legal, finance, and business-service partners. Since its inception, ERA has invested in over 350 startups, which have collectively raised more than $2 billion in capital and have a combined market capitalization exceeding $10 billion. The diverse alumni of ERA are significantly contributing to advancements across major global industries.

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HeyMilo

Seed Round in 2025
Deploy interoperable generative AI agents for various end-user interactions.

Healthnix

Seed Round in 2025
AI-powered clinical nutrition platform for chronic pain management.

Finsi

Seed Round in 2025
AI-powered growth co-pilot that helps B2C companies scale twice as fast—and profitably.

Potions

Pre Seed Round in 2025
Marketing automation tool to help businesses create high-performing newsletters

Carbon Clear

Pre Seed Round in 2025
Carbon Clear offers consulting services in carbon management and sustainability.

DatastrutAI

Seed Round in 2025
Real estate technology platform that uses AI to improve productivity for real estate professionals

TwinsAI

Seed Round in 2025
TwinsAI is an AI-powered voice agent that replicates sales representatives' voices, enabling automated, natural-sounding outbound calls to engage prospects and drive conversions

Tensor Planet

Seed Round in 2025
Tensor Planet is revolutionizing waste management with its AI-native solution that transforms hauler operations. By leveraging AI, computer vision, and data storytelling, the platform equips drivers with a smart co-pilot, empowers supervisors with actionable data, and engages consumers through personalized trash analytics. Tensor Planet helps haulers augment revenue, slash operational costs and save the planet.

Elysium Energy

Seed Round in 2025
Software tool to analyze feasibility of hydrogen projects

Policybot

Seed Round in 2025
Accurate treatment cost API software built on proprietary database of all US payer policies

Overwatch Health

Venture Round in 2025
Overwatch Health offers an AI-assisted virtual alternative to in-person rehabilitative care for patients.

Roz

Seed Round in 2025
SaaS AI Compliance Startup

Electrify

Seed Round in 2025
Vertical SaaS that provides lighting manufacturers with the rails to digitize and scale.

Clai

Seed Round in 2025
Real estate eSignature payment and process automation platform

Notifi

Pre Seed Round in 2025
Notifi is a customizable ERP software for small to medium field services companies, with a focus on communication, scheduling, and customer management. Our platform combines advanced VoIP, texting, and sales CRM. Notifi replaces fragmented tools and generic communications with a unified, scalable solution that drives down selling, general, and administrative expenses.

Neru Health

Seed Round in 2024
AI Personalized sleep therapy platform for shift workers (nurses, truckers, and pilots).

QI - Qualitative Intelligence

Seed Round in 2024
QI helps D2C, and B2B brands increase engagement and conversions, reduce PR risk and improve LTV by offering a unique approach to consumer insights, content marketing, and customer intelligence in only a few clicks, with the power of human creativity plus ai. Our unique approach includes anthropological, human needs-based algorithms that help brands bridge market gaps and create customer value.

Plum AI - GetPlum.ai

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Plum AI mevaluates and improves the quality of LLM applications

deben

Seed Round in 2024
Enterprise software for media planning

ZenGuard AI

Seed Round in 2024
ZenGuard AI specializes in providing a security platform tailored for the safe implementation of artificial intelligence in regulated industries. The company focuses on enabling organizations to adopt AI responsibly while addressing critical concerns such as data privacy, algorithmic bias, and brand integrity. ZenGuard AI offers a comprehensive suite of security and compliance tools, along with expert guidance, to help clients utilize artificial intelligence ethically and confidently. By prioritizing the protection of user data and minimizing potential risks, ZenGuard AI fosters a transparent and trustworthy environment for businesses seeking to harness the benefits of AI technology.

Hively

Seed Round in 2024
Digital platform for older adults transitioning to retirement

Kolate AI

Seed Round in 2024
Gen AI for Clinical Trials

Thread Health

Seed Round in 2024
Thread Health is clinical care and health education for adolescents, connecting teens, parents, and adolescent medicine doctors digitally. Common conditions, illnesses, risks, and care navigation in the 10 - 25 age group (20%+ of the US population) need to be cared for through a tech-based approach from a clinical teen-focused team. Thread’s platform for digital urgent care, primary care, and care navigation is built on the foundations of adolescent medicine and that today 98% of texts are opened while teens spend 8 hours a day on their phones.

Enspi.io

Seed Round in 2024
Enspi.io is a developer of a virtual power plant platform that focuses on energy management for businesses. The platform enables the management of energy assets and optimizes energy consumption through real-time energy monitoring and artificial intelligence-driven asset scheduling. By offering secure automation, Enspi.io allows commercial and industrial enterprises, governmental organizations, and energy providers to engage in energy markets effectively. This approach helps clients reduce costs and meet their sustainability objectives.

Digital Iron

Seed Round in 2024
Digital Iron is a developer of an artificial intelligence-powered platform that enhances customer service for the materials machinery industry. The platform acts as a service team assistant, providing efficient and personalized support by instantly answering technical questions and integrating with calendars and enterprise resource planning systems. It facilitates the booking of service slots and ordering of parts while automating routine tasks. This allows service agents to concentrate on more complex issues and interactions with customers, ultimately improving after-sales efficiency and increasing customer satisfaction.

Alternew

Seed Round in 2024
B2B SaaS enabling fashion brands to seamlessly offer after sales services to customers, starting with alterations and repairs.

Context Nature

Seed Round in 2024
Context Nature is focused on developing an AI-powered decision-support platform that helps businesses and investors effectively manage nature-related risks. By providing insights into the environmental impacts of their activities, the platform enables users to evaluate potential risks and opportunities, facilitating informed decision-making. The company's generative artificial intelligence assistant serves as a key tool to empower decision-makers at the intersection of finance and nature, addressing the limitations of existing resources. This innovative approach aims to promote nature-positive actions on a large scale, ultimately contributing to the transition towards a more sustainable economy.

DashlyHR

Seed Round in 2024
DashlyHR is a labor management platform specifically designed for the construction industry, focusing on the blue-collar workforce. The platform utilizes predictive analytics to analyze historical employee performance data, allowing organizations to identify employees at risk of turnover and to detect potential issues early. By providing insights into "regrettable turnover" and "red flag" employees, DashlyHR enables proactive risk mitigation and enhances job site efficiency. Its user-friendly interface aggregates job and employee data, presenting it in a clear and accessible format, which aids clients in making informed decisions. This approach helps to minimize risks and optimize workforce management based on anticipated trends, ultimately improving overall operational effectiveness in the construction sector.

Detexian

Seed Round in 2024
Detexian specializes in surveillance software aimed at identifying cyber threats, particularly in the context of widely used applications such as M365, Salesforce, Slack, and Box. Its platform is designed to simplify the detection and response to advanced cyber-attacks while eliminating technical and cost barriers typically associated with enterprise-level security solutions. Detexian's product requires no setup and can reveal potential vulnerabilities in just two minutes with a single email input. The software provides actionable insights in straightforward language, allowing businesses to enhance their data security without the need for extensive expert teams. By uncovering unknown applications that may pose risks, Detexian has demonstrated the capability to identify over 200 such apps on average, with a significant portion having unauthorized access to critical data. This approach not only improves return on investment but also effectively addresses the challenges of SaaS data sprawl, ensuring robust data protection for its clients.

Dropshop Fashion

Seed Round in 2024
Dropshop is software that allows fashion and beauty brands to increase conversion by 20% by offering them 2 hour delivery at checkout, at home return services, and real time tracking.

Carez AI

Seed Round in 2024
AI for Image-guided Medical Procedures

CaseBlink

Seed Round in 2024
CaseBlink is a developer of a legal workflow platform aimed at streamlining immigration processes for lawyers and self-help immigrants. The company recognizes the repetitive nature of immigration paperwork and employs generative artificial intelligence to create end-to-end workflows that enhance efficiency. By extracting and analyzing relevant information, CaseBlink's platform automatically generates necessary documentation while ensuring legal accuracy through attorney oversight. This approach allows legal professionals to focus on more strategic aspects of the immigration journey, ultimately making the process smoother for clients.

Layup

Seed Round in 2023
Layup is a savings account that provides prizes based on the outcomes of sporting events.

Elm AI (Formerly Esger)

Seed Round in 2023
Elm AI's patent-pending software helps companies assess the environmental and social impact of their supply chains

Pathways Technologies, Inc.

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Pathways automates the creation of Life Cycle Assessments and Environmental Product Declarations for manufacturers

TRACK

Seed Round in 2023
SaaS platform

Zendata

Seed Round in 2023
Zendata specializes in data protection and security, addressing the challenges organizations face in managing data across various systems and third-party integrations. The company's platform goes beyond basic data mapping by providing contextual insights into data usage and identifying potential risks associated with third-party connections. By utilizing advanced artificial intelligence, Zendata integrates disparate data sources into a cohesive view, enabling organizations to derive deeper insights while ensuring compliance with existing policies and data agreements. This comprehensive approach empowers engineering teams to enhance their privacy compliance and effectively harness the potential of their data.

rediem

Seed Round in 2023
rediem is a full suite loyalty and customer engagement platform. we transcend boring, transactional relationships with a new way to rediem.

Moonlight

Seed Round in 2023
Moonlight is an app to find flow state on demand.

One Kappa

Seed Round in 2023
One Kappa specializes in the development of solar-powered drones capable of remaining airborne in the stratosphere for extended periods. These drones are designed to capture high-resolution imagery efficiently and cost-effectively at scale. In addition to their drone technology, One Kappa offers software that incorporates intelligent weather tools, harnessing various weather data sources to generate actionable insights. This functionality aids weather-sensitive businesses in managing risk and optimizing their operations.

kommu

Seed Round in 2023
kommu is a social home-sharing marketplace that connects users through their personal and professional networks, providing trusted hosting and stays at a fraction of the cost of traditional lodging solutions. By leveraging and centralizing these networks, kommu creates substantial annual savings for both consumers and companies.

HeyMilo

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Deploy interoperable generative AI agents for various end-user interactions.

Keye

Seed Round in 2023
Keye is an AI-driven platform designed to enhance and expedite the due diligence process for private market investors. The system provides advanced data room analysis tools that streamline the review of deals, transforming data rooms and deal folders into actionable insights. By leveraging artificial intelligence, Keye enables investors to conduct financial diligence more efficiently, allowing them to make informed decisions with greater speed and accuracy. Supported by notable investors and accelerators, Keye is positioned as a rapidly growing player in the early-stage venture market, focusing on the intersection of technology and finance.

YellowTin

Seed Round in 2023
YellowTin is an energy company focused on helping organizations achieve their climate goals by addressing Scope 3 emissions related to employee commuting and home energy use. The company provides a platform that educates and incentivizes employees to adopt clean energy solutions, such as solar power, electric vehicles, and heat pumps. Through its co-branded marketplace, YellowTin offers personalized savings recommendations to users, encouraging the purchase of these sustainable solutions. This approach not only aids businesses in reaching their net-zero targets but also fosters a culture of environmental responsibility among employees.

CancerMark

Seed Round in 2023
CancerMark educates and aids patients in determining the appropriate course of action for their diagnosis. Their Navigators use biomarker analysis to determine a patient's diagnosis and develop a treatment strategy. Patients can schedule a free consultation by calling and providing some basic information to enable the navigators to give the service possible.

Helpen

Seed Round in 2023
Helpen is a developer of a market intelligence platform focused on climate and sustainable development goals (SDGs). The company utilizes AI-powered tools to enhance the processes of discovery, diligence, and trend analysis. This platform assists stakeholders in the climate and SDG sectors by providing valuable insights that facilitate informed funding decisions. By integrating advanced artificial intelligence, Helpen aims to streamline clean energy investing and support philanthropic efforts in sustainability.

Metatate

Seed Round in 2023
Metatate is a company that provides a data-privacy platform aimed at managing sensitive information. Its system is designed to help organizations navigate complex legal, regulatory, and commercial environments by offering tools to manage consumer privacy rules. The platform facilitates collaboration among business, technical, and compliance teams through visual workflows, ensuring that data privacy administration is both efficient and secure. By focusing on non-technical solutions, Metatate enables users to maintain a safe and restricted database, addressing the increasing need for effective management of sensitive data.

Sādu

Seed Round in 2023
Sādu is a mobile app that lets its users complete workouts and outdoor activities to earn digital assets. They invest in carbon removal by logging workout applications to earn trees. It is an environmental and social governance solution that gives companies the ability to reward active employees with trees.

Flyhound

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Flyhound is a public safety solution to help find people fast. We enable public safety agencies using commercial drones to locate and identify mobile phones on the ground to assist in rescue efforts, locate missing persons, evacuate disaster victims, find criminal suspects, and more.

Castellum.AI

Seed Round in 2023
Castellum.AI is a developer of a compliance database platform aimed at simplifying the prevention of financial crime. The company addresses the challenge organizations face in sourcing risk data by providing a comprehensive solution that integrates various publicly available data sets, including sanctions and lists of politically exposed persons, into a single, accessible platform. This service enables clients to effectively screen for risks associated with financial crime, including potential bribery and other illegal activities. By offering accurate and reliable compliance tools, Castellum.AI allows organizations to streamline their compliance processes and reduce reliance on multiple vendors, ultimately enhancing their ability to identify and combat financial crime.

Present

Seed Round in 2023
Present is a mobile app that rewards you for practicing healthy phone habits. Instead of focusing on limiting phone use, Present motivates you to stay off your phone through real-life rewards, social competition and accountability, and gamification. Stop scrolling and start living.

Shiny

Seed Round in 2023
Shiny is a hospitality workforce solution. Hotels use our platform for hiring, training, task tracking, and culture building, with features like cashless tipping and performance incentives. This reduces churn, increases efficiency, and motivates their teams to maximize the profitability of their assets.

Atlas Primer

Seed Round in 2023
Atlas Primer is a company focused on enhancing education through technology, aiming to increase access, usability, and automation in learning environments. By developing a learning assistant that automates repetitive tasks for teachers, the company enables educators to save time and concentrate on curriculum development and student assistance. Their solution combines the convenience of audiobooks and podcasts with the interactivity of voice assistants and smart devices, adapting to the individual needs of learners. This approach facilitates the creation of engaging and interactive educational experiences, making quality learning accessible even in remote locations and with basic devices.

Rilla

Seed Round in 2022
Rilla is a company that specializes in virtual ridealong software aimed at enhancing the performance of outside sales and service professionals across various industries, including solar, roofing, banking, and healthcare. Their mobile application allows sales personnel to record face-to-face conversations with customers. Utilizing advanced artificial intelligence, Rilla's software automatically transcribes these conversations and analyzes the data to provide actionable feedback, helping sales teams improve their effectiveness and customer engagement. By capturing insights from interactions, Rilla enables businesses to better understand customer experiences and behaviors, ultimately driving sales and service improvements.

Beagle Labs

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Our solution provides 3D mapping up to 5x faster than the current market leader at a third of the cost. Our Ai powered virtual inspector sets a new standard as the only offering of its kind. Our software platform ties it all together as a one stop web-based platform to track, manage and secure all infrastructure data.

Tongo

Seed Round in 2022
Tongo gives real estate agents instant access to commission income. The company's platform uses factoring to aid hosts to receive payment for their upcoming reservations quickly, and access cash as soon as it is confirmed, enabling clients to cover their everyday expenses and unexpected emergencies while in a contract.

Fisecal

Seed Round in 2022
Fisecal is a company that provides automated financial planning software aimed at helping financial institutions and professionals offer wealth management services to low and moderate-income individuals. By streamlining the financial planning and cash flow underwriting processes, Fisecal enables financial professionals to create comprehensive financial plans quickly. This allows them to extend their services to a broader demographic, particularly the middle class, while increasing their engagement with potential clients and enhancing revenue opportunities. Through its innovative approach, Fisecal aims to make financial planning more accessible and profitable for both providers and clients.

Matcha

Seed Round in 2022
Matcha is an electric vehicle charger management software platform just for apartment building and multi-tenant property owners. Our end to end solution makes charger installation, operations, and maintenance a plug and play experience, including integrations with property management software.

Finresi

Seed Round in 2022
Finresi operates a digital brokerage platform that enables accredited investors to passively invest in high-yield, real estate-secured loans. The company focuses on small multifamily properties, allowing users to list their properties for sale in exchange for a commission. By streamlining the investment process, Finresi provides clients with access to secured loans that offer monthly distributions, eliminating the complexities associated with traditional property management. This approach aims to democratize access to high-yield returns and passive income through real estate investments.

Tensile

Seed Round in 2022
Tensile is a developer of financial software aimed at enhancing and simplifying access to the global payments network. The company's solutions enable users to securely connect their bank accounts to the network, allowing them to save money and receive better rewards from merchants during transactions. By focusing on security, cost reduction, and efficiency, Tensile transforms payment processing from a mere expense into a valuable tool for boosting profits and enhancing brand visibility. Ultimately, Tensile's mission is to facilitate easier access to the global payments ecosystem for its customers.

Cityline

Seed Round in 2022
Cityline makes renting an apartment as fast and as painless as booking a hotel room, all while introducing data science and predictive intelligence to property management. Applicants are screened and processed instantly, feeding insights to our suite of financial health and projection tools that improve portfolio performance.

Verilink

Seed Round in 2022
Verilink provides a blockchain technology platform. They provide solutions for physical art and physical products with digital experiences using NFTs to improve customer experience and retention.

Sublayer

Seed Round in 2022
Sublayer is a developer of open-source artificial intelligence assistants that facilitate software development by generating code based on existing patterns within a codebase. The company provides various open-source projects, including blueprints that help automate code generation and CLAG, a Ruby gem designed to translate natural language into command line commands. By offering these tools, Sublayer enables clients to leverage generative artificial intelligence to streamline the application development process.

Inside voices

Seed Round in 2022
Inside Voices is a review platform that provides a safe area in the workplace for workers seeking diversity and inclusion. The platform allows candidates to make informed decisions before joining a new company. The platform allows employers to share their work experiences.

Sweeps

Seed Round in 2022
Sweeps is the developer of a mobile banking platform designed to save money. Their platform offers savings accounts and debit cards, and users get free tickets that are similar to parlays with real cash prizes, enabling them to play against their friends.

Emporia Research

Seed Round in 2022
Emporia is a platform for finding and connecting with the ideal participants for B2B market research studies. The product's AI-powered search is built on nearly 1 billion professional and firmographic records analysing academic publications, clinical trial data, LinkedIn, and more.

WATS

Seed Round in 2022
WATS (Waste Administration + Tracking Software) helps businesses achieve waste reduction by quantifying the carbon footprint of the materials they discard, and automatically delivering action oriented steps to reduce impact.

GenEQTY

Pre Seed Round in 2022
GenEQTY is a data intelligence platform that focuses on transforming complex financial data from small and midsize businesses (SMBs) into actionable insights. By aggregating and analyzing financial information from multiple sources, the platform offers a comprehensive view of an SMB's financial health, spending habits, and growth potential. This enables banks, credit unions, fintechs, and other enterprises to identify new opportunities, enhance lending profitability, and reduce service costs within this challenging market. GenEQTY provides a flexible, low-code white label solution alongside a growing suite of APIs, which can be integrated with existing systems. Additionally, the platform aims to empower women-owned and minority-owned businesses by facilitating better management of their overall financial health and enabling the embedding of customized financial products and services tailored to their specific needs.

Oilo

Seed Round in 2022
Oilo is a data-driven autonomous fleet management platform.

Arvia

Seed Round in 2022
Arvia is helping e-commerce companies increase their revenue by bringing the physical store experience to online shoppers, with one-on-one video chat, right on the product page. Companies are increasing sales conversion up to 10 times, by just adding one line of code on their websites and using the power of visual communication to build trust.

Lilo Health

Seed Round in 2022
Lilo Health is a healthcare technology startup founded in 2019 and based in Brussels, Belgium. The company specializes in providing innovative solutions for chronic diseases, with a particular focus on kidney care services for stage three kidney disease patients. Lilo Health's platform enables remote tracking and monitoring of patients, facilitating improved medication adherence and the adoption of beneficial health behaviors. By leveraging data analytics and business intelligence, Lilo Health aims to enhance users' ability to manage their health effectively.

Ktchn Apothecary

Seed Round in 2022
Ktchn Apothecary specializes in hand-crafted skincare products designed to promote nourished and youthful skin. The company focuses on using nutrient-rich ingredients such as fruit extracts, botanical glycerol, and essential oils while deliberately avoiding toxic chemicals that are often used to prolong shelf life. By formulating its products in small batches, Ktchn Apothecary ensures that each item is freshly made, maximizing the concentration of skin-nourishing extracts and minimizing unnecessary fillers. This approach allows customers to experience healthier and more radiant skin without the clutter of synthetic additives.

The Bright App

Seed Round in 2022
The Bright App is a platform that provides fitness professionals. The Bright App was founded in 2019 and was headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Zenlaw

Seed Round in 2022
ZenLaw specializes in providing comprehensive due diligence, accounting, and audit services. The company has developed a contract management platform that incorporates artificial intelligence to enhance the efficiency of legal work. This platform monitors, drafts, abstracts, reviews, and processes legal documents, allowing clients to create customized workflows and easily search documents. ZenLaw's solutions streamline tasks such as lease abstraction and automate various accounting functions, ultimately enabling clients to generate reports and analyze change of control clauses effectively.

Crafted

Seed Round in 2022
Crafted is a content-first retail marketing platform, enabling brands to drive in-store sales through digital channels. We help brands leverage social media to find high-intent audiences, drive conversions with rebate incentives, and provide full-funnel attribution to optimize campaigns.

bops

Seed Round in 2022
Bops is a platform for inventory intelligence that optimizes inventory levels to increase profitability and free up working capital. With bops' APIs, the user can unify and activate your supply chain data. Every business operator can benefit from the company's ability to simplify inventory decisions.

Modern Finance

Pre Seed Round in 2022
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Oko

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Oko helps supply chain managers make better decisions

Circle

Seed Round in 2022
Circle host virtual events with their networking circles. They create online networking events for groups. Their users can host club events, social events, alumni mixers, recruiting events, company happy hours, networking events, birthday parties, and family gatherings.

JobStep

Seed Round in 2022
JobStep is focused on transforming the job search process to help individuals reach their career potential and access improved economic opportunities. The company has developed a job search platform that effectively connects job seekers with employers by analyzing data on where similar candidates have secured job offers. This innovative approach allows job seekers to identify and apply for positions that are well-suited to their skills and experiences, enabling them to secure interviews within weeks. Through its platform, JobStep aims to streamline the job search experience and make it less daunting for users.

Pollen

Seed Round in 2022
Pollen is a technology company modernizing the returns process starting at the front door. We enable pickups from anywhere directly through a retailer’s website or app. Using easy scheduling and digital-bin automation, Pollen brings together logistics networks, brands and consumers, to transform an outdated process for a better way to handle returns.

Stronger Brains

Seed Round in 2022
Stronger Brains helps children build healthier brains and the foundational neurocognitive skills required to overcome social, emotional, and learning challenges, including attention, working memory, executive control, processing speed, and other essential cognitive faculties, emotion and behavior regulation, growth mindset and self-efficacy, confidence, hope, and connection.

Recapped

Seed Round in 2021
Recapped, Inc. is a technology company that offers a cloud-based collaboration platform aimed at enhancing the efficiency of B2B sales teams. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, Recapped provides tools for sales cycle tracking and engagement, facilitating real-time communication between sales professionals and potential customers. The platform integrates with existing customer relationship management (CRM) systems to streamline collaboration on next steps, contract management, and overall deal closure, helping sales teams accelerate the onboarding process and improve client interactions.
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