Zemplee
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Zemplee is a startup focused on developing an artificial intelligence-based assisted living system tailored for senior care. The company creates sensor-based systems designed to provide round-the-clock monitoring and support for the elderly. By strategically placing sensors, Zemplee's technology ensures continuous healthcare and well-being monitoring from a distance, addressing signs of aging and enhancing overall care solutions.
Last Lock
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Founded in 2019 and based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Last Lock specializes in transforming traditional mechanical locks into smart, secure access solutions. The company's innovative smart cylinders incorporate electronic sensors that scan and store key profiles, enabling digital management and tracking of access. Last Lock offers self-powered battery cylinders, preferred access methods, and control systems for both residential and commercial applications.
HotSpot CookTop
Pre Seed Round in 2019
HotSpot CookTop is a company focused on the development and sales of innovative kitchen appliances, particularly advanced stove technology. Its products feature a unique system of independently controlled heating cells that can accommodate pots and pans of various shapes and sizes. The stoves are equipped with sensors located beneath a glass surface, complemented by a touchscreen interface and assistive cooking applications. This design aims to enhance the cooking experience by providing users with greater control and ease of use in the kitchen.
Steam
Convertible Note in 2019
Steam saves energy and money by making your Hot Water Tank a Smart Water Tank. It retrofits on any tank, old or new, installation taking around 10 minutes.
As soon as Steam is installed it begins paying for itself in around a year when installed on the hot water tank of an average 3 bed house.
Steam Energy Labs
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Steam Energy Labs is a company based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, co-founded by Elad Wallach and Vitaly Rubinovich in 1976. It specializes in the development of an intelligent thermostat aimed at optimizing water heater management for utility companies, thereby assisting in the balancing of the electricity grid. The thermostat offers detailed consumption data over time, dynamic smart control, and a feature called AwaySense, which enhances user experience. Additionally, it provides mobile notifications to alert users to potential malfunctions and overheating issues. By integrating renewable energy sources into the grid—sources that are often subject to variability due to weather patterns—the product not only promotes energy efficiency but also helps consumers reduce their costs with efficient gas water heaters.
LawnTap
Seed Round in 2018
LawnTap develops a smart sensor designed to autonomously manage lawn care. Inserted into the lawn, it monitors conditions and connects users with local lawn care professionals via an app.
Aiva Health
Convertible Note in 2017
Founded in 2016, Aiva Health develops a mobile application that offers voice-powered care assistance for patients and healthcare providers. Its platform frees up clinicians to deliver faster, more personal care, improving caregiving for both patients and caregivers.
Parakeet
Convertible Note in 2017
Parakeet specializes in vacation rental property management solutions. Their smart home automation technology enables centralized remote control of primary property functions such as door locks, garage doors, thermostats, and safety sensors. This scalable system helps managers improve guest experiences, increase revenues, and eliminate operational inefficiencies.
Module
Pre Seed Round in 2017
Module is a company focused on developing modular residential housing projects that emphasize intelligent architectural design. By employing a modular approach, the company aims to make homeownership more accessible and flexible for a broader audience. Its offerings enable buyers to secure the right amount of living space tailored to their needs, while also providing customized housing services. This innovative model positions Module as a provider of affordable housing solutions suitable for the urban environment, catering to the demands of contemporary living.
HeySuper
Pre Seed Round in 2017
HeySuper is a company that specializes in pool maintenance and repair services tailored for homeowners. By leveraging smartphone technology, HeySuper enhances the customer experience through features such as real-time notifications regarding technicians' arrival times, online fixed price quotes, and detailed online reports that include photos after each service. Customers can easily make payments online and have access to dedicated support via phone or text message. This innovative approach not only streamlines the process of pool maintenance but also helps homeowners save time and money.
CuePath Innovation
Seed Round in 2017
CuePath Innovation is a health tech company that designs medication packaging for seniors and provides a medication monitoring platform and mobile service that enable families and caregivers to remotely track elderly patients' medication intake. The platform connects seniors with care professionals and healthcare organizations through smart disposable medication packaging, creating a care circle to help ensure adherence and reduce caregiving stress. Founded in 2015 and based in Vancouver, Canada.
Jiobit
Convertible Note in 2016
Jiobit is a company specializing in real-time location-tracking technology for children, adults, and pets. Its flagship product is a compact and durable tracking device that works in conjunction with a smartphone app, allowing users to monitor the location of their loved ones in over 120 countries, including multi-level buildings. The device boasts an impressive battery life, lasting weeks on a single charge, and offers advanced features such as custom geofencing, smart alerts, and a detailed location history. Jiobit's team comprises experienced engineers, designers, and marketers, collectively holding numerous patents from prior ventures in consumer product innovation. Headquartered in Chicago, with a development center in Silicon Valley, Jiobit aims to provide peace of mind to parents while enabling freedom for children and pets.
CuePath Innovation
Pre Seed Round in 2016
CuePath Innovation is a health tech company that designs medication packaging for seniors and provides a medication monitoring platform and mobile service that enable families and caregivers to remotely track elderly patients' medication intake. The platform connects seniors with care professionals and healthcare organizations through smart disposable medication packaging, creating a care circle to help ensure adherence and reduce caregiving stress. Founded in 2015 and based in Vancouver, Canada.
Mycroft
Angel Round in 2016
Mycroft AI, Inc. is a developer of an open-source voice assistant platform that enables users to interact with their electronic devices through voice commands. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, with additional offices in Palo Alto, California, and Lawrence, Kansas, Mycroft's software operates as an adaptable platform that can be customized and integrated into various devices, including refrigerators, computers, speakers, wearables, cars, and televisions. The company emphasizes a privacy-focused approach, utilizing artificial intelligence and natural language processing to enhance user experience while maintaining an open-source and open-hardware framework. This allows for extensive extension and personalization, catering to the diverse needs of users.
ēdn
Convertible Note in 2016
ēdn is a company dedicated to transforming indoor gardening by enabling individuals to cultivate fresh herbs, vegetables, and flowers effortlessly. With a focus on sustainability, ēdn's innovative technology integrates advanced automation and app control, allowing users to achieve predictable and guaranteed results in plant growth. The company emphasizes the beauty of nature in its design, utilizing high-quality hardwood and aluminum to create aesthetically pleasing products that serve as living art. Through its mission, ēdn seeks to enhance the relationship between people and nature, making it possible for anyone to enjoy the benefits of gardening from the comfort of their own home.
Notion is a company that specializes in home monitoring systems, providing property owners with tools to safeguard their spaces and belongings. Founded in 2013 by Brett Jurgens and Ryan Margoles and based in Denver, Colorado, Notion offers a multi-function, compact sensor that delivers real-time alerts for various issues, including motion detection, temperature changes, water leaks, and alarms. The system is designed to enhance home awareness through an intuitive user experience and comprehensive data analytics, allowing customers to proactively address potential problems in their homes.
Notion
Convertible Note in 2014
Notion is a company that specializes in home monitoring systems, providing property owners with tools to safeguard their spaces and belongings. Founded in 2013 by Brett Jurgens and Ryan Margoles and based in Denver, Colorado, Notion offers a multi-function, compact sensor that delivers real-time alerts for various issues, including motion detection, temperature changes, water leaks, and alarms. The system is designed to enhance home awareness through an intuitive user experience and comprehensive data analytics, allowing customers to proactively address potential problems in their homes.
Rocki
Convertible Note in 2014
Rocki is a technology company that specializes in transforming conventional speakers into Wi-Fi enabled devices for wireless music streaming. Their innovative solution allows both new and existing speakers to connect via Wi-Fi, facilitating multi-room audio playback controlled through smartphones, tablets, or computers. Rocki aims to provide an affordable, immediate, and user-friendly alternative to traditional wired speaker systems, positioning itself at least six months ahead of competitors in terms of technology and pricing.
ecoVent
Convertible Note in 2014
Ecovent is a Boston-based company that specializes in providing an innovative wireless system for controlling room temperature in homes. Founded in 2013, it offers a solution to the inefficiencies of traditional heating and cooling systems, which typically rely on a single thermostat. Ecovent's technology includes wireless vents and sensors that allow users to achieve room-by-room temperature control, ensuring comfort while reducing energy waste. Homeowners can adjust the temperature, open or close vents, and access climate data through a mobile app, tablet, or web interface. This user-friendly system can be installed quickly and easily without the need for specialized tools or invasive construction, making it a practical choice for the over 200 million Americans with forced-air heating and cooling systems.
At Plum, they aim to use beautiful design and smart technology to reinvent age-old technology.
They don't see "the home of the future" or a "smart home." They just see a better way to live. Their aim is to craft product experiences that change your life without getting in your way.
That's why everything they make is created with precision and care. Their mission isn't just to create great products but to build the products that create experiences you'll love.
WebCurfew
Convertible Note in 2013
WebCurfew is a cloud-based platform designed for home automation, specifically focused on managing existing routers to enhance internet control within households. The company offers an Internet Parental Control service that empowers parents to regulate their children's internet access from any connected device. By shifting away from traditional device-centric parental controls, WebCurfew provides a centralized solution that manages the router, the main point of WiFi access in the home. This service enables parents to filter content, tailor viewing experiences for the family, and implement various safeguards at different times, thereby allowing them to effectively monitor their children's online activity.
Ubooly
Pre Seed Round in 2012
Ubooly is an educational Smart Toy® that is powered by mobile devices. Ubooly talks and listens to kids while encouraging creative and active play!
Revolv
Pre Seed Round in 2012
Revolv is a smart-home platform based in Boulder, Colorado, that offers a monitoring and control system for connected devices. Founded in 2012, the company enables homeowners to manage and control a variety of wirelessly-enabled household items from a single hub, regardless of the manufacturer or wireless protocol. Revolv's solution integrates hundreds of devices available from major retailers, allowing users to automate and control products such as lights, locks, sensors, and entertainment systems. Through its cloud-based software and gateway, Revolv provides a user-friendly application that can be accessed via smartphones, facilitating seamless management of home devices whether users are at home or away.
Fixle is a property technology company focused on streamlining the management, maintenance, and repair of essential home systems and appliances. Its platform leverages artificial intelligence to provide instant access to critical information, such as model and serial numbers, manuals, and alerts for possible recalls. This comprehensive solution is designed to benefit a wide range of users, including property managers, home inspectors, service technicians, warranty underwriters, insurance adjusters, and homeowners. By simplifying the process of understanding what is in a home, Fixle enhances efficiency, reduces costs, and fosters better connections with residential systems.
Digital Keys specializes in IoT-based smart access control solutions. They offer a comprehensive suite of products including an IoT platform, asset management software, mobile apps for digital keys, smart locks equipped with embedded SIMs and tamper alerts, along with APIs for seamless integration.