Averi
Pre Seed Round in 2024
Averi is an AI-powered marketing management platform that combines proprietary AI models for marketing strategy and content creation.
Design modern strategy, analyze massive amounts of data, create endless content from ads and social posts to blogs and whitepapers, build perfect-fit teams of marketing experts, and manage your entire growth operation in one seamless experience.
Shipsi
Pre Seed Round in 2024
Shipsi, Inc. is a logistics solutions provider specializing in instant and same-day delivery services for e-commerce retailers. Founded in 2017, the company is headquartered in Austin, Texas, and focuses on empowering retailers to seamlessly integrate an “instant shipping” option into their checkout processes. By utilizing existing delivery networks and infrastructure, Shipsi enables customers to receive their orders within hours while providing live tracking updates to both retailers and consumers. This approach enhances the shopping experience by allowing online retailers to expedite product delivery and improve customer satisfaction.
Spero Analytics
Pre Seed Round in 2023
Spero Analytics specializes in designing and deploying wireless mesh networks for continuous environmental monitoring in remote and off-grid locations. Their scalable sensor arrays, capable of covering vast areas and adapting to various sensor types, require no telecommunications infrastructure. Key features include self-healing network capabilities and cold climate adaptability, reducing maintenance burden. The company focuses on automated greenhouse gas monitoring in landfills, with installations in Ontario, and is expanding to petroleum facilities and potash mines through collaborations with Environment Canada and proof-of-concept projects. Spero Analytics has raised $210,000, secured design partners, and made sales to government and international clients. Their mission is to become the industry standard for remote environmental monitoring.
Invoiss
Pre Seed Round in 2023
Invoiss specializes in providing cloud-based invoicing software solutions designed to streamline accounting processes for businesses. The platform offers features for creating estimates, invoices, and purchase orders, as well as managing orders and accepting credit payments. Invoiss integrates with Clover, enhancing transaction efficiency. The software is accessible via Apple App Store, Google Play Store, and Clover App, catering to a wide range of devices. Invoiss aims to simplify sales and purchase management, making it easier for businesses to assign permissions to employees for specific areas of access, ensuring a secure and organized workflow.
Sproutzo
Pre Seed Round in 2023
Sproutzo operates a vertically integrated trading platform designed to connect and streamline the global agrifood market. Its platform facilitates transactions between buyers and sellers of agricultural products while also offering additional services such as logistics, financing, and risk management.
Hutsy
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Hutsy is a Toronto-based fintech company founded in 2019 that operates a real estate investment crowdfunding platform enabling online property investments. In addition, Hutsy offers a personal finance platform with AI-driven bill monitoring and automated payments to help users avoid overdraft fees and late charges. The platform includes prepaid, reloadable cards and an integrated app that provides real-time spending insights and tools such as a free credit score, with the aim of helping users save money, build credit, and manage finances.
OrcaSmart Group
Pre Seed Round in 2022
OrcaSmart Group operates an online marketplace designed to connect packaging suppliers with brands globally. Its platform serves as an all-in-one business management solution for small to medium-sized businesses and solopreneurs, enabling users to discover packaging options and directly engage with top suppliers. This streamlined process assists brands in optimizing their packaging procurement while benefiting from manufacturer-direct pricing. By integrating business management tools with packaging solutions, OrcaSmart Group supports entrepreneurs in starting, growing, and managing their businesses efficiently.
Vector ML Analytics
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Vector ML Analytics is a developer of an artificial intelligence-powered financial planning and forecasting platform tailored for banks and lending institutions. The platform specializes in estimating future income, revenue, and expenses, providing comprehensive insights through the integration of financial planning and analysis with advanced modeling techniques. It allows users to analyze balance sheets and income statements at a granular level, including individual loan and deposit instruments, while considering the entire trial balance. By enabling the rapid generation of five-year projected balance sheets and income statements, Vector ML Analytics equips financial institutions with the tools necessary for informed decision-making related to profitability analysis, capital planning, risk management, and regulatory compliance.
Oben Health
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Oben Health is a digital health company that focuses on providing a comprehensive treatment platform aimed at addressing heart disease through lifestyle modification rather than medication or surgery. The platform supports users by tracking their daily activities and optimizing key lifestyle areas, including nutrition, exercise, stress management, and social support. By integrating behavioral health, mindfulness, and somatic therapy, Oben Health seeks to promote overall well-being and health equity, enabling individuals to reverse the effects of heart disease based on clinical research. The company's holistic approach encompasses various aspects of health, including cardiovascular wellness, mental health, and nutrition services.
Vistraq
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Vistraq is an AI platform based in San Francisco, California, focused on providing autonomous AI solutions for the banking and financial services sectors. Founded in 2022, it aims to simplify AI adoption through tools that enhance decision-making, automate processes, and ensure compliance in complex environments.
Rideshine
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Rideshine is a company that delivers business-to-business car wash and cleaning services with an emphasis on environmental sustainability and operational efficiency. It uses data-driven methods to optimize distribution and workflows in the car wash sector and employs climate-friendly practices, including waterless hand washing and waxing options. The company partners with property management firms to provide apartment amenities such as overnight house cleaning and car washes, offering convenient, eco-conscious services that can be performed in residents’ garages and help reduce car wash queue times. Through its integrated approach, Rideshine aims to streamline service delivery, improve asset utilization, and expand access to professional cleaning and car care within multi-family housing environments.
PreventScripts
Pre Seed Round in 2022
PreventScripts is a company that focuses on disease prevention by partnering with primary care providers to manage at-risk populations effectively. Its prevention management platform aids in staving off chronic illnesses, such as diabetes and hypertension, through a suite of connected technologies. The platform serves as a comprehensive personal health improvement tool, utilizing data from connected health devices and gamified behavior tracking to empower prediabetic and prehypertensive patients in managing their health. The user-friendly software features a color-coded tracker that helps patients identify and implement specific behavior changes over time, promoting healthier habits. By adopting a behavior change philosophy of incremental improvements, PreventScripts enables care teams to deliver reimbursable clinical preventive services, thereby supporting both physicians and payers in reducing healthcare costs associated with chronic disease management. The company is also in the process of developing both Android and enterprise population health dashboards to enhance its offerings.
Paisa
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Paisa is a financial technology company focused on enhancing the financial security of families that receive remittances. It operates a credit platform aimed at improving financial health through the remittance cash economy. By leveraging this economy, Paisa develops a robust digital financial services infrastructure, offering business-to-business lines of credit to remittance agencies to address liquidity gaps. Additionally, the company provides microloans directly to remittance recipients, facilitating easier access to loans for individuals and families reliant on these funds.
LearnYour Benefits
Pre Seed Round in 2022
LearnYour Benefits is a developer of a video-focused communication platform aimed at enhancing employee benefits engagement for organizations of all sizes. The company specializes in creating engaging benefits communication materials, including stock, semi-custom, and fully custom videos. By leveraging advanced video engagement techniques and innovative communication technologies, LearnYour Benefits facilitates clear and effective articulation of employee benefits. The platform is designed to provide year-round support, helping individuals navigate their benefits and thrive in their professional environments, especially during critical moments of need. Ultimately, LearnYour Benefits aims to improve the way organizations communicate their offerings, ensuring that employees are well-informed and engaged with their benefits.
Maro
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Maro partners with schools and families to provide integrated physical and mental healthcare for students. Their platform coordinates care and data across various environments influencing a child's well-being, enabling better learning outcomes.
Greener Crop
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Greener Crop provides a data-driven farm management platform for hydroponic farming, enabling scalable deployment of hydroponic operations. The platform supports farm setup, supply provisioning, crop strategy development, and daily operations, helping hydroponic farmers harvest and sell products efficiently. The company serves private and corporate investors, farmers, ranchers, real estate developers, hotels and restaurants, and food manufacturers.
Merchkit
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Merchkit is a company that specializes in visual merchandising, offering an all-in-one platform for businesses to enhance their product visuals. The platform enables users to design and plan the layout of merchandise displays, both in physical stores and online. By creating virtual product sets and photo shoots, Merchkit helps businesses optimize their online presence with compelling product images. Through its innovative solutions, the company aims to maximize the effectiveness of visual merchandising, ultimately assisting retailers in improving customer engagement and driving sales.
Peak Mind
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Founded in 2020, Peak Mind is a digital technology company specializing in employee well-being applications. It focuses on mental health, personal development, and team engagement to enhance employee satisfaction, improve work-life balance, boost productivity, and foster collaboration within organizations.
MiFood
Pre Seed Round in 2022
MiFood is a company that provides automation and robotization services for restaurants.
Mindaro
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Mindaro is an end-to-end digital cyber insurance provider focused on enhancing accessibility for small businesses seeking to safeguard against the financial impacts of cyber attacks. By offering a fully digital service, Mindaro enables companies across various sectors to integrate cyber insurance products into their offerings through an API. The company's insurance solutions cover financial losses and expenses resulting from cyber incidents, including legal fees and client notification services. In addition to insurance coverage, Mindaro supports organizations in reducing their cyber exposure through integrated cybersecurity prevention tools, thereby empowering them to better protect themselves and their clients.
Lodgable
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Lodgable is a provider of channel management software designed for the vacation rental industry. The company specializes in connecting both professionally managed and privately owned properties with online travel agencies, thereby enhancing visibility and facilitating bookings. Its platform offers features such as customized booking websites and streamlined booking management, allowing vacation rental owners and managers to expand their reach and maximize income through platform bookings and direct reservations. Lodgable addresses customer inquiries through multiple channels, including phone, email, and online applications, ensuring effective support for its users.
Ascent Platform
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Ascent Platform develops and creates software and online tools to develop infrastructure of data storage. It is based in New York, USA.
Metadash
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Metadash operates a unified cloud management platform designed to help teams optimize their multi-cloud infrastructure. It offers a single pane of glass interface that visualizes and manages cloud resources, focusing on security, stability, and cost-efficiency. This enables engineering teams to reduce the need for specialized DevOps and security expertise.
Speakfully
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Speakfully is a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform established in 2018, designed to facilitate anonymous reporting and feedback within organizations. The platform enables employees to express workplace concerns securely, regardless of their location, through a private messaging portal. By providing real-time data and analytics, Speakfully empowers organizations to make informed decisions that promote a healthy workplace culture. This proactive approach allows companies to effectively address workplace issues and foster a safer environment for all employees.
Bidstitch
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Bidstitch operates an online marketplace specializing in vintage fashion. It offers a curated selection of clothing, accessories, and footwear from various brands and styles.
ZippedScript
Pre Seed Round in 2021
ZippedScript is a Toronto-based developer of application programming interface systems focused on the automatic verification of educational details. The company's software seamlessly integrates into existing workflows, facilitating the verification of educational credentials and enrollment. By enabling businesses to efficiently validate users on platforms like LinkedIn, ZippedScript enhances the integrity of user profiles and supports web-based verification processes.
Dog Health Scout
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Dog Health Scout is a company dedicated to enhancing the well-being of dogs by providing their guardians with valuable insights into canine behavioral health. Through a comprehensive behavioral assessment form, Dog Health Scout offers personalized training and healthcare recommendations tailored to each dog's unique needs. This platform aims to help dog owners and breeders better understand and manage their pets' behavioral health, ultimately improving the quality of life for both dogs and their human companions.
Smoove Creations
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Smoove Creations operates a shoe restoration and design company that blends customization with apparel. It offers personalized shoe designs for individuals, as well as tailored designs for businesses and events, and provides deep cleaning to restore sneakers by removing scuffs, stains, and dirt. The company aims to help customers express personal style and corporate branding through designer footwear.
Without a Trace Foods
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Without a Trace Foods is a family-focused manufacturer and distributor of allergen-friendly, gluten-free snacks, dedicated to making all children and families feel included, regardless of dietary restrictions. The company produces snacks that are free from nine common allergens, including peanuts, tree nuts, dairy, eggs, soy, wheat/gluten, fish, shellfish, and sesame. These products are crafted in a dedicated allergen-friendly facility using non-GMO and organic ingredients, ensuring that food lovers can enjoy safe and delicious options. Without a Trace Foods ships their products directly to homes, emphasizing accessibility for families seeking allergen-free alternatives.
Netless Catch
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Netless Catch is a seafood distributor focused on providing sustainable and fresh seafood products to customers, restaurants, and retailers. The company specializes in supplying fresh lionfish, an invasive species that threatens local fish populations and coral reefs due to the lack of natural predators. By offering this seafood option, Netless Catch not only delivers high-quality products but also contributes to the restoration of ocean ecosystems.
GrowSafe
Pre Seed Round in 2021
GrowSafe is a Birmingham, Alabama-based company that specializes in financial literacy education for children. It has developed an innovative online platform that delivers engaging, gamified financial content through a mobile application. The platform combines interactive lessons with personalized bonding activities, enabling children to learn important financial concepts while fostering relationships with their caregivers. By partnering with regional banks and credit unions, GrowSafe aims to enhance financial knowledge among young users in a fun and effective manner.
Sage Medical
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Sage Medical is an AI-driven medical coding and billing platform designed to address inefficiencies within the healthcare coding and billing system. The company offers a suite of tools that minimizes costly human errors commonly made by billers and coders, thereby enhancing productivity for healthcare providers. By streamlining the coding and billing processes, Sage Medical aims to improve the overall experience for healthcare practitioners, contributing to a more efficient and satisfying medical practice.
SiCureMi
Pre Seed Round in 2021
SiCureMi is a software medical device company focused on vital signs monitoring, predictive analytics, and healthcare decision support. It develops an affordable, non-invasive platform and accompanying mobile/app-enabled tools that collect real-time physiological data (heart rate, activity, sleep, steps) through sensors, and integrate historical medical information such as medications, lab results, glucose profiles, and imaging to support personalized care. Through AI-based analytics and machine learning, the platform provides insights for patients managing conditions at home and enables physicians to deliver targeted care, improving remote monitoring and clinical decision-making.
Fleksa
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Fleksa is a software platform for local restaurants that combines website and app building with AI-powered tools and an integrated order, payment, and customer management system. The all-in-one solution enables restaurants to establish a branded online presence, offer direct ordering and reservations without commissions, and manage online and in-house operations through a cloud POS across Windows, iOS, and Android. It includes QR code-based ordering and payments, automated marketing and loyalty programs, and direct integration with Google Food Ordering to enhance visibility. The platform unifies operations, marketing, and payment workflows to improve customer engagement and grow the online client base while streamlining the dining and ordering experience for guests and staff.
Vector ML Analytics
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Vector ML Analytics is a developer of an artificial intelligence-powered financial planning and forecasting platform tailored for banks and lending institutions. The platform specializes in estimating future income, revenue, and expenses, providing comprehensive insights through the integration of financial planning and analysis with advanced modeling techniques. It allows users to analyze balance sheets and income statements at a granular level, including individual loan and deposit instruments, while considering the entire trial balance. By enabling the rapid generation of five-year projected balance sheets and income statements, Vector ML Analytics equips financial institutions with the tools necessary for informed decision-making related to profitability analysis, capital planning, risk management, and regulatory compliance.
Rabot
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Rabot develops AI-driven platforms that enhance visibility and automation in packing operations and workflows for businesses. Its tools aim to minimize repetitive tasks, improve worker efficiency, and ensure accurate order fulfillment.
InovCares
Pre Seed Round in 2021
InovCares is a behavior change platform focused on improving health outcomes for women, particularly women of color. The company offers access to culturally sensitive clinicians through a comprehensive online healthcare service that facilitates virtual consultations with medical professionals. InovCares integrates real-time metabolic health data with telehealth services, computer vision, and artificial intelligence, creating a personalized and connected care experience. By utilizing patented technology, InovCares streamlines the management of health for Black and Latin women, allowing them to consolidate their medical records, wearable data, genomic information, and lifestyle guidance. This approach aims to empower women to spend less time managing their health and more time focusing on maintaining it, while also providing a supportive community and patient engagement rewards.
Dora Maar
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Dora Maar is an online retailer specializing in designer apparel and accessories for women. The company operates an e-commerce platform that focuses on pre-owned luxury fashion, allowing consumers to explore a curated selection of items sourced from the closets of influential tastemakers and consignors. Customers can shop for a variety of products, including dresses, tops, jackets, skirts, jumpsuits, bags, shoes, and accessories. By connecting consumers with a network of women inspired by personal style and intentional fashion choices, Dora Maar facilitates a unique shopping experience that emphasizes sustainability and individuality in fashion.
Tip a ScRxipt
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Tip a ScRxipt is a mobile payment service focused exclusively on the pharmacy sector, designed to assist vulnerable communities in managing the costs of their medical prescriptions. The company has developed a social payment application that facilitates the sending and requesting of funds specifically for medical expenses related to prescribed medications, medical supplies, and equipment. By enabling individuals to contribute financially to one another, Tip a ScRxipt aims to alleviate the burden of medical bills and enhance access to essential healthcare resources for those in need.
OPTIMIZ
Pre Seed Round in 2021
OPTIMIZ is a cargo claim management company that provides a cloud-based AI platform to connect cargo owners, insurers, shipping lines, freight forwarders, airlines, and port terminals to streamline and automate claims. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in London with offices in France and Germany, OPTIMIZ digitizes proof of condition and tracks the handling, quality, and condition of cargo across the supply chain to identify problematic activities and accelerate resolution. The platform enables remote inspection of cargo and, in the event of damage, automates the claims process, delivering predictive resolution and cost savings for international traders and their insurers.
Macco Robotics
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Macco is a Spanish foodtech company dedicated to developing and manufacturing innovative products and processes that leverage robotics and artificial intelligence in the food and beverage sector. Their focus on technology enhances efficiency and quality in food production and service, transforming the culinary landscape.
Arnie
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Arnie builds modern 401ks for the modern workforce. They blend the flexibility of a brokerage account with quantitative modeling to optimize performance and minimize risk.
Debtle
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Debtle is a technology company based in Sheboygan, Wisconsin. Founded in 2019, it specializes in developing digital payment platforms designed to automate and improve the negotiation and settlement of consumer debts.
maskedMED
Pre Seed Round in 2021
MaskedMed is a New York-based company founded in 2020 that provides a medical consultancy platform designed to facilitate access to healthcare advice. The platform allows users to pose medical questions and receive guidance from qualified medical professionals. Through a subscription model, users can connect directly with healthcare providers for a monthly fee, ensuring that individuals can obtain quality medical direction regardless of their location or insurance status. By leveraging technology, MaskedMed aims to enhance the accessibility of healthcare information and support for patients.
Permits.com
Pre Seed Round in 2020
Founded in 2016, Permits.com is a technology platform designed for general contractors and licensed trade professionals in the construction industry. It simplifies obtaining construction-related permits consistently and at scale by automating form completion, business licenses, and other necessary filings. The platform offers transparency into permit progress, inspections, sub-contractor compliance, and permit-related insights across over 19,000 local municipalities in the U.S. and Puerto Rico.
Awayr A.I.
Pre Seed Round in 2020
Awayr A.I. uses data-driven design and machine learning to produce SaaS software products. Our solutions help engineers understand the human attention and distraction implications of designs in real-time, to help them build better and safer user interface.
Fitnescity
Pre Seed Round in 2020
Fitnescity is a consumer health platform that partners with local labs to provide accessible health tests. It offers detailed protocols, comprehensive reports via analytics platform, and follow-up support to enhance users' wellness journey.
Motivote
Pre Seed Round in 2020
Motivote partners with organizations to enhance voter engagement through its digital platform. This platform employs research-backed strategies like social accountability and planning tools to empower individuals to navigate US elections, while automating communications and data insights for program managers.
ViuHealth
Pre Seed Round in 2020
ViuHealth, formerly known as DrugViu, is a developer of a virtual autoimmune care application aimed at assisting individuals with autoimmune diseases in managing their conditions. The platform integrates data from FDA clinical trials with insights from healthcare professionals and demographic-specific crowdsourced reviews, focusing on underserved populations such as Asian, Black, Latino, and Native American communities. ViuHealth's application provides personalized care management tailored to each patient’s unique journey, facilitating connections with dedicated care teams and access to a supportive community. It also includes wellness programs designed to help users identify triggers, achieve health goals, and enhance daily care practices. ViuHealth is committed to empowering individuals through accessible and relevant medication information, fostering community health and well-being.
Dataships
Pre Seed Round in 2020
Founded in 2019, Dataships is a software company based in Dublin, Ireland and San Francisco, California. It specializes in automating compliance with global data privacy laws such as GDPR and CCPA through its platform, which offers features like database management, data security management, and privacy compliance obligations management.
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.
Cloudux
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Cloudux, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing a software platform designed to simplify the creation, management, and deployment of code across multiple cloud environments. Founded in 2019 and based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Cloudux enables software engineers, even those lacking extensive cloud development knowledge, to efficiently build and deploy serverless and containerized applications on various cloud platforms. By eliminating the risk of vendor lock-in, Cloudux's solutions promote flexibility and ease of use in distributed network environments, thereby streamlining the coding process for developers.
Akia
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Akia is an AI-driven platform designed to enhance operations and improve guest satisfaction in the hospitality industry. It offers advanced automation, messaging services, mobile check-in, digital surveys, food & beverage menus, arrival guides, and more through Mini Apps, providing a personalized mobile experience without requiring developers or downloads.
Busie
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Busie is a software company building an operating system for group transportation, starting with digitizing the charter bus industry. Its platform enables charter bus providers to offer direct online quotes and bookings to trip planners, while providing sales and booking management tools for teams to oversee the booking lifecycle. The system includes instant online quoting, dynamic pricing, real-time analytics, and online routing software designed to streamline trip planning, grow the charter business, save time, and improve conversions.
Pet Krewe
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Founded in 2019, Pet Krewe specializes in manufacturing and retailing pet costumes and toys. Their product range includes dog and cat costumes, pet horoscopes, and accessories like dog poop bag dispensers. Sold through their platform and mobile app, these products cater to both pets and pet owners, ensuring everyone can participate in the fun.
GoApron
Pre Seed Round in 2019
GoApron is a developer of airport management software that aims to modernize airfield operations by automating manual workflows for airports and airlines. The company addresses the inefficiencies of traditional methods, which often involve outdated practices such as pen and paper for aircraft parking and gate assignments. GoApron's software solutions facilitate smarter airplane parking, enhance scheduling forecasts, and streamline resource management. By eliminating manual data entry and communication errors, the software allows airport authorities to improve operational efficiency and increase revenue. In doing so, GoApron helps airports transition into the digital era, ultimately saving time and enhancing overall airfield safety and management.
Robbie AI
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Robbie AI Inc. is a Boston-based company specializing in an AI-driven computer vision platform focused on enhancing patient safety in healthcare settings. Founded in 2017, the company’s technology aims to prevent patient injuries associated with falls and predict episodes of delirium in both hospital and home environments. Robbie AI's platform operates by detecting body movements and analyzing emotional states autonomously, without the need for human oversight. Additionally, its Robbie Monitor feature provides real-time alerts and personalized reporting through cloud-based solutions and video feeds, thus equipping healthcare providers with the tools needed to improve patient outcomes and safety effectively.
SecondKeys
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Founded in 2018, SecondKeys specializes in property management software. Its platform streamlines maintenance tasks through automated schedules, real-time monitoring, and predictive analytics, helping owners and tenants proactively manage repairs to minimize costs.
Lumanu
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Founded in 2016, Lumanu develops a digital platform connecting companies with brand ambassadors. It offers solutions like SocialCert for influencer content sharing, Content Manager for ingesting content, and SmartBoost for creating ads using influencer creatives. Serving brand marketers, performance marketers, agency marketers, and creators/influencers, Lumanu operates from Oakland, California with an additional office in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Symba
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Symba develops a platform that enables companies to efficiently manage internships. It offers services such as training, project management, performance tracking, and engagement tools. Founded in 2017, Symba is headquartered in Fountain Hills, Arizona.
Nollapelli
Pre Seed Round in 2018
Founded in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in 2016, Nollapelli is a manufacturer of bedding products. It specializes in bed sheets and pillowcases designed with wellness-focused textiles to balance moisture, temperature, and friction for a healthier sleep experience.
Pear Commerce
Pre Seed Round in 2018
Pear Commerce is a provider of a retail e-commerce platform that connects consumer packaged goods advertising with retailers in the United States. The platform embeds directly into digital advertisements or websites to create a call to action, allowing consumers to purchase a product or claim an offer from the ad and enabling retailers to fulfill transactions and grow their online presence. It collects consumer information to provide brands with insights into purchasing behavior and to drive performance marketing, enabling quick connections between advertising and local retailers for shoppable experiences.
AdinMo
Pre Seed Round in 2018
AdInMo is a New York-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in in-game advertising. It offers a platform that serves click-free ads, allowing brands and mobile application developers to engage with audiences in eSports, augmented reality, virtual reality, and mobile games without disrupting gameplay. AdInMo's InGamePlay advertising format ensures a seamless experience for players, enhancing brand visibility while providing game developers with new monetization opportunities. This approach generates additional revenue for developers and improves player retention by maintaining immersion. With a broad inventory that allows advertisers to target diverse player personas, AdInMo effectively connects brands with free-to-play mobile game developers, facilitating innovative advertising solutions in the gaming industry.
Piio
Pre Seed Round in 2018
Piio, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in cloud-based real-time image optimization software. Founded in 2017, Piio offers services that enhance website and application performance by optimizing image delivery, significantly boosting loading speeds and conversion rates. The platform reduces data transfer to end users by up to 20 times and can triple page loading speed. Piio’s technology combines front-end innovations with networking and infrastructure solutions, allowing for seamless integration without modifying backend image storage. Additionally, the platform includes user-friendly A/B testing features, empowering both technical developers and non-technical website managers to analyze user behavior and improve site efficiency effectively.
SoftLedger
Pre Seed Round in 2018
SoftLedger develops a real-time cloud accounting platform offering comprehensive features such as general ledger, accounts receivable/payable, inventory management, and crypto asset management. It enables businesses to integrate with other systems, manage multiple entities, and close books swiftly.
StoryTap
Pre Seed Round in 2018
StoryTap is a technology company that specializes in video automation. Its platform enables businesses to create and distribute user-generated video content, enhancing website sales by over 30%. The platform uses AI for guided video collection and automated editing, integrating seamlessly with websites and social media.
Vertoe
Pre Seed Round in 2018
Vertoe is a leading provider of on-demand, short-term storage services, offering over 500 secure locations in more than 50 cities worldwide. The company specializes in affordable storage solutions for a variety of personal items, including luggage, gym bags, and strollers. With rates starting at $5.95 per day, Vertoe ensures a hassle-free experience for travelers and locals alike, allowing them to explore their surroundings without the burden of carrying their belongings. Its service includes complimentary tamper-proof seals and a substantial insurance guarantee, providing customers peace of mind regarding the safety of their items during storage.
Goodr
Pre Seed Round in 2018
Goodr Inc. is a technology-driven platform based in Atlanta, Georgia, focused on sustainable food surplus management. Established in 2016, the company offers a real-time food rescue application that enables businesses to effectively manage their edible food waste by donating it to local nonprofit organizations. Goodr's software provides comprehensive solutions, including logistics for food pickup, analytics on food waste patterns, and IRS-compliant tax deduction information. The platform aims to create a triple-win scenario by enhancing businesses' financial outcomes through tax savings, minimizing greenhouse gas emissions associated with food waste, and addressing hunger in communities. Additionally, Goodr's blockchain-enabled system ensures secure, audit-friendly donation records and delivers detailed community impact reports.
CloudAdmin.io
Pre Seed Round in 2018
CloudAdmin is a cost-optimization platform that helps executives save money in hidden cloud instance buying options. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.
bild
Pre Seed Round in 2017
Bild is an investment platform that facilitates access to smart infrastructure and clean energy projects, primarily utilizing blockchain technology. It addresses the significant barriers to entry that individual investors face when seeking to invest in these asset classes, which have traditionally been dominated by large institutional investors. By connecting project sponsors with a broader pool of flexible capital, Bild enables smaller and medium-sized projects to secure necessary funding, thereby enhancing their project execution capabilities. The platform aims to promote transparency in investments aligned with personal values, while also addressing the urgent need for innovative solutions to combat climate change and stimulate economic growth. Through its peer-to-peer model, Bild positions itself as a key player in the future of clean energy and infrastructure financing.
Vartega
Pre Seed Round in 2017
Vartega Inc. is a technology development firm based in Golden, Colorado, that specializes in the recycling of carbon fiber, a strong and lightweight material used across various industries, including aerospace, automotive, wind energy, and sporting goods. Founded in 2014, Vartega employs a patented recycling process to transform carbon fiber scrap and waste into low-cost, high-quality products suitable for mass-market applications. The company’s offerings include semi-continuous, chopped, and milled carbon fiber, which can be utilized in thermoplastics, nonwoven fabrics, and molding compounds. By diverting carbon fiber waste from landfills, Vartega aims to enhance the sustainability of these industries, contributing to improved fuel economy and significant reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.
Avisare
Pre Seed Round in 2017
Avisare is a supplier management platform that facilitates connections between large corporations and small to mid-sized businesses, streamlining the processes of pre-vetting and responding to requests for proposals (RFPs). The platform offers a centralized database where suppliers can maintain and update their company information, enhancing visibility and accessibility for potential buyers. Avisare's cloud-based system supports both public and private sector needs by enabling efficient RFx marketing, vendor registration, and online certification workflows. Additionally, the platform assists in compliance reporting for prime contractors, ultimately simplifying the sourcing process and fostering collaboration between small businesses and larger enterprises seeking their services.
NexusEdge Education
Pre Seed Round in 2017
NexusEdge Education Inc. operates an AI-powered education-to-career platform that helps students explore career options and enables employers to build targeted candidate pipelines. The platform provides mentoring networks, micro-credentials, digital badges, a job board, and built-in video chat with industry mentors. It supports learning management system integration and automatic issuance of micro-credentials upon assessment success, while offering pathways to interview opportunities. The company serves high schools, community colleges, universities, and alumni, focusing on partnerships with employers to align classroom training with market needs. Founded in 2016 and based in Los Angeles, California, NexusEdge aims to connect education to employment by tailoring skills development to individual strengths and labor-market demands.
PhoneWagon
Pre Seed Round in 2017
PhoneWagon Inc. is a company that specializes in call tracking solutions, enabling businesses to identify which marketing campaigns successfully generate phone calls. Founded in 2017 and based in New York, the company offers software that assigns unique local phone numbers to various marketing initiatives, allowing for precise attribution of calls to their sources. This capability helps businesses optimize their marketing spend by identifying underperforming campaigns and focusing resources on those that yield high-quality leads. PhoneWagon's platform also features automation tools that facilitate communication with customers through text messages, including responses to missed calls, which helps maintain engagement and improve return on investment. Overall, PhoneWagon aims to enhance marketing effectiveness and drive better customer acquisition outcomes for its clients.
Getro
Pre Seed Round in 2017
Getro is a rapidly growing startup that develops white-label job boards and talent networks for venture capital funds and startup accelerators worldwide. Its platform enables customers to efficiently connect portfolio companies with professionals in their networks, saving time on high-value introductions. Operating remotely across seven countries, Getro fosters autonomy, clear communication, and discipline within its team.
GroGuru
Pre Seed Round in 2016
GroGuru Inc. is a technology company based in La Jolla, California, specializing in smart irrigation solutions for agriculture. Founded in 2014, GroGuru provides software as a service that enables farmers to monitor and manage irrigation effectively. The company leverages an Internet of Things (IoT) sensor network to deliver precise measurements of soil moisture, salinity, and temperature. By utilizing advanced analytics, GroGuru offers real-time insights and recommendations that help farmers optimize water usage, improve crop yields, and make informed decisions regarding irrigation schedules and fertilizer application. The company's solutions aim to promote sustainable farming practices while reducing input costs and conserving vital water resources.
Indio Technologies
Pre Seed Round in 2016
Indio Technologies, Inc. is a cloud-based software company that streamlines the insurance application and renewal process for brokers and their clients. Founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, California, the company offers a platform that features a library of over 5,000 digitally enhanced insurance forms, an e-signature solution, and secure document sharing capabilities. This technology allows brokers to quickly create insurer-ready online applications and convert existing data from Excel into interactive workbooks. By providing real-time alerts when clients engage with the platform, Indio Technologies enhances the efficiency of the insurance process, enabling brokers to focus on growing their business while reducing time spent on operational tasks. The company serves a diverse range of brokers, helping them cater to more than 300,000 business clients while ensuring a seamless and efficient experience. Indio Technologies operates as a subsidiary of Applied Systems, Inc. since early 2020.
VR Motion Corp
Pre Seed Round in 2016
VR Motion Corp develops virtual reality enterprise software and hardware to enhance driver training in the transportation sector. The company provides ultra-realistic VR driver training systems for public, commercial, and private organizations to improve logistics control and reduce the cost and risk of hiring and retaining employees. Its solutions power virtual reality experiences for drivers and professional teams worldwide. Established in 2016 and headquartered in Hillsboro, Oregon, VR Motion Corp was previously known as Maher Solutions, reflecting a name change to align with its focus on VR-based training products for the transportation market.
Noah
Pre Seed Round in 2016
Noah offers homeowners in select U.S. metro areas upfront financing based on their home's future value appreciation or depreciation, enabling debt-free access to funds without monthly payments or interest.
Maxwell Financial Labs
Pre Seed Round in 2016
Maxwell Financial Labs, Inc. is a technology company founded in 2015 and based in Palo Alto, California. It specializes in providing a comprehensive platform that connects home buyers, real estate agents, and lenders, facilitating the mortgage loan process from application intake to the secondary market. The company's Mortgage Optimization Platform offers technology-driven solutions designed to give local lending teams a competitive edge, enabling non-depository mortgage banks, credit unions, brokers, and local banks to better serve their communities. By focusing on enhancing the homeownership experience, Maxwell Financial Labs aims to deliver significant benefits to all stakeholders involved in the mortgage process.
Candy Jar
Pre Seed Round in 2015
Candy Jar is an innovative online candy shop that offers a customizable shopping experience for candy enthusiasts. With over 600 unique candy options, customers can create billions of personalized combinations tailored to their individual preferences. The company emphasizes a pick-and-mix platform that mirrors the classic candy shop experience, allowing customers to easily explore and discover new treats. Candy Jar provides a la carte orders as well as a sophisticated subscription program, ensuring that candy lovers can have their favorite sweets delivered directly to their doorsteps. By reinventing the consumer packaged goods shopping experience, Candy Jar aims to enhance the joy of candy consumption while catering to the diverse tastes of its clientele.
Brand.AI
Pre Seed Round in 2015
Brand.AI is a brand operating system and digital asset management platform that helps brand builders, agencies, and corporates streamline brand work. The platform synthesizes strategies, business plans, and brand touchpoints to guide concepts and content across channels, acting as a strategic co-pilot for internal and external partners. It enables asset management, sharing design assets with teams, and maintaining front-end code and visual consistency across applications by exporting style data to Sass and supporting integration with design tools such as Sketch and Adobe Illustrator, while automating updates into iOS and Android apps. Connecting the brand operating system to real-world projects reduces communication overhead and version conflicts and supports smarter decision-making.
AtCipher
Pre Seed Round in 2015
AtCipher is a company specializing in cloud security services that focus on protecting data privacy through innovative technologies. It utilizes patent-pending key management solutions that are zero knowledge, infinitely scalable, and keyless, ensuring that clients can securely store and share their data. By implementing advanced encryption technology, AtCipher provides a robust security system that safeguards business collaboration and promotes secure data sharing, even in the event of a breach at the cloud storage provider. This approach allows organizations to maintain data integrity and confidentiality while leveraging cloud storage solutions.
Routific
Pre Seed Round in 2015
Routific, Inc. is a Vancouver-based company that specializes in route optimization solutions for delivery businesses. Its platform automates and enhances vehicle routing and scheduling operations, serving small and medium-sized enterprises both in Canada and internationally. Inspired by the foraging behaviors of honey bees, Routific's technology helps local delivery businesses efficiently plan routes, resulting in significant reductions in time and fuel consumption, as well as lowering carbon emissions by 20-40%. The software includes features such as intelligent route optimization, dispatch and live tracking, and delivery notifications, enabling companies to reduce delivery costs, improve driver efficiency, and enhance customer satisfaction.
Hooks
Pre Seed Round in 2015
Hooks Technologies Inc. is a Chicago-based company that designs and develops a mobile application focused on delivering timely notifications and alerts across a variety of interests. The app allows users to create and customize push notifications for topics such as television, music, sports, social media, weather, and more. By providing users with the ability to configure alerts on subjects that matter to them, Hooks aims to enhance the way individuals stay informed about events and updates relevant to their lives. Incorporated in 2015, the company continues to innovate in the realm of personalized notifications.
Pundit
Pre Seed Round in 2015
Pundit, Inc. is a Los Angeles-based company established in 2015 that operates an online platform and marketplace for artwork. It enables users to publish, sell, comment on, promote, and purchase art, fostering a vibrant community for creators and art enthusiasts alike. Pundit has also developed a range of consumer and social applications, which facilitate the discovery and sharing of digital stickers in both 2D and augmented reality formats. The company has partnered with notable global intellectual property owners and brands, including Disney and Paramount Pictures, to launch successful marketing campaigns and innovative products. Pundit’s applications have garnered significant user engagement, amassing over 1 million users across platforms. The company has received recognition for its innovative approach, being featured in prominent startup competitions and earning accolades such as "Coolest College Startup" by Inc. and recognition at TechCrunch Disrupt.
hobbyDB
Pre Seed Round in 2015
HobbyDB is an online platform dedicated to collectors and enthusiasts of various hobbies and collectibles. Founded in 2014 and based in Boulder, Colorado, it provides a comprehensive database where users can research, document, and showcase their prized possessions. The platform supports a wide range of collectible categories, including models, die-cast items, vinyl art toys, automotive products, and video games. Users can easily upload images and record data about their collectibles, helping them keep track of their collections. Additionally, HobbyDB features a marketplace that enables users to buy and sell items with minimal effort, as well as tools for building wish lists and receiving alerts for desired items. The company also engages with a database advisory council to enhance its offerings.
FantasyHub
Pre Seed Round in 2015
FantasyHub is a Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) platform that offers players the opportunity to win money, while also supporting great causes. On average, 5% of fantasy game winnings go to support the winner’s charity of choice, with the rest split between FantasyHub and the winners.
The company's charitable mission allows them to partner with some of the biggest names in sports to fuel our user acquisition. It has worked with over 30 Pro-Athletes who run games on FantasyHub to raise support for their foundations. Their athletes include Kurt Warner, Jalen Rose, Bo Jackson, and Albert Pu-jols. Combining their athlete games with traditional acquisition strategies, they are able to acquire users for $6; the industry averages $68.
Its sponsored games with athletes deliver 100% of the net proceeds to charity. Instead of cash prizes in those games, fans win priceless experiences from athletes, including, meet-and-greets at games and autographed gear.
Standard Analytics
Pre Seed Round in 2014
Standard Analytics is a New York-based company established in 2014 that focuses on enhancing the accessibility and reproducibility of scientific research. By developing an API for Science, it enables users to discover, reuse, and verify data, analytics, and results from various data-driven scientific endeavors. The company integrates elements from software development, such as dependency management and continuous integration, into the scientific process, thereby introducing innovative methods for publishing and sharing academic work. Additionally, Standard Analytics serves as a content management system for academic publishing, allowing for the incorporation of raw data and code in native formats. This approach not only streamlines the peer review process but also reduces costs for publishers while improving search capabilities within the scientific community.
Waygum
Pre Seed Round in 2014
Waygum Inc. is a technology company founded in 2015 and headquartered in Dublin, California. It specializes in designing and developing a mobile development platform tailored for the industrial Internet of Things (IoT). The platform empowers users to build and deploy integrated mobile applications that facilitate intelligent manufacturing workflows and enable mobile remote monitoring of industrial assets. By leveraging a robust cloud backend, Waygum's solution allows administrators and operators to connect various industrial components, including assets, products, and enterprise data, effectively enhancing operational efficiency and maximizing the benefits of IoT through a streamlined mobile experience.
Sqord
Pre Seed Round in 2013
Sqord Inc., established in 2011 and headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, specializes in promoting physical activity among children through its socially-connected online play platform. The company offers a wearable device, Sqord Booster, which tracks users' physical activity duration and converts it into points for online rewards and virtual goods. Users can connect with their peers, families, or teams to compete and engage in friendly challenges, fostering a fun and interactive environment that encourages an active lifestyle. Sqord primarily serves children in elementary schools, clubs, sports teams, and youth organizations across the United States.
Lean Startup Machine
Pre Seed Round in 2013
Lean Startup Machine Inc. is a New York-based company founded in 2010 that specializes in conducting workshops aimed at teaching entrepreneurs and innovators how to develop disruptive products using the Lean Startup methodology. The company offers enterprise training programs that equip participants with essential skills to experiment, pivot, and create new products and services. Lean Startup Machine also provides a Validation Board, a tool designed to help entrepreneurs maintain focus on actionable steps while implementing the Lean Startup process. By offering a structured framework of tools, techniques, and resources, the company assists early-stage businesses in identifying key customers and iterating their products efficiently. Although the methodologies taught do not guarantee success, they provide a solid foundation for measurable improvement in the challenging landscape of startups.
Klooff
Pre Seed Round in 2013
Klooff is a sharing platform designed for pet lovers, enabling users to capture and share their pets' best moments through photos and videos. The application allows pet owners to submit content featuring their pets, such as unique behaviors or amusing activities, and provides a community-curated voting system that showcases the most engaging submissions in a Daily Top 10 List. This global social platform fosters a community among pet enthusiasts, allowing them to interact and celebrate their pets in a creative and entertaining manner.
Jukely
Pre Seed Round in 2013
Jukely Inc. is a music information service based in Brooklyn, New York, that provides members with access to a variety of concerts, parties, and DJ sets each month. Founded in 2012, the company utilizes a platform that analyzes users' music preferences and social connections to facilitate connections with friends and enhance their concert-going experience. Jukely's services are accessible through its website, mobile application, and social media platforms, allowing users to easily discover and share events. By leveraging data on music taste and social interactions, Jukely aims to increase attendance at live events, benefiting both concert promoters and music enthusiasts.
Freight Farms
Pre Seed Round in 2013
Freight Farms manufactures crop production units housed in upcycled shipping containers, notably the Leafy Green Machine, a hydroponic farming system capable of delivering commercial-scale yields in any climate or season. The platform is an assembled hydroponic setup inside a container and supports growing a range of crops, including lettuces, herbs such as mint and basil, and brassica greens. It serves business owners, schools, municipalities, and other organizations across the United States, Canada, and Europe, enabling on-site, year-round production to support local food economies and sustainable supply chains. The company is based in Boston, Massachusetts.