JumpFund is a venture capital firm based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, founded in 2013. The firm focuses on seeding and growing strong, female-led ventures primarily in the Southeastern United States. With a preference for investments in the energy and information technology sectors, JumpFund aims to support and empower women entrepreneurs, fostering their growth and development in a traditionally underrepresented area of the business landscape.
Resilia is a technology company that offers a business management platform specifically designed for nonprofit organizations. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, Resilia aims to enhance the operational capacity of nonprofits and improve their outcomes. The platform provides various services, including technical assistance, coaching, and capacity-building support, helping organizations focus on their core missions while maximizing the efficiency of their funding. Additionally, Resilia assists funders, such as corporations, cities, and private foundations, in measuring and scaling the impact of their grant initiatives beyond traditional funding methods. Through its software solutions, Resilia empowers nonprofits to become high-performing entities in their respective fields.
Funding U
Private Equity Round in 2020
Funding U is a merit-based student lender that focuses on providing financial support to career-oriented college students. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, the company offers an alternative to traditional FICO and cosigner-based bank loans by assessing students' academic performance, career trajectory, and earning potential. This innovative approach allows students to secure loans with fixed interest rates, helping to bridge the gap between conventional college financing and the actual cost of attendance. By prioritizing merit over credit history, Funding U aims to reduce the financial barriers that can lead to college dropouts.
Inclusivv
Seed Round in 2020
Inclusivv is a company that provides technology and curriculum to facilitate structured small-group conversations for businesses, universities, and communities. Recognizing the growing need for meaningful engagement, Inclusivv enables leaders to authentically connect with employees and customers on important topics through both in-person and online discussions. The platform offers proprietary content along with step-by-step guides to help facilitate these conversations effectively. Inclusivv's resources include a scalable platform, video conferencing tools, and analytics to support post-conversation actions. With over 50 topics available for on-demand programming, Inclusivv aims to foster a culture of trust, inclusion, and respect by creating safe spaces for dialogue and personal storytelling, ultimately building community through peer-to-peer interactions.
EnrichHER
Seed Round in 2020
EnrichHER Funding is fueling the growth of women-led businesses by enabling female founders to secure capital in an affordable and non-dilutive way. Similar to Kiva, they provide investors with an opportunity to lend to small businesses. EnrichHER Loans range from $50,000 to $75,000 and are made to pre-screened women-led companies.
Inclusivv
Pre Seed Round in 2020
Inclusivv is a company that provides technology and curriculum to facilitate structured small-group conversations for businesses, universities, and communities. Recognizing the growing need for meaningful engagement, Inclusivv enables leaders to authentically connect with employees and customers on important topics through both in-person and online discussions. The platform offers proprietary content along with step-by-step guides to help facilitate these conversations effectively. Inclusivv's resources include a scalable platform, video conferencing tools, and analytics to support post-conversation actions. With over 50 topics available for on-demand programming, Inclusivv aims to foster a culture of trust, inclusion, and respect by creating safe spaces for dialogue and personal storytelling, ultimately building community through peer-to-peer interactions.
Motivo
Seed Round in 2019
Motivo Health connects mental health therapists with clinical supervisors online. Motivo is helping solve the behavioral health crisis by supporting therapists through the licensure process. Motivo partners with community mental health organizations, treatment centers, and digital health companies to provide access to quality, vetted clinical supervisors in a completely virtual environment.
Worthy
Seed Round in 2019
Worthy Financial is a digital investment app that redefines how Americans access alternative investment products. Worthy's first product is a free micro-investment app that helps people save and grow their money – $10 dollars at a time. It offers a $10, 5% interest earning bond, which in turn supports small creditworthy businesses across the U.S., helping to strengthen our local communities.
otto-js
Seed Round in 2018
otto-js automates the hard work of managing script compliance for security frameworks like PCI DSS v4, SOC2, third-party risk, and client-side monitoring. Whether you're an ASV in need of backend gap solutions or a risk manager needing an easy solution to manage your new script compliance and security, otto provides Visibility, Protection and Control that provides covers the gaps in your script compliance auditing, justifications, policy enforcement, monitoring, protection and alerting. Keeping your scripts compliant by default and your evidence up to the minute. Integrates easily with compliance software, ASVs, CDNs, application security suites and PaaS ecommerce platforms.
Rimidi
Series A in 2018
Rimidi Inc. is a healthcare technology company based in Atlanta, Georgia, focused on improving diabetes management for patients and healthcare providers. Founded in 2011, the company offers a cloud-based software solution known as DIABETES+ME, which integrates patient-generated health data from connected devices with clinical data to provide personalized insights. This platform allows patients and physicians to identify gaps in diabetes management and outlines the necessary steps to address these gaps, ultimately helping to meet patient health targets and enhance the care cycle. By facilitating remote monitoring and enabling clinicians to make timely adjustments in treatment, Rimidi aims to address one of healthcare's most pressing challenges: diabetes.
Coursicle
Seed Round in 2016
Almost every college provides slow, unintuitive, and ugly online systems for course registration. Coursicle addresses this by providing students with an intuitive and visually appealing course search and scheduling tool. Moreover, students at many colleges have difficulty getting into the classes they need to take to graduate, so Coursicle has built an iOS and Android app that notifies students when a class they want to get into has an available seat.
MomSource Network
Series A in 2016
MomSource Network is an online community platform that facilitates professional development and networking for individuals seeking flexible employment. Originally focused on supporting mothers, the organization has expanded its mission to assist a diverse range of candidates, including men, millennials, and retirees, who value flexibility in their work arrangements. By connecting these qualified individuals with forward-thinking employers, MomSource enables access to a variety of full-time, part-time, and freelance opportunities across multiple industries. The network emphasizes collaboration and support among its members while offering workshops and resources to aid in personal and professional growth.
SweetBio
Pre Seed Round in 2015
SweetBio, Inc. is a medical device company based in Memphis, Tennessee, specializing in the research, development, and manufacturing of innovative wound care solutions. Founded in 2015, the company focuses on bioengineering membranes that utilize medical-grade Manuka honey to enhance healing and combat infections associated with wounds, pressure ulcers, diabetic ulcers, surgical wounds, and abrasions. SweetBio's unique honey-incorporated absorbable membranes are designed to improve the efficacy of wound care treatments, offering healthcare professionals a new platform for addressing both chronic and acute wounds effectively.
Partpic
Seed Round in 2015
Partpic is a visual recognition technology company that allows users to save time and money searching for replacement maintenance, repair and operations (MRO) parts. By allowing users to snap a picture of a part with a smart device, Partpic matches the user generated image with a part and associated specifications.
Transomic
Series A in 2015
Transomic is a biotechnology startup focused on providing innovative research tools designed to advance the understanding of genetic complexity and human disease. The company develops next-generation tools that assist bioresearch organizations in conducting cost-effective and technically supported genetic research. Their offerings include high-quality genes, RNA interference tools, and delivery reagents specifically aimed at facilitating gene function analysis in various fields, including oncology, neuroscience, and metabolic disorders. Through these resources, Transomic aims to enhance the capabilities of researchers in their quest to uncover the intricacies of life and disease.
Feetz
Seed Round in 2015
Feetz Inc. specializes in custom-made footwear, utilizing 3D printing technology to create shoes tailored to individual foot measurements. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Diego, California, the company offers a variety of styles, colors, and patterns to accommodate different foot shapes and sizes, including those with specific needs such as bunions or high arches. Feetz emphasizes sustainability by using recycled and recyclable materials in its manufacturing process and avoids harmful chemicals. Customers have the option to purchase these custom shoes through various retailers, distributors, and online platforms, enabling them to design footwear that is not only comfortable but also environmentally friendly.
International Coffee Group
Series A in 2014
International Coffee Group operates as a specialty coffee roasting company. It also operates a chain of cafes that sell coffee. In addition, the company distributes espresso machines, coffee brewing equipment, and grinders. International Coffee Group was founded in 1997 and is based in Chattanooga, Tennessee, United States.
Rooibee Red Tea
Series A in 2014
Rooibee Red Tea offers adventure seekers with information about accommodation, food, and travel kits. It features a web-based platform that features the latest contents containing the information that their customers need for traveling. It was founded in 2008 and headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky.
Dynepic
Seed Round in 2014
Dynepic, Inc. specializes in the development of connected toys and an open architecture cloud platform aimed at enhancing child-friendly content. The company offers The Internet of Toys, an open API platform that integrates various types of toys by combining elements of play and technology. Key products include DynePod, a Bluetooth-connected educational toy that introduces children to concepts such as programming and engineering, and playPORTAL Studio, a suite of software development kits designed for kid-safe authentication and social play features, ensuring compliance with child privacy laws. Founded in 2011 and based in Charleston, South Carolina, Dynepic initially started as a product design firm and has expanded its offerings to include a digital infrastructure platform that supports immersive learning and engagement, catering to both consumer and corporate clients. Its innovative products are available for purchase on Kickstarter.com.
SuperFan
Series B in 2014
SuperFan was a social entertainment site that allows users to become a Fan of ALL the things they love in life including music, celebs, tv/movies, sports, games, brands, books, places, schools, etc. The site closed on August 31st, 2010. SuperFan was also a social game where fans use a virtual currency to compete to become the "SuperFan" of their top Faves. As the SuperFan, the user would gain control over certain aspects of the Fave profile such as the color palette, wallpaper, profile picture and can add a personal quote about their Fave. SuperFan worked like a video game where Fans earn Points for contributing to the site and climb higher Reputation Levels. Fans could also earn or buy Credits (virtual currency) to be used to compete to become the SuperFan, send a virtual gift, post a site-wide Shout-Out or customize the Fan profile. The site also had user-generated quizzes, blogs, battles, etc. SuperFan was founded by Rick Marini who was previously the Co-Founder, CFO & Chief Strategist of Tickle. Under his leadership, Tickle became a top 20 global website with 200 million registered users and close to $40 million of revenue. Tickle was acquired by Monster in 2004 for over $100 million.
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