Language I/O
Venture Round in 2024
Language I/O develops software that enables customer support teams to communicate with customers in any language. The platform combines human and machine translation to automatically translate support content—including questions, emails, chats, articles, and social media interactions—across 150 languages. It offers a machine translation optimizer that handles complex user‑generated text such as jargon, slang, abbreviations, and misspellings. The solution integrates seamlessly with major customer relationship management systems and provides an API for custom deployments. Support agents can choose to use professional linguists, the optimizer, or a hybrid approach, allowing monolingual agents to engage customers in real‑time conversations in multiple languages.
Allure Security Technology
Series A in 2024
Allure Security Technology designs and develops online security solutions that protect enterprise and individual data from cyber threats. The company offers Novo, an active user behavioral analytics platform that combines machine learning and decoy technology to prevent data loss and intrusions inside and outside the enterprise, along with an authentication solution that uses user behavior as a biometric password. It also develops decoy technologies to mislead attackers and support forensics. Additionally, Allure supplies AI-driven anti-phishing capabilities that detect campaigns in near real time, identify affected customers, help deactivate malicious sites, and provide prioritized alerts to security teams to verify and respond to suspicious activities. The company is based in New York and traces its origins to 1996.
DBOS is a serverless computing platform that significantly accelerates cloud application development. It enables 10x faster building, 15x cheaper running, and effortless scaling to millions of users with a single click. Backed by extensive research from MIT and Stanford, led by Turing Award laureate Mike Stonebraker.
Hopara is a big data visualization and exploration platform that supports business intelligence and machine learning. The platform enables visual exploration and data collection, helping organizations discover insights at scale and rely on data for strategic and day-to-day decisions, while reducing the time to actionable intelligence to improve operating performance and accelerate innovation.
Certificate Hero
Seed Round in 2023
Certificate Hero is a developer of an insurance certificate management platform that streamlines the process of issuing, managing, and requesting certificates of insurance for insurance brokers. The platform enhances efficiency and accuracy, allowing clients to gain valuable insights from the collected data. By enabling effective management of business operations, Certificate Hero facilitates the analysis of trends related to customers, employees, and external processors. This comprehensive approach helps clients improve their certificate workflows, ultimately leading to better operational performance and service delivery.
Language I/O
Series A in 2023
Language I/O develops software that enables customer support teams to communicate with customers in any language. The platform combines human and machine translation to automatically translate support content—including questions, emails, chats, articles, and social media interactions—across 150 languages. It offers a machine translation optimizer that handles complex user‑generated text such as jargon, slang, abbreviations, and misspellings. The solution integrates seamlessly with major customer relationship management systems and provides an API for custom deployments. Support agents can choose to use professional linguists, the optimizer, or a hybrid approach, allowing monolingual agents to engage customers in real‑time conversations in multiple languages.
Datanomix
Venture Round in 2023
Datanomix, Inc. is a software company based in Nashua, New Hampshire, established in 2015. It specializes in providing a machine data analytics platform that delivers real-time insights into manufacturing productivity for industrial manufacturers. The company's software integrates machine data streams, extending its functionality beyond conventional data visualization and process productivity tools. This allows manufacturers of all sizes to access advanced decision-making resources, thereby enhancing their production efficiency, performance, and profitability. By focusing on production intelligence, Datanomix aims to support the next generation of manufacturing environments.
BG Networks
Seed Round in 2023
BG Networks is an IoT cybersecurity software company focused on enabling security across connected devices. It provides low-code automation tools to add tailored security for automotive, industrial, consumer, and healthcare applications. The company's Security Automation Tool helps engineers quickly improve security and shorten development cycles while leveraging in-silicon security features. By removing barriers for embedded engineers, BG Networks makes robust cybersecurity attainable in applications even for developers without a cybersecurity background, enabling them to implement complex security protocols that protect against adversaries. The company emphasizes easy-to-use tooling that accelerates secure product development and reduces time-to-market for IoT devices.
Elemental Machines
Series B in 2022
Founded in 2014, Elemental Machines is a technology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It specializes in revolutionizing science-based industries by offering a smart lab platform that provides data-driven insights to enhance laboratory operations, research and development, and manufacturing outcomes.
Allstacks
Series A in 2022
Allstacks provides a software engineering intelligence platform for enterprise software organizations, combining predictive forecasting, risk analysis, and access and identity management to streamline software delivery. The platform automates data import, identifies roadblocks, and delivers analytics, benchmarking, and weekly reports to help software leaders understand how developers spend their time and which initiatives receive the most investment, enabling more informed planning and improved delivery outcomes.
PeakMetrics
Venture Round in 2022
PeakMetrics offers a narrative intelligence platform that helps businesses and governments detect and mitigate emerging online narrative threats in real-time. Utilizing machine learning technology, it analyzes over 1.5 million media sources across various social media platforms to identify manipulative content before it causes harm.
Founded in 2017, Sotero specializes in data protection software. It offers KeepEncrypt, which enables secure data sharing and monetization without decryption, and uses machine learning to identify and protect data from thefts.
Hologram
Venture Round in 2022
Hologram, Inc. is a Chicago-based company specializing in cloud-based Internet connectivity solutions tailored for Internet of Things (IoT) device management and network connectivity. Founded in 2014 by Benjamin Forgan and Patrick Wilbur, Hologram offers a cellular platform that enables manufacturers, original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), and systems integrators to develop devices with cellular connectivity. The company provides a comprehensive suite of services, including Konekt cloud, which serves as a data broker and database solution for both cellular and non-cellular devices, facilitating the routing and storage of data generated by these devices. Additionally, Hologram offers M2M Short Messaging Service (SMS) for notifications and system integrations, enhancing the functionality of Internet-connected devices. With a focus on overcoming connectivity challenges, Hologram has supported the growth of various applications, including micromobility vehicles, self-driving cars, and remote medical deliveries, positioning itself as a key player in the expanding landscape of global device connectivity.
Sense Labs, Inc. is a technology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, specializing in home energy monitoring solutions. Established in 2013, the company develops and manufactures electronic devices that analyze electricity usage in households. Its flagship product, Sense, utilizes current sensors installed on main breakers to capture the electronic signatures of various appliances. This system employs advanced algorithms to identify and differentiate individual devices, providing users with insights into their energy consumption. Sense also offers a range of related products, including Sense Solar, add-on sensors, and various replacement components. The data collected by these devices is transmitted to users via a dedicated mobile application, enhancing the home automation experience.
RevenueBase
Seed Round in 2022
RevenueBase is a provider of a revenue database as a service, focused on delivering comprehensive and accurate data to help B2B companies effectively engage with prospects. Founded in May 2021 in Waltham, Massachusetts by Mark J. Feldman and Milenko Beslic, the company specializes in analyzing clients' go-to-market opportunities and supplying essential account and contact information through a user-friendly and continuously updated database. This enables business executives to access high-quality data that can be efficiently transformed into revenue growth.
Reality Defender
Venture Round in 2022
Reality Defender specializes in detecting deepfakes and AI-generated media across various formats such as audio, video, images, and text. Its patented multimodal approach enables real-time detection of advanced impersonations, helping mitigate risks associated with manipulated content. The platform offers flexible deployment options that integrate smoothly into existing infrastructure.
iRestify
Seed Round in 2022
Founded in Toronto, Canada in 2015, iRestify is a technology-driven facilities management platform that empowers property managers. It offers real-time remote monitoring, centralized service management, and access to vetted cleaning professionals, enabling efficient operations, consistent service quality, and enhanced tenant satisfaction for multi-residential and commercial buildings.
HerculesAI
Series A in 2022
ZERO specializes in AI-powered email management technology designed specifically for legal professionals. The company automates administrative tasks that often consume valuable time, enabling lawyers to concentrate on their core legal work. Utilizing proprietary machine learning and natural language processing algorithms, ZERO's solutions facilitate the predictive and automatic filing of emails into systems like iManage and NetDocuments. Additionally, the technology captures time spent on emails from mobile devices, generates draft time entry narratives, and detects potential misdirected emails in real-time. By offering these productivity-enhancing features, ZERO helps lawyers streamline their workflows and focus on the most pertinent information in their inboxes.
RIOS, founded in 2018, is a technology company helping global customers automate their factories, warehouses, and supply chain operations by deploying a new class of dexterous AI-powered robots. RIOS robots handle hard-to-automate tasks, typically requiring human-level dexterity, in unstructured environments. RIOS is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA and has a pilot facility in San Carlos, CA. More information is available at www.rios.ai.
Allure Security Technology
Seed Round in 2022
Allure Security Technology designs and develops online security solutions that protect enterprise and individual data from cyber threats. The company offers Novo, an active user behavioral analytics platform that combines machine learning and decoy technology to prevent data loss and intrusions inside and outside the enterprise, along with an authentication solution that uses user behavior as a biometric password. It also develops decoy technologies to mislead attackers and support forensics. Additionally, Allure supplies AI-driven anti-phishing capabilities that detect campaigns in near real time, identify affected customers, help deactivate malicious sites, and provide prioritized alerts to security teams to verify and respond to suspicious activities. The company is based in New York and traces its origins to 1996.
Lumavate
Venture Round in 2022
Lumavate operates a cloud-based software platform that enables manufacturers to enhance customer experiences for their products via mobile engagement. The company facilitates this by transforming product labels into interactive channels, providing users with relevant information such as repair guides and authentic part sourcing. Lumavate serves diverse industries including infrastructure, outdoor, and industrial sectors. Founded in 2015 and based in Carmel, Indiana, the company specializes in building progressive web apps (PWAs) at scale to deliver personalized mobile experiences throughout the customer journey.
Nvisionx
Seed Round in 2022
Nvisionx is a SaaS cybersecurity company that addresses the challenges of data breaches and privacy compliance. It extracts meaning from critical data and aligns it with existing security controls to optimize their effectiveness.
Judy Security
Seed Round in 2022
Judy Security is a cyber security company servicing small and medium businesses. The company's technology Judy uses a secure and private vault to create, store and protect all their passwords, keeping unauthorized users out of their login data.
Language I/O
Series A in 2022
Language I/O develops software that enables customer support teams to communicate with customers in any language. The platform combines human and machine translation to automatically translate support content—including questions, emails, chats, articles, and social media interactions—across 150 languages. It offers a machine translation optimizer that handles complex user‑generated text such as jargon, slang, abbreviations, and misspellings. The solution integrates seamlessly with major customer relationship management systems and provides an API for custom deployments. Support agents can choose to use professional linguists, the optimizer, or a hybrid approach, allowing monolingual agents to engage customers in real‑time conversations in multiple languages.
ClearGov
Venture Round in 2022
ClearGov Inc. is a financial transparency and budgeting platform dedicated to local governments and their residents, primarily serving communities in California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Maynard, Massachusetts, ClearGov develops a Software-as-a-Service platform that transforms complex financial statements into interactive infographics. Its offerings include modules for financial forecasting, peer-to-peer financial benchmarking, collaborative budgeting, and enhanced public accountability. The platform is designed to streamline the budget process by automating workflows, increasing collaboration, and centralizing data, making it accessible and effective for local governments of all sizes. ClearGov's solutions empower municipalities to compare their spending with similar communities, fostering better decision-making and transparency. The company has gained recognition in the GovTech sector and has been acknowledged for its innovative culture and workplace environment.
Alan AI
Seed Round in 2022
Alan AI, Inc is a Sunnyvale, California-based provider of a voice-based and generative AI platform for enterprise applications. The platform enables enterprises to develop versatile agents to boost productivity, automate workflows, and improve decision-making, with explainable AI reasoning and human-in-the-loop controls. It integrates with enterprise data sources and existing APIs and supports edge, on-premises, and hybrid cloud deployments. Through natural language interfaces, the platform guides users through configuration, insights, troubleshooting, remediation and automation tasks, often delivering rapid deployment and significant productivity gains. The company has a Silicon Valley core and a regional presence in Hyderabad, India, and was founded by Ramu Sunkara and Andrey Ryabov, whose prior venture Qik was acquired by Skype.
Mightier is a Boston-based company that develops bioresponsive video games and a family program designed to help children regulate emotions. The platform pairs gameplay with a biofeedback heart rate monitor to adjust game difficulty, encouraging kids to stay calm and in control while learning to recognize and manage emotions in daily life. Created through collaboration with Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Mightier aims to address behavioral and emotional challenges by teaching real-time emotion regulation skills. Founded in 2016, the company offers a program that integrates mind-body signals into interactive experiences, enabling children to practice emotional control through engaging, age-appropriate games.
Cognitive Space
Seed Round in 2021
Cognitive Space is a company that specializes in developing an artificial intelligence platform aimed at enhancing satellite constellation management. By leveraging machine intelligence, the platform facilitates mission management, collections planning, and communications link coordination for satellite operators. This innovative technology enables organizations to optimize their satellite capacity in response to dynamic market demands, thereby unlocking significant revenue and operational potential. Cognitive Space's solutions contribute to more effective monitoring of Earth, supporting economic, environmental, and national security initiatives within the rapidly evolving space industry.
Founded in 2018, Symbl.ai is a startup that simplifies conversational intelligence for developers. Its platform uses machine learning to analyze conversations in real-time, providing insights and actions without the need for upfront training or wake words.
Beamable
Venture Round in 2021
Beamable is a developer of a creator-centric platform that assists game developers in building, managing, and monetizing their games. The company provides tools that enable the seamless integration of social, commerce, and content management features within games using drag-and-drop prefabs in Unity. This platform also includes a web portal for managing events, leaderboards, and player data, which helps developers enhance player engagement and boost revenue while minimizing operational costs. By focusing on creating socially-driven experiences, Beamable supports the development of games that resonate with fan communities, fostering connections among millions of dedicated players.
Wise Systems
Series C in 2021
Wise Systems develops autonomous dispatch and routing software for last-mile delivery, using machine learning to automatically schedule, monitor, and adjust routes in real time to improve fleet efficiency and customer service. The platform analyzes orders, optimizes routes, tracks progress and ETAs, and evaluates driver performance, while providing a customer portal with real-time order visibility. It also includes Smart Reservation Management that lets customers select delivery dates and times. Serving industries such as food and beverage, parcel and courier, retail, field service, and other logistics sectors, Wise Systems processes millions of data points to deliver thousands of decisions daily. The company originated from MIT research and operates from Massachusetts, delivering scalable solutions that reduce mileage, boost fleet utilization, and minimize late deliveries.
Thankful develops an AI-driven platform that automates repetitive customer queries, allowing agents to focus on complex issues. Its features include auto-replies, information gathering, ticket routing, and advanced scripts. Headquartered in Los Angeles.
Lambent is a Boston-based software company that provides an AI-powered platform for facilities management and space planning, leveraging existing data sources such as Wi-Fi to deliver occupancy analytics and utilization insights that enable corporate and higher education campuses to make data-driven decisions about workplace use, planning, scheduling, and maintenance while offering an alternative to sensor deployments and helping organizations reduce costs and optimize space and operations.
Blustream
Venture Round in 2021
Blustream is a SaaS-based customer engagement company that helps physical goods brands build after-sale connections between products and end users. The platform integrates with sensors on tangible items to collect aggregated usage, environment and performance analytics, and it delivers automated education, alerts and purchase recommendations to customers. It enables brands to manage contacts, products and touchpoints and to create a direct channel with customers, supporting digital post-purchase experiences and helping improve revenue, profitability and customer satisfaction. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Worcester, Massachusetts.
CloudTruth
Seed Round in 2021
CloudTruth is a company specializing in unified configuration management. It centralizes access to secrets, parameters, and environment variables for infrastructure, applications, and dynamic cloud environments.
Native Voice
Seed Round in 2021
Native Voice provides a software development kit for audio device manufacturers to integrate voice capabilities and build a voice-first ecosystem. It serves as a foundational building block, enabling connections with multiple assistants and their skills while acting as a library for brands deploying their own voice-enabled solutions. The company also offers Native Voice Studios, an on-demand platform to create interactive AI companions by developing custom machine learning models and licensed original content to reproduce a character’s authentic personality, tone, and humor. This approach helps IP holders and device manufacturers generate new revenue streams and deepen user engagement with products and audiences.
InSpace
Seed Round in 2021
InSpace Proximity Inc. is a company that develops and operates a virtual communication platform designed to enhance the educational experience by simulating in-person interactions. Founded in 2020 and based in Colchester, Vermont, the platform allows students and educators to engage in multiple conversations within a shared virtual space, akin to a traditional classroom setting. It caters primarily to colleges and universities, offering applications for various educational environments, including classrooms, labs, and study groups. The platform features tools such as breakout sessions, attendance tracking, recording, and live chat, facilitating collaboration and interaction among users. Co-founders Dr. Narine Hall and Haykanush Lputyan bring expertise in machine learning and online video education technologies, aiming to restore the personal connections often lost in virtual learning environments.
Pliant.io
Series A in 2021
Pliant.io, Inc. is a Boston-based company that specializes in developing an infrastructure automation platform designed for IT operations. Founded in 2017, Pliant offers an orchestration, automation, and response (OAR) platform that enables users to plan, build, and deploy API-level automations. This platform provides endpoints, graphical representations, and uniform building blocks that facilitate the automation of complex cross-domain processes. Pliant's solutions cater to various use cases, including virtual machine provisioning, server audit and remediation, IT service management orchestration, hybrid network configuration, and application delivery and security. By providing a unified API-driven platform, Pliant aims to empower digital enterprises to modernize and transform their operations efficiently.
Datanomix
Series A in 2021
Datanomix, Inc. is a software company based in Nashua, New Hampshire, established in 2015. It specializes in providing a machine data analytics platform that delivers real-time insights into manufacturing productivity for industrial manufacturers. The company's software integrates machine data streams, extending its functionality beyond conventional data visualization and process productivity tools. This allows manufacturers of all sizes to access advanced decision-making resources, thereby enhancing their production efficiency, performance, and profitability. By focusing on production intelligence, Datanomix aims to support the next generation of manufacturing environments.
Crayon, Inc. is a market intelligence platform that helps businesses track, analyze, and act on their digital footprints. It provides tools for intelligence analysis, marketing insights, and website inspiration, enabling organizations to gain competitive advantages in their industries. Founded in 2014 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, Crayon serves mid-market and enterprise clients, allowing them to capture and utilize insights that drive measurable business impact. Originally known as M80 Labs, Inc., the company rebranded to Crayon in June 2017.
aPriori Technologies Inc. develops and markets product cost management software solutions aimed at enhancing profitability and accelerating time to market for manufacturers. Founded in 2003 and based in Concord, Massachusetts, with an additional office in Belfast, Northern Ireland, aPriori's enterprise platform assists manufacturers and their suppliers in managing and controlling product costs throughout their organizations. By utilizing digital manufacturing simulation and digital twin technologies, aPriori provides insights into design for manufacturability and design to cost, facilitating collaboration across the product development process. The company's offerings include strategy development, deployment planning, process implementation, education and training, and technical support. aPriori serves a diverse range of sectors, including industrial machinery, aerospace and defense, automotive, and high technology. Its solutions enable clients to make informed design, sourcing, and manufacturing decisions, leading to significant cost reductions both before and after production.
Breinify
Seed Round in 2021
Breinify develops an AI-powered platform for real-time predictive personalization. It serves consumer-facing industries like retail, finance, and travel by predicting individual preferences and behaviors. The company, founded in 2015, is headquartered in San Francisco.
Suono Bio
Series A in 2021
Suono Bio, Inc. is a biotechnology company based in Medford, Massachusetts, that focuses on designing and developing innovative therapeutic products with a unique delivery technology. Established in 2016, the company specializes in enabling ultra-rapid, localized delivery of small molecules, biologics, nucleic acids, and gene therapies directly to the gastrointestinal tract without the need for encapsulation. Suono Bio aims to transform the treatment landscape for difficult-to-treat diseases, particularly those mediated by inflammatory processes, by facilitating effective therapy delivery that enhances patient recovery from gastrointestinal conditions.
Attentive
Series E in 2021
Attentive is a leading provider of conversational commerce solutions, specializing in a personalized mobile messaging platform that enhances business-to-consumer communication. The company enables brands and organizations to engage with customers using behavioral data, allowing for the automatic delivery of tailored mobile messages throughout the customer lifecycle. This includes functionalities such as product recommendations, limited-time sales, payment processing, and real-time customer service. By focusing on SMS as a primary channel, Attentive helps e-commerce and retail businesses forge stronger connections with mobile shoppers, transforming the way they interact and communicate with their audiences.
Language I/O
Series A in 2021
Language I/O develops software that enables customer support teams to communicate with customers in any language. The platform combines human and machine translation to automatically translate support content—including questions, emails, chats, articles, and social media interactions—across 150 languages. It offers a machine translation optimizer that handles complex user‑generated text such as jargon, slang, abbreviations, and misspellings. The solution integrates seamlessly with major customer relationship management systems and provides an API for custom deployments. Support agents can choose to use professional linguists, the optimizer, or a hybrid approach, allowing monolingual agents to engage customers in real‑time conversations in multiple languages.
MemoryWell
Seed Round in 2021
MemoryWell LLC is a digital platform dedicated to capturing and sharing the life stories of individuals living with Alzheimer's and dementia. Founded in 2016 and based in Washington, D.C., the company offers an innovative alternative to traditional intake questionnaires, allowing families, senior living communities, and caregivers to create intimate narratives that foster empathy and serve as cherished keepsakes. MemoryWell employs professional writers to collaborate with seniors in building interactive timelines that incorporate photos, videos, letters, and documents, enhancing the understanding of each individual's unique experiences. By partnering with retirement homes, MemoryWell aims to improve the quality of care for elders through meaningful storytelling.
Otter.ai is a company that develops an AI-based application for everyday conversations. Its Otter mobile and web app allows users to store, search, and share voice conversations, managing them like text messages or emails. The platform uses AI-powered speech recognition to transcribe conversations with multiple participants and in challenging acoustic environments. It is used by individuals, teams, and educational users to create collaborative notes from meetings, interviews, and lectures. Otter supports real-time transcripts, speaker identification, keyword extraction, and searchable notes with text, audio, and images; notes can be shared or exported and accessed across devices. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Los Altos, California.
Reggora is a Boston-based technology company established in 2016. It specializes in providing a cloud-based platform that streamlines the mortgage appraisal process for lenders and appraisers. The platform automates manual tasks, reduces turnaround times, and offers tools to enhance efficiency.
Aliro Technologies
Seed Round in 2021
Aliro Technologies, Inc. specializes in developing a cloud-based software-as-a-service platform designed for coding within quantum environments. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, the company provides a hardware-independent toolkit aimed at developers of quantum algorithms and applications for quantum computers. Known as AliroNet™, this platform facilitates the emulation, piloting, and deployment of entanglement-based quantum networks, which can support a wide range of applications from secure communications to clustered quantum computing and distributed quantum sensing. With a foundation rooted in research from Harvard University, Aliro Technologies comprises experts in both quantum and classical networking, positioning itself as a leader in quantum network development. Its user base spans utility companies, telecommunications providers, public sector organizations, enterprises, and researchers engaged in building the first entanglement-based quantum networks. The company also collaborates with industry and academic partners through various consortiums and is actively involved in quantum networking standards groups.
ClearGov
Seed Round in 2020
ClearGov Inc. is a financial transparency and budgeting platform dedicated to local governments and their residents, primarily serving communities in California, Connecticut, Massachusetts, and New York. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Maynard, Massachusetts, ClearGov develops a Software-as-a-Service platform that transforms complex financial statements into interactive infographics. Its offerings include modules for financial forecasting, peer-to-peer financial benchmarking, collaborative budgeting, and enhanced public accountability. The platform is designed to streamline the budget process by automating workflows, increasing collaboration, and centralizing data, making it accessible and effective for local governments of all sizes. ClearGov's solutions empower municipalities to compare their spending with similar communities, fostering better decision-making and transparency. The company has gained recognition in the GovTech sector and has been acknowledged for its innovative culture and workplace environment.
Reggora is a Boston-based technology company established in 2016. It specializes in providing a cloud-based platform that streamlines the mortgage appraisal process for lenders and appraisers. The platform automates manual tasks, reduces turnaround times, and offers tools to enhance efficiency.
Grove Collaborative
Venture Round in 2020
Founded in 2016 as a Certified B Corporation, Grove Collaborative is an online retailer dedicated to transforming consumer products into a positive force for human and environmental good. It offers a curated selection of high-performing, planet-first products across household cleaning, personal care, laundry, clean beauty, and pet categories, serving millions of households in the U.S. Every product offered by Grove has been vetted against strict standards for clean ingredients, efficacy, sustainability, cruelty-free formulas, and ethical supply chain practices. As a public benefit corporation, Grove is committed to its mission of moving Beyond Plastic, aiming to be 100% plastic-free by 2025.
Elemental Machines
Series A in 2020
Founded in 2014, Elemental Machines is a technology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. It specializes in revolutionizing science-based industries by offering a smart lab platform that provides data-driven insights to enhance laboratory operations, research and development, and manufacturing outcomes.
ZenBusiness
Series B in 2020
ZenBusiness is a comprehensive platform dedicated to empowering small business owners. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, the company offers an all-in-one solution for starting, running, and growing businesses. ZenBusiness provides tools for entity creation and management, compliance services, banking, bookkeeping, marketing, and more. It stands out by combining innovative technology with live human support, ensuring customers have access to expert guidance via phone, chat, email, webinars, and even a concierge service. Committed to social impact and inclusivity, ZenBusiness is a Public Benefit Corporation that encourages employee volunteer work and offers initiatives like the Mavs Business Assist program and $5K grant program.
ZenBusiness
Series B in 2020
ZenBusiness is a comprehensive platform dedicated to empowering small business owners. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, the company offers an all-in-one solution for starting, running, and growing businesses. ZenBusiness provides tools for entity creation and management, compliance services, banking, bookkeeping, marketing, and more. It stands out by combining innovative technology with live human support, ensuring customers have access to expert guidance via phone, chat, email, webinars, and even a concierge service. Committed to social impact and inclusivity, ZenBusiness is a Public Benefit Corporation that encourages employee volunteer work and offers initiatives like the Mavs Business Assist program and $5K grant program.
Roots Automation
Seed Round in 2020
Founded in 2018, Roots Automation specializes in digital automation services for the insurance industry. It offers cloud-based digital coworkers powered by self-learning AI, enabling real-time management and monitoring of tasks. The company's Agentic AI platform, used by major carriers and brokers, transforms operations with unmatched accuracy and speed.
Pliant.io
Pre Seed Round in 2020
Pliant.io, Inc. is a Boston-based company that specializes in developing an infrastructure automation platform designed for IT operations. Founded in 2017, Pliant offers an orchestration, automation, and response (OAR) platform that enables users to plan, build, and deploy API-level automations. This platform provides endpoints, graphical representations, and uniform building blocks that facilitate the automation of complex cross-domain processes. Pliant's solutions cater to various use cases, including virtual machine provisioning, server audit and remediation, IT service management orchestration, hybrid network configuration, and application delivery and security. By providing a unified API-driven platform, Pliant aims to empower digital enterprises to modernize and transform their operations efficiently.
Founded in 2014, TVision is a New York-based company with offices in Boston and Tokyo. It specializes in audience measurement for television and cable viewing, providing second-by-second, person-level data on viewer engagement, including who watches what and how much attention they pay to both linear and streaming content. This data empowers advertisers, agencies, networks, and other stakeholders to make informed media decisions.
Piction Health
Seed Round in 2020
Piction Health is a company focused on enhancing access to dermatology care for patients experiencing skin, hair, or nail issues. The company offers a dermatology care application that allows patients to receive expert consultations from dermatologists within two days, including a diagnosis and personalized care plan. By leveraging artificial intelligence, Piction Health streamlines the diagnostic process for both patients and primary care providers, enabling quicker assessments of complex skin conditions. The application provides immediate second opinions, allowing primary care providers to efficiently address challenging skin diseases, thereby saving time and reducing costs associated with unnecessary repeat visits and ineffective treatments. Piction Health aims to ensure that high-quality dermatological care is accessible from the comfort of home, ultimately improving patient outcomes.
Founded in 2017, Sotero specializes in data protection software. It offers KeepEncrypt, which enables secure data sharing and monetization without decryption, and uses machine learning to identify and protect data from thefts.
Nasuni
Venture Round in 2020
Nasuni Corporation is a provider of enterprise cloud file storage solutions, designed to address the challenges associated with the growth of unstructured file data. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with additional offices in the United Kingdom and North Carolina, Nasuni offers its proprietary Nasuni UniFS, a cloud-native global file system that consolidates and protects file data in an easily expandable cloud infrastructure. This platform serves as a modern replacement for traditional network-attached storage and file server systems, simplifying IT administration by eliminating the need for complex legacy backup and disaster recovery solutions. Nasuni’s services cater to various industries, including architecture, engineering, healthcare, manufacturing, and financial services, enabling organizations to efficiently store, share, and access their files from anywhere, whether in the office or remotely.
Emissary
Venture Round in 2020
Emissary, Inc. is a New York‑based company founded in 2012 that operates an online SaaS marketplace. The platform connects enterprise sales teams with former executives and employees of target companies, referred to as emissaries. These emissaries provide insider knowledge of organizational culture, decision‑making processes, and internal politics, enabling sales professionals to craft targeted strategies and accelerate deal closure. The service offers tools for sharing advice, making introductions, and receiving compensation for facilitation. By delivering curated business intelligence and actionable insights, Emissary helps clients secure new accounts, speed up existing negotiations, and strengthen client relationships.
Wise Systems
Series B in 2020
Wise Systems develops autonomous dispatch and routing software for last-mile delivery, using machine learning to automatically schedule, monitor, and adjust routes in real time to improve fleet efficiency and customer service. The platform analyzes orders, optimizes routes, tracks progress and ETAs, and evaluates driver performance, while providing a customer portal with real-time order visibility. It also includes Smart Reservation Management that lets customers select delivery dates and times. Serving industries such as food and beverage, parcel and courier, retail, field service, and other logistics sectors, Wise Systems processes millions of data points to deliver thousands of decisions daily. The company originated from MIT research and operates from Massachusetts, delivering scalable solutions that reduce mileage, boost fleet utilization, and minimize late deliveries.
KindTap
Seed Round in 2020
KindTap is a digital payment platform founded in 2019 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. The company focuses on providing a safe and secure environment for digital transactions. Its platform facilitates credit and loyalty-enabled cashless payments, allowing users to make payments digitally while also earning rewards. By prioritizing compliance and security, KindTap aims to enhance the user experience in the evolving landscape of digital payments.
aPriori Technologies Inc. develops and markets product cost management software solutions aimed at enhancing profitability and accelerating time to market for manufacturers. Founded in 2003 and based in Concord, Massachusetts, with an additional office in Belfast, Northern Ireland, aPriori's enterprise platform assists manufacturers and their suppliers in managing and controlling product costs throughout their organizations. By utilizing digital manufacturing simulation and digital twin technologies, aPriori provides insights into design for manufacturability and design to cost, facilitating collaboration across the product development process. The company's offerings include strategy development, deployment planning, process implementation, education and training, and technical support. aPriori serves a diverse range of sectors, including industrial machinery, aerospace and defense, automotive, and high technology. Its solutions enable clients to make informed design, sourcing, and manufacturing decisions, leading to significant cost reductions both before and after production.
CloudTruth
Pre Seed Round in 2019
CloudTruth is a company specializing in unified configuration management. It centralizes access to secrets, parameters, and environment variables for infrastructure, applications, and dynamic cloud environments.
Tuono is a cloud management platform that specializes in automating public cloud infrastructure, aiming to reduce the complexity and coding requirements typically associated with cloud management. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Boston, MA, the company offers a SaaS-based solution that facilitates the orchestration, automation, and management of multi-cloud environments. Its platform includes features such as role-based access control, resource locking, drift management, and audit logging, allowing users to efficiently manage their cloud resources. Tuono's technology is designed to enhance operational velocity and provide flexibility across various cloud services, enabling users to achieve significant reductions in the amount of code needed for management tasks.
Drut Technologies
Seed Round in 2019
Drut Technologies is a technology company that uses software and photonics technologies to maintain data center efficiency.
CyberSaint Security
Venture Round in 2018
CyberSaint Security is a pioneering company focused on enhancing cyber risk assessment and management through its advanced CyberStrong platform. This platform supports the integration of security operations, continuous compliance, and risk management, catering primarily to Chief Information Security Officers (CISOs) and IT compliance teams in Fortune 500 companies. CyberStrong allows organizations to achieve real-time risk management and automate compliance assessments efficiently. By leveraging patented artificial intelligence, actuarial data, and financial modeling, it helps translate cyber risks into financial terms, providing executive-level insights that facilitate informed decision-making. Hundreds of customers utilize CyberStrong to standardize their cybersecurity frameworks, quantify risks, and improve their overall risk management posture, ultimately leading to significant cost savings. CyberSaint has garnered industry recognition, including being named a Gartner Cool Vendor and receiving several prestigious awards for its contributions to integrated risk management and cybersecurity.
Emplify, established in 2010 and headquartered in Fishers, Indiana, specializes in employee engagement measurement. It offers a platform that enables executives to gather, analyze, and act on employee feedback, transforming data insights into tangible actions. The platform combines survey insights, employee communication, performance enhancement, and strategic consulting, all informed by science and psychometrics. Emplify serves businesses aiming to improve employee engagement and drive organizational success.
DemandJump
Seed Round in 2016
DemandJump Inc. is a marketing intelligence software platform founded in 2015 and based in Indianapolis, Indiana. The company provides tools that leverage artificial intelligence to deliver comprehensive online and offline data, competitive insights, audience behavior analysis, and market trends for marketers. Its key offerings include Traffic Cloud, which helps identify traffic sources, influencers, and keywords that drive qualified traffic to brands, and Account-Based Attribution, which allows marketing and sales teams to assess the revenue impact of various customer touchpoints. By automating keyword and SEO research, DemandJump enables businesses to enhance customer acquisition, optimize marketing expenditures, and capture market share effectively. The platform aims to make competitive digital data actionable, facilitating better decision-making for marketers and ultimately maximizing returns on investment.
CallMiner
Series D in 2015
CallMiner is a provider of speech and voice analytics technology that helps organizations extract insights from customer interactions, with a cloud-based platform that analyzes conversations across calls, chats, emails, SMS, surveys, and social channels. The software uses artificial intelligence and natural language processing to transcribe and interpret spoken interactions, enabling improvements in customer service, compliance monitoring, and workforce performance. The Eureka platform supports conversational analytics, automated quality monitoring, and performance management, with tools such as Eureka Live for real-time call monitoring and myEureka for feedback workflows. The solution is offered as Software-as-a-Service and on-premises installations, and supports services including training, certification, and implementation support. CallMiner serves industries including financial services, utilities, manufacturing, government, and travel, helping turn interaction data into business intelligence.
Sulvaris
Venture Round in 2015
Sulvaris develops, manufactures, and markets fertilizer products. It specializes in micronizing sulfur to create Vitasul, a high-analysis sulphur fertilizer that enhances crop yields while minimizing environmental impact. The company serves agriculture and energy markets globally.
Founded in 2013, CarNow develops a digital communication platform that connects car dealers with customers. Its platform facilitates real-time messaging and enhances the online-to-in-store car buying journey by offering tools for personalized engagement, chat, trade-ins, sales, deal closures, and automated services.
Angiocrine Bioscience
Venture Round in 2013
Angiocrine Bioscience has developed a cellular platform that expands stem and progenitor cells by recapitulating the proliferative signals of the in vivo vascular niche in vitro. The expansion capacity is notable relative to other approaches and is achieved without costly media additives, enabling a broad range of therapeutic, diagnostic, and research applications centered on tissue-specific engineering and organ regeneration. The platform uses cultured endothelial cells that are genetically modified via insertion of the adenovirus gene, enabling physicians to tailor treatments and procedures. The technology supports applications in regenerative medicine and hematopoietic stem cell gene therapy.
Tervela, Inc. is a technology company based in Boston, Massachusetts, specializing in data movement and integration solutions. Founded in 2004, Tervela has developed a Data in Motion platform that facilitates the efficient transfer, integration, and analysis of digital content across various environments, including enterprise and cloud data sources. Its key products include Cloud FastPath, which enables seamless data migration and synchronization between on-premise and cloud infrastructures; Data Fabric, a messaging software designed for real-time data connectivity and performance-sensitive applications; and NetCharts, a suite of data visualization tools that assists users in creating dashboards for both batch and real-time data analysis. Tervela's solutions address common challenges such as data ingestion, cloud integration, and backup, making them valuable to organizations ranging from small businesses to Fortune 500 companies. The company also maintains additional locations in Brooklyn, New York, and Owings Mills, Maryland.
Ondot Systems
Series A in 2011
Ondot Systems, Inc. is a technology company based in San Jose, California, founded in 2011, that specializes in providing digital card service platforms for financial institutions, including banks and credit unions. The company's offerings encompass various tools designed to enhance cardholder engagement and transaction management. Key products include CardControl, which allows consumers to activate or deactivate their cards and set usage preferences; CardAlerts, which enables users to receive customizable transaction alerts; and Self Service, which provides detailed access to card and transaction information. Additionally, Ondot offers mConsole for product managers, Fraud Watch for monitoring and managing card fraud risks, and a Card App that delivers spending insights. With its comprehensive suite of solutions, Ondot aims to improve the customer experience by offering greater control and transparency over both physical and virtual cards, ultimately driving engagement and value for card issuers. The company also provides professional services to support consumer adoption and customer service efforts.
Founded in 2013, CarNow develops a digital communication platform that connects car dealers with customers. Its platform facilitates real-time messaging and enhances the online-to-in-store car buying journey by offering tools for personalized engagement, chat, trade-ins, sales, deal closures, and automated services.