North Bay Angels

North Bay Angels is an angel investment group based in Healdsburg, California, founded in 1998. It provides seed and early-stage capital and advisory support to North Bay entrepreneurial companies, focusing on business-to-business, healthcare, information technology, clean technology, and life sciences sectors, along with other technical industries. The group typically makes investments ranging from 0.25 million to 1 million dollars and seeks opportunities capable of reaching 20 million dollars in revenue within five years. It aims to add strategic value by taking a board seat in portfolio companies and offering mentorship and guidance. The organization serves the North Bay region and nearby areas on the West Coast, including Northern and Central California and adjacent Nevada.

Cliff Detz

Chairperson

12 past transactions

Trym

Seed Round in 2020
Founded in 2017, Trym specializes in cannabis farm management software. It offers real-time monitoring of environmental factors like light, temperature, humidity, and CO2, along with task management tools, plant analytics, and Metrc reporting to enhance operational efficiency and consistency.

Rabbl

Seed Round in 2014
Rabbl, Inc. operates a social booking platform designed to facilitate live music events by allowing fans to express demand for potential concerts. Through its website, bands can create campaigns known as "rabbls," where they pose questions to fans about whether they would attend a concert in a specific city during a designated timeframe. Fans can reserve tickets to show their interest, and once a predetermined ticket goal is reached, the platform secures the funds temporarily. If the concert takes place, the ticket proceeds are then forwarded to the band. Established in 2012 and based in San Francisco, Rabbl connects artists, promoters, venues, and bookers, enabling efficient concert bookings while mitigating financial risks. The platform also allows for fan engagement by sharing multimedia content related to the concerts.

Capton

Debt Financing in 2013
Capton, Inc. is a company specializing in wireless liquor management systems tailored for the hospitality industry. It develops a beverage tracking solution that utilizes RFID technology, incorporating wireless pour spouts connected to cloud-based software. This system analyzes liquor and wine usage, providing valuable business intelligence that links beverage pour data with financial metrics for real-time insights. Capton's services extend to setup and configuration, operational monitoring, and reporting and analysis, catering to a diverse range of clients including hotels, resorts, casinos, restaurants, nightclubs, and bars across the United States. Established in 2003 and headquartered in Newport Beach, California, Capton was previously known as Beverage Wireless Corporation.

Phyllom Bio Products

Seed Round in 2013
Phyllom BioProducts Corporation is a plant biotechnology company based in Phoenix, Arizona, focused on developing and marketing biological insecticide products. Its offerings include boreGONE!, designed to combat the emerald ash borer in hardwood forests; beetleGONE!, which targets pests like the Japanese beetle on various plants; and grubGONE!, a surface-applied granule insecticide for turf and ornamental applications. The company addresses market needs for effective, environmentally friendly solutions against invasive pests affecting agriculture, forestry, and animal health. Phyllom's clientele includes government agencies, municipalities, private foresters, and Canadian forest services. Established in 2012, Phyllom BioProducts emphasizes sustainable pest control while minimizing environmental impact through its innovative product line.

NonProfitEasy

Venture Round in 2012
NonProfitEasy offers a cloud-based suite of nonprofit software that includes a fully integrated CRM to manage donors, events, memberships, and other activities within a single platform, along with Fundly Connect for volunteer management, Fundly Pro for peer-to-peer fundraising to raise funds and awareness, and Fundly Enterprise for organizations with more complex deployment needs.

Blue Buzz Network

Venture Round in 2010
Blue Buzz Network, Inc. provides online news. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Reframe It

Angel Round in 2010
Reframe It, Inc. is a technology company based in Stanford, California, that specializes in digital annotation services for online content. Founded in 2007, the company has developed a platform that enables users to comment on web pages directly, facilitating discussions alongside the content. This virtual margin allows users to share insights and reactions in real time, enhancing the context of online information. Reframe It also provides publishers with a branded community feature that integrates web annotation into their websites, promoting user engagement and interaction. The company's mission focuses on accountability in information sharing, empowering individuals, organizations, and governments to challenge misleading or inaccurate content effectively. By creating a space for collaborative commentary, Reframe It aims to foster informed discussions and improve decision-making both domestically and internationally.

Webvanta

Series A in 2009
Webvanta Inc., founded in 2007 and based in Sebastopol, California, specializes in providing website solutions tailored for higher education institutions and mission-driven organizations. The company offers a comprehensive suite of services including discovery, design, development, testing, hosting, and support for websites used by academic departments, research projects, and laboratories. Webvanta's hosted service enables designers to create and manage powerful sites at low cost through a web-based interface, allowing clients to update site content directly using in-place editing and a simple control panel. As a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) company, Webvanta handles all infrastructure concerns, relieving customers of worries about hosting, backup, security, and maintenance. The platform supports various features such as blogs, forums, mailing lists, private content areas, photo and video galleries, podcasts, community profiles, and knowledge management systems.

Liftopia

Series B in 2009
Liftopia, Inc. is a technology-driven company that operates Liftopia.com, a leading online and mobile marketplace for the ski and mountain activity industry. Founded in 2005 and based in San Francisco, Liftopia specializes in retailing ski lift tickets, rentals, and lessons at approximately 250 alpine resorts across North America, offering discounts of up to 85%. The platform allows skiers and snowboarders to purchase date-specific lift tickets and on-mountain activities in advance, enhancing the customer experience. Additionally, Liftopia provides ski resorts with software and data analytics through its Cloud Store service, an e-commerce engine that enables resorts to manage inventory, pricing, and online distribution through their own branded websites and mobile channels. This technology has modernized pricing strategies within the ski industry, enabling resorts to optimize advance-purchase pricing akin to practices in the airline and hotel sectors.

WebView

Convertible Note in 2008
WebView develops machine vision technology for high-resolution visual data and systems integration. WebView uses a high-speed camera with CCD sensors for the inspection of surfaces and parts. WebView's products are combined with Internet-based information systems and are used in the plastics, paper, glass, and metals industries.

Fluxion Biosciences

Series B in 2007
Fluxion Biosciences, founded in 2005, specializes in developing analytical instruments and kits for functional cellular analyses in life science, drug discovery, and diagnostic applications. Its flagship products include the IsoFlux Liquid Biopsy System for enriching rare cell populations like circulating tumor cells, and BioFlux systems for live cell analysis under shear flow, used across various research fields. Additionally, Fluxion offers IonFlux systems for automated patch clamping and provides analytical services for liquid biopsy applications. Serving biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies, academic institutions, and government research organizations, Fluxion distributes its solutions through a network of international distributors, with headquarters in Alameda, California.

IntellectMarket

Seed Round in 2000
IntellectMarket is a company that specializes in sourcing and managing software components, operating as a global exchange for reusable software assets. Founded in September 1999, it aims to address the fragmented software component market by aggregating these components for online access. The company offers consulting services to medium and large corporations, helping them optimize the use of both internally and externally developed software components. In addition, IntellectMarket provides the necessary technology and infrastructure to facilitate the effective management of software resources, enabling clients to enhance their software development processes and maximize efficiency.
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