Ballast Point Ventures

Ballast Point Ventures, founded in 2001 and based in Florida, is a venture capital firm that manages $360 million and specializes in investing in established, rapidly growing private companies primarily located in the Southeast and Texas. This region, which constitutes a significant portion of the national GDP, offers a favorable business environment and a high quality of life, attracting talented entrepreneurs. The firm partners with entrepreneurs who value local expertise and long-term relationships, focusing on adding value in ways that nationwide investors may find challenging. Ballast Point Ventures emphasizes growth capital investments in industries with strong growth potential, including healthcare, business services, communications, information technology, financial services, and consumer/retail. The firm's approach is to collaborate with experienced and visionary entrepreneurs, seeking minority ownership stakes to foster strategic partnerships rather than controlling interests, ultimately aiming to generate attractive returns for both the entrepreneurs and their investors.

Sean Barkman

Partner

Carol Bear

Director- Admin

Kendra Boyle

Senior Associate

Robert Faber

Partner

O. Gene Gabbard

Venture Partner

Drew Graham

Managing Partner

Paul Johan

Co-Founder and Partner

Baxter Perkins

Senior Associate

Matt Rice

Partner

Ryan Silvester

Associate

Jerett L. Smith

Associate

Jeff Smith

Vice President

Walter Yarbrough

Senior Associate

Past deals in Florida

Symphonic Distribution

Series B in 2022
Symphonic Distribution is a 100% independent music distribution and marketing company founded by music producer Jorge Brea in 2006. Headquartered in Tampa, FL with offices in major music markets throughout the world, Symphonic provides thousands of new and established record labels, managers and individual artists with global digital music distribution to hundreds of retail and streaming platforms, as well as playlist pitching, release promotion, and a comprehensive suite of label services. Artists and Record Labels that have had their content distributed through Symphonic Distribution include: Bassnectar, deadmau5, Waka Flocka Flame, Datsik, The Movement, Tommie Sunshine, Richie Hawtin, Play Me Records, Moody Recordings (Bad Boy Bill), and many more of various genres and music focuses.

Key Data Dashboard

Series B in 2021
Key Data Dashboard specializes in data visualization and analytics software tailored for vacation rental managers. Founded in 2016 and based in Santa Rosa Beach, Florida, the company provides a platform that allows vacation rental companies to access real-time visualizations of key performance indicators (KPIs) alongside anonymized comparisons of local, regional, and industry data. By consolidating various data sources into a single interface, the software enables users to save time on report generation and focus on making informed revenue decisions. Key Data Dashboard, previously known as VRM Dashboard, has garnered attention from leading vacation rental firms and early-stage investors, securing a Series A funding round to enhance its offerings.

Abacode

Series A in 2020
Abacode is fundamentally different from most Cybersecurity providers. They address company risk from a business strategy first and cyber-technologies second. This methodology ensures your technical and non-technical leadership are able to make unbiased strategic decisions that positively impact the entire organization. They provide companies with a single trusted source for all cybersecurity and compliance products, solutions, and managed services. Abacode was founded by Michael Ferris.

Tissuetech

Series C in 2019
TissueTech is an innovative technology company that uses products derived from human amniotic and umbilical cord tissues. Its medical technology platform markets innovative amniotic and umbilical cord-based products, thereby enabling physicians to avail of enhanced regenerative healing technology in eye care, wound care, and orthopedics. Tissuetech was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida.

Symphonic Distribution

Venture Round in 2017
Symphonic Distribution is a 100% independent music distribution and marketing company founded by music producer Jorge Brea in 2006. Headquartered in Tampa, FL with offices in major music markets throughout the world, Symphonic provides thousands of new and established record labels, managers and individual artists with global digital music distribution to hundreds of retail and streaming platforms, as well as playlist pitching, release promotion, and a comprehensive suite of label services. Artists and Record Labels that have had their content distributed through Symphonic Distribution include: Bassnectar, deadmau5, Waka Flocka Flame, Datsik, The Movement, Tommie Sunshine, Richie Hawtin, Play Me Records, Moody Recordings (Bad Boy Bill), and many more of various genres and music focuses.
IRIS preventative screening for Diabetic Retinopathy is as simple and quick as taking a patient's blood pressure or stepping on a scale, and can be just as helpful to physicians in helping to detect eye disease or other disorders. The retina is a window into the body. Minute changes in the blood vessels of the retina can be early indicators of issues elsewhere.

PowerChord

Venture Round in 2016
A PowerChord is defined as a combination of musical notes, playing together to make one, powerful sound… and that is exactly how our smart, creative group of pranksters, brewers, and intense fantasy football competitors operate. Sure, our PowerChord team may work out of bean bag chairs and occasionally close the office early for a company beer, but at the end of the day, our clients come first.

Tissuetech

Series B in 2015
TissueTech is an innovative technology company that uses products derived from human amniotic and umbilical cord tissues. Its medical technology platform markets innovative amniotic and umbilical cord-based products, thereby enabling physicians to avail of enhanced regenerative healing technology in eye care, wound care, and orthopedics. Tissuetech was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida.

PowerDMS

Venture Round in 2014
PowerDMS, Inc. cloud-based policy and procedure management software. It also offers Policy Management Software to simplify the policy lifecycle with online distribution, signatures, and tracking; Public-Facing Documents solution that enables to publish critical content to community; Training Management solution; Accreditation Management solution; and Mobile Policy, a solution that gives staff secure access to critical content. It serves industries, such as business, law enforcement, fire/EMS, municipalities, healthcare, corrections, and others. The company was founded in 2001 and is based in Orlando, Florida.

Tissuetech

Series A in 2013
TissueTech is an innovative technology company that uses products derived from human amniotic and umbilical cord tissues. Its medical technology platform markets innovative amniotic and umbilical cord-based products, thereby enabling physicians to avail of enhanced regenerative healing technology in eye care, wound care, and orthopedics. Tissuetech was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida.

Watermark Medical

Series B in 2010
Watermark Medical specializes in the diagnosis and treatment of sleep breathing disorders, particularly obstructive sleep apnea (OSA). Founded in 2008 and based in Boca Raton, Florida, the company offers innovative home sleep testing solutions, including the Apnea Risk Evaluation System (ARES) and the ARES Unicorder. The ARES system integrates physiological data collected at home with clinical histories to assess the presence and severity of OSA. The ARES Unicorder is a wearable device that monitors various physiological parameters, such as blood oxygen levels, airflow, and snoring patterns, over multiple nights. Watermark Medical distributes its products through a network of sales representatives to physicians, hospitals, sleep clinics, and the home healthcare sector, enhancing patient care and sleep disorder management. Additionally, the company has formed a strategic alliance with Virtuox Inc. to further its reach in the healthcare market.

FSV Payment Systems

Series C in 2009
FSV Payment Systems is a leader in prepaid technology and stored value processing. With roots deep in paycards – one of the first significant applications in the prepaid industry outside of gift cards – FSV has the experience, stored-value systems, technology and expertise to deliver your company’s prepaid card payment solutions. To learn more visit www.fsvps.com.

Lifestyle Fitness

Venture Round in 2004
A St. Petersburg, Fla.-based owner and operator of fitness clubs in the Florida market

PDSHeart

Venture Round in 2003
PDSHeart is a telephonic monitoring company specializing in cardiac monitoring technology and services in the United States. The company offers a range of products, including the Dual Alert Afib monitor for capturing specific cardiac events, the Looping Multi-Event monitor for long-term recording of cardiac arrhythmias, and the WebHolter, a web-based digital Holter monitoring system. Additionally, PDSHeart provides the Thumb One, a non-looping monitor that allows patients to record events by grasping the device, and a Non-Looping Chest Plate for real-time recordings of transient symptoms. The Digital Holter System includes a patient event button for symptom reporting. PDSHeart also supplies various Holter accessories and offers equipment upgrades, Holter monitoring, and pacemaker monitoring services. The company's technology enables remote and ambulatory care monitoring for both asymptomatic and symptomatic arrhythmia detection through multiple communication methods. Founded in 1995 by Sean Heyniger, PDSHeart is headquartered in West Palm Beach, Florida, with an additional office in Conyers, Georgia.