Swell
Venture Round in 2025
Swell takes care of mental health by providing Licensed therapists.
Nichefire
Seed Round in 2025
Nichefire is an AI-powered marketing analytics company that develops a predictive cultural intelligence platform. The platform helps businesses activate and interpret online brand and consumer interactions to inform decision making. It uses artificial intelligence to gather and analyze social metrics, brand tactics, and consumer sentiment, and to optimize media channels for marketing and competitive insight. The system collects, sorts, and categorizes millions of posts, comments, and reactions in seconds, enabling the identification of emerging consumer trends and opportunities for growth.
FreshFry
Convertible Note in 2023
Founded in 2014, FreshFry specializes in developing sustainable solutions for commercial kitchens. Its flagship product is a porous pod cover designed to purify frying oil by capturing impurities, extending the life of cooking oil and promoting sustainability.
Nichefire
Pre Seed Round in 2023
Nichefire is an AI-powered marketing analytics company that develops a predictive cultural intelligence platform. The platform helps businesses activate and interpret online brand and consumer interactions to inform decision making. It uses artificial intelligence to gather and analyze social metrics, brand tactics, and consumer sentiment, and to optimize media channels for marketing and competitive insight. The system collects, sorts, and categorizes millions of posts, comments, and reactions in seconds, enabling the identification of emerging consumer trends and opportunities for growth.
Resound
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Resound is an artificial intelligence-driven podcast editing tool designed to streamline the editing process for podcasters. Founded in 2021 by Jacob Bozarth, Mark Minnery, Dennis Cooper, and Mike Hynes, Resound addresses the common challenge of time-consuming audio editing, which often extends the process of finalizing a thirty-minute podcast to over ninety minutes. The platform employs advanced algorithms to quickly identify and remove filler words such as "ums" and "ahs," significantly reducing the time spent on post-production tasks. By allowing users to record or upload audio, process files, and manage edits efficiently, Resound enables content creators, businesses, and networks to focus on generating new content rather than getting bogged down in editing. As a sister company to Resonate Recordings, Resound benefits from expertise in the podcasting industry, having served over 3,000 podcasters and notable brands.
Xena Intelligence
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Xena Intelligence is a data-driven management platform designed specifically for e-commerce sellers, focusing on enhancing sales across major platforms like Amazon and Walmart. The company utilizes a proprietary algorithm that leverages intelligent data analytics to optimize pay-per-click advertising campaigns. By continuously ingesting keyword and sales data from various sources, Xena Intelligence automates decision-making processes, allowing clients to adapt their advertising strategies to the dynamic e-commerce environment. This innovative approach enables sellers to improve their campaign effectiveness and drive growth in their online sales.
BrainSTEM University
Pre Seed Round in 2020
BrainSTEM University is an EdTech startup that provides a STEAM-based curriculum through its Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). The company focuses on enhancing education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics by offering an online platform that teaches subjects such as programming, robotics, engineering, and aerospace. By utilizing a gamified approach, BrainSTEM University aims to engage students and enhance their learning experience, allowing them to connect with relevant technological advancements and the broader school community.
PreventScripts
Pre Seed Round in 2020
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.
PAVR Software
Pre Seed Round in 2020
PAVR Software is an information technology and management consulting firm that specializes in developing business applications and tools for public and private sector clients. We focus on providing highly skilled project teams that are experienced and capable of assimilating, streamlining, and integrating complex data and operational issues into comprehensive, creative, and cost-effective solutions.
Synaptek
Pre Seed Round in 2020
Synaptek is a digital platform designed to enhance concussion management for clinicians and clinical service providers. It offers a user-friendly, HIPAA-compliant mobile application that simplifies the assessment, tracking, and reporting of concussions. By integrating testing, documentation, and analytics into a single platform, Synaptek helps athletic trainers and healthcare professionals save time and improve communication. This comprehensive solution supports athlete health, recovery, and performance, enabling informed clinical decisions and optimizing the overall management of concussions.
Bluegrass Advanced Materials
Pre Seed Round in 2020
Bluegrass Advanced Materials is a research and development company dedicated to creating innovative materials that enhance commercial products across various industries, including pharmaceuticals, biomedical, food, cosmetics, plastics, adhesives, and lubricants. The company employs its proprietary technology to improve material applications by embedding active ingredients, such as antioxidants and hydroxyl-containing compounds, into the backbone of polymer networks. This approach protects these ingredients from environmental degradation while optimizing their effectiveness in personal care and pharmaceutical products. Bluegrass Advanced Materials aims to meet the specific goals of its clients by providing advanced solutions that enhance product performance and longevity.
Moolathon
Pre Seed Round in 2020
Moolathon is a social fundraising platform that leverages fitness tracking to enable individuals and groups to raise money for personal or philanthropic causes. The platform allows users to create tailored fundraising campaigns, encouraging family and friends to pledge donations based on the distance they run or walk. By integrating fitness tracking with fundraising efforts, Moolathon expands the reach of charitable initiatives for schools, teams, organizations, and individuals. This innovative approach not only fosters community engagement but also promotes physical fitness while supporting various causes.
BrainSTEM University
Pre Seed Round in 2020
BrainSTEM University is an EdTech startup that provides a STEAM-based curriculum through its Virtual Learning Environment (VLE). The company focuses on enhancing education in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics by offering an online platform that teaches subjects such as programming, robotics, engineering, and aerospace. By utilizing a gamified approach, BrainSTEM University aims to engage students and enhance their learning experience, allowing them to connect with relevant technological advancements and the broader school community.
EdjSports
Series A in 2020
EdjSports is a data science firm specializing in prescriptive analytics for the sports industry. The company offers a sports analytics platform that leverages proven predictive and prescriptive analytical models alongside custom software solutions. By analyzing comprehensive datasets, EdjSports aids teams in making informed decisions that enhance their chances of success in various strategic situations. This empowers clients to improve their competitive advantage, ultimately influencing their overall performance and profitability. The focus on data-driven insights equips sports organizations with the necessary tools to optimize decision-making processes.
Onovative
Series A in 2015
Onovative, LLC, based in Louisville, Kentucky, specializes in providing marketing software tailored for banks and credit unions. The company offers solutions that automate various communication channels, including email, postcards, letters, SMS text, and phone calls, facilitating onboarding projects, marketing campaigns, and the creation of marketing collateral. Additionally, Onovative provides an intelligent survey platform that allows clients to create, edit, track results, and compare them with industry averages. The company's software also supports customer analytics, cross-selling initiatives, and reporting connected to core banking systems, helping financial institutions build relationships and grow their customer base. Originally known as Bank On Software LLC, the company rebranded to Onovative in May 2014 and was incorporated in 2012.
Hippo Manager Software
Angel Round in 2015
Hippo Manager Software provides cloud-based veterinary practice management software for clinics and hospitals. The platform includes medical records, SOAP notes, patient scheduling, reporting, point of sale, inventory management, reminders, and related tools to streamline operations, improve access to patient records, and support enhanced patient care and new revenue opportunities for veterinarians. The company serves small and large animal practices and is based in Lexington, Kentucky.
TNG Pharmaceuticals
Series A in 2014
TNG Pharmaceuticals, Inc. is a biotechnology company based in Louisville, Kentucky, focused on the development of innovative veterinary solutions. Established in 2011, the company specializes in its patented vaccine, FlyVax, which is designed to significantly reduce the population of horn flies that infest cattle. Utilizing recombinant protein technology, FlyVax works by counteracting the horn fly's anti-clotting agent, Thrombostasin, thereby inducing an immune response that promotes blood clotting at the site of the wound. TNG Pharmaceuticals originated from the University of Louisville's Entrepreneurship MBA program and has gained recognition by winning multiple global business plan competitions, showcasing its commitment to advancing agricultural health.
Allylix, Inc. is an early-stage biotechnology company specializing in the development of terpene products and their derivatives. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in San Diego, California, with research and development laboratories in Lexington, Kentucky, the company focuses on applications across various markets, including flavor and fragrance, food ingredients, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, and biofuels. Among its notable products is nootkatone, a grapefruit flavor utilized in fruit juices and citrus-flavored sodas. Allylix also develops sesquiterpenes for the aroma chemical segment of the flavor and fragrance market, as well as production platforms aimed at pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and agricultural applications.
Allylix
Venture Round in 2007
Allylix, Inc. is an early-stage biotechnology company specializing in the development of terpene products and their derivatives. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in San Diego, California, with research and development laboratories in Lexington, Kentucky, the company focuses on applications across various markets, including flavor and fragrance, food ingredients, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, and biofuels. Among its notable products is nootkatone, a grapefruit flavor utilized in fruit juices and citrus-flavored sodas. Allylix also develops sesquiterpenes for the aroma chemical segment of the flavor and fragrance market, as well as production platforms aimed at pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and agricultural applications.
AllTranz is a specialty pharmaceutical company developing a unique set of dermal delivery products utilizing two proprietary technology platforms consisting of prodrug development and microneedle formulations. AllTranz will be a leader in the development of innovative drug design strategies delivered via unique dermal product solutions to treat neurological and a variety of other disorders. The broad range of offerings includes solutions for pain modulation, appetite stimulation, smoking cessation, substitution treatment for opiate addiction, as well as alcohol abuse, and abuse deterrent formulations for opiates. AllTranz will utilize its unique dermal drug delivery technology to develop its own products for broad market appeal, as well as partner with pharmaceutical companies seeking to leverage the AllTranz technology platform to improve delivery of existing drugs to form new chemical entities thereby extending patent franchises.
Mersive Technologies
Series A in 2006
Mersive Technologies provides wireless media streaming and collaboration software for corporate, education, and government markets. Its Solstice platform enables multiple users to share content to a single display from computers, tablets, and phones without cables, while Solstice Dashboard helps IT monitor and manage Solstice deployments across a network; Solstice Discovery Services supports secure click-to-connect discovery, and Kepler is a cloud-based service that monitors meeting rooms and analyzes space usage. The company offers its solutions as licensed software or Solstice Pods and serves customers through a network of authorized resellers. Based in Denver, Colorado, Mersive aims to transform meeting spaces into collaborative environments that boost productivity and decision making.
Allylix, Inc. is an early-stage biotechnology company specializing in the development of terpene products and their derivatives. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in San Diego, California, with research and development laboratories in Lexington, Kentucky, the company focuses on applications across various markets, including flavor and fragrance, food ingredients, pharmaceuticals, agriculture, and biofuels. Among its notable products is nootkatone, a grapefruit flavor utilized in fruit juices and citrus-flavored sodas. Allylix also develops sesquiterpenes for the aroma chemical segment of the flavor and fragrance market, as well as production platforms aimed at pharmaceutical, nutraceutical, and agricultural applications.