BoxGroup

BoxGroup Services, LLC is a New York-based venture capital firm that specializes in early-stage investments, focusing primarily on pre-seed, seed, and early Series A rounds. Established in 2009, the firm invests in a diverse range of industries, including technology, healthcare, fintech, life sciences, e-commerce, and marketplaces, with a particular emphasis on disruptive innovations. BoxGroup typically allocates between $50,000 and $500,000 per investment and does not seek board seats or ownership stakes in the companies it funds. The firm aims to support visionary entrepreneurs who are at the forefront of developing new markets or redefining existing ones, and it actively invests in key hubs such as New York City, Silicon Valley, and Los Angeles. Founded by David Tisch and Adam Rothenberg, BoxGroup is recognized for its commitment to nurturing early-stage companies that have the potential to become category-defining businesses.

Brian Aledort

CFO

Zodi Chalat

Investor

Adina Davis

Principal

Claire Goldsmith

Investor

Disha Karale

Investor

Nimi Katragadda

Partner and Investor

Gregory Rosen

Investor and Partner

Greg Rosen

Partner

Adam Rothenberg

Partner

Claire Smilow

Executive Investor

Past deals in iOS

Equals

Seed Round in 2022
Equals is a mobile and web service that helps its users with variables and equations. It was launched by [Infinity Softworks](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/infinity-softworks#/entity) in 1997.

Friendly Apps

Seed Round in 2022
Friendly Apps is to create a suite of apps with a different set of values that are targeted toward helping people with both their physical and mental health in new ways.

CommandBar

Series A in 2022
Command Bar allows users to add a command bar to their app with one line of code, making it easy for them to learn and navigate their GUI.

Backbone

Series A in 2022
Backbone offers a mobile gaming controller that is cloud-gaming and remote-play compatible. It is a low-power, low-latency gaming device that works with the iPhone and does not require charging, allowing for responsive gaming anywhere. Backbone allows gamers to simply snap their phone into the Backbone One controller, launch the Backbone App, and begin playing mobile, console, or PC games from any location.

Universe

Series B in 2021
Universe is a mobile-based website builder established in 2014 and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York. The platform aims to empower users to create customized websites quickly and easily, catering to the needs of small business owners and individuals who prefer mobile solutions. By offering a unique approach that eliminates complicated templates, Universe utilizes customizable website filters that allow users to arrange photos, videos, and icons on a grid pattern through a simple drag-and-drop interface. This enables users to build mobile-optimized websites in just minutes using the company's iOS app, providing them with full control over their online presence.

CommandBar

Seed Round in 2021
Command Bar allows users to add a command bar to their app with one line of code, making it easy for them to learn and navigate their GUI.

Maple

Seed Round in 2021
Maple is a family tech application that leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning to enhance the quality of family interactions. Co-founded in 2020 by Michael Perry and Mike Taylor, the platform enables parents to create personalized daily and weekly plans tailored to their specific needs. By allowing parents to list tasks and seek assistance from others, Maple helps users manage their family responsibilities more efficiently while fostering social connections. Over time, the app provides increasingly intelligent recommendations, ensuring that it adapts to the evolving demands of family life.

Universe

Series A in 2018
Universe is a mobile-based website builder established in 2014 and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York. The platform aims to empower users to create customized websites quickly and easily, catering to the needs of small business owners and individuals who prefer mobile solutions. By offering a unique approach that eliminates complicated templates, Universe utilizes customizable website filters that allow users to arrange photos, videos, and icons on a grid pattern through a simple drag-and-drop interface. This enables users to build mobile-optimized websites in just minutes using the company's iOS app, providing them with full control over their online presence.

Dreams

Series A in 2018
Dreams is a mobile-only TV platform that redesigns TV for the most important device. Dreams developed patent-pending computer vision technology to create a modern, mobile-first TV news experience. The company’s software converts live TV news into a vertical video format in real-time, enabling the first-ever live, 24/7 vertical video news channels. Dreams is available for free in the U.S. on the App Store and Google Play. The app requires no login or registration. It was founded in New York City in 2016 by Tom Bender and Greg Hochmuth.

Spring

Series C in 2017
Spring is a retail company that offers a diverse selection of products, including apparel and home and garden items. It operates as a shopping application designed for iOS devices, allowing users to follow their favorite brands and purchase new arrivals, exclusives, and unique products. Originally founded as Jello Labs, the company rebranded to Spring in July 2014. The founders of Spring are David Tisch, Alan Tisch, and Octavian Costache, and the company is based in New York.

Universe

Venture Round in 2017
Universe is a mobile-based website builder established in 2014 and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York. The platform aims to empower users to create customized websites quickly and easily, catering to the needs of small business owners and individuals who prefer mobile solutions. By offering a unique approach that eliminates complicated templates, Universe utilizes customizable website filters that allow users to arrange photos, videos, and icons on a grid pattern through a simple drag-and-drop interface. This enables users to build mobile-optimized websites in just minutes using the company's iOS app, providing them with full control over their online presence.

Joy

Seed Round in 2016
Joy Home, Inc. specializes in creating smart photo album devices that enhance storytelling and facilitate connection among families. The company's flagship product, the Joy Album, allows users to curate and share their favorite photos in visually appealing layouts, effectively modernizing the traditional photo album experience. Accompanied by a mobile app, the device enables users to communicate and share memories through photos, videos, and stories. Joy sells its products directly through its website, targeting customers in the United States and Canada. Founded in 2016 and based in San Francisco, California, the company boasts a team with experience from leading technology firms, and it is backed by prominent investors.

Olio Devices

Series A in 2015
Olio Devices is a company based in San Francisco, California, specializing in luxury lifestyle products tailored for modern professionals. Founded in 2013, the company focuses on developing smart wearable devices, particularly wristwatches, that combine precision craftsmanship with advanced technology. Their flagship product, the Olio Model One, was introduced in March 2015 and is designed to seamlessly integrate with both Apple and Android smartphones. In addition to their timepieces, Olio Devices provides associated software, hardware, and a cloud-based platform that supports third-party services, enhancing the functionality and user experience of their smart watches.

OneDrop

Series A in 2015
One Drop is a diabetes management platform that helps people navigate diabetes together. It is an app for a diabetes management company. The app was created by Jeff Dachis, a co-founder of Razorfish, launched in the App Store this April as a way to help diabetics keep a running log of their personal insulin levels, the effectiveness of their medication, what they recently ate and what types of activities are affecting their blood sugar on a daily basis. It was incorporated in 2014 and is based in New York.

Spring

Series B in 2015
Spring is a retail company that offers a diverse selection of products, including apparel and home and garden items. It operates as a shopping application designed for iOS devices, allowing users to follow their favorite brands and purchase new arrivals, exclusives, and unique products. Originally founded as Jello Labs, the company rebranded to Spring in July 2014. The founders of Spring are David Tisch, Alan Tisch, and Octavian Costache, and the company is based in New York.

Dasher

Seed Round in 2014
Dasher is a United States-based company founded in 2013 that develops a messaging platform designed to enhance communication among users. The application includes a variety of features such as live location sharing, map sharing, and the ability to send GIFs, photos, and videos. Users can engage in group chats and utilize polling features for quick yes-or-no questions. Additionally, Dasher allows for message deletion after sending, providing users with greater control over their conversations. The platform also integrates peer-to-peer payment capabilities, enabling users to make transactions easily. Overall, Dasher aims to create a next-generation messaging experience that facilitates rich, interactive communication and keeps users connected with friends and family across different devices.

Olio Devices

Seed Round in 2014
Olio Devices is a company based in San Francisco, California, specializing in luxury lifestyle products tailored for modern professionals. Founded in 2013, the company focuses on developing smart wearable devices, particularly wristwatches, that combine precision craftsmanship with advanced technology. Their flagship product, the Olio Model One, was introduced in March 2015 and is designed to seamlessly integrate with both Apple and Android smartphones. In addition to their timepieces, Olio Devices provides associated software, hardware, and a cloud-based platform that supports third-party services, enhancing the functionality and user experience of their smart watches.

Spring

Series A in 2014
Spring is a retail company that offers a diverse selection of products, including apparel and home and garden items. It operates as a shopping application designed for iOS devices, allowing users to follow their favorite brands and purchase new arrivals, exclusives, and unique products. Originally founded as Jello Labs, the company rebranded to Spring in July 2014. The founders of Spring are David Tisch, Alan Tisch, and Octavian Costache, and the company is based in New York.

Shake

Series A in 2013
Shake, Inc. is a New York-based company that offers a mobile application designed to simplify the creation and signing of legal agreements. Founded in 2012, the app allows users to generate legally binding contracts, including non-disclosure agreements, consulting agreements, and purchase agreements, using a straightforward interface. Users can select from various templates tailored to their specific needs, fill in the required information, and electronically sign the documents directly on their smartphones. The application aims to make legal processes more accessible and efficient for individuals and businesses alike.

Sunrise

Seed Round in 2013
Sunrise is a free calendar app. Designed with love, Sunrise is a new experience that will make your life easier. Available on Android, iPhone, iPad & Web.

Lua

Seed Round in 2013
Lua specializes in powering HIPAA compliant messaging for the healthcare industry. It offers a mobile coordination solution that provides immediate access to the people and information needed to get a job done, anywhere. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in New York, New York.

Koa.la

Series A in 2013
Koala develops a photo-sharing application which can be integrated into smartphone messenger. Koala was formerly known as Albumatic Inc. and changed its name to Koala in November 2013. It was founded in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Pickie

Seed Round in 2012
Pickie is a personalized shopping application designed for the iPad that reimagines the catalog shopping experience. It combines elements of a magazine and a catalog, curating content based on users' personal styles, favorite brands, and trending products from various retailers and social media feeds. The platform enriches the shopping experience by providing actionable insights and recommendations tailored to individual preferences. Recognized as one of the top apps in its category, Pickie has been highlighted as one of the essential apps for catalog shopping in the App Store.

9gag

Seed Round in 2012
9GAG, Inc. is a social media platform founded in 2008 and based in Mountain View, California, that specializes in user-generated content focused on humor. The site allows users to post and comment on a wide array of entertaining media, including funny pictures, videos, and memes across various categories such as gaming, anime, movies, TV shows, and sports. 9GAG.TV, a subsidiary of the main platform, features user-generated videos that cover similar themes, including comedy, pranks, and cute moments. The platform is updated daily, providing a dynamic space for users to engage with content, share laughs, and connect with others who enjoy lighthearted entertainment.

MobileDay

Seed Round in 2011
MobileDay Inc. develops a one-touch conference call dialing application for iPhone and Android devices, aimed at business professionals globally. The application synchronizes with the device's native calendar, offering a streamlined 'My Day' schedule view that includes upcoming calls and meetings, each with a convenient one-touch join button. This simplifies the process of joining conference calls and online meetings. In addition to its individual consumer app, MobileDay introduced 'MobileDay Business' in April 2015, designed for companies and organizations to equip entire teams with the same easy dialing functionality. Founded in 2010 and based in Boulder, Colorado, MobileDay was previously known as Skedul.me Inc. before rebranding in December 2011.

Romotive

Convertible Note in 2011
Romotive makes robotic platforms that harnesses the power of smartphone in order to deliver new functionalities quickly through mobile apps. Romo, our first product on the platform, is a robotic tank toy that users can customize (via hardware accessories), battle with friends, and control remotely via a live video feed. Romo is infinitely programmable through an easy drag-and-drop interface as well as expandable through downloading new mobile apps that add new behaviors.

UpNext

Series A in 2011
UpNext is a New York City-based startup specializing in the development of detailed 3D mapping applications for mobile devices. The company has created a 3D Cities iPhone app that offers comprehensive visual representations of major cities including New York City, Boston, Washington D.C., San Francisco, Philadelphia, Chicago, Portland, and Austin. Users can interact with the maps by panning, zooming, and clicking on individual buildings to access information about the businesses within them. The app also allows users to search for specific addresses and highlights nearby amenities such as restaurants, bars, stores, hotels, museums, and sports facilities through customizable filters. By providing an immersive way to explore urban environments, UpNext enhances the user's ability to navigate and discover city landscapes virtually.

Simperium

Convertible Note in 2010
Simperium is a [Y Combinator](/organization/y-combinator)-funded company that builds a platform for syncing content among people and their devices. They released Simplenote as a showcase of this platform.

Simperium

Seed Round in 2010
Simperium is a [Y Combinator](/organization/y-combinator)-funded company that builds a platform for syncing content among people and their devices. They released Simplenote as a showcase of this platform.
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