Brand New Matter

Brand New Matter is an early stage venture capital firm founded in 2013 and headquartered in New York, with an additional office in Darien, Connecticut. The firm focuses on investing in a range of sectors, including enterprise technology, travel and hospitality, marketplaces, e-commerce, and consumer goods. By targeting innovative companies in these areas, Brand New Matter aims to support entrepreneurs and help them scale their businesses effectively.

John Shaughnessy

Managing Director

Sam Shevat

General Partner

12 past transactions

Futurestay

Series A in 2022
Futurestay, Inc. is a provider of a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform designed for vacation rental owners and managers. Established in 2011 and headquartered in New Brunswick, New Jersey, the company offers a comprehensive do-it-yourself management system that allows users to create, market, book, and manage their vacation rental websites. Its suite of tools includes Vacation Rental Management Software, which helps users control guest interactions, bookings, and communications, as well as a ListingSync Channel Manager to keep property listings updated across various platforms. Futurestay supports a diverse range of accommodations, including hostels, private homes, bed and breakfasts, small hotels, condos, villas, and luxury properties. The platform connects vacation rentals to essential services such as payment processing and marketing channels, empowering owners to optimize their operations and reduce vacancies effectively.

Selfr

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Selfr is an AI-powered platform designed to simplify data management for analysts by automating the creation of data pipelines and live business intelligence dashboards. The company provides a no-code solution that allows users to integrate, store, and clean data from multiple sources without the need for extensive coding skills. By leveraging advanced data modeling techniques and end-to-end metadata, Selfr enables business teams to gain reliable insights and streamline their data processes. This innovative approach eliminates the necessity of hiring costly data engineers, reducing manual tasks and enhancing efficiency in data analysis and visualization.

Qonsent

Seed Round in 2021
Qonsent is a privacy enablement and engagement platform designed to foster trusted relationships between consumers and businesses. The company offers a unique consumer consent wallet that facilitates transparent consent engagements directly between consumers and brands. This platform allows marketing teams to create custom landing pages and define specific customer data to capture, enabling consistent and direct engagement with users. By empowering consumers with direct access and control over their personal data, Qonsent enhances the way businesses manage customer information and consent, promoting a more transparent and responsible approach to data usage.

Twosense

Seed Round in 2021
Twosense is a provider of behavioral software focused on continuous biometric authentication for workplace security. The company's innovative technology offers Continuous Authentication and Continuous Access Evaluation as a service for employee identity and access management (IAM). By analyzing and modeling the unique behavioral patterns of authorized users, Twosense's software can effectively reduce fraud and enhance security. It operates with minimal integration effort, requiring only a few lines of code, and is designed to seamlessly authenticate employees based on their behavior, thereby preventing unauthorized access. This enables businesses to protect their applications and sensitive information while ensuring a smooth user experience.

Zoro Card

Seed Round in 2020
Zoro Card is a company that specializes in creating money management software designed to facilitate cashless transactions and enhance credit scores. Their platform allows users to pay off debts and loans efficiently, with the added benefit of improving their credit standing over time. This enables users to qualify for low-interest loans more easily. The software includes a debit card feature specifically for managing regular bills, fees, or debt payments, ensuring that users can maintain financial stability while building their credit history.

TRYM

Seed Round in 2020
Trym, Inc., established in 2017 and headquartered in Novato, California, specializes in developing and providing cannabis farm management and compliance software. The company's offerings include real-time monitoring of environmental factors such as light, temperature, humidity, and CO2, daily task notifications, task and workflow management, plant analytics, and automated Metrc reporting. By leveraging these tools, Trym empowers cannabis cultivators to make data-driven decisions, enhance operational efficiency, maintain product consistency, and ultimately grow their revenues.

Native

Seed Round in 2020
Native Data, Inc. operates a data collection platform that facilitates market research by connecting organizations with local data collectors across various cities worldwide. Established in 2014 and headquartered in New York, the company has expanded its presence with offices in Washington, D.C., London, Bogotá, and Singapore. Native serves a diverse clientele, including sectors such as consumer goods, opinion polling, retail, and asset management, enabling businesses to gather real-time data and insights tailored to their specific needs. By leveraging a network of trained locals, Native provides an efficient and cost-effective solution for organizations seeking to monitor market conditions, conduct rapid polling, and analyze data for informed decision-making.

Vendorful

Seed Round in 2020
Vendorful is a SaaS company specializing in eSourcing and vendor management software. It offers a suite of tools for RFP/RFI/RFQ automation, reverse auctions, contracts administration, vendor management, scorecarding, and security questionnaires. Vendorful's platform is cloud-native and can be integrated into existing procurement software stacks, serving businesses of all sizes from SMB to enterprise.

Futurestay

Venture Round in 2020
Futurestay, Inc. is a provider of a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform designed for vacation rental owners and managers. Established in 2011 and headquartered in New Brunswick, New Jersey, the company offers a comprehensive do-it-yourself management system that allows users to create, market, book, and manage their vacation rental websites. Its suite of tools includes Vacation Rental Management Software, which helps users control guest interactions, bookings, and communications, as well as a ListingSync Channel Manager to keep property listings updated across various platforms. Futurestay supports a diverse range of accommodations, including hostels, private homes, bed and breakfasts, small hotels, condos, villas, and luxury properties. The platform connects vacation rentals to essential services such as payment processing and marketing channels, empowering owners to optimize their operations and reduce vacancies effectively.

Bizly

Seed Round in 2019
Bizly, Inc. is a New York-based company founded in 2015 that operates a platform designed to streamline the organization of professional meetings. The platform offers an automated end-to-end solution for booking elevated hotel experiences, private meeting rooms, and co-working spaces. Bizly's innovative system enables users to manage invitations, attendee logistics, venue bookings, and hybrid or virtual technology needs with ease, serving professionals globally. By facilitating a structured approach to meeting planning, Bizly allows organizations to designate roles such as administrators and meeting planners, while also providing visibility into spending and savings associated with small meetings. The platform is utilized by many Fortune 500 companies, enhancing efficiency and reducing the complexities of meeting management.

Buster

Venture Round in 2016
Buster is an online booking platform that simplifies the process of arranging private group transportation, allowing customers to easily discover, compare, and book services for buses, vans, and limousines. Established in 2012 and based in New York, Buster serves as both a marketplace and a customer relationship management tool, connecting users with transportation operators. The platform enables bus and limousine operators to manage their bookings effectively and access a digital segment of the market. By facilitating effortless trip planning and providing competitive pricing, Buster enhances the overall efficiency of transportation booking for both customers and service providers.

LeafLink

Angel Round in 2015
LeafLink operates a wholesale management platform designed to connect cannabis brands and retailers, facilitating streamlined ordering processes, simplified communication, and reduced administrative tasks. The company's platform offers tools for driving brand awareness, boosting sales, tracking orders, engaging with customers, and managing logistics partners. LeafLink serves over 1,200 brands and 3,500 retailers across 22 territories in the US and Canada. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in New York, LeafLink also maintains offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, Denver, Austin, and Toronto.
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