Hayseed Ventures

Gemini Development is a boutique software development agency focused on delivering amazing digital product experiences.

Scrub Shopper operates a web platform that retails an assortment of medical scrubs. Scrub Shopper offers standard medical scrub tops and pants for men and women. Additionally, the company offers stethoscopes, scrub jackets, nursing shoes, lab coats, hospital gowns, as well as novelty designed scrubs in adult and child sizes. Scrub Shopper was founded by John James in 2005. The company is based in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Feather is a platform that connects clients and their families to independent, qualified caregivers using their extensive matching algorithms. Families can request in-home care by creating a profile with their needs, location, schedule, and the unique personality traits of their loved one, and Feather instantly identifies the best caregivers for them in their area. Feather also makes coordinating care and payments easy for families and caregivers. Families and Caregivers can create, edit, and share their schedules to maintain consistent care, and payments are easily and securely transferred from the families or clients directly to the caregivers.

SMACK is a mobile-first retail media company dedicated to helping people design a life they can afford to love. We publish two online properties—Aisle 9 for women & Product 1 for men—for today's modern shopper who doesn't have time to explore the stores they frequent. We do the shopping for them, helping them find products they love through our curated lifestyle feed in a clean, mobile-friendly UX. We help brands build an audience of their own through two innovative advertising programs—Sponsored Content & Digital Demo. Sponsored Content builds targeted awareness of new and existing products by boosting a post on Aisle 9 or Product 1. We target the boost through our Pinpoint Media System, which delivers engaging social content to specific markets—even down to the store level. Our latest product—the Digital Demo—is disrupting the retail marketing world with its ability to activate an audience of 1 million+ to buy, try, write & share about any product purchased from any store in the US. It is unlike anything currently offered by traditional online media outlets.

Trackwired is an online platform designed to facilitate connections among athletes, coaches, runners, and fans within the realms of track and field, cross country, road running, and road racing. The platform offers a suite of tools that enable athletes to monitor their workouts, distances, and achievements through a personalized training calendar. Users can connect with teammates, coaches, and competitors, providing an environment conducive to mutual growth and development. Additionally, Trackwired offers access to training guidance and instructional videos created by Olympic-level coaches, aimed at enhancing sports performance.

Apptegy Inc. is a software development company that creates tailored online solutions for schools, school districts, and community organizations. Established in 2013 and based in Little Rock, Arkansas, the company offers a platform called Thrillshare, which allows school administrators to manage digital communications from a centralized portal. This platform facilitates various online interactions, enabling the sharing of messages, alerts, and updates across mobile, web, and social media channels. Apptegy focuses on helping K-12 education leaders enhance their districts' identities and effectively market their achievements, ensuring compliance with accessibility standards. By providing tools for continuous communication, the company empowers schools to engage their audiences through text messages, voice calls, social media posts, and mobile push notifications, thereby strengthening the connection between schools and their communities.

Menguin is a company offering online stylish tuxedo and suit rentals. It allows the bride and groom to design the tuxedos together, on their couch, while helping to organize the wedding party. The company's solution saves an average of three hours per customer by cutting out multiple trips to the store. This allows clients to spend their time away from high-pressure suit sales and focus their time on the things that matter.

QuBowl offers a SaaS solution for Quiz Bowl teams wanting a competitive advantage. We are an online educational platform that uses analytics, gamification, and competition to make training for Quiz Bowl both more effective and more fun. We provide a robust analytics suite to help Quiz Bowl coaches monitor their team's performance and choose specific categories for players to improve upon. Teams can compare themselves against the rest of the nation and players can see where they rank in specific topics among all QuBowl players.