Arizona Bay

Arizona Bay's design and business strategy expertise is augmented through our venture capital services. We are innovation capitalists, helping clients refine product concepts, prove market potential, and then attract large investors. By providing capital and strategic guidance, we lower your costs and raise your valuation. Our approach is to get each product we develop to market as quickly as possible. Because Arizona Bay incubates ideas - not company infrastructure - we reduce cash flow and speed up the development process. Our clients get to market sooner and get a higher valuation in subsequent funding rounds, as their product has already begun to generate revenue. Arizona Bay's innovative investing can benefit a range of companies, including entrepreneurs with great ideas but limited experience raising capital or running a company. Inventors bring their breakthrough ideas - we bring design skills, organization building expertise, and seed funding.

Jeff Natland

Founder

9 past transactions

Kin Insurance

Series D in 2023
Kin Insurance, Inc. is a digital insurance agency specializing in homeowners insurance and related products, including mobile home, condo, flood, manufactured home, landlord, umbrella, hurricane, wildfire, and second home insurance. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with an additional office in St. Petersburg, Florida, Kin Insurance operates payment processing offices in Palatine and Chicago. By eliminating external agents, Kin Insurance offers a direct-to-consumer model that enhances the convenience and affordability of homeowners insurance. The company's technology platform provides a seamless user experience, personalized coverage options, and efficient claims processing. Kin leverages extensive property data to deliver precise pricing and improve underwriting outcomes.

Squadio

Seed Round in 2022
Squadio is a Team as a Service platform based in Riyadh that connects organizations and business owners with vetted tech squads for the development and enhancement of digital products. The platform specializes in assembling remote teams of engineers and offers a range of services, including talent vetting, hiring, payroll management, and the provision of a product manager for each squad. This approach allows companies to efficiently hire qualified professionals tailored to their specific needs, facilitating effective team management and project execution.

Earnest

Series C in 2017
Earnest was built on the principle that getting a loan shouldn’t be difficult for financially responsible people. Earnest offers student loan refinancing and personal loan. It uses its unrivaled technology to consider more than just a credit score; it looks at thousands of data points such as education, saving patterns, investments, and career trajectory. Customers apply online and can manage their account payment preferences with the online dashboard and mobile app. Earnest was founded in 2013, by Louis Beryl and Ben Hutchinson, and had its official launch in early 2014. Earnest raised several rounds of funding from investors including Andreessen Horowitz, Maveron, Battery Ventures, Atlas Ventures, and several others. In 2017, Earnest was acquired by Navient Corp. Navient maintains Earnest as a separate brand while allowing Earnest to be backed by a larger company. Earnest has grown from distributing $8M loans in its first year of business to distributing nearly $2B in student loans and having a roughly $500M loan portfolio in 2017. Earnest has been included in Fast Company’s World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies list. The company lends across the United States in 45 states and the District of Columbia. In August 2017, it was announced that Earnest would open a second office in Salt Lake City, Utah.

Ring

Seed Round in 2013
Ring is an outdoor home security company founded in 2012 and based in Santa Monica, California. The company specializes in a range of smart security products designed to enhance home safety and reduce crime in neighborhoods. Its offerings include the Ring Video Doorbell, Ring Video Doorbell Pro, Ring Stick Up Cam, and Ring Floodlight Cam. These devices are equipped with features such as wide-angle lenses, built-in microphones, and speakers, allowing homeowners to monitor their properties effectively. By creating a modern digital neighborhood watch, Ring aims to empower consumers and protect communities globally.

Skillz

Seed Round in 2012
Skillz is a mobile gaming platform dedicated to fostering competition through engaging and fair gameplay. By enabling developers to create and monetize competitive games, Skillz has positioned itself as a leader in the mobile gaming industry. The platform hosts billions of casual gaming tournaments, attracting millions of players globally. Notable games available on Skillz include Dominoes Gold, Blackout Bingo, 21 Blitz, and Solitaire Cube. The company operates primarily through its Skillz segment, which focuses on eSports and multiplayer competition, while also encompassing the Aarki segment. Skillz generates most of its revenue from the United States, with additional contributions from markets such as Israel, China, and Malta. The company has received recognition for its commitment to diversity and innovation in technology, being named among the Best Companies for Women to Advance and one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies.

CloudSponge

Seed Round in 2011
CloudSponge provides software-as-a-service that handles address book importing from all major sources (Gmail, Yahoo Mail, MSN/Live/Hotmail, AOL, Outlook, OS X Address Book, and more). A low monthly fee buys unlimited access to simple copy/paste HTML integration (about 5 minutes to get up and running) or an in-depth API. API wrappers are provided in all popular programming languages for simple integration for customers that prefer to use the API. It's free to try and easy to integrate. The website has a Test Drive that webmasters can use to see how the product works with their own address book, plus lots of Examples to see how other websites have used it.

FeeFighters

Seed Round in 2011
FeeFighters makes the process of choosing a merchant account provider as easy as shopping for a plane ticket online. In minutes, business owners can choose the best deal on credit card processing with a reverse auction marketplace that saves the average business owner 40 percent on credit card processing. FeeFighters also provides free tools, such as the credit card processing calculator, that help businesses make better decisions about their financial services.
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