Dorm Room Fund

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Formally

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Formally is a legal collaboration company seeking to use intelligent technology and accessible design to simplify legal processes and increase access to justice.

Treeswift

Seed Round in 2022
Treeswift utilizes robotic and machine learning technology to build forestry tools.

Quantbase

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Quantbase allows them to invest money into the strategies on their website, and their algorithms do the work of rebalancing their portfolio according to the strategies. They offer cryptocurrency, leveraged, quantitative, special, and classic strategies.

ar.io

Seed Round in 2022
ArDrive offers permanent, secure, always-on data storage for a simple one-time price. Store documents, photos, and videos in an indelible vault and keep them secure for a lifetime.

Spiky.ai

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Spiky.ai is the first AI-based modular integrated advanced analytics platform that leads the Edutech 5.0 revolution. Spiky.ai is a one-stop-shop solution, gathering all essential AI-based analytics products under one platform.

IRON

Angel Round in 2022
IRON is a mobile application for weight lifters to track their performance in the gym.

Aviato

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Imagine seamless communication with, and discovery of startups & investors—Through short-form video pitches, where pitches rule the day and deal closures rule the night. The entire world of innovators and investors is connected online.

Alima

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Neutro simplifies produce procurement for businesses across the Americas, optimized by data-driven operations.

POSH

Funding Round in 2021
Our white label ticketing platform makes hosting events easy through marketing and customer management features that help nightlife curators expand their audience effectively. We provide hosts with automated SMS, Email, and Instagram marketing tools that eliminate the amount of time they spend reaching clients, so they can focus more on their brand and the production of their events.

MovieBot

Seed Round in 2021
Teleportal is a spatial computing company building developer and creator tools. The Teleportal SDK connects thousands of concurrent users in world-scale mixed reality experiences. Users can connect locally or remotely "teleport" into virtual 3D spaces from anywhere in the world across 1B+ mobile devices, PCs, Macs, and AR/VR headsets. Teleportal's SDK forms the backbone of a 3D operating system that will empower the next generation of creators to collaborate, create, and share content together spatially.

Cadoo

Seed Round in 2021
Pay to join a challenge, and complete the challenge task (run 10 miles with Strava). Complete your goal, and get your money back! If you loose, your money is evenly redistributed to the winners. Quite literally, get fit, get paid!

Site Biz Pros

Seed Round in 2021
Site Biz Pros provides a suite of software tools for small businesses to get online

Bluedot

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Bluedot is a marketplace where electric vehicles reach charging units and charger owners can share their spots with others. It is a software and hardware integrated system with a mobile application where charger owners can easily schedule and share charger and make money, while electric car owners reach all the chargers which are publicly and privately-owned. Bluedot Technologies began its operations in 2019 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Array Insights

Seed Round in 2020
Array Insights, formerly known as Secure AI Labs, is a company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, founded in 2017. It specializes in providing a secure analytics platform that enables businesses to share sensitive and regulated data without compromising security or ownership. Its technology employs encryption to protect data throughout the analysis process, allowing users to access siloed information while utilizing proprietary algorithms. The platform enforces data-use policies, giving data owners control over who can use their information and how it is utilized, even after sharing. Array Insights focuses on the healthcare sector, offering a clinical data registry that allows hospitals to securely manage patient data and conduct research efficiently, all while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. The company combines bioinformatics and machine learning to create accessible AI models from a diverse library, facilitating the safe use of personal and proprietary information in research and analysis.

Upparel

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Upparel serves as the center of a network between Suppliers, Distributors, Decorators and Businesses purchasing custom merchandise. We allow corporations to unlock the power of their brand by combining the two most valuable assets to any organization - Brand Equity and Data. Leveraging proprietary technology, Upparel provides distributors and suppliers a turnkey solution to optimize operations through e-commerce, analytics, customer and file management.

Forest Devices

Venture Round in 2020
Forest Devices is developing AlphaStroke, the first stroke screening device designed for use by medical personnel in any environment. A non-invasive, AI-powered device that can identify a stroke before a CT or MRI is available, AlphaStroke will improve patient outcomes by decreasing time to treatment and by increasing the overall frequency that stroke treatments are provided. Making stroke decisions smarter.

ShelfLife

Pre Seed Round in 2020
ShelfLife is an ordering platform connecting food and beverage brands with prominent packaging suppliers. For both brands and suppliers, ShelfLife's technology drastically reduces the time spent placing and managing orders of routine packaging materials. By bringing together a community of like-minded brands, ShelfLife actively negotiates volume-based pricing contracts with supply partners. With ShelfLife, food and beverage brands can place and track orders in minutes, chat with their supply partners, and gain new insights to develop a more resilient packaging supply chain.

MetaMap

Seed Round in 2020
Mati enables builders in fast-growing, underserved regions with the digital identity tools they need to provide better trust-based services to more people. We're making starting this new type of 'Trust Economy' company as simple as setting up a store on Shopify.

Polygon

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Polygon is a Los Angeles-based company founded in 2019 that specializes in providing remote psychological evaluations and support for individuals with learning differences such as dyslexia and ADHD. The company employs licensed psychologists to conduct comprehensive self-assessments, delivering personalized reports that include diagnoses and intervention strategies. By focusing on remote diagnostics and support, Polygon aims to equip individuals with the necessary tools to thrive academically and personally, ensuring that those with learning differences have access to the resources they need to succeed.

Whist

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Fractal lets you work, create, and play faster and better from any device, anywhere, by streaming your favorite and most demanding applications from the cloud.

Workbench

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Workbench is an information technology company that specializes in providing a software platform for the supply chain industry. Its platform enables its users to collaborate and connect to their suppliers, vendors, and manufacturing partners through a modern file storage and ticketing solution. The company was founded by Prince Ghosh and Lucas Fridman.

Sleek

Pre Seed Round in 2020
We're a deep learning startup that cracks the code on wait times by fusing various different data sources. Our patent-pending AI technology draws on deep learning to provide virtual queuing solutions —saving customers the inconvenience of waiting in lines, as well as unlocking new streams of revenue for these super popular merchants and event organizers. Serving over 20k+ businesses - we are a team of 8, backed by Tier-1 investors including Lightspeed Venture Partners, BAM & StartX (S20 batch) and are started by a team of ForbesU30 founders, both being ex-Google & ex-Stanford engineers.

WellNested

Seed Round in 2020
WellNested helps families navigate the transition into parenthood with confidence and ease.

Pairi

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Pairi Inc. is a software development company based in King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, founded in April 2019. The company specializes in providing solutions for freelancers, enabling them to create professional booking websites and facilitate direct bookings through social media platforms like Instagram. Pairi's software also allows freelancers to manage their businesses conveniently via text messaging, streamlining their operations and enhancing client engagement.

Pilota

Seed Round in 2019
Pilota operates an online platform that monitors and predicts flight disruptions, and automatically rebooks flights during delays or cancellations. Its platform leverages machine learning technology to predict disruptions ahead of time to proactively and automatically rebook a traveler's flight for free during these disruptions. The company serves travel management companies and airlines. Pilota was founded in 2019 and is based in New York, New York.

ASMI

Seed Round in 2019
ASMI is a B2B venture incorporating AI to finally remove all the friction of live, short and game streaming video monetization with product placement and E-commerce advertisement. User-generated content is uniquely paired with an automated non-invasive ad, providing upside in both UX and ROI for content providers.

Battlecard

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Battlecard operates as a platform that enables businesses to organize and document their sales playbooks. It simulates customer voices for fast and straightforward training and can also automate the roleplaying process for effective training.

AMPAworks

Pre Seed Round in 2019
AMPAworks is a technology company that specializes in artificial intelligence software designed for the healthcare sector. Founded in 2017 and based in Palo Alto, California, with additional offices in Santa Monica, the company develops an Internet of Things (IoT) system that utilizes computer vision and deep learning to monitor and manage hospital inventory. By automating inventory tracking and reordering, AMPAworks provides real-time data that enables healthcare facilities to optimize their operations and significantly reduce costs. The software not only tracks inventory but also assigns, alerts, and analyzes productivity, ultimately helping safety teams manage their resources more effectively. The solutions offered by AMPAworks aim to save hospitals an estimated $10 million annually by streamlining inventory management processes.

BRÜZD Foods

Pre Seed Round in 2019
BRÜZD Foods rescues excess crops that would otherwise go to waste at the farm level, and delivers them straight to homes throughout Boston for less than supermarkets charge. BRÜZD Foods took pride in helping farmers make income on all the produce they grew, generating greater access to fresh and delicious produce, and building a circular urban food system.

Macro

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Marlo, Inc. develops an application that employs the Zoom software development kit (SDK) to add depth and analysis to daily work meetings. It offers Macro that enables customization to Zoom meetings and automatically add text to a Google Doc and formats it into a shareable document. Its platform enables users to customize Zoom's interface for any type of meeting. The company’s platform is used by product teams and engineering teams. Marlo, Inc. was founded in 2018 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Remodelmate

Seed Round in 2019
remodelmate, Inc. operates as an online marketplace for buying, selling, and managing home renovations. It provides services, including check renovation model, pricing estimate, and budget design. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Washington, District Of Columbia.

Eat Makhana

Seed Round in 2019
With 50% more protein and 20% fewer calories than corn, water lily seeds (known as makhana) are an ancient superfood containing all 17 amino acids, and shown to reduce inflammation as well as prevent chronic illnesses. Eat Makhana's flavors are grain free, sugar free, gluten free, dairy free, and 100% vegan.

Hailify

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Hailify is a logistics company focused on capturing and retaining driver supply for the gig economy using a Dynamic Job Optimization Switchboard aggregating jobs across multiple partners and dispatching across existing fleets, optimizing driver utilization and creating profitable routes for drivers.

Below the Fold

Pre Seed Round in 2019
At acciyo, we’re empowering consumers to understand the news. Reading the news today is like opening a book at Chapter 3 of the story - you're missing the story development to understand why that part of the narrative is relevant today. Our product uses artificial intelligence to automatically surface the previous "chapters"​ of the news story, helping active news readers avoid a rabbit hole of Google searches just to understand what's happening in the world - or worse, stop reading.

Floating Point Group

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Floating Point Group is a cryptocurrency firm based in New York City that specializes in smart-order-routing(SOR) technology. The system solves market illiquidity, allowing block trades that would normally be executed by OTC desks to be routed through cryptocurrency exchanges while intelligently avoid slippage- bolstering the markets and decreasing volatility. Similar to the evolution of the traditional financial markets, SOR systems are necessary for the successful maturation of cryptocurrency. Floating Point Group integrates technology for the digital currency markets into trading strategies through a single API. The platform is offering innovative, industry-leading trade execution and settlement. They help hedge funds, asset managers, and institutional investors adapt to rapidly evolving market structure with a platform of modular trading technology that lets them deploy customizable trading applications for order execution, market data, and trade settlement with just a couple lines of code.

WAYV

Seed Round in 2018
Developer and operator of an online community intended to create and unlock hyper-tailored experiences for college students across the country. The company's community offers services including point of purchase executions, A/B testing products, opportunity to increase brand affinity, provides digital offerings, collaborations and develop relationships, enabling universities to provide resources, access to employment opportunities and improve the overall growth of students.

Flo Recruit

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Flo Recruit, Inc. specializes in recruiting event management software tailored for law firms and technology companies. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Dallas, Texas, the company’s platform streamlines the recruitment process by allowing organizations to capture candidate information quickly, typically in under 30 seconds. The software facilitates employee feedback on candidates and automates follow-up communications after events. Additionally, it provides tools for tracking attendees and managing event details, delivering valuable insights to recruiters that enhance decision-making and improve hiring outcomes.

Powerspike

Angel Round in 2018
PowerSpike, Inc. is a marketing platform that links gaming influencers with brands to enhance brand visibility and stimulate sales within the gaming community. Founded in 2018 and based in Dover, Delaware, PowerSpike offers a suite of features designed to facilitate influencer marketing. Its platform includes tools for discovering and filtering millions of Twitch streamers, managing influencer relationships, and analyzing campaign performance through comprehensive analytics. With a network of over 27,000 influencers on Twitch and access to more than 200 million viewers monthly, PowerSpike provides an efficient solution for brands seeking to engage with the gaming audience. The company has partnered with notable brands, including EXPRESS, Intuit, and Schneider Electric, and is supported by Techstars and the Philadelphia 76ers.

Infinite Uptime

Series A in 2018
Infinite Uptime, Inc. offers an integrated industrial solution that combines hardware, cloud analytics, and control software to monitor equipment and diagnose problems in various sectors, including steel, power, cement, chemicals, automotive, and more. The company's industrial data analytics platform (IDAP) automates the detection of patterns in data, assesses overall equipment effectiveness, and identifies productivity trends using big data. It also facilitates ISO compliance reporting and monitors multiple tools on the same machine. Additionally, Infinite Uptime provides an industrial data enabler that detects real-time anomalies and defects through visual LED indicators. Established in 2015, the company is headquartered in Berkeley, California, with an additional office in Pune, India, which also houses its R&D and tech center. A manufacturing facility is located in Vadodara, India.

Hyro

Seed Round in 2018
Hyro is a technology company that specializes in developing conversational AI assistants for enterprises. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York, Hyro enables organizations to enhance user interaction on digital platforms through intuitive voice and chat capabilities. The company's innovative approach allows for seamless integration of AI into websites and mobile applications, significantly improving user engagement and conversion rates. Unlike traditional solutions, Hyro simplifies the deployment and maintenance of its technology by automatically generating a knowledge graph from existing content, eliminating the need for complex integration processes, playbooks, or extensive training data. This frictionless approach positions Hyro as a leader in the conversational AI space, making advanced technology accessible to a wide range of businesses.

Resonado

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Resonado, Inc. specializes in designing and developing audio systems utilizing its patented Flat Core Speaker (FCS) technology. Founded in 2017 and based in South Bend, Indiana, with additional offices in San Francisco, Boston, and Anyang, South Korea, the company serves various industries, including automotive, consumer electronics, home theater, hospitality, and marine. Traditional conical speaker transducer technology has long dominated audio production, but the demand for smaller, more efficient audio components has increased significantly due to trends in product miniaturization and the proliferation of smart IoT devices. Resonado's FCS technology addresses these challenges by optimizing the internal structure of electrodynamic transducers, allowing for innovative design without sacrificing acoustic performance. The company generates revenue primarily through licensing its technology to global manufacturers across multiple sectors.

Karuna Health

Seed Round in 2018
Karuna Health, Inc. develops a platform that automates patient care management tasks for hospitals. Its platform enables a health guide, such as reminding to go to an appointment; allows a patient to communicate with the care manager; collects health status information from a patient; and offers electronic medical record systems and lets users schedule appointments, organize transportation, and repeat messages to patients automatically. Karuna Health, Inc. was incorporated in 2018 and is based in San Francisco, California.

EmCasa

Seed Round in 2018
EmCasa is a Latin American prop-tech. Its mission is to guide customers through the most important financial transaction of their lives: buying a home. EmCasa's asset-light, managed marketplace model, allows different real estate players to plug their supply into the platform and then supports buyers through the complete purchasing process (search, visit, negotiation, closing). By leveraging technology and proprietary data algorithms, EmCasa delivers a superior customer experience to anyone buying or selling properties in Brazil. It'll soon launch mortgage, financial services and other vital products, to become the preferred real estate marketplace in the region. The company was founded in Nov/2017 and raised $7.6M .

Young Alfred

Convertible Note in 2018
Young Alfred LLC, an insurance agency, operates a platform to compare and buy insurance online. It offers personal and casualty insurance, including auto, homeowners, condo, mobile home, renters, umbrella, flood, earthquake, motorcycle, recreational vehicle, landlord, and personal articles policies insurance in Pennsylvania. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Splash Technologies

Seed Round in 2018
Splash powers individuals and businesses to exchange value using the blockchain and avoid costly intermediaries like VISA. The mobile-first wallet makes it simple to send and receive blockchain-currencies with friends, and the browser extension allows you to spend your blockchain-currency at any online merchant.

Ribbon Health

Seed Round in 2018
Ribbon Health is a healthcare data platform that provides a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution for healthcare enterprises. The platform offers comprehensive data on providers, insurance plans, and healthcare costs and quality metrics. Its services include tools for accurate provider directories, referral management, care navigation, and insurance enrollment. By delivering critical infrastructure for payers, providers, and digital health solutions, Ribbon Health enables clients to make informed decisions about healthcare services. The company serves a diverse range of clients, including health insurance companies, third-party administrators, clinics, hospitals, and digital health platforms. Founded in 2016 and based in New York, Ribbon Health was previously known as HealthWiz, Inc. before changing its name in March 2018.

WeTravel

Seed Round in 2018
Wetravel, Inc. operates an online platform/marketplace for managing and promoting group trips, dance tours, and yoga retreats. Its platform allows users to create trip page; promote trips and privately invite participants via social media and email; and collect deposits, set custom prices, and issue refunds. The company’s booking and payment platform includes various features for bank and credit card payments, automatic image search and import, collection of traveler information, reviews and automated post-trip surveys, deposit collection and refunds, downloading excel file of traveler information, and more. Wetravel, Inc. was founded in 2014 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Anjuna

Seed Round in 2018
Anjuna Security Inc. is a cybersecurity company based in Palo Alto, California, that specializes in a data-in-use platform designed to protect sensitive data during processing, transit, and at rest. Founded in 2017, Anjuna's technology enables organizations to secure their applications and key management systems in the cloud without requiring any changes to existing code. The platform creates a software perimeter around applications, delivering hardware-grade security that allows sensitive workloads to operate safely in public cloud environments. This approach eliminates the need for securing or patching the underlying infrastructure, as it protects applications even against threats from users with root or physical access. By seamlessly encrypting data end-to-end with secure enclaves, Anjuna empowers enterprises to run their most critical operations while maintaining robust security against insider threats.

Pundit, Inc.

Convertible Note in 2018
Pundit Inc. was a Disney and Techstars backed company that launched a variety of consumer and social apps, helping creators foster amazing IP and develop stronger ties with their fans. Our apps, including Pundit Stickers and Grafiti, collectively amassed over 1 million users on both iOS and Android. They allowed users to discover, showcase, and share amazing digital stickers on any platform in 2D and augmented reality formats. We also executed key product partnerships with global IP owners and brands such as Funko, Paramount Pictures, and Disney. Among the most successful activations was launching AR stickers for Disney Pixar's Incredibles 2, Disney Studios'​ Ralph Breaks the Internet, Disney Channel's DuckTales, and Paramount Pictures'​ Bumblebee - amassing millions of fan engagements with our AR stickers in just a few weeks'​ time. Our apps have also been featured on the App Store and Play Store on 3 occasions, highlighting our innovative AR and messaging products. Pundit Inc. was an alumni of the Disney Accelerator powered by Techstars in 2015. The company was also named: • Inc's 2016 Coolest College Startup • TechCrunch Disrupt - Startup Battlefield Alumni • Most Innovative Tech Startup, IDEAS LA

Biobot Analytics

Seed Round in 2017
Biobot Analytics is a wastewater epidemiology company that is transforming wastewater infrastructure into public health observatories. Its wastewater monitoring technology analyzes urine and stool samples to create a health database that is independent of hospital reporting systems, free from societal biases affecting who can and can’t seek care, and most importantly, rapidly adaptable to new and emerging public health threats.

tonebase

Convertible Note in 2017
tonebase gives you access to educational content produced by the world's greatest musicians and music educators. By giving everyone access to the world's greatest musical minds, tonebase hopes to democratize music education. https://tonebase.co/

Comake

Seed Round in 2017
Comake is a software platform that addresses the challenges faced by modern knowledge workers who navigate multiple communication channels and fragmented information systems. By consolidating and contextualizing digital information from various sources, Comake provides users with a single interface to view, search, communicate, share, and collaborate on content. The platform automatically maps emails, messages, files, and tasks to relevant employees, clients, and projects, enhancing internal communication and fostering valuable connections across organizations. As more collaborators join, the platform's utility increases, making it an effective tool for improving workflow and collaboration within teams.

Hedron

Seed Round in 2017
Analytical Space is in the business of quickly moving data from imaging satellites in space back to the ground. Analytical Space is building the in-orbit communication infrastructure that will enable real time knowledge of what is happening on the surface of our planet.

WorkerSense

Debt Financing in 2017
WorkerSense is a provider of a custom built analytics technology intended to offer improved construction site safety and performance for the construction industry. The company's technology provides an intelligent, hard hat-mounted sensory band that monitors heat stress and worker exhaustion and then automatically schedules work breaks on high-temperature construction sites, enabling industries to receive information on working conditions of their sites and improve the safety of their workers.

CozyKin

Pre Seed Round in 2017
CozyKin, inc. provides nanny services for new or expecting parents. It provides childcare services. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Allston, Massachusetts with an additional office in New York, New York. As of March 12, 2020, CozyKin, inc. operates as a subsidiary of Higher Ground Education Inc.

Zippity

Seed Round in 2017
Zippity LLC, founded in 2015 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, specializes in onsite car maintenance and repair services at customers' workplaces. The company offers a variety of services including vehicle lifting, oil changes, and brake and tire servicing, all facilitated through a tech-enabled platform. By partnering with employers, Zippity allows customers to schedule and pay for services online, streamlining the process and eliminating the need for traditional trips to a mechanic. Customers simply drop off their keys on the service day, and Zippity utilizes an enclosed service trailer to perform maintenance in any parking lot, regardless of weather conditions. This approach aims to alleviate common car-related frustrations, providing a convenient and efficient solution for busy individuals.

Athelas

Seed Round in 2017
Athelas, Inc. develops and manufactures an innovative in-home blood diagnostic device designed to monitor the immune system using just a drop of blood. Founded in 2016 and based in Mountain View, California, the company's portable optical unit analyzes blood cells and generates diagnostic reports. This technology assists healthcare providers in early identification of conditions such as leukemia, infections, and inflammatory diseases, allowing patients to monitor their immunity levels conveniently from home. Athelas operates as a subsidiary of MerLion Pharmaceuticals Pte. Ltd.

Feastfox

Angel Round in 2017
Feastfox Inc. is a mobile application company that facilitates table bookings at restaurants, bars, and cafés. Founded in 2016, the company is headquartered in Cape Town, South Africa, with additional offices in Stanford, California, and Budapest, Hungary. Feastfox operates as a smart restaurant recommendation engine, simplifying the process of discovering dining options by asking users a few straightforward questions and analyzing a vast array of data from various review platforms. The application is designed to empower independent restaurants and currently serves users exclusively in the Seattle area, helping them find suitable meal options efficiently.

Gauge

Seed Round in 2017
Gauge Insights is a consumer insights platform that is revolutionizing the way brands conduct research studies. The company is on a mission to build the first fully distributed research platform, combining powerful survey technology with qualitative partnerships, a large network of panel providers and a best in class talent marketplace. This model has allowed us to turn around the world’s largest brand’s full-service research projects in a fraction of the time and typically at half the cost of traditional methods.

Noken

Seed Round in 2017
Noken curates trips to introduce people to a new country. Travelers adapt a Noken Travel Blueprint based on their budgets and timelines and book their accommodations, experiences and transportation. These Travel Blueprints balance helpful guidance with the ability to create your own adventure, introducing travelers to the country’s iconic landmarks as well as local gems. Once on the trip, travelers can find everything they need in the App Guide and chat with the Experience Team for real-time support. Noken gives travelers the best of both worlds: the liberation from countless hours of planning and the guidance on the ground to meet a new country.

Sugar

Seed Round in 2017
Jetpack, Inc. is a company that specializes in the online retail and delivery of both food and non-food products, focusing on nighttime service. Established in 2017 and headquartered in Stanford, California, the company primarily serves college students by providing essential consumer products on-demand. Jetpack aims to streamline convenience for its customers by ensuring that necessary items are readily available in real-time, thereby enhancing the overall shopping experience.

Harper Wilde

Seed Round in 2017
Harper Wilde, Inc. is a Los Angeles-based company that operates an online platform specializing in lingerie shopping. Founded in 2016, the company focuses on providing high-quality, fairly-priced products, with prices nearly half of those offered by its competitors. Harper Wilde emphasizes purposeful designs and curated options that simplify the shopping experience for customers while also reducing production costs. This approach allows the company to pass savings onto consumers. In addition to its product offerings, Harper Wilde is dedicated to empowering women and supporting the next generation of female leaders.

Ursa

Seed Round in 2017
Ursa Tech, Inc. is a New York-based company that specializes in designing and developing application software aimed at transcribing live conversations into text. Founded in 2017, Ursa focuses on enabling teams to gain valuable insights from their discussions, thereby enhancing communication and collaboration. Through its innovative software, the company addresses the need for efficient transcription solutions in various professional settings.

Pison

Seed Round in 2017
Pison is a human performance company optimizing cognitive and physiological capability through gesture control. It's a full-stack solution combine hardware, software, machine learning, and UX for AR industries and drones. Investors and partners include Special Forces, Air Force, Harris, First Round DRF, MIT, Draper, and NASA.

Verb Energy

Convertible Note in 2017
Verb Energy, Inc., founded in 2015 and based in Lexington, Massachusetts, specializes in the production of caffeinated energy bars. The company's flagship product, the Verb Caffeinated Energy Bar, is designed to provide a healthy and convenient source of energy. Each bar incorporates caffeine derived from organic green tea, combined with carbohydrates and protein to ensure prolonged energy release. Verb Energy aims to deliver tasty and nutritious energy products that cater to a wide audience, promoting a lifestyle of health and vitality while remaining affordable.

FluidAI Medical

Convertible Note in 2017
NERv Technology Inc. develops an implantable biochip with biosensors to detect post-operative complications, such as internal bleeding, leakage of bodily fluids, and infection within the abdominal cavity. The biosensor collects data and identifies the complications as it develops and informs both patient and physician in real-time. It also detects changes in the levels of biomarker. The company serves physicians, surgeons, hospitals, and patients. NERv Technology Inc. was founded in 2014 and is based in Kitchener, Canada.

Trinity Mobile Networks

Venture Round in 2017
Trinity Mobile Networks, Inc. specializes in developing a multi-network overlay software-defined networking (SDN) platform tailored for smartphones and other mobile devices that require efficient connectivity. The company's flagship product, TrinitySDN, integrates cellular, Wi-Fi, and mesh connections, enabling network operators to manage diverse connections effectively. This platform enhances user experience by providing features such as unified network monitoring, software-defined multipath transmissions, seamless network handoffs, and real-time diagnostics. Additionally, Trinity Mobile Networks focuses on improving data speed and overall bandwidth through innovative wireless mesh networking technologies, which allow for affordable connectivity and reduce reliance on costly cellular services. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in New Haven, Connecticut, the company aims to deliver enhanced performance and coverage for mobile networks while ensuring secure and efficient data transmission.

FireHUD

Seed Round in 2017
At FireHUD, our vision is to enhance situational awareness so that preventable injuries never occur. We have been providing reliable, rugged, easy to use products to improve decision making for teams since our founding in 2016. Since day one, our mission has been to "Protect our Protectors." First responders and other frontline workers put their lives on the line every day in dangerous jobs where overexertion and heat stress injuries are common. To date we have worked around the globe with first responders, military personnel, and industrial workers of various backgrounds to provide technology that can make their jobs safer.

Droice Labs

Seed Round in 2017
Droice Labs is an AI company specializing in understanding real-world clinical data to solve problems across the healthcare system. Our solutions provide answers to the key questions that healthcare entities have, helping them to make optimal decisions and to better understand diseases and the patients they affect. Our products use state of the art AI to help identify undiagnosed/misdiagnosed/mistreated patient populations. The insights are valuable for all stakeholders in healthcare: hospitals gain revenue in risk-sharing contracts, payers save money through increasing care efficiency, and life sciences identifies populations where their therapies perform appropriately. We use this technology to help payers, providers and hospital finance teams to fill documentation correctly, capture missed revenue, and fill care gaps. With our deep patient and disease understanding engine, we also help payers detect over-billing, design better plans and prioritize the right interventions to cover.

InnaMed

Angel Round in 2017
InnaMed is developing a comprehensive care management platform. ​ Our team is developing an at-home blood testing device and remote monitoring software that enable patients to easily communicate quantitative and qualitative health assessments from home. The collected data feeds into algorithms that detect deterioration early and guide treatment decisions, improving outcomes and reducing costs. We are focusing on chronic conditions starting with heart failure, kidney failure and post-transplant care.

Veho

Seed Round in 2017
Veho Tech, Inc. is a parcel delivery service aimed at e-commerce retailers, providing end-to-end transportation solutions. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, the company utilizes advanced technology and a crowdsourced model for final-mile delivery. Veho has developed a mobile application that allows users to monitor, track, and check the status of their packages, enhancing the delivery experience for both retailers and customers. By enabling individuals with cars to participate in the delivery process, Veho creates a flexible and efficient logistics network.

Keriton

Seed Round in 2017
Keriton LLC specializes in a pumped breast milk management system tailored for neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). Founded in 2016 and based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the company addresses the challenges of breast milk management, which is often manual and error-prone. Its platform allows for real-time tracking of milk inventory, feeding orders, and provides notifications for expiry dates and misfeeds. Additionally, it enables nurses to share media with mothers and offers insights into lactating mothers' milk production patterns. By automating and validating the breast milk management process, Keriton significantly reduces the time nurses spend on these tasks, lowers the risk of errors, and creates an audit trail for compliance. The system aims to enhance the pumping experience for mothers, which is linked to better clinical outcomes for infants. Keriton's approach aligns with the goals of improving patient outcomes, reducing costs, and fostering better family engagement, presenting a potential return on investment for hospitals.

TABu

Seed Round in 2017
TABu’s mission is to upgrade the outdated payment process at bars and clubs by providing a simple digital platform to process bar tabs. TABu strategically pairs geolocation technology with mobile payment technology to streamline this payment process in an original, innovative way. TABu gains value among their users by providing a secure, efficient, hassle-free mobile application that is customized to their specific needs.

Acculis

Seed Round in 2017
Acculis makes building design information transparent and visible to all the important parties involved in the construction of a building. Acculis’ workflow management software reduces the complexity of BIM management through a single collaborative platform. Increase communication across teams by providing access to 3D models and real-time project data. By equipping teams with critical information, teams can improve quality, prevent delays, and reduce rework. Start automating your construction process through well designed workflows on any phone, tablet, or web browser.
IFM is a data analytics company using computer vision and robotics to automate data capture. Its core technology enables its high-performance flying robots to operate fully autonomously in indoor environments with centimeter accuracy. IFM's first product uses these flying robots to automate inventory counting in warehouses.

Athelas

Seed Round in 2017
Athelas, Inc. develops and manufactures an innovative in-home blood diagnostic device designed to monitor the immune system using just a drop of blood. Founded in 2016 and based in Mountain View, California, the company's portable optical unit analyzes blood cells and generates diagnostic reports. This technology assists healthcare providers in early identification of conditions such as leukemia, infections, and inflammatory diseases, allowing patients to monitor their immunity levels conveniently from home. Athelas operates as a subsidiary of MerLion Pharmaceuticals Pte. Ltd.

Edu101

Seed Round in 2017
101 Edu, Inc. develops mobile-first teaching and assessment tools specifically for college STEM courses. It offers touch-based interfaces that create new ways for students to visualize abstract math and science topics during critical problem solving sessions; and develops Chem101, which provides tools for chemistry instructors to create engaging in-class and homework assignments around these modules and receive feedback on student performance. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in New York, New York.

TEQ Charging

Seed Round in 2017
Currently, there are too many electric vehicles for the number of publicly available charging stations, causing issues for both EV drivers and property managers. TEQ Charging’s power management system moves cumbersome electrical infrastructure to the cloud and queues available power from one vehicle to the next throughout the day, ensuring each car receives its charge by the time requested. By using this system, property managers can install more charging stations without spending a fortune expanding their electrical infrastructure.

Flare Technologies

Seed Round in 2017
Flare Technologies tracks and analyzes the open source software that a software company brings in and utilizes in its final product. The company's software plugin generates automated risk-analysis reports for security and compliance issues and integrates with a Real-time alert system that notifies whenever new vulnerabilities are introduced. The technology was developed by Michael Lu and Stephan Williams, two programmers and recent computer science graduates from Georgia Tech.

Markit Medical

Seed Round in 2017
Markit Medical is an online platform that assists its users in identifying and comparing healthcare costs. The platform enables patients to schedule appointments of their healthcare providers and compare prices and qualifications. Physicians can use the platform to obtain scheduling support and personalized referral solutions. Insurers can use the platform to provide price transparency information to the patients. Markit Medical was launched in 2015 and is based in Illinois.

Players' Lounge

Seed Round in 2016
Players' Lounge Inc., also known as Players' Lounge Online, is an online platform that enables gamers to compete for cash and prizes through e-sports competitions. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York, the company caters primarily to casual gamers by allowing them to find opponents willing to wager on their favorite video games or participate in tournaments. Players' Lounge aims to provide a gaming experience that offers financial opportunities to the vast majority of gamers, as opposed to just the small percentage of professional players who earn substantial incomes. By facilitating social gaming tournaments that can be played both in-person and online, Players' Lounge fosters a competitive but accessible environment for gamers looking to enhance their gaming experience while potentially earning rewards.

Finfox

Angel Round in 2016
Finfox, Inc. develops a financial modeling, planning, and forecasting software. The company’s software enables finance departments and professionals to centralize company data, analyze financial performance of entire organization, and make strategic decisions about spending and earning money. The company caters to startups and small and medium enterprises. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Palo Alto, California.

BottleRocket

Seed Round in 2016
You Recycle. We Pay. Earth Wins. Sign up for our service and you'll receive a BottleRocket bin to start collecting bottles and cans. When your bin is full, we come to you and collect your material to bring to our partner green recycling centers and send you FREE rewards for recycling. Voila! You just made money helping the environment. All without ever leaving your home. Join our beta today: www.bottlerocketrecycle.com ABOUT BottleRocket is the premier on-demand service that rewards users for recycling. The first platform of its kind, our goal is to make it simple and fun for individuals to recycle single-use beverage containers. With our fresh new approach at recycling, BottleRocket is leading the way to promote green habits in neighborhoods and change the way people think about recycling - one bottle at a time!

Stash

Seed Round in 2016
Stash is a company based in the United States that offers an intelligent bookmarking tool designed to enhance the way users save, organize, search, and share online content. The platform automatically analyzes saved links, providing users with a streamlined experience for managing their digital resources. By simplifying the process of content curation, Stash aims to improve productivity and accessibility for individuals looking to efficiently handle their online information.

Geneoscopy

Seed Round in 2016
Geneoscopy, LLC is a diagnostic company based in Saint Louis, Missouri, focused on developing non-invasive solutions for gastrointestinal diseases, particularly colorectal cancer. Founded in 2015, Geneoscopy utilizes stool-derived eukaryotic RNA (seRNA) to create a multi-target RNA biomarker panel aimed at identifying colorectal cancer by detecting the effects of cancer-related DNA mutations. The company is committed to improving colorectal cancer screening compliance and facilitating early detection, thereby reducing the associated morbidity and mortality. By employing a novel methodology to extract human RNA transcripts from stool samples, Geneoscopy aims to provide a reliable alternative to traditional colonoscopies, which are often viewed as unpleasant and invasive. In addition to its colorectal cancer diagnostic test, Geneoscopy is also exploring other potential applications of its RNA technology for additional gastrointestinal conditions.

DribbleUp

Seed Round in 2016
DribbleUp is the first ever smart basketball to track and analyze your performance.

LeapYear Technologies

Series A in 2016
LeapYear Technologies, Inc. operates a platform designed to help organizations extract value from sensitive data while ensuring its security and privacy. The platform allows domain experts, data scientists, and partner organizations to develop automated machine learning applications and APIs that facilitate the use of confidential and regulated data sources. By implementing differential privacy, LeapYear ensures that data can be utilized for analysis and machine learning without exposing or compromising individual data points. The company collaborates with major players in sectors such as financial services, healthcare, technology, and insurance to combine and analyze previously restricted data, enabling organizations to monetize these valuable assets effectively. Founded in 2014 and based in Berkeley, California, LeapYear Technologies was known as Shroudbase, Inc. prior to its name change in January 2015.

Parsegon

Convertible Note in 2016
Parsegon, Inc. develops Battlecard, a software which automates sales roleplay calls. It provides sales calls, customer service, realistic voices for training, objection handling, and customer discovery flows. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Spyce

Seed Round in 2016
Spyce is an original restaurant concept featuring a robotic kitchen that cooks and serves delicious meals. It is an intersection of technology and hospitality, making cravable or tasty and nutritious food at a broadly accessible price point. Spyce was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Somerville, MA, USA.