North Bay Angels is a venture capital firm based in Healdsburg, California, focused on seed and early-stage investments. Founded in 1998 by a group of executives and professionals, the firm aims to address the need for early-stage investment capital and mentoring for entrepreneurial companies in the North Bay area. North Bay Angels primarily invests in sectors such as communication, healthcare, biotech, energy, cleantech, information technology, and web-based businesses, among others. The firm is particularly interested in companies located in Northern and Central California and nearby Nevada. Typical investments range from $0.25 million to $1 million, with a goal for portfolio companies to achieve revenues exceeding $20 million within five years. North Bay Angels actively seeks to take a Board seat in its portfolio companies, providing both financial support and strategic guidance.
Trym, Inc develops and offers cannabis farm management and compliance software. It provides light, temperature, humidity, and Co2 monitoring; daily task notifications; task and workflow management; plant analytics; and metrc reporting. The company was founded 2017 and is based in Novato, California.
Capton is the leading developer of RFID-based business control solutions for hospitality. Capton solutions are installed in hotels, restaurants, nightclubs and bars, resorts, casinos, cruise lines, sports stadiums and many other types of hospitality venues across the United States and around the world.
Phyllom BioProducts Corporation is a plant biotechnology company headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona, that specializes in developing and marketing biological insecticides. The company offers products such as boreGONE!, designed to combat the emerald ash borer in North American hardwood forests; beetleGONE!, which targets beetle species like the Japanese beetle on various plants; and grubGONE!, a granulated bio-insecticide for turf and ornamental applications. Phyllom is also focused on creating beetle control solutions for the agriculture and animal health sectors. Its clientele includes government agencies like the USDA and the US Park Service, as well as state governments, municipalities, and private foresters. The company markets its products through direct sales and partnerships with distributors. Phyllom BioProducts was established in 2012 and aims to provide effective and environmentally friendly solutions for managing invasive insect populations across multiple sectors.
NonPorfitEasy provides and Fundly suite of products such as Fully integrated CRM for nonprofits that manage everything from donors to events, memberships, and more within one cloud-based platform, Fundly Connect, the volunteer management platform that simplifies the process of connecting people with volunteer opportunities, Fundly Pro, a peer-to-peer fundraising platform for social impact that empowers organizations to raise money and awareness for the causes, communities, and events, which are important to them, and Fundly Enterprise, a peer-to-peer fundraising solution for organizations with complex deployments.
Blue Buzz Network
Venture Round in 2010
Blue Buzz Network, Inc. provides online news. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is based in San Francisco, California.
Reframe It, Inc. specializes in web technology services that enhance online content interaction through digital annotation. Founded in 2007 and based in Stanford, California, the company enables users to comment on any web page without needing the website's permission, creating a virtual margin for discussions. This technology allows individuals to share insights and contextualize online material, facilitating clearer communication about specific ideas and excerpts. By providing a branded community for publishers, Reframe It integrates web annotation directly into their sites, fostering accountability and informed discourse among users. The company's mission emphasizes the importance of transparency in information sharing, allowing experts and the public to challenge inaccuracies and engage in meaningful discussions about the content they encounter online.
Webvanta is a California-based company that offers a hosted content management system tailored for higher education and mission-driven organizations. Founded in 2007, Webvanta enables designers to create and manage websites through a user-friendly web interface, allowing clients to update content easily using in-place editing features. The platform supports various site types, including business sites, information portals, community sites, and membership sites. Key functionalities include the ability to add blogs, forums, and multimedia galleries with ease, as well as community features that facilitate user interaction and profile creation. Additionally, Webvanta provides comprehensive support with its infrastructure, alleviating concerns related to hosting, security, and maintenance. This focus on structured data helps clients develop websites efficiently, reducing both cost and time-to-market.
Liftopia, Inc. owns and operates a platform, Liftopia.com, which retails ski lift tickets on the Web. It sells lift tickets, rentals, and lessons at various alpine resorts in North America. Its platform enables alpine resorts to sell advance purchase, date specific tickets, rentals, and lessons. Liftopia, Inc. was formerly known as Liftopia Holding Corp. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in San Francisco, California.
WebView
Convertible Note in 2008
WebView develops machine vision technology for high-resolution visual data and systems integration. WebView uses a high-speed camera with CCD sensors for the inspection of surfaces and parts. WebView's products are combined with Internet-based information systems and are used in the plastics, paper, glass, and metals industries.
Fluxion Biosciences was formed in 2005 to address critical needs for cellular analysis tools in the pharmaceutical, biotech and research industries. The company has developed a proprietary microfluidic platform which enables precise cellular manipulation, rapid low-volume compound addition, environmental control and software-based data acquisition.
IntellectMarket, Inc. was founded in September 1999 to service the rapidly growing but highly fragmented software component market and to manage the knowledge necessary to maximize the use of software components.