Trousdale Ventures

Trousdale Ventures, LLC, established in 2018, is a private equity and venture capital firm headquartered in Austin, Texas, with an additional office in Los Angeles, California. The firm focuses on seed and growth capital investments, primarily targeting technology, IT management, enterprise software, food manufacturing, lifestyle consumer products, security, financial technology, renewable energy, child development products, consumer packaged goods, and entertainment industries. Trousdale Ventures typically invests between $1 million and $5 million in each company, seeking to support visionary entrepreneurs who address significant societal challenges. By fostering innovation and long-term growth strategies, the firm aims to create a lasting impact and transform industries.

Jeni Bartiromo

Director of Communications

Marko Helfrich

Partner

Ted Holzman

Managing Partner

Allison Mahalic

COO

Michael Potiker

Partner

Phillip Sarofim

Founder and CEO

Sachin Seth

Partner

21 past transactions

Lemon Perfect

Series A in 2022
The Lemon Perfect Company produces and sells cold-pressed fruit beverages with electrolytes and antioxidant vitamin C. The company’s product includes Lemon Perfect which is a beverage with zero sugar and available in varieties, including just lemon, blueberry açaí, pineapple coconut, strawberry açaí, dragon fruit mango, peach raspberry, coconut lime, and watermelon lime. It sells its products online. The Lemon Perfect Company was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Lemon Grove, California.

Brightside Health

Series B in 2022
Brightside Health is a mental health care company that helps employees better navigate and manage their financial well-being. The company makes it simple and affordable to get expert, personalized treatment for depression and anxiety all from the comfort of home. Their mission is to help people lead healthy, vital, and productive lives by making it easy and affordable to get high-quality depression and anxiety care. Brightside was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, United States.

Minded

Seed Round in 2022
Minded offers a better way to renew and refill mental health prescriptions.

Common Heir

Seed Round in 2022
Operator of a beauty brand intended to provide sustainable beauty products with low environmental impact. The company offers products without the use of plastic in order to provide better beauty products as well as tackle the plastic problem that cosmetics cause to the planet, enabling customers to take care of both their skin as well as the planet.

Drink Barcode

Seed Round in 2022
Drink Barcode is a plant-based and adaptogen-powered beverage that works with the body to keep the entire self at full potential. The company was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Burlington, Vermont.

PurePlus+

Pre Seed Round in 2022
PurePlus+ harnesses the power of upcycled produce to provide nutrient-dense products. PurePlus+ is a triple-bottom line company that is good for the health of people and the planet. It values transparency through our supply chain and by measuring ourselves in the reduction of fruits and vegetables wasted.

Emerge

Venture Round in 2022
Emerge, Inc. is a technology company founded in 2015 and based in Los Angeles, California. It specializes in developing a virtual reality device that enhances communication by incorporating a sense of touch. The device enables users to create 3D projections and holograms in real time, allowing for immersive interactions in an extended reality (XR) telepresence environment. This innovative approach transforms how individuals communicate and collaborate, fostering deeper emotional connections. The team behind Emerge comprises experienced entrepreneurs and executives with a background in consumer electronics and XR technology, recognized by prestigious organizations such as MIT and Forbes.

Wibond

Seed Round in 2022
Wibond is a digital payment platform that operates under a "buy now pay later" model, allowing users to make flexible payments in installments without the need for a card. Founded in Argentina in 2020 by Ezequiel Bucai and Alejandro Silvestre, the company aims to enhance financial accessibility for a diverse community by providing tailored payment options. Wibond enables businesses to reach new customer segments and boost sales by offering innovative payment solutions. The platform connects users to a wide array of stores and businesses, facilitating installment payments. With a vision to promote trade in the complex Latin American market, Wibond is planning to expand its operations to Chile and Mexico. Prior to Wibond, the founders developed a platform that connected users to over 2,500 gyms and sports centers across Argentina, Mexico, and Chile, which was later acquired by Classpass.

Career Karma

Series B in 2022
Career Karma is the easiest way to find a job training program online. Over 1 million workers navigate their careers every month through advice and coaching. By offering free coaching and peer mentorship, Career Karma has grown to over 150,000 members from every background and profession. Through its directory of 9,000 boot camps and trade schools, career switchers discover training programs by comparing courses and reading student reviews. The Career Karma mobile app makes your decision even easier. In the app, you can connect with current students and alumni to find your ideal program and get prepared for admission.

Material10

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Building a new paradigm in Gaming.

Slips

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Slips is reimaging the lottery experience and revolutionizing a multi-billion dollar industry to be more modern, social, and convenient for all — so everyone feels like a winner. We’re an entertainment and gaming company here to build the future of lottery with world-class technology for our users and operations. Lottery has been a pillar of communities around the globe for millennia. Since the beginning, lottery has provided individual wealth and funded community initiatives. It’s our mission to live the spirit of the lottery.

Hai

Seed Round in 2021
hai offsets its own carbon footprint by giving users the tools to reduce water & energy waste. In addition, hai streamlines packaging to use post consumer, reusable materials that are also recyclable.

Databento

Series A in 2021
Databento is a platform that offers institutional-quality, live, and historical, market, and alternative data. The company was founded in 2019 and based in Boston, Massachusetts.

BLACKBIRD.AI

Series A in 2021
Blackbird is bringing Information Integrity to the digital media landscape. We help enterprise and national security organizations see the story behind the story for a more authentic information ecosystem. Blackbird.AI uses machine learning and interdisciplinary human intelligence to combat disinformation. Our proprietary AI-Driven SaaS platform is aimed at providing a more automated understanding of disinformation ( fake news ) campaigns and harmful digital media. Blackbird’s Constellation Platform supports the objectives of understanding propaganda campaigns and automating mitigation and response efforts. Constellation can detect and highlight threat actors, entities of interest, accounts, (including bots/botnets and/or influencers), coordinated communities, links, images, videos and data feeds, and provide automated reports which generate automated insights for the analyst. Analysts can understand these systems using our Constellation's Dashboard through interactive visualization and human interpretable AI or through the integration of their data pipeline with Blackbird's contextual data enrichment to gain deeper understanding of their data and metadata enabling new insights into threats. Target Buyers: GOVERNMENT (National Security, Interior, Intelligence and OSINT/HUMINT teams + Innovation/AI think tanks) ENTERPRISE (CISO or CMO at a Fortune 500/Global 5000 Enterprise Organization)

Preamble

Seed Round in 2021
Preamble offers an infrastructure for ethical AI by integrating environmental, social, and governance (ESG) to help prevent the amplification of harmful content.

Ecovative

Series D in 2021
Ecovative Design LLC is a biomaterials company based in Green Island, New York, with manufacturing facilities in Troy and Paradise, California. Founded in 2007 by Eben Bayer and Gavin McIntyre, the company creates sustainable materials inspired by the natural bonding properties of mycelium, the root structure of mushrooms. Its product line includes Myco board for furniture components, Myco foam for packaging and insulation, Myco make for various consumer goods, and Myco flex and grow materials. Ecovative aims to replace conventional plastics and foams with eco-friendly alternatives that are both high-performing and cost-effective. The company has received multiple grants from organizations such as the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority and the Environmental Protection Agency, which have supported its development of innovative materials that align with sustainability goals. Through its research and development, Ecovative continues to pioneer the use of natural composites in various applications, contributing to a more sustainable future.

Uprising

Series A in 2021
Uprising foods are superfood keto chips and keto bread with 2 net carbs.

FlexTal

Pre Seed Round in 2020
FlexTal is the #1 flexible talent matching platform leading the future of work. Every day, we match organizations small and large with elite independent contractors for flexible hourly and project-based engagements on demand The future of work is here, and most organizations aren’t equipped to handle the speed of change that is happening within the workforce. Access to vetted, independent contract talent is the key to agility in today’s business landscape, yet many don’t have the resources to find, vet, and hire the talent they need. We’re on a mission to fix this by making world-class talent more accessible and affordable for organizations everywhere. Organizations with access to our contract talent network have 3-4x more operating leverage than those without. By democratizing access to our network of contractors, we can help shape the future of work while also increasing the pace of human evolution. As the way we work continues to evolve alongside digital transformation and automation, more professionals are choosing to enter the contract workforce. With the number of independent workers growing at an unprecedented rate, the question is: Who will they work for? What tools will multiply their efficiency? Our platform gives organizations and independent professionals the ability to achieve work faster and easier than ever before. Through FlexTal, millions of people are discovering a better way to work that enhances productivity, efficiency, and quality of life. And…we’re just getting started.

Pr3vent

Seed Round in 2018
Pr3vent, Inc. is a technology company based in Palo Alto, California, focused on developing artificial intelligence and machine learning solutions for screening ophthalmic conditions in newborns. Founded in 2017, the company has created a non-invasive screening technology that utilizes algorithms to analyze images of infants' retinas. This technology is designed to detect abnormalities that could lead to preventable vision loss. By instantly identifying potential pathologies, Pr3vent's system enables healthcare professionals to initiate timely examinations and treatments, thus improving outcomes for affected infants.

Ziften

Series C in 2017
Ziften is a privately funded endpoint security company based in Austin, Texas. The organization provides a cloud-delivered endpoint protection platform that prevents attacks on endpoints – laptops, desktops, servers, and cloud – with capabilities including advanced protection, endpoint detection and response, and security posture analysis.
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