Arizona Tech Investors

Arizona Tech Investors, founded in 2007 and based in Phoenix, Arizona, is a community of accredited investors focused on supporting high-potential technology companies in the region. The group primarily targets seed and early-stage startups in information technology and life sciences. Members have the flexibility to invest individually or collectively through single-purpose LLCs and Sidecar Funds. Companies seeking funding undergo a competitive selection process, where the ATI Screening Committee chooses three candidates to present at each of the five Member Meetings held annually. These meetings take place in January, March, May, September, and October, providing a structured opportunity for investors to evaluate and support emerging businesses in Arizona's tech landscape.

Ari Burshell

Investor

Harry Curtin

Investor

Joe Cusack

Investor

James Goulka

Managing Director

Gene Izydorczyk

Investor

David Malone

Investor

Michelle McMahon

Investor

18 past transactions

MessageDesk

Venture Round in 2023
SnapDesk provides conversational, collaborative messaging that seamlessly integrates with all aspects of business service, sales, and support. SnapDesk text messaging tools enable companies to simply and easily send invoices, schedule appointments, send reminders, and carry on conversations.

Nira Skin

Angel Round in 2022
Producer of skincare products intended to reduce wrinkles and fine lines around the eyes. The company's products use laser technology to treat skin aging and reduce fine lines and wrinkles, enabling users to renew their skin without causing pain or redness while being at home.

Vartega

Series A in 2021
Vartega is a technology development company focused on recycling carbon fiber reinforced plastics, specifically through its innovative patent-pending processes. Established in 2014 and located in Golden, Colorado, Vartega aims to provide low-cost carbon fiber for various mass market applications across several industries, including aerospace, automotive, wind energy, and sporting goods. The company produces recycled carbon fiber suitable for use in nonwoven fabrics, thermoplastic pellets, yarns, and 3D printing filaments. By developing alternative recycling technologies and equipment, Vartega seeks to contribute to the sustainability of carbon fiber materials and enhance their accessibility for broader applications.

Botco.ai

Seed Round in 2021
Botco.ai, Inc. is a company that specializes in developing a conversational marketing platform designed to enhance interactions between businesses and their customers. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Milpitas, California, Botco.ai offers an AI-powered chat solution that simplifies the buying process by addressing customer inquiries efficiently. The platform features customizable conversation templates and provides insights into user experiences, allowing businesses to improve engagement rates. Its capabilities include a comprehensive analytics dashboard that tracks chat campaigns across various channels, such as web and Facebook Messenger. Additionally, Botco.ai's API-based interface facilitates the seamless transfer of leads and data into popular sales and marketing automation tools, enabling businesses to optimize their customer conversion strategies without the need for extensive technical resources.

Rivia Health

Seed Round in 2021
RexPay is disrupting the medical billing industry by providing an app where patients can easily understand, track, and pay all of their medical bills & insurance coverage in one place. By making it easier for patients to pay, RexPay helps providers reduce delayed & defaulted payments, improves patient satisfaction, and cuts down operating costs.

Botco.ai

Seed Round in 2020
Botco.ai, Inc. is a company that specializes in developing a conversational marketing platform designed to enhance interactions between businesses and their customers. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Milpitas, California, Botco.ai offers an AI-powered chat solution that simplifies the buying process by addressing customer inquiries efficiently. The platform features customizable conversation templates and provides insights into user experiences, allowing businesses to improve engagement rates. Its capabilities include a comprehensive analytics dashboard that tracks chat campaigns across various channels, such as web and Facebook Messenger. Additionally, Botco.ai's API-based interface facilitates the seamless transfer of leads and data into popular sales and marketing automation tools, enabling businesses to optimize their customer conversion strategies without the need for extensive technical resources.

Aural Analytics

Seed Round in 2019
Aural Analytics, Inc. is a Scottsdale, Arizona-based company founded in 2015 that focuses on developing applications for monitoring brain health. The company has created a multi-modal brain health analytics platform that utilizes advances in artificial intelligence, neuroscience, and speech analytics to detect changes in neurological health. By leveraging proprietary metrics, Aural Analytics transforms smartphones and tablets into effective brain health monitors, capturing subtle, clinically relevant aspects of a patient's condition through speech samples. This technology enhances traditional functional rating scales used in clinical trials by providing objective, continuous outcomes, thereby allowing for more reliable evaluations of drug efficacy and other interventions. Aural Analytics' platform aims to reveal incremental changes in neurological health, facilitating accurate assessments by medical professionals.

PostBidShip

Series A in 2018
Post.Bid.Ship, Inc. operates as an online freight matching platform that connects shippers, carriers, and brokers across North America. By utilizing an online load bidding system, the platform allows shippers to post their freight needs while ensuring that carriers meet necessary safety and insurance standards. Shippers can manage their bids confidentially and select the best carrier based on received offers. Conversely, carriers can set up accounts to receive freight alerts, review available loads, and place bids, facilitating an efficient matching process. The service aims to modernize freight logistics by replacing outdated workflows with a real-time, automated bidding process that enhances cost-effectiveness and asset utilization. Founded in 2010 and originally named TruckItNow, Post.Bid.Ship was rebranded in 2011 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona.

GT Medical Technologies

Seed Round in 2018
GT Medical Technologies, Inc. is a medical device company based in Tempe, Arizona, focused on enhancing the treatment options for patients with brain tumors. Founded in 2017, the company has developed GammaTile, an innovative medical device that integrates a biocompatible collagen matrix with brachytherapy radiation seeds. This technology is designed to address the limitations of existing treatments for recurrent brain tumors, providing a conformable and bioresorbable solution that can potentially prevent disease progression and improve patient quality of life. GammaTile has received multiple patents and has shown promise in clinical trials, with significant improvements observed in patients treated at the Barrow Neurological Institute. This approach aims to revolutionize care for the estimated 176,000 individuals diagnosed with brain tumors annually in the United States.

PainQx

Venture Round in 2017
PainQx is a diagnostic/software company that has developed a next generation approach to objectively measure pain in humans. The PainQx platform achieves this by assessing neural activity from a patient’s brain and processing and decoding the data through proprietary algorithms. The output is a scaled pain and neurological side effects biomarker that is directly correlated to a patient’s pain state. The PainQx system is currently being used as a clinical assessment tool by companies using pain as a primary or secondary clinical end point to measure their drug’s and/or device’s efficacy.

Vartega

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Vartega is a technology development company focused on recycling carbon fiber reinforced plastics, specifically through its innovative patent-pending processes. Established in 2014 and located in Golden, Colorado, Vartega aims to provide low-cost carbon fiber for various mass market applications across several industries, including aerospace, automotive, wind energy, and sporting goods. The company produces recycled carbon fiber suitable for use in nonwoven fabrics, thermoplastic pellets, yarns, and 3D printing filaments. By developing alternative recycling technologies and equipment, Vartega seeks to contribute to the sustainability of carbon fiber materials and enhance their accessibility for broader applications.

Vector Launch

Venture Round in 2017
Vector was founded by several members of the original SpaceX team and is a disruptive innovator that connects space startups with affordable and frequent launch and platforms to enable space capabilities at a speed and price point never before possible. Vector has a big vision to reshape the 400 billion dollar space market by combining dedicated low-cost micro satellite launch and software defined satellites (Galactic Sky) to dramatically increase access and speed to orbit.

Prospectify

Seed Round in 2017
Prospectify, Inc. develops and operates an automated prospecting platform. Its platform enables users to use data search, data enrichment, and verification systems to build targeted lists and outreach campaigns. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Gilbert, Arizona. As of August 8, 2019, Prospectify, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of AngelList LLC.

Innobright Technologies

Seed Round in 2016
Innobright Technologies Inc. specializes in developing software tools for rendering acceleration and image enhancement. Founded in 2014 and based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the company offers two primary products: Altus, a rendering accelerator platform that employs patented algorithms to enhance rendering speed and efficiency, and Clarus, a cloud-based solution for improving the quality of images and videos. These tools enable users, including animation studios, gaming companies, and architectural firms, to create high-quality 3D renderings more effectively. Innobright's software allows for the generation of initial renders with fewer samples per pixel, which can then be denoised to produce superior images and animations. The company's solutions aim to enhance resource efficiency and reduce development costs for its clients.

Picmonic

Series A in 2015
Picmonic Inc. operates an audiovisual learning platform designed to enhance memory retention and improve exam performance for students in various fields, particularly nursing and medicine. The platform transforms traditional textbook information into engaging visual stories, known as Picmonics, which utilize humor and memorable graphics to facilitate effective studying. Covering a wide range of subjects including pharmacology, microbiology, and anatomy, Picmonic also offers tools for users to learn, review, and quiz themselves, making the study process interactive and personalized. Founded in 2011 and based in Tempe, Arizona, Picmonic aims to foster a collaborative educational community where learners can create, share, and discover content that enhances academic and professional outcomes.

Crowd Mics

Seed Round in 2015
Crowd Mics LLC, founded in 2014 and based in Mesa, Arizona, has developed a mobile application that enhances audience interaction during live events. The app transforms audience members' iOS and Android devices into wireless microphones, allowing them to speak directly into their phones to be heard over the sound system. In addition to this innovative feature, Crowd Mics offers text commenting and live polling capabilities, which facilitate increased engagement and enable participants to express their viewpoints effectively. The application aims to empower audiences, making them active contributors in various event settings.

I.Me.Mine

Seed Round in 2015
I.Me.Mine is a provider of a digitally-driven personalized grocery platform that enhances engagement between retailers and shoppers. The company's innovative platform revolutionizes grocery marketing and consumer packaged goods couponing by delivering tailored offers based on individual shopping habits and purchase history. This approach not only helps retailers increase shopper loyalty but also boosts revenue and profitability. Through its technology, I.Me.Mine aims to create a more relevant and personalized shopping experience, ultimately benefiting both consumers and businesses in the grocery sector.

Arkayne

Seed Round in 2010
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