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

Jim Goulka

Managing Director

Gene Izydorczyk

Investor

David Malone

Investor

Michelle McMahon

Investor

30 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.

Kalogon

Seed Round in 2022
Kalogon specializes in innovative smart seating solutions for the medical, aviation, and automotive sectors, focusing on addressing health issues related to prolonged sitting. The company’s Advanced Pressure Management System (APMS) incorporates adaptive customizations and ambient adjustments to create a unique seating experience that enhances comfort and reduces fatigue. Their products are backed by clinical research, with the first offering, Orbiter, receiving multiple awards since its launch in 2022. In 2023, Kalogon introduced Booster, an air cushion accessory for wheelchairs, and in 2024, they launched Orbiter Med, a custom cushion designed to improve posture and skin integrity for wheelchair users, which has received Medicare coding. Kalogon’s technology is currently being piloted by the US Air Force in various airframes to enhance crew performance. By collaborating with a diverse range of clients, Kalogon adapts its core technologies to improve comfort and promote healthy tissue across different environments.

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.

Qwick

Seed Round in 2020
Qwick, Inc. is a Phoenix-based on-demand staffing platform founded in 2017 that connects hospitality businesses with service industry professionals in real-time. The company offers a solution for food and beverage professionals to find shifts at hotels, caterers, event venues, and restaurants, allowing them to work flexibly according to their own schedules. Qwick boasts a 98 percent average fill rate, providing hospitality businesses with immediate access to a pre-vetted workforce. The company has partnered with prominent hospitality brands such as Hilton, Aramark, and Marriott International, and has received support from investors including Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund and Peak Ventures. Qwick is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona.

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.

Virtuous

Series A in 2019
Virtuous is a nonprofit customer relationship management (CRM) platform designed to enhance fundraising efforts for charities by fostering genuine relationships with donors. Unlike traditional donor management software that often treats donors as mere transactions, Virtuous emphasizes the importance of personal connections and passions in driving generosity. Its innovative, cloud-based CRM utilizes data-driven relational intelligence to empower nonprofits to raise more funds and inspire greater community engagement. By serving as a central hub for donor management, Virtuous aims to transform the nonprofit sector with its user-friendly and relationship-focused approach, ultimately helping organizations create a more significant impact.

GRYPHON

Seed Round in 2019
Gryphon Online Safety, Inc. is a company based in San Diego, California, that specializes in designing and developing internet security and parental control systems for homes and small businesses. The company's flagship product, the Gryphon Guardian, is a WiFi router enhanced with cloud-managed network protection software powered by machine learning. It offers features such as content filtering, browsing history monitoring, and malware filtering, along with advanced security measures like artificial intelligence-driven intrusion detection to protect against hackers. The Gryphon system can function as a standalone unit or work in a mesh configuration to extend WiFi coverage, ensuring that multiple devices can stream, browse, or game simultaneously while maintaining secure and controlled internet access. Established in 2014, Gryphon Online Safety aims to provide families with the tools needed to manage their connected devices effectively.

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.

Codelucida

Angel Round in 2017
Codelucida, Inc. specializes in developing customized error correction solutions utilizing low density parity-check technology, aimed primarily at the storage and communications sectors. The company’s offerings cater to various storage products, including solid-state drives and hard-disk drives. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Tucson, Arizona, Codelucida has pursued federal funding to support its growth. It successfully completed a $150,000 Phase-1 grant, which allowed it to qualify for a competitive Phase-2 grant designed to facilitate further commercialization efforts over a two-year period.

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.

Onboard Dynamics

Seed Round in 2015
Onboard Dynamics, Inc. is a company based in Bend, Oregon, founded in 2013, that specializes in developing compressed natural gas systems for automotive engines. Its technology allows natural gas vehicles to be refueled from low-pressure sources, such as home or business gas lines, making it suitable for both private and public fleets of trucks. The company focuses on delivering environmental benefits through emissions reductions and offers solutions for small fleet operators, pipeline operations, and methane mitigation across various sectors, including agriculture and fossil fuel production. By leveraging its GoFlo® natural gas compression technology, Onboard Dynamics aims to simplify the capture and movement of natural gas, addressing infrastructure barriers and providing cost-effective alternatives that can significantly reduce costs and greenhouse gas emissions.

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.

ReplyBuy

Seed Round in 2015
ReplyBuy Inc. operates an innovative online platform that facilitates personalized, two-way text messaging between businesses and consumers. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, ReplyBuy allows organizations to effectively engage their audiences on mobile devices, which are integral to modern communication. The platform's patented mobile-commerce technology enables businesses to process payments seamlessly via simple text prompts, enhancing the consumer experience. Various sports teams and entertainment organizations, such as the New York Yankees and Blackhawks, have utilized ReplyBuy to boost ticket sales, event attendance, and donations. Additionally, educational institutions like USC and Oklahoma have leveraged the service to enhance engagement with prospects, students, and alumni while generating new revenue streams. ReplyBuy's solutions have proven effective, achieving engagement rates of up to 60% and delivering significant returns on investment for users within the first month. As a subsidiary of Airship, Inc., ReplyBuy continues to transform how businesses communicate with their audiences by unlocking the potential of text messaging.

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.

Iris PR Software

Seed Round in 2015
Iris optimizes PR management by organizing all contacts and opportunities, improving campaign visibility and reporting, and delivering hard data to benchmark and report successes.

Pure Chat Inc.

Seed Round in 2015
Pure Chat Inc. is a Scottsdale, Arizona-based company that specializes in live chat software aimed at enhancing sales and customer satisfaction for small businesses. Founded in 2012, the company's platform allows users to engage with multiple website visitors simultaneously, streamlining communication and improving conversion rates. Pure Chat offers features such as customizable animations, text and language options, and the ability to incorporate images, all designed to simplify interactions with potential customers. The software provides real-time visitor tracking, enabling businesses to initiate conversations with website visitors from both desktop and mobile devices. As of October 2020, Pure Chat operates as a subsidiary of Ruby Receptionists, Inc.

Outski

Seed Round in 2015
Outski is a social site revolving around travel and savings. More specifically, Outski is a unique, online social platform on which people may realize their travel plans and dreams; it gives consumers an easy, and effective way to get from “we ought to do this” to actually doing it. Outski’s technology allows consumers to plan, budget, and research, as well as the book, save and pay for travel, goods, and services before and during their trip. They can invite, share, collaborate, and coordinate their travel with as many friends and family as they desire. Since no other site provides a way for consumers to plan, socialize, save, book, and pay for travel, Outski is unique in the marketplace. Outski’s financial component allows consumers to establish a Vacation Savings Account (“VSA”) held in trust by a Financial Services Partner, and when the user is ready to book travel or use their saved funds, they are loaded onto their Visa or Discover branded Travel Savings Card that they can use while traveling. Along with its online platform, Outski has developed a unique program called 401(play)TM that provides a B2B solution that helps employers to increase worker productivity, efficiency, health, and wellness. Used in conjunction with a VSA, this program is marketed directly to businesses as part of its benefits program. Employees are able to set aside a portion of each paycheck into their VSA using this program to pay for future travel. Millennials aged between 18 and 36 will initially be targeted since many enjoy travel, but lack the financial means to instantaneously book travel. There are 80 million Millenials representing 25% of the U.S. population and having more than $200 billion in annual buying power. It is believed that this market segment will be driven to Outski as they are early technology adopters with an excellent command of social media and online tools, and aggressive growth is expected within the Millennial market through 2020.

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.

Picmonic

Convertible Note in 2014
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.

eMoneyPool

Seed Round in 2014
eMoneyPool is an online money marketplace that specializes in short term savings. It operates as an online community portal for peer-lending groups. It enables its users to pool money each month and take turns receiving the total lump sum. The company offers an online platform that helps people access capital through their social networks and creates a path for individuals to access traditional mainstream lenders by leveraging alternative credit and payment histories. eMoneyPoo was founded by Francisco Cervera in 2012 and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.

Arkayne

Seed Round in 2010
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