Trolley Venture Partners

Trolley Ventures is a private investment firm founded in 2018 and based in Richmond, Virginia. It focuses on seed and early-stage investments in high-growth companies, primarily within the Central Virginia area. The firm aims to create a streamlined process for early-stage businesses to raise capital through a single relationship, while offering investors a diversified investment opportunity across multiple companies. Trolley Ventures targets various sectors, including business-to-business, business-to-consumer, financial services, healthcare, and information technology, providing a comprehensive approach to supporting emerging businesses in the region.

Tim Black

Fractional CFO

Brad Cummings

Managing Partner

April Kim

Associate

Mark Rausch

Managing Director

Michael Saxon

Managing Partner

Tom York

Managing Director

7 past transactions

Mobius Materials

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Operator of an electronics manufacturers marketplace intended to buy and sell authenticated semiconductors. The company focuses on changing the way companies source and dispose of electronics by making it easy, transparent, and profitable to buy and sell recycled components by testing all parts of state-of-the-art anti-counterfeit technology, it makes semiconductor buying easy, transparent, and profitable through two pieces of tech, proprietary anti-counterfeit technology and an enterprise-first managed marketplace, enabling businesses to reduce their environmental footprint and maximize inventory performance and bottom line and support sustainability.

Quantbase

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Quantbase is a quantitative hedge fund platform designed for financial companies and individual investors, enabling them to transform their research or data into effective investment strategies. The platform utilizes advanced algorithms to automate portfolio rebalancing based on various investment strategies, which include cryptocurrency, leveraged, quantitative, special, and classic approaches. By aligning with investors' risk appetites, Quantbase aims to facilitate a seamless investing experience that optimizes returns while reducing the manual effort typically involved in portfolio management.

Starchive

Seed Round in 2021
Starchive is a SaaS solution for managing explosive growth in digital media. It produces powerfully simple digital asset management (DAM) software-as-a-service (SaaS) trusted by creators and owners of the world’s most valuable digital media. Customers like the Bob Dylan Music Company use Starchive as their central digital content hub, empowering teams and partners to collaborate, share, distribute and create value from all digital assets.

AnswersNow

Seed Round in 2019
AnswersNow, Inc. offers a mobile platform designed to assist parents and caregivers of autistic children. Founded in 2016 and based in Richmond, Virginia, the platform provides a range of educational resources, behavioral learning tools, and on-call expert support, facilitating a step-by-step learning process tailored to the child's needs. The app is notable for its utilization of technology to enhance autism support. All clinicians associated with AnswersNow are board-certified behavioral analysts, ensuring high-quality guidance through extensive training and ongoing certifications. The platform also allows users to save, store, and monitor their child's progress, making it a comprehensive resource for families navigating autism.

Wine & Beer Supply

Venture Round in 2019
Wine & Beer Supply, LLC, based in Ashland, Virginia, specializes in distributing a wide range of products for the winery, brewery, and cidery industries. Established in 2015, the company offers essential supplies including glassware, bottles, corks, kegs, and winemaking additives, as well as packaging solutions such as carriers and shippers. In addition to these products, Wine & Beer Supply provides warehousing and fulfillment services tailored for breweries and wineries, facilitating efficient operations in the beverage production sector across Virginia and the eastern United States. The company's comprehensive offerings aim to address various challenges faced by beverage producers, enhancing their production efficiency and overall functionality.

ARTGlass-US

Angel Round in 2018
ARTGlass-US is an information technology company that specializes in the fields of cultural heritage informatics, augmented reality, technology, and smartglasses. The company aims to develop wearable AR that is geared to its particular needs. ARTGlass-US was founded in 2017 and headquartered in Virginia, United States.

Starchive

Venture Round in 2018
Starchive is a SaaS solution for managing explosive growth in digital media. It produces powerfully simple digital asset management (DAM) software-as-a-service (SaaS) trusted by creators and owners of the world’s most valuable digital media. Customers like the Bob Dylan Music Company use Starchive as their central digital content hub, empowering teams and partners to collaborate, share, distribute and create value from all digital assets.
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