Trolley Ventures

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 Chief Financial Officer

Brad Cummings

Managing Partner

Nicholas Pace

Executive

Mark Rausch

Managing Director

Michael Saxon

Managing Partner

Tom York

Managing Director

7 past transactions

Quantbase

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Quantbase allows them to invest money into the strategies on their website, and their algorithms do the work of rebalancing their portfolio according to the strategies. They offer cryptocurrency, leveraged, quantitative, special, and classic strategies.

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. develops a mobile platform for parents and caregivers of autistic children. Its platform provides educational resources, behavioral learning tools, and on-call expert support. Its platform supports step-by-step learning process of the child; as well as enables saving, storing, and monitoring the child's progress. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Richmond, Virginia.

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.