Gideon Hixon Fund
The Gideon Hixon Fund utilizes and expands on the experience of 6 generations of family business. Since 1850, the Hixon Family has been building businesses and providing capital to exceptional entrepreneurs. We invest in passionate, committed people, who have ideas that change the world for the better. We take a traditional approach based on the belief that an investment is an alignment, and the best success is a shared one. The Hixon family via the Gideon Hixon Fund, its predecessors Midland Investment Company, HixVen and its partnership with Southwest Venture Partners, have had the opportunity to be part of some great success stories including AMP, Apple Computer, Dell Computer, Xiotech, and CorSolutions. We are generalists and will look at different stages of investment as well as different industries. Our support for our companies comes in many forms, from financial to management to strategic alliances. We have a deep admiration for the courage it takes to build a business, and we strive to do our best to help our entrepreneurs reach their goals. The Gideon Hixon Fund is committed to being a great partner for its investors, co-investors and entrepreneurs. If you have an idea that revolutionizes an industry and makes the world a better place, then we look forward to hearing from you.
Metropolis is an AI and computer vision start-up built to modernize parking and empower the future of mobility. It was founded in 2017 and is based in Los Angeles, California.
Metropolis is an AI and computer vision start-up built to modernize parking and empower the future of mobility. It was founded in 2017 and is based in Los Angeles, California.
Edufii, Inc. operates a cloud-based coaching platform and skill development network designed to enhance performance for athletes and coaches. Its primary product, TrainingSpaces, enables users to capture and share techniques, drills, and recaps using videos, photos, audio, and text across various training environments, including courses, courts, fields, and gyms. The platform also supports the integration of feedback from various training aids and technologies. Edufii's clientele includes golf professionals, fitness trainers, mental coaches, baseball and soccer coaches, as well as physical therapists. Founded in 2012, the company is headquartered in San Luis Obispo, California.
Private Equity Round in 2012
Iosil Energy Corporation, founded in 2007 and based in Groveport, Ohio, specializes in the production of high-purity solar grade polysilicon, a critical raw material for solar cells. The company utilizes waste material generated from wafer sawing operations, known as "kerf," to manufacture its polysilicon, thereby reducing costs and promoting sustainability in the solar industry. With research and development facilities located at the National Institute for Nanotechnology in Edmonton, Alberta, Iosil Energy has demonstrated its capability to produce this essential material efficiently while addressing environmental concerns associated with traditional polysilicon production methods.
Zadspace Inc., a Norwalk, Connecticut is a software-as-a-service (SaaS)-based platform that enables retailers to deliver targeted advertisements on 4†x 6†color labels affixed to packages shipped to consumers, has closed a $3.2m Series B venture financing round.
Glycos Biotechnologies, Inc. enables the fuels and chemicals industries of the future. Their partners can flexibly make high value products from a wide range of non-food feedstocks, increasing profits and reducing carbon footprint. They partner with ethanol companies, biodiesel companies and chemical companies interested in leveraging existing infrastructure into alternative chemicals and fuels production. They are also collaborating with biorefinery manufacturers and plant operators to deliver the technology for an integrated biorefinery solution.
Zadspace Inc., a Norwalk, Connecticut is a software-as-a-service (SaaS)-based platform that enables retailers to deliver targeted advertisements on 4†x 6†color labels affixed to packages shipped to consumers, has closed a $3.2m Series B venture financing round.
BOOM! Entertainment, Inc. is a Los Angeles-based publishing company specializing in comic books and graphic novels for a diverse audience. Established in 2005 by Ross Richie, the company operates through four primary imprints: BOOM! Studios, BOOM! Box, KaBOOM!, and Archaia. Each imprint produces a range of original and licensed works, including popular titles such as Lumberjanes, The Woods, Giant Days, Klaus, and Mouse Guard, as well as adaptations of well-known franchises like WWE and Power Rangers. BOOM! Entertainment has garnered critical acclaim for its storytelling and creativity, and it has established partnerships for film and television adaptations, further expanding its presence in the entertainment industry.
Prolacta Bioscience Inc. develops and produces standardized human milk-based nutritional products for premature and critically ill infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). It offers human milk-based human milk fortifiers; human milk caloric fortifiers; standardized human milk; a ready-to-feed human milk-based premature infant formula; and solutions for early/trophic feeds and full feeds. The company was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Duarte, California.
Sensitech® is a world leader in supply chain visibility. Their innovative monitoring products and services help to maintain the quality, integrity and security of their customers' valuable products at every step in their journey, all around the world. For more than 25 years, leading companies in the food, pharmaceutical, industrial, consumer goods, and other industries have relied on Sensitech to help protect their products—and their bottom lines.
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