Carly Abrahamson

General Counsel and Principal

Alice Havill

VP

Jim Kelley

Founder and Managing Partner

Ryan Kirkpatrick

Co-Managing Partner

Grace Oliva

VP

Scott Reich

Principal

19 past transactions

Schoolrunner

Venture Round in 2017
Schoolrunner is a student data system that allows educators to track academics, attendance, behavior, and standards. It integrates with a school’s existing student information systems (SIS) and provides tools to aid analysis of the collected data through graphs, pivot tables, and dashboards. Educators can also set up logins for students so they can track their own progress. Schoolrunner was launched in 2012.

interviewIA

Seed Round in 2021
interviewIA is committed to systematically building an Inclusive Future of Work in a world where organizations can be objective and inclusive in hiring to create thriving, diverse, engaged cultures of high-performing employees. interviewIA is redefining the actual practice of interviewing by creating the first solution to bring human calibration, structure, and data-driven interview outcomes into one, fully integrated, easy-to-use cloud application. interviewIA uses deep learning Intelligence Amplification (IA) technology and human-centered design to redefine the method of interviewing.

Maria Empanada

Series A in 2017
Maria Empanada LLC owns and operates a chain of restaurants. It offers egg and potato, ham, Spanish chorizo, and sausages empanada, tarts, tortillas. Additionally the company offers salsa and sweets. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Denver, Colorado with additional office in Greenwood Village and Aurora, Colorado.

KMLabs

Series A in 2016
KMLabs was established in 1994 by Professor Margaret M. Murnane and Professor Henry C. Kapteyn. Their research in the early 1990s resulted in the development of the first robust and repeatable mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser capable of generating. KMLabs is a leading manufacturer of low-cost high-performance ultrafast femtosecond Ti:sapphire lasers for single/multi-photon imaging, spectroscopy, OCT, THz-generation, CEP, attosecond generation, and soft X-Rays (EUV). KMLabs is a technology leader for high power, highest performance femtosecond laser systems, and the market definer for coherent EUV and x-ray sources. KMLabs supplies advanced systems to research, government, and industrial markets. The company’s status within the industry is maintained by advancing ultrafast laser technology via research partnerships and by putting state-of-the-art ultrafast research tools into the hands of leading scientists worldwide. KMLabs is known for rapidly transitioning innovation into new products as well as for manufacturing robust laser systems based on proven technology. KMLabs establishes and maintains strong customer relationships at all stages of development. KMLabs’ lasers have set new performance records, and its strong technical base has resulted in increased commercial revenue and government R&D funding.

TeamSnap, Inc.

Series B in 2015
TeamSnap develops a sports management platform designed to simplify communication and coordination between sports members. The platform assists sports coaches, administrators, players, and parents to keep a track of rosters, schedules, games, availability, statistics, and make payments, enabling users to play seamlessly and focus on their game.

Friday Health Plans, Inc.

Series B in 2020
Friday Health Plans is a healthcare management company purposely built for today’s health insurance environment. Headquartered in Denver, the company focuses on overall simplicity to offer low prices so more people can afford health insurance. Operational efficiency, top-notch customer service, and smart technology are core to Friday’s consumer-centric approach. The leadership team consists of experienced executives in the managed care, technology, and consumer marketing industries.

CirrusMD Inc.

Series C in 2021
CirrusMD Inc. operates a healthcare communication platform for doctors and patients in the United States. The company’s CirrusMD platform facilitates patients to send secure messages and images; schedule a video chat; access to health information; and 24/7 physician access to local doctors. It offers doctor-to-patient video chat and direct messaging through a HIPAA compliant patient profile. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Denver, Colorado.

KMLabs

Series B in 2018
KMLabs was established in 1994 by Professor Margaret M. Murnane and Professor Henry C. Kapteyn. Their research in the early 1990s resulted in the development of the first robust and repeatable mode-locked Ti:sapphire laser capable of generating. KMLabs is a leading manufacturer of low-cost high-performance ultrafast femtosecond Ti:sapphire lasers for single/multi-photon imaging, spectroscopy, OCT, THz-generation, CEP, attosecond generation, and soft X-Rays (EUV). KMLabs is a technology leader for high power, highest performance femtosecond laser systems, and the market definer for coherent EUV and x-ray sources. KMLabs supplies advanced systems to research, government, and industrial markets. The company’s status within the industry is maintained by advancing ultrafast laser technology via research partnerships and by putting state-of-the-art ultrafast research tools into the hands of leading scientists worldwide. KMLabs is known for rapidly transitioning innovation into new products as well as for manufacturing robust laser systems based on proven technology. KMLabs establishes and maintains strong customer relationships at all stages of development. KMLabs’ lasers have set new performance records, and its strong technical base has resulted in increased commercial revenue and government R&D funding.

CirrusMD Inc.

Series A in 2017
CirrusMD Inc. operates a healthcare communication platform for doctors and patients in the United States. The company’s CirrusMD platform facilitates patients to send secure messages and images; schedule a video chat; access to health information; and 24/7 physician access to local doctors. It offers doctor-to-patient video chat and direct messaging through a HIPAA compliant patient profile. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Denver, Colorado.

Galvanize, Inc.

Series B in 2016
Galvanize is a school for entrepreneurs, engineers, and data scientists. It is a learning community for technology with nine physical and two remote campuses, where innovative startups, aspiring students, and large enterprises benefit from this dynamic, unique business ecosystem. Galvanize is backed by investors including, but not limited to, Catalyst Investors, ABS Capital Partners, University Ventures, New Markets Venture Partners, and Colorado Impact Fund. The company was co-founded by Tony Mugavero, Chris Onan, Jim Deters, and Lawrence Mandes in 2012, and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

SecureSet

Series A in 2017
SecureSet Academy provides aspiring talent with a powerfully direct pathway into the cybersecurity industry in a minimum amount of time and improves the supply-side of this national challenge. SecureSet's Academy programming includes technical information security education, hands-on instruction in our state-of-the-art lab, guided product training, and essential certifications.

Schoolrunner

Venture Round in 2015
Schoolrunner is a student data system that allows educators to track academics, attendance, behavior, and standards. It integrates with a school’s existing student information systems (SIS) and provides tools to aid analysis of the collected data through graphs, pivot tables, and dashboards. Educators can also set up logins for students so they can track their own progress. Schoolrunner was launched in 2012.

Tortuga AgTech

Series A in 2021
Tortuga AgTech empowers growers by using robots that performs a variety of labor-intensive tasks on the farm, with an emphasis on harvest.Tortuga AgTech's mission is to build a healthier society, and a thriving ecosystem, through smarter farming. To do this, They want to enable growers to sell better produce - unique, tasty, nutritious food. They're doing this by building Digital Horticulture systems, made up of powerful technology like robotics, automation, and precision data analytics and machine learning. These systems will enable advanced growing methods to compete with scale agriculture, which means growers will be able to grow better produce that's also better for the planet. The automation of picking, packing, and trimming will reduce significantly the manual labor hours needed to grow to produce. It will also increase yields through denser layouts and optimized grow conditions. And, they'll help create full-time local technical jobs as well. And they do all of that while providing fresher, healthier, and more sustainable products to the humans living near their grower customers' operations.

CirrusMD Inc.

Series B in 2019
CirrusMD Inc. operates a healthcare communication platform for doctors and patients in the United States. The company’s CirrusMD platform facilitates patients to send secure messages and images; schedule a video chat; access to health information; and 24/7 physician access to local doctors. It offers doctor-to-patient video chat and direct messaging through a HIPAA compliant patient profile. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Denver, Colorado.

Friday Health Plans, Inc.

Venture Round in 2020
Friday Health Plans is a healthcare management company purposely built for today’s health insurance environment. Headquartered in Denver, the company focuses on overall simplicity to offer low prices so more people can afford health insurance. Operational efficiency, top-notch customer service, and smart technology are core to Friday’s consumer-centric approach. The leadership team consists of experienced executives in the managed care, technology, and consumer marketing industries.

LogRhythm

Series A in 2007
LogRhythm is a world leader in NextGen SIEM, empowering thousands of enterprises on six continents to successfully reduce cyber and operational risk by rapidly detecting, responding to and neutralizing damaging cyberthreats. The LogRhythm NextGen SIEM Platform combines advanced security analytics; user and entity behavior analytics (UEBA); network detection and response (NDR); and security orchestration, automation, and response (SOAR) in a single end-to-end solution. LogRhythm’s technology serves as the foundation for the world’s most modern enterprise security operations centers (SOCs), helping customers measurably secure their cloud, physical, and virtual infrastructures for both IT and OT environments. Built for security professionals by security professionals, the LogRhythm NextGen SIEM Platform has won countless customer and industry accolades. LogRhythm was founded in 2003 by Chris Petersen and Phillip Villella to address the unmet and growing need for a comprehensive log and event management solution. Their varied experience with customers gave them insight into how to architect an enterprise-class solution for maximum utility and long-term viability.

Galvanize, Inc.

Series C in 2018
Galvanize is a school for entrepreneurs, engineers, and data scientists. It is a learning community for technology with nine physical and two remote campuses, where innovative startups, aspiring students, and large enterprises benefit from this dynamic, unique business ecosystem. Galvanize is backed by investors including, but not limited to, Catalyst Investors, ABS Capital Partners, University Ventures, New Markets Venture Partners, and Colorado Impact Fund. The company was co-founded by Tony Mugavero, Chris Onan, Jim Deters, and Lawrence Mandes in 2012, and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.

Nutrinsic

Debt Financing in 2010
Nutrinsic (formerly Oberon FMR) is a pioneer in providing commercial nutrition solutions through the upcycling of unused nutrients. By recovering nutrients, we help food and beverage processors deliver clean water to the environment and eliminate the need to dispose of waste. This process creates an economically and environmentally sustainable source of premium protein for animal nutrition. We are committed to creating win-win sustainability solutions through smart thinking and technology.