Capital Midwest Fund

Capital Midwest Fund is a Wisconsin-based venture capital firm that specializes in early-stage investments in life sciences, information technology, advanced manufacturing, B2B, healthcare, consumer goods, business services, and technology companies across the Central United States. With a focus on the Midwest and Wisconsin regions, the firm aims to support innovative startups and help them grow and succeed. Located in Mequon, Wisconsin, Capital Midwest Fund plays a crucial role in fostering entrepreneurship and driving economic development in the region.

Katy Almond

Associate

Eli Blee-Goldman

General Partner

Jacob DeZarn

Junior Partner

Daniel Einhorn

General Partner

Stephen Einhorn

General Partner

Michael Harper

Partner

Alvin Vitangcol

General Partner

77 past transactions

Hologram is a connectivity enablement toolkit that empowers makers, engineers, and creators of all types to connect their devices with wireless data as well as manage billings as they grow. Hologram provides a flexible platform with no minimums, instant connectivity, and robust scalability to help its users grow their businesses and projects from 1 to 1000 devices. Its goal is to simplify the process of building connected hardware that works everywhere. Hologram was founded in 2013 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

FactoryFix

Private Placement in 2018
FactoryFix LLC owns and operates a platform that connects manufacturers to qualified experts. The company provides labor resources for same-day service projects, part-time skilled workers, contract and temporary resources, and factory automation and engineering projects. It supplies labor resources, such as vetted machinists, maintenance technicians, engineers, and electricians. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

FRAYT

Series A in 2023
Frayt (Freight) is a on-demand, final mile delivery platform. Frayt in enables Businesses & Retailers to offer same hour delivery to their customers coast to coast. Frayt is the trusted delivery partner of Party City, Krogers, Sherwin Williams and many more.

Sierra Oncology

Series C in 2014
Sierra Oncology, Inc. researches, develops, and commercializes therapies for the treatment of patients with hematology and oncology needs. Its lead drug candidate, momelotinib, is a selective and orally-bioavailable JAK1, JAK2, and ACVR1 inhibitor that has been investigated in two completed Phase 3 trials for the treatment of myelofibrosis. The company is also advancing SRA737, an orally bioavailable small molecule inhibitor Checkpoint kinase 1 is being investigated in two Phase 1/2 clinical trials; and SRA141, an orally bioavailable small molecule inhibitor of cell division cycle 7 kinase. The company was formerly known as ProNAi Therapeutics, Inc. and changed its name to Sierra Oncology, Inc. in January 2017. Sierra Oncology, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

NanoStatics Corporation

NanoStatics Corporation develops, manufactures, and delivers nanofibers to coat and enhance the performance of various materials. Its nanofibers are used in air and water filtration, paper, hygiene, medical, and various industrial packaging applications. NanoStatics Corporation was formerly known as NanoStatics, LLC and changed its name to NanoStatics Corporation in March 2007. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Circleville, Ohio.

VasoGenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc.

VasoGenix Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, develops intravenous and controlled release drug treatments for cardiovascular diseases. The company was incorporated in 2001 and is based in Lenexa, Kansas.

LightGuide

Series B in 2021
LightGuide Inc., uses proprietary software and high-powered projector systems to guide and confirm the completion of complex tasks. From assembly to quality control to training, LightGuide Inc. technology provides the visualization, traceability, and flexibility demanded by leading companies worldwide. Key industries include aerospace, agriculture, automotive, energy, heavy equipment, and medical.
HarQen unleashes the richness of information trapped inside conversations — transforming voice into actionable insights. Founded in 2007, HarQen's award-winning Intelligent Voice Services enables meetings, interviews and other conversations to be captured, enriched and shared, improving collaboration and productivity. HarQen is also a founding member of the Hypervoice Consortium. Hypervoice is an emerging model for organizing and navigating voice conversations. The technology within Symposia, HarQen's second application, showcases the first example of Hypervoice capabilities for use in enterprise social collaboration.
Textel provides a cloud-based texting platform for contact centers and businesses specifically designed to dramatically improve the customer experience, increase customer engagement, and improve contact center performance and efficiency. With nearly 800 customers across North America, Textel enables inbound/outbound SMS and MMS texts for organizations who need to connect with customers faster and more efficiently than traditional channels (email, voice, chat). Best of all, Textel users can enable their pre-existing numbers and integrate with industry-leading systems of record (Genesys, Nice inContact, and more).

Intellihot

Venture Round in 2021
Intellihot Green Technologies Inc. designs, manufactures, and assembles tankless water heater systems for residential and commercial applications in the United States. The company offers water heater systems in various models for installation in hospitality, multi-family, stadiums, restaurants, healthcare, education, retail, and manufacturing industries. It serves customers through a network of sales representatives, dealers, and wholesalers. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Galesburg, Illinois.

Valid8

Funding Round in 2021
Valid8 Automating verified financial intelligence for accounting professionals and decision makers. Oxford University ranks Accounting in the top 4% of professions most likely impacted by automation, A.I., and data science. The $100 Billion (Annual US) Accounting Services industry use processes and procedures grounded by independently sourced, 3rd party verified evidence. The evidence collection process is mostly manual and based on sampling and is the primary reason the industry has lagged adopting data science and modern analytics. VALID8 provides a solution.

Realync

Seed Round in 2019
Realync Corp. provides a cloud-based video platform that connects agents and consumers to tour live virtual real estate properties. Its technology enables live videos, interactive virtual tours, and open houses, as well as pre-recorded videos for buyers and renters. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Carmel, Indiana with an additional office in Chicago, Illinois.
PegEx offers integrated services, software platforms, and products to manage all aspects of environmental services. It develops advanced, cloud-based software, the PegEx Platform, that improves productivity, mitigates risks, and optimizes revenue for waste management companies. It was founded in 2012 and is based in Fitchburg, Wisconsin.
Health Scholars is a developer of medical simulation training software intended to provide clinical education and training. The company's platform is easy to use and scalable across a health system and effectively manages, delivers and includes interactive training content including the only commercially available as well as clinical VR simulation, enabling users to get cost-effective and richer content experience.
Lumanu, Inc. develops a digital marketing platform that connects companies with brand ambassadors. It offers SocialCert, a solution that allows influencers to share content, audiences, and usage rights with marketers; Content Manager, a solution for ingesting content from the influencers; and SmartBoost, a solution that creates ads using influencer creatives. The company serves brand marketers, performance marketers, agency marketers, and creators and influencers. Lumanu, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in Oakland, California with an additional office in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Textel provides a cloud-based texting platform for contact centers and businesses specifically designed to dramatically improve the customer experience, increase customer engagement, and improve contact center performance and efficiency. With nearly 800 customers across North America, Textel enables inbound/outbound SMS and MMS texts for organizations who need to connect with customers faster and more efficiently than traditional channels (email, voice, chat). Best of all, Textel users can enable their pre-existing numbers and integrate with industry-leading systems of record (Genesys, Nice inContact, and more).
Physician Software Systems, LLC develops healthcare software to manage individualized patient dosing of Erythropoietic Stimulating Agents (ESAs). Its product helps to the risk of hemoglobin cycling side effects such as anemia, weakness, increased risk of thrombosis, stroke, and cardiovascular morbidity and mortality. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Lisle, Illinois.
Centron Energy Corporation, Inc. provides fuel treatment and additives. The company was incorporated in 1998 as American Energy Group, Inc. and later changed its name to Centron Energy Corporation, Inc. in January 2008. The company is based in Germantown, Wisconsin.

Hologram

Series B in 2021
Hologram is a connectivity enablement toolkit that empowers makers, engineers, and creators of all types to connect their devices with wireless data as well as manage billings as they grow. Hologram provides a flexible platform with no minimums, instant connectivity, and robust scalability to help its users grow their businesses and projects from 1 to 1000 devices. Its goal is to simplify the process of building connected hardware that works everywhere. Hologram was founded in 2013 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

Textel

Series A in 2020
Textel provides a cloud-based texting platform for contact centers and businesses specifically designed to dramatically improve the customer experience, increase customer engagement, and improve contact center performance and efficiency. With nearly 800 customers across North America, Textel enables inbound/outbound SMS and MMS texts for organizations who need to connect with customers faster and more efficiently than traditional channels (email, voice, chat). Best of all, Textel users can enable their pre-existing numbers and integrate with industry-leading systems of record (Genesys, Nice inContact, and more).

OnKöl

Venture Round in 2014
ONKÖL develops a monitoring device that connects elderly and those with special needs to their family and caregivers. The company offers OnKöl, an emergency response tool that notifies selected family members and other caregivers’ vital signs, incoming and outgoing calls, and emergency or panic situations. Its device connects to motion, door and window, bed pressure, smoke, carbon monoxide, and various other home monitoring sensors through Bluetooth or by USB cable to virtually hundreds of medical devices. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

Textel

Private Placement in 2020
Textel provides a cloud-based texting platform for contact centers and businesses specifically designed to dramatically improve the customer experience, increase customer engagement, and improve contact center performance and efficiency. With nearly 800 customers across North America, Textel enables inbound/outbound SMS and MMS texts for organizations who need to connect with customers faster and more efficiently than traditional channels (email, voice, chat). Best of all, Textel users can enable their pre-existing numbers and integrate with industry-leading systems of record (Genesys, Nice inContact, and more).

Blue Pillar

Series A in 2019
At Blue Pillar, we connect industrial equipment to the internet and serve up the data to manage, monitor, and control equipment and devices so our customers can create flexible, scalable solutions for themselves or their customers. We're energized by the challenge of making the power of Industrial IoT widely accessible. We make things a little better in a connectivity-centric world where things are a lot harder than they should be.

enosiX

Private Placement in 2018
Enosix, Inc. designs and develops integration solutions between front end platforms and systems applications and products (SAP) system to unlock data and surface business process. The company offers solutions, such as Enosix Connect, integrate SAP/ERP system with cloud based application; Enosix Engage; Enosix Surface, provides real time access to SAP ERP data in sales force without middleware; Enosix Sales, read, create, and modify SAP data from sales cloud; Enosix Sales CPQ, leverage SAP data for pricing and quotes in Salesforce CPQ; and Enosix Sales VC, integrate SAP variant configuration with Salesforce in real time. Enosix, Inc. was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Hologram

Series A in 2017
Hologram is a connectivity enablement toolkit that empowers makers, engineers, and creators of all types to connect their devices with wireless data as well as manage billings as they grow. Hologram provides a flexible platform with no minimums, instant connectivity, and robust scalability to help its users grow their businesses and projects from 1 to 1000 devices. Its goal is to simplify the process of building connected hardware that works everywhere. Hologram was founded in 2013 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

AIQ Solutions

Series A in 2019
AIQ Solutions, Inc. designs and develops medical devices and software solutions for quantitative assessment of individual lesions associated with complex diseases. The company develops a clinical decision support (CDS) platform that analyzes medical imaging data to identify all of a cancer patient’s lesions and quantify how they have changed after treatment. It provides quantitative total bone imaging (QTBI), a device that provides insights into metastatic bone disease from prostate or breast cancer. In addition, it offers quantitative total marrow imaging (QTMI), a device that measure heterogeneity and treatment response of disease in marrow. The company caters to oncologists, radiologists, nuclear med physicians, and pharmaceutical companies. AIQ Solutions, Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in Madison, Wisconsin.

CytoPherx

Series C in 2012
CytoPherx (formerly Nephrion) clinical stage medical device company addressing inflammation-based diseases and conditions. The company’s products are custom configurations of a proprietary selective cytopheresis-based inflammation modulating system.

HarQen

Series A in 2010
HarQen unleashes the richness of information trapped inside conversations — transforming voice into actionable insights. Founded in 2007, HarQen's award-winning Intelligent Voice Services enables meetings, interviews and other conversations to be captured, enriched and shared, improving collaboration and productivity. HarQen is also a founding member of the Hypervoice Consortium. Hypervoice is an emerging model for organizing and navigating voice conversations. The technology within Symposia, HarQen's second application, showcases the first example of Hypervoice capabilities for use in enterprise social collaboration.

HarQen

Series B in 2011
HarQen unleashes the richness of information trapped inside conversations — transforming voice into actionable insights. Founded in 2007, HarQen's award-winning Intelligent Voice Services enables meetings, interviews and other conversations to be captured, enriched and shared, improving collaboration and productivity. HarQen is also a founding member of the Hypervoice Consortium. Hypervoice is an emerging model for organizing and navigating voice conversations. The technology within Symposia, HarQen's second application, showcases the first example of Hypervoice capabilities for use in enterprise social collaboration.

Health Scholars

Series B in 2020
Health Scholars is a developer of medical simulation training software intended to provide clinical education and training. The company's platform is easy to use and scalable across a health system and effectively manages, delivers and includes interactive training content including the only commercially available as well as clinical VR simulation, enabling users to get cost-effective and richer content experience.

Sierra Oncology

Series D in 2014
Sierra Oncology, Inc. researches, develops, and commercializes therapies for the treatment of patients with hematology and oncology needs. Its lead drug candidate, momelotinib, is a selective and orally-bioavailable JAK1, JAK2, and ACVR1 inhibitor that has been investigated in two completed Phase 3 trials for the treatment of myelofibrosis. The company is also advancing SRA737, an orally bioavailable small molecule inhibitor Checkpoint kinase 1 is being investigated in two Phase 1/2 clinical trials; and SRA141, an orally bioavailable small molecule inhibitor of cell division cycle 7 kinase. The company was formerly known as ProNAi Therapeutics, Inc. and changed its name to Sierra Oncology, Inc. in January 2017. Sierra Oncology, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.

Lumanu

Private Placement in 2019
Lumanu, Inc. develops a digital marketing platform that connects companies with brand ambassadors. It offers SocialCert, a solution that allows influencers to share content, audiences, and usage rights with marketers; Content Manager, a solution for ingesting content from the influencers; and SmartBoost, a solution that creates ads using influencer creatives. The company serves brand marketers, performance marketers, agency marketers, and creators and influencers. Lumanu, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in Oakland, California with an additional office in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

VitalMedix

Venture Round in 2009
VitalMedix Inc. engages in the research and development of biopharmaceuticals for sustaining cellular function and protecting cells during and after hemorrhagic shock in the United States. The company develops Tamiasyn, a biopharmaceutical that potentially allows the human body to endure severe blood loss for an extended period of time, as well as inhibits human organ damage during the resuscitation process. It also develops a hemorrhagic shock treatment system. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

BetterYou

Series A in 2023
BetterYou is a digital wellness platform that helps to make better health and wellness decisions every day. The platform leverages the data exhaust created from using their devices every single day to create insight around where people spend their time vs. what's actually important to them. Their users define what “time better spent” looks like, and to help them stay on track. BetterYou provides population-level insights back to organizations, helping them drive health savings downstream by improving their employees’ digital and overall wellness. It also allows individuals to maximize their time and stay focused on goals that matter.

Valid8

Series A in 2023
Valid8 Automating verified financial intelligence for accounting professionals and decision makers. Oxford University ranks Accounting in the top 4% of professions most likely impacted by automation, A.I., and data science. The $100 Billion (Annual US) Accounting Services industry use processes and procedures grounded by independently sourced, 3rd party verified evidence. The evidence collection process is mostly manual and based on sampling and is the primary reason the industry has lagged adopting data science and modern analytics. VALID8 provides a solution.

Elate

Venture Round in 2023
Elate is driving alignment and making reporting easier by creating a single source of truth for goals and KPIs. Be sure to follow our Twitter and company LinkedIn page to stay up to date with our latest news and content!
Intellihot Green Technologies Inc. designs, manufactures, and assembles tankless water heater systems for residential and commercial applications in the United States. The company offers water heater systems in various models for installation in hospitality, multi-family, stadiums, restaurants, healthcare, education, retail, and manufacturing industries. It serves customers through a network of sales representatives, dealers, and wholesalers. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Galesburg, Illinois.
SkySpecs automates the inspection, diagnostics, and maintenance of utility scale wind turbines with custom autonomous drones. The company develops an affordable form of energy, through the use of an automated drone inspection service and analytics platform that allows for repeatability, high-quality data, and safer inspections. SkySpecs was founded on 2012 and is based in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
AIQ Solutions, Inc. designs and develops medical devices and software solutions for quantitative assessment of individual lesions associated with complex diseases. The company develops a clinical decision support (CDS) platform that analyzes medical imaging data to identify all of a cancer patient’s lesions and quantify how they have changed after treatment. It provides quantitative total bone imaging (QTBI), a device that provides insights into metastatic bone disease from prostate or breast cancer. In addition, it offers quantitative total marrow imaging (QTMI), a device that measure heterogeneity and treatment response of disease in marrow. The company caters to oncologists, radiologists, nuclear med physicians, and pharmaceutical companies. AIQ Solutions, Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in Madison, Wisconsin.
At Blue Pillar, we connect industrial equipment to the internet and serve up the data to manage, monitor, and control equipment and devices so our customers can create flexible, scalable solutions for themselves or their customers. We're energized by the challenge of making the power of Industrial IoT widely accessible. We make things a little better in a connectivity-centric world where things are a lot harder than they should be.

Immune Cell Therapy, Inc.

Immune Cell Therapy, Inc. develops DNA-based cancer vaccines. The company was founded in 2003 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.
OPS Solutions,LLC manufactures and supplies light projection systems for operator work instructions in automotive, medical, and electronics industries. It provides Light Guide Systems that is implemented into a range of manual processes, including inspection, assembly, part selection/kitting, sequencing, training, and changeovers. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Wixom, Michigan.

LightGuide

Series B in 2021
LightGuide Inc., uses proprietary software and high-powered projector systems to guide and confirm the completion of complex tasks. From assembly to quality control to training, LightGuide Inc. technology provides the visualization, traceability, and flexibility demanded by leading companies worldwide. Key industries include aerospace, agriculture, automotive, energy, heavy equipment, and medical.
VitalMedix Inc. engages in the research and development of biopharmaceuticals for sustaining cellular function and protecting cells during and after hemorrhagic shock in the United States. The company develops Tamiasyn, a biopharmaceutical that potentially allows the human body to endure severe blood loss for an extended period of time, as well as inhibits human organ damage during the resuscitation process. It also develops a hemorrhagic shock treatment system. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

AdAdapted

Series A in 2020
AdAdapted, Inc. provides a mobile advertising platform for consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands. It offers AdAdapted that enables CPG brands to directly target their primary consumers in the apps they use to plan and shop by placing CPG brands in front of consumers with native, non-disruptive ads at the exact moment of decision-making, targeting consumers and getting products on digital shopping lists. The company’s AdAdapted platform tracks what consumers add to their list revealing category and product preferences, shopping tendencies, planning habits, and more. It serves CPG and agencies, and retailers. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
Enosix, Inc. designs and develops integration solutions between front end platforms and systems applications and products (SAP) system to unlock data and surface business process. The company offers solutions, such as Enosix Connect, integrate SAP/ERP system with cloud based application; Enosix Engage; Enosix Surface, provides real time access to SAP ERP data in sales force without middleware; Enosix Sales, read, create, and modify SAP data from sales cloud; Enosix Sales CPQ, leverage SAP data for pricing and quotes in Salesforce CPQ; and Enosix Sales VC, integrate SAP variant configuration with Salesforce in real time. Enosix, Inc. was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Valid8 Automating verified financial intelligence for accounting professionals and decision makers. Oxford University ranks Accounting in the top 4% of professions most likely impacted by automation, A.I., and data science. The $100 Billion (Annual US) Accounting Services industry use processes and procedures grounded by independently sourced, 3rd party verified evidence. The evidence collection process is mostly manual and based on sampling and is the primary reason the industry has lagged adopting data science and modern analytics. VALID8 provides a solution.
Realync Corp. provides a cloud-based video platform that connects agents and consumers to tour live virtual real estate properties. Its technology enables live videos, interactive virtual tours, and open houses, as well as pre-recorded videos for buyers and renters. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Carmel, Indiana with an additional office in Chicago, Illinois.

SteamChain

Private Placement in 2018
SteamChain enables original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to offer usage-based financing (hardware-as-a-service) to their customers. Under the status quo, customers pay OEMs based on milestones before, during and after delivery of machines. Leveraging blockchain, SteamChain enables OEMs to be paid on the productivity of the machine over its lifecycle, increasing the OEMs long-term financial upside and better aligning incentives with their customers.
SteamChain enables original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) to offer usage-based financing (hardware-as-a-service) to their customers. Under the status quo, customers pay OEMs based on milestones before, during and after delivery of machines. Leveraging blockchain, SteamChain enables OEMs to be paid on the productivity of the machine over its lifecycle, increasing the OEMs long-term financial upside and better aligning incentives with their customers.
NuCurrent, Inc. designs, fabricates, and integrates optimal wireless power antennas, surface-mount inductors, and inductive coils. It offers wireless power antennas for low and high frequency systems; and surface-mount inductors for a range of applications, including HF power electronics, converters, invertors, transformers, RF electronics, filters, amplifiers, and frequency synthesizers. The company also offers an alternative to Litz wires; and custom-designed and fabricated prototypes. NuCurrent, Inc. was founded in 2009 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

FactoryFix

Series A in 2022
FactoryFix LLC owns and operates a platform that connects manufacturers to qualified experts. The company provides labor resources for same-day service projects, part-time skilled workers, contract and temporary resources, and factory automation and engineering projects. It supplies labor resources, such as vetted machinists, maintenance technicians, engineers, and electricians. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.
AdAdapted, Inc. provides a mobile advertising platform for consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands. It offers AdAdapted that enables CPG brands to directly target their primary consumers in the apps they use to plan and shop by placing CPG brands in front of consumers with native, non-disruptive ads at the exact moment of decision-making, targeting consumers and getting products on digital shopping lists. The company’s AdAdapted platform tracks what consumers add to their list revealing category and product preferences, shopping tendencies, planning habits, and more. It serves CPG and agencies, and retailers. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
EpiCare Limited manufactures and markets personal skin and wound care products in the United States. It offers nutritive personal care topical products, skin creams, and shaving gels, as well as age defying cosmetics. The company was incorporated in 1993 and is based in New York, New York.
LiquidCool Solutions provides a patented total liquid submersion technology that introduces an eco-friendly di-electric liquid into virtually any electronic device for operation in any environment. With the elimination of fans and the internal components fully submerged, LiquidCool Solutions’ technology offers benefits that air and fan-based cooling as well as other forms of liquid cooling simply cannot duplicate. LiquidCool Solutions was co-founded by Daren Klum and Chad Attlesey in 2006 and it is headquartered in Rochester, Minnesota.
ONKÖL develops a monitoring device that connects elderly and those with special needs to their family and caregivers. The company offers OnKöl, an emergency response tool that notifies selected family members and other caregivers’ vital signs, incoming and outgoing calls, and emergency or panic situations. Its device connects to motion, door and window, bed pressure, smoke, carbon monoxide, and various other home monitoring sensors through Bluetooth or by USB cable to virtually hundreds of medical devices. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Northern Lights Group, Inc, doing business as ThirdPartyTrust, develops vendor management software that measures and monitors vendor risk and cyber threats. The company offers communication, data gathering, information sharing, monitoring and data feed, access vendor profiles and scoring, audit trail, and vendor assessment. It serves financial, life science, legal, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, technology, and energy industries. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

Lumanu

Seed Round in 2019
Lumanu, Inc. develops a digital marketing platform that connects companies with brand ambassadors. It offers SocialCert, a solution that allows influencers to share content, audiences, and usage rights with marketers; Content Manager, a solution for ingesting content from the influencers; and SmartBoost, a solution that creates ads using influencer creatives. The company serves brand marketers, performance marketers, agency marketers, and creators and influencers. Lumanu, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in Oakland, California with an additional office in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
FactoryFix LLC owns and operates a platform that connects manufacturers to qualified experts. The company provides labor resources for same-day service projects, part-time skilled workers, contract and temporary resources, and factory automation and engineering projects. It supplies labor resources, such as vetted machinists, maintenance technicians, engineers, and electricians. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

enosiX

Series B in 2018
Enosix, Inc. designs and develops integration solutions between front end platforms and systems applications and products (SAP) system to unlock data and surface business process. The company offers solutions, such as Enosix Connect, integrate SAP/ERP system with cloud based application; Enosix Engage; Enosix Surface, provides real time access to SAP ERP data in sales force without middleware; Enosix Sales, read, create, and modify SAP data from sales cloud; Enosix Sales CPQ, leverage SAP data for pricing and quotes in Salesforce CPQ; and Enosix Sales VC, integrate SAP variant configuration with Salesforce in real time. Enosix, Inc. was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Cincinnati, Ohio.

SkySpecs

Private Placement in 2019
SkySpecs automates the inspection, diagnostics, and maintenance of utility scale wind turbines with custom autonomous drones. The company develops an affordable form of energy, through the use of an automated drone inspection service and analytics platform that allows for repeatability, high-quality data, and safer inspections. SkySpecs was founded on 2012 and is based in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

OnKöl

Venture Round in 2016
ONKÖL develops a monitoring device that connects elderly and those with special needs to their family and caregivers. The company offers OnKöl, an emergency response tool that notifies selected family members and other caregivers’ vital signs, incoming and outgoing calls, and emergency or panic situations. Its device connects to motion, door and window, bed pressure, smoke, carbon monoxide, and various other home monitoring sensors through Bluetooth or by USB cable to virtually hundreds of medical devices. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

SkySpecs

Series B in 2018
SkySpecs automates the inspection, diagnostics, and maintenance of utility scale wind turbines with custom autonomous drones. The company develops an affordable form of energy, through the use of an automated drone inspection service and analytics platform that allows for repeatability, high-quality data, and safer inspections. SkySpecs was founded on 2012 and is based in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

PegEx

Private Placement in 2018
PegEx offers integrated services, software platforms, and products to manage all aspects of environmental services. It develops advanced, cloud-based software, the PegEx Platform, that improves productivity, mitigates risks, and optimizes revenue for waste management companies. It was founded in 2012 and is based in Fitchburg, Wisconsin.

SkySpecs

Series C in 2019
SkySpecs automates the inspection, diagnostics, and maintenance of utility scale wind turbines with custom autonomous drones. The company develops an affordable form of energy, through the use of an automated drone inspection service and analytics platform that allows for repeatability, high-quality data, and safer inspections. SkySpecs was founded on 2012 and is based in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

ThirdPartyTrust

Seed Round in 2020
ThirdPartyTrust’s SaaS vendor management platform measures and monitors vendor risk and related cyber threats. Enterprises require their vendors (e.g. IT service providers, consultants and contractors) to create a ThirdPartyTrust profile, which includes security audits, insurance certificates and compliance documentation in a central repository. Vendors can share their ThirdPartyTrust profile with all their enterprise clients and CISO's and the C-Suite have the ability to manage and mitigate risk across the organization.

FactoryFix

Debt Financing in 2018
FactoryFix LLC owns and operates a platform that connects manufacturers to qualified experts. The company provides labor resources for same-day service projects, part-time skilled workers, contract and temporary resources, and factory automation and engineering projects. It supplies labor resources, such as vetted machinists, maintenance technicians, engineers, and electricians. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

Northern Lights Group Inc.

Private Placement in 2020
Northern Lights Group, Inc, doing business as ThirdPartyTrust, develops vendor management software that measures and monitors vendor risk and cyber threats. The company offers communication, data gathering, information sharing, monitoring and data feed, access vendor profiles and scoring, audit trail, and vendor assessment. It serves financial, life science, legal, healthcare, manufacturing, retail, technology, and energy industries. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

PegEx

Series B in 2018
PegEx offers integrated services, software platforms, and products to manage all aspects of environmental services. It develops advanced, cloud-based software, the PegEx Platform, that improves productivity, mitigates risks, and optimizes revenue for waste management companies. It was founded in 2012 and is based in Fitchburg, Wisconsin.

AdAdapted

Private Placement in 2020
AdAdapted, Inc. provides a mobile advertising platform for consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands. It offers AdAdapted that enables CPG brands to directly target their primary consumers in the apps they use to plan and shop by placing CPG brands in front of consumers with native, non-disruptive ads at the exact moment of decision-making, targeting consumers and getting products on digital shopping lists. The company’s AdAdapted platform tracks what consumers add to their list revealing category and product preferences, shopping tendencies, planning habits, and more. It serves CPG and agencies, and retailers. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Ann Arbor, Michigan.

Health Scholars

Private Placement in 2019
Health Scholars is a developer of medical simulation training software intended to provide clinical education and training. The company's platform is easy to use and scalable across a health system and effectively manages, delivers and includes interactive training content including the only commercially available as well as clinical VR simulation, enabling users to get cost-effective and richer content experience.

AIQ Solutions

Private Placement in 2019
AIQ Solutions, Inc. designs and develops medical devices and software solutions for quantitative assessment of individual lesions associated with complex diseases. The company develops a clinical decision support (CDS) platform that analyzes medical imaging data to identify all of a cancer patient’s lesions and quantify how they have changed after treatment. It provides quantitative total bone imaging (QTBI), a device that provides insights into metastatic bone disease from prostate or breast cancer. In addition, it offers quantitative total marrow imaging (QTMI), a device that measure heterogeneity and treatment response of disease in marrow. The company caters to oncologists, radiologists, nuclear med physicians, and pharmaceutical companies. AIQ Solutions, Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in Madison, Wisconsin.

Textel

Private Placement in 2020
Textel provides a cloud-based texting platform for contact centers and businesses specifically designed to dramatically improve the customer experience, increase customer engagement, and improve contact center performance and efficiency. With nearly 800 customers across North America, Textel enables inbound/outbound SMS and MMS texts for organizations who need to connect with customers faster and more efficiently than traditional channels (email, voice, chat). Best of all, Textel users can enable their pre-existing numbers and integrate with industry-leading systems of record (Genesys, Nice inContact, and more).

Sprocket Security

Series A in 2024
Sprocket Security provides continuous security testing services. Attackers don’t stop, and your business changes throughout the year. Assessing security once a year is a failed approach. Their platform detects changes in your organization and prompts human-driven testing to identify security risks. Testing adapts as your security posture matures. This includes red teaming, adversary simulations, security awareness, tabletop exercises, and more. Sprocket Security is purposely built for continuous testing and operates very differently than traditional firms. This allows us to offer affordable subscription prices for high-quality testing.

Forecastr

Venture Round in 2023
Forecastr is online software that helps founders who hate building financial models in Excel actually understand their numbers, predict runway, and get funded.