Google

Google is a multinational corporation specializing in Internet-related services and products. Its extensive product portfolio includes Google Search, which provides access to online information; Google Ads, an auction-based advertising program; AdSense, which allows websites to display ads; and YouTube, a platform for video content. Google also offers Android, an open-source mobile operating system, alongside hardware products like Chromebooks and Chromecast. The company provides cloud-based services such as Google Drive, Google Cloud Storage, and Google App Engine, as well as tools for real-time analytics. Additionally, Google AI focuses on advancing artificial intelligence and integrating it into various products. The philanthropic arm, Google.org, supports initiatives that leverage technology for social good, while the Google Foundation invests in innovative technologies to address global challenges. Founded in 1998 by Larry Page and Sergey Brin in Mountain View, California, Google has become the world's leading search engine and a key player in the digital landscape.

Nick Cain

Program Manager

Jacquelline Fuller

President

Kristin Reinke

Vice President and Head of Google Finance

Past deals in Southern US

Socioswap

Secondary Market in 2023
Socioswap - Social Media Support Services, Market Place and Community - Grow Your Brand and Following - Buy/Sell Instagram Facebook Twitter YouTube TikTok and more! Socioswap is a business to business oriented forum marketplace.
The United Negro College Fund (UNCF) is the largest minority education organization in the United States, dedicated to supporting African American students in their pursuit of higher education. Each year, UNCF enables over 60,000 students to attend college by awarding approximately 10,000 scholarships and internships through a vast array of programs aimed at those from low- and moderate-income families. The organization also provides essential financial support to its 37 member historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) to enhance scholarships and institutional capacity. Additionally, UNCF actively advocates for educational equity and college readiness through national media campaigns and local events, emphasizing the importance of education. Founded in 1944 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., UNCF manages an endowment fund to further its mission of ensuring that African American students can attend and graduate from college.
The Thurgood Marshall College Fund (TMCF) is named for the U.S. Supreme Court's first African-American Justice.

Arena

Seed Round in 2022
Arena Financial, a B2B payments company, is changing the way small businesses make payments and making it simpler to manage cash flow.
North Carolina A&T State University is so many things to so many people, both in our state and around the country. North Carolina A&T State University is an HBCU. We are a top-flight research university, the largest historically black university (HBCU) in the country, the #1 producer of degrees awarded to African Americans in North Carolina and nationally recognized or our excellence in science, technology, mathematics and engineering (STEM) education. We are a diverse community, bound by intense pride and tradition, with fiercely loyal alumni who hold positions of importance and influence in companies and government agencies across the state, the country and the world. We are achievers, driven by a curious, limitless, fearless spirit that fuels discovery and innovation, resulting in 41 patents issued based on our research, as well as numerous spin-off and start-up companies. We are inclusive and welcoming, with students from many backgrounds and cultures, every part of our state, our nation and countries around the globe. We are passionate, driven by a desire to do more, be more and make more of a difference. Since we opened our doors in 1892, we have focused on giving every student the hands-on opportunities, core knowledge and global perspective that will lead them to make real and lasting change in their lives and the lives of others. At N.C. A&T, we have so much to be proud of, and you can learn more about those "Points of Pride" here. You can also use the links below to learn more about what makes N.C. A&T unique, from our leadership and history to our many rankings and recognitions.
Initially founded as a private institution in the Methodist tradition, Morgan State University was purchased by the state of Maryland in 1939 to offer more higher education opportunities to its minority constituents. Morgan State University is an HBCU. Morgan State University is located in Baltimore, and offers a wide range of studies for undergraduate and graduate degrees. Graduate studies include a long list of social studies, business and all sciences, while doctoral programs include a list almost as long in areas such as engineering, environmental sciences, public health, and so much more. Morgan State University proudly provides a well-rounded educational experience to all students. The faculty encourage students to get involved on-campus to ensure students are invested in their future. Student programs and support services are available, from organizations to academic and personal counseling. Staff and faculty understand the pressures of academic life, and want to make sure the students are able to deal constructively with those stresses. If you’re interested in a unique institution that values the highest level of education, a well-rounded experience and dedicated faculty, look no further. Call Baltimore your new home and check out Morgan State University.

Freeman Capital

Venture Round in 2021
Diversified investments for a diverse world.

ADT

Post in 2020
ADT is a prominent provider of security, automation, and smart home solutions, serving over six million customers across the United States and Canada. With more than 300 locations and nine monitoring centers, it boasts the largest network of security professionals in the U.S. ADT Commercial, the company's commercial division, offers security, fire, life safety, and risk consulting services to over 300,000 customer locations, supported by a workforce of more than 5,000 employees across 150 offices. The company is recognized for its commitment to customer service excellence and a strong foundation built on decades of industry expertise. By prioritizing safety and innovation, ADT has established itself as a leader in the electronic security sector, dedicated to ensuring the peace of mind of its clients.

Ionic Security

Series E in 2019
Ionic Security, a data security platform, provides access control, intellectual property monitoring, data encryption, and policy management. Ionic Security (formerly Social Fortress) enables the use of cloud services by protecting sensitive data anywhere it travels and wherever it resides, whether on the corporate network, in the cloud or on mobile devices. The first unified data security platform of its kind, Ionic Security takes a comprehensive approach to secure data in today’s borderless enterprise by providing access control, intellectual property monitoring, data encryption, and policy management, without proxies or gateways or changes in user behavior. The company is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, and is backed by leading venture firms such as Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Google Ventures, TechOperators, and ff VC as well as industry experts Christopher Klaus, Ken Levine, Phil Dunkelberger, and Dr. Paul Judge.

Workbench Platform

Acquisition in 2018
Workbench's content platform packages your content into custom, engaging learning and get-active experiences that drive continuously fresh content and value to education and consumer learners, makers, and doers. At Workbench, we love to tinker, explore, make, create and discover using robots and circuitry and gardens and drones and all sorts of materials we can work into projects. This kind of project-based learning and exploration is what we’re is all about, so we created a community where like-minded people can come together to engage and inspire each other with their own ideas. Workbench has partnered with some of the most forward-thinking maker-product companies in the world to be on the leading edge of innovation. We will continue to add product partners and introduce dynamic new tools for learning to our community. Here on the Workbench platform, maker-educators, students, hobbyists—anyone, really—can discover engaging projects created by Workbench and the Workbench user community. Members of the community can create and post their own projects and share their unique creations and successes in the Gallery. We know that educators are just as excited about project-based learning as we are, so the Workbench platform gives educators the tools to connect with other educators, create classes, assign hands-on lessons and monitor student progress in real time. Workbench is excited to partner with top product companies to create unique communities focused on using specific products in project-based learning. Find our partner platforms by clicking here.

CommonLit

Grant in 2018
CommonLit is an educational non-profit that helps students gain reading skills. The organization is providing all students in grades 3-12 access to free first-class reading and writing tools and resources.

Magic Leap

Series D in 2017
Magic Leap is a US-based company focused on developing wearable augmented reality technology that enhances user interaction with digital devices. The company is innovating in the augmented reality sector, creating hardware and software designed to provide a unique AR experience that transforms how users access screens and visualize data. Their headset integrates users' natural visual capabilities with mobile computing, producing visual outputs that closely resemble real-world experiences. Utilizing a Dynamic Digitized Lightfield Signal, Magic Leap generates images that are indistinguishable from actual objects, allowing for seamless integration of digital content into the physical environment. The company's platform aims to improve productivity, particularly in enterprise settings, by enabling users to engage with both digital and real-world elements in an immersive manner.

Owlchemy Labs

Acquisition in 2017
Owlchemy Labs LLC is a game studio that develops games and VR experiences. It focuses on mechanic-driven games and formed insane premises around them. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas. As of May 10, 2017, Owlchemy Labs LLC operates as a subsidiary of Alphabet Inc.

Magic Leap

Series C in 2016
Magic Leap is a US-based company focused on developing wearable augmented reality technology that enhances user interaction with digital devices. The company is innovating in the augmented reality sector, creating hardware and software designed to provide a unique AR experience that transforms how users access screens and visualize data. Their headset integrates users' natural visual capabilities with mobile computing, producing visual outputs that closely resemble real-world experiences. Utilizing a Dynamic Digitized Lightfield Signal, Magic Leap generates images that are indistinguishable from actual objects, allowing for seamless integration of digital content into the physical environment. The company's platform aims to improve productivity, particularly in enterprise settings, by enabling users to engage with both digital and real-world elements in an immersive manner.

Magic Leap

Series B in 2014
Magic Leap is a US-based company focused on developing wearable augmented reality technology that enhances user interaction with digital devices. The company is innovating in the augmented reality sector, creating hardware and software designed to provide a unique AR experience that transforms how users access screens and visualize data. Their headset integrates users' natural visual capabilities with mobile computing, producing visual outputs that closely resemble real-world experiences. Utilizing a Dynamic Digitized Lightfield Signal, Magic Leap generates images that are indistinguishable from actual objects, allowing for seamless integration of digital content into the physical environment. The company's platform aims to improve productivity, particularly in enterprise settings, by enabling users to engage with both digital and real-world elements in an immersive manner.

Adometry

Acquisition in 2014
Adometry by Google transforms the way the world’s top brands improve marketing performance. Acting as marketing's “system of record,” Adometry solves the complex challenge of integrating, measuring, and optimizing marketing performance across all channels―both online and offline. Combining and interpreting previously silo’d sources of data; the Adometry Marketing Intelligence Platform provides data-driven attribution, marketing mix modeling, and intelligent optimization recommendations across and within channels. As a result, marketers are able to identify their true impact on the customer journey and generate actionable insights that improve ROI.

Channel Intelligence

Acquisition in 2013
Channel Intelligence (CI) specializes in product ecommerce. Our data-driven services drive product sales online. Leading brands and major retailers outperform with CI Boost™: where-to-buy, product search engines, shopping engines and Facebook platform services. CI Where-to-Buy is the global leader for major brands in 31 countries, delivering highly qualified customers to over 850 retailers worldwide. A featured Google Shopping launch partner, CI has developed a technology to help merchants maximize sales and Return On Ad Spend (ROAS) with Product Listing Ads (PLAs), which has become an increasingly important channel for merchants.

Quickoffice

Acquisition in 2012
Quickoffice specializes in mobile office document software designed for smartphones, enabling users to open, view, and edit Microsoft Office files while maintaining the integrity of the original documents. The software has undergone extensive testing to meet the quality standards of leading mobile phone manufacturers and is distributed through major carriers, including Vodafone, Orange, China Mobile, and AT&T. Fully localized in 36 languages, Quickoffice is available globally as a built-in solution on a wide range of smartphones, providing users with a convenient tool for document management on the go.

Actacell

Series A in 2008
ActaCell, Inc. is a technology start-up commercializing lithium-ion battery technology developed in the Material Science and Engineering lab at The University of Texas at Austin. This new technology is focused on delivering substantially longer cycle life at low cost while maintaining safety as the number one priority. The Material Science and Engineering program at the University of Texas has a long history of innovation in lithium ion chemistries. The company announced on July 200, 2008 that it secured $5.8 million in Series A financing. DFJ Mercury led the round with syndicate investment from Google.org's RechargeIT program, Applied Ventures, LLC, the venture capital arm of Applied Materials, Inc. and Good Energies. The proceeds from the Series A financing will be used to hire key technical talent and to further develop ActaCell's lithium-ion battery technology for commercial purposes.

Image America, Inc.

Acquisition in 2007
Image America, Inc. provides document scanning, conversion, and indexing from microfilm and paper documents. It offers court and land record conversion, and on-site scanning of archive records. The company serves medical, government, insurance, accounting, corporate, legal, engineering, finance, manufacturing, and educational industries. Image America, Inc. was founded in 1988 and is based in Towson, Maryland.

Current Communications Group

Private Equity Round in 2005
CURRENT provides electric utilities a Smart Grid solution that increases the efficiency and reliability of the electric grid while reducing the environmental impact of electric usage. Their integrated solution combines advanced sensing technology, two-way high-speed communications, 24/7 monitoring and enterprise analysis software and related services to provide location-specific, real-time actionable data. CURRENT is also a fully-integrated communications service provider, with the capability to offer high-performance broadband services and home energy management services to every plug in every home or office using the electric wires.