Revolution

Revolution, LLC is a venture capital firm founded in 2005 and based in Washington, D.C., with an additional office in San Francisco, California. The firm specializes in growth capital investments across various sectors, including financial services, media and entertainment, e-commerce, transportation, education, and healthcare. Revolution seeks to partner with entrepreneurs to disrupt traditional industries through innovative products and services, typically investing between $1 million and $12 million in its portfolio companies. It emphasizes the importance of investing in high-potential geographic areas, believing that talent is widely distributed but opportunities are not. Revolution operates multiple funds, including Revolution Ventures and Revolution Growth, which focus on early-stage and growth-stage investments, respectively. The firm is known for taking a controlling stake in its portfolio companies and often leads financing rounds, with a preference for collaborating with other top-tier investors.

James Barlia

Investment Associate

Jade Floyd

Director of Communications

David Golden

Managing Partner

Nancy Hilliker

Vice President

Todd Klein

Partner

Ashley Larson

Vice President

Ted Leonsis

Founder and Partner

Steven Murray

Managing Partner

Osman Nur

Associate

Graham Ober

Vice President

Curtis Oberg

Associate

Fazeela Abdul Rashid

Partner

John N. Richardson

EVP and Chief Operations Officer

John Sabin

Chief Financial Officer, Revolution

Tige Savage

Managing Partner

Alex Shtarkman

Vice President

Clara Sieg

Partner

Scott Somer

Chief Financial Officer, Revolution Corporate Services, Senior Vice President, Financial Operations,

Kate Wilschutz

CFO

Ashley Yesayan

Vice President, Revolution Growth

Fifi Young

Associate

Past deals in Southeastern US

TemperPack

Venture Round in 2022
TemperPack Technologies, Inc. designs and manufactures thermal packaging products specifically for insulated and temperature-sensitive goods. The company provides various shipping containers suitable for transporting perishable food and medical supplies, including one-piece boxes, two-piece liners, and temper sleeves. These products are utilized to ship meal kits, sensitive medications, prepared meals, seafood, meats, and desserts. Established in 2015 and based in Richmond, Virginia, with additional facilities in Las Vegas, Nevada, TemperPack serves e-commerce food companies across the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. The company is committed to sustainable design, having developed the first certified fully curbside recyclable insulated shipping solution, aiming to address packaging challenges in the perishable food and life sciences sectors.

TemperPack

Series C in 2020
TemperPack Technologies, Inc. designs and manufactures thermal packaging products specifically for insulated and temperature-sensitive goods. The company provides various shipping containers suitable for transporting perishable food and medical supplies, including one-piece boxes, two-piece liners, and temper sleeves. These products are utilized to ship meal kits, sensitive medications, prepared meals, seafood, meats, and desserts. Established in 2015 and based in Richmond, Virginia, with additional facilities in Las Vegas, Nevada, TemperPack serves e-commerce food companies across the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. The company is committed to sustainable design, having developed the first certified fully curbside recyclable insulated shipping solution, aiming to address packaging challenges in the perishable food and life sciences sectors.

Immertec

Series A in 2020
Immertec is a live surgical training platform that allows physicians to observe, communicate, and collaborate on unique devices and procedures remotely in virtual reality. Using Immertec’s VR platform, surgeons in remote locations are transported into an operating room, where they learn modern surgical procedures and collaborate with other surgeons in real-time. Overall, Immertec helps surgeons and medical device companies cut costs and supports more efficient training so surgeons can focus on taking care of their patients.

AppHarvest

Venture Round in 2020
AppHarvest, Inc. is an agricultural technology company that focuses on constructing and operating controlled-environment greenhouse farms. Established in 2017 and headquartered in Morehead, Kentucky, the company aims to produce non-GMO, chemical-free vegetables by integrating traditional farming methods with modern technology. Its greenhouses are designed to optimize water distribution and reduce overall water usage, contributing to more sustainable agricultural practices. Through these innovative approaches, AppHarvest seeks to enhance food production while minimizing environmental impact.

Xendoo

Seed Round in 2019
Xendoo, Inc. is a cloud-based bookkeeping and accounting service provider that caters to small business owners. Founded in 2016 and based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Xendoo offers an online platform designed for various financial needs, including bookkeeping, tax preparation, sales tax filing, and monthly financial reporting. The platform aims to enhance accessibility to certified public accountants (CPAs) while providing predictable pricing and timely financial insights. By utilizing technology, Xendoo seeks to streamline accounting processes, allowing small business owners to focus on managing and growing their enterprises. The company was previously known as Xendoo, LLC.

Abartys Health

Venture Round in 2019
Abartys Health LLC is an insurance technology company based in Guaynabo, Puerto Rico, founded in 2015. The company develops a centralized communication platform aimed at addressing challenges in the global healthcare system. Its software solutions, including InsureLynk, ProviderLynk, and PatientLynk, enhance the flow of data and communication among insurers, healthcare providers, and patients. By offering a data hub that improves medical record portability and universal patient identification, Abartys Health facilitates streamlined services, communication, and treatment for global health insurers, pharmaceutical companies, and large employers.

Lynk Global

Seed Round in 2019
Lynk is a mobile connectivity company that allows to partner with mobile network operators to connect existing mobile phone customers to each other, anywhere on the planet. It aims to provide broadband connectivity directly to ordinary mobile phones. Lynk was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia.

Lynk Global

Seed Round in 2019
Lynk is a mobile connectivity company that allows to partner with mobile network operators to connect existing mobile phone customers to each other, anywhere on the planet. It aims to provide broadband connectivity directly to ordinary mobile phones. Lynk was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia.

Fluree

Seed Round in 2019
Fluree, PBC develops a platform that offers blockchain-based data management solutions for businesses. It offers Fluree that provides a blockchain-based graph database and access to data and combines transactions into time-stamped blocks and locks each block via cryptography for data integrity. The company’s Fluree is a Web3 data platform that guarantees data integrity, facilitates secure data sharing, and powers connected data insights. It serves tech startups, government agencies, and Fortune 500 enterprises in various industries, such as MRO, supply chain, credentials, insurance, and other industries. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

AppHarvest

Series A in 2019
AppHarvest, Inc. is an agricultural technology company that focuses on constructing and operating controlled-environment greenhouse farms. Established in 2017 and headquartered in Morehead, Kentucky, the company aims to produce non-GMO, chemical-free vegetables by integrating traditional farming methods with modern technology. Its greenhouses are designed to optimize water distribution and reduce overall water usage, contributing to more sustainable agricultural practices. Through these innovative approaches, AppHarvest seeks to enhance food production while minimizing environmental impact.

FreightWaves

Series B in 2019
FreightWaves is a data and content forum that provides market participants with near-time analytics on the state of the freight market. The company offers current digital intelligence and context to the freight community on a central platform. The company's​ SaaS product, SONAR, is a freight market analytics tool and dashboard, aggregating billions of data points from hundreds of sources to provide the fastest data in the transportation and logistics sector. The platform is mode agnostic and has time-series and geo-based data from all modes of freight, including truck, rail, ocean, air, and warehouse. FreightWaves was founded to provide transparency and risk-management products to the freight markets. As a provider of aggregated data-sets across the North American freight markets, FreightWaves' SaaS platform helps companies take action based on the signals in the market.

TemperPack

Series B in 2019
TemperPack Technologies, Inc. designs and manufactures thermal packaging products specifically for insulated and temperature-sensitive goods. The company provides various shipping containers suitable for transporting perishable food and medical supplies, including one-piece boxes, two-piece liners, and temper sleeves. These products are utilized to ship meal kits, sensitive medications, prepared meals, seafood, meats, and desserts. Established in 2015 and based in Richmond, Virginia, with additional facilities in Las Vegas, Nevada, TemperPack serves e-commerce food companies across the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. The company is committed to sustainable design, having developed the first certified fully curbside recyclable insulated shipping solution, aiming to address packaging challenges in the perishable food and life sciences sectors.

Blanket

Seed Round in 2019
Blanket is a developer of a sales demo booking platform that automates the sales development process. The company allows the user to get more qualified leads, reach out to their audience, generate interest, and analyze results with one tool. The company was founded in 2016 and based in Miami, Florida.

Lynk Global

Seed Round in 2018
Lynk is a mobile connectivity company that allows to partner with mobile network operators to connect existing mobile phone customers to each other, anywhere on the planet. It aims to provide broadband connectivity directly to ordinary mobile phones. Lynk was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia.

Lynk Global

Seed Round in 2018
Lynk is a mobile connectivity company that allows to partner with mobile network operators to connect existing mobile phone customers to each other, anywhere on the planet. It aims to provide broadband connectivity directly to ordinary mobile phones. Lynk was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia.

Pryon

Seed Round in 2018
Pryon Inc. is an artificial intelligence company headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, that specializes in augmented intelligence solutions for enterprises. Founded in 2017, Pryon has developed a platform that enhances the capabilities of employees by facilitating access to knowledge and streamlining workflows. The platform intelligently orchestrates information across various channels and sources, utilizing advanced AI techniques such as natural language processing and context awareness. This enables organizations to navigate unstructured data more effectively, improve decision-making, and reduce operational complexities and costs. Through its innovative approach, Pryon aims to support businesses in their digital transformation efforts by making knowledge more accessible and actionable.

K4Connect

Series B in 2018
K4Connect, Inc. develops and provides software solutions for older adults. It offers K4Community, a solution for residents and operators of senior living communities that enables users to communicate with their families, engage with communities, and manage home. The company also provides K4Life, a home and wellness solution that helps individuals to live independently. K4Connect, Inc. has strategic partnerships with Eskaton; and Ziegler Link-Age Fund II, LP. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Lumenari

Series A in 2018
Lumenari, Inc. produces light emitting diodes. Lumenari’s Emerald Series Narrow-Band Green Phosphors delivers a color gamut over green phosphors creating vibrant greens reds, and cyans in the LED-backlit displays. The company also offers Red Phosphors, which absorbs the blue light, re-emits red, and improves LED efficacy. Lumenari, Inc. was founded in 2013 and is based in Lexington, Kentucky.

Caribu

Seed Round in 2018
Caribu Inc. is a family-focused video calling application that allows parents and relatives to read bedtime stories to children, fostering long-distance connections. The platform features interactive elements such as real-time drawing on books, a story guide pointer to help follow along, and a magnifying tool to enhance reading. In addition to these functionalities, it provides an audio-only option for users in low-bandwidth areas and an in-app bookstore with hundreds of children's books available in six languages. Founded in 2014 and based in Miami, Florida, Caribu combines education and entertainment to create an engaging communication tool for families.

LiveSafe

Series B in 2018
LiveSafe, Inc. designs and develops a mobile safety communications platform. The company’s safety communications platform combines a mobile application and a cloud-based command dashboard that allows people to send actionable crowd-sourced intelligence to connect people to the help they need. It serves media and technology, property management, retail, entertainment and sports, and financial services enterprises, as well as malls, hospitals, and government contractors. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Arlington, Virginia with an additional office in Clearwater, Florida. As of October 6, 2020, LiveSafe, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Vector Solutions, Inc.

Rize

Seed Round in 2018
Rize builds customer-centric financial applications for fintechs, incumbents, and non-financial brands. Our patent-pending Synthetic Account technology seamlessly integrates checking, saving, and individual brokerage with one flexible platform.

Optoro

Series E in 2018
Optoro, Inc. operates a reverse logistics platform that specializes in asset recovery solutions for distressed inventory from retailers, manufacturers, and third-party providers. The company facilitates direct-to-consumer remarketing for items such as customer returns, overstock, discontinued products, and refurbished goods through various online channels. In addition to remarketing, Optoro offers a range of inventory management services, including warehousing, fulfillment, inspection, testing, research, marketing, and eco-friendly disposal of products. It also provides asset maximization services that encompass multi-channel remarketing, custom inventory controls, and reporting and analytics. Founded in 2004 and based in Washington, D.C., with a location in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, Optoro serves customers both in the United States and internationally, aiming to enhance the returns experience while optimizing supply chain processes.

Soundways

Seed Round in 2018
Soundways is a sound technology company. The company is engaged in the production and supply of software-based mastering tools for use by sound engineers. Soundways was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee.

Framebridge

Series C in 2018
Framebridge, Inc. specializes in custom framing solutions for art and photographs, offering a streamlined online service that prioritizes customer experience. Founded in 2014 and based in Washington, D.C., the company allows users to select from a curated range of contemporary frame styles, upload images, or send physical items for personalized framing. The expert team at Framebridge handcrafts frames to meet each customer's specifications, ensuring high-quality results. Finished products are shipped directly to consumers, typically arriving within days and ready to hang. Pricing is transparent and based on the size of the framed item, starting at $39 and including free shipping. Framebridge operates manufacturing facilities in Richmond, Kentucky, and Lanham, Maryland, and has attracted investments from notable firms and individuals in the retail and technology sectors.

FreightWaves

Series A in 2018
FreightWaves is a data and content forum that provides market participants with near-time analytics on the state of the freight market. The company offers current digital intelligence and context to the freight community on a central platform. The company's​ SaaS product, SONAR, is a freight market analytics tool and dashboard, aggregating billions of data points from hundreds of sources to provide the fastest data in the transportation and logistics sector. The platform is mode agnostic and has time-series and geo-based data from all modes of freight, including truck, rail, ocean, air, and warehouse. FreightWaves was founded to provide transparency and risk-management products to the freight markets. As a provider of aggregated data-sets across the North American freight markets, FreightWaves' SaaS platform helps companies take action based on the signals in the market.

Placemakr

Seed Round in 2018
Placemakr operates apartment-style hotels that provide a unique lodging experience by combining the comforts of home with the services of a hotel. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., the company specializes in pop-up hotels located in newly constructed luxury apartment buildings. These hotels feature fully furnished apartments equipped with modern amenities, including fitness facilities. Placemakr's model not only enhances the living experience for residents but also supports multifamily developers by mitigating risks during the lease-up phase of new properties, generating additional revenue streams in the process. The company has established locations in Tysons Corner, Virginia; Houston, Texas; and Seattle, Washington.

Ready

Seed Round in 2018
Ready Responders was founded in 2016 with the mission of giving patients direct access to healthcare professionals in their homes and giving Responders the opportunity to provide care in their communities. Responders travel to patients’ homes to address their physical, mental, and social health needs, utilizing technology to connect with an advanced medical or behavioral health provider, and connecting them with external resources and relationships for ongoing, sustained support. With Ready Responders, patients now have access to quality whole-person care in their homes, 16 hours a day, 365 days a year, and talented individuals are provided the opportunity to work with a rapidly growing, mission-driven company. They are in-network with most major insurance companies in the markets they serve. Ready Responders is backed by leading venture capital firms, including Google Ventures, Founders Fund, Rise of the Rest, and City Lights Capital.

Fathom AI

Venture Round in 2018
BioMetrix is an insight driven training and rehabilitation solution which utilizes a patented skin-adhered wearable device to quantify rehabilitation progress, assess injury risk, and provide real-time feedback to reduce player injury on the field. In other words, BioMetrix is an easy-to-use solution which keeps teams healthier longer.

ENGAGE Talent

Series A in 2018
ENGAGE is the world’s first AI-powered recruiting platform to combine Talent Mapping, Competitive Intelligence, Passive Candidate Sourcing, and Outbound Recruiting in one brilliant Talent Targeting and Engagement engine. ENGAGE is an AI-powered recruiting platform that helps companies identify and target new talent that they were not finding via traditional methods and in traditional pools. ENGAGE aggregates data from over 30K sources to create talent profiles on 100M professionals and 13M companies. ENGAGE's AI and machine learning engine predicts the likelihood that a candidate will respond to a conversation about a potential job change, and recommends personalized messaging based on factors like their career progression, skills, peer actions, and the news and events surrounding their company. ENGAGE's product helps recruiters connect with new talent pools, at the right time, with the right message. The result is a more efficient and productive talent acquisition team who fills roles proactively by engaging qualified talent instead of waiting for the right applicant to come to them. By leveraging ENGAGE predictions and recommendations, our customers have identified candidates for difficult-to-fill roles in a fraction of the time and doubled their candidate response rates.

AppHarvest

Seed Round in 2018
AppHarvest, Inc. is an agricultural technology company that focuses on constructing and operating controlled-environment greenhouse farms. Established in 2017 and headquartered in Morehead, Kentucky, the company aims to produce non-GMO, chemical-free vegetables by integrating traditional farming methods with modern technology. Its greenhouses are designed to optimize water distribution and reduce overall water usage, contributing to more sustainable agricultural practices. Through these innovative approaches, AppHarvest seeks to enhance food production while minimizing environmental impact.

Acrew

Seed Round in 2018
Acrew provides on demand video interviewing solutions that save recruiters time and money. Contact us to learn how video recruiting can make hiring more productive.

Narus Health

Seed Round in 2018
Narus Health, Inc. provides palliative care services to patients facing a life-limiting illness. The company assists in care coordination, provides in-home care and real time assessments, presents evidence-based knowledge of treatment options, and empowers patients to make informed decisions about their health and lifestyle. It serves patients and families, health plans, large employers, physicians, and clinicians. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Nashville, Tennessee.

KLDiscovery

Venture Round in 2018
KLDiscovery provides technology-enabled services and software to help law firms, corporations, government agencies, and consumers solve complex data challenges.

Upskill

Seed Round in 2018
Upskill provides wearable technology to connect hands-on workers from the factory to the warehouse to the jobsite. Its robust platform, Skylight, connects the industrial workforce with the people, processes, information, and equipment they need to do their jobs with greater efficiency and fewer errors, leaving them hands free to focus on their tasks at hand, and their tools. For organizations in the competitive global market looking to increase productivity, improve quality, reduce costs, train new workers, retain tribal knowledge, and provide a strong foundation for further investments, the future starts with Upskill.

WealthForge

Venture Round in 2018
WealthForge Holdings, Inc. operates a technology platform designed for the private capital markets, focusing on facilitating investments in alternative securities. Based in Richmond, Virginia, the company provides solutions that simplify the investment process while ensuring regulatory compliance. Its Altigo platform connects issuers with registered intermediaries, such as broker-dealers and investment advisors, enabling them to present vetted investment opportunities effectively. WealthForge's offerings include features for investment processing, compliance reviews, subscription automation, and reporting. Additionally, the company provides brokerage services, document preparation, investor relations, placement agent work, and escrow services. Founded in 2009, WealthForge aims to create a seamless experience for investors and sponsors in the alternative investment landscape.

Lucid

Seed Round in 2018
Lucid Holdings, LLC specializes in developing platforms for market research, focusing on sourcing and understanding human behavior through data. The company offers Fulcrum, a global marketplace that facilitates the procurement of survey samples and integrates programmatic buying and selling for enhanced transparency. Additionally, it provides Federated Sample, a full-service solution that assists clients in conducting market research using proprietary technology. Lucid also operates an AdTech unit named Proof, which offers real-time measurement of digital media effectiveness and audience engagement. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in New Orleans, Louisiana, Lucid has expanded its presence with offices in major cities worldwide, including New Delhi, Gurgaon, London, New York, and Sydney. Lucid Holdings, LLC was previously known as Federated Sample, LLC until its name change in 2015 and is a subsidiary of Jackson Square Group, LLC.

Event.Gives

Venture Round in 2018
Event.Gives, Inc. is a cloud-based event management software company based in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, founded in 2013. The platform provides event organizers with a comprehensive suite of tools designed to simplify the planning and management of events. Key features include event ticketing, attendee management, automated fundraising tools, and management capabilities for check-in, donations, and silent auctions. By facilitating seamless engagement before, during, and after events, the software enhances the attendee experience and helps maximize event revenues. With a focus on eliminating check-in and check-out lines, Event.Gives enables users to easily manage auction bids through text messaging and streamline various event processes, making events both enjoyable and efficient.

WireWheel

Seed Round in 2017
WireWheel, Inc. is a software company that specializes in data privacy management, offering a cloud-based platform designed to assist organizations in complying with various data protection regulations, such as the EU GDPR, Privacy Shield, PCI DSS, and HIPAA. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, WireWheel's platform provides tools for privacy program management and subject rights request management. By integrating machine learning and data science, the platform helps companies automate the mapping of their public cloud assets and manage third-party relationships. This capability enables organizations to effectively address their compliance obligations while maximizing the potential of their data assets, ultimately enhancing their competitive advantage in the market.

Resonate

Series C in 2017
Resonate's pioneering approach goes beyond traditional targeting on broad demographics, past behaviors or general interests. Political campaigns, advocacy groups and major consumer brands now use Resonate's motivations based targeting to deliver successful online ad campaigns based on otherwise unidentifiable values such as patriotism, environmentalism, taste for luxury, interest in innovation and thousands of other human dimensions.

Prsonas, Inc.

Venture Round in 2017
PRSONAS helps brands create human moments. Our patent pending holograms project your brand personality in the physical world to help you attract, automate, and analyze customer engagements. Through mixed reality technology that mimics human experiences - we are revolutionizing how brands serve their customers.

Framebridge

Series B in 2017
Framebridge, Inc. specializes in custom framing solutions for art and photographs, offering a streamlined online service that prioritizes customer experience. Founded in 2014 and based in Washington, D.C., the company allows users to select from a curated range of contemporary frame styles, upload images, or send physical items for personalized framing. The expert team at Framebridge handcrafts frames to meet each customer's specifications, ensuring high-quality results. Finished products are shipped directly to consumers, typically arriving within days and ready to hang. Pricing is transparent and based on the size of the framed item, starting at $39 and including free shipping. Framebridge operates manufacturing facilities in Richmond, Kentucky, and Lanham, Maryland, and has attracted investments from notable firms and individuals in the retail and technology sectors.

Optoro

Series D in 2016
Optoro, Inc. operates a reverse logistics platform that specializes in asset recovery solutions for distressed inventory from retailers, manufacturers, and third-party providers. The company facilitates direct-to-consumer remarketing for items such as customer returns, overstock, discontinued products, and refurbished goods through various online channels. In addition to remarketing, Optoro offers a range of inventory management services, including warehousing, fulfillment, inspection, testing, research, marketing, and eco-friendly disposal of products. It also provides asset maximization services that encompass multi-channel remarketing, custom inventory controls, and reporting and analytics. Founded in 2004 and based in Washington, D.C., with a location in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, Optoro serves customers both in the United States and internationally, aiming to enhance the returns experience while optimizing supply chain processes.

Framebridge

Series A in 2016
Framebridge, Inc. specializes in custom framing solutions for art and photographs, offering a streamlined online service that prioritizes customer experience. Founded in 2014 and based in Washington, D.C., the company allows users to select from a curated range of contemporary frame styles, upload images, or send physical items for personalized framing. The expert team at Framebridge handcrafts frames to meet each customer's specifications, ensuring high-quality results. Finished products are shipped directly to consumers, typically arriving within days and ready to hang. Pricing is transparent and based on the size of the framed item, starting at $39 and including free shipping. Framebridge operates manufacturing facilities in Richmond, Kentucky, and Lanham, Maryland, and has attracted investments from notable firms and individuals in the retail and technology sectors.

Mati Inc.

Venture Round in 2015
Mati Inc. is a company based in Durham, North Carolina, that specializes in the production and sale of energy drinks. Founded in 2012, it offers a unique energy drink brewed from plant-based ingredients, fruit juice concentrates, and water. The flagship product, MATI, is designed to provide a healthier alternative for active and health-conscious consumers seeking to enhance their everyday performance. Mati Inc. distributes its products through various channels, including wholesalers, retail outlets, and online platforms, primarily serving customers in North Carolina and surrounding counties. As of April 2020, Mati Inc. operates as a subsidiary of NOBL Beverages.

Sweetgreen

Series F in 2015
Sweetgreen, Inc. owns and operates a chain of restaurants in Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland, Massachusetts, and District Of Columbia. It also sells gift cards, canvas totes, tees, tanks, beanies, snapbacks, hoodies, and posters online. Sweetgreen, Inc. has a strategic partnership with FoodCorps. The company was founded in 2007 and is based in Culver City, California.

Framebridge

Series A in 2015
Framebridge, Inc. specializes in custom framing solutions for art and photographs, offering a streamlined online service that prioritizes customer experience. Founded in 2014 and based in Washington, D.C., the company allows users to select from a curated range of contemporary frame styles, upload images, or send physical items for personalized framing. The expert team at Framebridge handcrafts frames to meet each customer's specifications, ensuring high-quality results. Finished products are shipped directly to consumers, typically arriving within days and ready to hang. Pricing is transparent and based on the size of the framed item, starting at $39 and including free shipping. Framebridge operates manufacturing facilities in Richmond, Kentucky, and Lanham, Maryland, and has attracted investments from notable firms and individuals in the retail and technology sectors.

ArchiveSocial

Seed Round in 2015
ArchiveSocial, Inc. specializes in social media archiving and risk management solutions designed to help organizations comply with public records laws and protect their online presence. Founded in 2011 and based in Durham, North Carolina, the company provides features such as authentic capture, social media replay, continuous archiving, and advanced search capabilities. Its services are particularly beneficial for government entities, law enforcement agencies, and industries such as financial services and healthcare, enabling them to engage with their communities on social media while ensuring that all content and metadata are securely archived and easily accessible. ArchiveSocial's automated record-keeping addresses the challenges of managing social media compliance, allowing clients to mitigate risks and maintain control over their digital communications.

KLDiscovery

Venture Round in 2015
KLDiscovery provides technology-enabled services and software to help law firms, corporations, government agencies, and consumers solve complex data challenges.

Optoro

Series C in 2014
Optoro, Inc. operates a reverse logistics platform that specializes in asset recovery solutions for distressed inventory from retailers, manufacturers, and third-party providers. The company facilitates direct-to-consumer remarketing for items such as customer returns, overstock, discontinued products, and refurbished goods through various online channels. In addition to remarketing, Optoro offers a range of inventory management services, including warehousing, fulfillment, inspection, testing, research, marketing, and eco-friendly disposal of products. It also provides asset maximization services that encompass multi-channel remarketing, custom inventory controls, and reporting and analytics. Founded in 2004 and based in Washington, D.C., with a location in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, Optoro serves customers both in the United States and internationally, aiming to enhance the returns experience while optimizing supply chain processes.

Framebridge

Seed Round in 2014
Framebridge, Inc. specializes in custom framing solutions for art and photographs, offering a streamlined online service that prioritizes customer experience. Founded in 2014 and based in Washington, D.C., the company allows users to select from a curated range of contemporary frame styles, upload images, or send physical items for personalized framing. The expert team at Framebridge handcrafts frames to meet each customer's specifications, ensuring high-quality results. Finished products are shipped directly to consumers, typically arriving within days and ready to hang. Pricing is transparent and based on the size of the framed item, starting at $39 and including free shipping. Framebridge operates manufacturing facilities in Richmond, Kentucky, and Lanham, Maryland, and has attracted investments from notable firms and individuals in the retail and technology sectors.

Sweetgreen

Series E in 2014
Sweetgreen, Inc. owns and operates a chain of restaurants in Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland, Massachusetts, and District Of Columbia. It also sells gift cards, canvas totes, tees, tanks, beanies, snapbacks, hoodies, and posters online. Sweetgreen, Inc. has a strategic partnership with FoodCorps. The company was founded in 2007 and is based in Culver City, California.

Automated Insights

Series B in 2014
Automated Insights Inc. is an artificial intelligence company based in Durham, North Carolina, specializing in content automation services. The company is known for its Wordsmith platform, a natural language generation engine that transforms raw data into coherent narratives, such as articles, summaries, and visualizations. This technology enables organizations across various sectors, including finance, real estate, and sports, to efficiently produce millions of personalized reports and content pieces in a fraction of the time it would take to write them manually. With over 200 clients, including notable names like Allstate and The Associated Press, Automated Insights generates more than 1.5 billion content pieces annually. Originally founded as StatSheet, Inc. in 2007, the company rebranded to Automated Insights in 2011 and operates as a subsidiary of STATS LLC.

Sweetgreen

Series D in 2013
Sweetgreen, Inc. owns and operates a chain of restaurants in Virginia, Pennsylvania, New York, Maryland, Massachusetts, and District Of Columbia. It also sells gift cards, canvas totes, tees, tanks, beanies, snapbacks, hoodies, and posters online. Sweetgreen, Inc. has a strategic partnership with FoodCorps. The company was founded in 2007 and is based in Culver City, California.

Custom Ink

Venture Round in 2013
Custom Ink is the leader in custom apparel and accessories for groups, events, and special occasions. Custom Ink helps group organizers bring together their families, friends, teammates, and colleagues with inspired designs they are proud to wear. Custom Ink makes the ordering process fun with easy-to-use design tools, caring customer service, creative design concepts, and high-quality merchandise. Custom Ink Fundraising helps people raise money and awareness for charities and personal causes. Another part of its business, Represent by Custom Ink, helps influencers like actors, athletes, musicians, and thought leaders create and sell limited-run t-shirts and merchandise to their fans. Custom Ink is based in Fairfax, Virginia with other locations that include Charlottesville, Virginia; Reno, Nevada; Dallas, Texas; and Los Angeles, California.

Optoro

Series B in 2013
Optoro, Inc. operates a reverse logistics platform that specializes in asset recovery solutions for distressed inventory from retailers, manufacturers, and third-party providers. The company facilitates direct-to-consumer remarketing for items such as customer returns, overstock, discontinued products, and refurbished goods through various online channels. In addition to remarketing, Optoro offers a range of inventory management services, including warehousing, fulfillment, inspection, testing, research, marketing, and eco-friendly disposal of products. It also provides asset maximization services that encompass multi-channel remarketing, custom inventory controls, and reporting and analytics. Founded in 2004 and based in Washington, D.C., with a location in Mt. Juliet, Tennessee, Optoro serves customers both in the United States and internationally, aiming to enhance the returns experience while optimizing supply chain processes.

Lolly Wolly Doodle

Series A in 2013
Lolly Wolly Doodle, Inc. designs and manufactures apparel for girls, boys, babies, and women. It offers dresses, Christmas dresses, smocked dresses and rompers, outfits, tops, monogrammed tees, bottoms, tights and socks, baby blankets, bibs, headbands, tunics, accessories, knit wear, family matching wear, gift cards, and gift items. The company also provides home décor products, including blankets, holiday décor items, pillow covers, burlap print items, bed and bath products, and personalized pillow cases. It offers its products online in the United States and internationally. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Lexington, North Carolina with a location in New York, New York.

Echo360

Venture Round in 2012
Echo360, Inc. develops a Software-as-a-Service learning and analytics platform designed for higher education institutions both in the United States and internationally. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Dulles, Virginia, the company's solution enables users to capture, share, and enhance their flipped classroom experiences by integrating features such as polls, quizzes, and instructional videos. The platform facilitates global connections between students and instructors, offering learning analytics to help educators identify student engagement levels and support those who may be struggling. Additionally, Echo360 provides a comprehensive learning library for storing multimedia resources, universal capture software for various devices, and automatic speech recognition capabilities to enhance video-based learning experiences. The company's focus on active learning technology aims to transform teaching and learning processes in educational settings.

Resonate

Series B in 2012
Resonate's pioneering approach goes beyond traditional targeting on broad demographics, past behaviors or general interests. Political campaigns, advocacy groups and major consumer brands now use Resonate's motivations based targeting to deliver successful online ad campaigns based on otherwise unidentifiable values such as patriotism, environmentalism, taste for luxury, interest in innovation and thousands of other human dimensions.

FedBid

Series A in 2012
FedBid is the fully managed online marketplace optimizing the way governments, businesses and educational institutions buy the goods and services they need. In addition to benefitting businesses of every size, FedBid's marketplace is a proven positive force among local economies.

AddThis

Series D in 2011
AddThis operates a social sharing and analytics platform that facilitates the distribution and tracking of online content across various domains. Founded in 2004 and based in McLean, Virginia, the company provides tools for publishers, brands, consumers, and advertisers to enhance user engagement and drive traffic. With a presence on over 15 million domains and a reach of approximately 2 billion unique users, AddThis enables clients to analyze content sharing on social networks, track email shares, and monitor user interactions with content. Their audience intelligence platform allows marketers to identify and engage high-value customer segments based on shared interests and behaviors. As of 2016, AddThis operates as a subsidiary of Oracle Corporation, leveraging a vast footprint of 1 trillion page views annually to deliver personalized online experiences.

Koofers

Series A in 2010
Koofers, Inc. is a consumer internet platform based in Blacksburg, Virginia, founded in 2008. It serves college students by offering free access to various academic resources, including practice exams, professor ratings, flashcards, and grade distribution data, as well as a class schedule maker. Additionally, Koofers provides an enterprise solution known as Koofers Campus Recruiter, which connects employers and recruiting firms with over one million college students seeking internships and full-time job opportunities. This dual focus on educational support and recruitment enhances the academic and career prospects of its users.

Resonate

Series A in 2010
Resonate's pioneering approach goes beyond traditional targeting on broad demographics, past behaviors or general interests. Political campaigns, advocacy groups and major consumer brands now use Resonate's motivations based targeting to deliver successful online ad campaigns based on otherwise unidentifiable values such as patriotism, environmentalism, taste for luxury, interest in innovation and thousands of other human dimensions.

Revolution Money

Series C in 2009
Revolution Money is a financial services company with the goal of disrupting incumbent credit companies and PayPal. Revolution Money's credit card, the RevolutionCard, differs from other credit cards by using PIN-activation, rather than signatures This allows the card to be printed without any personally identifying information, which the company claims helps to reduce identity theft. The card transactions are also processed on an internet-based system, allowing the company to drastically reduce its processing fees. Revolution Money's other main service is MoneyExchange, which pretty much does what one would think -- let users transfer money between one another -- but, uniquely, a MoneyExchange account holders can use a Revolution Money Debit/ATM card so money can be accessed at stores or withdrawn from ATMs. Transfers between Revolution Money account holders are free. Revolution Money is partially owned by Revolution, LLC, an investment firm and holding company owned by AOL-founder Steve Case. The company's board also boasts an impressive number of financial luminaries, including Lawrence Summers, former US Secretary of the Treasury; Franklin Raines, former CEO of Fannie Mae; Russell Hogg, former President and CEO of MasterCard; David Pottruck, former CEO of Charles Schwab; and David Golden, former Vice Chairman of JPMorgan.

Revolution Money

Series B in 2007
Revolution Money is a financial services company with the goal of disrupting incumbent credit companies and PayPal. Revolution Money's credit card, the RevolutionCard, differs from other credit cards by using PIN-activation, rather than signatures This allows the card to be printed without any personally identifying information, which the company claims helps to reduce identity theft. The card transactions are also processed on an internet-based system, allowing the company to drastically reduce its processing fees. Revolution Money's other main service is MoneyExchange, which pretty much does what one would think -- let users transfer money between one another -- but, uniquely, a MoneyExchange account holders can use a Revolution Money Debit/ATM card so money can be accessed at stores or withdrawn from ATMs. Transfers between Revolution Money account holders are free. Revolution Money is partially owned by Revolution, LLC, an investment firm and holding company owned by AOL-founder Steve Case. The company's board also boasts an impressive number of financial luminaries, including Lawrence Summers, former US Secretary of the Treasury; Franklin Raines, former CEO of Fannie Mae; Russell Hogg, former President and CEO of MasterCard; David Pottruck, former CEO of Charles Schwab; and David Golden, former Vice Chairman of JPMorgan.

AddThis

Series B in 2007
AddThis operates a social sharing and analytics platform that facilitates the distribution and tracking of online content across various domains. Founded in 2004 and based in McLean, Virginia, the company provides tools for publishers, brands, consumers, and advertisers to enhance user engagement and drive traffic. With a presence on over 15 million domains and a reach of approximately 2 billion unique users, AddThis enables clients to analyze content sharing on social networks, track email shares, and monitor user interactions with content. Their audience intelligence platform allows marketers to identify and engage high-value customer segments based on shared interests and behaviors. As of 2016, AddThis operates as a subsidiary of Oracle Corporation, leveraging a vast footprint of 1 trillion page views annually to deliver personalized online experiences.