Middleland Capital

Middleland Capital is a venture capital firm based in Washington, D.C., with an additional office in London, United Kingdom. Founded in 2009, the firm specializes in early-stage investments across various sectors, particularly in agriculture, food technology, and health innovation. Middleland Capital focuses on the entire food value chain, targeting companies in foodtech, agtech, crop technology, digital agriculture, and supply chain technology. Its investment strategy encompasses upstream activities such as crop inputs and precision agriculture, midstream operations including marketplaces and fintech, and downstream innovations related to novel foods and sustainable packaging. The firm seeks to partner with exceptional management teams to commercialize innovative technologies and foster growth, aiming for a global investment reach.

Severine Balick

Venture Partner

Kody Cobb

Senior Associate

James Ramey

Principal, Managing Director, Co-Founder and Fund Manager

Past deals in District of Columbia

Territory Foods

Series B in 2021
Territory Foods is a meal delivery service that focuses on providing chef-prepared, nutritionist-approved meals tailored to various dietary preferences. Established in 2011 and headquartered in Arlington, VA, the company offers a diverse range of freshly-made meals designed by culinary professionals and nutrition experts. Its menus feature artisan dishes that are responsibly sourced and free of refined sugars, gluten, and dairy, catering to health-conscious consumers. Meals can be customized to fit dietary needs such as Vegan, Vegetarian, Whole30, and Keto, making it easier for customers to maintain healthy eating habits. Territory Foods employs a proprietary algorithm to ensure a rotating menu that keeps meal options varied and engaging.

UrbanStems

Series B in 2019
UrbanStems Inc. is an online gifting company that specializes in on-demand flower delivery services. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., UrbanStems offers a variety of fresh flowers and seasonal stems for different occasions, as well as floral arrangements tailored for businesses. The company distinguishes itself with hand-crafted bouquets delivered promptly, often within minutes, and includes thoughtful touches such as personalized notes and care instructions. UrbanStems also provides flower arrangement classes and operates a mobile application for seamless ordering. Its services are available in major cities including New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C., offering customers a convenient and affordable gifting experience with free shipping and delivery options.

ChurnZero

Series A in 2019
ChurnZero, Inc. is a company that provides a SaaS platform designed specifically for subscription businesses to enhance customer retention and reduce churn. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, ChurnZero's software enables organizations to monitor customer engagement through real-time dashboards, allowing them to receive alerts on significant customer activities. The platform facilitates the analysis of customer usage patterns, assesses customer health, and determines the likelihood of renewals. By automating communications and personalizing customer interactions based on engagement metrics, ChurnZero empowers businesses to connect with customers when they are most receptive, ultimately improving the overall customer experience.

Ordway

Seed Round in 2018
Ordway Labs, Inc. operates a billing and revenue automation platform designed to streamline finance operations for growing businesses. The platform simplifies the management of subscriptions, invoicing, payment collection, and revenue recognition, featuring capabilities such as usage-based and volume-based billing, discounts, and ad-hoc invoicing. By integrating with various payment gateways, Ordway allows businesses to accept payments via checks, ACH, and credit cards, thus reducing reliance on error-prone spreadsheets. The platform also provides customizable dashboards and reports, enabling users to identify revenue trends and enhance operational efficiency. Founded in 2018 and based in Washington, D.C., Ordway aims to eliminate back-office inefficiencies, allowing personnel to focus on strategic growth initiatives across multiple industries.

ChurnZero

Seed Round in 2017
ChurnZero, Inc. is a company that provides a SaaS platform designed specifically for subscription businesses to enhance customer retention and reduce churn. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, ChurnZero's software enables organizations to monitor customer engagement through real-time dashboards, allowing them to receive alerts on significant customer activities. The platform facilitates the analysis of customer usage patterns, assesses customer health, and determines the likelihood of renewals. By automating communications and personalizing customer interactions based on engagement metrics, ChurnZero empowers businesses to connect with customers when they are most receptive, ultimately improving the overall customer experience.

UrbanStems

Series A in 2017
UrbanStems Inc. is an online gifting company that specializes in on-demand flower delivery services. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., UrbanStems offers a variety of fresh flowers and seasonal stems for different occasions, as well as floral arrangements tailored for businesses. The company distinguishes itself with hand-crafted bouquets delivered promptly, often within minutes, and includes thoughtful touches such as personalized notes and care instructions. UrbanStems also provides flower arrangement classes and operates a mobile application for seamless ordering. Its services are available in major cities including New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C., offering customers a convenient and affordable gifting experience with free shipping and delivery options.

Super

Series A in 2016
Super Home Inc. offers a subscription-based service designed to assist homeowners with care and repair for their properties. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company serves members in Washington, DC, and Maryland. Super provides coverage for repairs and replacements of appliances and home systems that experience breakdowns. Users can conveniently access services through various devices, including desktop and mobile platforms. Additionally, Super's maintenance schedule helps homeowners understand their property's needs, ensuring they receive timely assistance without incurring high costs.

Social Tables

Series B in 2016
Social Tables, Inc. is a cloud-based software company that serves the hospitality, events, and catering industries. Founded in 2011 and based in Washington, D.C., the company provides a comprehensive platform that includes sales and catering CRM software, management tools, interactive floor plans, and lead capture services. Its solutions facilitate the booking and management of events for hoteliers and event managers, while also enhancing the connection between sales and operations for caterers. By streamlining the event planning process—covering aspects such as floor plan design, seating chart creation, and guest engagement—Social Tables aims to simplify and enhance the experience for event professionals. The company operates as a subsidiary of Cvent, Inc. since October 2018.

Avizia

Series A in 2016
Avizia is a provider of telehealth and remote conferencing platform to deploy and power system-wide telehealth programs. It is delivering on the vision of collaborative care for patients by connecting medical experts across distance through innovative, leading-edge telemedicine solutions. Supported by Cisco technology, Avizia delivers telemedicine that is as powerful as it is easy to use. Its end-to-end solution includes telemedicine devices, workflow management software, store-and-forward capabilities with EHR integration, and a line of peripherals, such as digital stethoscopes and examination cameras. Whether medical professionals are performing remote medical consultations or teaching a new procedure, Avizia makes the experience feel as if everyone is present. Avizia uses Cisco TelePresence technology to enable HD, real-time video collaboration in hospitals amongst patients and professionals.

UrbanStems

Series A in 2016
UrbanStems Inc. is an online gifting company that specializes in on-demand flower delivery services. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., UrbanStems offers a variety of fresh flowers and seasonal stems for different occasions, as well as floral arrangements tailored for businesses. The company distinguishes itself with hand-crafted bouquets delivered promptly, often within minutes, and includes thoughtful touches such as personalized notes and care instructions. UrbanStems also provides flower arrangement classes and operates a mobile application for seamless ordering. Its services are available in major cities including New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C., offering customers a convenient and affordable gifting experience with free shipping and delivery options.

Interfolio

Series A in 2016
Interfolio is the provider of the most advanced workflow and shared governance technology for faculty and universities. Interfolio offers the first holistic Faculty Information System to support the full lifecycle of faculty work—from hiring to annual review, service, activity reporting, scholarly data collection and validation, and more. Interfolio defines and leads the market for faculty-first technology. As the higher education market transitions from legacy, on-premise technology to the cloud, Interfolio is quickly becoming a critical part of the enterprise IT stack by providing agile, scholar-centric SaaS solutions. Currently, Interfolio works with hundreds of institutions, including Johns Hopkins, Brown, Dartmouth, the University of Virginia, and Stanford.

Contactually

Series A in 2015
Contactually converts your contacts to relationships, all through email. The system identifies when you email a new lead, shows what you already know about him, and asks a few specific questions to learn more: how did you meet, how important is he, what are the next steps. The system then parses your response and automatically pushes all rich data to your CRM.

Super

Seed Round in 2015
Super Home Inc. offers a subscription-based service designed to assist homeowners with care and repair for their properties. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company serves members in Washington, DC, and Maryland. Super provides coverage for repairs and replacements of appliances and home systems that experience breakdowns. Users can conveniently access services through various devices, including desktop and mobile platforms. Additionally, Super's maintenance schedule helps homeowners understand their property's needs, ensuring they receive timely assistance without incurring high costs.

Avizia

Convertible Note in 2015
Avizia is a provider of telehealth and remote conferencing platform to deploy and power system-wide telehealth programs. It is delivering on the vision of collaborative care for patients by connecting medical experts across distance through innovative, leading-edge telemedicine solutions. Supported by Cisco technology, Avizia delivers telemedicine that is as powerful as it is easy to use. Its end-to-end solution includes telemedicine devices, workflow management software, store-and-forward capabilities with EHR integration, and a line of peripherals, such as digital stethoscopes and examination cameras. Whether medical professionals are performing remote medical consultations or teaching a new procedure, Avizia makes the experience feel as if everyone is present. Avizia uses Cisco TelePresence technology to enable HD, real-time video collaboration in hospitals amongst patients and professionals.

UrbanStems

Seed Round in 2015
UrbanStems Inc. is an online gifting company that specializes in on-demand flower delivery services. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., UrbanStems offers a variety of fresh flowers and seasonal stems for different occasions, as well as floral arrangements tailored for businesses. The company distinguishes itself with hand-crafted bouquets delivered promptly, often within minutes, and includes thoughtful touches such as personalized notes and care instructions. UrbanStems also provides flower arrangement classes and operates a mobile application for seamless ordering. Its services are available in major cities including New York, Baltimore, Philadelphia, and Washington, D.C., offering customers a convenient and affordable gifting experience with free shipping and delivery options.

FiscalNote

Series B in 2015
FiscalNote is a privately-held company that provides global policy and market intelligence solutions, utilizing artificial intelligence and big data to deliver actionable insights for businesses, government institutions, and nonprofits. Its flagship platform offers real-time legislative predictive capabilities and tools for enterprise collaboration and data visualization, focusing on campaign finance, demographics, news, and open data. The company’s product suite includes FiscalNote Core, CQ Federal, and EU Issue Tracker, which support effective policy management and risk mitigation. Additionally, with expert analysis from partners such as FrontierView and Oxford Analytica, FiscalNote enhances its offerings with geopolitical and market intelligence services, helping clients make informed decisions in a rapidly changing policy landscape.

FiscalNote

Series A in 2014
FiscalNote is a privately-held company that provides global policy and market intelligence solutions, utilizing artificial intelligence and big data to deliver actionable insights for businesses, government institutions, and nonprofits. Its flagship platform offers real-time legislative predictive capabilities and tools for enterprise collaboration and data visualization, focusing on campaign finance, demographics, news, and open data. The company’s product suite includes FiscalNote Core, CQ Federal, and EU Issue Tracker, which support effective policy management and risk mitigation. Additionally, with expert analysis from partners such as FrontierView and Oxford Analytica, FiscalNote enhances its offerings with geopolitical and market intelligence services, helping clients make informed decisions in a rapidly changing policy landscape.

Contactually

Seed Round in 2014
Contactually converts your contacts to relationships, all through email. The system identifies when you email a new lead, shows what you already know about him, and asks a few specific questions to learn more: how did you meet, how important is he, what are the next steps. The system then parses your response and automatically pushes all rich data to your CRM.

Avizia

Seed Round in 2014
Avizia is a provider of telehealth and remote conferencing platform to deploy and power system-wide telehealth programs. It is delivering on the vision of collaborative care for patients by connecting medical experts across distance through innovative, leading-edge telemedicine solutions. Supported by Cisco technology, Avizia delivers telemedicine that is as powerful as it is easy to use. Its end-to-end solution includes telemedicine devices, workflow management software, store-and-forward capabilities with EHR integration, and a line of peripherals, such as digital stethoscopes and examination cameras. Whether medical professionals are performing remote medical consultations or teaching a new procedure, Avizia makes the experience feel as if everyone is present. Avizia uses Cisco TelePresence technology to enable HD, real-time video collaboration in hospitals amongst patients and professionals.

nvite

Seed Round in 2014
nvite is an innovative platform focused on enhancing the experience of planning, attending, and engaging in social events. It offers an interactive online event ticketing and registration system that simplifies the organization of events for both organizers and attendees. By combining user-friendly tools with socially intuitive features, nvite aims to increase engagement before, during, and after events. This approach not only benefits event organizers by streamlining the management process but also enriches attendees' experiences, fostering a more dynamic and interactive event atmosphere.

Basket

Seed Round in 2014
Basket is a platform designed to help consumers save time and money on grocery shopping by allowing them to compare online and in-store prices. It serves as a community for shoppers to collaboratively share real-time prices and inventory information, ensuring users can find the best deals available locally. By enabling users to create shopping lists, Basket reduces the stress of grocery shopping and helps individuals make informed decisions about their purchases. With the ability to check stock availability and prices before leaving home, Basket empowers users to optimize their shopping experience. The platform focuses on enhancing the efficiency of grocery shopping, allowing users to spend more quality time with family rather than on budgeting and searching through weekly ads.

Social Tables

Series A in 2014
Social Tables, Inc. is a cloud-based software company that serves the hospitality, events, and catering industries. Founded in 2011 and based in Washington, D.C., the company provides a comprehensive platform that includes sales and catering CRM software, management tools, interactive floor plans, and lead capture services. Its solutions facilitate the booking and management of events for hoteliers and event managers, while also enhancing the connection between sales and operations for caterers. By streamlining the event planning process—covering aspects such as floor plan design, seating chart creation, and guest engagement—Social Tables aims to simplify and enhance the experience for event professionals. The company operates as a subsidiary of Cvent, Inc. since October 2018.

Synapsify

Venture Round in 2014
Synapsify is the developer of CORE, a content analytical tool powered by machine intelligence and natural language processing, that helps marketers, researchers and insight professionals get to the heart of their customers' stories faster and more accurately by identifying and recommending the content that matters. Named by Forbes as one of the Top 10 Data Startups to Watch and awarded the GigaOm Structure Readers Choice Award for Text Analytics.

Mhelpdesk

Convertible Note in 2014
Mhelpdesk is a cloud-based service management software designed for small to mid-sized businesses, providing a comprehensive solution for managing service tickets, scheduling, communication, billing, and inventory. The platform enables users to efficiently oversee their operations and improve service delivery while minimizing back-office overhead. Mhelpdesk's mobile app enhances accessibility, allowing users to stay connected and manage tasks remotely from various devices, including iPhones, iPads, and Android smartphones. By streamlining manual processes and offering a unified service solution, Mhelpdesk aims to enhance productivity and operational efficiency for its clients.

Speek

Series A in 2014
Speek Inc. offers web-based conference calling solutions that simplify the process of setting up and joining calls. Founded in 2006 and based in Dulles, Virginia, the company provides users with a personal link to facilitate conference calls without the need for dial-ins, PINs, or downloads. Participants can easily initiate or join calls by clicking the provided link, which can be shared via email, calendar invites, instant messages, or text messages. Speek also allows users to see who has joined the call, manage speakers, and share files during the conversation. As of June 2015, Speek operates as a subsidiary of Jive Communications, Inc., having raised a total of $2.6 million in funding, including $1.1 million in a recent bridge round.

Speek

Seed Round in 2013
Speek Inc. offers web-based conference calling solutions that simplify the process of setting up and joining calls. Founded in 2006 and based in Dulles, Virginia, the company provides users with a personal link to facilitate conference calls without the need for dial-ins, PINs, or downloads. Participants can easily initiate or join calls by clicking the provided link, which can be shared via email, calendar invites, instant messages, or text messages. Speek also allows users to see who has joined the call, manage speakers, and share files during the conversation. As of June 2015, Speek operates as a subsidiary of Jive Communications, Inc., having raised a total of $2.6 million in funding, including $1.1 million in a recent bridge round.

Social Tables

Seed Round in 2013
Social Tables, Inc. is a cloud-based software company that serves the hospitality, events, and catering industries. Founded in 2011 and based in Washington, D.C., the company provides a comprehensive platform that includes sales and catering CRM software, management tools, interactive floor plans, and lead capture services. Its solutions facilitate the booking and management of events for hoteliers and event managers, while also enhancing the connection between sales and operations for caterers. By streamlining the event planning process—covering aspects such as floor plan design, seating chart creation, and guest engagement—Social Tables aims to simplify and enhance the experience for event professionals. The company operates as a subsidiary of Cvent, Inc. since October 2018.

Synapsify

Seed Round in 2013
Synapsify is the developer of CORE, a content analytical tool powered by machine intelligence and natural language processing, that helps marketers, researchers and insight professionals get to the heart of their customers' stories faster and more accurately by identifying and recommending the content that matters. Named by Forbes as one of the Top 10 Data Startups to Watch and awarded the GigaOm Structure Readers Choice Award for Text Analytics.

Speek

Seed Round in 2013
Speek Inc. offers web-based conference calling solutions that simplify the process of setting up and joining calls. Founded in 2006 and based in Dulles, Virginia, the company provides users with a personal link to facilitate conference calls without the need for dial-ins, PINs, or downloads. Participants can easily initiate or join calls by clicking the provided link, which can be shared via email, calendar invites, instant messages, or text messages. Speek also allows users to see who has joined the call, manage speakers, and share files during the conversation. As of June 2015, Speek operates as a subsidiary of Jive Communications, Inc., having raised a total of $2.6 million in funding, including $1.1 million in a recent bridge round.

Cont3nt

Angel Round in 2012
Cont3nt.com operates as a real-time marketplace for entrepreneurial media and visual journalism. The company’s Web-based tool allows freelancers and citizen journalists to connect with publishers to sell and distribute their content, such as photos and videos in real-time globally. Its platform also enables media distributors to upload multimedia content, determine licensing and pricing, and sell to publishers. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Dulles, Virginia.

uKnow.com

Seed Round in 2011
uKnow.com, Inc. specializes in parental intelligence systems aimed at enhancing the safety and privacy of children in the digital landscape. The company operates uknowkids.com, which provides parents with insights into their children's social network activities, text messages, phone calls, and shared media. This enables parents to monitor and safeguard their children's online behavior across various devices, including iPhones and Android phones. Additionally, uKnow.com offers uknowid.com, a mobile application focused on managing identity and protecting personal privacy, as well as uknowconnect.com, a platform that delivers digital family protection services for enterprises. These services encompass social identity protection, family location tracking, and parental intelligence tools. Founded in 2009 and based in Arlington, Virginia, uKnow.com addresses the growing concerns of privacy and security in an increasingly interconnected world, providing essential resources for families navigating digital challenges.
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