Bull City Venture Partners

Bull City Venture Partners is a venture capital firm founded in 2012 and based in Durham, North Carolina. The firm specializes in making early-stage investments primarily in technology and healthcare companies, with a focus on sectors such as software, mobile, e-commerce, health information technology, and digital media. While it primarily targets the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States, Bull City Venture Partners is open to opportunities in other areas as well. The firm is known for its selective approach, investing in promising seed and growth stage companies, and typically prefers to take a board seat to help secure additional capital for future growth rounds.

Jason Caplain

General Partner and Co-Founder

David Jones

Co-Founder and General Partner

Jeffrey Nemesi

Partner

Bill Nemesi Jr

Partner

John G. Scanlon

Partner

28 past transactions

Levitate

Venture Round in 2022
Levitate, developed by Real Magic, Inc., is a subscription-based marketing platform designed to assist small businesses in managing their professional relationships. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, Levitate enables users to send personalized emails at scale, remember important details about their contacts, and set up customized reminders for outreach. The platform also automates marketing tasks and supports business objectives such as cross-selling through personalized communication. Levitate primarily serves industries that rely on relationship-building, including insurance, financial services, real estate, and mortgage lending, helping these businesses maintain connections with clients, prospects, and referral sources.

Biospatial

Series A in 2022
Biospatial, Inc. is a company based in Durham, North Carolina, that has developed an online cloud-based platform aimed at providing early warnings of health events and trends. Founded in 2016, the company focuses on creating a collaborative national network of data partners and operational users to enhance public health preparedness and emergency response capabilities. The platform utilizes machine learning to process various data sources in near real-time, offering secure and scalable access to actionable information. Users can visualize data, generate reports, and manage access through web-based interfaces, thereby supporting informed decision-making in public health and national security efforts.

ServiceTrade

Private Equity Round in 2021
ServiceTrade, Inc. operates a Software-as-a-Service platform designed to enhance field service delivery for small and medium businesses, particularly in sectors such as fire protection, mechanical services, commercial HVAC, refrigeration, electrical, and medical equipment. Founded in 2012 and based in Durham, North Carolina, the company offers a suite of solutions, including ServiceTrade for service management and customer interaction, ServiceForms for data collection, and PartsLedger for inventory management. These tools enable contractors to streamline operations, improve customer service, and manage costs effectively. Additionally, ServiceTrade provides support services such as onboarding, training, and certification to help clients maximize the benefits of their platform. By equipping technicians with essential tools, ServiceTrade aims to improve productivity and customer loyalty, ultimately assisting contractors in increasing their service revenue. ServiceTrade operates as a subsidiary of Frontier Growth.

Circonus

Series B in 2021
Circonus, Inc. is a machine data intelligence platform that specializes in real-time handling of IoT and IT infrastructure data. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Fulton, Maryland, the company provides solutions that allow organizations to collect, store, manage, and analyze vast streams of data. Circonus enables users to visualize and monitor their data in real time, facilitating the identification and resolution of IT infrastructure issues. Its platform supports various functionalities, including predictive analytics, trend monitoring, and operational insights, making it suitable for applications in infrastructure monitoring, IoT, cloud monitoring, and DevOps. Circonus serves diverse industries such as advertising technology, entertainment, financial technology, logistics, and smart utilities, helping them optimize operations and enhance user experiences through accurate and timely data.

Spiffy

Venture Round in 2021
Spiffy, Inc. is a mobile service provider based in Durham, North Carolina, specializing in on-demand car washing, detailing, and oil change services. Founded in 2014, the company utilizes a smartphone application and website to allow customers to schedule appointments quickly and conveniently. Spiffy’s services are eco-friendly, employing methods that recycle water and eliminate runoff. The application facilitates seamless communication and payment, enhancing the overall customer experience. By offering a range of vehicle maintenance options, Spiffy aims to support vehicle owners in managing their automobiles efficiently, whether for individual use or fleet management.

Tiny Earth Toys

Seed Round in 2021
Tiny Earth Toys is an educational toy subscription company that offers age-based educational kits exchanged every four months. The customers receive 3 wooden educational kits a year. Each kit is selected by learning experts and includes 6-9 sustainable wooden toys (no plastic or batteries) and a comprehensive play guide.

Blueprint Title

Series B in 2021
Blueprint Title offers a modern approach to title insurance and closing.

Levitate

Series B in 2021
Levitate, developed by Real Magic, Inc., is a subscription-based marketing platform designed to assist small businesses in managing their professional relationships. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, Levitate enables users to send personalized emails at scale, remember important details about their contacts, and set up customized reminders for outreach. The platform also automates marketing tasks and supports business objectives such as cross-selling through personalized communication. Levitate primarily serves industries that rely on relationship-building, including insurance, financial services, real estate, and mortgage lending, helping these businesses maintain connections with clients, prospects, and referral sources.

LaunchNotes

Pre Seed Round in 2020
LaunchNotes is the single source of truth for software teams to communicate product change, internally and externally. LaunchNotes keeps teams ahead of product changes, customers informed and excited about product updates, and every interested stakeholder up-to-date, in real-time. Hundreds of organizations use LaunchNotes to move at the same speed as their development teams, regardless of how fast those development teams are shipping software.

LaunchNotes

Seed Round in 2020
LaunchNotes is the single source of truth for software teams to communicate product change, internally and externally. LaunchNotes keeps teams ahead of product changes, customers informed and excited about product updates, and every interested stakeholder up-to-date, in real-time. Hundreds of organizations use LaunchNotes to move at the same speed as their development teams, regardless of how fast those development teams are shipping software.

ServiceTrade

Venture Round in 2020
ServiceTrade, Inc. operates a Software-as-a-Service platform designed to enhance field service delivery for small and medium businesses, particularly in sectors such as fire protection, mechanical services, commercial HVAC, refrigeration, electrical, and medical equipment. Founded in 2012 and based in Durham, North Carolina, the company offers a suite of solutions, including ServiceTrade for service management and customer interaction, ServiceForms for data collection, and PartsLedger for inventory management. These tools enable contractors to streamline operations, improve customer service, and manage costs effectively. Additionally, ServiceTrade provides support services such as onboarding, training, and certification to help clients maximize the benefits of their platform. By equipping technicians with essential tools, ServiceTrade aims to improve productivity and customer loyalty, ultimately assisting contractors in increasing their service revenue. ServiceTrade operates as a subsidiary of Frontier Growth.

Levitate

Venture Round in 2020
Levitate, developed by Real Magic, Inc., is a subscription-based marketing platform designed to assist small businesses in managing their professional relationships. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, Levitate enables users to send personalized emails at scale, remember important details about their contacts, and set up customized reminders for outreach. The platform also automates marketing tasks and supports business objectives such as cross-selling through personalized communication. Levitate primarily serves industries that rely on relationship-building, including insurance, financial services, real estate, and mortgage lending, helping these businesses maintain connections with clients, prospects, and referral sources.

Reveal Mobile

Series A in 2020
Reveal Mobile, Inc. operates a platform focused on location-based advertising and analytics for various industries, including agencies, brands, and media companies. The company offers several key products: VISIT Local, which provides foot traffic attribution and audience building; VISIT Match, which delivers audience scale and analytics; and VISIT Data, a customizable solution for location data. Reveal Mobile's platform enables users to understand audience demographics visiting specific locations and facilitates targeted advertising through digital and social media. The company emphasizes privacy compliance and is a member of the Network Advertising Initiative, ensuring adherence to annual privacy certifications. Founded in 2004 and based in Raleigh, North Carolina, Reveal Mobile was previously known as StepLeader, Inc. and became a subsidiary of CBC New Media Group, LLC in 2015.

Circonus

Series A in 2020
Circonus, Inc. is a machine data intelligence platform that specializes in real-time handling of IoT and IT infrastructure data. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Fulton, Maryland, the company provides solutions that allow organizations to collect, store, manage, and analyze vast streams of data. Circonus enables users to visualize and monitor their data in real time, facilitating the identification and resolution of IT infrastructure issues. Its platform supports various functionalities, including predictive analytics, trend monitoring, and operational insights, making it suitable for applications in infrastructure monitoring, IoT, cloud monitoring, and DevOps. Circonus serves diverse industries such as advertising technology, entertainment, financial technology, logistics, and smart utilities, helping them optimize operations and enhance user experiences through accurate and timely data.

Spiffy

Series C in 2019
Spiffy, Inc. is a mobile service provider based in Durham, North Carolina, specializing in on-demand car washing, detailing, and oil change services. Founded in 2014, the company utilizes a smartphone application and website to allow customers to schedule appointments quickly and conveniently. Spiffy’s services are eco-friendly, employing methods that recycle water and eliminate runoff. The application facilitates seamless communication and payment, enhancing the overall customer experience. By offering a range of vehicle maintenance options, Spiffy aims to support vehicle owners in managing their automobiles efficiently, whether for individual use or fleet management.

Levitate

Series A in 2019
Levitate, developed by Real Magic, Inc., is a subscription-based marketing platform designed to assist small businesses in managing their professional relationships. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, Levitate enables users to send personalized emails at scale, remember important details about their contacts, and set up customized reminders for outreach. The platform also automates marketing tasks and supports business objectives such as cross-selling through personalized communication. Levitate primarily serves industries that rely on relationship-building, including insurance, financial services, real estate, and mortgage lending, helping these businesses maintain connections with clients, prospects, and referral sources.

Attila

Seed Round in 2018
Attila Security, Inc. specializes in developing security solutions for networks and data access across virtual and cloud applications. Founded in 2018 and based in Columbia, Maryland, the company offers a range of products including the GoSilent Cube, a portable enterprise-grade firewall and virtual private network, GoSilent Global, which provides secure data access through dual Internet protocol obfuscation, and GoSilent Server, designed for accessing data center applications and cloud services. Attila's technology aims to protect various devices, such as servers, desktops, laptops, smartphones, and IoT devices, from cyber threats, addressing the significant economic impact of cybercrime. The company serves both government entities and enterprises, ensuring that sensitive data remains secure as it is accessed by employees across different platforms.

Spiffy

Series B in 2018
Spiffy, Inc. is a mobile service provider based in Durham, North Carolina, specializing in on-demand car washing, detailing, and oil change services. Founded in 2014, the company utilizes a smartphone application and website to allow customers to schedule appointments quickly and conveniently. Spiffy’s services are eco-friendly, employing methods that recycle water and eliminate runoff. The application facilitates seamless communication and payment, enhancing the overall customer experience. By offering a range of vehicle maintenance options, Spiffy aims to support vehicle owners in managing their automobiles efficiently, whether for individual use or fleet management.

Adwerx

Series A in 2017
Adwerx, Inc. is a digital advertising company based in Durham, North Carolina, specializing in localized services for the real estate, mortgage, insurance, and wealth management sectors. Founded in 2013, Adwerx has established itself as a valuable resource for over 25% of the top brokerage firms and more than 15% of the leading mortgage originators in the United States. The company offers personalized and omnichannel brand marketing solutions that allow clients to deliver customized advertisements across various platforms, including streaming TV, popular websites, social media, and mobile applications. Through its digital marketing automation, Adwerx enhances brand visibility, increases productivity by 35%, and reduces turnover by 42%. The company's reach extends across the United States, Canada, and Australia, providing innovative advertising solutions tailored to the needs of its clients.

VividCortex

Series A in 2017
VividCortex, Inc. specializes in Software as a Service (SaaS) solutions for database performance monitoring and analysis, focusing on MySQL and other major open-source databases such as PostgreSQL, Amazon Aurora, MongoDB, and Redis. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Northern Virginia, VividCortex provides tools that enhance system performance, team efficiency, and cost savings by offering comprehensive visibility into database behavior. Its platform enables organizations to measure and analyze database workload and query performance using patented algorithms, allowing for proactive resolution of database issues. Industry leaders, including Etsy and GitHub, utilize VividCortex for all-query monitoring and detailed insights across thousands of servers. The company emphasizes a unique approach to database monitoring, distinguishing itself from traditional application performance tools that often lack transparency in the data tier. By delivering specialized tools designed for high-performance, stateful databases, VividCortex helps teams optimize their applications and improve service delivery.

Spiffy

Series A in 2017
Spiffy, Inc. is a mobile service provider based in Durham, North Carolina, specializing in on-demand car washing, detailing, and oil change services. Founded in 2014, the company utilizes a smartphone application and website to allow customers to schedule appointments quickly and conveniently. Spiffy’s services are eco-friendly, employing methods that recycle water and eliminate runoff. The application facilitates seamless communication and payment, enhancing the overall customer experience. By offering a range of vehicle maintenance options, Spiffy aims to support vehicle owners in managing their automobiles efficiently, whether for individual use or fleet management.

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.

Medfusion

Venture Round in 2015
Medfusion, Inc. operates a patient engagement portal aimed at enhancing healthcare services for providers and patients in the United States and internationally. The platform facilitates communication through various clinical, administrative, and financial services, including billing solutions such as online bill pay and payment plans, as well as secure patient messaging and prescription renewal requests. Medfusion also offers front desk solutions like appointment requests and patient registration, along with mobile applications that empower patients to access their health data. Additional services include EHR/PM integration and Practice Intelligence, which provides insights into patient communication traffic. Founded in 1996 and based in Cary, North Carolina, Medfusion originally focused on medical website development for healthcare clients, evolving to meet the specific needs of the healthcare sector.

Spoonflower

Venture Round in 2015
Spoonflower is a community built around fabric and textile design. It offers custom fabric printing with no minimum order as well as as a marketplace of thousands of unique fabric designs by independent designers from around the world. The company has expanded its products to include custom wallpaper and gift wrap, in addition to fabric. Spoonflower uses eco-friendly digital textile printing technology and prints each order on demand using water-based inks. Crafters and small businesses use custom fabric, wallpaper and gift wrap from Spoonflower to make quilts, clothes, pillows, dolls, blankets, framed textile art and many, many other products.

Reveal Mobile

Seed Round in 2015
Reveal Mobile, Inc. operates a platform focused on location-based advertising and analytics for various industries, including agencies, brands, and media companies. The company offers several key products: VISIT Local, which provides foot traffic attribution and audience building; VISIT Match, which delivers audience scale and analytics; and VISIT Data, a customizable solution for location data. Reveal Mobile's platform enables users to understand audience demographics visiting specific locations and facilitates targeted advertising through digital and social media. The company emphasizes privacy compliance and is a member of the Network Advertising Initiative, ensuring adherence to annual privacy certifications. Founded in 2004 and based in Raleigh, North Carolina, Reveal Mobile was previously known as StepLeader, Inc. and became a subsidiary of CBC New Media Group, LLC in 2015.

Full Measure Education

Series B in 2015
Full Measure Education, Inc. is a company that specializes in student lifecycle and retention management through a mobile engagement platform designed for higher education institutions. Incorporated in 2013 and based in Washington, D.C., the company offers a mobile application that provides students with access to their information and the ability to manage administrative needs. Full Measure Education combines technology with human-powered services to enhance student retention and reduce dropout rates, drawing from extensive experience gained through over 10 million student help desk interactions across more than 850 colleges and universities. The platform includes features such as messaging, custom auto-responses, campaign management, data reporting, and content management, facilitating support for students from admission through to graduation.

Connect

Series A in 2014
Connect Software Corporation offers a location-based messaging application designed to enhance communication and connectivity among friends. The app aggregates check-ins and geo-located posts from various social media platforms, including Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and Foursquare. Users can share their current activities, make plans, and stay informed about friends' whereabouts in real time. The platform also facilitates various forms of communication, allowing users to reach out to friends through chat, calls, emails, or messages across multiple networks. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Connect aims to simplify social interactions by providing a centralized tool for users to engage with their social circles.

StepLeader

Series A in 2013
StepLeader builds digital solutions helping publishers create new revenue opportunities in mobile technology and smart TV applications. It was founded in 2012 and is based in Raleigh, North Carolina,.
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