Converge

Converge is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The firm specializes in seed, startup, early Series A, and early-stage investments, primarily targeting technology-focused companies in the United States. Converge aims to support B2B tech entrepreneurs by providing long-term, committed capital. The firm invests in sectors such as software, business products, information technology, artificial intelligence, machine learning, blockchain, and big data. Its investment strategy typically involves amounts ranging from 0.25 to 0.75 million, with a minimum transaction value of 1.5 million, focusing on opportunities in New England and the New York Metro area.

Anshu Agarwal

General Partner

Nilanjana Bhowmik

Co-Founder and General Partner

Maia Heymann

Founder and General Partner

Maya Heymann

Co-Founder and General Partner

45 past transactions

CYBERA

Seed Round in 2022
CYBERA is a fintech platform focused on preventing cybercrime and online fraud specifically for financial institutions. It operates a financial cybersecurity platform that includes an outsourced cybercrime support center, allowing users to report incidents online. The platform also features a watchlist designed to help mitigate losses associated with cyber threats. By providing these services, CYBERA enables banks, cryptocurrency exchanges, and law enforcement agencies worldwide to enhance their defenses against motivated cybercrime and improve overall security measures.

RGo Robotics

Series A in 2022
R-Go Robotics is pioneering an artificial perception technology that enables mobile robots to understand complex surroundings and operate autonomously just like humans. Our business model is to partner with robotics manufacturers who share our vision of a future where automation is unfettered but focused on real-world solutions. Our team is comprised of world-class leaders with deep academic and industry experience, and we have a proven track record in bringing world-class innovation to market. ​We are currently in stealth mode.

CYBERA

Seed Round in 2022
CYBERA is a fintech platform focused on preventing cybercrime and online fraud specifically for financial institutions. It operates a financial cybersecurity platform that includes an outsourced cybercrime support center, allowing users to report incidents online. The platform also features a watchlist designed to help mitigate losses associated with cyber threats. By providing these services, CYBERA enables banks, cryptocurrency exchanges, and law enforcement agencies worldwide to enhance their defenses against motivated cybercrime and improve overall security measures.

RevenueBase

Seed Round in 2022
RevenueBase replaces data nightmares for B2B companies with a complete and accurate Revenue Database as a Service that’s completely aligned with their go-to-market strategy.

Amper

Series A in 2022
Amper Technologies, Inc. develops and operates a clip-on device that helps factory owners and managers to analyze power consumption of their machines, predict downtime, and deploy predictive maintenance. It offers hardware and software to improve productivity and OEE. The company offers a solution from the hardware to the software, including non-invasive sensors, Internet-connected gateway, and web dashboards, as well as online dashboard to configure and see alerts, real-time status, key metrics, and rich reports. Its technologies also provides plant managers in factories to increase machine and labor productivity by having retrofit sensor that monitors across machine types. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

iRestify

Seed Round in 2022
iRestify Inc. provides cleaning, disinfecting and maintenance services to property managers in Canada. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

Qualifi

Seed Round in 2022
Qualifi operates a digital screening platform designed to enhance the hiring experience through on-demand phone interviews. The platform allows recruiters to pre-record, send, and manage audio interviews efficiently, enabling human resource professionals to conduct a high volume of interviews in a shorter timeframe. By streamlining the candidate screening process, Qualifi helps recruiters identify and engage top talent rapidly, often capturing responses on the first day. This approach not only saves time for both recruiters and candidates but also maintains a personal touch in the hiring process. As a result, Qualifi empowers organizations to improve their recruitment efforts and reduce the time to hire significantly.

Edisen

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Signal Intent is building the next generation of financial calculators. Whether you're a bank, credit union, insurance, or mortgage company, now you can easily launch calculators your customers will love - no coding required. How it works is simple. We offer a library of interactive calculator templates that you can easily embed on your website in just a few clicks. Plus, we’re the only calculator company to come equipped with a platform, so you can customize each calculator to match your brand, convert more customers with custom calls-to-action, and measure performance with our real-time analytics.

Visor

Seed Round in 2021
Visor is a company that specializes in providing visual planning tools designed to enhance the efficiency of product and engineering teams. Founded in 2016 by Michael Yaroshefsky, Visor offers a spreadsheet-like platform that integrates bidirectionally with Jira, enabling users to customize views for various stakeholders. This tool allows both large and small businesses to effectively plan and track their projects, providing a comprehensive overview of their workflows. Headquartered in New York, Visor aims to streamline project management and improve collaboration within teams.

Forecastr

Seed Round in 2021
Forecastr is an online software platform that assists founders in creating financial models, particularly those who are not comfortable using Excel. The software provides tools for financial management and analysis, enabling users to perform revenue forecasting, expense management, budgeting, and metric tracking. Additionally, it facilitates forecast comparisons and report generation, allowing founders to generate insightful reports that can be shared with potential investors. By simplifying the financial modeling process, Forecastr helps entrepreneurs better understand their financial situation, predict their runway, and secure funding.

Beamable

Venture Round in 2021
Developer of a creator-centric platform designed to implement, monetize, socialize, and update live games. The company's platform facilitates the easy addition of social, commerce, and content management features to games with drag-and-drop prefabs, and a web portal to manage events, leaderboards, and player data, enabling game developers to boost revenue and reduce operating costs.

Hyperganic

Venture Round in 2021
New manufacturing technologies based on 3D printing & biological processes are fundamentally changing how we design & produce objects.

Help Scout

Series B in 2021
Help Scout Inc. is a customer service software provider founded in 2011 and based in Boston, Massachusetts. The company offers a help desk solution that is designed to be invisible to customers, allowing businesses to deliver exceptional support without the typical barriers found in traditional help desk systems. Help Scout serves over 7,000 businesses across 140 countries, integrating email and live chat functionality while providing relevant help content in a user-friendly manner. The platform enables customer support agents to access comprehensive customer interaction histories and profiles, facilitating better engagement and understanding. By streamlining the customer service process, Help Scout aims to enhance the overall customer experience.

Smartvid io

Venture Round in 2020
Smartvid.io enables the AEC industry to significantly reduce jobsite risk by combining the best of human and artificial intelligence. Smartvid.io's Safety Suite includes Safety Observations, Safety Monitoring and Predictive Analytics products that combine to give project teams and management the ability to predict and prevent incidents - saving lives and preserving timely project delivery. Getting started is easy with pre-built integrations to Autodesk BIM360, Procore, Oracle Aconex, SharePoint, Egnyte, Box, and other data sources. See it in action at www.smartvid.io.

RapidMiner

Venture Round in 2020
RapidMiner GmbH is a software company specializing in predictive analytics, data mining, and text mining solutions. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Dortmund, Germany, with additional offices in Boston and Cambridge, the company offers a range of products including RapidMiner Studio, a visual environment for creating predictive analytic workflows, and RapidMiner Server, which facilitates the sharing and operationalization of predictive models. The platform integrates data preparation, machine learning, and model deployment, allowing organizations to efficiently build and implement machine learning models. RapidMiner also provides extensions for text mining and big data analytics, alongside a cloud-based solution known as RapidMiner AI Cloud. Its tools are widely utilized across various industries, including life sciences, finance, manufacturing, and telecommunications, enabling businesses to enhance decision-making by analyzing customer behavior, detecting fraud, and optimizing operations. RapidMiner's solutions are employed by over 300,000 data scientists globally, enhancing their ability to drive revenue, reduce costs, and mitigate risks.

iRestify

Seed Round in 2020
iRestify Inc. provides cleaning, disinfecting and maintenance services to property managers in Canada. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

Emissary

Venture Round in 2020
Emissary, Inc. operates an online platform that connects sales professionals with former executives from targeted companies, facilitating the exchange of advice and introductions. This hybrid SaaS marketplace enables sales teams to access valuable insights from individuals, known as emissaries, who possess firsthand knowledge of the organization's dynamics, decision-making processes, and internal politics. By leveraging the expertise of these former executives, Emissary helps clients navigate the sales process more effectively and close opportunities more swiftly. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York, Emissary was previously known as Leroy Technologies, Inc., a name it adopted in February 2017.

APDS

Series B in 2020
American Prison Data Systems provides software and technology solutions designed to deliver educational and rehabilitative programs for correctional facilities. The company focuses on creating a secure environment where inmates can access individualized education, job training, and re-entry resources. Its offerings include military-grade technology to prevent misuse, secure content filters, data encryption, and curated educational content from various providers. APDS also features a centralized platform that allows correctional administrators and educators to deliver remote, adaptive instruction and monitor inmate progress. By enhancing access to education and rehabilitation, APDS aims to improve prison safety, reduce violence, and lower recidivism rates. Founded in 2012, the company is headquartered in New York and has an additional office in Boston.

BlueConic

Series B in 2020
BlueConic, Inc. is a provider of a customer data platform that enables brands to optimize their marketing efforts through enhanced customer engagement. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with additional offices in the Netherlands, BlueConic offers a SaaS-based platform that consolidates first-party data from various sources into unified, person-level profiles. This platform employs machine learning to facilitate real-time synchronization of marketing communications across web, mobile, and social channels. More than 300 brands, including notable companies like Hearst Newspapers and T-Mobile, utilize BlueConic's solutions to improve their marketing strategies and enhance customer interactions.

Visor

Venture Round in 2020
Visor is a company that specializes in providing visual planning tools designed to enhance the efficiency of product and engineering teams. Founded in 2016 by Michael Yaroshefsky, Visor offers a spreadsheet-like platform that integrates bidirectionally with Jira, enabling users to customize views for various stakeholders. This tool allows both large and small businesses to effectively plan and track their projects, providing a comprehensive overview of their workflows. Headquartered in New York, Visor aims to streamline project management and improve collaboration within teams.

iRestify

Seed Round in 2019
iRestify Inc. provides cleaning, disinfecting and maintenance services to property managers in Canada. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Toronto, Canada.

Routable AI Inc.

Seed Round in 2019
Routable AI Inc., founded in 2019 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, specializes in fleet management software designed for on-demand transportation services, including shuttles and buses. The company aims to address the evolving mobility landscape, targeting the high-capacity mobility-as-a-service market, which is projected to be worth $30 billion. By leveraging advanced AI and patent-pending routing algorithms developed from extensive research at MIT, Routable AI provides a platform that significantly enhances operational efficiency for fleet operators. This technology enables dynamic routing of transportation services, leading to reductions in fleet sizes by up to 80% while offering a cost-effective and convenient alternative for commuters and corporations alike.

Canix

Seed Round in 2019
Canix is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2018 that specializes in creating automation software for the cannabis industry, including both medical and recreational sectors. The company offers next-generation ERP solutions designed to streamline daily operations, ensure compliance with state regulations, and facilitate data-driven business decisions. By utilizing advanced technology and a comprehensive dataset encompassing pricing, yield, and inventory information, Canix aims to establish a robust technical foundation for cannabis cultivators and extractors.

RGo Robotics

Venture Round in 2019
R-Go Robotics is pioneering an artificial perception technology that enables mobile robots to understand complex surroundings and operate autonomously just like humans. Our business model is to partner with robotics manufacturers who share our vision of a future where automation is unfettered but focused on real-world solutions. Our team is comprised of world-class leaders with deep academic and industry experience, and we have a proven track record in bringing world-class innovation to market. ​We are currently in stealth mode.

Coherent Path

Venture Round in 2019
Coherent Path’s science-driven personalization empowers retailers to build meaningful relationships with their customers – increasing revenue and differentiating their brand today, while maximizing lifetime value. We go far beyond first-generation recommendation tools by helping retailers identify the best path ahead for each customer. Using this groundbreaking approach, retailers of all sizes can personalize the customer journey through any channel with multi-step offers that increase revenue, drive engagement, and inspire loyalty.

Wade & Wendy

Series A in 2019
Wade & Wendy, Inc. is a New York-based company that specializes in developing software to enhance the hiring process through artificial intelligence. Founded in June 2015, the company offers two main products: Wendy, a chatbot designed for employers that screens job applicants and provides recommendations, and Wade, a chatbot for job seekers that utilizes AI to collect data and match users with suitable job opportunities. By leveraging machine intelligence, Wade & Wendy aims to create a more human and engaging experience for both hiring teams and candidates, facilitating better connections and informed hiring decisions.

Influitive

Venture Round in 2019
Influitive Corporation specializes in advocate marketing software solutions tailored for business-to-business (B2B) software and technology firms globally. Its primary product, AdvocateHub, enables companies to create advocate communities that engage customers, partners, and employees in marketing activities such as referrals, reference calls, and product reviews. This platform helps businesses harness customer enthusiasm to enhance their marketing and sales initiatives. AdvocateHub integrates with Salesforce, allowing for seamless tracking of customer engagement. Additionally, Influitive offers consulting services that include coaching and training to assist companies in implementing effective advocate marketing strategies. The AdvocateHub software is accessible through a web portal, with integration options for client websites and mobile access via the Maven app. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Toronto, Canada, Influitive also has offices in Menlo Park, California, and Boston, Massachusetts.

Crayon

Series A in 2019
Crayon, Inc. is a market intelligence company that provides businesses with tools to track, analyze, and respond to external market activities. Its platform allows users to capture and assess information from over 7 million sources, utilizing artificial intelligence to prioritize insights. Crayon's offerings include an intelligence and analysis platform, a marketing intelligence tool, and a website inspiration platform, all designed to support informed decision-making. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, the company was originally established as M80 Labs, Inc. and rebranded to Crayon, Inc. in June 2017.

NuoDB

Venture Round in 2018
NuoDB’s distributed SQL database for cloud applications helps customers get applications to market faster and reduce their total cost of ownership. Software vendors and e-commerce companies rely on NuoDB to obtain the combination of scale-out simplicity, elasticity, and continuous availability that cloud applications require, with the transactional consistency and durability that databases of record demand. As a result, customers can capitalize on modern technologies such as cloud computing and containerization to ensure their applications are ready for today’s evolving expectations, as well as any future requirements. NuoDB is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA, with offices in Dublin, London, and Sofia.

Nimbella

Seed Round in 2018
Nimbella Corp. is a developer of a cloud-based platform that enables developers to create serverless applications. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Santa Clara, California, the company addresses the challenges of serverless computing by providing a unified programming experience that integrates automation and necessary abstractions. Nimbella's platform is specifically designed for event-based applications, long-running processes, and stateful workloads, making it suitable for complex use cases that involve artificial intelligence and machine learning. By filling existing technology gaps, Nimbella empowers developers to focus on delivering business value while maintaining control over their architecture and code, all without the risk of vendor lock-in. This approach simplifies the management, modification, debugging, and monitoring of applications, facilitating a more efficient development process.

Rize

Series B in 2018
Rize Inc. is a manufacturing company based in Woburn, Massachusetts, specializing in the production and marketing of advanced additive technologies. Founded in 2012, Rize has developed a unique 3D printing technology that offers homogeneous strength across multiple dimensions, a surface finish comparable to injection molding, full-color capabilities, and variable hardness. The company's solutions cater to a wide range of applications, including prototyping, service parts, tooling, fixtures, and jigs, serving small to medium-sized businesses as well as larger enterprises. Additionally, Rize's systems feature easy support removal and automatic file fixing software, making them suitable for professional use in office environments.

SyncOnSet Technologies

Venture Round in 2018
SyncOnSet Technologies is an entertainment technology company that specializes in digitizing physical production and managing creative content for the film and television industry. The company provides an Emmy-winning software platform that offers essential management tools for production teams. Its services include script breakdowns, budgeting, expense tracking, photo management, inventory, and asset management. By optimizing workflows and facilitating secure communication, SyncOnSet enables production crews to focus on their creative tasks, ultimately enhancing efficiency in the production process.

InsightSquared

Series D in 2018
InsightSquared, Inc. specializes in sales performance analytics tailored for software as a service (SaaS) businesses. The company provides a comprehensive Revenue Intelligence Platform that includes multiple integrated solutions, enabling organizations to access actionable, real-time intelligence. Key offerings include Tiles, a reporting solution for sales analytics, and Slate, a report builder that consolidates data from various sources to extract insights. Additional services encompass marketing analytics, report authoring, and staffing analytics. InsightSquared's platform is designed to help businesses enhance their sales operations by improving pipeline management, conversion rates, and forecast accuracy, while also facilitating employee performance tracking and strategic decision-making. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, InsightSquared also has an office in Austin, Texas. The company was formerly known as ClearInsight, Inc. before rebranding in December 2011.

Crayon

Venture Round in 2018
Crayon, Inc. is a market intelligence company that provides businesses with tools to track, analyze, and respond to external market activities. Its platform allows users to capture and assess information from over 7 million sources, utilizing artificial intelligence to prioritize insights. Crayon's offerings include an intelligence and analysis platform, a marketing intelligence tool, and a website inspiration platform, all designed to support informed decision-making. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, the company was originally established as M80 Labs, Inc. and rebranded to Crayon, Inc. in June 2017.

Nift Networks

Series A in 2018
Nift Networks Inc. operates an invitation-only online platform that connects independent neighborhood businesses in Greater Boston. This unique network allows local business owners to offer Nift gifts as a way to appreciate their existing customers and attract new ones, thereby enhancing foot traffic and community engagement. Founded in Brookline, Massachusetts, Nift leverages a machine-learning system to match the appropriate neighborhood gift to each customer, utilizing physical or virtual cards. The platform is designed to support a diverse range of local businesses, from restaurants and bars to shops offering products like music, jewelry, and wine delivery. Nift Networks aims to foster a thriving local ecosystem by ensuring that businesses are consistently discovered through thoughtful customer appreciation.

Flipside

Seed Round in 2018
Flipside Crypto, Inc. is a Boston-based company that operates a cryptocurrency information platform designed to provide business intelligence for blockchain organizations. Founded in 2017, the company offers a range of services, including cryptocurrency management, acquisition, digital walleting, custody services, and portfolio dashboards for investors. Flipside Crypto specializes in analytics, delivering insights into user behaviors, developer activities, and financial metrics. It also offers the Fundamental Crypto Asset Score (FCAS), which measures the fundamental health of cryptocurrency projects. Additionally, Flipside Crypto collaborates with partners like CoinMarketCap and Messari to distribute its analytics. The company is backed by notable investors, including Coinbase Ventures and True Ventures.

HapYak Interactive Video

Venture Round in 2018
HapYak Interactive Video is a leading developer of a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that enhances video interactivity and engagement. The company aims to transform the traditional video viewing experience from a passive activity into an interactive one, allowing viewers to share insights, opinions, and remarks as they would in a social setting. By facilitating deeper user engagement, HapYak enables organizations to quantify audience participation and improve monetization strategies. Its platform is designed to support a wide range of video strategies, making it a valuable tool for businesses looking to enrich their content and foster a more engaged audience.

Wyng

Venture Round in 2018
Wyng Inc. is a marketing platform based in New York that specializes in enabling brands and agencies to create and manage digital, mobile, and social media campaigns. Founded in 2005 and formerly known as Offerpop Corporation, Wyng focuses on providing a privacy-first personalization experience through its zero-party data API and privacy-conscious design principles. The platform allows marketers to deliver relevant and compliant customer experiences, fostering direct and trusted relationships with their audience. Wyng's user-friendly dashboard includes a library of templates and a drag-and-drop campaign builder, which empowers over 250 brands to effectively engage consumers and enhance their influence through compelling digital campaigns.

Klipfolio

Series B in 2017
Klipfolio Inc. is a cloud-based business intelligence company that specializes in providing real-time dashboard solutions. Its flagship product, Klipfolio Dashboard, empowers users to monitor key business metrics by connecting to various data sources, allowing for data manipulation, visualization, and sharing across devices including web browsers and TV monitors. In addition to its dashboard capabilities, Klipfolio offers consulting services in design, business analysis, and data visualization, as well as technical training. The company caters to a diverse range of sectors, including technology, healthcare, financial services, and government organizations. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, Klipfolio aims to enhance decision-making by enabling users to take control of their data.

Promoboxx

Series A in 2016
Promoboxx is a software platform for brands to engage their independent retailers with brand-compliant digital marketing, driving better business outcomes by reaching the right consumers via the trusted channel of brands’ local retailers. With Promoboxx, channel managers and brand marketers can easily organize and engage their retailer networks; build, manage, and optionally fund organic and paid digital campaigns through their local retailers; then report and assess the business outcomes and KPIs. Over 85 leading brands including The North Face, New Balance, and Chevrolet have used Promoboxx to deliver more than 3 million campaigns across over 27,000 retailers.

Chainalysis

Seed Round in 2016
Chainalysis Inc. is a blockchain analysis company that specializes in anti-money laundering software tailored for cryptocurrency businesses. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York, the company offers a range of products aimed at enhancing compliance and mitigating risks associated with cryptocurrency transactions. Key offerings include REACTOR, an interactive investigation tool that identifies offenders and visualizes data, and an API that provides transaction-based risk scoring by analyzing the sources and destinations of funds. Additionally, Chainalysis provides activity monitoring reports and diligence tools to help financial institutions assess emerging threats and estimate criminal revenues. Its services cater to government agencies, banks, exchanges, insurance companies, and cryptocurrency businesses, facilitating safer interactions within the decentralized financial landscape. The company also has offices in Copenhagen, Tokyo, and Singapore.

OwnerIQ

Venture Round in 2012
OwnerIQ, Inc. is a company that specializes in online advertising solutions, connecting brands, retailers, and manufacturers through second-party data. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with additional offices in several major cities, OwnerIQ aggregates online shopping behaviors from various sources to facilitate targeted advertising. The company offers several key solutions, including the CoEx data management platform, which allows retailers to turn their data assets into revenue-generating marketing channels. Additionally, OwnerIQ provides tools for brands to centralize their data access for co-branded campaigns and enables e-commerce partners to monetize their data through advertising. Its services include the Path to Purchase Targeting solution and various reporting tools, providing insights into consumer behavior and campaign performance. As of October 2019, OwnerIQ operates as a subsidiary of Inmar, Inc.

OwnerIQ

Venture Round in 2011
OwnerIQ, Inc. is a company that specializes in online advertising solutions, connecting brands, retailers, and manufacturers through second-party data. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, with additional offices in several major cities, OwnerIQ aggregates online shopping behaviors from various sources to facilitate targeted advertising. The company offers several key solutions, including the CoEx data management platform, which allows retailers to turn their data assets into revenue-generating marketing channels. Additionally, OwnerIQ provides tools for brands to centralize their data access for co-branded campaigns and enables e-commerce partners to monetize their data through advertising. Its services include the Path to Purchase Targeting solution and various reporting tools, providing insights into consumer behavior and campaign performance. As of October 2019, OwnerIQ operates as a subsidiary of Inmar, Inc.
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