Funding U is a merit-based student lender for career-focused college students. It offers an alternative to old FICO and cosigner-based bank loan models, and offers loans on the basis of student's academic performance, career trajectory, and earning potential, thus enabling students to apply for loans with fixed interest rates and avoid dropping out of college.
It was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
Mission Lane LLC specializes in providing credit card services to subprime consumers, aiming to facilitate access to responsible credit on transparent terms. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, the company utilizes advanced technology, data analytics, and machine learning to enhance the customer experience. Mission Lane offers digital self-service tools that empower customers to manage their accounts effectively and work towards improving their credit scores. The company is dedicated to creating fair and clear credit solutions, ensuring that its terms are straightforward and accessible compared to other options in the market. By focusing on customer success, Mission Lane fosters a mutually beneficial relationship where both the company and its clients thrive together.
Ionic Security, a data security platform, provides access control, intellectual property monitoring, data encryption, and policy management. Ionic Security (formerly Social Fortress) enables the use of cloud services by protecting sensitive data anywhere it travels and wherever it resides, whether on the corporate network, in the cloud or on mobile devices. The first unified data security platform of its kind, Ionic Security takes a comprehensive approach to secure data in today’s borderless enterprise by providing access control, intellectual property monitoring, data encryption, and policy management, without proxies or gateways or changes in user behavior. The company is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, and is backed by leading venture firms such as Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Google Ventures, TechOperators, and ff VC as well as industry experts Christopher Klaus, Ken Levine, Phil Dunkelberger, and Dr. Paul Judge.
Pindrop Security, Inc. specializes in providing enterprise solutions to secure phone and voice communications, focusing on fraud prevention and customer verification. The company has developed patented technologies, including Phoneprinting, which analyzes phone calls to identify malicious behaviors and confirm legitimate callers. Additionally, Pindrop Express offers a risk-based authentication solution that validates customer phone numbers before calls reach contact centers. Its services are designed to combat various fraud tactics, such as caller ID spoofing and social engineering. Pindrop's solutions are utilized by numerous sectors, including finance, healthcare, insurance, retail, and travel, helping organizations detect fraudulent activities and authenticate callers efficiently. Established in 2011 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Pindrop is backed by prominent venture capital firms and plays a significant role in enhancing security and customer experience in voice interactions.
Rubicon Global Holdings LLC is a technology company that specializes in cloud-based waste and recycling solutions for businesses, governments, and nonprofits. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Rubicon operates a digital marketplace and offers a suite of software-as-a-service products aimed at enhancing waste management and recycling efforts. The company provides various recycling programs, including services for cardboard, plastic, paper, metal, glass, electronics, and organics, as well as single stream recycling solutions. One of its notable offerings is RUBICONSmartCity, which assists municipal governments in optimizing waste and recycling operations while transforming their fleets into data collection centers to improve quality of life and government services through data analytics. Rubicon serves a global customer base and maintains core teams in several U.S. cities, including New York and San Francisco. The company is committed to driving environmental innovation and helping its partners achieve sustainability goals by finding economic value in waste streams.
Ionic Security, a data security platform, provides access control, intellectual property monitoring, data encryption, and policy management. Ionic Security (formerly Social Fortress) enables the use of cloud services by protecting sensitive data anywhere it travels and wherever it resides, whether on the corporate network, in the cloud or on mobile devices. The first unified data security platform of its kind, Ionic Security takes a comprehensive approach to secure data in today’s borderless enterprise by providing access control, intellectual property monitoring, data encryption, and policy management, without proxies or gateways or changes in user behavior. The company is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, and is backed by leading venture firms such as Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, Google Ventures, TechOperators, and ff VC as well as industry experts Christopher Klaus, Ken Levine, Phil Dunkelberger, and Dr. Paul Judge.
Rubicon Global Holdings LLC is a technology company that specializes in cloud-based waste and recycling solutions for businesses, governments, and nonprofits. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, Rubicon operates a digital marketplace and offers a suite of software-as-a-service products aimed at enhancing waste management and recycling efforts. The company provides various recycling programs, including services for cardboard, plastic, paper, metal, glass, electronics, and organics, as well as single stream recycling solutions. One of its notable offerings is RUBICONSmartCity, which assists municipal governments in optimizing waste and recycling operations while transforming their fleets into data collection centers to improve quality of life and government services through data analytics. Rubicon serves a global customer base and maintains core teams in several U.S. cities, including New York and San Francisco. The company is committed to driving environmental innovation and helping its partners achieve sustainability goals by finding economic value in waste streams.
Bluefin Payment Systems LLC specializes in providing secure payment technology to a diverse range of clients, including independent software vendors, enterprises, financial institutions, and small to medium-sized businesses across over 25 countries. The company offers a suite of products designed to enhance payment security, including ShieldConex for protecting sensitive data, Decryptx for Decryption as a Service, and PayConex, which facilitates various payment methods such as credit, debit, ACH, and recurring payments. Bluefin also provides payment tokenization solutions, EMV authentication for point-of-sale transactions, and PCI-validated point-to-point encryption (P2PE) to safeguard data during transactions. Their offerings extend to Transparent Redirect for customizable payment pages and P2PE Manager, an online tool for managing P2PE activities. With headquarters in Atlanta and additional offices in New York, Chicago, Tulsa, and Waterford, Ireland, Bluefin is recognized as an innovator in payment security, holding multiple patents related to its technologies.
U.S. Security Associates is an American security company, with locally-responsive offices providing premier national security services and global consulting and investigations.
They provide career paths for over 50,000 security professionals serving several thousand clients and a range of industries. Innovative applications of leading-edge, proprietary technology enable the USA to rank annually among the world’s best training companies, sustain the highest standards of quality, and underscore world-class customer service with unparalleled accountability. USA’s rise as one of today’s largest security companies is a natural byproduct of these differentiators together with a commitment to investing in employee reward and development, giving back to local communities, and relentlessly striving to be a security company that is Safe. Secure. Friendly.
INVeSHARE, Inc. provides broker-dealers with responsive service and advanced tools to solve broker-dealer needs and improved economics. It offers proxy, prospectus, mutual funds and regulatory, corporate actions, regulated shareholder communications, print and electronic delivery, and workflow tooling solutions. The company was formerly known as Swingvote, Inc. and changed its name to INVeSHARE, Inc. in December 2008. INVeSHARE, Inc. was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in New York, New York with field operations in Alpharetta, Georgia.
BTIG provides institutional brokerage and fund services. It is specialized in global trading and fund services for hedge funds, separate accounts, mutual funds, and family offices. The company operates in various areas, including equity trading, fixed income, future trading, convertible securities, equity derivatives, prime brokerage, outsource trading, direct market access, capital markets, equity research, and corporate access as well as international trading, commission management services, portfolio analytics, and market intelligence. In addition, the company provides trading solutions to investment managers. It serves institutional clients worldwide. BTIG was founded in 2002 and is based in San Francisco, California. It has additional offices in New York, San Francisco, Dallas, Boston, Chicago, Greenwich, Red Bank, Norwalk, Orinda, Atlanta, and Los Angeles. It operates as a subsidiary of Condor Trading LP.
Private Equity Round in 2006
iHealth Technologies, Inc. provides payment policy management solutions for healthcare organizations. It offers integrated claims management services, including content and payment policy advisory process, policy configuration and application, client business decision support, provider communication and disclosure tools, and integration and implementation. The company’s clients include blue cross blue shield plans, commercial insurance carriers, and government health plans. iHealth Technologies, Inc. was founded in 2001 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.
Javelin Innovations
Venture Round in 2006
Javelin Innovations(formerly Vyyo) supply broadband wireless access systems used by telecommunicationsservice providers to deliver wireless, high-speed data connections to business and residential subscribers. Their systems are deployed in point-to-multipoint applications at the radio frequencies licensed for two-way broadband communication. Point-to-multipoint technology refers to the ability of a central, wireless hub to transmit and receive network traffic to and frommultiple subscriber modems. Their systems are based on the Internet protocol, or IP, which is the networking standard used to deliver voice and data over the Internet. Networking standards are the special set of rules for communicating that the end points in a telecommunication connection use when they send signals back and forth. Their system is designed to allow service providers to support rapid and cost-effective broadband service roll-outs directly to business and residential subscribers. Service providers use their system to bridge the segment of the network that connects the service providers' systems directly to the subscribers, commonly referred to as the last mile.
NewWorld Communications is an information technology and communications consulting firm that enables midsize businesses and enterprises to implement network, mobility, and cloud solutions. It also offers contract negotiation, strategic planning and design, project management and implementation, and support services. NewWorld Communications was acquired by Nextel Communications in January 2003. NewWorld Communications was founded in 1999 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.
Talus Solutions, Inc. provides sophisticated software and services that enable companies to achieve growth by winning new customers and increasing revenue and profit from existing customers. Focused on improving revenues and profits for its customers, Talus Solutions' products are unique in their ability to analyze historical information, predict consumer behavior an provide automated optimization of pricing designed to maximize revenues and profits. Talus Solutions products and services optimize prices through all sales channels including direct sales, intermediaries and e-commerce.