Venus Aerospace is a start-up focused on advancing hypersonic transportation solutions. The company develops rotating detonation rocket engines (RDRE) and high-speed vehicles tailored for research, defense, and commercial applications. By enhancing transport speed and range, Venus Aerospace aims to meet the growing demand for efficient and cost-effective aerospace solutions, particularly for space businesses.
Hydrostasis develops a hydration monitor system for athletes to reach and maintain peak performance. The wearable sensors measure optimal hydration range based on each individual athlete's body composition and the application notifies athletes before dehydration symptoms impact performance. Hydrostasis is based in San Diego, California.
PoolTogether Inc. operates an Ethereum based application for saving money and playing a game. It offers PoolTogether that provides users to access a decentralized money saving and reward tool on the Ethereum blockchain, that allows participants to use Ethereum assets to transact using smart contracts. Its platform offers an audited savings game where users deposit money that goes into compound protocol to begin earning interest and at the end of the week, one winner receives the collective interest earned and everyone is able to receive their principal back. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
Looma exists to connect consumers to the people and stories behind our products. Our AI-assisted film platform enables grocery retailers and CPG brands to produce best-in-class product videos, which are then distributed through Loop™, our in-store ad network, along with other digital channels. The data generated by Loop™ fuels our proprietary storytelling process, forming a powerful flywheel that will enable us to become the dominant provider and distributor of human-centric point-of-decision video.
Turaco develops simplified insurance and credit solutions through mobile technology to solve the healthcare financing needs. Turaco has simplified insurance products and also provides on-demand health loans, allowing customers to get healthcare at affordable monthly premiums.
Resolve is a B2B payments platform that facilitates risk-free net terms for merchants, allowing them to enhance sales and optimize cash flow. By leveraging non-traditional underwriting data to assess financing applications, Resolve enables manufacturers, wholesalers, and distributors to offer automated extended payment options to their customers. The platform is applicable across various sales channels, including e-commerce checkouts, making it a versatile solution for businesses seeking to streamline their payment processes. Resolve is supported by prominent investors, including the co-founder of PayPal, Max Levchin.
Craftwork was founded by two friends who wanted to create a place where people could literally work at their favorite coffee shop. They desired a space where a culture of collaboration could grow among individuals who wanted to feel the energy, warmth, and community of a coffee shop in their office every single day. When deciding to create this space in Fort Worth, they met with architects, furniture partners, coffee roasters, and eventually hired employees. In what seems like an instant, Craftwork was born.
Acivilate, Inc., founded in 2014 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, is a majority woman-owned technology social enterprise that provides a cloud-based software as a service (SaaS) platform known as Pokket. This platform serves to connect justice agencies and human service providers with returning citizens, aiming to break the cycle of recidivism. By facilitating the synchronization of public and private social services case management, Acivilate's solution supports drug, problem-solving, and juvenile courts in sharing confidential data and managing rehabilitation programs. The company's focus is on addressing the challenges faced by individuals released from jail, thereby enhancing outcomes and interventions to promote successful reintegration into society.
Lasting is a relationship health company based in New York City that specializes in developing a counseling app aimed at improving couples' relationships. Founded in 2016, the app provides users with access to resources designed to enhance marriage health through various features such as exercises, quizzes, insights, and audio tracks. These resources cover a wide range of topics, including communication, conflict resolution, intimacy, and parenting, helping couples to build healthier and happier relationships. As of November 2020, Lasting operates as a subsidiary of Groop Internet Platform Inc.
Take Command Health enables small employers to reimburse employees tax-free for health insurance using a small business HRA (QSEHRA). https://www.takecommandhealth.com/qsehra-guide
We empower employees and independent professionals to make smart health insurance decisions using our innovative plan choice software and health management tools.
Remedy Applications Inc., known as Remedy, is a healthcare technology company based in Austin, Texas, founded in 2015. The company specializes in on-demand urgent and primary care services, offering innovative delivery methods for healthcare. Remedy provides 24/7 telemedicine, nurse access, lab visits, and house calls, allowing individual patients and large employer clients to receive quality medical care at home. Its software facilitates the booking of healthcare professionals, including nurses and doctors, who are registered with the company, to conduct regular checkups and provide necessary treatment. Through its services, Remedy aims to make healthcare more accessible and affordable for patients.
Our aim is to facilitate a mutually beneficial relationship between businesses and consumers. When customers purchase products, they have opinions about them - opinions that can drastically improve the customer experience and increase visibility. Apfyt offers a free platform through which customers can quickly and easily provide valuable feedback that is linked to relevant behavioral and demographic analytics, making it easy for companies to improve their products, engage with patrons and their social grids, and receive actionable insights to create a better overall customer experience. We also manage transaction data and redeemables like loyalty cards and survey incentives for brick-and-mortar merchants. CRM like never before is as easy as entering a questionnaire into an Apfyt profile and integrating our individualized, quality-assured scan codes onto receipts!
New Story crowdfunds houses for homeless families living in danger around the world. 100% of all donations go directly to building homes and every donor receives a video of the exact family moving into their new home for full accountability. newstorycharity.org
Verdant Frontiers is a venture capital firm specializing in start-up and early stage investments. At Verdant Frontiers, we are passionate about creating sustainable, profitable business in places where we can be a force for good. We open new markets, tear down barriers, and lay down a path of prosperity and success for all of those who we come in contact with, or who invest in our companies. We are a for-profit venture conglomerate, a group made up of companies that we have founded, funded and grown. Since 2013, we have started seven ventures and have subsequently sold two, liquidated one and continue to build the other five for high-growth and strong investor returns. Our aim for every project we take on is that each company exists to be the catalyst for an industrial and agricultural revolution in every market where we work.
Virtuous is a nonprofit customer relationship management (CRM) platform designed to enhance fundraising efforts for charities by fostering genuine relationships with donors. Unlike traditional donor management software that often treats donors as mere transactions, Virtuous emphasizes the importance of personal connections and passions in driving generosity. Its innovative, cloud-based CRM utilizes data-driven relational intelligence to empower nonprofits to raise more funds and inspire greater community engagement. By serving as a central hub for donor management, Virtuous aims to transform the nonprofit sector with its user-friendly and relationship-focused approach, ultimately helping organizations create a more significant impact.
Standard Cyborg, Inc. specializes in developing a cloud-based solution known as Design Studio, which focuses on the scanning, modeling, and fabrication of custom prosthetics and orthotics. This innovative platform allows users to design various devices, including test sockets and definitive prosthetics for various limb differences, as well as orthotic devices like AFOs, SMOs, and TLSOs. The Design Studio features iPad-based scanning and sculpting capabilities, along with streamlined processes for ordering 3D printed check sockets and custom fabrication. Additionally, it offers support services through web chat, phone, and screen sharing. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Standard Cyborg aims to enhance the design and manufacturing of assistive devices through advanced technology.
Threadloom, Inc. is an internet company based in Palo Alto, California, that develops an online search platform specifically designed for community forums. Founded in 2015, Threadloom's platform allows users to easily connect and find relevant content within forums. The company focuses on enhancing user experience by automatically curating forum content, making it more accessible and engaging for users. In addition to its core search capabilities, Threadloom also specializes in community-building and email marketing.
Nebia was started on the premise of creating great products that fundamentally change the way people think about their relationship to water in their home. Their team is driven by an obsessive passion for creating better experiences, as well as a core belief that they can be more responsible consumers of earth’s most precious resource.
TreeHouse is an Austin-based home improvement company creating positive change and is a hub for everything tied to the thoughtful building. The company specializes in curated products and services that promote sustainable spaces, with an emphasis on high performance and design. It sells building materials, home systems, finishes & adhesives, kitchen, bath, lighting, and flooring products as well as hardware and tools. TreeHouse also offers an end-to-end solution for all your design and renovation projects from kitchen and bath, windows, and flooring to smart-home technology and solar panels.
Will Reed is a talent advisory firm based in Dallas, Texas, established in 2016. The firm specializes in recruitment services for early-stage founders, focusing on helping them hire the right sales talent to effectively promote their products and services. In addition to sales, Will Reed provides recruitment solutions across various departments, including marketing, customer success, business development, operations, and human resources. The firm has collaborated with a diverse range of companies, demonstrating its commitment to supporting the growth of next-generation creators.
Radial Analytics focuses on addressing significant data challenges in healthcare through its innovative cloud-based planning system. The company's primary product is a decision support solution designed for hospital case managers and discharge planners, enabling them to identify the most appropriate post-acute care facilities for patients. This system utilizes an evidence-driven approach, taking into account each patient's unique clinical, functional, and behavioral needs. By capturing and processing extensive real-time patient data, Radial Analytics helps hospitals optimize the quality of care while reducing post-acute costs for shared-risk patients. The company is partially supported by the National Science Foundation, which aids in the development of technology aimed at creating positive societal and economic impacts.
SoapBox Soaps LLC manufactures and sells soaps and related products. It offers body washes, liquid hand soaps, bar soaps, lotions, shampoos, and conditioners. It markets its products online, as well as through retailers and wholesalers in the United States and internationally. SoapBox Soaps LLC was incorporated in 2010 and is based in Washington, District of Columbia.
Man Crates operates an e-commerce platform specializing in unique gifts for men, offering a variety of curated products packaged in wooden crates. Each crate is designed to provide an engaging unboxing experience, complete with a crowbar for opening, which adds an element of excitement and anticipation. The company prioritizes delivering impressive gifts rather than conventional options, ensuring that customers receive items that are memorable and enjoyable. By focusing on high-quality, personalized gifts, Man Crates aims to create a distinctive gifting experience that stands out in the market.
Dressabelle is an online retail platform specializing in women's apparel, offering a diverse range of clothing suitable for various occasions, including office wear, bridesmaid dresses, jackets, shoes, bags, and accessories. The brand has evolved from a fashion house into a lifestyle entity, focusing on providing quality garments that transition seamlessly from work to leisure. Dressabelle emphasizes affordability while maintaining a strong presence in product marketing, social media, online marketing, content creation, and brand endorsements. Its commitment to style and versatility positions it as a significant player in the online fashion industry.
CloudFactory Limited provides a cloud-based workforce solution that focuses on automating business processes involving large volumes of data entry, collection, and processing. Founded in 2010 and headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, with an additional office in Reading, United Kingdom, the company offers services such as machine learning, document transcription, and data enrichment under the WorkStream brand. The work is organized into microtasks that are executed by a global, on-demand workforce, allowing for efficient task completion along virtual assembly lines. As a social enterprise, CloudFactory aims to connect one million individuals in developing countries to basic computer work, empowering them to become leaders in their communities and combat poverty. The company first introduced its beta version at TechCrunch Disrupt in San Francisco in September 2011.
Kammok Gear, LLC is a manufacturer based in Austin, Texas, specializing in outdoor gear and apparel designed for socially-conscious adventurers. Established in 2010, the company produces a range of products, including camping hammocks, hammock straps, insect nets, integrated rainwater retention systems, carabiners, slings, quilts, hats, and totes. Kammok aims to enhance the camping experience through its technical and functional designs while promoting the belief that adventure can lead to life-changing experiences. The company operates online and through retail stores across the United States. Kammok is committed to social responsibility, as evidenced by its participation in 1% For The Planet and its certification as a B Corporation. Each purchase contributes to Kammok's mission to increase outdoor access, education, and leadership development opportunities for youth.
Tylr Mobile is focused on enhancing productivity for mobile workers by developing role-specific mobile applications that integrate familiar work tools with essential business data and processes. The platform aims to streamline how professionals manage their tasks on the go, ensuring that they can easily access critical information without being overwhelmed by irrelevant messages. By scanning business inboxes for important communications and consolidating relevant data, Tylr Mobile enables users to respond promptly to key issues, thereby improving overall efficiency and effectiveness in a mobile work environment.