Listen

Listen.com is an online music subscription service based in Seattle, Washington, founded in 1998. The company develops and distributes RHAPSODY, which offers consumers access to a vast library of music via on-demand streaming and professionally programmed internet radio. RHAPSODY integrates music collections with editorial recommendations and information in a single application. Currently, Listen.com operates as a subsidiary of RealNetworks Inc. In contrast, Listen Ventures, founded in 2010 and based in Chicago, Illinois, is a venture capital firm that focuses on early-stage investments in the consumer technology sector. Both entities operate independently in their respective domains, with Listen.com concentrating on music services and Listen Ventures on supporting emerging startups.

Jeff Cantalupo

Founder & Managing Partner

Rick Desai

Partner

Sophia Lammers

Investor

56 past transactions

Catch Co.

Series A in 2020
The Catch Co. creates a simplified and irresistible shopping experience that curates the right gear at the right time to the right anglers—at a fraction of the cost of traditional retail. They are changing the way anglers shop for the products they love.

Bucketfeet

Venture Round in 2014
BucketFeet, Inc., doing business as BucketFeet, designs and manufactures shoes for men, women, and children. It also offers tees, hoodies, and socks. The company provides its products online. BucketFeet, Inc. was founded in 2011 and is based in Chicago, Illinois. As of October 23, 2017, BucketFeet, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of SkinnyCorp, LLC.

Packback

Seed Round in 2014
Packback, Inc. owns and operates an artificial intelligence discussion platform that allows professors to assess critical thinking in students through online discussions. The products include PB Books that offers online textbooks on rental basis and PB Questions that operates digital discussion platform. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

Public Goods

Seed Round in 2018
Public Goods manufactures and markets unisex health, beauty, household, grocery, and vitamins and supplements. The company offers products, including hair and body products, dental care, menstrual care, essential oils, travel, gifts, cleaners, tree free paper, laundry, kitchen, bathroom, linens, candles, cereals and breakfast, beverages, pastas and sauces, baking, soups, canned goods, spices, condiments, oils and vinegars, snacks, and vitamins and supplements for women's health, men's health, heart, hair/skin/nails, immunity, stress, fitness, and protein powders. The company sells its products online. Public Goods was formerly known as Morgans. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in New York, New York.

Packback

Seed Round in 2015
Packback, Inc. owns and operates an artificial intelligence discussion platform that allows professors to assess critical thinking in students through online discussions. The products include PB Books that offers online textbooks on rental basis and PB Questions that operates digital discussion platform. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

FanGo

Series A in 2011
FanGo Software Systems provides mobile ordering technology solutions.

Raise

Seed Round in 2011
Raise is a leading digital prepaid and retail payment platform where consumers save money on every purchase at over 4,000 brands and earn rewards with Raise Pay. As a digital partner to more than 600+ national brands, Raise offers an innovative way for retailers to increase brand loyalty, engagement, and retention by adding value for their core consumers. Since 2013, Raise has saved its millions of members more than $200 million and received $147 million in funding from leading investors including Accel, PayPal, Bessemer Venture Partners, and New Enterprise Associates. Raise is available on both iOS and Android or at raise.com

Own Up

Series B in 2021
Own Up provides a software solution that enables residential lending from various lenders. The company allows consumers to finance their homes by eliminating the salesperson and providing a solution to compare, choose, and close with lenders. It supports primary residences, second homes, and investment properties, including single-family and multi-family homes, condos, and townhomes. Own Up was founded by Mike Tassone, and Patrick Boyaggi in 2015 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Public Goods

Private Placement in 2018
Public Goods manufactures and markets unisex health, beauty, household, grocery, and vitamins and supplements. The company offers products, including hair and body products, dental care, menstrual care, essential oils, travel, gifts, cleaners, tree free paper, laundry, kitchen, bathroom, linens, candles, cereals and breakfast, beverages, pastas and sauces, baking, soups, canned goods, spices, condiments, oils and vinegars, snacks, and vitamins and supplements for women's health, men's health, heart, hair/skin/nails, immunity, stress, fitness, and protein powders. The company sells its products online. Public Goods was formerly known as Morgans. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in New York, New York.

Interior Define

Series B in 2018
Interior Define Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets furniture products. It offers sofas, occasional chairs, and chaise and L-sectionals. It also provides custom furniture products. The company offers products through its showroom, as well as online. Interior Define Inc. was founded in 2013 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

Catch Co.

Venture Round in 2020
The Catch Co. creates a simplified and irresistible shopping experience that curates the right gear at the right time to the right anglers—at a fraction of the cost of traditional retail. They are changing the way anglers shop for the products they love.

KnowledgeHound

Seed Round in 2015
KnowledgeHound simplifies how companies organize and access consumer insights—we build a unified, searchable database for your market research data, so your team can easily and efficiently locate the insights you need. Stunning visualization tools and powerful analytics make it easy to transform data and insights into effective business intelligence, while secure, cloud-based technology lets your team share information across units, geographies, and business partners for a broader impact.

TuneTo.com

Acquisition in 2001
TuneTo offers its users with streaming technology that delivers near CD-quality music. It develops music entertainment content solutions. TuneTo is a U.S.-based company that was founded in 1998.

Public Goods

Convertible Note in 2019
Public Goods manufactures and markets unisex health, beauty, household, grocery, and vitamins and supplements. The company offers products, including hair and body products, dental care, menstrual care, essential oils, travel, gifts, cleaners, tree free paper, laundry, kitchen, bathroom, linens, candles, cereals and breakfast, beverages, pastas and sauces, baking, soups, canned goods, spices, condiments, oils and vinegars, snacks, and vitamins and supplements for women's health, men's health, heart, hair/skin/nails, immunity, stress, fitness, and protein powders. The company sells its products online. Public Goods was formerly known as Morgans. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in New York, New York.

Slumberkins

Private Placement in 2019
Slumberkins is a line of cuddly creatures, designed to promote positive attachments. Founded by two mothers and educators, each creature is accompanied by an original Sleepytime Rhyme, written with therapeutic techniques to promote a specific positive life skill. Slumberkins are the perfect, best, cuddly friend for little ones to incorporate into the bedtime routine and beyond. Each one is made of the softest, luxurious fabric and is machine washable.

Remote Year

Series A in 2016
Remote Year, Inc. provides services for curating work and travel programs for professionals to see the world without quit their jobs. It operates a community of digital nomads from across the globe to spend a year working, traveling, and exploring cities in Europe, Africa, Asia, Latin America, and South America, as well as exploring the local community through cultural tours, speaking events, and volunteer opportunities. The company provides co-working spaces, private rooms, transportation, and community activities and events. Remote Year, Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in Dover, Delaware.

Bucketfeet

Series A in 2015
BucketFeet, Inc., doing business as BucketFeet, designs and manufactures shoes for men, women, and children. It also offers tees, hoodies, and socks. The company provides its products online. BucketFeet, Inc. was founded in 2011 and is based in Chicago, Illinois. As of October 23, 2017, BucketFeet, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of SkinnyCorp, LLC.

Sigo Seguros

Seed Round in 2023
Sigo Insurance Services, LLC owns and operates an online platform that sells car insurance products and services. The company through its platform allows users to search, compare, and buy car insurance from different insurance companies. The company is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Tally Labs

Seed Round in 2022
Tally Labs is build characters, and tools of the metaverse.

Black Buffalo

Venture Round in 2022
Black Buffalo is a smokeless tobacco alternative that has the same look, feel, smell and experience as traditional dipping products like Copenhagen or Skoal, without using tobacco leaves or stems, co-founder Jeffery David says. The product comes in both long-cut and pouch varieties and contains pharmaceutical-grade nicotine.

Raise

Seed Round in 2012
Raise is a leading digital prepaid and retail payment platform where consumers save money on every purchase at over 4,000 brands and earn rewards with Raise Pay. As a digital partner to more than 600+ national brands, Raise offers an innovative way for retailers to increase brand loyalty, engagement, and retention by adding value for their core consumers. Since 2013, Raise has saved its millions of members more than $200 million and received $147 million in funding from leading investors including Accel, PayPal, Bessemer Venture Partners, and New Enterprise Associates. Raise is available on both iOS and Android or at raise.com

Miss Grass, Inc.

Private Placement in 2019
Miss Grass, Inc. operates as an e-commerce marketplace that engages in retail and distribution of cannabis products and other accessories. It sells ashtrays, pipes, bud vase and other products of different brands. The company is based in Venice, California.

Catch Co.

Series A in 2017
The Catch Co. creates a simplified and irresistible shopping experience that curates the right gear at the right time to the right anglers—at a fraction of the cost of traditional retail. They are changing the way anglers shop for the products they love.

Tastebud

Seed Round in 2013
*Tastebud Techologies, Inc. was formerly StyleSeek, Inc.* Tastebud builds mobile experiences that personalize the world around you. The Tastebud Retail platform helps drive sales at brick-and-mortar shopping centers via personalized offers, games, loyalty programs, and beacon technology. We've delighted millions of users nationwide, and are fortunate to work with hundreds of leading retailers and brands.

FanFueled

Seed Round in 2011
FanFueled provides patented “ROI” Technology (Return On Influence) to track & reward influence beyond one degree of separation. FanFueled is a peer-to-peer-to-peer social-marketing platform that rewards consumers for sharing purchases with their friends. Its patented technology authenticates and rewards consumers on multiple degrees of separation for additional purchases that result from their activity.

OROS

Private Placement in 2018
OROS designs, develop, and integrates insulative technology that delayers outerwear. It's patented Aerogel-based Solarcore technology is what makes the delayering possible. Originally developed from the NASA technology used for space suit insulation and the Mars Rovers, OROS has successfully extended Aerogel infusing it to create Solarcore, helping to make outerwear thinner, warmer, and more flexible. In doing so, OROS makes the impossible possible.

Sigo Seguros

Seed Round in 2022
Sigo Insurance Services, LLC owns and operates an online platform that sells car insurance products and services. The company through its platform allows users to search, compare, and buy car insurance from different insurance companies. The company is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Raise

Series A in 2013
Raise is a leading digital prepaid and retail payment platform where consumers save money on every purchase at over 4,000 brands and earn rewards with Raise Pay. As a digital partner to more than 600+ national brands, Raise offers an innovative way for retailers to increase brand loyalty, engagement, and retention by adding value for their core consumers. Since 2013, Raise has saved its millions of members more than $200 million and received $147 million in funding from leading investors including Accel, PayPal, Bessemer Venture Partners, and New Enterprise Associates. Raise is available on both iOS and Android or at raise.com

KiwiCo

Venture Round in 2015
KiwiCo sparks creativity in kids and saves time for busy parents by providing all of the inspiration and materials necessary for hours of imaginative play and learning. With monthly deliveries of activities designed to help kids discover, explore, and create things in the world around them, KiwiCo brings hands-on fun right to the door. It was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Mountian View, California.

Public Goods

Convertible Note in 2020
Public Goods manufactures and markets unisex health, beauty, household, grocery, and vitamins and supplements. The company offers products, including hair and body products, dental care, menstrual care, essential oils, travel, gifts, cleaners, tree free paper, laundry, kitchen, bathroom, linens, candles, cereals and breakfast, beverages, pastas and sauces, baking, soups, canned goods, spices, condiments, oils and vinegars, snacks, and vitamins and supplements for women's health, men's health, heart, hair/skin/nails, immunity, stress, fitness, and protein powders. The company sells its products online. Public Goods was formerly known as Morgans. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in New York, New York.

Gesture

Series A in 2014
Gesture, LLC owns and operates an online mobile fundraising platform for charities, nonprofits, schools, churches, and political organizations. Its products include mobile bidding, a way for charities to raise more at silent auctions where guests bid from their phones; guest management, fully integrated online ticketing software to sell and manage ticket sales; expedited check-in and checkout; direct donations; real time dashboard that has details of registered users, bidding activity, and revenue totals; auction software, a web application used at fundraising events; pricing; and post-event reporting. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Westmont, Illinois.

Calm

Seed Round in 2013
Calm offers an application designed to help its users meditate and relax. The company is driven by a mission to make the world happier and healthier by developing a range of digital and physical products that enhance mental fitness and alleviate some of the most important mental health issues of the modern age including anxiety, depression, insomnia, and stress. Calm was named by Apple as the 2017 iPhone App of the Year and by Google Play as an Editors’ Choice in 2018. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Dose

Venture Round in 2012
Spartz is an online platform that makes it easy to create and share content with others to make them learn, laugh, and feel inspired. Its network, including OMG Facts, GivesMeHope, and MuggleNet, attracts 17 million readers across dozens of websites, mobile platforms, and apps. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Own Up

Venture Round in 2017
Own Up provides a software solution that enables residential lending from various lenders. The company allows consumers to finance their homes by eliminating the salesperson and providing a solution to compare, choose, and close with lenders. It supports primary residences, second homes, and investment properties, including single-family and multi-family homes, condos, and townhomes. Own Up was founded by Mike Tassone, and Patrick Boyaggi in 2015 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Rise Gardens

Series A in 2021
Rise Gardens LLC builds and markets home hydroponic gardening systems. The company provides a gardening system with modular components to facilitate growing herbs, greens, veggies, vining plants, microgreens, tomatoes, and peppers. It also provides The Rise Gardens application that tracks plants' progress and guides users through fertilizing. It sells its products through online. Rise Gardens LLC was formerly known as Harvest2O, LLC. Rise Gardens LLC was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Skokie, Illinois.

Interior Define

Series A in 2017
Interior Define Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets furniture products. It offers sofas, occasional chairs, and chaise and L-sectionals. It also provides custom furniture products. The company offers products through its showroom, as well as online. Interior Define Inc. was founded in 2013 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

Interior Define

Private Placement in 2017
Interior Define Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets furniture products. It offers sofas, occasional chairs, and chaise and L-sectionals. It also provides custom furniture products. The company offers products through its showroom, as well as online. Interior Define Inc. was founded in 2013 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

Miss Grass

Seed Round in 2019
Miss Grass is a modern and elevated online magazine with captivating content and an e-commerce destination for modern cannabis consumers. They share stories about the women who inspire and curate products for the women who define us. From cannabis basics to fitness, beauty to smoking etiquette, the war on drugs to healing lube, food to Mercury’s retrograde, This is your benevolent guide. Miss Grass was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Venice, California, USA.

WiredPlanet

Acquisition in 2000
A streaming music and video Web site.

Packback

Series B in 2019
Packback, Inc. owns and operates an artificial intelligence discussion platform that allows professors to assess critical thinking in students through online discussions. The products include PB Books that offers online textbooks on rental basis and PB Questions that operates digital discussion platform. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

Gunslinger Studios

Seed Round in 2016
Gunslinger Studios is a games business bent on bringing the excitement of multiplayer gaming to mobile players in a minute or less-- something that fits their schedule but lets them compete and explore in a live game world. The company is creating fiercely mobile, one-handed experiences for a generation of competitive gamers who grew up with Pokemon, CCGs and MMOs. They're powered by Gunslinger’s technology platform for competitive eSports, live game operations and community-driven content. Info about its first game, battle RPG Exiles of Embermark (already on PG's Most Anticipated List), is at exilesofembermark.com and @exilesgame.

Here

Series A in 2018
Here Holdings, LLC produces cold press juices, dips, and spreads. The company's products include pineapple, celery, apple, turmeric, basil; kale, apple, lemon, wheatgrass; beet, apple, ginger; orange, zucchini, spinach, kale, lemon; cucumber, apple, celery, kale, mint; and tomato, cucumber, apple, red pepper, carrot, mint juices and black bean tomato, edamame pea sesame, white bean basil, bright beet bean, curry lentil, and spinach mushroom dips. The company is based in Chicago, Illinois.

Catch Co.

Series A in 2017
The Catch Co. creates a simplified and irresistible shopping experience that curates the right gear at the right time to the right anglers—at a fraction of the cost of traditional retail. They are changing the way anglers shop for the products they love.

OROS

Seed Round in 2018
OROS designs, develop, and integrates insulative technology that delayers outerwear. It's patented Aerogel-based Solarcore technology is what makes the delayering possible. Originally developed from the NASA technology used for space suit insulation and the Mars Rovers, OROS has successfully extended Aerogel infusing it to create Solarcore, helping to make outerwear thinner, warmer, and more flexible. In doing so, OROS makes the impossible possible.

Raise

Series B in 2015
Raise is a leading digital prepaid and retail payment platform where consumers save money on every purchase at over 4,000 brands and earn rewards with Raise Pay. As a digital partner to more than 600+ national brands, Raise offers an innovative way for retailers to increase brand loyalty, engagement, and retention by adding value for their core consumers. Since 2013, Raise has saved its millions of members more than $200 million and received $147 million in funding from leading investors including Accel, PayPal, Bessemer Venture Partners, and New Enterprise Associates. Raise is available on both iOS and Android or at raise.com

Tastebud

Seed Round in 2012
*Tastebud Techologies, Inc. was formerly StyleSeek, Inc.* Tastebud builds mobile experiences that personalize the world around you. The Tastebud Retail platform helps drive sales at brick-and-mortar shopping centers via personalized offers, games, loyalty programs, and beacon technology. We've delighted millions of users nationwide, and are fortunate to work with hundreds of leading retailers and brands.

KnowledgeHound

Series A in 2016
KnowledgeHound simplifies how companies organize and access consumer insights—we build a unified, searchable database for your market research data, so your team can easily and efficiently locate the insights you need. Stunning visualization tools and powerful analytics make it easy to transform data and insights into effective business intelligence, while secure, cloud-based technology lets your team share information across units, geographies, and business partners for a broader impact.

Dame Products

Series A in 2022
Dame Products was founded with the purpose of making phenomenal sex toys. The company's mission is to design well-engineered sex toys, to heighten intimacy, and to openly empower the sexual experiences of womankind.

Fable

Series A in 2022
Fable believes in simple, timeless, and responsible designs. Fable is motivated by a common vision to create products that are as enjoyable as they are ethical. It intentionally designs pieces to transcend fashionable trends, creating pieces that are as timeless as they are elegant.

Factor_

Pre Seed Round in 2013
Factor 75 is an online platform that plans, prepares, and delivers nutritionist-designed and chef-crafted meals for its users. The company a fully-prepared meal delivery service that specializes in providing fresh, ready-to-eat meals with a focus on health and wellness. Its rotating menu of breakfast, lunch, and dinner options feature Keto, Paleo, low-carb, vegetarian, plant-based, and high protein meals that can be heated in the microwave or oven and are ready in minutes. Factor 75 only uses fresh ingredients from its trusted partners and assures that the meals are free of hormones, antibiotics, gluten, refined sugars, and GMOs. Factor is supported by leading consumer investors Listen Ventures, Bluestein Ventures, and Marcy Venture Partners Mike Apostal and Nick Wernimont founded Factor 75 in Batavia, Illinois in 2013.

Mystery Tackle Box

Private Placement in 2020
Mystery Tackle Box, Inc. provides a monthly subscription service that connects anglers with fishing products. Its subscription plans include lures, jigs, spinner baits, terminal tackles, fishing mag and contests, stickers, and other items. The company provides boxes for various spices, such as bass, inshore saltwater, trout, panfish, walleye, catfish, and ice fishing. It also sells gift subscriptions, rods, reels, apparel, specialty boxes, and accessories online. Mystery Tackle Box, Inc. was founded in 2012 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

Own Up

Series B in 2021
Own Up provides a software solution that enables residential lending from various lenders. The company allows consumers to finance their homes by eliminating the salesperson and providing a solution to compare, choose, and close with lenders. It supports primary residences, second homes, and investment properties, including single-family and multi-family homes, condos, and townhomes. Own Up was founded by Mike Tassone, and Patrick Boyaggi in 2015 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Factor_

Series A in 2019
Factor 75 is an online platform that plans, prepares, and delivers nutritionist-designed and chef-crafted meals for its users. The company a fully-prepared meal delivery service that specializes in providing fresh, ready-to-eat meals with a focus on health and wellness. Its rotating menu of breakfast, lunch, and dinner options feature Keto, Paleo, low-carb, vegetarian, plant-based, and high protein meals that can be heated in the microwave or oven and are ready in minutes. Factor 75 only uses fresh ingredients from its trusted partners and assures that the meals are free of hormones, antibiotics, gluten, refined sugars, and GMOs. Factor is supported by leading consumer investors Listen Ventures, Bluestein Ventures, and Marcy Venture Partners Mike Apostal and Nick Wernimont founded Factor 75 in Batavia, Illinois in 2013.

Here

Private Placement in 2018
Here Holdings, LLC produces cold press juices, dips, and spreads. The company's products include pineapple, celery, apple, turmeric, basil; kale, apple, lemon, wheatgrass; beet, apple, ginger; orange, zucchini, spinach, kale, lemon; cucumber, apple, celery, kale, mint; and tomato, cucumber, apple, red pepper, carrot, mint juices and black bean tomato, edamame pea sesame, white bean basil, bright beet bean, curry lentil, and spinach mushroom dips. The company is based in Chicago, Illinois.