Founder Collective

Founded in 2009, Founder Collective is a private equity firm based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, with an additional office in New York. The firm specializes in seed-stage investments, primarily in technology-related companies across various sectors, including software and telecommunications. Founder Collective manages $50 million in capital and typically invests between $0.2 million and $2 million in early-stage ventures. The firm is comprised of a network of successful entrepreneurs who leverage their experience to identify promising startups. While the firm’s investment focus is geographically centered on the East Coast, it maintains a global investment outlook, targeting companies with a significant information technology component.

Nadia Boujarwah

Venture Partner

Raj De Datta

Partner

Joe Defilippi

Chief Financial Officer

David Frankel

General Partner

Noah Glass

Partner

Jack Groetzinger

Partner

Amanda Herson

General Partner

Zach Klein

Venture Partner

Eric Paley

General Partner

Andrew Palmer

Venture Partner

Brent Willess

Principal

Past deals in Northeastern US

Integrated Projects

Seed Round in 2023
Integrated Projects is a global building intelligence firm partnering with enterprise real estate owners and operators to lead the digital transformation of the built world. Our team of architects, engineers, reality capture specialists, and technologists believe designing through information modeling evolves how we optimize design delivery, build sustainably, and manage effectively our places of work, living and leisure.

Smalls

Series B in 2023
Smalls is a direct-to-consumer pet food company that produces human-grade and fresh food for cats. The company's cat food is prepared with human-grade ingredients and offers customized kits as per the cat's nutrition needs, enabling pet owners to get healthy and fresh food directly at their doorstep. It offers variants such as chicken and beef; freeze-dried chicken, and turkey and duck. In 2017, co-founders and best friends Matt Michaelson and Calvin headquartered the company in New York, New York.

Avant-garde Health

Series A in 2022
Avant-garde Health, Inc. is a health care solutions provider focused on delivering value-based payment systems. Founded in 2014 and located in Allston, Massachusetts, the company offers a web-based analytics platform that enables hospitals and physicians to analyze and compare costs and outcomes in care delivery. By empowering healthcare providers with data and insights, Avant-garde Health facilitates the measurement of care process costs and promotes the sharing of treatment-specific information among peer hospitals. This collaborative approach aims to enhance the quality and cost-effectiveness of patient care.

Flume Health

Series A in 2022
Flume Health Inc., founded in 2018 and headquartered in New York, operates as a third-party administrator for health plans. The company focuses on making self-insured health plans more accessible and user-friendly. Flume Health enhances the experience for its members by providing exceptional customer support alongside innovative payment technology. This approach enables members to access healthcare providers at significantly reduced rates, typically 20-40% lower than those found in traditional network plans. Through its services, Flume Health aims to improve the affordability and usability of health insurance for its clients.

Diagonal

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Diagonal is a non-custodial protocol for recurring payments on Ethereum.

ianacare

Series A in 2022
Ianacare, Inc. develops ianacare platform that offers products and services online through mobile applications. The company provides supportive care management for people suffering from chronic illnesses and other situations. Additionally, its platform connects caregiver, care recipient, and care supporters. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Newton Center, Massachusetts.

Toolio

Series A in 2021
Toolio is a cloud-based merchandising platform designed to assist retailers in navigating the complexities of the retail landscape. The platform automates essential workflows and provides real-time insights, enabling remote collaboration among teams. By leveraging machine learning and predictive analytics, Toolio offers valuable insights and facilitates streamlined merchandising operations, which helps retailers make informed, data-driven decisions regarding their merchandise. Founded by a team of former Walmart professionals, Toolio operates globally with headquarters in New York City and an office in Istanbul. The company is supported by prominent venture capitalists and apparel industry executives, reflecting its commitment to enhancing retail operations.

Tropic

Series A in 2021
Tropic Technologies, Inc. is a New York-based company that offers online software selection services through a specialized martech platform. Founded in 2019, Tropic assists individuals and organizations in evaluating and procuring software by enabling them to discover software vendors and assess their offerings based on specific requirements. The platform covers various software categories, including marketing, sales, data and analytics, e-commerce, creative design, collaboration, human resources, and cybersecurity. By acting as a tech-enabled procurement service for startups, Tropic manages contracts and negotiations with vendors on behalf of its clients. This approach helps to reduce software overspending, streamline contract management, and achieve better pricing through established vendor relationships. Additionally, Tropic provides a contractual guarantee of savings, offering clients a financial safety net if their expectations are not met.

Verve Motion

Series A in 2021
Verve Motion specializes in the development of lightweight wearable exo-suits aimed at enhancing the safety and comfort of workers engaged in physically demanding tasks. By integrating robotics, apparel design, and movement science, the company creates innovative textile-based solutions that adapt to the movements of the wearer. These exo-suits provide support by delivering force at critical moments while remaining nonrestrictive, thereby promoting a safer work environment. Additionally, Verve Motion's designs contribute to a more restful experience for workers during their off-hours.

Vitally

Series A in 2021
Vitally, Inc. is a New York-based company that specializes in developing an analytics platform tailored for B2B SaaS businesses. Founded in 2017, the platform enables companies to monitor essential product metrics that influence customer retention and assesses the effectiveness of their post-sales processes. Vitally provides comprehensive analytics tools that offer insights into customer engagement and help identify both opportunities and risks associated with customer transitions. The platform integrates various customer data to present a holistic view of key performance indicators, allowing businesses to establish health scores, set notifications, and implement automated workflows to enhance customer experience and reduce churn.

Ansel Health

Series A in 2021
Brella is modernizing supplemental health benefits to build a world where health hardship doesn’t mean financial hardship. Brella’s simple supplemental plan covers 13,000+ conditions and pays cash on the diagnosis that you can use for anything that is needed on the road to recovery. Brella Insurance was founded in 2019 and is based in Hoboken, New Jersey.

Kambr

Seed Round in 2021
Kambr Inc., founded in 2019 and based in Amsterdam, New York, provides advisory and software solutions tailored for the airline industry. The company aims to assist airlines in optimizing their commercial processes and increasing revenues through automation, insights, and intelligence. Kambr's name is inspired by "camber," referring to the wing shape that generates lift in flight. By establishing distinct units focused on Advisory, Media, and Solutions, Kambr seeks to drive thought leadership and enhance demand management within the aviation sector.

Levels

Seed Round in 2020
Levels Health Inc. is a New York-based company that specializes in health and wellness through its innovative biowearable device utilizing continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) technology. Founded in 2019, Levels offers a platform that tracks real-time blood glucose levels, allowing consumers to understand how their diet and exercise affect their metabolic health. Through its online application, the company provides users with actionable feedback to optimize their lifestyle choices for better metabolic fitness. As a remote-first organization, Levels aims to empower individuals to take charge of their health by leveraging technology to monitor and improve their metabolic well-being.

Mable

Series A in 2020
Mable develops an online wholesale platform for retailers and distributors to find and buy products. It includes brands, such as Black Dinah Chocolatiers, Brave Coffee & Tea, Coastal Craft Kombucha, Crown Maple, Eddie's Bakery, Loco Coffee, Real Food Bar, and STOKES Firestarters. The company is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Levels

Seed Round in 2020
Levels Health Inc. is a New York-based company that specializes in health and wellness through its innovative biowearable device utilizing continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) technology. Founded in 2019, Levels offers a platform that tracks real-time blood glucose levels, allowing consumers to understand how their diet and exercise affect their metabolic health. Through its online application, the company provides users with actionable feedback to optimize their lifestyle choices for better metabolic fitness. As a remote-first organization, Levels aims to empower individuals to take charge of their health by leveraging technology to monitor and improve their metabolic well-being.

Clair

Seed Round in 2020
Clair is a New York-based fintech startup that provides Instant Pay Access as a service for human capital management platforms and the gig economy. With Clair, employees and contractors get access to a digital bank account that allows them to get a portion of their earned wages as soon as they finish work. It aims to make every worker financially free. Banking services provided by Synapse’s partners, Member FDIC. The company was founded in 2019 and is based in New York, New York.

Talos

Venture Round in 2020
Talos Trading, Inc. is a technology provider focused on the institutional trading of digital assets, facilitating a comprehensive trading lifecycle that includes pre-trade price discovery, order routing, execution, and settlement. Founded in 2018 and based in New York, the company offers a platform that connects various participants in the crypto ecosystem, including institutional investors, prime brokers, exchanges, OTC desks, lenders, and custodians. This infrastructure enables clients to efficiently execute, analyze, and settle trades across spot, futures, and foreign exchange markets. Talos Trading's solutions support real-time price streaming, portfolio accounting, and liquidity access, catering to the needs of its diverse clientele in the rapidly evolving digital asset market.

Mulberry

Series A in 2020
Mulberry, founded in 2018 and based in New York, provides a platform for personalized product protection solutions, specializing in extended warranty coverage for e-commerce customers. The company utilizes artificial intelligence to facilitate connections between insurers, brands, and consumers, enabling the seamless signing of contracts and launching of warranty programs for various product categories, including electronics, furniture, jewelry, and fitness equipment. By offering a suite of integration options, Mulberry allows businesses to embed customized protection programs into their customer journeys, streamlining the process of product insurance and enhancing operational efficiency. Through its innovative approach, Mulberry aims to help brands unlock additional revenue while providing consumers with essential coverage for their purchases.

Smalls

Series A in 2020
Smalls is a direct-to-consumer pet food company that produces human-grade and fresh food for cats. The company's cat food is prepared with human-grade ingredients and offers customized kits as per the cat's nutrition needs, enabling pet owners to get healthy and fresh food directly at their doorstep. It offers variants such as chicken and beef; freeze-dried chicken, and turkey and duck. In 2017, co-founders and best friends Matt Michaelson and Calvin headquartered the company in New York, New York.

Ansel Health

Seed Round in 2020
Brella is modernizing supplemental health benefits to build a world where health hardship doesn’t mean financial hardship. Brella’s simple supplemental plan covers 13,000+ conditions and pays cash on the diagnosis that you can use for anything that is needed on the road to recovery. Brella Insurance was founded in 2019 and is based in Hoboken, New Jersey.

ClassTag

Seed Round in 2020
The free ClassTag service transforms the way teachers connect with parents, allowing them to save time and focus on classroom education and activities rather than preparing and distributing parent notes and communications. With ClassTag, teachers can reach parents in over 50 languages through any channel including online, via email or text message, and even paper printouts. The cloud-based ClassTag platform inspires and rewards parent engagement with ClassTag Rewards, full of classroom supplies and learning products for the classrooms.

Ansel Health

Seed Round in 2020
Brella is modernizing supplemental health benefits to build a world where health hardship doesn’t mean financial hardship. Brella’s simple supplemental plan covers 13,000+ conditions and pays cash on the diagnosis that you can use for anything that is needed on the road to recovery. Brella Insurance was founded in 2019 and is based in Hoboken, New Jersey.

Tropic

Seed Round in 2020
Tropic Technologies, Inc. is a New York-based company that offers online software selection services through a specialized martech platform. Founded in 2019, Tropic assists individuals and organizations in evaluating and procuring software by enabling them to discover software vendors and assess their offerings based on specific requirements. The platform covers various software categories, including marketing, sales, data and analytics, e-commerce, creative design, collaboration, human resources, and cybersecurity. By acting as a tech-enabled procurement service for startups, Tropic manages contracts and negotiations with vendors on behalf of its clients. This approach helps to reduce software overspending, streamline contract management, and achieve better pricing through established vendor relationships. Additionally, Tropic provides a contractual guarantee of savings, offering clients a financial safety net if their expectations are not met.

ianacare

Venture Round in 2020
Ianacare, Inc. develops ianacare platform that offers products and services online through mobile applications. The company provides supportive care management for people suffering from chronic illnesses and other situations. Additionally, its platform connects caregiver, care recipient, and care supporters. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Newton Center, Massachusetts.

ClassTag

Seed Round in 2020
The free ClassTag service transforms the way teachers connect with parents, allowing them to save time and focus on classroom education and activities rather than preparing and distributing parent notes and communications. With ClassTag, teachers can reach parents in over 50 languages through any channel including online, via email or text message, and even paper printouts. The cloud-based ClassTag platform inspires and rewards parent engagement with ClassTag Rewards, full of classroom supplies and learning products for the classrooms.

Verve Motion

Seed Round in 2020
Verve Motion specializes in the development of lightweight wearable exo-suits aimed at enhancing the safety and comfort of workers engaged in physically demanding tasks. By integrating robotics, apparel design, and movement science, the company creates innovative textile-based solutions that adapt to the movements of the wearer. These exo-suits provide support by delivering force at critical moments while remaining nonrestrictive, thereby promoting a safer work environment. Additionally, Verve Motion's designs contribute to a more restful experience for workers during their off-hours.

HumanFirst

Seed Round in 2019
HumanFirst, formerly known as Elektra Labs, is a healthcare-security company based in Tyngsboro, Massachusetts, that focuses on enhancing healthcare operations in home settings. Established in 2017, the company has developed a digital measures platform called Atlas, which streamlines the evaluation and implementation of connected technologies for collecting behavioral and physiological data. HumanFirst caters to a diverse clientele, including leading organizations involved in decentralized clinical trials and virtual care. Notably, 22 of the 25 largest pharmaceutical companies globally have utilized the HumanFirst platform to assess and facilitate the deployment of health technology products. The company provides command center and infrastructure solutions that ensure the reliability and trustworthiness of telehealth operations, matching the standards typically found in hospitals and laboratories.

TetraScience

Series A in 2019
TetraScience, Inc. develops hardware and software solutions designed to monitor and manage research experiments while logging data in the cloud. The company provides a range of products including sensors for temperature, humidity, and acceleration, as well as cameras for viewing experiments, electric switches, and adapters for connecting various hardware tools such as syringe pumps and wave generators. TetraScience's solutions cater to the needs of scientists, engineers, managers, and safety officers, enabling efficient data management in various research applications including bioprocessing and analytical chemistry. Established in 2014 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, TetraScience has formed a strategic partnership with Dotmatics Limited to enhance its offerings.

Mable

Seed Round in 2019
Mable develops an online wholesale platform for retailers and distributors to find and buy products. It includes brands, such as Black Dinah Chocolatiers, Brave Coffee & Tea, Coastal Craft Kombucha, Crown Maple, Eddie's Bakery, Loco Coffee, Real Food Bar, and STOKES Firestarters. The company is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Flipside Crypto

Seed Round in 2019
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.

Kambr

Seed Round in 2019
Kambr Inc., founded in 2019 and based in Amsterdam, New York, provides advisory and software solutions tailored for the airline industry. The company aims to assist airlines in optimizing their commercial processes and increasing revenues through automation, insights, and intelligence. Kambr's name is inspired by "camber," referring to the wing shape that generates lift in flight. By establishing distinct units focused on Advisory, Media, and Solutions, Kambr seeks to drive thought leadership and enhance demand management within the aviation sector.

Vitally

Seed Round in 2019
Vitally, Inc. is a New York-based company that specializes in developing an analytics platform tailored for B2B SaaS businesses. Founded in 2017, the platform enables companies to monitor essential product metrics that influence customer retention and assesses the effectiveness of their post-sales processes. Vitally provides comprehensive analytics tools that offer insights into customer engagement and help identify both opportunities and risks associated with customer transitions. The platform integrates various customer data to present a holistic view of key performance indicators, allowing businesses to establish health scores, set notifications, and implement automated workflows to enhance customer experience and reduce churn.

Hawthorne

Series A in 2019
Hawthorne creates personal care products using premium quality ingredients, data-driven algorithms, and smart subscriptions. It makes it easy to elevate consumers with premium quality products that work perfectly for them as an individual. With just a quick quiz, consumers will receive tailored products for all of their bathroom needs.

Ethyca

Seed Round in 2019
Ethyca Inc. is a New York-based company that specializes in software solutions for automating customer data compliance processes. Founded in 2018, Ethyca provides data privacy and risk management tools designed to help businesses manage sensitive consumer information effectively. Its flagship product, Ethyca Pro, is a cloud-based self-service privacy solution that automates essential tasks such as data mapping, data subject request management, and consent management in accordance with regulations like the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). The platform also offers developers and product teams tools to ensure consumer data privacy throughout the design of applications and services. By enabling organizations to discover sensitive data and providing mechanisms for users to manage their data, Ethyca aims to enhance trust in data-driven business practices and facilitate compliance with privacy regulations across various jurisdictions.

Mightier

Series A in 2019
Mightier is a gaming platform and family program scientifically-proven to help kids regulate their emotions. It is a bioresponsive program that harnesses the mind-body connection to build emotional regulation in its players. Its program of bioresponsive video games, developed at Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, aims to help children with behavioral and emotional challenges learn how to harness emotions in daily life. Mightier was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Flume Health

Seed Round in 2019
Flume Health Inc., founded in 2018 and headquartered in New York, operates as a third-party administrator for health plans. The company focuses on making self-insured health plans more accessible and user-friendly. Flume Health enhances the experience for its members by providing exceptional customer support alongside innovative payment technology. This approach enables members to access healthcare providers at significantly reduced rates, typically 20-40% lower than those found in traditional network plans. Through its services, Flume Health aims to improve the affordability and usability of health insurance for its clients.

Toolio

Venture Round in 2019
Toolio is a cloud-based merchandising platform designed to assist retailers in navigating the complexities of the retail landscape. The platform automates essential workflows and provides real-time insights, enabling remote collaboration among teams. By leveraging machine learning and predictive analytics, Toolio offers valuable insights and facilitates streamlined merchandising operations, which helps retailers make informed, data-driven decisions regarding their merchandise. Founded by a team of former Walmart professionals, Toolio operates globally with headquarters in New York City and an office in Istanbul. The company is supported by prominent venture capitalists and apparel industry executives, reflecting its commitment to enhancing retail operations.

Perksy

Seed Round in 2019
Perksy, Inc. is a consumer research platform that provides brands with valuable insights through an online and mobile-based application. Founded in 2015 and based in New York, Perksy allows users to create custom research questions and analyze feedback from respondents, offering companies a way to enhance customer engagement and improve their marketing strategies. The platform rewards users with points for their opinions, incentivizing participation. Additionally, Perksy offers an enterprise-grade solution known as Perksy Alpha, which facilitates detailed analysis and delivers targeted insights. Through its innovative approach, Perksy aims to bridge the gap between companies and consumers, ultimately supporting brand growth and customer satisfaction.

Zoba

Seed Round in 2019
Zoba, Inc. owns and operates a web application that allows organizations to interact with zoba's predictions of human behavior in real-time. Zoba was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

SelfMade

Series A in 2019
SelfMade is a venture backed start-up located in downtown Manhattan. They work at the intersection of technology and digital art, empowering individuals and brands to grow their business through social media. Their members' only app uses AI and proprietary technology to connect members with professional image editors and social strategists -- allowing them to build a powerful brand at an affordable price. SelfMade is democratizing an experience once reserved for celebrities and brands.

Smalls

Seed Round in 2019
Smalls is a direct-to-consumer pet food company that produces human-grade and fresh food for cats. The company's cat food is prepared with human-grade ingredients and offers customized kits as per the cat's nutrition needs, enabling pet owners to get healthy and fresh food directly at their doorstep. It offers variants such as chicken and beef; freeze-dried chicken, and turkey and duck. In 2017, co-founders and best friends Matt Michaelson and Calvin headquartered the company in New York, New York.

ClassTag

Seed Round in 2018
The free ClassTag service transforms the way teachers connect with parents, allowing them to save time and focus on classroom education and activities rather than preparing and distributing parent notes and communications. With ClassTag, teachers can reach parents in over 50 languages through any channel including online, via email or text message, and even paper printouts. The cloud-based ClassTag platform inspires and rewards parent engagement with ClassTag Rewards, full of classroom supplies and learning products for the classrooms.

Ask Lorem

Seed Round in 2018
Lorem is an on-demand freelance marketplace that connects non-technical business owners with high-quality web developers and designers in less than 10 minutes. Our goal is to empower the modern day business owner to succeed and enable freelance as the Future of Work with our global network of experts. We’re hiring! Head over to our jobs page to learn more: https://angel.co/loremtech/jobs Funded by Flybridge Capital & Techstars

Scroll

Series A in 2018
Scroll is a subscription-based service that provides users with an ad-free online journalism experience. Headquartered in the United States, the company aims to present high-quality content to engaged readers while minimizing distractions from advertisements. By allowing users to access articles on participating news sites without ads, Scroll creates a sustainable revenue model that benefits both users and publishers. This approach not only enhances the reading experience but also supports journalism by sharing revenue with the publishers, thereby fostering a more informed and engaged audience. Through its innovative platform, Scroll seeks to address the challenges posed by the distraction economy and filter bubbles, encouraging readers to focus on meaningful content.

Running Tide

Seed Round in 2018
Running Tide is a global ocean health company focused on developing innovative aquaculture techniques to enhance both flavor and nutritional value while addressing climate challenges. By leveraging scientific expertise, the company aims to produce sustainable, low-carbon protein sources. Running Tide employs nature-based interventions to remove carbon from the atmosphere and combat ocean acidification. Its approach involves the design and development of integrated software and hardware systems that utilize photosynthesis, ocean currents, and gravity to sequester carbon in the deep ocean. Through the analysis of ocean data, Running Tide seeks to optimize the use of the Earth's vast marine environments, thereby improving ocean health and amplifying the natural restorative capabilities of the ocean.

Blissfully

Seed Round in 2018
Blissfully helps companies discover, integrate, and manage the right technologies by providing hands-on IT as a Service and complementary software. Blissfully was proudly founded in 2016 by serial technology-entrepreneurs. Previously, they founded Boundless, an education company that creates online textbooks and learning tools. Boundless raised over $10M in venture capital, reaches millions of students and teachers every month, and was acquired in 2015.

Edmit

Seed Round in 2018
Edmit was founded by innovative university leaders passionate about student success. We believe students should feel empowered in the college admissions and financial aid process, and that colleges should have more effective ways to engage directly with students on pricing in order to effectively bring great students to their institution.

Mulberry

Seed Round in 2018
Mulberry, founded in 2018 and based in New York, provides a platform for personalized product protection solutions, specializing in extended warranty coverage for e-commerce customers. The company utilizes artificial intelligence to facilitate connections between insurers, brands, and consumers, enabling the seamless signing of contracts and launching of warranty programs for various product categories, including electronics, furniture, jewelry, and fitness equipment. By offering a suite of integration options, Mulberry allows businesses to embed customized protection programs into their customer journeys, streamlining the process of product insurance and enhancing operational efficiency. Through its innovative approach, Mulberry aims to help brands unlock additional revenue while providing consumers with essential coverage for their purchases.

Mightier

Seed Round in 2018
Mightier is a gaming platform and family program scientifically-proven to help kids regulate their emotions. It is a bioresponsive program that harnesses the mind-body connection to build emotional regulation in its players. Its program of bioresponsive video games, developed at Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, aims to help children with behavioral and emotional challenges learn how to harness emotions in daily life. Mightier was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Ten Percent Happier

Seed Round in 2018
Ten Percent Happier is a provider of a meditation platform designed for fidgety skeptics. The company's platform offers expert advice to monitor behavioral changes in a person's life by blending text messages, web content, and short videos that enables users to access a clear a simple approach to meditation. It was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Minim

Seed Round in 2018
Minim Inc. is a company that specializes in designing and developing an Internet of Things (IoT) platform aimed at enhancing home management and security. Founded in 2017 and based in Manchester, New Hampshire, Minim employs advanced technologies such as Quantum Fingerprinting and machine learning to create a self-learning platform that identifies device behaviors and detects potential threats. This platform not only optimizes WiFi performance but also provides tools for consumers and care providers to secure connected devices effectively. Minim collaborates with Internet Service Providers (ISPs), router manufacturers, software developers, and IoT device manufacturers to ensure safe and efficient home connectivity. The company's focus is on delivering a reliable and user-friendly experience, contributing to higher customer satisfaction in an era where connected devices are prevalent. As of December 2020, Minim operates as a subsidiary of Zoom Telephonics, Inc.

Shopshops

Seed Round in 2018
ShopShops is a livestream shopping platform that connects consumers with brick-and-mortar retailers across the globe, allowing users to shop from diverse stores directly through their mobile devices. Founded in 2016 by Liyia Wu, the company operates from its headquarters in New York City and Beijing. The platform offers an interactive experience, enabling customers to browse efficiently by location and access authenticated products from various brands and stores. By breaking down geographical barriers, ShopShops provides a unique shopping experience that combines curation and interaction, allowing fashion-savvy consumers to explore global retail offerings conveniently and affordably.

Flipside Crypto

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.

CultureIQ

Venture Round in 2018
CultureIQ, Inc. specializes in culture management software that assists organizations in assessing and enhancing their workplace culture. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in New York, the company offers tools that enable continuous employee feedback through customizable surveys, including pulse and trend questions. By analyzing employee responses, CultureIQ helps organizations track key culture metrics and derive actionable insights. The platform facilitates effective communication of results and supports the implementation of culture initiatives, ultimately aiming to improve employee engagement and organizational success.

Avant-garde Health

Seed Round in 2018
Avant-garde Health, Inc. is a health care solutions provider focused on delivering value-based payment systems. Founded in 2014 and located in Allston, Massachusetts, the company offers a web-based analytics platform that enables hospitals and physicians to analyze and compare costs and outcomes in care delivery. By empowering healthcare providers with data and insights, Avant-garde Health facilitates the measurement of care process costs and promotes the sharing of treatment-specific information among peer hospitals. This collaborative approach aims to enhance the quality and cost-effectiveness of patient care.

Hawthorne

Seed Round in 2017
Hawthorne creates personal care products using premium quality ingredients, data-driven algorithms, and smart subscriptions. It makes it easy to elevate consumers with premium quality products that work perfectly for them as an individual. With just a quick quiz, consumers will receive tailored products for all of their bathroom needs.

PROPS

Venture Round in 2017
PROPS is a new cryptocurrency that grants access to features, content and status across media apps that share a currency and identity layer, and whose users benefit from the PROPS rewards pool.

Sentenai

Seed Round in 2017
Sentenai is cloud service that connects intelligent systems to the data they need to make better decisions in real-time. Sentenai’s product combines distributed systems and applied machine learning to automatically organize sensor data streams, making them searchable in real-time. Sentenai is an early-stage startup building data infrastructure for machine learning and predictive applications.

Alyce

Seed Round in 2017
Alyce, Inc. operates an AI-driven platform designed to enhance sales and marketing efforts through personalized gifting solutions. Founded in December 2015 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, the company offers SWAG SELECT, an online tool that facilitates the selection and distribution of gifts via direct mail from an extensive catalogue. Alyce's platform focuses on one-to-one gifting and account-based marketing, utilizing personal social data to identify optimal gifts for recipients. It manages the entire process, including orders, shipping, and reporting, for a wide range of gift quantities. The approach aims to foster genuine relationships, achieving significantly higher account penetration and pipeline growth compared to traditional methods. Alyce's solutions are designed to make B2B gift-giving straightforward, effective, and measurable, all while being provided at no cost to users.

SelfMade

Series A in 2017
SelfMade is a venture backed start-up located in downtown Manhattan. They work at the intersection of technology and digital art, empowering individuals and brands to grow their business through social media. Their members' only app uses AI and proprietary technology to connect members with professional image editors and social strategists -- allowing them to build a powerful brand at an affordable price. SelfMade is democratizing an experience once reserved for celebrities and brands.

Rekener Inc.

Seed Round in 2017
Rekener is a customer data platform for B2B. We automatically create and maintain a 360 degree view of your customers using data from SFDC, Marketo, Hubspot and other sources. From there, we provide analytical applications that both (a) prioritize go-to-market resources on the right prospects and resources and (b) automate KPIs in order to constantly measure what’s working and what’s not working.

Vitae Industries

Venture Round in 2017
Vitae Industries, Inc. develops pharmacy compounding automation products. It provides AutoCompounder that manufactures tablets or gummies, verifies the dose, and cleans up. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Providence, Rhode Island.

Embark

Seed Round in 2017
Embark offers dog DNA testing that ends preventable diseases in dogs. It was founded by top experts in genomics, computational biology, and software design to sell an industry-leading dog DNA test. They use a clinical-grade CLIA-certified SNP chip to provide the most accurate and comprehensive results (200,000+ genetic markers) available on the market. Their data contributes to proprietary genetics research that will help dog owners optimize nutrition, exercise, allergies, and prevent a variety of heritable conditions. Their technological advantage, intellectual capital, and research-focus enable them to push canine health toward our shared vision of preventative veterinary care.

Embark

Seed Round in 2017
Embark offers dog DNA testing that ends preventable diseases in dogs. It was founded by top experts in genomics, computational biology, and software design to sell an industry-leading dog DNA test. They use a clinical-grade CLIA-certified SNP chip to provide the most accurate and comprehensive results (200,000+ genetic markers) available on the market. Their data contributes to proprietary genetics research that will help dog owners optimize nutrition, exercise, allergies, and prevent a variety of heritable conditions. Their technological advantage, intellectual capital, and research-focus enable them to push canine health toward our shared vision of preventative veterinary care.

JuliaHub

Seed Round in 2017
Julia is an open source, modern, easy, and high performance programming language. Julia is one of the top 10 languages developed on GitHub, receiving contributions from hundreds of developers. The Julia ecosystem counts over 4,000 packages. Julia itself has been downloaded over 20 million times. The Julia creators received the James H. Wilkinson Prize for Numerical Software and are all co-founders of Julia Computing. Julia Computing, apart from being a major contributor to Julia, develops the JuliaHub cloud platform for enterprise users and also provides support and consulting services to its customers.

Ask Lorem

Seed Round in 2017
Lorem is an on-demand freelance marketplace that connects non-technical business owners with high-quality web developers and designers in less than 10 minutes. Our goal is to empower the modern day business owner to succeed and enable freelance as the Future of Work with our global network of experts. We’re hiring! Head over to our jobs page to learn more: https://angel.co/loremtech/jobs Funded by Flybridge Capital & Techstars

Blissfully

Seed Round in 2017
Blissfully helps companies discover, integrate, and manage the right technologies by providing hands-on IT as a Service and complementary software. Blissfully was proudly founded in 2016 by serial technology-entrepreneurs. Previously, they founded Boundless, an education company that creates online textbooks and learning tools. Boundless raised over $10M in venture capital, reaches millions of students and teachers every month, and was acquired in 2015.

Bedly

Seed Round in 2017
Bedly is revolutionizing the rental market by offering a modern housing solution designed for today's renters. The company specializes in month-to-month room rentals within shared apartments, providing a more affordable alternative to traditional one-bedroom apartments while eliminating long-term lease commitments. Bedly aims to simplify the rental process, making it as straightforward as booking a hotel room. By streamlining the apartment search and living experience, Bedly allows individuals to focus on their personal and professional pursuits, all while enjoying the flexibility and convenience of on-demand housing.

Shield AI

Series A in 2017
Shield AI Inc is an artificial intelligence robotics company focused on creating advanced systems for the national security sector and first responders. Founded in May 2015 and based in San Diego, California, with research offices in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Shield AI develops AI-driven technologies for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) operations. Its key offerings include Hivemind, an AI framework that enables various unmanned vehicles—such as ground vehicles, aerial drones, and underwater systems—to learn from both real and simulated experiences. Additionally, the company provides Nova, an AI-powered aerial robot designed for autonomous reconnaissance in challenging environments, including buildings and urban areas where GPS may be unavailable. The company's mission is to enhance the safety of service members and civilians through innovative AI systems.

Universe

Venture Round in 2017
Universe is a mobile-based website builder established in 2014 and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York. The platform aims to empower users to create customized websites quickly and easily, catering to the needs of small business owners and individuals who prefer mobile solutions. By offering a unique approach that eliminates complicated templates, Universe utilizes customizable website filters that allow users to arrange photos, videos, and icons on a grid pattern through a simple drag-and-drop interface. This enables users to build mobile-optimized websites in just minutes using the company's iOS app, providing them with full control over their online presence.

Mylestone

Seed Round in 2017
The pictures of your greatest memories are likely stored somewhere just out of reach. Maybe in an old photo album lost in the basement - or maybe indiscernible from the 3,000 other pictures on your phone, buried in streams on Facebook, or auto saved to a massive photo storage account. But what if you could access stories generated from those pictures simply by talking to Alexa? With Mylestone, all you have to do is say “Alexa, tell me a story about Mom.” and voila, memories of loved ones at your beck and call.

TellusLabs

Seed Round in 2017
TellusLabs combines decades of satellite imagery with a machine learning platform to answer critical, time-sensitive economic and environmental questions. They focus on high-value sectors where they can reduce their customers’ uncertainty with results that are science-quality, global-scale, and daily-repeat. Their technology allows TellusLabs data scientists to go from concept to a customer-ready signal at an unprecedented pace. Kernel, TellusLabs' flagship product, consistently predicted USDA's final 2016 corn and soy yield report ahead of all publicly available in-season forecasts.

CoverWallet

Series A in 2016
CoverWallet, Inc. is an online platform that simplifies the management of business insurance policies for small and medium-sized enterprises. Established in 2015 and based in New York, the company offers a comprehensive suite of insurance products, including general liability, workers' compensation, commercial property, professional liability, and cyber liability, among others. CoverWallet enables clients to compare rates, access certificates, receive advice, and obtain claims assistance, all through a user-friendly digital wallet. The platform serves a diverse range of industries, including agriculture, construction, healthcare, finance, and technology, providing businesses with the tools they need to understand, purchase, and manage their insurance needs efficiently. CoverWallet operates as a subsidiary of Aon Plc, enhancing its capabilities in the insurance sector.

Scroll

Seed Round in 2016
Scroll is a subscription-based service that provides users with an ad-free online journalism experience. Headquartered in the United States, the company aims to present high-quality content to engaged readers while minimizing distractions from advertisements. By allowing users to access articles on participating news sites without ads, Scroll creates a sustainable revenue model that benefits both users and publishers. This approach not only enhances the reading experience but also supports journalism by sharing revenue with the publishers, thereby fostering a more informed and engaged audience. Through its innovative platform, Scroll seeks to address the challenges posed by the distraction economy and filter bubbles, encouraging readers to focus on meaningful content.

Mightier

Seed Round in 2016
Mightier is a gaming platform and family program scientifically-proven to help kids regulate their emotions. It is a bioresponsive program that harnesses the mind-body connection to build emotional regulation in its players. Its program of bioresponsive video games, developed at Boston Children's Hospital and Harvard Medical School, aims to help children with behavioral and emotional challenges learn how to harness emotions in daily life. Mightier was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Crayon

Seed Round in 2016
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.

GetHuman

Venture Round in 2016
GetHuman LLC is a Boston-based company that specializes in providing tools and information to assist consumers with customer service challenges. Founded in 2005, the company offers a range of resources, including guides for reaching customer service, phone numbers, and contact details for various companies. Users can find shortcuts to navigate complex phone systems, skip waiting on hold, and even place calls directly from their browsers. Additionally, GetHuman provides expert assistance for those who prefer personalized support in addressing their customer service issues. The company's aim is to save users time, money, and frustration by streamlining the process of resolving customer service problems.

Bumpers, Inc.

Seed Round in 2016
Bumpers develops an iOS app that allows users to make apodcast direct from their mobile devices, using the phone's built-in microphones.

Dia&Co

Venture Round in 2016
Dia&Co sells clothing and accessories to women who wear plus-sized apparel via a try-on-at-home model. Customers take an online survey to explain their tastes and then are shipped a five-item box of clothing and accessories. They buy the pieces they like and ship the rest back for free.Each box comes with a $20 styling fee that can be used as a credit toward a purchase of an item in the box. If a customer buys every item in a box, they receive a 25 percent discount.

Troops

Series A in 2016
Troops.ai offers a salesforce automation platform designed to enhance the efficiency of sales teams by providing real-time transparency of Salesforce data. Acting as a Slackbot, it enables users to configure Salesforce reports, communicate deal wins, and access both standard and custom objects directly through Slack. This integration streamlines communication and improves the accessibility of vital sales information, facilitating better decision-making and collaboration among team members. Troops.ai has attracted investment from notable firms such as First Round Capital, Founder Collective, and Next View Ventures, among others.

Formlabs

Series B in 2016
Formlabs Inc. specializes in designing and manufacturing 3D printing systems aimed at professionals in various fields, including engineering, design, education, healthcare, and jewelry. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Somerville, Massachusetts, the company has expanded its presence internationally with offices in Germany, Japan, China, Singapore, Hungary, and North Carolina. Formlabs' product lineup features advanced 3D printers, such as the Form 3, Form 3B, and Fuse 1, which utilize Low Force Stereolithography (LFS) technology to deliver high-resolution prints. Additionally, the company provides a range of materials, including standard, castable, flexible, tough, and dental SG options, along with software tools like PreForm for model preparation. Formlabs is recognized for its commitment to innovation, offering post-processing solutions and manufacturing systems that cater to the needs of engineers, designers, and makers worldwide.

Quilt

Seed Round in 2016
Quilt Insurance Agency, LLC is an online insurance broker based in Boston, Massachusetts, founded in 2015. The company specializes in providing renters' insurance and term life insurance through digital channels, catering primarily to individuals who are accustomed to online interactions. Quilt aims to simplify the insurance purchasing process, making it more accessible and user-friendly. As of August 2018, Quilt operates as a subsidiary of Haven Life Insurance Agency, LLC.

Uptycs

Seed Round in 2016
Uptycs, Inc. develops a security analytics platform designed to monitor and diagnose infrastructure issues for various customers, including those in software as a service, enterprise, and data center sectors. The Uptycs platform integrates osquery, an open-source universal agent, with advanced security analytics to provide comprehensive solutions for fleet visibility, intrusion detection, vulnerability management, and compliance. It offers key functionalities such as endpoint detection and response, file integrity management, incident investigation, and user-driven security, targeting IT administrators, compliance officers, and incident response teams. Founded in 2016 and based in Waltham, Massachusetts, Uptycs supports a wide range of environments, including Linux, macOS, Windows, containers, and cloud workloads.

Shield AI

Seed Round in 2016
Shield AI Inc is an artificial intelligence robotics company focused on creating advanced systems for the national security sector and first responders. Founded in May 2015 and based in San Diego, California, with research offices in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Shield AI develops AI-driven technologies for intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) operations. Its key offerings include Hivemind, an AI framework that enables various unmanned vehicles—such as ground vehicles, aerial drones, and underwater systems—to learn from both real and simulated experiences. Additionally, the company provides Nova, an AI-powered aerial robot designed for autonomous reconnaissance in challenging environments, including buildings and urban areas where GPS may be unavailable. The company's mission is to enhance the safety of service members and civilians through innovative AI systems.

Accion Systems

Series A in 2016
Accion Systems Inc. is a manufacturer of satellite propulsion systems for the space industry, utilizing proprietary ion beam technology developed at MIT. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, the company offers a range of products, including MIN-0 CubeSat and small satellite electric propulsion systems, MAX-1 small satellite electric propulsion systems, and TILE satellite electric propulsion systems. Accion Systems focuses on developing scalable, high-performance, and efficient in-space propulsion technologies to meet the evolving needs of the satellite market.

Rebag

Series A in 2016
Rebag, a destination for buying and selling the most coveted designer handbags, watches, jewelry and accessories, is an e-commerce company reimagining the role of luxury in the secondary market. Rebag has opened a world of endless access to luxury, with a unique business model that puts the seller first, offers upfront payment, and makes the resale experience smooth and clutter-free. Since its inception, Rebag has catered to a rapidly growing segment of consumers who are exploring ownership of luxury goods in a sustainable and affordable way. The company operates online and in stores, with locations in Los Angeles, New York, and Miami. Founded in 2014 by a team out of Harvard Business School, Rebag is backed by prestigious venture capital investors including General Catalyst, Novator, Crosslink, and FJLabs, and has raised $68m in funding to date. In 2020, Rebag was named one of Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies. Rebag has been featured in the New York Times, Business of Fashion, VOGUE, TechCrunch, and more.

Bedly

Seed Round in 2016
Bedly is revolutionizing the rental market by offering a modern housing solution designed for today's renters. The company specializes in month-to-month room rentals within shared apartments, providing a more affordable alternative to traditional one-bedroom apartments while eliminating long-term lease commitments. Bedly aims to simplify the rental process, making it as straightforward as booking a hotel room. By streamlining the apartment search and living experience, Bedly allows individuals to focus on their personal and professional pursuits, all while enjoying the flexibility and convenience of on-demand housing.

Kuvée

Venture Round in 2016
Kuvee is a direct to consumer wine service that also offers a wine bottle which keeps wine fresh for 30 days. Kuvee was launched by Vijay Manwani, Geoffrey Lansberry, and Mike Tomovich in 2014 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Mylestone

Seed Round in 2016
The pictures of your greatest memories are likely stored somewhere just out of reach. Maybe in an old photo album lost in the basement - or maybe indiscernible from the 3,000 other pictures on your phone, buried in streams on Facebook, or auto saved to a massive photo storage account. But what if you could access stories generated from those pictures simply by talking to Alexa? With Mylestone, all you have to do is say “Alexa, tell me a story about Mom.” and voila, memories of loved ones at your beck and call.

Sentenai

Seed Round in 2016
Sentenai is cloud service that connects intelligent systems to the data they need to make better decisions in real-time. Sentenai’s product combines distributed systems and applied machine learning to automatically organize sensor data streams, making them searchable in real-time. Sentenai is an early-stage startup building data infrastructure for machine learning and predictive applications.

MoveWith

Seed Round in 2016
MoveWith, Inc. provides an online platform that enables users seeking to participate in fitness training to select and host fitness activities and instructors. The company’s platform enables users to discover, connect to, and book classes with fitness teachers in studios, out of studios, and outdoors. MoveWith, Inc. was formerly known as Gritsy, Inc. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in San Francisco, California with a location in Boston.

Tulip Interfaces

Seed Round in 2016
Tulip Interfaces, Inc. is a company that specializes in developing applications for the manufacturing sector. Founded in 2012 and based in Somerville, Massachusetts, Tulip offers a Manufacturing App Platform that integrates data from various sources, including sensors, to create real-time digital work instructions and visualizations. This platform connects existing shop floor equipment with operator inputs, enhancing operational efficiency. Tulip's technology leverages advancements in intelligent hardware, computer vision, user interfaces, and machine learning, bridging the gap between traditional manufacturing IT systems and the dynamic needs of the shop floor. The company serves a diverse range of industries, including consumer electronics, pharmaceuticals, apparel, and medical devices, with its solutions deployed across multiple global customers.

CultureIQ

Seed Round in 2015
CultureIQ, Inc. specializes in culture management software that assists organizations in assessing and enhancing their workplace culture. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in New York, the company offers tools that enable continuous employee feedback through customizable surveys, including pulse and trend questions. By analyzing employee responses, CultureIQ helps organizations track key culture metrics and derive actionable insights. The platform facilitates effective communication of results and supports the implementation of culture initiatives, ultimately aiming to improve employee engagement and organizational success.

adHawk

Seed Round in 2015
AdHawk, now operating as Broadlume, is a leading provider of digital technology tailored specifically for the flooring industry. Founded in 2015 and based in Boulder, Colorado, the company aggregates advertising data and integrates it with revenue metrics, offering organizations valuable insights into their sales performance. Broadlume encompasses several companies, including FloorForce, Creating Your Space, Bridgeway Interactive, and FlooringStores, collectively working to transform the purchasing and selling processes within the flooring market.

Transfix

Series A in 2015
Transfix, Inc. is a prominent trucking brokerage service provider based in New York, offering digital solutions for freight transportation in the United States. Established in 2010, the company has developed an application that connects shippers with a network of contracted carriers, enabling real-time shipment tracking and performance insights. Transfix serves various industries, including retail, food, beverage, and manufacturing, delivering competitive pricing and reliable service. By leveraging deep industry knowledge and advanced logistics software, Transfix aims to optimize supply chains for its clients. The company has gained recognition for its innovative approach, with notable partnerships that include several top retailers and major food and beverage brands in America.