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 US East Coast

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.

Gigasheet

Series A in 2022
Gigasheet helps security investigators quickly analyze massive, disparate data sets without lengthy setup and complicated configuration. On the surface, Gigasheet appears as a familiar web-based spreadsheet. But behind the scenes it offers a high performance Big Data analytics platform that can support billions of data points.

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.

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.

Gigasheet

Seed Round in 2021
Gigasheet helps security investigators quickly analyze massive, disparate data sets without lengthy setup and complicated configuration. On the surface, Gigasheet appears as a familiar web-based spreadsheet. But behind the scenes it offers a high performance Big Data analytics platform that can support billions of data points.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Higharc

Seed Round in 2019
Higharc, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in providing a three-dimensional home design and customization platform tailored for new homebuyers and builders. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Durham, North Carolina, Higharc enables users to create personalized home plans that align with their specific needs and budget. The platform allows customers to visualize their designs in 3D on actual homesites, facilitating a more interactive and engaging experience in the home-building process.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Blispay

Seed Round in 2016
Blispay Inc. is a financial technology company based in Baltimore, Maryland, that specializes in providing mobile payment solutions and point-of-sale financing for small and midsize retailers. Founded in 2014, Blispay offers a mobile-centric credit card that allows merchants to provide financing options to their customers without the need for technical integration or financial obligations. The Blispay Visa Card features instant issuance, six months of special financing, and a cash-back incentive, making it an attractive option for both retailers and consumers. The company's founding team includes industry veterans with backgrounds from notable organizations, enhancing its capability to deliver innovative financial products that meet the needs of modern shoppers and merchants alike.

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.

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.

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.

Desktop Metal

Series A in 2015
Desktop Metal, Inc. specializes in additive manufacturing solutions tailored for engineers, designers, and manufacturers across various industries, including automotive, aerospace, healthcare, and consumer products. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Burlington, Massachusetts, the company offers several products, such as the Production System for industrial manufacturing, the Shop System for machine and job shops, the Studio System for office environments, and Fiber, a desktop 3D printer. By focusing on the entire production process from prototyping to mass production, Desktop Metal aims to transform how metal parts are designed and manufactured. The company has secured significant equity funding from notable investors, which has helped build a team of experts in materials science, hardware and software engineering, and design.

Hickory

Seed Round in 2015
We're a fast-growing Y-Combinator (S15) backed startup, based in New York. Hickory is the only training tool focused on retention, turning Sales and Customer Service staff into brand experts. The app predicts when a rep will forget what they’ve learned, and schedules review exercises tailored to their strengths and weaknesses to prevent that from happening.

Databox

Seed Round in 2015
Databox is an application that operates as a personal data assistant for businesses. It pulls all users data into one place, so they can track performance and discover insights in real-time. Databox is a winner of AP Best Big Data Startup Award. It was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Font Awesome

Seed Round in 2015
Fort Awesome, Inc., founded in 2014 and based in the United States, specializes in developing a web font and icon toolkit known as Font Awesome. This toolkit provides scalable vector icons that can be easily customized in terms of size, color, and effects using CSS. Font Awesome allows users to build and manage icons and typefaces from a single platform, facilitating the integration of diverse icon sets into websites with minimal effort. This service enables developers to achieve a tailored visual aesthetic for their sites, enhancing the overall user experience.

Socure

Debt Financing in 2015
Socure Inc. specializes in digital identity verification solutions through its Socure ID+ platform, which utilizes predictive analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning to authenticate identities in real-time. The platform aggregates data from various online and offline sources, such as emails, phone numbers, and social media, to support compliance with customer identification programs, know your customer guidelines, and anti-money laundering regulations. In addition to the Socure ID+ platform, the company offers tools like Aida, an AI-driven bot for identity validation, Docv for document verification, and Sigma Synthetic Fraud, which addresses synthetic identity fraud. Socure enhances financial inclusion by approving a significant percentage of millennial and thin-file consumers while substantially reducing fraud in online account openings. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York, Socure serves a diverse clientele, including software firms, financial institutions, and integration partners, and has established a strategic partnership with ForgeRock.

TetraScience

Seed Round in 2015
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.

NS1

Series A in 2015
NS1 is an internet company that specializes in providing precise control over application delivery through an advanced traffic management platform. Their technology utilizes real-time data from users, networks, and infrastructures to enable businesses to create customizable routing setups for complex applications. This capability allows organizations to adapt to changing conditions in their digital environments, ensuring optimal performance and reliability. NS1 emphasizes customer interaction and support in digital transformation initiatives, delivering a fully API-driven platform that integrates seamlessly with leading DevOps tools. The company's Managed DNS Network serves a diverse clientele, including notable companies such as Imgur, MaxCDN, Dropbox, and Salesforce, highlighting its commitment to enhancing application delivery and infrastructure automation.

Par8o

Series A in 2015
The current healthcare crisis is a uniquely American challenge and ultimately will be solved with a uniquely American solution. The most simple of solutions has yet to be attempted. We believe healthcare is best managed by direct collaboration between patients and the physicians providing their care.

Blispay

Venture Round in 2014
Blispay Inc. is a financial technology company based in Baltimore, Maryland, that specializes in providing mobile payment solutions and point-of-sale financing for small and midsize retailers. Founded in 2014, Blispay offers a mobile-centric credit card that allows merchants to provide financing options to their customers without the need for technical integration or financial obligations. The Blispay Visa Card features instant issuance, six months of special financing, and a cash-back incentive, making it an attractive option for both retailers and consumers. The company's founding team includes industry veterans with backgrounds from notable organizations, enhancing its capability to deliver innovative financial products that meet the needs of modern shoppers and merchants alike.

Memoir

Series A in 2014
Memoir transforms your photos, the places you go, and your social media into memories that can be relived when they’re most interesting to you. As soon as you request them, the photos your friends choose to share with you become part of your Memoir seamlessly. You can find memories and photos by people, places, dates, context, and more - no tagging or organization required. Memoir discovers photos and memories wherever they were created - iPhone cameras, DSLR's, Instagram, Facebook, Foursquare - even on your computer. With Memoir, all of your photos and memories are backed up securely to the cloud.

Socure

Series A in 2014
Socure Inc. specializes in digital identity verification solutions through its Socure ID+ platform, which utilizes predictive analytics, artificial intelligence, and machine learning to authenticate identities in real-time. The platform aggregates data from various online and offline sources, such as emails, phone numbers, and social media, to support compliance with customer identification programs, know your customer guidelines, and anti-money laundering regulations. In addition to the Socure ID+ platform, the company offers tools like Aida, an AI-driven bot for identity validation, Docv for document verification, and Sigma Synthetic Fraud, which addresses synthetic identity fraud. Socure enhances financial inclusion by approving a significant percentage of millennial and thin-file consumers while substantially reducing fraud in online account openings. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York, Socure serves a diverse clientele, including software firms, financial institutions, and integration partners, and has established a strategic partnership with ForgeRock.

Media Radar

Venture Round in 2014
MediaRadar was created to help publishers in all formats to improve sales and client management. We do it by putting the most up-to-date, relevant information, analysis and advice directly onto the desktop of every member of the sales team. MediaRadar is like a Bloomberg terminal for the publishing industry. Today we serve over 1,200 publishers. Whether you're about to pick up the phone, walk into a meeting, or draw up your plan for the week, the analysis you need should never be more than a click away

Transfix

Seed Round in 2014
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.

Spring

Series A in 2014
Spring is a retail company that offers a diverse selection of products, including apparel and home and garden items. It operates as a shopping application designed for iOS devices, allowing users to follow their favorite brands and purchase new arrivals, exclusives, and unique products. Originally founded as Jello Labs, the company rebranded to Spring in July 2014. The founders of Spring are David Tisch, Alan Tisch, and Octavian Costache, and the company is based in New York.

WHOOP

Series A in 2014
Whoop, Inc. manufactures and sells wearable fitness sensors for athletes to monitor the heart rate and movement during workouts. It offers bands, gears, upper arm sleeves, tops, t-shirts, hoodies, sweatshirts, hats, gift cards, accessories, and other products, as well as men’s joggers. The company sells its products online. Whoop, Inc. was formerly known as Bobo Analytics, Inc. and changed its name to Whoop, Inc. in December 2013. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

SeeMe

Venture Round in 2014
SeeMe is an online platform that connects contemporary emerging artists with a global audience, facilitating the sale of limited edition prints and original artwork. The platform allows artists to showcase a diverse range of images, appealing to various tastes and interests. Through its website and mobile app, users can engage with creators by leaving comments and likes, and they can also purchase eco-friendly postcards and unique apparel featuring the artwork. SeeMe employs intuitive discovery tools and predictive algorithms to help collectors find and support top artists, fostering a community where hundreds of thousands of creators are connected with millions of art enthusiasts worldwide.

Ten Percent Happier

Seed Round in 2014
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.

Contently

Series B in 2014
Contently is a technology company focused on helping enterprise organizations produce effective content. By offering a combination of advanced technology, a network of vetted creative professionals, and industry expertise, Contently aims to enhance the content creation process. The company seeks to bridge the gap between businesses and consumers through storytelling, while also supporting creatives in their craft. Its overarching mission is to foster a more effective media landscape that benefits both businesses and the audiences they serve.

Oyster

Series A in 2014
Oyster is a subscription service for ebooks and ebook retailer. Oyster also publishes the Oyster Review, an editorial magazine. Oyster was founded by Eric Stromberg, Andrew Brown, and Willem Van Lancker in 2012 and is based in New York, the United States.

Plated

Series A in 2014
Plated is a meal kit delivery service founded in 2012 and based in New York, United States. The company specializes in providing fresh food ingredients along with chef-designed recipes, allowing customers to prepare home-cooked meals easily. Plated aims to cater to individuals who are enthusiastic about cooking, enabling them to create exceptional dishes and share enjoyable dining experiences with family and friends. Through its subscription model, Plated focuses on the convenience of delivering quality ingredients directly to consumers' doors.

makr

Seed Round in 2013
Makr is a design app for next-generation makers: the creative entrepreneur, the DIYer, the next-level home entertainer. Headquartered in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, we’re inspired every day by our local maker community. We developed Makr specifically for iPad to bring DIY to the 21st century, using digital tech to enrich the handmade movement and our shared love of old-fashioned craft. Makr provides sophisticated design tools – exclusive to professional studio use until now – to the local maker’s workshop and DIYer’s home.

Harvest Automation

Series C in 2013
Harvest was founded by a seasoned technology executive and a trio of robotics experts. The Company now comprises a diverse, commited team with expertise in sales and marketing, engineering (software, hardware, electrical, mechanical), project management, and business operations.

Happify

Seed Round in 2013
Happify is a behavior change technology company that drives personal, business, and healthcare outcomes through improved emotional health. It features science-based activities and games that tackle topics such as resilience and mindfulness, as well as conditions ranging from depression and anxiety to chronic pain and insomnia.

Sample6

Series B in 2013
Sample6 is a biotechnology company that specializes in the development of a synthetic-biology based diagnostic system for bacteria. Its innovative technology enables enrichment-free detection of harmful bacteria, identifying levels as low as 1 CFU/ml within just four hours. The proprietary Bioillumination Platform, created by a team of researchers including Professor Tim Lu from MIT, allows for the engineering of bioparticles that target specific unwanted bacteria, illuminating them for detection. This system is coupled with sensitive sensor technology that provides rapid on-site results without the need for a laboratory. Sample6 aims to enhance public health and safety by enabling quick and efficient detection of harmful bacteria across various industries, including food production, retail, and healthcare, addressing environments where humans and bacteria interact.

Par8o

Seed Round in 2013
The current healthcare crisis is a uniquely American challenge and ultimately will be solved with a uniquely American solution. The most simple of solutions has yet to be attempted. We believe healthcare is best managed by direct collaboration between patients and the physicians providing their care.