TYLT Venture

TYLT Venture, established in 2013 and based in Los Angeles, California, is a private equity firm specializing in series A investments in early-stage companies across the United States. The firm focuses on innovative businesses poised for significant growth and employs a hands-on approach to support founders, leveraging the operational experience of its team. By engaging directly with entrepreneurs, TYLT Venture aims to provide value that extends beyond financial investment, fostering a collaborative environment to drive success for both the firm and its portfolio companies.

Gerard N. Casale

Managing Member/Co-Founder

Rami Rostami

Managing Member/Co-Founder

40 past transactions

Alchemy 43

Seed Round in 2015
Alchemy 43 provides beautification services. Its services include wrinkle relaxing, fill, sculpting, and lash enhancement services. The company also provides compounds and treatments. Alchemy 43 is based in Beverly Hills, California.

Cargomatic

Series A in 2015
Cargomatic, Inc. operates an online platform that connects shippers with carriers real-time. It makes available pre-screened and qualified carriers for shippers. The company offers its services to the customers in Southern California. Cargomatic, Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Venice, California. Cargomatic, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming Inc.

TRAVO

Seed Round in 2015
TRAVO, Inc. operates in the technology industry. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Santa Monica, California.

PBC Tech

Series A in 2014
PBC Tech has designed a game-changing ultrathin supercapacitor with industry-team01 leading performance. Supercapacitors enable companies to use smaller batteries without compromising energy or peak performance and the company’s patented form factor solution allows for revolutionary size changes in wearables, accessories, and mobile electronics. The company’s products provide scalable voltage, energy, and power in a single, ultrathin package. The long-life, environmentally-friendly device works with existing lithium batteries, reducing waste, and fits in or around existing components. The company’s innovative business model and technology garnered recognition as a TIE50 2013 awardee and multiple competitive awards from NY State Energy and Research Development Authority.

BeautyCon

Seed Round in 2014
BeautyCon, LLC operates as a beauty and fashion conference and content portal for the Internet's beauty and fashion icons. Its portal acts as a place where fans get to meet their online influencers at marquis events, as well as learn the latest trends, advice, and more through content. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

Skye Bioscience

Post in 2015
Nemus Bioscience is a biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of cannabis-based therapeutics for global markets. The company is working to develop novel ways to deliver cannabis-based drugs for specific indications, with the aim of optimizing the clinical effects of such drugs, while limiting the potential adverse events. Its strategy is not limited to the sole use of either natural or synthetic inputs.

Battlefy

Convertible Note in 2014
Battlefy, Inc. operates eSports management platform that enables the organizers to create and manage tournaments and leagues. Its platform enables college clubs, eSports organizations, and brand supporting gamers in creating signup forms, seeding teams, drawing brackets, designing sponsorship pages, and managing livestream content. Battlefy, Inc. was formerly known as 7777833 Canada Inc. and changed its name to Battlefy, Inc. in July 2013. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Delta, Canada.

Cargomatic

Series A in 2015
Cargomatic, Inc. operates an online platform that connects shippers with carriers real-time. It makes available pre-screened and qualified carriers for shippers. The company offers its services to the customers in Southern California. Cargomatic, Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Venice, California. Cargomatic, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming Inc.

TodayTix

Series B in 2016
TodayTix, Inc. develops mobile applications for iOS and Android that sell theatre tickets. It offers tickets for shows in New York City, London’s West End, the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, and Washington, DC. TodayTix, Inc. was incorporated in 2011 and is based in New York, New York.

Nivo Systems

Seed Round in 2014
Nivo Systems, Inc. is a Los Angeles-based material science company specializing in the application of Metal Organic Framework (MOF) in the battery to achieve significant enhancements in energy density, power density, and cycle performance. To date, Nivo has completed the developments of certain cathode materials, such as LCO and NMC, and has the leading technology solutions for Silicon Anode, Sulfur Cathode, and Separator. Currently, Nivo is forming partnerships with leading companies to speed up the R&D and commercialization of its technologies.

Tala

Series A in 2015
Tala is a mobile technology and data science company that is oriented around financial services in emerging markets. More than 2 million people have borrowed through Tala’s smartphone app, which provides instant credit scoring, lending, and other personalized financial services in emerging markets. Tala provides personalized loans to approved borrowers and builds digital credit history. The company provides instant loans through a mobile app where the entire process happens, from loan application to funds release and status tracking. Tala was founded on October 1, 2011, and is the global team is headquartered in Santa Monica, with additional offices in Nairobi, Manila, Dar Es Salaam, Mexico City, Mumbai, and Bangalore.

Flexport

Series A in 2015
Flexport is a licensed customs brokerage and freight forwarder built around a modern web application. Its freight service includes an online dashboard for businesses to easily understand, purchase, manage, and track the services required for global trade. Its team of logistics experts lets focus on core business by ensuring goods arrive at fulfillment/distribution centers on time and at the lowest cost. Flexport's mission is to fix the user experience in global trade and bring the world free trade through technology. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Pogoseat

Venture Round in 2016
Pogoseat is an enterprise solution for sports teams and concert venues that enables their fans to upgrade seats and purchase unique VIP upgrades during events. Their mission is to provide fans with the ability to optimize their live entertainment experience and teams and venues a platform to increase fan engagement, monetize unused inventory and gather data to improve the fan experience.

ProducePay

Seed Round in 2015
Produce Pay was first conceived at Cornell University. With strong support from experienced faculty and the student body, it was able to rapidly gain momentum. Produce Pay obtained recognition from Cornell’s entrepreneurial community and was soon dubbed "The Next Johnson Start-Up," in reference to Cornell’s S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management.

SnapMD

Series A in 2016
SnapMD, Inc. owns and operates a cloud-based patient-to-provider telemedicine platform that connects parents and their children with pediatric physicians in the United States. Its platform also enables healthcare providers to connect with patients needing time-sensitive consultations and follow-up medical visits; and facilitates physician-to-physician consultations. The company serves customers through smartphones, tablets, laptops, desktop computers, and other Internet enabled devices. SnapMD, Inc. was founded in 2013 and is based in Glendale, California.

Flexport

Series A in 2014
Flexport is a licensed customs brokerage and freight forwarder built around a modern web application. Its freight service includes an online dashboard for businesses to easily understand, purchase, manage, and track the services required for global trade. Its team of logistics experts lets focus on core business by ensuring goods arrive at fulfillment/distribution centers on time and at the lowest cost. Flexport's mission is to fix the user experience in global trade and bring the world free trade through technology. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Deed

Seed Round in 2020
Deed is a corporate social impact platform that helps people do good deeds. The company is composed of a community of socially conscious individuals making a positive impact through volunteerism and philanthropy. It was founded by Deevee Kashi, Steven Liu, and Aske Ertmann, and is headquartered in Brooklyn, Berlin, and San Francisco.

Skye Bioscience

Post in 2015
Nemus Bioscience is a biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of cannabis-based therapeutics for global markets. The company is working to develop novel ways to deliver cannabis-based drugs for specific indications, with the aim of optimizing the clinical effects of such drugs, while limiting the potential adverse events. Its strategy is not limited to the sole use of either natural or synthetic inputs.

TodayTix

Series A in 2014
TodayTix, Inc. develops mobile applications for iOS and Android that sell theatre tickets. It offers tickets for shows in New York City, London’s West End, the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, and Washington, DC. TodayTix, Inc. was incorporated in 2011 and is based in New York, New York.

Gamevice

Series A in 2015
Gamevice is a US based award winning design and engineering business creating touch screen tablets and game controllers. Gamevice has offices in Hong Kong, London, and new offices opening in Shenzhen China. Its corporate head office is based in Los Angeles as is the R&D and support center.

Yoi

Seed Round in 2014
Yoi Corp. provides SaaS based mobile digital tools for line managers. It offers Yoi, a solution that provides support to corporate line managers in onboarding, integration and engagement, evaluation and performance management, training and development, and exiting. The company’s Yoi provides templates that automatically deliver assignments, meeting requests, data collection assessments, and reports all activities to the manager’s inbox. Yoi Corp. was formerly known as PocketCoach, Inc. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. As of December 12, 2017, Yoi Corporation operates as a subsidiary of HighGround, Inc.

Pinger

Convertible Note in 2015
Pinger Technologies, Inc. designs and manufactures electronic bag tag for baggage tracking. Its autonomous baggage tag determines and reports baggage position anywhere in the world. The company also designs and develops mobile-based solution that tracks bags by using Bluetooth tags and enterprise-grade WiFi networks and mobile application. Pinger Technologies, Inc. was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Santa Barbara, California.

Welcome Tech

Series A in 2015
Welcome Technologies is a platform dedicated to connecting the 250 million global immigrant communities with the information, products, and services they need to thrive in a new country. Today, the company has an unparalleled reach of over 9M immigrants a year and a membership of nearly 2M active users. Its platform combines the power of technology and security to provide its members with trusted, customized solutions across sectors such as Finance, Education, Healthcare, Telecommunication, and Government Services. Founded by immigration and technology experts, Welcome Tech is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Represent

Seed Round in 2015
Represent is the best way to generate funds and awareness online. Customize your T-shirts (or other products) using our simple designer & set up your campaign for free. Share your campaign with your community, supporters or fans and start selling immediately. Reach your sales goal, we’ll fulfill all your orders and pass the profits straight to you or your charity.

Gamevice

Series A in 2017
Gamevice is a US based award winning design and engineering business creating touch screen tablets and game controllers. Gamevice has offices in Hong Kong, London, and new offices opening in Shenzhen China. Its corporate head office is based in Los Angeles as is the R&D and support center.

Pixalate

Convertible Note in 2015
Pixalate is a global intelligence platform and real-time fraud protection provider. Pixalate is a Media Rating Council certified vendor for display ad viewability. It was founded in 2012 and headquartered in Santa Monica, California.

Tixr

Seed Round in 2014
Tixr Inc. provides an online ticketing platform for customers. The company offers Tixr Backstage, a ticketing system that offers tools to set up, track, and manage events. Its platform allows users to sell tickets, check in customers, and manage their guest lists. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Santa Monica, California.

Elysium

Seed Round in 2015
Elysium Health offers health products built with science such as dietary supplements and anti-aging drugs. It seeks to solve challenges in health with science, to help people live healthier and longer lives. It works directly with the scientists, clinicians, and health professionals around the world to identify and develop the natural compounds. Its product is a proprietary formulation of two ingredients designed to support long-term well-being at the cellular level.

Cargomatic

Seed Round in 2014
Cargomatic, Inc. operates an online platform that connects shippers with carriers real-time. It makes available pre-screened and qualified carriers for shippers. The company offers its services to the customers in Southern California. Cargomatic, Inc. was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Venice, California. Cargomatic, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Genesee & Wyoming Inc.

Smart Vision Labs

Series A in 2015
Smart Vision Labs helps optical stores to capture sales by offering remote vision exams and eyewear prescriptions to their customers. It offers a mobile-phone based vision exam where patients can obtain an eyewear prescription in minutes without the need for a doctor on-site.

Silicon Cloud

Seed Round in 2015
Silicon Cloud is an information technology company that offers a cloud-based platform for scientific and engineering applications. It specializes in providing an Ic design flows and multi-tenant cloud-based scalable environment for universities and research institutions. The company was founded in 2013 and headquartered in Singapore.

Pinger

Convertible Note in 2015
Pinger Technologies, Inc. designs and manufactures electronic bag tag for baggage tracking. Its autonomous baggage tag determines and reports baggage position anywhere in the world. The company also designs and develops mobile-based solution that tracks bags by using Bluetooth tags and enterprise-grade WiFi networks and mobile application. Pinger Technologies, Inc. was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Santa Barbara, California.

Event Farm

Seed Round in 2015
Event Farm is an experiential marketing platform that provides event professionals invitation, registration, and event activation technologies to promote brands and engage audiences. It offers an unparalleled feature set that handles everything from the first save the date, to capturing RSVPs/selling tickets, checking guests in at the door on mobile apps, all the way through the post-event thank you email. Event Farm was established in 2010 and is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.

CommLoan

Seed Round in 2015
CommLoan.com LLC provides a commercial lending solution that matches borrowers with lenders. It offers a commercial underwriting pricing index data platform that allows clients to bring commercial lending opportunities to their customers. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Scottsdale, Arizona.

Pogoseat

Seed Round in 2014
Pogoseat is an enterprise solution for sports teams and concert venues that enables their fans to upgrade seats and purchase unique VIP upgrades during events. Their mission is to provide fans with the ability to optimize their live entertainment experience and teams and venues a platform to increase fan engagement, monetize unused inventory and gather data to improve the fan experience.

wedgies

Convertible Note in 2015
Wedgies, Inc. provides interactive polls on the Web. The company offers polling and surveys on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, web pages, blog posts, and live broadcasts. It allows clients to create polls, customize their CSS, and get API access and analytics. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.