Johnson Venture Partners

Johnson Venture Partners is an Atlanta-based venture capital firm that provides seed and early-stage capital to startups in the Southeast United States. The firm is sector agnostic and often invests in syndication with other venture capitalists and angel investors to back high-potential ventures. It backs a diverse range of industries, including software-as-a-service, healthcare and life sciences, artificial intelligence and machine learning, financial technology, consumer products, advanced manufacturing, and information technology and services.

Robert Cramer

General Partner

Thomas Jacobs

Venture Partner

Matt Johnson

Founder and Managing Partner

30 past transactions

RootNote

Seed Round in 2024
RootNote is a collaborative business intelligence platform designed to assist content creators and creative teams in improving audience engagement, growth, and monetization. The platform consolidates key metrics from various applications and tools into a single, accessible location, facilitating efficient data management. By providing features for task management and progress tracking, RootNote enables users to organize and categorize content effectively, streamlining workflows and enhancing productivity in the content production process. This centralized approach empowers clients to leverage data-driven insights, ultimately optimizing their creative efforts.

Art Pharmacy

Seed Round in 2024
Art Pharmacy connects mental health professionals with arts and culture experiences for therapeutic benefits. Its platform facilitates access to various arts programs through partnerships with cultural organizations, enabling healthcare providers to offer non-clinical interventions addressing social isolation, anxiety, and depression.

EmpowerLocal

Convertible Note in 2023
EmpowerLocal is a marketing technology company that provides a cross-publishing platform designed to facilitate partnerships between brands, agencies, and local publishers. The platform enables clients to access centralized reporting and insights about trusted and influential local publishers, enhancing brand relevance and community engagement. By offering data-driven tools, EmpowerLocal allows businesses to track and quantify their marketing expenditures and performance, optimizing their impact in local markets. This approach simplifies the process of buying local advertising at scale, making it easier for brands to connect with their target audiences effectively.

VoiceScript

Seed Round in 2022
VoiceScript is a provider of legal technology and software as a service that modernizes court reporting and the broader legal industry. Its offerings enable court reporting agencies to deliver efficient transcripts while reducing production costs and delivery times. The platform supports remote videoconferencing with separate audio channels, video recording, and reporter annotation features, all accessible through a simple user interface with customizable hotkeys. It enables digital reporters to produce rough draft transcripts immediately after a proceeding and to generate real-time streaming transcripts with readbacks and playback options during a session. By facilitating scalable digital court reporting, VoiceScript helps agencies streamline workflows, improve turnaround times, and enhance profitability in the courtroom reporting ecosystem.

Datasketch

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Datasketch is a platform specializing in data science. It offers tools for uploading, publishing, and analyzing data, along with features for data cleansing, analysis, visualization, and governance. The company aims to promote transparency and reduce social inequality by democratizing data science.

VoiceScript

Pre Seed Round in 2021
VoiceScript is a provider of legal technology and software as a service that modernizes court reporting and the broader legal industry. Its offerings enable court reporting agencies to deliver efficient transcripts while reducing production costs and delivery times. The platform supports remote videoconferencing with separate audio channels, video recording, and reporter annotation features, all accessible through a simple user interface with customizable hotkeys. It enables digital reporters to produce rough draft transcripts immediately after a proceeding and to generate real-time streaming transcripts with readbacks and playback options during a session. By facilitating scalable digital court reporting, VoiceScript helps agencies streamline workflows, improve turnaround times, and enhance profitability in the courtroom reporting ecosystem.

Limeloop

Seed Round in 2021
Founded in 2017, Limeloop operates a packaging and shipping platform designed for retailers. Its platform offers visibility, security, predictive analytics, and sustainability tracking from the point-of-order to return.

Impiricus

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Impiricus is a technology company focused on improving patient care by connecting healthcare professionals with relevant resources. It partners with device and digital therapeutic companies, leveraging AI to enhance doctor engagement, facilitate access to appropriate treatments, and streamline pharmaceutical products.

Miventure

Seed Round in 2020
Miventure operates a mobile-first equity crowdfunding marketplace that connects early-stage startups with retail investors. Founded in 2020 and based in Orlando, Florida, the platform provides a mobile investment app that enables founders to raise capital from individual investors, expanding access to funding for small businesses.

VIVA Finance

Seed Round in 2020
VIVA Finance is a consumer lending platform focused on accessible credit through employment-based underwriting. The mobile-first platform underwrites loans primarily on employment information rather than credit history, enabling individuals with limited or poor credit to obtain financing and manage debt. It offers income-aligned repayment options and application processing designed to expand access to affordable credit. The company also provides financial education resources and partners with employers to offer benefits aimed at improving employees' financial well-being. Founded in 2019 and based in Atlanta, it targets employees seeking financial stability by combining lending with education.

CareTrack

Seed Round in 2020
CareTrack Health, Inc. is a provider of an out-of-office telecare solution designed specifically for physician practices that support Medicare patients. Founded in 2015 and based in Carrollton, Georgia, the company offers CareTrack, a fully integrated telecare platform that facilitates continuous care coordination outside of traditional office visits. This AI-powered solution processes information from patients' existing electronic health records (EHRs) to generate customized care plans, thereby empowering patients to take control of their health conditions. CareTrack enhances the ability of healthcare practices to provide targeted support between patient appointments, ultimately improving clinical outcomes, increasing patient adherence, and reducing emergency room visits and hospitalizations. The platform also includes features for dynamic care planning, holistic monitoring, and real-time health assessment, ensuring that physicians have access to the latest patient information to optimize care management.

Cue Intelligence

Seed Round in 2020
Cue Intelligence Inc. is a software company that specializes in developing sales and service scripting platforms aimed at enhancing conversational intelligence. Founded in 2018 and based in Kennesaw, Georgia, the company provides tools that simplify the workflows of contact center agents, enabling them to concentrate on their interactions with customers rather than navigating multiple systems. Cue Intelligence offers features such as scripting, script reporting, CRM integration, and a script algorithm currently in beta. By consolidating all necessary systems and solutions, Cue facilitates a more efficient and effective customer service experience.

Altis Biosystems

Seed Round in 2020
Altis Biosystems, LLC is a biotechnology company specializing in the development of innovative stem cell technologies aimed at enhancing research in human biology. Established in 2015 and based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, the company has created a patent-pending system known as RepliGut, which effectively recreates the human intestinal epithelium and colonic epithelium. This advanced technology enables the generation of a layer of human or animal intestinal stem and differentiated cells from both the small and large intestines. Altis Biosystems' products are primarily utilized in preclinical studies for disease modeling, precision medicine, microbiome research, and compound screening, serving the needs of pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. By utilizing normal human intestinal tissue, the company aims to improve drug development processes while minimizing reliance on animal testing.

6AM City

Seed Round in 2020
6AM City is a publishing technology company that builds platforms to maximize local audience participation and activate home cities by aggregating, curating, condensing, and distributing essential local news, conversations, events, and hot topics through daily email and social media, creating a hub for local content that supports brief, conversational newsletters focused on community engagement rather than politics and aims to foster active participation, vibrant local conversations, and sustainable growth for local ecosystems.

Abroad

Seed Round in 2019
Abroad operates as an education and coaching platform focused on developing leadership skills and organizational potential. It offers evidence-based programs powered by research, ancient wisdom, and mindfulness practices. The company works with global networks, venture portfolios, organizations, and nations to holistically develop leaders, fostering a wellbeing economy for collective benefit.

TSOLife

Venture Round in 2019
TSOLife Inc. is a technology startup established in 2014 and headquartered in Tampa, Florida. The company specializes in developing a platform aimed at senior care living organizations, allowing them to capture, preserve, and share the life stories of senior residents. By leveraging advanced technology and artificial intelligence, TSOLife provides tools designed to digitize resident profiles, facilitating better data capture and offering actionable insights for improved decision-making. This approach enables assisted living organizations to personalize and enhance the experiences of seniors in their care, ultimately helping to preserve personal legacies for future generations.

Acivilate

Seed Round in 2018
Acivilate develops Pokket, a cloud-based software platform that connects justice agencies and human service providers to support returning citizens. The platform coordinates public and private social services case management, enabling secure data exchange among parole and probation agencies, courts, treatment programs, and community providers to organize rehabilitation efforts and reduce recidivism. Founded in 2014 and based in Atlanta, Acivilate emphasizes outcomes measurement and streamlined collaboration to address challenges faced by individuals reentering the community.

Demand Driven Technologies

Seed Round in 2018
Demand Driven Technologies, Inc. is a provider of innovative software solutions focused on materials, inventory, and production scheduling for manufacturers and wholesale distributors globally. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, with an additional office in Mérignac, France, the company specializes in Demand Driven Material Requirements Planning (DDMRP) and offers a suite of tools designed to enhance supply chain efficiency. Their flagship software, Replenishment+, enables organizations to transition from forecast-driven to sales order-driven planning, thereby improving service levels and optimizing inventory management. The product suite also includes Replenishment+ NetSuite for NetSuite users and Replenishment+ APM, an advanced planning module that provides insights into materials management. Additionally, DBR+ enables users to synchronize their materials and production resources with actual market demand, enhancing overall operational effectiveness. Demand Driven Technologies is recognized for its commitment to helping businesses navigate the complexities of modern supply chains.

Panacea Oyster Co-Op

Series A in 2016
Panacea Oyster Co-Op specializes in the aquaculture ranching of high-quality oysters, renowned for their exceptional taste that reflects the natural environment. The company employs a comprehensive approach that includes oyster-based water filtering systems, along with facilities for hatchery and nursery operations. Panacea also features a wholesale processing and pasteurization plant, which ensures that their oysters are not only fresh but also naturally clean and meatier. Their innovative ranching process enhances the oysters' flavor profile, achieving a perfect balance of salty and sweet, making them easier to shuck and a preferred choice for consumers seeking a premium seafood experience.

Auxadyne

Seed Round in 2016
Auxadyne designs, manufactures, and commercializes auxetic polyurethane foam products for various applications. Its patented technology is used in protective equipment, orthotic and prosthetic medical devices, athletic gear, and military protective equipment.

Abroad

Angel Round in 2016
Abroad operates as an education and coaching platform focused on developing leadership skills and organizational potential. It offers evidence-based programs powered by research, ancient wisdom, and mindfulness practices. The company works with global networks, venture portfolios, organizations, and nations to holistically develop leaders, fostering a wellbeing economy for collective benefit.

NewSci

Seed Round in 2015
NewSci, LLC is a provider of Insight-as-a-Service, specializing in the education, healthcare, and nonprofit sectors in the United States. The company integrates data science and artificial intelligence to develop software solutions that enable organizations to extract actionable insights from both structured and unstructured data. NewSci's offerings include strategic consulting services that encompass Big Data readiness assessments, predictive and prescriptive analytics, sentiment analysis, text analytics, social analytics, and data visualization. Additionally, it emphasizes information privacy and security management while providing training to help organizations leverage their data effectively. The company’s platform utilizes cognitive computing, natural language processing, and machine learning to tailor solutions according to the specific needs of its clients, thereby enhancing their operational efficiency and decision-making processes. NewSci is headquartered in Tampa, Florida.

OnCore Golf

Series A in 2015
OnCore Golf Technology, Inc. is a Buffalo, New York-based company that specializes in designing and manufacturing hollow-metal core golf balls. Established in 2009, OnCore aims to revolutionize golf ball technology with its innovative triphase architecture, which integrates proprietary chemical blends and advanced materials to enhance performance while adhering to USGA regulations. The company markets its products as having the potential to be the most accurate and straightest golf balls available, addressing a significant gap in golf ball technology that has persisted for two decades. In addition to golf balls, OnCore also retails branded apparel through its online store. The company has adopted a strategic approach to marketing that includes professional endorsements and partnerships to build brand awareness and loyalty among golfers. By outsourcing manufacturing, OnCore focuses on driving market interest and excitement around its unique offerings.

Gamma 2 Robotics

Seed Round in 2014
Gamma 2 Robotics designs and produces autonomous security robots, including the Vigilus mobile camera platform, a patrol robot capable of operating without direct human oversight. The system detects and reports intrusions and other security events, leveraging intelligent sensing and autonomous navigation for continuous surveillance. The company is based in Colorado.

Dynepic

Seed Round in 2014
Dynepic, Inc. is a company that specializes in developing connected toys and an open architecture cloud platform aimed at enhancing child-friendly content. Founded in 2011 and based in Charleston, South Carolina, Dynepic offers a range of innovative products, including The Internet of Toys, which is an open API platform that integrates various toys and technology to enrich children's play experiences. The company also features DynePod, a Bluetooth-connected, educational toy that engages children in programming and socialization through interactive programming. Additionally, Dynepic provides playPORTAL Studio, a suite of software development kits designed to ensure kid-safe authentication and compliance with child privacy laws in apps and connected toys. Dynepic's products are accessible for purchase through crowdfunding platforms, showcasing the company's commitment to merging play with technology in a secure environment.

Pandoodle

Seed Round in 2014
Pandoodle is a company focused on enhancing brand messaging and media value through its advanced software solutions. It offers a cloud-based platform that utilizes machine learning technology to automate the analysis and dynamic insertion of branded content into videos and images. This proprietary software as a service enables advertisers and content publishers to achieve personalized branding, revolutionizing the approach to photo and video advertising. Launched in 2015, Pandoodle's platform is designed for premium media and content publishers, facilitating a seamless setup and delivery of animation-based products. The company operates from multiple locations, including corporate offices in Silicon Valley, Columbia, SC, Hollywood, and New York, and has development and production facilities worldwide.

Nitride Solutions

Series B in 2013
Nitride Solutions Inc. is a manufacturer specializing in aluminum nitride products tailored for the electronics market. The company develops and produces aluminum nitride templates, bulk substrates, and coatings that serve various applications, including deep-UV LEDs, high-power switches, motor controls, and UV laser diodes. Their products enhance electronic device structures by maintaining thermal conductivity and voltage resistance, addressing critical challenges in power generation, transmission, and high-speed communications. Founded in 2007 and based in Wichita, Kansas, Nitride Solutions focuses on providing solutions that meet the evolving demands of the electronics industry.

TheDigitel

Seed Round in 2009
Locals news, events, and stories produced using a hybrid of curated content, traditional reporting, and wiki style collaboration. TheDigitel primarily runs on paid editors, who write short summary articles on things happening in their covered cities and then provide readers with links to other relevant content found online, including Web sites, news articles, press releases, or any other content deemed relevant to the story in question. Readers add to the dialog and stories by creating comments, suggesting stories, or even writing their own stories. TheDigitel covers local news, politics, places, events, and happenings. TheDigitel is free and financed through advertising. TheDigitel also engages in original, primary reporting where reporting has been sparse. The name is a blending of the words "Digital" and "Telegraph" to form "TheDigitel." The words were used as both the telegraph and digital technology have revolutionized communication. Also, "telegraph" has long been a term used in the newspaper industry in relation to wire stories because of the method in which they used to be received.

BeliefNetworks

Seed Round in 2008
BeliefNetworks is a developer of semantic intelligence and analytic software tailored for web publishers and advertising companies. The company offers a suite of technologies designed to enhance user engagement and drive advertising revenue. Its flagship product, DataChasm, converts both enterprise and web data into actionable insights, while the Affinity Agent provides targeted ad and content recommendations. Additionally, Dynamic DataAgent facilitates secure information exchange across web boundaries, and public APIs enable seamless web integrations. The HashBrown browser plug-in generates content recommendations based on concepts found within web pages or selected text. Collectively, these tools leverage machine learning and predictive analytics to improve consumer interactions by delivering relevant content, such as news, videos, music, and images, in real time.
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