Early Light Ventures

Early Light Ventures, founded in 2019 and located in Rockville, Maryland, is a venture capital firm that focuses on investing in seed-stage and early-stage B2B software companies. The firm prioritizes companies within the technology sector, particularly those that are growing rapidly, with an annual run rate between $400,000 and $3 million, and valuations ranging from $3 million to $12 million. Early Light Ventures seeks businesses with strong growth metrics, aiming for at least 80% year-over-year growth and low gross churn rates. The firm is particularly interested in companies based in the mid-Atlantic region and is committed to providing substantial support to its portfolio companies throughout their development.

Scott Garber

Managing Partner

31 past transactions

Chargezoom

Series A in 2024
Chargezoom is an advanced Open Payments Platform that utilizes artificial intelligence and a proprietary payment data network to enhance payment lifecycle management for businesses and financial institutions. The platform provides a comprehensive portal that facilitates the management of complex billing and payment scenarios, integrating with accounting and customer relationship management software. By streamlining order-to-cash processes and automating accounts receivable workflows, Chargezoom helps businesses improve efficiency and reduce costs. Additionally, its data enrichment capabilities aid in fraud detection and lower processing fees, thereby enhancing the overall payment experience for all stakeholders involved.

FirmPilot

Series A in 2024
FirmPilot is a technology company that specializes in providing an AI-driven marketing platform tailored for law firms. The platform is designed to automatically generate search-engine-optimized content, enabling firms to enhance their online presence and attract more clients. FirmPilot's features include automated blog content creation through intelligent analysis tools, competitor tracking, and insights that suggest relevant content. Additionally, it offers the capability to automate social media posts and analyze advertisement performance across various channels. By centralizing marketing activities, FirmPilot aims to help law firms increase leads while reducing overall marketing costs.

Protiv

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Developer of compensation management software designed to get control over labor costs, reward workers, and finish jobs ahead of schedule. The company's software helps in tying productivity to employee pay, creating, tracking, and managing project-based incentives, data integration, and payroll compatibility, enabling industries including construction, home services, cleaning, movers, and delivery services to increase average employee wages, without increasing labor costs, and recruit and retain employees

KredosAi

Seed Round in 2024
KredosAI is a fintech company that leverages technology to enhance financial solutions, focusing on improving payment outcomes through the application of generative artificial intelligence. As an early-stage firm, it operates at the intersection of AI, behavioral economics, and payments, aiming to support the financial success of its clients. The company's platform utilizes domain-specific knowledge to accelerate the time to value by analyzing a broader range of factors compared to traditional methods. This approach not only provides deeper insights into successful strategies but also offers segment-specific analysis, enabling businesses to optimize their payment processes and enhance customer experiences.

Wove

Seed Round in 2022
Wove is an online custom jewelry company specializing in engagement rings and other ornaments. The company utilizes advanced three-dimensional printing technology to create replica rings from affordable materials, ensuring that each piece is handcrafted for a perfect fit. By focusing on personalization, Wove allows customers to receive custom-made jewelry that serves as a timeless symbol of their love.

Pendella Technologies

Seed Round in 2022
Pendella Technologies, established in 2018 and headquartered in Fort Myers, Florida, specializes in streamlining employee benefits and individual insurance solutions. The company operates a virtual portal that connects businesses with health insurance providers, offering employee benefit plans and income protection programs. Pendella's core solution leverages artificial intelligence and big data to automate underwriting, enabling users to compare plans, obtain quotes, and implement group insurance programs efficiently. Additionally, Pendella provides instant, no-medical-exam life and disability insurance to individuals through partnerships with top-rated carriers, making financial protection accessible to a broader range of people.

Sunstone Credit

Seed Round in 2022
Sunstone Credit is dedicated to democratizing access to solar energy for small and medium-sized businesses. By integrating climate, finance, and technology, the company has developed a robust technology platform that collaborates with leading financial institutions and a nationwide network of solar developers. This approach allows Sunstone to provide straightforward, affordable solar loan products with flexible terms and a simplified application process. Through these services, SMBs can finance their solar installations, enabling them to own their solar assets and benefit from reduced energy costs while contributing to a more sustainable environment. Sunstone Credit's mission is to facilitate a transition to cleaner energy sources, ultimately supporting a greener future for all.

Bark Social

Seed Round in 2022
Bark Social is a unique pet retail establishment that combines an off-leash dog park with a beer garden and coffee house. The venue provides a welcoming environment for dogs and their owners to socialize while enjoying various amenities. Customers can access self-serve dog baths and choose from a comprehensive menu of private-labeled dog treats, along with a curated selection of dog products. This innovative concept allows pet owners to engage with their pets in a relaxed setting, promoting both social interaction and enjoyment for all visitors.

SkillCycle

Seed Round in 2021
SkillCycle is a subscription-based talent development platform that provides personalized career coaching and learning solutions. The company focuses on upskilling and reskilling individuals by offering tailored learning experiences and effective workflow administration. By delivering workforce insights and measurable metrics, SkillCycle enables organizations to enhance employee education, empowerment, and retention. Through its platform, SkillCycle aims to facilitate career growth and unlock the potential of workers, contributing to a more satisfied and engaged workforce. The company's commitment to transparent and supportive environments helps individuals achieve their professional goals and fosters a culture of continuous improvement in the workplace.

UpEquity

Series B in 2021
UpEquity is a technology-driven mortgage platform founded in 2019 and headquartered in Austin, Texas. The company focuses on improving the home-buying experience by automating the application and approval process for mortgages and refinances. By utilizing its proprietary combination of cash offers, automated underwriting, and competitive mortgage rates, UpEquity enables customers to make prompt offers and access a broader range of housing options. This approach is particularly beneficial for first-time homebuyers, helping to democratize access to homeownership. Founded by Tim Herman and Louis Wilson during their time at Harvard Business School, UpEquity aims to streamline and enhance the traditionally complex home-buying process.

Kion

Series A in 2021
Kion is a cloud enablement solution designed to help organizations simplify management and governance activities to realize the full benefits of the cloud. Wherever you are on your cloud journey, Kion empowers organizations to go farther, faster.

ProductWind

Seed Round in 2021
ProductWind is an influencer marketing platform focused on enhancing brand promotion and online retail performance. The company collaborates with brands to identify, negotiate, and assess influencers, facilitating the launch of effective influencer marketing campaigns. By generating trackable attribution links and claim codes for each influencer, ProductWind enables clients to measure the impact of their campaigns accurately. With extensive experience from numerous campaigns, the platform identifies which influencers are most likely to drive sales. Additionally, ProductWind assists in creating optimal product pages by leveraging influencers who specialize in producing engaging lifestyle content, participating in Amazon Live events, and crafting Amazon Posts. Through these services, ProductWind aims to bolster its clients' online retail success.

DynamiCare Health

Seed Round in 2021
DynamiCare Health, Inc. is a Boston-based company that has developed a digital platform aimed at assisting individuals in monitoring and reducing their use of drugs, opioids, alcohol, and tobacco. Founded in 2016, the platform integrates a smartphone application with substance testing hardware and telehealth coaching to motivate users toward achieving healthier behaviors. It employs an evidence-based approach known as Contingency Management, which incentivizes positive actions such as sobriety and treatment attendance through monetary rewards and support from certified recovery coaches. The platform also features a DynamicCare Analytics portal that provides healthcare providers with real-time data on participant progress and alerts them to any potential risks, ensuring a comprehensive support system for individuals seeking recovery.

Credit Mountain

Seed Round in 2021
Credit Mountain is a fintech company that specializes in providing a personalized credit platform designed to assist individuals in accessing and managing their credit ratings. The platform serves as a valuable resource for financial institutions by offering credit counseling services. It features a credit booster tool that helps users prioritize which accounts to pay off first, facilitating automatic extra payments to accelerate debt repayment. This approach enables customers to enhance their credit reports by adding positive payment history while simultaneously reducing their overall debt. By focusing on rejected borrowers, Credit Mountain aims to create pathways to credit approval, empowering individuals to improve their financial standing.

Vita Therapeutics

Series A in 2021
Vita Therapeutics is a cell engineering company focused on developing innovative treatments for debilitating neuromuscular diseases and cancers. The company leverages induced pluripotent stem cell technology to create specific cell types intended to replace defective cells in patients. By targeting the underlying causes of diseases, Vita Therapeutics aims to provide truly curative cellular medicines that can significantly improve patient outcomes.

Thrivable

Seed Round in 2021
Thrivable is a technology platform focused on enhancing patient experience insights for healthcare companies. By offering access to a comprehensive database of patients with chronic conditions such as Diabetes, Obesity, Sleep Apnea, and Mental Health, Thrivable facilitates the collection of valuable insights that inform strategic business decisions. Since its inception in 2018, the company has amassed over 2 million demographic and treatment data points, streamlining the process of connecting with targeted patient populations. This innovation significantly reduces the time and costs associated with traditional research methods, transforming research cycles from months into hours. Thrivable serves a diverse clientele, including leaders in the medtech and pharmaceutical sectors, and is dedicated to simplifying patient engagement in healthcare research.

SEQL

Pre Seed Round in 2021
SEQL, established in 2019 and headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, operates a sports social impact platform. This platform facilitates connections between high school athletes, collegiate coaches, and sports brands. SEQL's network includes notable investors such as DeAndre Hopkins, Megan Walker, Barry Sanders, Quinn Cook, Ryan Clark, and Nancy Lieberman. The company's core offering is STAC, an application that streamlines the collegiate recruiting process by providing coaches with access to a national database of athlete statistics, academics, and video footage, thereby enhancing efficiency and expanding recruitment reach.

Ethix360

Series A in 2021
ETHIX360, Inc. is a compliance software provider based in Charlotte, North Carolina, founded in 2016. The company specializes in offering compliance as a service (CaaS) solutions that help organizations identify, manage, investigate, and resolve ethical issues. Its flagship product, CaseTrac, is designed to minimize reputational damage and financial liabilities by facilitating the reporting of concerns and conducting workplace investigations. ETHIX360 also offers a range of other tools, including TrakEnterprise for on-premises case management, CSone for educational institutions, and Reflections for online exit interviews. The company’s solutions are adaptable to various organizational processes and support a diverse global clientele across industries such as insurance, technology, and healthcare. By leveraging advanced technologies and real-time data analysis, ETHIX360 enables organizations to maintain compliance with their internal policies while promoting ethical workplace behavior.

Alterwood Health

Seed Round in 2021
Alterwood Health is a managed care company that provides healthcare services to its members and providers. They promote strong doctor-patient relationships through supportive care management strategies, innovative technology, and attractive reimbursement models.

Scanifly

Seed Round in 2020
Scanifly is a technology company that specializes in developing drone-based 3D modeling software aimed at improving solar workflow efficiency. The platform automates and centralizes various manual tasks involved in solar project planning, allowing solar companies to create three-dimensional simulations of solar arrays and conduct shading analysis. By providing tools for generating customized proposals, Scanifly enables its clients to reduce operational costs and minimize the need for on-site visits. This innovation not only enhances design accuracy but also contributes to improved worker safety within the solar industry.

Network Perception

Seed Round in 2020
Network Perception, Inc. is a technology company specializing in network device configuration analysis software to enhance network management and security. Founded in 2013 and based in Chicago, Illinois, the company offers tools for firewall auditing and continuous monitoring, enabling corporate compliance and cybersecurity managers to visualize their network effectively. Its platform automates the analysis of network device configuration files, providing comprehensive audits and assessments that help organizations ensure their configurations align with best practices and regulatory standards. By delivering these innovative solutions, Network Perception assists businesses in managing cybersecurity vulnerabilities and maintaining compliance within their network environments.

Trackstreet

Seed Round in 2020
TrackStreet, Inc. is a software company that specializes in price monitoring and brand protection solutions for online retailers. Founded in 2015 and based in Las Vegas, Nevada, TrackStreet offers a Software-as-a-Service platform designed to help brands safeguard their pricing policies and enhance their multi-channel revenue. The platform utilizes advanced technologies, including artificial intelligence and automation, to identify and address violations of branding guidelines across the internet. Its comprehensive suite of services includes market visibility, compliance monitoring, brand protection, and analytics for e-commerce platforms, thereby providing clients with actionable insights to strengthen customer relationships and drive sales. TrackStreet positions itself as a strategic partner to brands, enabling them to maintain control over their online presence and optimize their business performance.

Seated

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Seated created a frictionless ticketing platform to let users get the most out of live events and live streaming. The platform of the company uses technology to provide consumers with early access to artists' live events and live streams depending on their preferences and location, allowing customers to have first access to their favorite artists' live streams and concerts.

GovPredict

Seed Round in 2020
GovPredict, Inc. is a Washington, D.C.-based company that offers research, analytics, and actionable intelligence to support public affairs campaigns. The company provides a comprehensive platform that integrates various solutions for public affairs and political professionals, including federal and local research, legislative monitoring, social listening, and campaign finance intelligence. Its GP Research and Intelligence database consolidates policy and political information, while additional offerings like TownIntel and Moneyball enhance municipal coverage and campaign contribution tracking, respectively. GovPredict also features a grassroots platform designed to engage and mobilize advocates efficiently. By unifying multiple data sources and tools, GovPredict streamlines the campaign process, allowing clients to focus on their strategic objectives in influencing legislative and regulatory proposals. As of November 2020, GovPredict operates as a subsidiary of Phone2Action, Inc.

Privva

Venture Round in 2019
Privva, Inc. is a cloud-based vendor risk assessment platform founded in 2016 and headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland, with an additional office in Arlington, Virginia. It caters to a diverse range of industries, including legal, financial services, technology, healthcare, education, and media. Privva's platform streamlines the assessment process, from authoring to automatic recurring delivery, allowing organizations to manage privacy and security issues effectively. The company's AutoAssess solution leverages machine learning technology to automate responses to client security assessments, significantly reducing the time required for vendor evaluations by up to 75%. This automation enables businesses to centralize security questionnaires, risk ratings, and scoring, facilitating improved data security and privacy management. Through its user-friendly interface and adaptable features, Privva provides a tailored approach to risk assessment, ensuring that organizations can respond swiftly to regulatory requirements while effectively allocating resources to other critical cybersecurity functions.

CitusHealth

Seed Round in 2019
Citus Health Inc. is a New York-based company that develops a digital health platform designed for post-acute care providers. Known as Call Bell, the platform facilitates secure and real-time collaboration among patients, family caregivers, healthcare professionals, and community service providers. It offers a range of features including HIPAA-compliant messaging, electronic signature capabilities, scheduling tools, supply capture, and patient education resources. Founded in 2016, Citus Health aims to enhance the accessibility and efficiency of high-quality care, enabling providers to optimize patient experiences and improve financial outcomes through streamlined workflows and remote patient support.

Konduit.me

Seed Round in 2019
Konduit.me helps publishers, networks and exchanges start more video ads and start them faster.

MajorClarity

Seed Round in 2019
MajorClarity, Inc. is an online platform dedicated to career tracking and academic planning for students at various educational stages. Founded in 2014 and based in Richmond, Virginia, the platform provides unique activity and video content that allows students to explore different career paths in a pressure-free, non-result-based environment. It offers customizable academic plans to help students stay on track throughout both secondary and post-secondary education. In addition, MajorClarity enhances the ability of counselors to effectively track student progress and provide tailored advice, facilitating a more unified approach to teaching, counseling, and career readiness.

Cove

Venture Round in 2019
At Cove, we build a one-stop-shop SaaS platform that transforms your building experience. Backed by strategic investors like Blackstone, we sit at the intersection of owners, operators, and tenants - empowering them to unlock the full potential of their physical space. This is the modern experience: register guests, book amenities, lease flex office space, and submit work orders — all from the palm of your hand.

Ethix360

Pre Seed Round in 2019
ETHIX360, Inc. is a compliance software provider based in Charlotte, North Carolina, founded in 2016. The company specializes in offering compliance as a service (CaaS) solutions that help organizations identify, manage, investigate, and resolve ethical issues. Its flagship product, CaseTrac, is designed to minimize reputational damage and financial liabilities by facilitating the reporting of concerns and conducting workplace investigations. ETHIX360 also offers a range of other tools, including TrakEnterprise for on-premises case management, CSone for educational institutions, and Reflections for online exit interviews. The company’s solutions are adaptable to various organizational processes and support a diverse global clientele across industries such as insurance, technology, and healthcare. By leveraging advanced technologies and real-time data analysis, ETHIX360 enables organizations to maintain compliance with their internal policies while promoting ethical workplace behavior.

LaneHub

Seed Round in 2018
The social network for transportation - connecting you with the right companies to find complementary freight lanes and build long-term partnerships. Lanehub automatically identifies and connects companies with complementary freight lanes to find efficiencies and save on shipping expenses. ​
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