Elevate Ventures

Elevate Ventures is a not-for-profit organization based in Indianapolis, Indiana, dedicated to nurturing and developing high-potential businesses across the state. Founded in 2011, it focuses on emerging companies that identify market needs and are positioned to transition effectively from research to product development and market entry. Elevate Ventures conducts rigorous business analysis and provides robust advisory services, partnering with entrepreneurs, investors, and local organizations to enhance long-term success. The firm targets innovation-driven companies across various sectors, including software, life sciences, and hardtech, particularly those with a significant presence in Indiana and a minimum total addressable market of $500 million. By addressing market barriers such as management, business development, and talent retention, Elevate Ventures not only offers financial resources but also ensures sustained business growth and success. Its seasoned staff and external partners provide objective insights and recommendations, reinforcing the organization’s commitment to fostering high-performing companies that contribute to the local economy.

John Bodman

Venture Partner

Rosanne Burge

Senior Partner

Christopher Day

CEO

Donn Dimond

Venture Partner

Doug Ding

Operating Partner

Kristin Eilenberg

Vice President

Ting Gootee

Founding Member and Chief Investment Officer

Mark Gramelspacher

Investor

Nicholas Kuhn

Vice President

Mark Maassel

Director

Cy Megnin

Vice President

Ben Nahir

Principal

Titi Obasanya

Vice President

Sara Omohundro

Principal

Patrick Sweeney

Principal

Matt Tyner

Managing Partner

Past deals in CRM

CSA360

Seed Round in 2022
CSA360 is a Security Operation Management platform designed for security operations and daily use. Some of its features are real-time project progress, design and schedule project, and its tasks, dashboard and visitor management, etc. It is a tool available on the subscription-based pricing model.

Vsimple

Seed Round in 2022
Developer of a workflow-as-a-service management platform designed for sales, accounting, engineering, or any other operational function. The company's platform serves as a single window to manage payments, logistics, and communication and streamline workflow from quote to cash by putting document management, communications, and data analytics into one platform, its expertise, and technology simplify, centralize and standardize work, white-glove workflow specialists analyze your operations, and then customize, enabling clients with faster processes, higher accuracy, and better insights, without the hassle.

Shaker

Seed Round in 2021
Shaker is a customer relationship management (CRM) and transaction platform tailored for real estate teams, designed to streamline and enhance the home buying and selling process. It offers a cloud-based solution that enables real estate professionals to manage tasks, track deadlines, and collaborate on transactions efficiently. The platform includes tools for storing documentation and managing client relationships, supported by reporting features that facilitate improved communication. By using Shaker, clients can close deals more rapidly while fostering lasting relationships beyond individual transactions.

Authenticx

Series A in 2021
Authenticx, Inc. is a software company focused on the healthcare industry, specializing in the analysis and activation of customer interaction data. Founded in 2018 and based in Carmel, Indiana, Authenticx offers a platform that consolidates various forms of customer interactions, such as call center data, texts, chats, and emails, into a cohesive source of information. This platform enables healthcare organizations to gain insights into their customers' needs and preferences, helping them to enhance revenue strategies and improve overall profitability. By organizing and structuring conversational data, Authenticx provides valuable insights that assist healthcare providers in making informed decisions and better meeting the needs of their customers.

Loupe

Seed Round in 2020
Canopy is a platform intended to connect the dots and identifies key opportunities for managers to be proactive. The platform helps to spot pipeline risk, improve forecast accuracy and drive strategic change, enabling their clients to make a consistent and lasting impact on their sales team.

Authenticx

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Authenticx, Inc. is a software company focused on the healthcare industry, specializing in the analysis and activation of customer interaction data. Founded in 2018 and based in Carmel, Indiana, Authenticx offers a platform that consolidates various forms of customer interactions, such as call center data, texts, chats, and emails, into a cohesive source of information. This platform enables healthcare organizations to gain insights into their customers' needs and preferences, helping them to enhance revenue strategies and improve overall profitability. By organizing and structuring conversational data, Authenticx provides valuable insights that assist healthcare providers in making informed decisions and better meeting the needs of their customers.

Curvo

Series A in 2019
Curvo Labs, Inc. is a company that specializes in clinical spend management software designed for hospitals and healthcare systems. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Evansville, Indiana, with additional offices in California and Pennsylvania, Curvo's software streamlines supply chain operations by enabling users to organize data, create electronic requests for proposals, and manage bids in real time. The platform offers features such as reporting, notifications of price changes, benchmarking costs, and project management across multiple teams, helping healthcare providers prioritize savings and monitor their spending categories effectively. Curvo Labs aims to enhance the efficiency of healthcare procurement processes through its innovative data solutions.

PERQ

Series A in 2019
PERQ Software, LLC, founded in 2001 and based in Indianapolis, Indiana, specializes in marketing automation software and engagement technology. The company offers a suite of products tailored for various industries, including Multifamily Renter Software that enhances website conversion through artificial intelligence, Home Furnishings Software for retailers, and Auto Software for dealerships. PERQ's technology enables businesses to engage consumers with personalized experiences and gather actionable data, facilitating data-driven marketing and sales strategies. Its Marketing Cloud is trusted by over 1,000 businesses across the home furnishings, automotive, and multifamily sectors, providing solutions that improve conversion rates while lowering costs per lead and lease. Additionally, PERQ offers a range of advertising services, including direct mail, design packages, and targeted displays, further supporting its clients' marketing efforts.

SharpenCX

Venture Round in 2019
SharpenCX develops software and voice solutions aimed at enhancing communication between businesses and their customers. Its core offering, the Sharpen platform, is a cloud-native Communications Platform-as-a-Service designed to function as a contact center solution. This platform provides leadership, operations, and IT teams with essential tools and data to support frontline customer service staff. SharpenCX allows clients to manage voice systems through customizable web portals and offers real-time analytics for monitoring call center performance. The company serves a diverse range of professionals, including agents, supervisors, and IT directors, across various sectors such as education, marketing, retail, and insurance. Established in 2011 and based in Indianapolis, Indiana, SharpenCX emphasizes the development of solutions that improve the working conditions of contact center agents, ultimately leading to a better customer experience.

OpenINSIGHTS

Angel Round in 2019
OpenMartech is the originator of Strategic Marketing Modernization - the practice of aligning, mobilizing, and automating marketing programs to realize specific strategic goals and outcomes. Optimizing the value of the shopper lifecycle with the data driven insights that make that possible. OpenMartech provides their client’s their own internal customer intelligence practice, delivered into the client’s own existing cloud, perpetually licensed, free of any ongoing software fees.

PERQ

Seed Round in 2018
PERQ Software, LLC, founded in 2001 and based in Indianapolis, Indiana, specializes in marketing automation software and engagement technology. The company offers a suite of products tailored for various industries, including Multifamily Renter Software that enhances website conversion through artificial intelligence, Home Furnishings Software for retailers, and Auto Software for dealerships. PERQ's technology enables businesses to engage consumers with personalized experiences and gather actionable data, facilitating data-driven marketing and sales strategies. Its Marketing Cloud is trusted by over 1,000 businesses across the home furnishings, automotive, and multifamily sectors, providing solutions that improve conversion rates while lowering costs per lead and lease. Additionally, PERQ offers a range of advertising services, including direct mail, design packages, and targeted displays, further supporting its clients' marketing efforts.

hc1

Series B in 2018
Founded in 2011, hc1 is an early pioneer of high-value care enabling real-time lab stewardship and precision prescribing for health systems, laboratories and physicians. The cloud-based hc1 Platform normalizes and organizes hard to access laboratory, medication and genomic data. We take it a step further by visualizing the data in intuitive and easy-to-use software programs that enable providers to access personalized healthcare insights. Today, the platform includes three flagship products, Healthcare CRM, Lab Operational Analytics and Test Utilization, as well as breakthrough innovations, hc1 Opioid Advisor™ and hc1 PGx Advisor™ . To learn more about how hc1 is ensuring the right patient gets the right test and right prescription.

Upper Hand

Series A in 2017
Upper Hand is a technology company that provides business management solutions for the sport and fitness industry. Its innovative software platform gives owners and staff a competitive edge in running their businesses by automating business operations to personalize, simplify, and maximize the customer journey.

Curvo

Seed Round in 2017
Curvo Labs, Inc. is a company that specializes in clinical spend management software designed for hospitals and healthcare systems. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Evansville, Indiana, with additional offices in California and Pennsylvania, Curvo's software streamlines supply chain operations by enabling users to organize data, create electronic requests for proposals, and manage bids in real time. The platform offers features such as reporting, notifications of price changes, benchmarking costs, and project management across multiple teams, helping healthcare providers prioritize savings and monitor their spending categories effectively. Curvo Labs aims to enhance the efficiency of healthcare procurement processes through its innovative data solutions.

Clear Software

Seed Round in 2016
Clear Software, LLC is focused on simplifying and streamlining employee interactions with enterprise software, particularly SAP solutions. Founded in 2012 and based in Zionsville, Indiana, the company offers solutions such as ClearUI, a web application that integrates multiple SAP business processes into a single interface, enhancing daily workflows. Additionally, ClearXL is an Excel-based tool that facilitates data uploads to SAP. Clear Software's intelligent automation platform extends technology investments by enabling organizations to optimize core business processes across various applications, including SAP, OracleEBS, and Salesforce. The platform supports automation of tasks ranging from simple actions to complex, end-to-end processes, ultimately helping clients reduce errors and improve operational efficiency.

Clear Software

Seed Round in 2015
Clear Software, LLC is focused on simplifying and streamlining employee interactions with enterprise software, particularly SAP solutions. Founded in 2012 and based in Zionsville, Indiana, the company offers solutions such as ClearUI, a web application that integrates multiple SAP business processes into a single interface, enhancing daily workflows. Additionally, ClearXL is an Excel-based tool that facilitates data uploads to SAP. Clear Software's intelligent automation platform extends technology investments by enabling organizations to optimize core business processes across various applications, including SAP, OracleEBS, and Salesforce. The platform supports automation of tasks ranging from simple actions to complex, end-to-end processes, ultimately helping clients reduce errors and improve operational efficiency.

Upper Hand

Angel Round in 2014
Upper Hand is a technology company that provides business management solutions for the sport and fitness industry. Its innovative software platform gives owners and staff a competitive edge in running their businesses by automating business operations to personalize, simplify, and maximize the customer journey.

Curvo

Seed Round in 2013
Curvo Labs, Inc. is a company that specializes in clinical spend management software designed for hospitals and healthcare systems. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Evansville, Indiana, with additional offices in California and Pennsylvania, Curvo's software streamlines supply chain operations by enabling users to organize data, create electronic requests for proposals, and manage bids in real time. The platform offers features such as reporting, notifications of price changes, benchmarking costs, and project management across multiple teams, helping healthcare providers prioritize savings and monitor their spending categories effectively. Curvo Labs aims to enhance the efficiency of healthcare procurement processes through its innovative data solutions.
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