Starday Foods is a company focused on producing healthy and sustainable food products. It emphasizes sustainable practices in its operations, which enhances the speed and efficiency of food and beverage product development. The company is committed to creating food items that are low in sugar and free from palm oil and dairy, thereby catering to consumers seeking quality ingredients. Starday Foods aims to minimize its environmental impact while providing nutritious options for health-conscious individuals.
Equal Parts
Seed Round in 2025
Equal Parts is a technology-driven insurance agency that leverages artificial intelligence to enhance traditional insurance distribution. The company specializes in acquiring low-revenue agencies and transforming their operations by implementing AI tools for tasks such as document processing, client onboarding, and claims management. This allows Equal Parts to provide insights for cross-selling and upselling opportunities, while enabling agents to focus on building and maintaining strong customer relationships.
Stand offering a solution that protects property while insuring it.
Ghost is the marketplace that connects leading retail brands with surplus distribution partners. Ghost combines real-time data with intelligent solutions to help brands monetize their excess inventory discreetly and sustainably. By providing liquidity, protection, and transparency, the Ghost platform serves as the backbone for retailers to diversify and optimize their inventory lifecycle.
David Energy
Series A in 2024
David Energy is an innovative energy company that specializes in transforming electricity consumption, management, and trading through advanced technology. It develops an energy management platform designed for customers with behind-the-meter (BTM) assets, enabling them to select optimal energy solutions tailored to their specific building and consumption profiles. By integrating software and hardware solutions, David Energy assists businesses in designing, installing, and financing various BTM assets while leveraging sophisticated machine learning algorithms. This approach not only empowers consumers to reduce their energy bills but also enhances their control over energy usage. Through smart energy management and the integration of renewable energy sources, David Energy is committed to promoting a sustainable and efficient energy future.
(Re)vive
Seed Round in 2024
Revive is a company addressing the challenge of managing slightly imperfect returns, store try-ons, display samples, and excess inventory that many brands face. Traditional options for handling these goods, such as recycling, donations, or destruction, often result in significant financial losses and limited asset recovery. Revive offers an AI-powered platform that assesses the potential value of this inventory before resorting to less desirable options. By providing actionable data, the company enables brands to make informed decisions about whether to clean or repair damaged items for resale. This approach maximizes the financial recovery for neglected inventory, positioning Revive as a pioneering solution in the supply chain management space. Additionally, Revive offers personal on-demand tailoring services, including alterations and a self-fitting kit, allowing customers to conveniently access tailoring services from their homes.
Bikky is a data-driven platform that helps restaurants engage customers and optimize marketing. The company provides customer engagement tools via text and email and offers a restaurant-focused customer data platform that aggregates guest information from multiple sources. It supports lifecycle tracking, menu analysis, automated outreach, and performance measurement, enabling operators to understand guest preferences, tailor communications, improve engagement, and drive revenue. Bikky serves thousands of restaurant locations across the United States, including brands such as Bojangles, MOD Pizza, and Dave's Hot Chicken.
Ghost is the marketplace that connects leading retail brands with surplus distribution partners. Ghost combines real-time data with intelligent solutions to help brands monetize their excess inventory discreetly and sustainably. By providing liquidity, protection, and transparency, the Ghost platform serves as the backbone for retailers to diversify and optimize their inventory lifecycle.
Leap
Venture Round in 2023
Leap Services, Inc., established in 2018 and based in Chicago, Illinois, specializes in branded retail. It operates a platform that enables brands to set up stores in optimal locations, securing favorable terms. Leap also manages retail stores for consumer brands in major U.S. cities, offering a comprehensive service that covers store development, staffing, and technology infrastructure. By utilizing data-driven insights and a technology-enabled approach, Leap aims to make physical retail more productive and less risky for brands, driving growth and enhancing customer experience.
Odyssey Energy Solutions, founded in 2017 and based in Boulder, Colorado, offers a web-based data platform designed to streamline the development and deployment of mini-grids in emerging markets. The platform enables project developers to effectively manage and analyze mini-grid data through various software tools and data analytics. By facilitating communication and connection among developers, financiers, vendors, and governmental and donor organizations, Odyssey enhances collaboration within the mini-grid sector, ultimately supporting sustainable energy solutions in underserved regions.
Suppli is a fintech and proptech company focused on transforming the payments landscape within the construction materials industry, which exceeds $500 billion. The company has developed a comprehensive platform that centralizes revenue management operations for distributors and suppliers. This technology streamlines the entire revenue cycle, encompassing processes from onboarding to invoicing and cash application, as well as lien management. By integrating these functions into a single solution, Suppli aims to enhance sales performance, improve customer service, and increase operational efficiency for its users.
Odyssey
Venture Round in 2022
Odyssey Energy Solutions, founded in 2017 and based in Boulder, Colorado, offers a web-based data platform designed to streamline the development and deployment of mini-grids in emerging markets. The platform enables project developers to effectively manage and analyze mini-grid data through various software tools and data analytics. By facilitating communication and connection among developers, financiers, vendors, and governmental and donor organizations, Odyssey enhances collaboration within the mini-grid sector, ultimately supporting sustainable energy solutions in underserved regions.
Bikky is a data-driven platform that helps restaurants engage customers and optimize marketing. The company provides customer engagement tools via text and email and offers a restaurant-focused customer data platform that aggregates guest information from multiple sources. It supports lifecycle tracking, menu analysis, automated outreach, and performance measurement, enabling operators to understand guest preferences, tailor communications, improve engagement, and drive revenue. Bikky serves thousands of restaurant locations across the United States, including brands such as Bojangles, MOD Pizza, and Dave's Hot Chicken.
MVMNT
Venture Round in 2022
MVMNT is a digital freight management platform for freight brokers that provides a brokerage-first TMS designed to help small and medium-sized brokerages grow. The platform combines carrier procurement, pricing, load dispatching, and payments to streamline operations and improve gross profit, while giving brokers timely information to act quickly and manage loads effectively. By linking operation-focused technology with industry practices, MVMNT aims to balance price, service, and profitability, freeing brokers to focus on relationships and growth.
Upwards is a technology-driven care solutions company focused on making care accessible to all families and supporting caregivers. The platform connects families, care providers, employers, and governments to create new care avenues in real time and uses data-driven insights to increase the supply and capacity of the care system. It matches families with caregivers who meet their needs and helps them access resources to afford care, including government subsidies and workplace benefits.
SmartHop develops software for the trucking industry to plan and match loads. The platform uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to deliver smart load recommendations, automate route planning, and support dispatching. It provides digital booking, performance tracking, back-office support, and low-cost operational services to help small trucking companies and owner-operators operate more efficiently and reduce costs. The company is headquartered in Miami, Florida.
David Energy
Series A in 2022
David Energy is an innovative energy company that specializes in transforming electricity consumption, management, and trading through advanced technology. It develops an energy management platform designed for customers with behind-the-meter (BTM) assets, enabling them to select optimal energy solutions tailored to their specific building and consumption profiles. By integrating software and hardware solutions, David Energy assists businesses in designing, installing, and financing various BTM assets while leveraging sophisticated machine learning algorithms. This approach not only empowers consumers to reduce their energy bills but also enhances their control over energy usage. Through smart energy management and the integration of renewable energy sources, David Energy is committed to promoting a sustainable and efficient energy future.
Leap Services, Inc., established in 2018 and based in Chicago, Illinois, specializes in branded retail. It operates a platform that enables brands to set up stores in optimal locations, securing favorable terms. Leap also manages retail stores for consumer brands in major U.S. cities, offering a comprehensive service that covers store development, staffing, and technology infrastructure. By utilizing data-driven insights and a technology-enabled approach, Leap aims to make physical retail more productive and less risky for brands, driving growth and enhancing customer experience.
MVMNT is a digital freight management platform for freight brokers that provides a brokerage-first TMS designed to help small and medium-sized brokerages grow. The platform combines carrier procurement, pricing, load dispatching, and payments to streamline operations and improve gross profit, while giving brokers timely information to act quickly and manage loads effectively. By linking operation-focused technology with industry practices, MVMNT aims to balance price, service, and profitability, freeing brokers to focus on relationships and growth.
ThreeFlow
Series B in 2021
ThreeFlow is a Chicago-based company that specializes in developing a cloud-based Benefits Placement System aimed at streamlining the employee benefits insurance distribution process. Founded in 2015, the company provides software that facilitates the placement process for brokers and carriers, allowing them to manage their operations within a unified system. By leveraging advanced predictive analytics and machine learning, ThreeFlow enhances the efficiency of the request for proposal (RFP) process, improving communication, transparency, and decision-making for brokers and employers alike. This innovative platform empowers brokers to better assist employers in selecting benefits, ultimately making the entire process quicker and more productive for all parties involved.
Wrapbook is a comprehensive platform designed for efficient payroll management in production environments. It connects accounting teams, production staff, cast, and crew through a user-friendly interface. Key features include one-click worker payments, real-time expense tracking, automated timecards, union compliance, and on-demand payroll reporting.
Ghost is the marketplace that connects leading retail brands with surplus distribution partners. Ghost combines real-time data with intelligent solutions to help brands monetize their excess inventory discreetly and sustainably. By providing liquidity, protection, and transparency, the Ghost platform serves as the backbone for retailers to diversify and optimize their inventory lifecycle.
Starday
Seed Round in 2021
Starday Foods is a company focused on producing healthy and sustainable food products. It emphasizes sustainable practices in its operations, which enhances the speed and efficiency of food and beverage product development. The company is committed to creating food items that are low in sugar and free from palm oil and dairy, thereby catering to consumers seeking quality ingredients. Starday Foods aims to minimize its environmental impact while providing nutritious options for health-conscious individuals.
Wrapbook is a comprehensive platform designed for efficient payroll management in production environments. It connects accounting teams, production staff, cast, and crew through a user-friendly interface. Key features include one-click worker payments, real-time expense tracking, automated timecards, union compliance, and on-demand payroll reporting.
SmartHop develops software for the trucking industry to plan and match loads. The platform uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to deliver smart load recommendations, automate route planning, and support dispatching. It provides digital booking, performance tracking, back-office support, and low-cost operational services to help small trucking companies and owner-operators operate more efficiently and reduce costs. The company is headquartered in Miami, Florida.
David Energy
Seed Round in 2021
David Energy is an innovative energy company that specializes in transforming electricity consumption, management, and trading through advanced technology. It develops an energy management platform designed for customers with behind-the-meter (BTM) assets, enabling them to select optimal energy solutions tailored to their specific building and consumption profiles. By integrating software and hardware solutions, David Energy assists businesses in designing, installing, and financing various BTM assets while leveraging sophisticated machine learning algorithms. This approach not only empowers consumers to reduce their energy bills but also enhances their control over energy usage. Through smart energy management and the integration of renewable energy sources, David Energy is committed to promoting a sustainable and efficient energy future.
ThreeFlow
Series A in 2021
ThreeFlow is a Chicago-based company that specializes in developing a cloud-based Benefits Placement System aimed at streamlining the employee benefits insurance distribution process. Founded in 2015, the company provides software that facilitates the placement process for brokers and carriers, allowing them to manage their operations within a unified system. By leveraging advanced predictive analytics and machine learning, ThreeFlow enhances the efficiency of the request for proposal (RFP) process, improving communication, transparency, and decision-making for brokers and employers alike. This innovative platform empowers brokers to better assist employers in selecting benefits, ultimately making the entire process quicker and more productive for all parties involved.
Wrapbook
Seed Round in 2020
Wrapbook is a comprehensive platform designed for efficient payroll management in production environments. It connects accounting teams, production staff, cast, and crew through a user-friendly interface. Key features include one-click worker payments, real-time expense tracking, automated timecards, union compliance, and on-demand payroll reporting.
SmartHop
Seed Round in 2020
SmartHop develops software for the trucking industry to plan and match loads. The platform uses artificial intelligence and machine learning to deliver smart load recommendations, automate route planning, and support dispatching. It provides digital booking, performance tracking, back-office support, and low-cost operational services to help small trucking companies and owner-operators operate more efficiently and reduce costs. The company is headquartered in Miami, Florida.
Leap
Venture Round in 2020
Leap Services, Inc., established in 2018 and based in Chicago, Illinois, specializes in branded retail. It operates a platform that enables brands to set up stores in optimal locations, securing favorable terms. Leap also manages retail stores for consumer brands in major U.S. cities, offering a comprehensive service that covers store development, staffing, and technology infrastructure. By utilizing data-driven insights and a technology-enabled approach, Leap aims to make physical retail more productive and less risky for brands, driving growth and enhancing customer experience.
Gerry is a concierge service provider that assists families in locating appropriate assisted living homes for elderly individuals. Founded in 2018 by Farron Blanc and Ajay Rajan in New York, the company offers a range of services, including guidance on assisted home living, financial planning, memory care facilities, and family support. Gerry focuses on delivering personalized recommendations and advice, ensuring that families can make informed decisions about suitable care facilities for their loved ones.
Block Renovation
Seed Round in 2018
Block Renovation is a home renovation platform that aims to simplify the complex process of planning, designing, and executing home improvements. Founded by Koda Wang and Luke Sherwin, the company integrates architect-grade design, construction labor, and materials into a cohesive experience. By bringing design, sourcing, and project management under one roof, Block Renovation provides homeowners with clarity regarding outcomes, quality, pricing, and timelines. This streamlined approach not only enhances the renovation experience for homeowners but also offers contractors a more efficient way to operate. Ultimately, Block Renovation seeks to improve living spaces while elevating the standards of the renovation industry.
Pattern Brands
Seed Round in 2018
Pattern operates an online marketplace focused on home products, aiming to create a family of consumer goods brands united by a common mission. The company offers a range of items, including storage boxes, kitchen tools, and serving trays, all made from sustainable materials. By curating product selections tailored to specific rooms such as bedrooms, kitchens, and bathrooms, Pattern enables customers to easily find and purchase eco-friendly products that enhance their living spaces. The brand emphasizes building personal relationships with consumers to better understand and meet their needs.
Leap Services, Inc., established in 2018 and based in Chicago, Illinois, specializes in branded retail. It operates a platform that enables brands to set up stores in optimal locations, securing favorable terms. Leap also manages retail stores for consumer brands in major U.S. cities, offering a comprehensive service that covers store development, staffing, and technology infrastructure. By utilizing data-driven insights and a technology-enabled approach, Leap aims to make physical retail more productive and less risky for brands, driving growth and enhancing customer experience.