Flyover Capital

Flyover Capital, established in 2014 and based in Overland Park, Kansas, is a private equity firm that focuses on seed and series A-stage investments in technology-related companies throughout the United States. The firm aims to address the capital needs of aspiring technology entrepreneurs in the Midwest, a region rich in innovation and talent but often overlooked by traditional investors. Flyover Capital recognizes the potential of businesses in "flyover country," where lower development costs, access to a skilled workforce from Fortune 500 companies, and strong educational institutions create a favorable environment for growth. The firm believes that this unique landscape offers attractive opportunities for both investors and portfolio companies, contributing to the success of the technology sector in the Midwest.

Patrick Berry

Principal

Marty Bicknell

General Partner

Thomas DeBacco

General Partner

Timothy Foote

Associate

Dan Kerr

Partner

Thad Langford

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Tristan Mace

Managing Partner

Keith Molzer

Co-Founder & Managing Partner

42 past transactions

Layr

Series A in 2022
Layr Holdings operates as an online insurance agency designed for business owners and entrepreneurs in the United States. The company provides an AI-powered platform that automates the functions of traditional brokers and underwriters, allowing users to customize their insurance policies and coverage limits to meet their specific business needs. Through a user-friendly self-service portal, business owners can efficiently purchase tailored insurance in just minutes while managing common insurance-related tasks. Layr was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

Verusen

Series B in 2022
Verusen is a supply chain intelligence company that leverages artificial intelligence to enhance visibility and digitization in complex global supply chains. Its platform integrates and harmonizes disparate material data across various ERP systems, facilitating accurate master data management to lower inventory costs and improve production reliability. By implementing intelligent controls, Verusen enforces inventory management procedures to mitigate the risk of inventory spikes, while its predictive capabilities optimize allocation and procurement processes. This approach provides businesses with a reliable data foundation, enabling them to adapt swiftly, innovate, and support initiatives related to Industry 4.0. Founded in 2015 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, Verusen primarily serves Fortune 500 manufacturers and their supply chains.

Project Admission

Seed Round in 2021
Project Admission, Inc. operates an online platform dedicated to the purchase, sale, and distribution of digital tickets. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Nashville, Tennessee, the company aims to enhance the ticketing experience by providing tools for tracking the ownership history of tickets. This feature not only facilitates better management of ticket transactions but also opens avenues for increased revenue and marketing opportunities. By expanding the distribution of tickets and creating a comprehensive interest graph that extends beyond just event attendees, Project Admission seeks to leverage data collection to improve overall engagement within the ticketing ecosystem.

TripleBlind

Series A in 2021
TripleBlind, Inc. is a Kansas City-based company established in 2019 that provides a platform designed for secure collaboration involving sensitive data and algorithms. The company offers digital privacy as a service, equipping organizations with a suite of tools that allows them to share and utilize highly sensitive information in an encrypted environment. This innovative approach ensures that privacy is maintained, enabling entities to work together without the risk of compromising their data security.

Rentable

Series B in 2021
Rentable is an internet company that specializes in providing a web-based platform that allows its users to conduct an online internet apartment search. The company was established in 2011 and is based in Madison, Wisconsin.

Snappy Kraken

Series A in 2021
Snappy Kraken, is a SaaS marketing solution that helps financial advisors personalize, automate, and track marketing campaigns and business processes. Users can choose from a number of ready-made campaigns, each containing combinations of professionally designed and written email drip series, social media posts, ads and more.

TripleBlind

Seed Round in 2021
TripleBlind, Inc. is a Kansas City-based company established in 2019 that provides a platform designed for secure collaboration involving sensitive data and algorithms. The company offers digital privacy as a service, equipping organizations with a suite of tools that allows them to share and utilize highly sensitive information in an encrypted environment. This innovative approach ensures that privacy is maintained, enabling entities to work together without the risk of compromising their data security.

Verusen

Series A in 2021
Verusen is a supply chain intelligence company that leverages artificial intelligence to enhance visibility and digitization in complex global supply chains. Its platform integrates and harmonizes disparate material data across various ERP systems, facilitating accurate master data management to lower inventory costs and improve production reliability. By implementing intelligent controls, Verusen enforces inventory management procedures to mitigate the risk of inventory spikes, while its predictive capabilities optimize allocation and procurement processes. This approach provides businesses with a reliable data foundation, enabling them to adapt swiftly, innovate, and support initiatives related to Industry 4.0. Founded in 2015 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, Verusen primarily serves Fortune 500 manufacturers and their supply chains.

Layr

Seed Round in 2020
Layr Holdings operates as an online insurance agency designed for business owners and entrepreneurs in the United States. The company provides an AI-powered platform that automates the functions of traditional brokers and underwriters, allowing users to customize their insurance policies and coverage limits to meet their specific business needs. Through a user-friendly self-service portal, business owners can efficiently purchase tailored insurance in just minutes while managing common insurance-related tasks. Layr was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

Verusen

Seed Round in 2020
Verusen is a supply chain intelligence company that leverages artificial intelligence to enhance visibility and digitization in complex global supply chains. Its platform integrates and harmonizes disparate material data across various ERP systems, facilitating accurate master data management to lower inventory costs and improve production reliability. By implementing intelligent controls, Verusen enforces inventory management procedures to mitigate the risk of inventory spikes, while its predictive capabilities optimize allocation and procurement processes. This approach provides businesses with a reliable data foundation, enabling them to adapt swiftly, innovate, and support initiatives related to Industry 4.0. Founded in 2015 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, Verusen primarily serves Fortune 500 manufacturers and their supply chains.

Rentable

Venture Round in 2019
Rentable is an internet company that specializes in providing a web-based platform that allows its users to conduct an online internet apartment search. The company was established in 2011 and is based in Madison, Wisconsin.

Threatcare

Seed Round in 2019
Threatcare’s automated Breach and Attack Simulation solutions provide real-time insights and actionable recommendations that enable organizations to build, measure, and maintain strong cybersecurity programs.

Aker Technologies

Venture Round in 2019
Aker Technologies Inc. specializes in providing advanced crop intelligence and in-season analytical tools to enhance farm operations. The company offers a customer service platform designed for chemical suppliers, agricultural retailers, and consultants, facilitating support for growers. Aker Technologies has developed patented technology, including computer vision and biometric sensors, paired with software solutions to detect and assess pest pressures, airborne pathogens, crop diseases, and fertility issues within crop canopies. Incorporated in 2014 and formerly known as Leading Edge Technologies, Inc., the company rebranded in December 2015 and operates from its headquarters in Winnebago, Minnesota, with an additional office in Chicago, Illinois.

Snappy Kraken

Seed Round in 2019
Snappy Kraken, is a SaaS marketing solution that helps financial advisors personalize, automate, and track marketing campaigns and business processes. Users can choose from a number of ready-made campaigns, each containing combinations of professionally designed and written email drip series, social media posts, ads and more.

Opendorse

Series B in 2019
Opendorse is a company that offers a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform designed to streamline the endorsement process for athletes and brands. Founded in 2012 by Adi Kunalic, Blake Lawrence, and Timothy Braun, and based in Lincoln, Nebraska, Opendorse's platform enables athletes to receive and share curated content, such as videos, photos, and GIFs, across their social media channels. The service is aimed at enhancing athlete marketing by connecting athletes with brands and fans, allowing for effective social media campaigns. By analyzing campaign goals and target markets, Opendorse facilitates the endorsement process, providing a streamlined approach for brands to engage with athletes and their audiences.

LendingStandard

Series A in 2018
LendingStandard is a technology company based in Kansas City, Kansas, that specializes in developing an online origination and underwriting system for lenders. Founded in 2012, LendingStandard offers a collaborative platform that enhances lenders' capabilities to acquire, process, and fund complex commercial loan transactions. The platform integrates financial data into a single repository, streamlining the processes of underwriting and document preparation. It features an easy-to-use application that can be shared among business owners and their financial partners, facilitating the information-gathering necessary for loan decisions. By partnering with established organizations such as EQUIFAX, Salesforce, and Experian, LendingStandard aims to improve service differentiation for banks and enhance their overall customer experience.

chowly

Series A in 2018
Chowly Inc., founded in 2015 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, specializes in software solutions that integrate third-party online ordering platforms with restaurant point of sale (POS) systems. The company connects various online ordering services, including Grubhub, UberEats, DoorDash, and Caviar, to streamline restaurant operations. By providing these integrations, Chowly aims to enhance efficiency, reduce staffing costs, and minimize errors, ultimately increasing revenue for restaurants. The company is committed to delivering affordable technology-based solutions tailored for the restaurant industry.

ScaleFactor

Series A in 2018
ScaleFactor provides accounting and finance software with automated bookkeeping, proactive alerts, and other features. It is a smart accounting and finance software that changes the way modern businesses operate. By automating complex accounting tasks and translating financial information into usable business insights, ScaleFactor is enabling business owners, managers, and entrepreneurs to focus on what they love: running and growing their business. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Topbox

Series A in 2018
Topbox specializes in enhancing outdoor sales through its Customer Experience Analytics solution, which meticulously analyzes customer interactions across multiple communication channels. This approach allows clients to swiftly identify and address friction points experienced by customers and prospects. By gathering feedback from various sources, including voice communications, chats, texts, social media, and surveys, Topbox enables businesses to gain valuable insights into customer sentiments regarding their products and services. This comprehensive feedback mechanism ensures that clients can effectively listen to their customers and improve their overall service quality.

DemandJump

Series A in 2018
DemandJump is a customer acquisition software that shows marketers new sources of growth online. Their mission is to understand the world’s competitive digital data and make it actionable for marketers everywhere. The company's software uses artificial intelligence that shows a holistic view of the data, overlays absent data, and maps that target market behavior, thereby, enabling marketers to make better decisions by providing actions that maximize return on investments. DemandJump was founded in 2015 and is based in Indianapolis, Indiana.

Inprentus

Series A in 2018
Inprentus is a nanotechnology company that specializes in the fields of Diffraction gratings, diffractive optics, monochromator, and spectrometer. The company has developed a new method for manufacturing mechanically ruled blazed diffraction gratings for synchrotron, FEL, and laser applications, offering high resolving power with blaze angles lower than 1 degree. It was founded in 2012 and headquartered in Champaign, Illinois.

Threatcare

Seed Round in 2018
Threatcare’s automated Breach and Attack Simulation solutions provide real-time insights and actionable recommendations that enable organizations to build, measure, and maintain strong cybersecurity programs.

Topbox

Seed Round in 2017
Topbox specializes in enhancing outdoor sales through its Customer Experience Analytics solution, which meticulously analyzes customer interactions across multiple communication channels. This approach allows clients to swiftly identify and address friction points experienced by customers and prospects. By gathering feedback from various sources, including voice communications, chats, texts, social media, and surveys, Topbox enables businesses to gain valuable insights into customer sentiments regarding their products and services. This comprehensive feedback mechanism ensures that clients can effectively listen to their customers and improve their overall service quality.

ScaleFactor

Seed Round in 2017
ScaleFactor provides accounting and finance software with automated bookkeeping, proactive alerts, and other features. It is a smart accounting and finance software that changes the way modern businesses operate. By automating complex accounting tasks and translating financial information into usable business insights, ScaleFactor is enabling business owners, managers, and entrepreneurs to focus on what they love: running and growing their business. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

RiskGenius

Series A in 2017
RiskGenius is a technology company that specializes in enhancing the insurance policy review process through its innovative platform, which applies artificial intelligence. Founded in 2011 and based in Overland Park, Kansas, RiskGenius provides clients with custom algorithms and workflow modules designed to simplify the understanding of complex policy language. This allows for improved underwriting workflows and contributes to the automation of policy management. The company's offerings are particularly valuable to a diverse clientele that includes sureties, claim professionals, attorneys, and other stakeholders within the insurance industry. By leveraging advanced technology, RiskGenius aims to transform the traditional methods of reviewing and managing insurance policies.

Opendorse

Series A in 2017
Opendorse is a company that offers a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform designed to streamline the endorsement process for athletes and brands. Founded in 2012 by Adi Kunalic, Blake Lawrence, and Timothy Braun, and based in Lincoln, Nebraska, Opendorse's platform enables athletes to receive and share curated content, such as videos, photos, and GIFs, across their social media channels. The service is aimed at enhancing athlete marketing by connecting athletes with brands and fans, allowing for effective social media campaigns. By analyzing campaign goals and target markets, Opendorse facilitates the endorsement process, providing a streamlined approach for brands to engage with athletes and their audiences.

Agrible

Series B in 2017
Agrible was established in 2007 by Bill Northcott, Chris Harbourt, and Paul Miller, who all met in 1997 while completing higher degrees at the University of Illinois. There they began conceptualizing a small engineering firm based off their research, but their ideas were a bit ahead of the technology of the time.

Site 1001

Series A in 2017
Site 1001 is a software developer using AI to revolutionize how buildings are run. The company’s Skylight Building Performance and Operations platform combines core building information, live building systems, sensors and “people-generated” information like work requests and comments, with artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies to help make buildings truly “smart.” Property investors, owners, and managers tap Skylight-powered apps to reduce unplanned maintenance and downtime, lower operational costs, increase asset longevity and performance, maximize guest/tenant experience and increase a property’s value. Skylight customers include major hotel operators, casino/resort properties, performing arts centers, mixed-use commercial, and office building owners.

Inprentus

Series A in 2017
Inprentus is a nanotechnology company that specializes in the fields of Diffraction gratings, diffractive optics, monochromator, and spectrometer. The company has developed a new method for manufacturing mechanically ruled blazed diffraction gratings for synchrotron, FEL, and laser applications, offering high resolving power with blaze angles lower than 1 degree. It was founded in 2012 and headquartered in Champaign, Illinois.

EyeVerify

Convertible Note in 2016
EyeVerify Inc. develops eye-based biometric solutions for mobile devices. It offers EyePrint ID, a biometric software solution for smart devices that delivers a password-free mobile experience and secure authentication at a glance, and uses existing cameras on smartphones to image and pattern match the blood vessels in and around the eye. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Kansas City, Missouri. As of September 13, 2016, EyeVerify Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Ant Financial Services Group.

Site 1001

Series A in 2016
Site 1001 is a software developer using AI to revolutionize how buildings are run. The company’s Skylight Building Performance and Operations platform combines core building information, live building systems, sensors and “people-generated” information like work requests and comments, with artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies to help make buildings truly “smart.” Property investors, owners, and managers tap Skylight-powered apps to reduce unplanned maintenance and downtime, lower operational costs, increase asset longevity and performance, maximize guest/tenant experience and increase a property’s value. Skylight customers include major hotel operators, casino/resort properties, performing arts centers, mixed-use commercial, and office building owners.

RiskGenius

Venture Round in 2016
RiskGenius is a technology company that specializes in enhancing the insurance policy review process through its innovative platform, which applies artificial intelligence. Founded in 2011 and based in Overland Park, Kansas, RiskGenius provides clients with custom algorithms and workflow modules designed to simplify the understanding of complex policy language. This allows for improved underwriting workflows and contributes to the automation of policy management. The company's offerings are particularly valuable to a diverse clientele that includes sureties, claim professionals, attorneys, and other stakeholders within the insurance industry. By leveraging advanced technology, RiskGenius aims to transform the traditional methods of reviewing and managing insurance policies.

Rentable

Series A in 2016
Rentable is an internet company that specializes in providing a web-based platform that allows its users to conduct an online internet apartment search. The company was established in 2011 and is based in Madison, Wisconsin.

RiskGenius

Series A in 2016
RiskGenius is a technology company that specializes in enhancing the insurance policy review process through its innovative platform, which applies artificial intelligence. Founded in 2011 and based in Overland Park, Kansas, RiskGenius provides clients with custom algorithms and workflow modules designed to simplify the understanding of complex policy language. This allows for improved underwriting workflows and contributes to the automation of policy management. The company's offerings are particularly valuable to a diverse clientele that includes sureties, claim professionals, attorneys, and other stakeholders within the insurance industry. By leveraging advanced technology, RiskGenius aims to transform the traditional methods of reviewing and managing insurance policies.

Agrible

Series A in 2015
Agrible was established in 2007 by Bill Northcott, Chris Harbourt, and Paul Miller, who all met in 1997 while completing higher degrees at the University of Illinois. There they began conceptualizing a small engineering firm based off their research, but their ideas were a bit ahead of the technology of the time.

Bulu Group

Venture Round in 2015
Bulu Box builds and rebuilds subscription box programs. It is one of the first subscription boxes and continues to pioneer the industry. The website bulubox.com continues to operate while the Bulu Box team works with multi-billion dollar companies executing full or à la carte Turnkey Subscription Box Solutions. Bulu Box is the Subscription Box Champion working with partners to win. It was created in 2011 and launched in 2012.

Innara Health

Series B in 2015
Innara Health, Inc. engages in developing neonatal care technologies for preterm and full term infants and children with development needs. The company offers NTrainer System that promotes early development of non-nutritive sucking skills in newborns and infants born prematurely; and helps caregivers in neonatal and pediatric intensive care units to understand how to treat infants. It serves infants, children, and their families; and hospitals and neonatal intensive care units, and clinicians. The company was formerly known as KCBioMedix, Inc. and changed its name to Innara Health, Inc. in February 2013. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Olathe, Kansas.

Opendorse

Seed Round in 2015
Opendorse is a company that offers a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform designed to streamline the endorsement process for athletes and brands. Founded in 2012 by Adi Kunalic, Blake Lawrence, and Timothy Braun, and based in Lincoln, Nebraska, Opendorse's platform enables athletes to receive and share curated content, such as videos, photos, and GIFs, across their social media channels. The service is aimed at enhancing athlete marketing by connecting athletes with brands and fans, allowing for effective social media campaigns. By analyzing campaign goals and target markets, Opendorse facilitates the endorsement process, providing a streamlined approach for brands to engage with athletes and their audiences.

Bulu Group

Series A in 2014
Bulu Box builds and rebuilds subscription box programs. It is one of the first subscription boxes and continues to pioneer the industry. The website bulubox.com continues to operate while the Bulu Box team works with multi-billion dollar companies executing full or à la carte Turnkey Subscription Box Solutions. Bulu Box is the Subscription Box Champion working with partners to win. It was created in 2011 and launched in 2012.