Flywheel Ventures

Flywheel Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, that specializes in seed and early-stage investments in the information technology and physical sciences sectors. The firm targets ventures in areas such as software, software-as-a-service, semiconductors, mobile computing, and clean technology, with a particular emphasis on solutions addressing global challenges. It primarily invests in companies located in the Midwest and Southwestern regions of the United States, focusing on states like New Mexico, Colorado, and Arizona, while also considering opportunities in California. Flywheel Ventures typically makes initial investments ranging from $50,000 to $1 million and aims for a follow-on funding ratio of at least 3:1. The firm prefers to take a lead investor role and often seeks a board seat in its portfolio companies. Established in 1999, Flywheel Ventures positions itself as a catalyst for developing a world-class technology center in the Southwest/Rockies region.

David Jargiello

Venture Partner

Paula L. Marez

General Manager

Chris Traylor

Venture Partner

32 past transactions

Submittable

Series C in 2022
Submittable helps thousands of organizations worldwide collect and review any type of content in one easy-to-use platform. It was launched by three creatives, a writer, a filmmaker, and a musician, who wanted to simplify the process of submitting their work. Today, Submittable is a cloud-based submission management platform that makes it easy to accept, review, and make decisions on any kind of digital content online. Submittable has collected more than 10 million submissions from thousands of customers worldwide and is backed by True Ventures, Next Frontier Capital, The Knight Foundation, StartFund, 77Ventures, Y Combinator, and a few other amazing investors. The platform mission is to make a crappy process better for as many people as possible. Submittable was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Missoula, Montana, USA, and with an office in New York.

Genome Medical

Series C in 2021
Genome Medical, Inc. is a national telegenomics company that specializes in providing genetic consultation and medical consulting services. Incorporated in 2016 and based in South San Francisco, California, the company utilizes its Genome Care Delivery technology platform to deliver genetic solutions across various clinical areas, including cancer, cardiovascular health, reproductive health, pediatrics, and pharmacy. By leveraging a nationwide network of genetic specialists, Genome Medical offers expert virtual genetic care to individuals and families, enhancing their health and well-being. The company also assists healthcare providers and patients in navigating the expanding field of genetics, enabling them to interpret test results, assess disease risk, expedite diagnoses, make informed treatment choices, and reduce healthcare costs.

Genome Medical

Series B in 2020
Genome Medical, Inc. is a national telegenomics company that specializes in providing genetic consultation and medical consulting services. Incorporated in 2016 and based in South San Francisco, California, the company utilizes its Genome Care Delivery technology platform to deliver genetic solutions across various clinical areas, including cancer, cardiovascular health, reproductive health, pediatrics, and pharmacy. By leveraging a nationwide network of genetic specialists, Genome Medical offers expert virtual genetic care to individuals and families, enhancing their health and well-being. The company also assists healthcare providers and patients in navigating the expanding field of genetics, enabling them to interpret test results, assess disease risk, expedite diagnoses, make informed treatment choices, and reduce healthcare costs.

Submittable

Series B in 2019
Submittable helps thousands of organizations worldwide collect and review any type of content in one easy-to-use platform. It was launched by three creatives, a writer, a filmmaker, and a musician, who wanted to simplify the process of submitting their work. Today, Submittable is a cloud-based submission management platform that makes it easy to accept, review, and make decisions on any kind of digital content online. Submittable has collected more than 10 million submissions from thousands of customers worldwide and is backed by True Ventures, Next Frontier Capital, The Knight Foundation, StartFund, 77Ventures, Y Combinator, and a few other amazing investors. The platform mission is to make a crappy process better for as many people as possible. Submittable was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Missoula, Montana, USA, and with an office in New York.

Genome Medical

Series A in 2017
Genome Medical, Inc. is a national telegenomics company that specializes in providing genetic consultation and medical consulting services. Incorporated in 2016 and based in South San Francisco, California, the company utilizes its Genome Care Delivery technology platform to deliver genetic solutions across various clinical areas, including cancer, cardiovascular health, reproductive health, pediatrics, and pharmacy. By leveraging a nationwide network of genetic specialists, Genome Medical offers expert virtual genetic care to individuals and families, enhancing their health and well-being. The company also assists healthcare providers and patients in navigating the expanding field of genetics, enabling them to interpret test results, assess disease risk, expedite diagnoses, make informed treatment choices, and reduce healthcare costs.

SlamData

Series A in 2017
SlamData software is a solution for data integration and preparation of any data stored in S3, Azure, and Google. It gives more analytics-ready, regardless of complexity. SlamData has connectors to MongoDB, MarkLogic, Couchbase, and Hadoop and employs the industry's first “in-database” analytics solution to keep data processing and analytics close to the data. It was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado.

Submittable

Series A in 2015
Submittable helps thousands of organizations worldwide collect and review any type of content in one easy-to-use platform. It was launched by three creatives, a writer, a filmmaker, and a musician, who wanted to simplify the process of submitting their work. Today, Submittable is a cloud-based submission management platform that makes it easy to accept, review, and make decisions on any kind of digital content online. Submittable has collected more than 10 million submissions from thousands of customers worldwide and is backed by True Ventures, Next Frontier Capital, The Knight Foundation, StartFund, 77Ventures, Y Combinator, and a few other amazing investors. The platform mission is to make a crappy process better for as many people as possible. Submittable was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Missoula, Montana, USA, and with an office in New York.

SlamData

Seed Round in 2015
SlamData software is a solution for data integration and preparation of any data stored in S3, Azure, and Google. It gives more analytics-ready, regardless of complexity. SlamData has connectors to MongoDB, MarkLogic, Couchbase, and Hadoop and employs the industry's first “in-database” analytics solution to keep data processing and analytics close to the data. It was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado.

Documoto

Series B in 2015
Documoto is a Denver-based software company that simplifies the selling, managing, and supporting of machine and equipment parts. Documoto’s vision is to provide innovative software solutions for equipment manufacturers, their network, and their equipment owners to keep the world’s machines working. Their solutions help these businesses rise to the unique challenges found in the complex equipment aftermarket – improve the accuracy, lower the costs, and decrease the lead time for essential technical documentation; fend off gray-market and will fitter competition for increased market share; maximize equipment uptime; provide a top-notch experience for their internal team, channel, and customers; and streamline MRO (Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul) operations. Through our solutions, suppliers, manufacturers, channels, and equipment owners get closer to each other, optimizing costs and increasing revenues through a unified “content supply chain”. Documoto's flagship product, is an enterprise cloud-based solution for authoring parts catalogs and related content, securely distributing that content over the web to any device in a variety of translations, and ordering the right parts and products the first time, every time. Founded in 2010, Documoto is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado, with sales offices in Europe and resellers across the globe.

SlamData

Convertible Note in 2014
SlamData software is a solution for data integration and preparation of any data stored in S3, Azure, and Google. It gives more analytics-ready, regardless of complexity. SlamData has connectors to MongoDB, MarkLogic, Couchbase, and Hadoop and employs the industry's first “in-database” analytics solution to keep data processing and analytics close to the data. It was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Boulder, Colorado.

ByteLight

Series A in 2013
ByteLight is the location-based marketing solution for big retail. ByteLight’s location-based marketing solution uses existing lighting infrastructure to pinpoint consumer location with unmatched accuracy. The company’s consumer engagement platform allows retailers to deliver hyper-targeted content to any shopper with a smartphone, based on precisely what aisle—or part of the aisle—they’re currently shopping. ByteLight’s game changing location-based marketing solution uses retailers’ own lighting infrastructure to deliver custom content to consumers based on their exact location in-store—without the need for batteries or beacons. For more information, visit: http://www.bytelight.com

Documoto

Series A in 2013
Documoto is a Denver-based software company that simplifies the selling, managing, and supporting of machine and equipment parts. Documoto’s vision is to provide innovative software solutions for equipment manufacturers, their network, and their equipment owners to keep the world’s machines working. Their solutions help these businesses rise to the unique challenges found in the complex equipment aftermarket – improve the accuracy, lower the costs, and decrease the lead time for essential technical documentation; fend off gray-market and will fitter competition for increased market share; maximize equipment uptime; provide a top-notch experience for their internal team, channel, and customers; and streamline MRO (Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul) operations. Through our solutions, suppliers, manufacturers, channels, and equipment owners get closer to each other, optimizing costs and increasing revenues through a unified “content supply chain”. Documoto's flagship product, is an enterprise cloud-based solution for authoring parts catalogs and related content, securely distributing that content over the web to any device in a variety of translations, and ordering the right parts and products the first time, every time. Founded in 2010, Documoto is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado, with sales offices in Europe and resellers across the globe.

Digabit, Inc.

Venture Round in 2013
Digabit, Inc. designs and develops cloud-based applications for original equipment manufacturers (OEM). It offers Documoto, a Web-based library solution that delivers aftermarket technical documents on the cloud; provides technical documentation and parts catalogs that enables employees, dealers, distributors, and customers the tools they need to find the right part, repair assemblies, and publish and access electronic parts catalogs. The company’s Documoto also supports aftermarket parts sales, ERP integration, and 3D parts catalogs for OEMs and asset-intensive industries; publishes PDF parts manuals, illustrated parts catalogs, and Excel parts lists with correlating image files; enables users to share technical information, as well as buy and sell various parts directly; and provides security to technology assets. It also provides ERP integration services. The company provides its products through resellers. Digabit, Inc. was formerly known as Aftama, Inc. and changed its name to Digabit, Inc. in February 2010. The company was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Englewood, Colorado with additional offices in the United Kingdom and Japan.

Submittable

Venture Round in 2012
Submittable helps thousands of organizations worldwide collect and review any type of content in one easy-to-use platform. It was launched by three creatives, a writer, a filmmaker, and a musician, who wanted to simplify the process of submitting their work. Today, Submittable is a cloud-based submission management platform that makes it easy to accept, review, and make decisions on any kind of digital content online. Submittable has collected more than 10 million submissions from thousands of customers worldwide and is backed by True Ventures, Next Frontier Capital, The Knight Foundation, StartFund, 77Ventures, Y Combinator, and a few other amazing investors. The platform mission is to make a crappy process better for as many people as possible. Submittable was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Missoula, Montana, USA, and with an office in New York.

TrackVia

Series B in 2012
TrackVia, Inc. is a Denver-based company that offers a cloud-based workflow management platform designed to streamline and mobilize operational processes and field workflows. Established in 2006, TrackVia enables businesses to create custom web and mobile applications that enhance collaboration among executives, managers, and employees, all within a unified environment accessible on various devices. The platform empowers non-developers to build applications quickly without coding, using templates, converting spreadsheets, or capturing forms with photographs. By automating and managing tasks and work orders through configurable triggers, TrackVia helps organizations visualize workflow data in real-time, identify problems, and eliminate bottlenecks. The company serves diverse industries, including energy, construction, healthcare, manufacturing, services, and finance, with notable clients such as Stearns Lending, Honeywell, and Brinks.

Cinnafilm

Venture Round in 2012
Cinnafilm is a global leader in innovative video optimization solutions for television, film, and multi-media delivery. Harnessing the unmatched compute power of modern graphics cards, Cinnafilm’s patented, 100% file-based software solutions are true game changers in the field of high-quality image processing. Cinnafilm software is in use today at many of the world’s premier, forward-thinking studios and networks, solving a wide variety of very complex problems including, but not limited to: restoration and bitrate optimization of television and classic films for modern delivery requirements, noise removal and texture-matching for digital camera and film content of all grades; and automatic transcode workflows providing real time, fully optimized files for the “media now and everywhere” distribution model. Cinnafilm is a scientific-engineering company dedicated to ongoing research in the most complex areas of video optimization and workflow automation, and is based out of Albuquerque, New Mexico USA.

Tribogenics

Seed Round in 2011
Founded in 2011, Tribogenics is developing low-cost, miniature x-ray solutions for applications in mining, industrial, military, medical imaging, and many other industries. Tribogenics employs technology developed at UCLA by leading scientists and is based in Los Angeles, California.

AfterCollege

Venture Round in 2011
AfterCollege is the largest career network for college students and recent graduates, connecting college students, alumni and employers throughtalent networks at colleges and professional organizations across the country. AfterCollege's mission is to help college students and entry-level job seekers find their first job or internship.

Lingotek

Venture Round in 2009
Lingotek's Translation Network is the only cloud-based solution to connect all your global content in one place, giving you the power to manage your brand worldwide. Our industry-leading technology pairs with the best enterprise applications to continuously push dynamic multilingual content in real time to all of your global markets. Lingotek is based in Lehi, Utah -- also known as Silicon Slopes -- and is funded by Signal Peak Ventures and In-Q-Tel. The world’s only translation network. Lingotek is the only cloud-based solution to connect all of your global content in one place. Lingotek’s Translation Network connects and delivers your content to global audiences though the best technology and a bigger network. Go beyond translation.

Filtrbox

Series A in 2009
Filtrbox provides a social media monitoring platform for marketers, PR professionals, brand managers, and customer service teams. The company’s services include Filtrbox G2 that delivers critical market intelligence to executives, sales professionals, investors, and marketers as well as discovers new articles in a range of online sources and delivers a daily list of qualified results based on its clients’ business logic. The company also provides Filtrbox Basic that enables to track the things which clients care about online. The company’s services enable its clients to listen, engage, measure, and lead social media conversations. It monitors [Twitter](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/twitter), [FriendFeed](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/friendfeed), [Backtype](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/backtype), and other social networks. Filtrbox was founded in April 2007 and is based in Palo Alto, California.

MIOX

Series C in 2008
MIOX Corporation specializes in the design and manufacture of on-site generators for water disinfection, producing mixed oxidant solutions and mobile chemical-free disinfection systems. The company's products cater to a variety of applications, including drinking water treatment, wastewater management for municipalities and industries, industrial cooling systems, and oil and gas water treatment, emphasizing water recycling. Additionally, MIOX technology is utilized in food and beverage processing, cleaning applications, and prevention of legionella in settings like hotels, universities, and hospitals. Founded in 1994 and headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, MIOX operates as a subsidiary of Industrie De Nora S.p.A.

Lingotek

Series B in 2008
Lingotek's Translation Network is the only cloud-based solution to connect all your global content in one place, giving you the power to manage your brand worldwide. Our industry-leading technology pairs with the best enterprise applications to continuously push dynamic multilingual content in real time to all of your global markets. Lingotek is based in Lehi, Utah -- also known as Silicon Slopes -- and is funded by Signal Peak Ventures and In-Q-Tel. The world’s only translation network. Lingotek is the only cloud-based solution to connect all of your global content in one place. Lingotek’s Translation Network connects and delivers your content to global audiences though the best technology and a bigger network. Go beyond translation.

TrackVia

Series A in 2008
TrackVia, Inc. is a Denver-based company that offers a cloud-based workflow management platform designed to streamline and mobilize operational processes and field workflows. Established in 2006, TrackVia enables businesses to create custom web and mobile applications that enhance collaboration among executives, managers, and employees, all within a unified environment accessible on various devices. The platform empowers non-developers to build applications quickly without coding, using templates, converting spreadsheets, or capturing forms with photographs. By automating and managing tasks and work orders through configurable triggers, TrackVia helps organizations visualize workflow data in real-time, identify problems, and eliminate bottlenecks. The company serves diverse industries, including energy, construction, healthcare, manufacturing, services, and finance, with notable clients such as Stearns Lending, Honeywell, and Brinks.

Filtrbox

Seed Round in 2008
Filtrbox provides a social media monitoring platform for marketers, PR professionals, brand managers, and customer service teams. The company’s services include Filtrbox G2 that delivers critical market intelligence to executives, sales professionals, investors, and marketers as well as discovers new articles in a range of online sources and delivers a daily list of qualified results based on its clients’ business logic. The company also provides Filtrbox Basic that enables to track the things which clients care about online. The company’s services enable its clients to listen, engage, measure, and lead social media conversations. It monitors [Twitter](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/twitter), [FriendFeed](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/friendfeed), [Backtype](https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/backtype), and other social networks. Filtrbox was founded in April 2007 and is based in Palo Alto, California.

Comet Solutions

Series A in 2007
Comet Solutions, Inc. specializes in developing software applications that streamline engineering simulation for product development. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, the company offers a range of tools known as SimApps, which automate modeling and simulation tasks for manufacturers. These applications facilitate "what if?" analyses, assess the impact of design changes, and promote collaborative efforts among design and engineering teams, even involving non-experts in the simulation process. Additionally, Comet Solutions provides Gearbox SimApps, an automated solution focused on optimizing performance in areas such as acoustics, dynamics, durability, and cost management. The company also offers a variety of services, including SimApp development, training, and consulting for computer-aided engineering (CAE) processes. Its products are applicable in various sectors, including aerospace, consumer goods, electronics, and automotive industries. Comet Solutions operates additional offices in Albuquerque, New Mexico; Troy, Michigan; Shanghai, China; and India.

4Blox

Venture Round in 2007
Increase the performance of iSCSI-based SAN’s through software 4Blox™ Inc., is the first software company dedicated to improving iSCSI SAN performance. The most important hardware resource for efficiently handling increased load in iSCSI processing is CPU capacity. The core product from 4Blox™ is a family of software components used to expand CPU processing capacity in iSCSI Storage Area Networks. The 4Mezzo™ product line of software accelerators from 4Blox™ dramatically reduces host CPU processing overhead associated with iSCSI in standalone and virtual machines enabling higher connection loads, better iSCSI processing efficiency for Guest Operating Systems, and the ability to take advantage of higher network line speeds like multiple 1GbE connections and 10GbE.

TrackVia

Seed Round in 2007
TrackVia, Inc. is a Denver-based company that offers a cloud-based workflow management platform designed to streamline and mobilize operational processes and field workflows. Established in 2006, TrackVia enables businesses to create custom web and mobile applications that enhance collaboration among executives, managers, and employees, all within a unified environment accessible on various devices. The platform empowers non-developers to build applications quickly without coding, using templates, converting spreadsheets, or capturing forms with photographs. By automating and managing tasks and work orders through configurable triggers, TrackVia helps organizations visualize workflow data in real-time, identify problems, and eliminate bottlenecks. The company serves diverse industries, including energy, construction, healthcare, manufacturing, services, and finance, with notable clients such as Stearns Lending, Honeywell, and Brinks.

Lingotek

Series A in 2007
Lingotek's Translation Network is the only cloud-based solution to connect all your global content in one place, giving you the power to manage your brand worldwide. Our industry-leading technology pairs with the best enterprise applications to continuously push dynamic multilingual content in real time to all of your global markets. Lingotek is based in Lehi, Utah -- also known as Silicon Slopes -- and is funded by Signal Peak Ventures and In-Q-Tel. The world’s only translation network. Lingotek is the only cloud-based solution to connect all of your global content in one place. Lingotek’s Translation Network connects and delivers your content to global audiences though the best technology and a bigger network. Go beyond translation.

TruTouch Technologies

Venture Round in 2007
TruTouch Technologies, Inc. specializes in the development, manufacture, and marketing of noninvasive alcohol testing systems designed for various applications, including workplace safety, law enforcement, and medical diagnostics. The company's flagship product, the TruTouch biometric alcohol sensor, utilizes light to measure blood alcohol content while confirming the identity of the user through biometric verification. TruTouch Technologies offers solutions tailored for sectors such as energy, transportation, warehousing, and community safety. Founded in 2005, the company operates from Sudbury, Massachusetts, with a dedicated research and development center located in Riverside, California. The innovative technology aims to enhance safety and compliance by providing accurate and reliable alcohol testing without the need for invasive procedures.

Lingotek

Series A in 2006
Lingotek's Translation Network is the only cloud-based solution to connect all your global content in one place, giving you the power to manage your brand worldwide. Our industry-leading technology pairs with the best enterprise applications to continuously push dynamic multilingual content in real time to all of your global markets. Lingotek is based in Lehi, Utah -- also known as Silicon Slopes -- and is funded by Signal Peak Ventures and In-Q-Tel. The world’s only translation network. Lingotek is the only cloud-based solution to connect all of your global content in one place. Lingotek’s Translation Network connects and delivers your content to global audiences though the best technology and a bigger network. Go beyond translation.

Comet Solutions

Series A in 2006
Comet Solutions, Inc. specializes in developing software applications that streamline engineering simulation for product development. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, the company offers a range of tools known as SimApps, which automate modeling and simulation tasks for manufacturers. These applications facilitate "what if?" analyses, assess the impact of design changes, and promote collaborative efforts among design and engineering teams, even involving non-experts in the simulation process. Additionally, Comet Solutions provides Gearbox SimApps, an automated solution focused on optimizing performance in areas such as acoustics, dynamics, durability, and cost management. The company also offers a variety of services, including SimApp development, training, and consulting for computer-aided engineering (CAE) processes. Its products are applicable in various sectors, including aerospace, consumer goods, electronics, and automotive industries. Comet Solutions operates additional offices in Albuquerque, New Mexico; Troy, Michigan; Shanghai, China; and India.

TruTouch Technologies

Venture Round in 2005
TruTouch Technologies, Inc. specializes in the development, manufacture, and marketing of noninvasive alcohol testing systems designed for various applications, including workplace safety, law enforcement, and medical diagnostics. The company's flagship product, the TruTouch biometric alcohol sensor, utilizes light to measure blood alcohol content while confirming the identity of the user through biometric verification. TruTouch Technologies offers solutions tailored for sectors such as energy, transportation, warehousing, and community safety. Founded in 2005, the company operates from Sudbury, Massachusetts, with a dedicated research and development center located in Riverside, California. The innovative technology aims to enhance safety and compliance by providing accurate and reliable alcohol testing without the need for invasive procedures.