Flywheel Ventures

Flywheel Ventures is a venture capital firm established in 1999 and headquartered in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with additional offices in Albuquerque and San Francisco. The firm specializes in seed and early-stage investments, primarily focusing on information technology services and physical sciences, including sectors such as software, semiconductors, networking, and clean technology. Flywheel Ventures targets companies located in the Midwest and Southwestern regions of the United States, particularly New Mexico, Colorado, and Arizona, while also considering opportunities in California. The firm aims to address critical global challenges through its investments and typically provides initial funding between $0.05 million and $1 million, maintaining a preference for follow-on funding at a 3:1 ratio or greater. Flywheel Ventures seeks to play a lead role in its investments, often taking board seats and collaborating with other firms to secure additional financing for its portfolio companies. The firm's mission is to foster the development of a world-class technology ecosystem in the Southwest and Rockies region.

Trevor R. Loy

Founder and Managing Partner and General Partner

Clyde Neu Ph.D

Venture Partner

33 past transactions

Laxis

Seed Round in 2022
Laxis is an AI meeting assistant tailored for revenue teams, aimed at enhancing productivity and accelerating growth. The platform automates customer research prior to meetings and provides real-time transcription and insights during discussions. After meetings, Laxis generates customer requirements, action items, and follow-up emails, streamlining post-meeting tasks. Additionally, users can interact with Laxis to obtain answers based on previous conversations, ensuring that important information is readily accessible.

Submittable

Series C in 2022
Submittable, Inc. is a cloud-based platform based in Missoula, Montana, with an additional office in New York. Founded in 2010, the company specializes in submission management, offering tools that allow organizations to curate and manage various forms of digital content, including applications, proposals, and multimedia submissions. Its primary product, Submittable, streamlines the processes of accepting, reviewing, and managing submissions for publishers, grant-makers, and creative organizations. The platform features customizable workflows, team collaboration tools, and robust analytics to facilitate efficient decision-making and enhance the management of grants, awards, and other intake processes. Additionally, Submittable supports integration with various systems, enabling users to optimize their workflows and gain valuable insights into their submissions and impact. The company also offers Talentd for job application management and Submishmash 2.0, a marketplace for creative content opportunities.

Genome Medical

Series C in 2021
Genome Medical, Inc. is a genomic medicine delivery company based in South San Francisco, California, established in 2016. It operates a technology platform known as Genome Care Delivery, which connects individuals and healthcare providers with genetic specialists to facilitate virtual genetic consultations. The company focuses on various areas of clinical care, including cancer, cardiovascular health, reproductive health, pediatrics, and pharmacogenomics. By providing expert genetic assessments and personalized clinical action plans, Genome Medical helps patients understand their genetic risks and make informed treatment decisions. Additionally, the company supports healthcare providers in navigating the growing field of genetics, enhancing disease diagnosis, and improving patient care while aiming to reduce overall healthcare costs.

Genome Medical

Series B in 2020
Genome Medical, Inc. is a genomic medicine delivery company based in South San Francisco, California, established in 2016. It operates a technology platform known as Genome Care Delivery, which connects individuals and healthcare providers with genetic specialists to facilitate virtual genetic consultations. The company focuses on various areas of clinical care, including cancer, cardiovascular health, reproductive health, pediatrics, and pharmacogenomics. By providing expert genetic assessments and personalized clinical action plans, Genome Medical helps patients understand their genetic risks and make informed treatment decisions. Additionally, the company supports healthcare providers in navigating the growing field of genetics, enhancing disease diagnosis, and improving patient care while aiming to reduce overall healthcare costs.

Submittable

Series B in 2019
Submittable, Inc. is a cloud-based platform based in Missoula, Montana, with an additional office in New York. Founded in 2010, the company specializes in submission management, offering tools that allow organizations to curate and manage various forms of digital content, including applications, proposals, and multimedia submissions. Its primary product, Submittable, streamlines the processes of accepting, reviewing, and managing submissions for publishers, grant-makers, and creative organizations. The platform features customizable workflows, team collaboration tools, and robust analytics to facilitate efficient decision-making and enhance the management of grants, awards, and other intake processes. Additionally, Submittable supports integration with various systems, enabling users to optimize their workflows and gain valuable insights into their submissions and impact. The company also offers Talentd for job application management and Submishmash 2.0, a marketplace for creative content opportunities.

Genome Medical

Series A in 2017
Genome Medical, Inc. is a genomic medicine delivery company based in South San Francisco, California, established in 2016. It operates a technology platform known as Genome Care Delivery, which connects individuals and healthcare providers with genetic specialists to facilitate virtual genetic consultations. The company focuses on various areas of clinical care, including cancer, cardiovascular health, reproductive health, pediatrics, and pharmacogenomics. By providing expert genetic assessments and personalized clinical action plans, Genome Medical helps patients understand their genetic risks and make informed treatment decisions. Additionally, the company supports healthcare providers in navigating the growing field of genetics, enhancing disease diagnosis, and improving patient care while aiming to reduce overall healthcare costs.

SlamData

Series A in 2017
SlamData, Inc. is a company that provides a virtual data warehouse and integration solution, enabling users to explore and curate data stored in cloud services such as S3, Azure, and Google Cloud. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, SlamData offers a software platform that enhances data preparation and integration, making data more analytics-ready regardless of complexity. The solution supports various business intelligence tools, including Tableau, Looker, and PowerBI, and features connectors to multiple databases such as MongoDB, MarkLogic, Couchbase, and Hadoop. Notably, SlamData employs an innovative “in-database” analytics approach, which allows for data processing and analytics to occur close to the data itself.

Submittable

Series A in 2015
Submittable, Inc. is a cloud-based platform based in Missoula, Montana, with an additional office in New York. Founded in 2010, the company specializes in submission management, offering tools that allow organizations to curate and manage various forms of digital content, including applications, proposals, and multimedia submissions. Its primary product, Submittable, streamlines the processes of accepting, reviewing, and managing submissions for publishers, grant-makers, and creative organizations. The platform features customizable workflows, team collaboration tools, and robust analytics to facilitate efficient decision-making and enhance the management of grants, awards, and other intake processes. Additionally, Submittable supports integration with various systems, enabling users to optimize their workflows and gain valuable insights into their submissions and impact. The company also offers Talentd for job application management and Submishmash 2.0, a marketplace for creative content opportunities.

SlamData

Seed Round in 2015
SlamData, Inc. is a company that provides a virtual data warehouse and integration solution, enabling users to explore and curate data stored in cloud services such as S3, Azure, and Google Cloud. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, SlamData offers a software platform that enhances data preparation and integration, making data more analytics-ready regardless of complexity. The solution supports various business intelligence tools, including Tableau, Looker, and PowerBI, and features connectors to multiple databases such as MongoDB, MarkLogic, Couchbase, and Hadoop. Notably, SlamData employs an innovative “in-database” analytics approach, which allows for data processing and analytics to occur close to the data itself.

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, Inc. is a company that provides a virtual data warehouse and integration solution, enabling users to explore and curate data stored in cloud services such as S3, Azure, and Google Cloud. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, SlamData offers a software platform that enhances data preparation and integration, making data more analytics-ready regardless of complexity. The solution supports various business intelligence tools, including Tableau, Looker, and PowerBI, and features connectors to multiple databases such as MongoDB, MarkLogic, Couchbase, and Hadoop. Notably, SlamData employs an innovative “in-database” analytics approach, which allows for data processing and analytics to occur close to the data itself.

ByteLight

Series A in 2013
ByteLight specializes in location-based marketing solutions for large retailers by leveraging existing lighting infrastructure to accurately determine consumer locations. Its innovative technology allows retailers to engage shoppers with hyper-targeted content on their smartphones, tailored to their precise location within the store, even at the aisle level. By utilizing LED-based indoor positioning technology, ByteLight provides a seamless way for retailers to deliver relevant information to customers without the need for additional hardware like batteries or beacons. This approach enhances consumer engagement and improves the shopping experience by connecting customers with personalized offers and information in real-time.

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

Venture Round in 2013
Digabit, Inc. is a software company that specializes in designing and developing cloud-based applications for original equipment manufacturers (OEMs). The company's flagship product, Documoto, is a web-based library solution that provides access to aftermarket technical documents. It enables employees, dealers, distributors, and customers to efficiently find the right parts, repair assemblies, and access electronic parts catalogs. Documoto also facilitates aftermarket parts sales, supports ERP integration, and offers 3D parts catalogs, catering to asset-intensive industries. Additionally, the platform publishes PDF parts manuals, illustrated parts catalogs, and Excel parts lists, allowing users to share technical information and conduct transactions involving various parts. Digabit, Inc. was established in 2008 and is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado, with additional offices in the United Kingdom and Japan. The company was previously known as Aftama, Inc. before changing its name in February 2010.

Submittable

Venture Round in 2012
Submittable, Inc. is a cloud-based platform based in Missoula, Montana, with an additional office in New York. Founded in 2010, the company specializes in submission management, offering tools that allow organizations to curate and manage various forms of digital content, including applications, proposals, and multimedia submissions. Its primary product, Submittable, streamlines the processes of accepting, reviewing, and managing submissions for publishers, grant-makers, and creative organizations. The platform features customizable workflows, team collaboration tools, and robust analytics to facilitate efficient decision-making and enhance the management of grants, awards, and other intake processes. Additionally, Submittable supports integration with various systems, enabling users to optimize their workflows and gain valuable insights into their submissions and impact. The company also offers Talentd for job application management and Submishmash 2.0, a marketplace for creative content opportunities.

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, Inc. is a company based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, specializing in video optimization solutions for the television, film, and multimedia delivery industries. Founded in 2007, Cinnafilm develops patented, file-based software that leverages the computing power of modern graphics cards to enhance image processing. Their product offerings include Dark Energy Professional, Dark Energy Tachyon, Xenon, and Skywalker sound tools, which address complex challenges such as restoration and bitrate optimization of classic films, noise removal, and texture-matching for digital content. Cinnafilm's solutions facilitate automatic transcode workflows that produce real-time, optimized files for contemporary distribution models. The company serves clients globally, with a strong presence in North America, South America, Europe, and Asia, and has established strategic partnerships with prominent industry players.

Tribogenics

Seed Round in 2011
Tribogenics is focused on developing low-cost, portable x-ray solutions utilizing triboluminescence technology, which generates x-rays through a process akin to static electricity. This innovative approach allows for the creation of miniature x-ray devices that can be used across various sectors, including mining, industrial applications, military operations, and medical imaging. The company's technology is based on research conducted at UCLA by leading scientists and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California. By providing affordable and easily transportable x-ray solutions, Tribogenics aims to enhance the accessibility of x-ray functions for its customers, enabling them to perform materials analysis and imaging in diverse settings.

AfterCollege

Venture Round in 2011
AfterCollege, Inc. is an online career network focused on connecting college students and recent graduates with entry-level job and internship opportunities across the United States. Founded in 1999 and based in San Francisco, the company utilizes a patented process to match job seekers with potential employers based on factors such as the jobseeker's school, major, graduation date, and personal preferences. AfterCollege reaches a wide audience by engaging with faculty, student groups, and administrative contacts at various colleges and universities. In addition to job placement, the company also offers scholarships to support students in various academic disciplines, reinforcing its commitment to facilitating career development for young professionals.

Lingotek

Venture Round in 2009
Lingotek, Inc. is a provider of a cloud-based translation management software known as the Translation Network, which enables organizations to manage and connect their global content effectively. Founded in 2006 and based in Lehi, Utah, Lingotek serves various industries, including education, finance, government, technology, telecommunications, and travel. Its solutions include tools for on-demand translation within platforms like Atlassian Confluence and Magento, enhancing project collaboration and multilingual content management. The company's technology employs computer-assisted translation tools to streamline the translation process, helping businesses automate and optimize their linguistic resources. Additionally, Lingotek has established a strategic partnership with Vistatec to enhance its offerings.

FiltrBox

Series A in 2009
Filtrbox is a company that offers a social media monitoring platform designed for marketers, public relations professionals, brand managers, and customer service teams. Its services include Filtrbox G2, which provides essential market intelligence to executives, sales professionals, and investors by aggregating new articles from various online sources and delivering a daily list of relevant results tailored to clients' specific needs. Additionally, Filtrbox Basic allows users to track topics of interest across the internet. The platform facilitates listening, engaging, measuring, and leading social media conversations, monitoring various networks to enhance client interactions and insights. Founded in April 2007, Filtrbox is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

MIOX

Series C in 2008
MIOX Corporation specializes in designing and manufacturing on-site generators for water disinfection. Founded in 1994 and based in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the company provides a range of products, including mixed oxidant solutions and mobile chemical-free disinfection systems. MIOX's technologies are utilized in various applications such as potable water treatment, wastewater management for municipalities and industries, cooling towers, and food and beverage processing. Their solutions also address legionella prevention in settings like hotels, universities, and hospitals. MIOX operates as a subsidiary of Industrie De Nora S.p.A., focusing on sustainable treatment technologies that enhance water quality and safety across multiple sectors.

Lingotek

Series B in 2008
Lingotek, Inc. is a provider of a cloud-based translation management software known as the Translation Network, which enables organizations to manage and connect their global content effectively. Founded in 2006 and based in Lehi, Utah, Lingotek serves various industries, including education, finance, government, technology, telecommunications, and travel. Its solutions include tools for on-demand translation within platforms like Atlassian Confluence and Magento, enhancing project collaboration and multilingual content management. The company's technology employs computer-assisted translation tools to streamline the translation process, helping businesses automate and optimize their linguistic resources. Additionally, Lingotek has established a strategic partnership with Vistatec to enhance its offerings.

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 is a company that offers a social media monitoring platform designed for marketers, public relations professionals, brand managers, and customer service teams. Its services include Filtrbox G2, which provides essential market intelligence to executives, sales professionals, and investors by aggregating new articles from various online sources and delivering a daily list of relevant results tailored to clients' specific needs. Additionally, Filtrbox Basic allows users to track topics of interest across the internet. The platform facilitates listening, engaging, measuring, and leading social media conversations, monitoring various networks to enhance client interactions and insights. Founded in April 2007, Filtrbox is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Comet Solutions

Series A in 2007
Comet Solutions, Inc. specializes in developing engineering simulation applications aimed at enhancing the automation of modeling and simulation tasks in product development. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, the company offers a range of software solutions, including SimApps and Gearbox SimApps, which allow manufacturers to conduct "what if?" analyses, assess design modifications, and optimize performance across various domains such as acoustics, dynamics, durability, and cost management. These applications facilitate collaboration among design and engineering teams by enabling non-experts to perform simulations and adhere to best practices. Additionally, Comet Solutions provides a process automation platform for computer-aided engineering (CAE), simulation templates, and consulting services. Its products cater to diverse industries, including space systems, consumer products, electronics, and automotive applications. Comet Solutions also maintains 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, Inc. is a provider of a cloud-based translation management software known as the Translation Network, which enables organizations to manage and connect their global content effectively. Founded in 2006 and based in Lehi, Utah, Lingotek serves various industries, including education, finance, government, technology, telecommunications, and travel. Its solutions include tools for on-demand translation within platforms like Atlassian Confluence and Magento, enhancing project collaboration and multilingual content management. The company's technology employs computer-assisted translation tools to streamline the translation process, helping businesses automate and optimize their linguistic resources. Additionally, Lingotek has established a strategic partnership with Vistatec to enhance its offerings.

TruTouch Technologies

Venture Round in 2007
TruTouch Technologies, Inc. specializes in the development and manufacturing of noninvasive alcohol testing systems aimed at enhancing worksite safety. Established in 2005, the company is headquartered in Sudbury, Massachusetts, with a research and development facility in Riverside, California. Its flagship product, the TruTouch system, employs biometric technology to assess blood alcohol content through the skin while confirming user identity. The company's offerings cater to various sectors, including energy, transportation, warehousing, and community services, and are utilized for applications such as employee screening, medical diagnostics, law enforcement, and workplace safety. By providing accurate and real-time alcohol measurement solutions, TruTouch Technologies plays a crucial role in promoting safety and compliance in various environments.

Lingotek

Series A in 2006
Lingotek, Inc. is a provider of a cloud-based translation management software known as the Translation Network, which enables organizations to manage and connect their global content effectively. Founded in 2006 and based in Lehi, Utah, Lingotek serves various industries, including education, finance, government, technology, telecommunications, and travel. Its solutions include tools for on-demand translation within platforms like Atlassian Confluence and Magento, enhancing project collaboration and multilingual content management. The company's technology employs computer-assisted translation tools to streamline the translation process, helping businesses automate and optimize their linguistic resources. Additionally, Lingotek has established a strategic partnership with Vistatec to enhance its offerings.

Comet Solutions

Series A in 2006
Comet Solutions, Inc. specializes in developing engineering simulation applications aimed at enhancing the automation of modeling and simulation tasks in product development. Founded in 2001 and headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, the company offers a range of software solutions, including SimApps and Gearbox SimApps, which allow manufacturers to conduct "what if?" analyses, assess design modifications, and optimize performance across various domains such as acoustics, dynamics, durability, and cost management. These applications facilitate collaboration among design and engineering teams by enabling non-experts to perform simulations and adhere to best practices. Additionally, Comet Solutions provides a process automation platform for computer-aided engineering (CAE), simulation templates, and consulting services. Its products cater to diverse industries, including space systems, consumer products, electronics, and automotive applications. Comet Solutions also maintains offices in Albuquerque, New Mexico; Troy, Michigan; Shanghai, China; and India.

TruTouch Technologies

Venture Round in 2005
TruTouch Technologies, Inc. specializes in the development and manufacturing of noninvasive alcohol testing systems aimed at enhancing worksite safety. Established in 2005, the company is headquartered in Sudbury, Massachusetts, with a research and development facility in Riverside, California. Its flagship product, the TruTouch system, employs biometric technology to assess blood alcohol content through the skin while confirming user identity. The company's offerings cater to various sectors, including energy, transportation, warehousing, and community services, and are utilized for applications such as employee screening, medical diagnostics, law enforcement, and workplace safety. By providing accurate and real-time alcohol measurement solutions, TruTouch Technologies plays a crucial role in promoting safety and compliance in various environments.
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