Flywheel Ventures

Flywheel Ventures, established in 1999, is a venture capital firm headquartered in Santa Fe, New Mexico, with additional offices in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and San Francisco, California. The firm specializes in seed and early-stage investments, focusing on information technology services and physical sciences sectors, including software, semiconductors, and clean technology. Flywheel Ventures primarily invests in companies based in the Midwest, Southwestern, and Rockies regions of the United States, with a particular focus on New Mexico, Colorado, and Arizona, while also considering co-investments in California. The firm typically invests between $0.05 million and $1 million initially, with a 3:1 or greater target reserve for follow-on funding. Flywheel Ventures seeks to address key global challenges in information technology and urban systems, often taking a board seat and investing in syndicates to provide follow-on capital.

Clyde Neu Ph.D

Venture Partner

Past deals in New Mexico

Cinnafilm

Venture Round in 2012
Cinnafilm, Inc. is a provider of advanced video optimization solutions tailored for the television, film, and multimedia delivery sectors. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the company specializes in file-based image processing technology that leverages the power of modern graphics cards. Cinnafilm's product offerings include Dark Energy Professional, a platform for image texture management; Dark Energy Tachyon, which enables scalable real-time image processing; and Xenon, a system for high dynamic range (HDR) conversions. The company's innovative software addresses complex challenges such as restoration and bitrate optimization for classic and contemporary films, noise removal, and texture-matching across various content types. Cinnafilm's solutions facilitate automatic transcoding workflows, delivering optimized files suited for modern distribution needs. The company serves a diverse clientele in the digital film and video media industry across multiple regions, including North America, Europe, and Asia. Cinnafilm maintains strategic partnerships with industry leaders to enhance its technological capabilities and market reach.

MIOX

Series C in 2008
MIOX Corporation, founded in 1994 and headquartered in Albuquerque, New Mexico, specializes in the design and manufacture of on-site generators for water disinfection. The company's product offerings include mixed oxidant solutions, mobile chemical-free disinfection systems, and self-cleaning on-site generators. MIOX technologies are utilized across various sectors, including drinking water treatment, wastewater treatment for municipalities and industrial processes, industrial cooling towers, and oil and gas water treatment, including recycling. Additionally, MIOX products serve applications in the food and beverage industry, commercial swimming pools, and legionella prevention in facilities such as hotels, casinos, universities, and hospitals. MIOX operates as a subsidiary of Industrie De Nora S.p.A.

Comet Solutions

Series A in 2007
Comet Solutions, Inc., established in 2001, specializes in developing software applications that streamline engineering simulations. Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, with additional offices globally, the company offers SimApps designed to automate modeling and simulation tasks, enabling users to evaluate design changes, collaborate across teams, and deploy practices to non-experts. Their products include Gearbox SimApps for performance optimization and a SimApp Authoring Workspace platform for CAE/simulation process automation. Comet Solutions serves industries such as space systems, consumer products, electronics, and automotive, providing services like training and consulting in addition to their software offerings. As of September 2018, the company operates as a subsidiary of Aras Corporation.

Comet Solutions

Series A in 2006
Comet Solutions, Inc., established in 2001, specializes in developing software applications that streamline engineering simulations. Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, with additional offices globally, the company offers SimApps designed to automate modeling and simulation tasks, enabling users to evaluate design changes, collaborate across teams, and deploy practices to non-experts. Their products include Gearbox SimApps for performance optimization and a SimApp Authoring Workspace platform for CAE/simulation process automation. Comet Solutions serves industries such as space systems, consumer products, electronics, and automotive, providing services like training and consulting in addition to their software offerings. As of September 2018, the company operates as a subsidiary of Aras Corporation.
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