Forté Ventures

Forté Ventures is a venture capital investment firm based in Atlanta, Georgia, founded in 2012. The firm specializes in providing investment services to a variety of technology companies, focusing on sectors such as mobility, digital media, and financial technology. Forté Ventures invests in both early-stage and later-stage companies, as well as those undergoing recapitalization, primarily within the United States and Canada. As a Registered Investment Adviser, the firm is committed to fostering innovation and growth in the tech and tech-enabled services industries.

Hunter Hartwell

Principal

Hawkins, Thomas N.

Managing Partner, Investment Committee Chairman and CEO

Hooie, John

Associate

Will McKinney

Vice President

John Patton

Partner

Louis Rajczi

Partner

Edward Wilson

Partner

46 past transactions

Gradient AI

Series C in 2024
Gradient AI specializes in providing artificial intelligence solutions tailored for the insurance industry. The company utilizes extensive industry data and advanced machine learning models to enhance critical processes such as underwriting and claims management. By integrating its predictive analytics platform directly into clients' existing systems through automated workflows and APIs, Gradient AI facilitates more informed decision-making and improves operational efficiency. This technology not only aids in accurate risk assessment but also helps minimize claims and boost profitability for insurance companies, ultimately leading to better customer service and streamlined processes.

K4Connect

Venture Round in 2023
K4Connect, Inc. develops software solutions aimed at enhancing the lives of older adults and individuals with disabilities. The company offers K4Community, a platform designed for senior living communities that facilitates communication between residents and their families, promotes community engagement, and allows for effective home management. Additionally, K4Connect provides K4Life, a solution focused on helping individuals maintain their independence through smart home and wellness technologies. The integrated platform fosters family and community interaction while enabling operators of senior living facilities and healthcare providers to deliver high-quality care and services. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, K4Connect has established strategic partnerships to further its mission of empowering older adults and improving their quality of life.

Car IQ

Series B in 2023
Car IQ Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in a cloud-based vehicle management platform and payment gateway tailored for auto dealer groups, car sharing services, and autonomous drivers. Founded in 2016, the company has developed an automotive-grade payment solution that allows vehicles to initiate payments directly to merchants without the need for credit cards. By leveraging telematics and vehicle data, Car IQ's platform provides detailed insights into fleet operations, enabling clients to monitor transactions and prevent fraud effectively. The platform integrates seamlessly with existing technologies, consolidates all transactions into a single ledger, and facilitates management of spending, customer service, and inventory.

RapidSOS

Venture Round in 2022
RapidSOS, Inc. is an emergency response data platform that connects life-saving information from over 350 million connected devices directly to 911 and first responders. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York, the company serves public safety agencies globally, offering solutions such as the Clearinghouse, which enables users to send emergency requests and receive critical data from devices, and the Emergency API suite for direct data transmission to emergency services. Additionally, the RapidSOS Portal provides public safety agencies with secure access to essential data through a web-based tool. The platform supports more than 4,800 Emergency Communications Centers, protecting over 90% of the U.S. population during approximately 250 million emergencies each year, thereby enhancing the speed and effectiveness of emergency response.

Evident

Venture Round in 2022
Evident is a leading provider of business credentialing solutions, operating a comprehensive platform that connects insurers and enterprises with millions of businesses globally. The company specializes in managing identity and credential verification, utilizing advanced AI to streamline the verification process while ensuring compliance with regulatory standards. Its platform is designed to identify and mitigate third-party risks across multiple domains, offering data-driven insights and a customizable framework to meet the specific needs of clients. By facilitating rigorous credentialing, Evident empowers businesses to monitor and manage risks effectively, enhancing their operational efficiency and compliance capabilities.

Sprockets

Series A in 2022
Sprockets is an innovative software solution that transforms the hiring process for companies seeking hourly employees. By leveraging AI-enabled assessment tools, Sprockets evaluates potential hires based on the characteristics of a company's most successful employees. This advanced applicant matching technology utilizes big data and psycholinguistics to create detailed candidate profiles, allowing hiring managers to efficiently compare applicants and identify the best fit quickly and affordably. By eliminating guesswork and reducing turnover costs, Sprockets aims to streamline recruitment, making it a more logical and effective process for organizations.

Inrupt

Series A in 2021
Inrupt, Inc. is a company that develops an open-source platform aimed at decentralizing the web through a set of modular specifications. Its primary offering, Solid, allows users and organizations to separate their data from the applications that utilize it, thereby enabling individuals to manage and secure their personal online data stores. This platform facilitates the simultaneous use of data across various applications, empowering users while providing new value creation opportunities for organizations. Inrupt serves a diverse clientele that includes developers, businesses, and end users. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Inrupt is committed to realizing Sir Tim Berners-Lee's vision of a web that benefits everyone by putting individuals in control of their data and fostering an innovative marketplace.

Homee

Series B in 2021
Homee, Inc. is a technology platform founded in 2017 and based in Tampa, Florida, that connects homeowners, renters, and property managers with service providers for home services and claims processes. The mobile application facilitates the hiring of skilled professionals such as handymen, plumbers, electricians, and HVAC specialists. Additionally, Homee's platform serves insurers and policyholders by streamlining the claims process and offering tools for scheduled and emergency repairs. The network of registered contractors specializes in handling claims and repair services, enhancing the efficiency of the service delivery and improving client satisfaction.

Blueprint Title

Series B in 2021
Blueprint Title provides a modern solution for title insurance and real estate closings. The company focuses on streamlining residential real estate transactions by coordinating the necessary steps and issuing title policies that safeguard buyers against unforeseen claims on properties. By catering to real estate investors and lenders, Blueprint Title simplifies the closing process, ensuring a more efficient and secure experience for all parties involved.

Car IQ

Series B in 2021
Car IQ Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in a cloud-based vehicle management platform and payment gateway tailored for auto dealer groups, car sharing services, and autonomous drivers. Founded in 2016, the company has developed an automotive-grade payment solution that allows vehicles to initiate payments directly to merchants without the need for credit cards. By leveraging telematics and vehicle data, Car IQ's platform provides detailed insights into fleet operations, enabling clients to monitor transactions and prevent fraud effectively. The platform integrates seamlessly with existing technologies, consolidates all transactions into a single ledger, and facilitates management of spending, customer service, and inventory.

Algolux

Series B in 2021
Algolux is a Canadian AI software company that specializes in advanced perception solutions for various industries, including automotive, robotics, and video security. The company focuses on optimizing camera architectures to enhance image quality and supports both existing and new camera designs through cloud-based tools and embedded software. Founded on innovative research in deep learning, computer vision, and computational imaging, Algolux delivers robust solutions that address critical safety issues for applications such as advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS), autonomous vehicles, fleets, and autonomous mobile robots. Their technology leverages machine learning and deep perception to improve performance in challenging conditions, including extreme lighting and adverse weather, ensuring clients achieve optimal results from their imaging systems.

Gradient AI

Series B in 2021
Gradient AI specializes in providing artificial intelligence solutions tailored for the insurance industry. The company utilizes extensive industry data and advanced machine learning models to enhance critical processes such as underwriting and claims management. By integrating its predictive analytics platform directly into clients' existing systems through automated workflows and APIs, Gradient AI facilitates more informed decision-making and improves operational efficiency. This technology not only aids in accurate risk assessment but also helps minimize claims and boost profitability for insurance companies, ultimately leading to better customer service and streamlined processes.

Homee

Venture Round in 2020
Homee, Inc. is a technology platform founded in 2017 and based in Tampa, Florida, that connects homeowners, renters, and property managers with service providers for home services and claims processes. The mobile application facilitates the hiring of skilled professionals such as handymen, plumbers, electricians, and HVAC specialists. Additionally, Homee's platform serves insurers and policyholders by streamlining the claims process and offering tools for scheduled and emergency repairs. The network of registered contractors specializes in handling claims and repair services, enhancing the efficiency of the service delivery and improving client satisfaction.

Element

Series B in 2020
Element, a leading software provider in IT/OT data management, enables industrial organizations to unite their IT and operations data to produce analytical insights that drive cleaner, safer, healthier, and more profitable operations. Element Unify transforms siloed IT/OT data into contextualized, graph-based models to support diverse analytical workloads and data governance. Element’s customers represent over $250 billion in revenue, $230 billion in fixed assets and 450,000 employees. To learn more about Element, please visit elementanalytics.com and follow the company on Twitter and LinkedIn.

K4Connect

Series B in 2020
K4Connect, Inc. develops software solutions aimed at enhancing the lives of older adults and individuals with disabilities. The company offers K4Community, a platform designed for senior living communities that facilitates communication between residents and their families, promotes community engagement, and allows for effective home management. Additionally, K4Connect provides K4Life, a solution focused on helping individuals maintain their independence through smart home and wellness technologies. The integrated platform fosters family and community interaction while enabling operators of senior living facilities and healthcare providers to deliver high-quality care and services. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina, K4Connect has established strategic partnerships to further its mission of empowering older adults and improving their quality of life.

FogHorn

Series C in 2020
FogHorn is a developer of edge intelligence software that focuses on industrial and commercial Internet of Things (IoT) applications. Its platform enhances on-premises edge environments with advanced analytics and machine learning capabilities, facilitating applications for monitoring, diagnostics, machine performance optimization, and proactive maintenance. The software is designed for a variety of sectors, including manufacturing, energy, healthcare, and transportation, and is compatible with major IoT platforms in public cloud environments, such as AWS and Azure. This integration enables organizations to leverage real-time, industrial-grade analytics for informed decision-making, ultimately driving operational efficiency and profitability.

Gradient AI

Series A in 2019
Gradient AI specializes in providing artificial intelligence solutions tailored for the insurance industry. The company utilizes extensive industry data and advanced machine learning models to enhance critical processes such as underwriting and claims management. By integrating its predictive analytics platform directly into clients' existing systems through automated workflows and APIs, Gradient AI facilitates more informed decision-making and improves operational efficiency. This technology not only aids in accurate risk assessment but also helps minimize claims and boost profitability for insurance companies, ultimately leading to better customer service and streamlined processes.

Homee

Series B in 2019
Homee, Inc. is a technology platform founded in 2017 and based in Tampa, Florida, that connects homeowners, renters, and property managers with service providers for home services and claims processes. The mobile application facilitates the hiring of skilled professionals such as handymen, plumbers, electricians, and HVAC specialists. Additionally, Homee's platform serves insurers and policyholders by streamlining the claims process and offering tools for scheduled and emergency repairs. The network of registered contractors specializes in handling claims and repair services, enhancing the efficiency of the service delivery and improving client satisfaction.

Medallia Agent Connect

Venture Round in 2019
Medallia Agent Connect is a company feedback platform focused on enhancing customer service experiences. Its primary offerings include Stella Connect, which gathers feedback from customers regarding their interactions with service agents, and Stella Pulse, a mystery shopping service that evaluates customer service performance across various companies. Stella Pulse provides licensed data to online merchants and aggregators, enabling them to benchmark and improve their service quality. Together, these tools are designed to increase agent engagement and facilitate continuous improvement in service performance.

Medallia Agent Connect

Series B in 2019
Medallia Agent Connect is a company feedback platform focused on enhancing customer service experiences. Its primary offerings include Stella Connect, which gathers feedback from customers regarding their interactions with service agents, and Stella Pulse, a mystery shopping service that evaluates customer service performance across various companies. Stella Pulse provides licensed data to online merchants and aggregators, enabling them to benchmark and improve their service quality. Together, these tools are designed to increase agent engagement and facilitate continuous improvement in service performance.

RapidSOS

Series B in 2018
RapidSOS, Inc. is an emergency response data platform that connects life-saving information from over 350 million connected devices directly to 911 and first responders. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York, the company serves public safety agencies globally, offering solutions such as the Clearinghouse, which enables users to send emergency requests and receive critical data from devices, and the Emergency API suite for direct data transmission to emergency services. Additionally, the RapidSOS Portal provides public safety agencies with secure access to essential data through a web-based tool. The platform supports more than 4,800 Emergency Communications Centers, protecting over 90% of the U.S. population during approximately 250 million emergencies each year, thereby enhancing the speed and effectiveness of emergency response.

Springbot

Series C in 2018
Springbot, Inc. is an e-commerce marketing platform that focuses on serving small and medium-sized retailers. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, the company offers a software-as-a-service solution that simplifies the integration of data, content, and multi-channel marketing tools. Its platform includes features such as signup forms, automation and email editors, web campaigns, social marketing tools, and online advertising services. By leveraging data-driven marketing actions, Springbot aims to enhance its clients' revenue growth and optimize their digital marketing efforts. Additionally, the company provides IT implementation support, helping businesses improve their marketing strategies through effective data management and analytics.

TidalScale

Series B in 2018
TidalScale has developed a scale-up compute and resource architecture. It specializes in the fields of analytics, cloud infrastructure, information technology, software and data mining. It was founded in 2013 and headquartered in Campbell, California.

Integrate

Series E in 2018
Integrate provides a hub for managing and measuring demand generation programs. It unifies demand marketing channels into a single, powerful SaaS platform to help achieve quantifiable business outcomes. Its cloud-based marketing platform empowers marketers to more effectively acquire prospects and customers by integrating media programs and prospect data with existing marketing and sales systems. The closed-loop platform provides tools including workflow automation, data governance, analytics, and a high-quality media partner marketplace, all accessed from a single, intuitive dashboard. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.

Integrate

Series E in 2018
Integrate provides a hub for managing and measuring demand generation programs. It unifies demand marketing channels into a single, powerful SaaS platform to help achieve quantifiable business outcomes. Its cloud-based marketing platform empowers marketers to more effectively acquire prospects and customers by integrating media programs and prospect data with existing marketing and sales systems. The closed-loop platform provides tools including workflow automation, data governance, analytics, and a high-quality media partner marketplace, all accessed from a single, intuitive dashboard. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.

AdStage

Series A in 2018
AdStage, Inc. is a cloud-based advertisement management platform that allows advertisers to design, launch, and oversee custom campaigns across various social networks. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the platform facilitates the consolidation, analysis, and optimization of advertising efforts. It offers features such as automated task management, customizable dashboards, and comprehensive reporting to help marketers assess campaign performance and make data-driven decisions. Users can schedule campaign actions, set time zones, and utilize modules for automation and data integration. As a subsidiary of TapClicks, AdStage serves a wide range of industries by providing a trusted resource for paid marketers seeking to enhance their advertising strategies and measure return on investment effectively.

Urgently

Series B in 2017
Urgently is a digital roadside assistance platform that features a roadside assistance industry to the benefit of global brands, roadside assistance professionals, and consumers. Its solution delivers the quickest, safest, and most innovative roadside assistance service, products and technology by combining location-based services, real-time data, AI, and machine-to-machine communication.

Ushr

Series A in 2017
Ushr, Inc. specializes in high-definition mapping technology and software aimed at enhancing autonomous vehicle navigation. Founded in June 2017 as a spin-off of GeoDigital, Inc. and based in Detroit, Ushr's innovative solutions integrate vehicle sensors and on-road cameras to provide detailed real-world information to autonomous vehicles. This technology enables precise steering, safer vehicle control, and improved directional predictability, allowing passengers to travel efficiently and safely from their starting point to their destination. By focusing on the interpretation and communication of street view navigation, Ushr is at the forefront of advancing the capabilities of autonomous vehicles.

OpsDataStore

Series A in 2015
OpsDataStore, Inc. is a technology company based in Johns Creek, Georgia, that specializes in developing a real-time data store platform designed for data-driven IT operations. Founded in 2015, the company offers a centralized platform that allows users to monitor, manage capacity, and analyze their IT environments effectively. By integrating a low-latency, scalable big data backend with a network of complementary management software vendors, OpsDataStore enables businesses to address online service quality issues and improve overall performance. Its solutions facilitate end-to-end monitoring and optimization, helping customers achieve better revenue, reliability, and customer retention. The platform presents time-based performance metrics and visual maps, providing comprehensive visibility into a transaction's digital footprint across the entire IT stack.

Intelli-Vision

Series A in 2015
Intelli-Vision is the market leader in Intelligent Video Analytics Software. Intelli-Vision is the market leader and innovator in providing “Video Intelligence and Smart Cameras with Analytics.” Offering unique patented technology for video analytics processing, searching, video data mining, and analyzing vast amounts of real-time or stored video on a device or in the Cloud, IntelliVision has been recognized as the “Brains Behind the Eyes” for many camera applications.

Urgently

Series A in 2015
Urgently is a digital roadside assistance platform that features a roadside assistance industry to the benefit of global brands, roadside assistance professionals, and consumers. Its solution delivers the quickest, safest, and most innovative roadside assistance service, products and technology by combining location-based services, real-time data, AI, and machine-to-machine communication.

Integrate

Series C in 2015
Integrate provides a hub for managing and measuring demand generation programs. It unifies demand marketing channels into a single, powerful SaaS platform to help achieve quantifiable business outcomes. Its cloud-based marketing platform empowers marketers to more effectively acquire prospects and customers by integrating media programs and prospect data with existing marketing and sales systems. The closed-loop platform provides tools including workflow automation, data governance, analytics, and a high-quality media partner marketplace, all accessed from a single, intuitive dashboard. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.

Batteroo

Venture Round in 2014
World's First Reusable Micro-Thin Sleeve that Extends Battery Life! It saves consumer money, energy by increasing the battery life up-to 600% as well as reducing less battery waste and saving environment.

Springbot

Series A in 2013
Springbot, Inc. is an e-commerce marketing platform that focuses on serving small and medium-sized retailers. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, the company offers a software-as-a-service solution that simplifies the integration of data, content, and multi-channel marketing tools. Its platform includes features such as signup forms, automation and email editors, web campaigns, social marketing tools, and online advertising services. By leveraging data-driven marketing actions, Springbot aims to enhance its clients' revenue growth and optimize their digital marketing efforts. Additionally, the company provides IT implementation support, helping businesses improve their marketing strategies through effective data management and analytics.

Springbot

Seed Round in 2013
Springbot, Inc. is an e-commerce marketing platform that focuses on serving small and medium-sized retailers. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, the company offers a software-as-a-service solution that simplifies the integration of data, content, and multi-channel marketing tools. Its platform includes features such as signup forms, automation and email editors, web campaigns, social marketing tools, and online advertising services. By leveraging data-driven marketing actions, Springbot aims to enhance its clients' revenue growth and optimize their digital marketing efforts. Additionally, the company provides IT implementation support, helping businesses improve their marketing strategies through effective data management and analytics.

EcoSMART Technologies

Series D in 2013
EcoSMART Technologies, Inc. specializes in the manufacture of pesticide solutions and pet care products derived from natural ingredients. Founded in 1992 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, the company offers a comprehensive range of pest control items, including insecticides for ants, roaches, bed bugs, fleas, ticks, and garden pests, as well as weed and grass killers. Its formulations utilize essential plant oils, which have been shown through scientific research to effectively disrupt insect neuro-receptors, providing a non-toxic alternative to traditional synthetic chemicals. EcoSMART's products are designed to be safe for both residential and commercial use, and they are available through online platforms and retail stores. As a subsidiary of Kittrich Corporation, EcoSMART is committed to producing effective and environmentally friendly solutions in the pest control industry.

Remedy Informatics

Series B in 2013
Remedy Informatics (formerly RemedyMD) is the leading provider of patient registries, medical research software, and research informatics products that accelerate translational medicine discoveries from bench to bedside. Remedy offers a wide range of highly configurable biomedical informatics products that are built on the powerful Mosaic™ Platform. Remedy’s mission is to tangibly, measurably and permanently improve the effectiveness of Life Science and Healthcare Research around the world.

Zeuss

Convertible Note in 2012
Zeuss is an enterprise software company whose suite of products is based on its patent pending Zeuss Data Intelligence Engine (ZDIE). The engine enables people to intuitively discover actionable information across both structured and unstructured data with ease. The company powers knowledge management, intelligence and human capital continuity solutions for private and public sector organizations.

Powermat Technologies

Series B in 2011
Powermat Technologies Ltd. specializes in developing wireless charging solutions for mobile devices and various applications across multiple industries. The company offers products such as the Powermat Ring, which allows users to charge smartphones with different charging ports, and a mobile application that helps users locate nearby charging spots while providing venue-specific offers. Powermat employs a hybrid approach to wireless power, combining magnetic induction and resonance technologies to deliver efficient power solutions. Its platforms support both standard-based and proprietary wireless power technologies suitable for automotive, robotics, drones, consumer electronics, medical devices, IoT, and telecom. The company also provides a software-based customer engagement platform that enables businesses to communicate targeted information to users. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Petah Tikva, Israel, with an additional office in Grandville, Michigan, Powermat holds over 200 patent submissions, with more than 100 patents granted since its inception.
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