PodRoll
Seed Round in 2023
PodRoll is a technology company that specializes in enhancing podcast listening experiences. It operates a recommendation platform that suggests relevant and engaging podcast episodes to listeners while they are in the midst of listening, thereby encouraging them to explore new content and increasing overall podcast consumption. This platform not only benefits listeners by providing a personalized and seamless discovery experience but also supports podcasters by helping them grow their audience and potentially monetize their content through targeted recommendations.
N2K is a prominent online music entertainment company that leverages the Internet to promote, market, and sell music and related merchandise. Founded in 2022 and based in Fulton, Maryland, the company is focused on creating loyal user communities through genre-specific websites that deliver music content and facilitate the purchase of CDs, cassettes, and other merchandise. In addition to its music-related activities, N2K also operates a knowledge network platform that provides news and training services to professionals and businesses. This platform connects enterprises with a continuous stream of information and insights through expert channels, enhancing their access to knowledge and strategic workforce intelligence.
Reach Mobile
Venture Round in 2022
Reach Mobile is a wireless service provider that offers no-contract plans, focusing on affordability and accessibility. The company operates on the nation's largest and most reliable 4G LTE networks, ensuring robust connectivity for its users. Reach Mobile provides simple tools to check phone carrier compatibility through an IMEI check, facilitating easy transitions from other carriers. Their pricing starts at $20 per month for a plan that includes 1GB of data with unlimited talk and text. The company aims to provide low-cost mobile plans with comprehensive coverage and value, emphasizing digital connectivity and social impact.
Clasp, known as Stride Funding, is a company dedicated to providing innovative financial solutions for students seeking educational funding. It offers flexible income sharing agreements that allow students to pay a percentage of their future earnings rather than adhering to a fixed repayment schedule associated with traditional student loans. This structure ensures that repayments remain affordable and directly aligned with the student's income, promoting financial wellness. Clasp aims to protect students from financial strain during periods of adverse career outcomes while also capping total repayments to support their long-term financial security. The company has garnered recognition as a leading venture in the fintech space, receiving endorsements from institutions like Harvard and MIT, and has attracted investments from notable venture firms. Clasp was founded with the mission of transforming the student funding landscape, focusing on both financial support and career development.
Rize develops customer-centric financial applications aimed at fintechs, established financial institutions, and non-financial brands. Its innovative technology features patent-pending Synthetic Account capabilities, which integrate checking, saving, and brokerage services into a single, flexible platform. This allows clients to create tailored products and user experiences that address the specific needs of their customers. By offering a unified application programming interface (API), Rize enables businesses to efficiently build across various account types, simplifying the development process and enhancing financial service delivery.
Leaf Group
Acquisition in 2021
Leaf Group Ltd. is a diversified consumer internet company based in Santa Monica, California, that operates through two main segments: Marketplaces and Media. The Marketplaces segment includes platforms such as Society6, which allows artists to sell their original art and designs on various consumer products, and Saatchi Art, an online gallery for artists to exhibit and sell their work. Additionally, it features Deny Designs, a made-to-order home décor brand. The Media segment encompasses brands like Well+Good, which focuses on health and wellness content, and Livestrong.com, a community-oriented site for health and fitness. Other media properties include Hunker, which provides home design advice, and Only In Your State, highlighting local attractions across the United States. Leaf Group's business model is designed to connect creators with their audiences while offering innovative advertising solutions to brands and publishers. Founded in 2006, the company was previously known as Demand Media until its name change in 2016.
Podsights
Venture Round in 2021
Podsights is a New York-based company that specializes in analytics, reporting, and attribution for podcast advertising. Founded in 2018, it offers a platform that provides podcast publishers and advertisers with actionable data and insights to optimize their content and assess campaign performance. The platform features a pixel-based measurement solution, allowing advertisers to track the impact of their podcasts by linking listens to on-site activity. Podsights enhances the advertising experience by delivering modern reporting tools that eliminate the need for manual data sharing, such as emailing download numbers or audio files. By offering real-time downloads, air checks, and placement transcripts, Podsights empowers marketers to gain a deeper understanding of their campaigns and make informed adjustments to improve effectiveness.
Framebridge
Acquisition in 2020
Framebridge, Inc. specializes in providing custom framing solutions for art and photographs through an online platform. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., the company simplifies the traditionally cumbersome and costly custom framing process. Customers can select from a curated range of contemporary frame styles, upload their images directly on the website, or send physical items in prepaid packaging for framing. Framebridge's expert team handcrafts each frame to meet the specific requirements of the customer, ensuring high-quality results. The finished products are then shipped directly to consumers, typically within days and ready for display. The company's pricing is transparent and based on the size of the framed item, starting at $39 and inclusive of free shipping. Framebridge aims to make custom framing accessible and efficient, enhancing the overall customer experience.
Serial Box is an entertainment company that provides serialized entertainment for readers and listeners. The company creates short, immersive stories that you can listen to or read. They produce completely original series and tell official new stories around story worlds like BBC's Orphan Black and characters like Marvel's Black Panther and Jessica Jones. Serial Box is designed for consumption on smartphones in either an audiobook or e-book format, users can read or listen to each weekly episodic installment. It produces original fiction with a focus on science fiction, fantasy, mystery, crime, and thrillers. The users can use the Serial Box mobile app to access both audio and text and even toggle between them. Serial Box was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in New York, NY, United States
Clyde's Restaurant Group
Acquisition in 2019
Clyde's Restaurant Group is a prominent restaurant operator based in Washington, known for providing a memorable fine dining experience. The group consists of thirteen distinct venues, including eight Clyde's locations, Old Ebbitt Grill, The Hamilton, 1789 Restaurant, The Soundry, and The Tombs. Clyde's emphasizes quality by utilizing local and farm-grown produce, as well as offering hormone-free, farm-raised beef and antibiotic-free chicken. The diverse menu features a range of selections, including salads, burgers, sandwiches, and hummus platters, complemented by an extensive offering of wine, beer, spirits, and desserts.
Framebridge
Series C in 2019
Framebridge, Inc. specializes in providing custom framing solutions for art and photographs through an online platform. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Washington, D.C., the company simplifies the traditionally cumbersome and costly custom framing process. Customers can select from a curated range of contemporary frame styles, upload their images directly on the website, or send physical items in prepaid packaging for framing. Framebridge's expert team handcrafts each frame to meet the specific requirements of the customer, ensuring high-quality results. The finished products are then shipped directly to consumers, typically within days and ready for display. The company's pricing is transparent and based on the size of the framed item, starting at $39 and inclusive of free shipping. Framebridge aims to make custom framing accessible and efficient, enhancing the overall customer experience.
SpokenLayer
Series A in 2019
SpokenLayer is a full-service creative studio that specializes in custom, short-form digital audio content. The company transforms written stories into engaging audio narratives and produces, distributes, and monetizes voice experiences. By leveraging its expertise in audio creation, SpokenLayer helps advertisers and brands develop smart speaker applications, enhancing audience engagement in the digital audio landscape. The company's innovative approach caters to the growing demand for high-quality audio content, ensuring that clients effectively reach and connect with listeners.
Rize develops customer-centric financial applications aimed at fintechs, established financial institutions, and non-financial brands. Its innovative technology features patent-pending Synthetic Account capabilities, which integrate checking, saving, and brokerage services into a single, flexible platform. This allows clients to create tailored products and user experiences that address the specific needs of their customers. By offering a unified application programming interface (API), Rize enables businesses to efficiently build across various account types, simplifying the development process and enhancing financial service delivery.
Intersection
Venture Round in 2017
Intersection is an experience-driven out-of-home media and technology company focused on enhancing urban environments through innovative programming, consumer amenities, and advertising solutions. The company provides content, interactive services, and data-driven advertising in public spaces, aiming to engage individuals by offering connectivity, information, and relevant content. Intersection's offerings are designed to elevate the urban experience, enabling clients to effectively reach and connect with audiences in real-world contexts. Through its approach, Intersection inspires and engages city dwellers throughout their daily activities.
WinView Games
Series B in 2017
WinView Games is an ad-supported app that is 100% free to play. The games covered by WinView - for sports fans of MLB, NBA and NFL - are produced in a live studio by a team of producers based on what is happening in real time. WinView’s portfolio of 40 foundational patents covers the synchronization of the second-screen with TV broadcasts and commercials and the optimum methods of monetizing sports-based games of skill, among other types of programming content.
Hoover Treated Wood Products
Acquisition in 2017
Hoover Treated Wood Products, Inc. is a supplier of pressure-impregnated kiln-dried lumber and plywood products, specializing in fire retardant and preservative applications in the United States and Canada. Founded in 1955 and headquartered in Thomson, Georgia, the company offers a range of products, including interior fire-retardant treated lumber and plywood for enclosed structural applications, as well as exterior products designed for high humidity or weather exposure. Hoover also provides wood preservatives that protect against decay and termite damage, suitable for both ground contact and above-ground uses. Their offerings include treated wood products for decks, fences, landscaping, and general construction, along with fire retardant treated plywood and noise barrier systems. The company distributes its products through a network of stocking distributors, catering to retailers, consumers, builders, and architects.
Gimlet Media Inc. is a digital media company specializing in the production of narrative podcasts. Founded in 2014 and based in Brooklyn, New York, the company focuses on creating high-quality audio content that engages listeners and fosters understanding among audiences. By offering a platform that allows users to share, subscribe, and download episodes, Gimlet Media provides clients with a means to deliver compelling stories and enhance their brand visibility. In 2019, Gimlet Media became a subsidiary of Spotify Technology S.A., expanding its reach within the audio streaming industry.
Group Dekko
Acquisition in 2015
Group Dekko is a manufacturer based in Garrett, Indiana, specializing in electrical solutions for a variety of applications. The company operates across three primary business lines, providing workspace power delivery services and engaging in electrical, engineering, and manufacturing services. Its product offerings serve diverse industries, including architectural lighting, transportation, automotive, appliances, and medical sectors. Group Dekko is committed to delivering innovative and reliable electrical solutions tailored to meet the specific needs of its clients.
HomeHero, Inc. is a home care agency based in Santa Monica, California, specializing in non-medical services for families in need of support within their homes. Founded in 2013, the company provides a comprehensive array of services including personal care, companionship, meal preparation, light housekeeping, transitional care, care management, medication management, and transportation. HomeHero also implements safe transition home programs that facilitate secure rides and transitions for patients moving from hospitals to their homes. Additionally, the company offers The HomeHero Collaborative, a care management platform designed to enhance connectivity between hospitals, health plans, and home care services. HomeHero serves individual families across major California cities such as Los Angeles, San Diego, San Francisco, and Orange County, effectively bridging the gap between healthcare and home life through a combination of technology and compassionate care.
OpBandit
Angel Round in 2014
OpBandit, Inc. is a data-driven company based in Washington, D.C., that specializes in content optimization for publishers and online content producers. It develops tools that enable these entities to track custom attributes in content experiments, helping to identify trends in aggregate conversions. By analyzing reader behavior and preferences, OpBandit empowers publishers to tailor their content to better engage their audiences. The company’s solutions aim to minimize guesswork in delivering compelling content, allowing publishers to discover which variations of their stories yield the most significant results. As of April 2015, OpBandit operates as a subsidiary of Vox Media, Inc.
D2L Corporation is a learning innovation company founded in 1999 and headquartered in Kitchener, Canada, with additional locations in Toronto, Winnipeg, Maryland, Australia, and the United Kingdom. The company specializes in providing cloud-based learning solutions through its platform, Brightspace, which serves a diverse range of clients, including higher education institutions, K-12 schools, healthcare organizations, government agencies, and enterprise sectors. Brightspace combines usability, integrated analytics, and accessibility to enhance the learning experience, offering tools such as course recommendations, adaptive learning, online grading, and mobile applications that facilitate student engagement. D2L aims to inspire lifelong learning by delivering high-quality educational experiences to over 700 clients and more than 8 million learners globally.
Joyce/Dayton
Acquisition in 2014
Joyce/Dayton is a manufacturer based in Moraine, Ohio, specializing in heavy-duty lifting and positioning equipment. The company's product offerings include jacks, actuators, speed reducers, electric cylinders, motor switches, electronic limit switches, and variable speed positioning systems. Joyce/Dayton is known for its innovative solutions that cater to various industries requiring reliable lifting and positioning capabilities.
Forney Corp
Acquisition in 2013
Forney Corp specializes in the design, manufacture, installation, and servicing of front-end combustion components. The company caters to various industries, including electric utilities, chemical processing, pulp and paper, and cement. Its product offerings include igniters, flame detectors, duct burners, and burner management systems, which are essential for efficient and safe combustion processes. Through its comprehensive range of combustion solutions, Forney Corp supports the operational needs of its diverse clientele.
Celtic Healthcare
Acquisition in 2012
Celtic Healthcare offers a range of homecare, hospice, and rehabilitation services primarily in Pennsylvania. The company specializes in geriatric care management and provides living assistance, home-based nursing, and rehabilitation services. Its offerings include physical therapy, occupational therapy, language pathology, surgical nursing, and mental health nursing. Additionally, Celtic Healthcare delivers medical social services, palliative and hospice care, disease management, and educational resources. To support its clients, the company also provides hot meals and transportation services.