Grape Arbor VC

Grape Arbor LLC is a venture capital firm based in Grafton, West Virginia, founded in 2006. The firm specializes in investing in startups and early-stage companies, focusing on sectors such as online advertising and marketing, web 2.0 and social networking, financial services, and software/web-enhanced services. Grape Arbor primarily targets companies with several hundred thousand to several million in trailing revenue, favoring those with a clear strategy for addressing large and rapidly growing markets and possessing a strong management team. The firm has made investments directly and through affiliates in over two dozen companies, often collaborating with notable co-investors in the venture capital space. Grape Arbor's investment strategy is centered on the United States, Europe, and Africa, with limited exposure to other regions.

Mark Kesslen

Member

Anthony O. Pergola

Founder

Raymond P. Thek

COO & Member & Co-Founder

54 past transactions

StayTuned

Seed Round in 2019
StayTuned Digital, Inc. specializes in content delivery services for content creators, focusing on enhancing customer engagement through transactional notifications. The company offers a range of services, including platform integrations, content marketing, and impact analysis across various content types and channels. Headquartered in New York, New York, StayTuned aims to meet customers where they are, facilitating meaningful interactions and conversations that drive engagement and improve content effectiveness.

Elucd

Seed Round in 2018
Elucd Inc. develops software that enables cities to measure how residents feel and prioritize fixing what is not working. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Brooklyn, New York.

TrueData

Series A in 2017
TrueData enhances the mobile ecosystem by connecting those who need data with those who have it. Contributors to our mobile data cooperative gain steady revenue plus insights about their users, while data clients gain a way to connect existing targeting info to real user profiles.

UpChannel

Convertible Note in 2016
Upchannel, Inc. operates as a platform that helps Internet of things manufacturers create relationships with their customers. It enables manufacturers to generate revenue and create cost savings across the life cycle of each device that they manufacture and sell. It provides features that include connect with customers, slash the cost of customer support, diagnose hardware issues, and customer needs. Upchannel, Inc. was formerly known as AppCow. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Newark, New Jersey.

Birchbox

Series C in 2016
Birchbox, Inc., founded in 2010 and based in New York, is a retail company that specializes in beauty, grooming, and lifestyle products. The company offers a wide range of items including makeup, skincare, hair products, fragrances, and lifestyle accessories for both women and men. Birchbox has redefined the shopping experience by providing a subscription service that delivers personalized samples monthly, allowing customers to discover and try new products tailored to their preferences. This service is complemented by an e-commerce platform featuring a variety of well-known and niche brands. Birchbox also engages its customers with educational content such as tips and tutorials, alongside a loyalty program to encourage ongoing purchases. The company operates not only in the United States but also has a presence in the United Kingdom, France, Spain, and Belgium.

Band of Vintners

Seed Round in 2016
Band of Vintners Inc. is a wine production company based in Yountville, California, that was incorporated in 2016. The company operates its own vineyards and produces wine under the brand name Consortium. Band of Vintners focuses on leveraging its resources and connections across Napa Valley to create high-quality Cabernet wines, striving to achieve excellence in every bottle.

Qapital

Seed Round in 2016
Qapital, Inc. is a financial technology company that provides a mobile application designed to help users manage their finances and save for personal goals through customizable rules. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in New York, Qapital allows users to create an account and transfer funds from their checking accounts automatically. The app connects to users' online accounts, enabling them to gain insights into their spending habits and set up automatic saving rules based on everyday actions. Additionally, Qapital offers an FDIC-insured checking account and a Visa debit card, facilitating bill payments and cash withdrawals. By integrating behavioral psychology with technology, Qapital aims to make money management engaging and accessible, empowering users to save, spend, and invest with intention.

Skyfront

Seed Round in 2016
SkyFront develops long-endurance drone systems for agriculture, search and rescue, and infrastructure inspections. The company offers multi-rotor systems that enable users to gather actionable insights about crop health; and allow users to run automated remote search missions during day and night. The company is based in Hoboken, New Jersey.

Care+Wear

Venture Round in 2016
Founded in 2014, Care+Wear is the leading provider of innovative healthwear focused on creating positive and effective healing experiences for people everywhere. Care+Wear products include ultra-soft, antimicrobial PICC line covers, chest and port access blouses, a patient gown in collaboration with Parsons School of Design, mobility gloves, a chest access hoodie in collaboration with Oscar de la Renta, a recovery bra especially designed for those undergoing mastectomies and reconstructive surgeries, and a preemie outfit for babies in the NICU in collaboration with March of Dimes. Care+Wear is a for-purpose and social-mission inspired company and partners with foundations such as Stand Up 2 Cancer, March of Dimes and the American Cancer Society. Care+Wear also has existing partnerships with Major League Baseball and the National Basketball Association. For more information, visit www.careandwear.com.

Simplifeye

Seed Round in 2016
Simplifeye, Inc. is a New York-based company that specializes in developing practice management software solutions for medical professionals. Founded in 2014, it offers a SaaS platform that facilitates live chat, patient connectivity, and appointment scheduling. The company's key products include Amplify, a HIPAA-compliant web chat tool that engages patients in multiple languages while providing analytics on traffic and conversion; Connect, which enhances telehealth experiences by allowing providers to collect consent, insurance, and payment information, and enabling self-scheduling for patients; and Scheduling, which allows patients to book available appointments directly. Additionally, Simplifeye integrates wearable technology, such as the Apple Watch, with existing health record systems, providing providers with a comprehensive view of their patients and critical medical alerts.

SALIDO

Seed Round in 2015
SALIDO, a hospitality technology company, evolved what hospitality operators can expect from their software. SALIDO's restaurant operating system is a single platform that helps operators manage every aspect of their restaurant businesses across their enterprise. SALIDO's product enables restaurant stakeholders to control, analyze, and leverage their own critical data allowing them to focus on what drives their core business: the experience. SALIDO's mission is to improve every hospitality experience--Starting with the hospitality workforce--SALIDO partnered with top hospitality operators to deliver better, easier to use software, which truly drives team performance. Founded in 2012, the company is headquartered in the Noho neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City, New York, USA.

Shoptalk

Seed Round in 2015
Shoptalk is the largest conference for retail and ecommerce, globally. With the world's best agenda and speakers, we help you get smart about the innovation and trends that continue to transform the sector globally. For three years, we’ve defined the industry’s digital community by bringing established retailers and brands together with direct-to-consumer and tech startups, large tech and Internet companies, venture capital investors, real estate developers, equity analysts, media and others.

BlaBlaCar

Series D in 2015
BlaBlaCar is the world's leading long-distance carpooling platform, designed to connect drivers with empty seats to passengers seeking rides. By allowing members to share travel expenses, the service promotes a cost-effective way to travel long distances. The platform emphasizes security and trust by requiring detailed member profiles and verified identities, fostering a reliable community. Users can indicate their preferred level of conversation during trips, ranging from "Bla" to "BlaBlaBla," which reflects the platform's focus on personalization. Operating in 22 countries, including regions in Europe, Russia, Turkey, Mexico, Brazil, and India, BlaBlaCar aims to create a global network of drivers and passengers. The company is headquartered in Paris and features a user-friendly website and mobile applications that facilitate easy connections between travelers.

AppCow

Seed Round in 2015
AppCows is an intuitive and easy to use CRM solution designed for the smartphone supply chain, helping the mobile industry explore uncharted channels to smartphone users, creating recurring revenue and repeat customers through a mobile first experience.

Fitzroy Toys

Venture Round in 2015
Fitzroy Toys is an online B2B wholesale marketplace built to connect the toy industry.

Villageluxe.com

Seed Round in 2015
Villageluxe is a peer-to-peer rental site which Forbes dubbed the "Airbnb of high end fashion." We are an invite-only, premiere luxury fashion marketplace with nearly 20,000 on the wait-list. The next disruptor in the shared economy, Villageluxe has over $10M of luxury goods listed to rent from the most coveted global fashion brands like Chanel, Celine, Saint Laurent, and more. Founded by former venture capitalist and Harvard graduate, Julia Gudish Krieger, Villageluxe was most recently recognized by "Forbes 30 under 30" for the Class of 2017. Our W Mag Feature: https://www.wmagazine.com/story/the-site-that-fashion-insiders-are-using-to-lend-out-their-designer-closets

Button

Series A in 2015
Button (usebutton.com) is the mobile commerce technology company that is powering a commerce-driven internet. As the leading mobile commerce enablement platform, Button powers mobile growth for the world's largest brands and publishers, while offering consumers more seamless, enjoyable experiences. With each action taken, brands make sales, publishers earn revenue, and consumers get exactly what they want at the tap of a button. Founded in 2014, Button has driven over $3 billion in spending to date and has raised over $64 million in venture capital.

Sourcepoint

Series A in 2015
Sourcepoint Inc. is a company that specializes in developing a content compensation platform aimed at supporting publishers in the digital marketing ecosystem. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in New York, the company also has offices in Seattle, London, Berlin, and Paris. Sourcepoint's platform enables publishers to address monetization challenges by providing technology that enhances consumer options for supporting content. Additionally, the company offers tools designed to protect consumer privacy, manage compliance, and optimize revenue amidst evolving regulatory landscapes. Through its services, Sourcepoint aims to balance the needs of publishers and consumers in a changing digital environment.

Leo Health

Seed Round in 2015
Leo Health, Inc. develops a mobile application that provides data and health information, premium education content, and tools to help coordinate care to parents and children. Its applications enable users to send messages to child care team; schedule appointments; access child's health data; and submit school forms. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in New York, New York.

Keaton Row

Series A in 2015
Keaton Row specializes in the fields of personal styling, E-commerce, fashion merchandising, and fashion editorial. It brings the one on one relationship between a stylist and a client online. The company's stylists work directly with women to help them build versatile everyday wardrobes comprised of fewer, better pieces by guiding them to make meaningful purchases each season. By styling new purchases with pieces they already own, they help them define their unique styles so they never have to wonder what to wear—or how to wear it—again. It was founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York, United States.

White Street

Venture Round in 2014
Executive chef Jason Lawless (Café Gray, Tocqueville) brings his fresh, innovative cooking to White Street, a modern American restaurant from authors and media entrepreneurs Dan Abrams and Dave Zinczenko along with Christine Cole, a New York restaurant veteran. The partners’ friendship began at BONDST, where Cole was general manager for 11 years and Abrams and Zinczenko were regulars. Drawn together by their love of food and wine and their passion for the burgeoning downtown restaurant scene, the three resolved to open a restaurant of their own—one that would reflect their mutual ideal of great cuisine partnered with a smart, inspiring social setting. Executive Chef Jason Lawless was instrumental in the Fall 2014 opening of White Street, conceiving some of the restaurant’s most well-received dishes. While intrinsically American, Lawless’ cooking features clean, inviting flavors that draw upon Asian and French cultures and techniques. His enthusiasm, experience, and stout understanding of menu development serve as the backbone of White Street’s patrons’ gastronomic experience.

Clover Health

Venture Round in 2014
Clover Health is a health insurance company that provides Medicare Advantage plans primarily for senior citizens in New Jersey, and it also serves members in several other states, including Arizona, Georgia, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Texas. Founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, Clover Health operates a Preferred Provider Organization (PPO) platform aimed at enhancing the quality of life for its members. The company focuses on preventive care through patient-centered analytics and a dedicated care management team, which helps identify potential health risks and manage chronic diseases. By employing advanced analytics and custom software, Clover Health directs its clinical staff to address care gaps, ultimately aiming to reduce unnecessary healthcare costs while improving health outcomes for its members.

Sols

Series A in 2014
Sols, Inc. specializes in providing customized orthotic insoles designed to support foot health and alleviate alignment issues. The company's products promote proper gait and relieve pressure on the plantar fascia. Founded in 2013 and based in New York City, Sols operates a software platform and mobile application that allows users to design and purchase personalized orthotics. Its product lineup includes SOLSRx, a medical-grade 3D printed orthotic, and ExoSOLS, custom insoles available directly to consumers. By utilizing advanced computer vision and machine learning technology, Sols aims to enhance the fit of footwear and address issues related to shoe size returns. In 2017, Sols became a subsidiary of Aetrex Worldwide, Inc., further expanding its reach in the orthotic and footwear industries.

Mashable

Series A in 2014
Mashable, Inc. is an online news community that focuses on digital culture, social media, and technology. Founded in 2005 and headquartered in New York City, with additional offices in San Francisco, London, and Los Angeles, Mashable serves millions of monthly unique visitors and has a substantial social media following. The platform offers news, information, and resources while also curating job openings in technology, marketing, business, and design fields. Additionally, Mashable provides advertising services and has established a strategic partnership with 360i. As of December 2017, Mashable operates as a subsidiary of Ziff Davis, LLC, further solidifying its position as a leading voice in the digital media landscape.

Confide

Seed Round in 2014
Confide, Inc. is a New York-based company that offers a secure mobile messaging platform designed for confidential communications. Established in 2013, Confide enables users to engage in off-the-record conversations through its encrypted messaging service, which features self-destructing messages and protection against screenshots. This platform allows individuals to discuss sensitive topics freely, ensuring that their communications remain private and are not subject to duplication or misuse. Through its innovative approach to messaging, Confide provides a solution for clients seeking to maintain the integrity and confidentiality of their private conversations.

Sols

Seed Round in 2013
Sols, Inc. specializes in providing customized orthotic insoles designed to support foot health and alleviate alignment issues. The company's products promote proper gait and relieve pressure on the plantar fascia. Founded in 2013 and based in New York City, Sols operates a software platform and mobile application that allows users to design and purchase personalized orthotics. Its product lineup includes SOLSRx, a medical-grade 3D printed orthotic, and ExoSOLS, custom insoles available directly to consumers. By utilizing advanced computer vision and machine learning technology, Sols aims to enhance the fit of footwear and address issues related to shoe size returns. In 2017, Sols became a subsidiary of Aetrex Worldwide, Inc., further expanding its reach in the orthotic and footwear industries.

Keaton Row

Seed Round in 2013
Keaton Row specializes in the fields of personal styling, E-commerce, fashion merchandising, and fashion editorial. It brings the one on one relationship between a stylist and a client online. The company's stylists work directly with women to help them build versatile everyday wardrobes comprised of fewer, better pieces by guiding them to make meaningful purchases each season. By styling new purchases with pieces they already own, they help them define their unique styles so they never have to wonder what to wear—or how to wear it—again. It was founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York, United States.

Mark43

Seed Round in 2013
Mark43, Inc. specializes in developing innovative software solutions for law enforcement agencies. The company's primary products include Mark43 RMS, an integrated application for managing law enforcement data, and Mark43 CAD, a cloud-based solution designed for emergency response management. These applications facilitate seamless data collection, management, analysis, and sharing, while offering features such as bi-directional syncing, mission-critical AVL mapping, and automatic status timers. Both Mark43 CAD and RMS are interconnected with federal, state, and local databases, providing enhanced cloud mobility. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in New York City, Mark43 aims to empower communities and improve public safety through advanced technology.

Cover

Seed Round in 2013
Cover, Inc. develops a mobile dining application. It offers Cover, a dining application that handles the check, including splitting, tip, and payment at restaurants in New York City, the Bay Area, Miami, and Los Angeles. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in New York, New York. As of September 22, 2015, Cover, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Velocity Mobile Limited.

Manicube

Seed Round in 2013
Manicube is a company focused on enhancing the personal care experience for working women by providing convenient in-office manicure services. By partnering with corporate HR departments, Manicube brings licensed nail technicians directly to workplaces, allowing employees to enjoy quick, affordable 15-minute manicures in conference rooms or designated employee areas. The service also extends to male grooming, including barbering, across major markets such as New York City, Chicago, San Francisco, and Boston. Customers can easily book, modify, and pay for their appointments through the Manicube website, streamlining the process for busy professionals seeking personal care services at their convenience.

Tuition.io

Seed Round in 2013
Tuition.io, Inc. operates a platform that allows users to manage their student loan portfolio. The company’s platform facilitates to view and manage federal family education loans, federal direct loans, and private loans from a variety of servicers. It also enables global companies to offer a benefit that their employees really need, while helping them attract, engage, and retain top talent. Tuition.io, Inc. was formerly known as Binksty and changed its name to Tuition.io, Inc. in July 2012. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Santa Monica, California.

Flatiron Health

Series A in 2013
Flatiron Health, Inc. is a healthcare technology company that specializes in oncology, focusing on enhancing cancer research and patient care. The company has developed a data platform that integrates and organizes clinical and financial information from electronic medical records and billing systems. This platform, known as OncologyCloud, provides valuable analytics for cancer care providers and life sciences organizations, enabling them to track treatment patterns, monitor adherence to guidelines, and identify suitable candidates for clinical trials in real-time. Flatiron Health also offers additional tools such as OncoCloud for community oncology practices, Flatiron Assist for clinical decision support, and OncoEMR to assist providers in meeting oncology care model requirements. The company collaborates with over 280 community cancer practices, several major academic research centers, and prominent oncology companies. Founded in 2012 and based in New York, Flatiron Health operates as a subsidiary of Roche Holding AG.

Food52

Series A in 2012
Food52 is an online portal that provides a curated shop, content and community for kitchen and home enthusiasts. It is a growing community of 13M cooks and home enthusiasts and a one-stop-shop where individuals can be inspired by great ideas and find the tools and tips to bring them to life. The company is driven by a mission to reimagine every room in the house and remake everything in it. It was founded in 2009 by Amanda Hesser and Merrill Stubbs.

PayPerks

Series A in 2012
PayPerks, Inc. is a New York-based company founded in 2009 that specializes in a financial capability and engagement platform designed for low- and middle-income consumers. The company utilizes sweepstakes-based awards to encourage users to engage with educational content on topics like budgeting, saving, and nutrition. By offering cash prizes for completing tutorials and surveys, PayPerks aims to drive positive behavior change among its users while simultaneously providing value to financial institutions. These institutions can integrate PayPerks into their products, such as prepaid debit cards, to enhance customer engagement, retention, and loyalty. PayPerks has received multiple accolades, being recognized as a promising new idea for the emerging middle class and as a notable contender in the prepaid sector. Through its transparent and accessible educational resources, PayPerks seeks to help consumers manage their finances more effectively while minimizing fees and maximizing convenience.

TreSensa

Angel Round in 2012
TreSensa, Inc. is a cross-platform game development technology and services company. It focuses on providing studios and developers with a framework, tools, and support to enable them to build games that span various devices and platforms. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is based in New York, New York.

OpenFin

Seed Round in 2012
OpenFin Inc. provides runtime technology solutions for financial desktops. Its solution enables web applications to pop-up windows, generate real-time desktop notifications, and communicate with other applications. The company serves financial services industries and banks in the United States and Europe. OpenFin Inc. was formerly known as Appoji Inc. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in New York, New York with an additional office in London, United Kingdom

Behance

Series A in 2012
Behance is an online platform that allows creative professionals to showcase and discover work through multimedia portfolios. Launched in September 2006 by Matias Corea and Scott Belsky, it serves a wide range of creative fields including design, photography, animation, and fine arts. The platform not only enables users to display their portfolios but also fosters networking among creative communities, schools, and organizations. Additionally, Behance integrates with ProSite, a customizable portfolio site builder, and distributes creative work to other online galleries. With millions of users visiting the site monthly, Behance has become a vital resource for individuals seeking to showcase their talent and connect with opportunities in the creative industry. Its operations are based in New York, United States.

Lucky Sort

Seed Round in 2012
Lucky Sort is a company that specializes in developing a big data visualization and navigation engine known as TopicWatch. This platform enables users to explore and analyze emergent patterns in live text streams, including news articles, social media content, and comments. By transforming the challenges associated with information overload into opportunities for insightful analysis, TopicWatch allows analysts to gain a comprehensive understanding of trends and sentiments in real time. Additionally, the company focuses on providing a cloud-based solution for visual and statistical text analytics, targeting markets such as financial services and risk management.

Treemo Labs

Venture Round in 2012
Seattle based and founded in 2005,Treemo Labs provides an Apps publishing platform with integrated social media, social networking, location services, gaming and premium content management tools. Treemo Labs clients and partners include CBS, MTV, AT&T, T-Mobile and others. The Treemo Labs platform allows for the building and deployment of cross platform Apps with emphasis on mobile. Every instance of the Treemo Labs platform allows the quick deployment of iPhone, Android, mobile web and web applications that sit on top of the feature rich platform that includes media sharing, social networking, location, and gaming. Treemo Labs has developed and published over 25 iPhone Apps, including CBS News, and 13 CBS Local 'Owned and Operated', Seelebrity, Qwikets, Tic A Tac Poker, LimeLife and others. Treemo Labs launched CBS News for Android in March, 2010.

LiveIntent

Series B in 2011
LiveIntent is a marketing technology platform that specializes in enhancing email as a powerful tool for identity resolution and targeted marketing. Serving over 2,000 brands and publishers worldwide, LiveIntent transforms traditional email communication into a robust mechanism for customer engagement and revenue generation in a mobile-first environment. The platform creates a private customer graph that supports various marketing objectives, including acquisition and attribution. Headquartered in New York City, LiveIntent has additional offices in cities such as Berlin, Chicago, and Los Angeles, employing around 170 people. Its full-service email advertising solutions cater to the needs of both marketers and publishers, positioning the company as a leader in the email marketing landscape.

Birchbox

Series A in 2011
Birchbox, Inc., founded in 2010 and based in New York, is a retail company that specializes in beauty, grooming, and lifestyle products. The company offers a wide range of items including makeup, skincare, hair products, fragrances, and lifestyle accessories for both women and men. Birchbox has redefined the shopping experience by providing a subscription service that delivers personalized samples monthly, allowing customers to discover and try new products tailored to their preferences. This service is complemented by an e-commerce platform featuring a variety of well-known and niche brands. Birchbox also engages its customers with educational content such as tips and tutorials, alongside a loyalty program to encourage ongoing purchases. The company operates not only in the United States but also has a presence in the United Kingdom, France, Spain, and Belgium.

Adaptly

Series A in 2011
Adaptly, Inc. provides digital advertising solutions. It develops tools for running ads across social networks. Its solutions include personalized planning and strategy, activation and optimization, and analysis and reporting. The company was incorporated in 2010 and is based in New York, New York with additional offices Chicago, Illinois; Los Angeles and San Francisco, California; Detroit, Michigan; and London, United Kingdom. As of December 20, 2018, Adaptly, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Accenture plc.

GiftRocket

Angel Round in 2011
GiftRocket is a new type of gift card that works for any business. It combines the thoughtfulness of a gift certificate with the flexibility of cash. If you're new here, check out how it works. There's no card to carry, and if the recipient doesn't make it to the business, they can spend the money on something else.

BaubleBar

Series A in 2010
BaubleBar is changing how women shop for fashion jewelry. By offering on-trend styles and contextualizing them with strong editorial references, the company is quickly becoming the first go-to retailer within the $22bn fashion jewelry industry. BaubleBar’s core differentiating factor is its fast speed to market, recognized through its unique sourcing capabilities. The company leverages this by using real-time data to merchandise and design based on current market dynamics and consumer taste preferences. Coupling this with the high-touch customer experience and strong social media reach, BaubleBar is redefining how women think of fashion jewelry brands. BaubleBar (formerly Eight1Six) was founded by Amy Jain and Daniella Yacobovsky in 2010 and has raised $15.6 million in equity financing to date. The Company most recently raised $10 million in Series B funding, in a round led by Burch Creative Capital, the investment firm headed by retail and fashion veteran Chris Burch. Other leading investors in the Company include Accel Partners, Greycroft Partners, Aspect Ventures, Comcast Ventures, Founder Collective, and Lerer Media Ventures.

FanBridge

Series A in 2010
FanBridge, Inc. offers a fan relationship management platform that integrates email marketing and social networking to help artists, brands, and content creators grow, engage, and monetize their fan bases. The company provides tools for managing fan acquisition, retention, and engagement, serving a diverse clientele that includes musicians, comedians, YouTubers, and major brands. FanBridge's services enable clients to establish direct connections with their audiences through various channels, including email and social media, while also offering integrated advertising solutions that allow brands to effectively reach their target demographics. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in New York, FanBridge has established itself as a prominent player in the fan audience CRM space, managing over 600 million fan relationships.

SkillSlate

Seed Round in 2010
Skillslate enables consumers to find and connect with local individual businesses. Business owners get free marketing tools and leads to gain more customers.

Spruce Media

Seed Round in 2010
Spruce Media is the leading provider of enterprise-class marketing technology that delivers real results at scale, and drives consumers from likes to influence for the most successful advertisers, agencies, and trading desks on Facebook. Recently named one of 12 Facebook Strategic Preferred Marketing Developers, the highest distinction of excellence offered, Spruce has pushed over 300-billion impressions through its software and is the technology of choice for the largest advertisers on Facebook. Spruce has developed a robust solution integrating ad creation, bid management, analytics, and reporting into one easy to use, yet powerful interface, which can be licensed or coupled with managed services. Spruce Media is based in San Francisco and has sales offices in Los Angeles, Dallas, Chicago, Minneapolis, Washington D.C., and New York.

Saladax Biomedical

Series B in 2009
Saladax Biomedical, Inc. specializes in developing and commercializing diagnostic blood tests aimed at enhancing personalized medicine in psychiatry and oncology. The company offers a range of tests under the MyCare brand, which includes MyCare Psychiatry for determining appropriate antipsychotic dosages, MyCare Oncology for optimizing chemotherapy exposure, and MyCare Neurology for assessing the impact of neurological medications. Notable products include My5-FU, MyPaclitaxel, MyDocetaxel, and MyImatinib, which assist healthcare professionals in managing treatments for various cancers and conditions. Saladax Biomedical markets its products through distributors in regions such as Asia Pacific, the European Union, the Middle East, and North Africa, as well as through direct sales in select areas. Founded in 2004 and based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, the company has been providing innovative diagnostic solutions for over 15 years.

Yext

Series B in 2008
Yext, Inc. is a digital knowledge management platform that enables businesses to manage and deliver verified information about their brands across various online channels. Through its Yext platform, companies can organize and structure their data in a Knowledge Graph, which helps provide accurate answers on their websites and through a network of approximately 175 third-party services, including maps, search engines, and social networks. This platform is designed to ensure that businesses can control the public facts available to consumers, offering features such as listings, pages, and direct answers to location-based queries. Yext primarily serves industries such as healthcare, retail, and financial services. Founded in 2006, the company is headquartered in New York.

Aviary

Venture Round in 2008
Photo-editing platform for ios, android, windows and html5

PHD Virtual Technologies

Series A in 2008
Delivering the highest performance and most scalable cross platform backup and monitoring solutions on the market and pioneer of Virtual Backup Appliances (VBAs), PHD Virtual Technologies has been transforming data protection for virtual IT environments since 2006. Its award-winning data protection solution, PHD Virtual Backup is used today by more than 3,500 enterprises worldwide to achieve unlimited scalability, high availability and cost effective backup and recovery for VMware and Citrix XenServer virtual machines. Its PHD Virtual Monitor provides a complete, end to end solution for monitoring virtual, physical and application infrastructures in VMware and Citrix environments. PHD Virtual also provides a suite of free virtualization utilities to assist with the administration and management of virtualized environments.

Zenbe

Series A in 2008
Zenbe builds mobile and web apps around the common theme of allowing users to share contextually-specific information with a select group of people. The company's current apps include: Blacktop: an iPhone app that lets users organize your Facebook and Foursquare check-ins into "trips"—with maps, photos, and comments—that can be shared with friends in real-time. (DISCONTINUED) Phizviz: creates a visualization of your Facebook check-ins, week-by-week. You can page through weeks and compare them. Zenbe Lists: lets users share task lists from their iPhone, iPad, or the web. It was one of the first 300 iPhone apps and was called "our favorite task list" by Gizmodo. Shareflow is a simple, real-time group collaboration tool that enables groups to share ideas, files, and more, without the hassles of long email threads. Zenbe was founded in 2007 and produced a next-generation webmail suite, Zenbe Mail, which was discontinued in 2010 following a partial talent acquisition by Facebook.

Invite Media

Seed Round in 2008
Invite Media is a stealth mode company located in Philadelphia, PA. They are currently working with a team of Wharton statisticians to develop media buying optimization technology for the display advertising market.

AppNexus

Seed Round in 2007
AppNexus Inc. develops a cloud-based software platform that enhances programmatic online advertising for both buyers and sellers of digital inventory. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in New York City, the company offers various tools that optimize campaign performance, including trading solutions and marketplaces for internet advertising. Its platform enables advertisers to create trading desks, advertising networks, and custom exchanges. Additionally, AppNexus provides a digital advertising delivery platform that helps publisher clients maximize revenue from multiple demand sources. Key offerings include the AppNexus Publisher Suite for ad serving and campaign management, as well as PriceCheck, a header bidding solution for various ad formats. The AppNexus Apps program allows third-party technology vendors and existing customers to develop features and expand their reach. AppNexus operates as a subsidiary of Xandr, Inc. and maintains offices in the U.S. and internationally.