Stellar
Seed Round in 2025
Stellar integrates AI, LLM, and machine learning throughout all aspects of business operations. Stellar guides businesses in evaluating their AI readiness, identifying and prioritizing AI opportunities, and implementing cutting-edge solutions to enhance end-to-end operations and financial outcomes securely. The company's expertise and solutions empower employees, customers, and stakeholders to achieve heightened performance, accelerated revenue, and enhanced customer experiences.
Hummingbirds
Seed Round in 2024
Hummingbirds is a software-as-a-service marketplace that facilitates connections between brands and hyperlocal content creators and influencers. The company specializes in assisting place-based brands in identifying and collaborating with local creators to enhance brand awareness and drive sales. By leveraging community-led growth strategies, Hummingbirds enables everyday individuals to share their authentic experiences with brands within their local communities, fostering peer engagement and action. This approach allows brands to tap into the unique perspectives of local influencers, thereby enhancing their marketing efforts for products, services, or events.
Backstroke
Seed Round in 2024
Backstroke is a technology company that operates a generative content platform designed specifically for email marketers. The company provides tools that utilize artificial intelligence to generate on-brand and effective email subject lines, as well as preview text, mobile push notifications, and SMS messages. By streamlining the content creation process, Backstroke helps businesses enhance their marketing efforts, allowing teams to concentrate on more creative and strategic initiatives.
Hummingbirds
Seed Round in 2023
Hummingbirds is a software-as-a-service marketplace that facilitates connections between brands and hyperlocal content creators and influencers. The company specializes in assisting place-based brands in identifying and collaborating with local creators to enhance brand awareness and drive sales. By leveraging community-led growth strategies, Hummingbirds enables everyday individuals to share their authentic experiences with brands within their local communities, fostering peer engagement and action. This approach allows brands to tap into the unique perspectives of local influencers, thereby enhancing their marketing efforts for products, services, or events.
Yourco is a B2B SaaS company founded in 2021, initially serving a family printing business before expanding to cater to diverse organizations with blue-collar workforces. It specializes in establishing internal communication infrastructure for these companies, enabling effective dialogue with non-desk staff. Clients include prominent entities such as Sherwin-Williams and the Indianapolis Airport Authority. Yourco's platform has demonstrated significant value, leading to rapid revenue growth and recognition at SXSW 2023 as one of the top future-of-work technology startups globally. The company is backed by several venture capital firms and strategic angel investors.
Boost My School
Funding Round in 2023
Boost My School is an educational institution focused on enhancing fundraising capabilities for schools and their communities. The company develops a software-as-a-service (SaaS) platform that provides an intuitive and collaborative environment for advancement professionals. Its application includes features such as a user-friendly interface, comment wall, supporter wall, class leaderboards, and social media integration. Additionally, it supports payment options like Apple Pay and Google Pay, enabling schools to secure the necessary funding to improve educational quality and foster vibrant community engagement.
Laxis is an AI meeting assistant specifically designed for revenue teams, aimed at enhancing productivity and facilitating growth. The company's platform automates customer research prior to meetings, provides real-time transcription and insights during discussions, and generates essential follow-up items such as customer requirements and emails post-meeting. Additionally, Laxis allows users to engage in real-time chats to retrieve answers based on previous conversations, streamlining the workflow and improving overall efficiency for sales professionals.
Compiify
Pre Seed Round in 2023
Compiify is a compensation intelligence platform designed to assist businesses in making informed and equitable pay decisions. By providing access to leading benchmarking data, Compiify enables organizations to attract and retain talent through competitive compensation practices. The platform promotes transparency in the compensation process, facilitating communication between managers and employees regarding final pay decisions. Additionally, it streamlines compensation reviews, allowing managers to save time while ensuring that their pay structures are fair and effective. Overall, Compiify empowers businesses to implement data-driven strategies that enhance their compensation practices.
Field Day
Seed Round in 2021
Field Day is an online platform that streamlines individuals, organizations, coordination, and communication to discover and engage with local nonprofits through group volunteer events.