Hivers and Strivers

SquareDash is a platform that facilitates financial services for roofing contractors. It manages payments from insurance companies, offering services such as claim funding, online invoicing, and automated collection processes to accelerate payment cycles.

Parlay is a technology company that specializes in helping community banks and credit unions streamline their small business lending processes. Its core product is a loan packaging platform, which provides analytical tools, a user-friendly borrower portal, loan readiness scoring, pipeline analytics, and a lender dashboard. This platform aims to increase small business lending conversions and efficiency, enabling community banks and credit unions to approve more small businesses for loans and enhance their customer conversion rates.

SquareDash is a platform that facilitates financial services for roofing contractors. It manages payments from insurance companies, offering services such as claim funding, online invoicing, and automated collection processes to accelerate payment cycles.

Tumble is a technology platform focused on enhancing the laundry experience in shared laundry facilities within apartment and multi-unit buildings. By integrating smart technologies, Tumble transforms traditional laundry rooms into modern amenities, offering features such as real-time machine availability, cashless payment options, cycle tracking notifications, and a secure locking mechanism for dryers. The platform also facilitates live communication between residents and support, significantly improving user satisfaction. Tumble's innovative approach not only streamlines the laundry process but also aims to increase property leasing speed and overall net operating income for property owners.

Polco is a company that enhances communication between local officials and constituents through its online platform, which offers verified surveys, polls, and analytics. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Middleton, Wisconsin, Polco provides its services to various entities, including cities, counties, school districts, and news media organizations. The platform facilitates citizen engagement by integrating local and national legislation with opportunities for voting and crowd-sourced political commentary. By offering tools for online polling and comprehensive survey research, Polco aims to modernize civic interaction and improve the effectiveness of governance through better-informed decision-making and feedback mechanisms.

Aegle Health Partners provides risk management services and innovative financial instruments to fund and transfer healthcare risk. Using financial engineering and technology, it offers an alternative to traditional health reinsurance. Its models enable insured health payers, self-insured employers, governments, and at-risk providers to obtain tail protection comparable to traditional reinsurance, supported by upfront population health credit to inform risk transfer decisions.

Tumble is a technology platform focused on enhancing the laundry experience in shared laundry facilities within apartment and multi-unit buildings. By integrating smart technologies, Tumble transforms traditional laundry rooms into modern amenities, offering features such as real-time machine availability, cashless payment options, cycle tracking notifications, and a secure locking mechanism for dryers. The platform also facilitates live communication between residents and support, significantly improving user satisfaction. Tumble's innovative approach not only streamlines the laundry process but also aims to increase property leasing speed and overall net operating income for property owners.

Polco is a company that enhances communication between local officials and constituents through its online platform, which offers verified surveys, polls, and analytics. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Middleton, Wisconsin, Polco provides its services to various entities, including cities, counties, school districts, and news media organizations. The platform facilitates citizen engagement by integrating local and national legislation with opportunities for voting and crowd-sourced political commentary. By offering tools for online polling and comprehensive survey research, Polco aims to modernize civic interaction and improve the effectiveness of governance through better-informed decision-making and feedback mechanisms.

Polco is a company that enhances communication between local officials and constituents through its online platform, which offers verified surveys, polls, and analytics. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Middleton, Wisconsin, Polco provides its services to various entities, including cities, counties, school districts, and news media organizations. The platform facilitates citizen engagement by integrating local and national legislation with opportunities for voting and crowd-sourced political commentary. By offering tools for online polling and comprehensive survey research, Polco aims to modernize civic interaction and improve the effectiveness of governance through better-informed decision-making and feedback mechanisms.

Polco is a company that enhances communication between local officials and constituents through its online platform, which offers verified surveys, polls, and analytics. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Middleton, Wisconsin, Polco provides its services to various entities, including cities, counties, school districts, and news media organizations. The platform facilitates citizen engagement by integrating local and national legislation with opportunities for voting and crowd-sourced political commentary. By offering tools for online polling and comprehensive survey research, Polco aims to modernize civic interaction and improve the effectiveness of governance through better-informed decision-making and feedback mechanisms.

Founded in 2015, True Made Foods produces and sells healthier versions of popular sauces like ketchup, BBQ sauce, and Sriracha. Their products are infused with fresh vegetables and have significantly reduced sugar content compared to traditional counterparts. They are available through supermarkets, online retailers, and directly from their website.

LeaseLock is a technology company that replaces security deposits with insurance, streamlining the rental process. It uses AI to optimize coverage based on property history and integrates seamlessly into online leasing platforms, resulting in improved conversion rates and reduced risk for property owners.

Rumi Spice is a spice company that directly sources saffron and other spices from Afghan farmers and sells them to customers through online channels. It focuses on ethical, socially responsible sourcing and aims to empower Afghan farmers, particularly women, while supporting sustainable rural development. The company reinvests profits to build agricultural and manufacturing infrastructure to strengthen the Afghan spice supply chain and create employment opportunities, helping to revitalize traditional spice trade and foster cultural connections through food.

Pair (formerly Visidraft) is an Augmented Reality startup that develops a communications and design platform for architecture and construction work. The company offers a markerless AR tool to help developers and designers build structures by sharing visualized 3D maps and CADs via Apple’s iOS system. The tool allows builders to estimate costs, view design options, select materials and tools, and more. Pair was co-founded by Andrew Kemendo, Taylor Clark, Israel Medina, and Mike Mills in 2012 and is based in Hyattsville, Maryland.

Ampsy, formerly known as Fliptu, is a developer of a social aggregation platform that provides brands with tools to curate and display their best social content. The platform allows businesses to create engaging social visualizations quickly, enabling them to launch campaigns within minutes and embed them effortlessly across different platforms. Ampsy focuses on enhancing customer engagement and retention by leveraging real-time social media insights and analytics. Its offerings are designed to solve key challenges in the customer acquisition funnel by increasing fan interaction and time spent on brand sites. Recognized as a notable technology in the industry, Ampsy continues to support brands in activating their audiences effectively.