PartySlate
Seed Round in 2019
PartySlate is an online marketplace designed to inspire and assist individuals planning various types of events by connecting them with top event professionals, vendors, and venues globally. The platform serves as a hub for discovering unique party ideas, identifying local vendors and venues, and assembling event teams. Event professionals utilize PartySlate to expand their businesses, network with industry peers, and attract more clients. Users can share multimedia content from events, gain recognition through a distinctive crediting system, and showcase their work via detailed profiles. Since its inception in 2016, over 25,000 leading venues, planners, and vendors have contributed more than 2 million photos of real weddings, corporate events, and celebrations to the platform.
Caribu Inc. is a Miami-based company that specializes in a video calling application designed to enhance long-distance interactions between parents, grandparents, and children. Founded in 2014, the platform enables users to read children's picture books together in an engaging and interactive manner. Features include real-time drawing on books, an audio-only mode for low-bandwidth areas, a story guide pointer for tracking text, and a magnifying tool for small print. The app also includes an in-app bookstore with a diverse selection of hundreds of books available in multiple languages. By combining education and play, Caribu provides a unique communication tool that fosters connections and learning among family members, making it easier for them to bond, even from afar.
BallotReady
Seed Round in 2018
BallotReady, Inc. is a Chicago-based company that offers a non-partisan online and mobile voter guide for local elections. Established in 2015, BallotReady aggregates information from various sources, including candidates' websites, League of Women Voters questionnaires, and campaign finance records, to provide voters with comprehensive background information on candidates and referendums on their ballots. The platform allows users to compare candidates, view their positions on key issues, and save selected candidates for easy access during the voting process. By promoting informed voting, BallotReady aims to enhance civic engagement and facilitate a better understanding of down-ballot choices for voters.
CNote is a California-based fintech company established in 2016 by two finance industry veterans. It operates an investment platform designed to generate higher returns while supporting social causes and underserved communities. The company's flagship product, CNote Savings, offers competitive annual returns of up to 2.5%, significantly more than traditional savings accounts. CNote is a certified B-Corporation led by women, committed to fostering economic justice through impact investing in female-led businesses, minority-owned enterprises, affordable housing, and community development projects across the U.S.
Wisr Inc. operates an online platform that enhances alumni engagement and student outcomes for higher education institutions. Founded in 2016 and based in Rocky River, Ohio, Wisr facilitates digital coaching by connecting current students with alumni, allowing for personalized guidance in career development. Its platform supports career services and alumni relations offices by automating the matching process, scheduling, and follow-up communications. This approach enables students to build a personal board of advisors, fostering meaningful connections that can positively influence their career paths.
PartySlate
Seed Round in 2017
PartySlate is an online marketplace designed to inspire and assist individuals planning various types of events by connecting them with top event professionals, vendors, and venues globally. The platform serves as a hub for discovering unique party ideas, identifying local vendors and venues, and assembling event teams. Event professionals utilize PartySlate to expand their businesses, network with industry peers, and attract more clients. Users can share multimedia content from events, gain recognition through a distinctive crediting system, and showcase their work via detailed profiles. Since its inception in 2016, over 25,000 leading venues, planners, and vendors have contributed more than 2 million photos of real weddings, corporate events, and celebrations to the platform.
KnowledgeHound
Series A in 2016
KnowledgeHound is a company that specializes in creating analytics platforms aimed at transforming data into actionable decisions. Its platform features advanced visualization tools and robust analytics capabilities, facilitating the organization and access of consumer insights for businesses. By developing a unified and searchable database for market research data, KnowledgeHound enables companies to efficiently locate insights, thereby enhancing their ability to convert data into effective business intelligence. This streamlined approach allows organizations to make informed decisions based on comprehensive and easily accessible consumer insights.
Artemis
Seed Round in 2016
Artemis is a technology company that develops a cultivation management platform designed for enterprise greenhouses, indoor farms, and high tunnel farms. The platform enables growers to efficiently manage their operations by providing tools for tracking productivity, compliance, and data insights. Users can monitor their facilities remotely through desktops, tablets, or smartphones, facilitating workflow management, crop batch registration, and food safety tracing. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, Artemis aims to empower indoor farm operators to make data-driven decisions that enhance plant performance and reduce operating costs. The company was previously known as Agrilyst Inc. before rebranding in May 2019.