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At TripleBlind, we offer digital privacy as a service. Our suite of tools enables companies to safely provide and consume extremely sensitive data and algorithms in encrypted space, in the most private and secure setting that has ever existed.

SquareOffs LLC operates a cloud-based debate platform that provides publishers, bloggers, and brands a way to distribute interactive polls that drive engagement, readers, revenue, and insight. It offers SquareOffs, a platform that enables readers and writers for their opinion to be heard, shared, and voted on for promoting social voting and user-generated debate on any topic and any site. The company serves customers worldwide. SquareOffs LLC was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Kansas City, Kansas.

Developing a new insurance product for students to de-risk their educational attainment

Cariloop provides the world’s first fully-integrated, human-powered Caregiver Support Platform to help working caregivers and families plan for and manage the care of their loved ones. The Platform features a HIPAA-compliant, cloud-based application that helps families securely communicate across all devices and store important health, financial, and legal documents while having on-demand access to a dedicated Care Coach who guides the families through the many decisions they make over the length of their caregiving journey.

Spear Power Systems designs and manufactures safe, reliable lithium-ion battery storage systems for demanding applications including defense, marine propulsion, oil & gas, and mining. The company has a wide range of energy storage systems suited to meet any demand. Their family of TRIDENT maritime batteries offers multiple cell chemistries in order to provide you with industry-leading energy density or ultra-high power density depending on the requirements of your application.

Super Dispatch, Inc provides car hauler automation software for carriers, brokers, and shippers. It offers Super Dispatch which includes Super Loadboard to book loads and find vetted carriers; Carrier TMS to manage loads, drivers, and billing; and Shipper TMS to automate, digitize, and provide visibility into day-to-day operations. The company’s Super Dispatch is an end-to-end platform to connect the auto transportation industry. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Kansas City, Kansas.

Dynamhex monitors and visualizes complex energy consumption data for individual, corporate and government entities. By linking to science-based emission reduction targets, Dynamhex allows climate leaders to make data-driven decisions in a timely fight against climate change.

Boddle is a game-based learning platform that helps K-12 teachers assess and differentiate their students’ learning to improve academic outcomes in STEM. The platform uses gameplay and adaptive learning technology to engage students for growth while turning student responses into actionable reports for teachers.

Main Street Data Corp develops a machine-learning tool that consolidates current and historical agronomic data, allowing farmers to benchmark yield performance and increase ROI. Its product includes, Validator, an application which shows yield, yield gap, and ROI potential in bushels and dollars. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Kansas City, Missouri.

SMRxT INC. develops a medication adherence platform that quantifies patient adherence behavior in real-time. The platform communicates actionable information to all stakeholders and facilitates immediate interventions. It intends to change the way the world looks at medication adherence by replacing the current retrospective standard with actionable real-time information. The company was incorporated in 2010 and is based in New York, New York.

QuickHire is a social hiring resource that will allow employers to connect with entry level candidates. Employers are able to search by degree, education, and skill sets to find a candidate that meets their needs.

Pepper offers an IoT operating system and service delivery platform that empowers enterprises to deploy sophisticated IoT solutions. The introduction of billions of new connected devices (and other "things") requires a new user-experience paradigm—one that enables both consumers and enterprises the ability to effectively manage, control, and engage with their increasingly connected worlds. Pepper solves the problems associated with this increased complexity through the combination of its user operating system and service delivery platform.

Boddle is a game-based learning platform that helps K-12 teachers assess and differentiate their students’ learning to improve academic outcomes in STEM. The platform uses gameplay and adaptive learning technology to engage students for growth while turning student responses into actionable reports for teachers.

BacklotCars allows auto dealers, auto finance, and rental car companies to transact without having to go to physical auctions. Through BacklotCars, auto dealers, auto finance, and rental car companies can transact without having to go to physical auctions. The company’s end to end solution is truly seamless for dealers as BacklotCars provides vehicle inspections, transportation, and inventory finance services. The online marketplace offers a 24-7 “bid-ask” marketplace along with vehicle inspections and is used by dealers in 46 states. It’s designed to make the process of selling cars easier for both buyers and sellers by addressing longstanding pain points of online transactions like certified inspections. BacklotCars was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, United States.

SpiderOak develops a technology that eliminates entire categories of cyberattacks. It addresses the compliance, security, and usability needs of today’s environments to enable teams to complete their mission without having to make compromises. The company's products leverage a unique combination of Zero-Trust encryption and private Blockchain, delivering solutions with a level of confidentiality, integrity, and availability unavailable until today. SpiderOak's use of blockchain provides complete attribution and nonrepudiation of all data transactions. Every modification made to the ledger is timestamped and signed, digitally ensuring traceability and complete integrity. The combination of Zero-Trust No-Knowledge Encryption and Distributed Ledger allows clients to operationalize previously unavailable datasets whose sensitivity made their use in virtual collaborative environments far too risky.

PayIt simplifies doing business with the state, local, and federal government through its patent-pending mobile transaction and payment platform. The company strives to provide an open Digital Government Platform that allows their partners and the industry to collaborate on providing the best solution to improve the delivery of government services to citizens. They deliver an innovative solution that enables residents to access essential government services from any device. PayIt was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri.

First response software for utilities and public works. Reduce work load while collecting accurate data and insight into response operations. Coordinate and document response efforts to watermain breaks, sewer stoppages, street obstructions, and other service outages. We work with organizations of all sizes – from small water districts, to large municipalities. Our tools take the pain out of response processes, provide the operational insight needed, and easily integrate with existing customer service and work order management systems.

AstrumU, Inc. provides services for matching employers with recent graduates using technology. It offers AstrumU, a platform that enables institutions and lifelong learners to quantify the return on education investment in order to drive enrollment, enhance industry engagement, and increase economic mobility. The company’s platform is also used for recruiting and developing talent based on quantifiable skills from verifiable data. AstrumU, Inc. was founded in 2017 and is based in Kirkland, Washington with an additional office in Kansas City, Kansas.

Vytelle is a company with a deeper purpose and revolutionary technology that helps to advance bovine, deer and buffalo genetics faster by redefining reproduction.

At TripleBlind, we offer digital privacy as a service. Our suite of tools enables companies to safely provide and consume extremely sensitive data and algorithms in encrypted space, in the most private and secure setting that has ever existed.

Oculogx Inc. designs and develops augmented reality based application software solutions for supply chain management. The company's product enables workers to find and pick orders in warehouses. Oculogx Inc. was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Bardavon Health Innovations is empowers quality healthcare decisions through networked technology, transparency and communication. We work collaboratively to offer the first comprehensive approach to workers’ compensation programs for managing the entire life-cycle of the employee, from hire to retire.

Kenzen creates personal health wearables to support its users in all dimensions of health, including wellness, activities, 3D motion, and performance. The company provides its clients with a variety of personal health monitors that report data in real time to smartphone devices. Through its data, Kenzen aims to enable individuals to make critical decisions in training and competitions. Its primary product, Kenzen ECHO, is a small, flexible patch that helps its users understand their physiology, and get personalized health insights and notifications to help improve performance, recovery, and prevent injury. Kenzen was founded in 2014 by Sonia Sousa and Steve Pecko. It is based in San Francisco, California.

Bungii LLC develops mobile application that connects to a local driver and pickup truck to move, haul, and deliver stuff across town. It is an on demand service that enables users to connect with drivers of pickup trucks to seek, receive, and fulfill on-demand requests for delivery services. The company allows taking a picture of what needs to be moved, connects with local driver and pickup truck, and provides rate to pay in application service. Bungii LLC was founded in 2014 and is based in Kansas City, Kansas.

ShotTracker makes sensor-based technology that automatically captures basketball statistics in real-time during practices and games. At ShotTracker, they improve the performance of competitive athletes by bringing elite-level analytics to the masses. Their latest innovation, ShotTracker TEAM, captures real-time practice and game stats for basketball teams, and it's affordable for teams at every level of play.

SquareOffs LLC operates a cloud-based debate platform that provides publishers, bloggers, and brands a way to distribute interactive polls that drive engagement, readers, revenue, and insight. It offers SquareOffs, a platform that enables readers and writers for their opinion to be heard, shared, and voted on for promoting social voting and user-generated debate on any topic and any site. The company serves customers worldwide. SquareOffs LLC was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Kansas City, Kansas.

Dunami, Inc. develops real-time data analysis software for intelligence, defense, and law enforcement communities. It also provides end-to-end analytical and training services, as well as produces analysis products, papers, presentations, and assessments on various topics. The company was formerly known as PATHAR, Inc. and changed its name to Dunami, Inc. in December 2017. Dunami, Inc. was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

First response software for utilities and public works. Reduce work load while collecting accurate data and insight into response operations. Coordinate and document response efforts to watermain breaks, sewer stoppages, street obstructions, and other service outages. We work with organizations of all sizes – from small water districts, to large municipalities. Our tools take the pain out of response processes, provide the operational insight needed, and easily integrate with existing customer service and work order management systems.

AstrumU, Inc. provides services for matching employers with recent graduates using technology. It offers AstrumU, a platform that enables institutions and lifelong learners to quantify the return on education investment in order to drive enrollment, enhance industry engagement, and increase economic mobility. The company’s platform is also used for recruiting and developing talent based on quantifiable skills from verifiable data. AstrumU, Inc. was founded in 2017 and is based in Kirkland, Washington with an additional office in Kansas City, Kansas.

Innara Health, Inc. engages in developing neonatal care technologies for preterm and full term infants and children with development needs. The company offers NTrainer System that promotes early development of non-nutritive sucking skills in newborns and infants born prematurely; and helps caregivers in neonatal and pediatric intensive care units to understand how to treat infants. It serves infants, children, and their families; and hospitals and neonatal intensive care units, and clinicians. The company was formerly known as KCBioMedix, Inc. and changed its name to Innara Health, Inc. in February 2013. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Olathe, Kansas.

Idle Smart, L.L.C. provides products for day cabs, electric APUs, and school Buses in the United States and Canada. It offers Idle Smart, an automated engine start stop solution that reduces overnight idle time. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Kansas City, Kansas with location in Lenox, Massachusetts.

Zego Inc. designs and develops an application which smart home devices with a single application that connects residents with management, maintenance, and a marketplace for local services. The company was formerly known as CasaiQ Inc. and changed its name to Zego Inc in December 2017. Zego Inc was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri. As of May 7, 2019, Zego Inc. operates as a subsidiary of PayLease LLC.

Site 1001 is a software developer using AI to revolutionize how buildings are run. The company’s Skylight Building Performance and Operations platform combines core building information, live building systems, sensors and “people-generated” information like work requests and comments, with artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies to help make buildings truly “smart.” Property investors, owners, and managers tap Skylight-powered apps to reduce unplanned maintenance and downtime, lower operational costs, increase asset longevity and performance, maximize guest/tenant experience and increase a property’s value. Skylight customers include major hotel operators, casino/resort properties, performing arts centers, mixed-use commercial, and office building owners.

Founded by several Financial Advisors that had spent 15 years managing money for very wealthy clients, blooom has become of the nation’s fastest growing robo-advisors with a specific focus on helping any American with a workplace retirement account like a 401k or 403b. Blooom is a Registered Investment Advisor with the SEC, and aims to scale fiduciary best practices on low fees, and appropriate asset allocation and diversification, to millions of Americans who have workplace retirement accounts, yet no access to a financial advisor and no desire to "DIY it."

backstitch Inc. operates a platform for personalized employee communications. The company’s platform enables users to create for business communicators; provides team members with push notifications, internal content, industry news, and more; and allows users to realize trends and behaviors, identify department allies, and measure the ROI of communications and engagement. It also builds an application that integrates curated media monitoring platform. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Kansas City, Missouri.

Pepper offers an IoT operating system and service delivery platform that empowers enterprises to deploy sophisticated IoT solutions. The introduction of billions of new connected devices (and other "things") requires a new user-experience paradigm—one that enables both consumers and enterprises the ability to effectively manage, control, and engage with their increasingly connected worlds. Pepper solves the problems associated with this increased complexity through the combination of its user operating system and service delivery platform.

BacklotCars allows auto dealers, auto finance, and rental car companies to transact without having to go to physical auctions. Through BacklotCars, auto dealers, auto finance, and rental car companies can transact without having to go to physical auctions. The company’s end to end solution is truly seamless for dealers as BacklotCars provides vehicle inspections, transportation, and inventory finance services. The online marketplace offers a 24-7 “bid-ask” marketplace along with vehicle inspections and is used by dealers in 46 states. It’s designed to make the process of selling cars easier for both buyers and sellers by addressing longstanding pain points of online transactions like certified inspections. BacklotCars was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, United States.

Bellwethr uses artificial intelligence to increase retention and revenue throughout the customer journey. Bellwethr started around the idea that machine learning and AI should be available to anyone, no matter their technical background. The business was founded in 2017 by Matt Moody, with the sole intention of making artificial intelligence simple enough for anyone to utilize it.

Cariloop provides the world’s first fully-integrated, human-powered Caregiver Support Platform to help working caregivers and families plan for and manage the care of their loved ones. The Platform features a HIPAA-compliant, cloud-based application that helps families securely communicate across all devices and store important health, financial, and legal documents while having on-demand access to a dedicated Care Coach who guides the families through the many decisions they make over the length of their caregiving journey.

BacklotCars allows auto dealers, auto finance, and rental car companies to transact without having to go to physical auctions. Through BacklotCars, auto dealers, auto finance, and rental car companies can transact without having to go to physical auctions. The company’s end to end solution is truly seamless for dealers as BacklotCars provides vehicle inspections, transportation, and inventory finance services. The online marketplace offers a 24-7 “bid-ask” marketplace along with vehicle inspections and is used by dealers in 46 states. It’s designed to make the process of selling cars easier for both buyers and sellers by addressing longstanding pain points of online transactions like certified inspections. BacklotCars was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, United States.

Dunami, Inc. develops real-time data analysis software for intelligence, defense, and law enforcement communities. It also provides end-to-end analytical and training services, as well as produces analysis products, papers, presentations, and assessments on various topics. The company was formerly known as PATHAR, Inc. and changed its name to Dunami, Inc. in December 2017. Dunami, Inc. was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Life Equals is a health supplement startup which sells vitamins and supplement products. Its first product line is premium health and nutrition products which focus on preventative health using bio-available and whole food blends. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Kansas City.