LaunchCapital

LaunchCapital, founded in 2008, specializes in seed and early-stage investments, providing essential capital for entrepreneurs looking to develop their businesses. With a portfolio of over 200 companies, LaunchCapital typically invests between $50,000 and $150,000, utilizing two distinct investment vehicles. LaunchCapital Ventures employs a traditional venture capital approach, focusing on equity investments in high-growth potential opportunities. In contrast, LaunchCapital Small Business combines equity and debt financing to support businesses aimed at generating immediate revenue and exhibiting consistent growth, often with a local or regional focus. The firm primarily invests in technology, consumer, and medical sectors and operates offices in Boston, New Haven, New York City, and the San Francisco/Bay Area.

Elon Boms

Founder and Chairman

Patrick Casey

Associate

Konstantine Drakonakis

Venture Partner

Alice Linnehan-Smith

Director of Finance and Administration

Bill McCullen

CIO

Cliff Sirlin

Managing Director

Past deals in New England

Wyebot

Venture Round in 2022
Wyebot, Inc. is a technology company based in Marlborough, Massachusetts, founded in 2016. It specializes in providing a wireless intelligence and automation platform that leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning to analyze and optimize wireless networks. By using multi-radio sensors, the platform proactively identifies and resolves network issues before they result in downtime, thereby reducing mean-time to problem resolution and minimizing the number of WiFi-related support tickets and onsite visits. Wyebot primarily serves a diverse clientele, including corporate enterprises, educational institutions, managed service providers, healthcare organizations, and venues for entertainment and conferences. Its solutions enhance the performance of critical wireless ecosystems, making it easier for businesses to manage and improve their connectivity infrastructure.

6K

Series C in 2021
6K is a materials development company based in North Andover, Massachusetts, founded in 2014. The company specializes in advanced microwave-based plasma technology that aims to transform the production processes of nanomaterials. By utilizing proprietary plasma processing and industrial systems, 6K enables the creation of materials tailored to specific requirements, facilitating innovation in various sectors including manufacturing, renewable energy, aerospace, and consumer electronics. With a team of experts in materials, processes, and production, 6K provides comprehensive access to the materials engineering process, allowing companies to produce high-quality materials that meet exact specifications.

Faraday

Series A in 2021
Faraday, Inc. operates an analytics platform that provides various solutions aimed at enhancing customer engagement and business outcomes. Its offerings include Audiences for visual data exploration, Campaigns for multichannel outreach, Models for predictive analytics, and Teams for collaborative data management. The company serves multiple sectors, including banking, payments, energy, and education. Incorporated in 2012 and based in Middlebury, Vermont, Faraday leverages data-driven strategies to assist clients in customer acquisition, particularly for home upgrades. By applying analytical methods, Faraday seeks to improve the effectiveness of marketing efforts and drive business growth.

Breezeway

Series A in 2020
Breezeway is a mobile solution for intelligent property care and maintenance. Combining robust property profiles with straightforward task management, Breezeway enables managers and owners to improve the quality and efficiency of their operations and enjoy seamless rental turnovers. Its client's leverage Breezeway's integrated platform to conduct inspections, monitor property cleaning and readiness, and coordinate tasks with internal staff or remote service partners.

Sea Machines

Series B in 2020
An autonomous technology company, Sea Machines Robotics builds autonomous control and navigation systems for the commercial marine and boating industries. It develops advanced control systems for boats and ships, and specialized unmanned surface vessels to enhance operational safety and productivity on the water. Sea Machines Robotics builds RC NXT, an autonomous control and remote command system for PLC-based wireless control of vessel in existing or new build marine vessels, such as work boats, tugs, and launches; and DP-NXT autonomous control system that upgrades traditional manually piloted vessels to be operated with a reduced or zero on-board crew. It offers solutions for various unmanned applications, such as unmanned bathymetric survey vessels, AUV-tender, unmanned visual inspection of subsea assets, mobile unmanned passive acoustic monitoring, and dual towing. Michaerl G. Johnson founded Sea Machines Robotics on January 4, 2014. It has its headquarters in Boston in Massachusetts.

6K

Series B in 2019
6K is a materials development company based in North Andover, Massachusetts, founded in 2014. The company specializes in advanced microwave-based plasma technology that aims to transform the production processes of nanomaterials. By utilizing proprietary plasma processing and industrial systems, 6K enables the creation of materials tailored to specific requirements, facilitating innovation in various sectors including manufacturing, renewable energy, aerospace, and consumer electronics. With a team of experts in materials, processes, and production, 6K provides comprehensive access to the materials engineering process, allowing companies to produce high-quality materials that meet exact specifications.

Amastan Technologies

Series B in 2019
Amastan Technologies LLC specializes in the development, commercialization and implementation of plasma technologies for the production and processing of nanomaterials. Amastan proudly relies on its highly educated scientists and engineers who combine industry and academic experience in a variety of fields such as plasma physics and plasma chemistry, industrial processes, material sciences, and engineering.

Inbox Health

Seed Round in 2018
Inbox Health's mission is to greatly reduce the administrative waste in healthcare, by streamlining the patient billing and payment experience. Their product is a patient billing and communication platform that uses patient data to tailor a billing process specific to the patient’s situation and behavior patterns.

Biorez

Series C in 2018
Biorez, Inc. is a medical device company focused on developing bioresorbable scaffold implants designed to regenerate functional tissue in vivo. The company’s lead product is an off-the-shelf implant for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction, which eliminates the need for harvesting donor tissue and offers a superior alternative to cadaver-based materials. Biorez utilizes patented technology involving a degradable polymer for its orthopedic implants, including the L-C Ligament and biorez GRAFT, an FDA-cleared device for soft tissue augmentation of the rotator cuff. Founded in 2008 and based in New Haven, Connecticut, Biorez aims to commercialize its ACL technology while expanding its platform for innovative clinical solutions.

Zagster

Series C in 2018
Zagster is a transportation provider offering turnkey bike-sharing systems. The company designs, builds, and operates private bike-sharing programs for universities, corporate campuses, hotels, and residential communities across the United States. Moreover, Zagster provides customers a complete bike sharing solution - including system design, installation, sharing technology, maintenance, rider support, and marketing services. Zagster was founded in 2007 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.

MarketMuse

Seed Round in 2018
MarketMuse, Inc. is an AI-based content intelligence and strategy platform that assists users in researching, planning, creating, and optimizing content. Founded in 2013 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, the company provides a comprehensive suite designed for SEOs, content strategists, editors, and marketers. The platform analyzes vast amounts of online content to develop detailed blueprints that guide users on how to effectively cover topics. By assessing a customer's website and identifying topical gaps, MarketMuse recommends prioritized improvements within an SEO impact framework. This approach significantly accelerates content research and strategy formulation, enabling brands to achieve substantial increases in organic search traffic. Over 120 organizations, including notable names such as IBM and GSK, utilize MarketMuse to enhance their content marketing efforts.

Elsen

Seed Round in 2017
Elsen Inc., a financial technology company, provides cloud based high performance computing platform for financial applications. It offers accelerated computing engine for financial applications; and graphical processing unit based processing algorithms. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

6K

Series B in 2017
6K is a materials development company based in North Andover, Massachusetts, founded in 2014. The company specializes in advanced microwave-based plasma technology that aims to transform the production processes of nanomaterials. By utilizing proprietary plasma processing and industrial systems, 6K enables the creation of materials tailored to specific requirements, facilitating innovation in various sectors including manufacturing, renewable energy, aerospace, and consumer electronics. With a team of experts in materials, processes, and production, 6K provides comprehensive access to the materials engineering process, allowing companies to produce high-quality materials that meet exact specifications.

Amastan Technologies

Series B in 2017
Amastan Technologies LLC specializes in the development, commercialization and implementation of plasma technologies for the production and processing of nanomaterials. Amastan proudly relies on its highly educated scientists and engineers who combine industry and academic experience in a variety of fields such as plasma physics and plasma chemistry, industrial processes, material sciences, and engineering.

Lumicell

Series C in 2017
Lumicell, Inc. develops and markets advanced image-guided solutions for cancer surgery, focusing on enhancing surgical outcomes by providing real-time visual feedback during procedures. The company’s technology features a handheld device combined with a cancer-specific molecular imaging agent that illuminates residual cancer cells in the tumor bed. This innovative approach allows surgeons to ensure thorough removal of cancerous tissues, potentially reducing the need for repeat surgeries due to positive margins or local recurrence. Lumicell's lead product is currently under clinical investigation for applications in breast cancer, with additional studies exploring its use in colorectal cancer, Barrett’s Esophagus, pancreatic cancer, and brain metastases. The company's offerings aim to improve patient outcomes by minimizing missed cancer diagnoses and preserving healthy tissue. Founded in 2008 and based in Wellesley, Massachusetts, Lumicell is committed to transforming surgical practices in oncology.

Repsly

Seed Round in 2017
Repsly is a retail execution software that empowers CPG teams to achieve peak performance in the field. Repsly’s powerful manager’s dashboard equips teams with the data they need to uncover opportunities at retail, and the tools they need to deploy their team to take the right action in the store. Repsly’s best-in-class mobile app empowers retail execution specialists to have the biggest possible impact on sales while equipping reps with the customizable data collection tools they need to report real-time insights from the field. Repsly is the only retail execution solution to centralize brands’ sales, field activity, and in-store data, connecting store-level activities with their impact on sales. More than 1,000 field teams in over 80 countries drive execution and sales in the field with Repsly.

NeuroLex Laboratories

Seed Round in 2017
NeuroLex Labs is a health startup that collects and analyzes speech and text samples to detect various health conditions early, before full-blown symptoms appear. In doing so, NeuroLex Labs aims to improve health outcomes and lower overall healthcare costs. Their initial use cases are in psychiatry (detecting bipolar disorder, depression, psychosis, anxiety, and addiction/substance abuse).

Sea Machines

Seed Round in 2017
An autonomous technology company, Sea Machines Robotics builds autonomous control and navigation systems for the commercial marine and boating industries. It develops advanced control systems for boats and ships, and specialized unmanned surface vessels to enhance operational safety and productivity on the water. Sea Machines Robotics builds RC NXT, an autonomous control and remote command system for PLC-based wireless control of vessel in existing or new build marine vessels, such as work boats, tugs, and launches; and DP-NXT autonomous control system that upgrades traditional manually piloted vessels to be operated with a reduced or zero on-board crew. It offers solutions for various unmanned applications, such as unmanned bathymetric survey vessels, AUV-tender, unmanned visual inspection of subsea assets, mobile unmanned passive acoustic monitoring, and dual towing. Michaerl G. Johnson founded Sea Machines Robotics on January 4, 2014. It has its headquarters in Boston in Massachusetts.

Inbox Health

Seed Round in 2017
Inbox Health's mission is to greatly reduce the administrative waste in healthcare, by streamlining the patient billing and payment experience. Their product is a patient billing and communication platform that uses patient data to tailor a billing process specific to the patient’s situation and behavior patterns.

Breezeway

Seed Round in 2016
Breezeway is a mobile solution for intelligent property care and maintenance. Combining robust property profiles with straightforward task management, Breezeway enables managers and owners to improve the quality and efficiency of their operations and enjoy seamless rental turnovers. Its client's leverage Breezeway's integrated platform to conduct inspections, monitor property cleaning and readiness, and coordinate tasks with internal staff or remote service partners.

Spoiler Alert

Seed Round in 2016
Spoiler Alert is a Boston-based supply chain software company that partners with food manufacturers and grocery distributors to better manage excess and distressed inventory. In working with some of the world’s largest food brands and a national network of discount retailers and hunger relief organizations, Spoiler Alert offers a best-in-class, enterprise software solution and suite of B2B sales management tools that allow suppliers to strengthen their relationships with their customers, bring greater efficiency and accuracy to their surplus inventory management workflows, and keep good food from going to waste. While we care deeply about our customers’ financial and operational improvements, our team’s hearts and minds are motivated by the impact our work has in addressing some of the largest environmental and social opportunities of our generation - at the intersection of food waste, resource deficiency, climate change, affordable nutrition, and hunger. We couldn’t be more excited to be combining critical technology breakthroughs - including workflow automation, augmented intelligence, wholesale ecommerce, traceability, and supply chain management - to an industry that is so critical for daily life. Born out of MIT in 2015, Spoiler Alert is headquartered in Boston's Back Bay neighborhood and is backed by some of the nation's leading food, agriculture, and supply chain investors.

Promoboxx

Series A in 2016
Promoboxx is a software platform for brands to engage their independent retailers with brand-compliant digital marketing, driving better business outcomes by reaching the right consumers via the trusted channel of brands’ local retailers. With Promoboxx, channel managers and brand marketers can easily organize and engage their retailer networks; build, manage, and optionally fund organic and paid digital campaigns through their local retailers; then report and assess the business outcomes and KPIs. Over 85 leading brands including The North Face, New Balance, and Chevrolet have used Promoboxx to deliver more than 3 million campaigns across over 27,000 retailers.

Oshen

Convertible Note in 2016
Oshen Inc. operates a messaging platform that allows customers to exchange information. Its communication dashboard offers texting services and tracks conversation data. The company provides starter, premium, and enterprise plans for customers. Oshen Inc. was founded in 2014 and is based in Westwood, Massachusetts.

Airfox

Seed Round in 2016
Airfox is on a mission to accelerate financial inclusion for the underbanked within emerging economies. Airfox aims to create an entirely new financial services model for the underbanked that democratizes access to capital and financial services with a mobile-first solution. Airfox is a venture-backed, financial technology company based in Boston and São Paulo. To learn more about the future of decentralized digital banking, visit www.airfox.com.

Talla

Venture Round in 2016
Talla, Inc. is an AI and automation platform that specializes in transforming customer support operations for businesses. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Brookline, Massachusetts, Talla enhances customer satisfaction and boosts the productivity of support representatives by automating support workflows. The platform allows users to self-serve accurate answers to their inquiries while continuously learning and improving through machine learning. Talla also integrates seamlessly with various tools used by support teams, differentiating itself from other providers in the market.

SemiProbe

Seed Round in 2015
SemiProbe, Inc. specializes in the design and manufacture of probing, inspection, and test solutions for the semiconductor industry. The company offers a range of systems, including manual, semiautomatic, and fully automatic options, capable of handling probing tasks from individual die to over 450 mm wafers and substrates. SemiProbe develops specialty probers and custom software solutions to meet the testing needs of emerging applications such as MEMS, nanotechnology, optoelectronics, and photovoltaics. Its products are utilized in various applications, including device characterization, failure analysis, and wafer inspection. The company serves a diverse clientele, including universities, government research laboratories, and semiconductor firms, both in the United States and internationally. Founded in 2005 and based in Winooski, Vermont, SemiProbe has established a global presence with hundreds of installed systems across five continents.

Zagster

Series A in 2015
Zagster is a transportation provider offering turnkey bike-sharing systems. The company designs, builds, and operates private bike-sharing programs for universities, corporate campuses, hotels, and residential communities across the United States. Moreover, Zagster provides customers a complete bike sharing solution - including system design, installation, sharing technology, maintenance, rider support, and marketing services. Zagster was founded in 2007 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.

SeeClickFix

Venture Round in 2015
SeeClickFix, Inc. is a communications platform designed to facilitate reporting of non-emergency issues by citizens and to enable governments to manage and respond effectively. Founded in 2007 and headquartered in New Haven, Connecticut, the company provides several tools aimed at enhancing civic engagement and government transparency. Its offerings include Request Management for gathering data and tracking work orders, Work Management for optimizing internal communication and assignments, and Citizen Engagement tools to inform and involve local communities. Additionally, SeeClickFix provides analytics tools that help assess public service performance and guide decision-making. The platform caters to various sizes and budgets, empowering residents, community organizations, and government officials to collaboratively enhance their neighborhoods. SeeClickFix operates as a subsidiary of CivicPlus, LLC.

Careport

Venture Round in 2015
CarePort Health, LLC specializes in care coordination software solutions designed to facilitate patient transitions between different healthcare settings. The company offers a suite of products including CarePort Guide, which aids in selecting post-acute providers; CarePort Connect, which enables real-time management of patients across various care settings; and CarePort Insight, which assesses patient outcomes and provider performance metrics. Additionally, CarePort provides tools such as CarePort Transition and Transition Extender to streamline referrals and enhance communication within electronic health records. The platform serves a diverse clientele, including health systems, accountable care organizations, and both acute and post-acute care providers. By connecting hospitals with high-quality post-acute care options, CarePort helps ensure that patients receive appropriate follow-up care, while also enabling providers to track patient progress effectively. CarePort Health is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, and operates as a subsidiary of Allscripts Healthcare Solutions, Inc.

Board on Track

Seed Round in 2015
BoardOnTrack provides expertise, training, powerful, web-based tools, and a membership community to the foot soldiers in the battle to improve our nation's public school system. The charter school is a multi-million dollar public enterprise. Running it with a group of volunteers is a daunting task. BoardOnTrack helps in leveraging the efforts of volunteer board members into real results: academic excellence and organizational sustainability. It was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Concord, Massachusetts.

Apptient

Seed Round in 2015
Apptient Inc. is a Boston-based company that specializes in developing mobile application analytical tools. These tools enable users to analyze the applications installed on their devices, focusing on usage frequency. Apptient assists mobile publishers, game developers, retailers, and other sellers in effectively targeting, monetizing, and retaining their mobile users by creating audience segments based on mobile data. The company aims to enhance the advertising experience by matching users with relevant ads and experiences.

LearnLaunch

Venture Round in 2015
LearnLaunch is dedicated to enhancing the education sector by supporting the development and growth of education technology companies in New England. The organization offers a range of services, including classes, networking opportunities, and conferences aimed at fostering collaboration among educators, students, and families. One of its key initiatives is the LearnLaunch Accelerator, a three-month program based in Boston designed for early-stage EdTech entrepreneurs. This program immerses founders in a community of professionals focused on advancing their startups. Participants receive seed funding and engage in weekly mentoring sessions to refine their product and market strategies. Additionally, the Accelerator provides a curriculum tailored to the EdTech landscape, equipping entrepreneurs with valuable insights to navigate the education industry effectively.

Dispatch

Seed Round in 2014
Dispatch is the operating system that empowers modern service experiences for the world’s largest service brands. Our platform connects the enterprise, service provider, and customer together to create a world-class service experience that surpasses the rising expectations of the modern-day market.

Parsagen

Venture Round in 2014
Parsagen Diagnostics is comprised of a team of passionate and driven leaders who have a proven ability to bring a product from conception through commercialization in multiple global markets. As they expand their presence in the US & abroad, they are looking for people who exhibit flexibility under pressure, who have a proclivity to seek & approach challenges with optimism and grit, and who can identify areas of need and contribute to their ultimate fulfillment.

Unified Office

Venture Round in 2014
Unified Office, Inc. is a managed services provider specializing in hybrid cloud-based virtual communications and business analytics tailored for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Nashua, New Hampshire, the company offers a range of services, including managed Voice-over-IP (VoIP) and unified communications solutions. One of its flagship products, Total Connect Now, integrates voice communications with service-level monitoring and business continuity tools, enhancing operational efficiency for SMBs. The company utilizes a patented adaptive routing protocol to ensure high-quality service and reliability, alongside features like AI-driven data analytics and Internet of Things integration. Additionally, Unified Office provides specific solutions such as the Total Connect Now Dental Management Suite, designed to meet the needs of dental offices. Its services are distributed through connected resellers both domestically and internationally, serving telecommunications providers and large enterprise data networking sectors.

Zagster

Seed Round in 2014
Zagster is a transportation provider offering turnkey bike-sharing systems. The company designs, builds, and operates private bike-sharing programs for universities, corporate campuses, hotels, and residential communities across the United States. Moreover, Zagster provides customers a complete bike sharing solution - including system design, installation, sharing technology, maintenance, rider support, and marketing services. Zagster was founded in 2007 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.

Faraday

Series A in 2014
Faraday, Inc. operates an analytics platform that provides various solutions aimed at enhancing customer engagement and business outcomes. Its offerings include Audiences for visual data exploration, Campaigns for multichannel outreach, Models for predictive analytics, and Teams for collaborative data management. The company serves multiple sectors, including banking, payments, energy, and education. Incorporated in 2012 and based in Middlebury, Vermont, Faraday leverages data-driven strategies to assist clients in customer acquisition, particularly for home upgrades. By applying analytical methods, Faraday seeks to improve the effectiveness of marketing efforts and drive business growth.

Loci Controls

Seed Round in 2014
Loci Controls, Inc. specializes in optimizing landfill gas collection through its innovative automated systems. The company has developed the Loci WellWatcher, which combines wellhead-mounted hardware with cloud-based monitoring and analytics to enhance the extraction of methane from landfills. By providing real-time monitoring of gas composition, pressure, temperature, and flow, Loci Controls has demonstrated the capability to increase gas collection by over 20%, thereby improving safety and reducing operational costs for landfill operators and energy utilities in the United States. The firm also employs patent-pending technologies and offers continuous monitoring alongside field service support, aiming to enhance profitability while addressing environmental, health, and safety concerns. Established in 2012 and based in Fall River, Massachusetts, Loci Controls is dedicated to advancing renewable energy production through efficient landfill gas management.

Biorez

Venture Round in 2014
Biorez, Inc. is a medical device company focused on developing bioresorbable scaffold implants designed to regenerate functional tissue in vivo. The company’s lead product is an off-the-shelf implant for anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) reconstruction, which eliminates the need for harvesting donor tissue and offers a superior alternative to cadaver-based materials. Biorez utilizes patented technology involving a degradable polymer for its orthopedic implants, including the L-C Ligament and biorez GRAFT, an FDA-cleared device for soft tissue augmentation of the rotator cuff. Founded in 2008 and based in New Haven, Connecticut, Biorez aims to commercialize its ACL technology while expanding its platform for innovative clinical solutions.

Arccos Golf

Series A in 2013
Arccos is the easiest way to improve your game. Pair a sensor to each club just once. Then watch Arccos seamlessly capture your round data without disrupting your game. You'll get all your stats right in your hand, instantly. Arccos will enable you to make smarter choices right on the course, so you can have your best game, every game. Arccos comes with a set of 14 sensors, one for every club. The sensors are so light that they have zero swing impact. Simply attach them to the grip end of your club and pair directly with the free iPhone app. After that, there's no need to tap, touch or interfere with your pre-swing routine. Arccos automatically captures every step of your golf game without interruption.

CustomMade

Series B in 2013
CustomMade Ventures Corp. is an online marketplace that connects consumers seeking unique, customized home furnishings and other personalized items with professional makers. Founded in 1996 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the platform features a diverse range of products, including furniture, jewelry, home décor, and outdoor furnishings. Over the years, CustomMade has expanded its network from a small community of carpenters to over 12,000 skilled makers across various trades. The company aims to provide a seamless experience for buyers by combining personalized customer service with the expertise of its makers, making custom goods accessible and efficient to procure.

Innovatient Solutions

Series A in 2013
Innovatient Solutions provides a patient engagement solution to the health care industry. They strive every day to enable patients to take more control of their health and to have more say in how they are cared for before, during, and after their hospital stay. It was founded in 2010 and headquartered in Farmington, Connecticut.

Bluetrain.io

Seed Round in 2013
Bluetrain.io is a cloud CMS that is transforming how developers build and manage responsive websites by bundling all core CMS functions in a massively scaleable utility. Our platform enables developers to create professional enterprise websites much faster than ever before, and without custom Php or .Net coding. Unlike older CMS platforms like WordPress, SiteCore and Drupal, Bluetrain.io enables developers, designers, information architects to collaboratively build websites on the cloud, while enabling marketers to maintain and update responsive websites across mobile, tablet and desktop devices.

Tesora

Series A in 2013
Tesora, Inc. operates a Database as a Service (DBaaS) platform designed to assist administrators and DevOps teams in managing multiple databases using a unified infrastructure. The platform leverages OpenStack Trove, enabling OpenStack administrators to provide end users with an on-demand managed service for various databases, including MySQL. Tesora’s solution emphasizes security, availability, performance, and disaster recovery, making it suitable for deployment in both cloud environments and data centers. Founded in 2010 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the company was previously known as ParElastic Corporation before rebranding in 2014. With a team that boasts over 200 years of combined experience in database technology, Tesora has developed innovations that allow for the scaling of traditional relational databases without code modifications, offering unique multitenancy support. The company is committed to collaborating with the OpenStack community to deliver an enterprise-class open DBaaS platform, reflecting its dedication to enhancing database management capabilities. As of February 2017, Tesora operates as a subsidiary of Stratoscale Ltd.

Ancera

Seed Round in 2013
Ancera, Inc., based in Branford, Connecticut, develops and manufactures advanced pathogen detection equipment aimed at enhancing the safety and quality of food production. Founded in 2011, the company focuses on creating rapid and cost-effective diagnostic solutions. Its flagship product, the PIPER platform, allows for near real-time detection and quantification of microbial threats throughout the food supply chain, from farm to consumer. This innovative device enables cell sorting, concentration, manipulation, and detection of significant samples in under ten minutes, all without the need for sample preparation or handling. With high sensitivity and specificity, Ancera’s technology provides an integrated solution for label-free sorting, microscopy, enumeration, and recovery of cells from complex food sources. By monitoring microbial data, Ancera aims to deliver meaningful operational insights and enhance food security for the food industry.

Ovia Health

Seed Round in 2013
Ovia Health offers a comprehensive maternity and family benefits solution that transforms the way women and families are supported throughout the parenthood journey. The company is formerly known as Ovuline is making healthcare a lifestyle. Its mobile apps, Ovia Fertility and Ovia Pregnancy, have helped millions of women start their families and live healthier lives.

Promoboxx

Seed Round in 2012
Promoboxx is a software platform for brands to engage their independent retailers with brand-compliant digital marketing, driving better business outcomes by reaching the right consumers via the trusted channel of brands’ local retailers. With Promoboxx, channel managers and brand marketers can easily organize and engage their retailer networks; build, manage, and optionally fund organic and paid digital campaigns through their local retailers; then report and assess the business outcomes and KPIs. Over 85 leading brands including The North Face, New Balance, and Chevrolet have used Promoboxx to deliver more than 3 million campaigns across over 27,000 retailers.

CMD Bioscience

Venture Round in 2012
CMD Bioscience LLC, a computational biotechnology company, develops a suite of molecular software applications for pharmaceutical, biotech, and life science companies. The company specializes in the peptide drug discovery and research projects. It offers CMDInventusSM, a computational platform for the computer-aided analysis protein-protein interactions (PPIs); analyzing, modeling, and optimizing protein and peptide structures; predicting the water-membrane partitioning behavior of peptides and proteins; and creating peptide therapeutics. The company also develops custom computational peptide discovery solutions, which include computer-enabled macromolecular target modeling and analysis, peptide-based hit identification, and peptide-based hit-to-lead optimization. CMD Bioscience LLC was founded in 2006 and is based in New Haven, Connecticut.

Zagster

Venture Round in 2012
Zagster is a transportation provider offering turnkey bike-sharing systems. The company designs, builds, and operates private bike-sharing programs for universities, corporate campuses, hotels, and residential communities across the United States. Moreover, Zagster provides customers a complete bike sharing solution - including system design, installation, sharing technology, maintenance, rider support, and marketing services. Zagster was founded in 2007 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States.

NovaTract Surgical

Series A in 2012
NovaTract Surgical, Inc. is a medical device company focused on enhancing minimally invasive surgical practices. Founded in 2010 and based in Connecticut, the company develops innovative solutions such as NovaGrasp, a single-use laparoscopic grasper for tissue and organ retraction, and NovaTract, a dynamic retractor for various minimally invasive surgeries, including colorectal, urologic, gynecologic, and robotic-assisted procedures. NovaTract Surgical aims to address the growing fields of single-incision laparoscopic surgery and natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery, providing advanced tools to improve surgical outcomes for healthcare institutions and surgeons.

C8 Sciences

Venture Round in 2012
C8 Sciences creates programs to dramatically improve the Eight Core Cognitive Capacities that are the foundation for all learning. Their new program C8Kids is especially effective providing early assessment and improvement for children challenged by learning difficulties such as ADHD.

CustomMade

Series B in 2012
CustomMade Ventures Corp. is an online marketplace that connects consumers seeking unique, customized home furnishings and other personalized items with professional makers. Founded in 1996 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the platform features a diverse range of products, including furniture, jewelry, home décor, and outdoor furnishings. Over the years, CustomMade has expanded its network from a small community of carpenters to over 12,000 skilled makers across various trades. The company aims to provide a seamless experience for buyers by combining personalized customer service with the expertise of its makers, making custom goods accessible and efficient to procure.

Marlin Mobile

Seed Round in 2012
Marlin Mobile provides performance monitoring solutions for mobile applications. It offers Marlin Mobile, a software-as-a-service solution that allows companies to understand how their mobile site is performing. The company's Marlin Mobile enables customers to monitor what their users experience when they visit a site or application, and understand what users with smartphones, tablets, and other mobile experiences. Marlin Mobile was founded by Adrian Mendoza and Justin Souza in 2009 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

EpiEP

Venture Round in 2012
EpiEP is a medical device startup developing a novel access system to the pericardium of the heart. The company develops a portfolio of epicardial medical devices used to offer safe, precise and real-time guidance for confirming access into the pericardial cavity. Its devices provide electrophysiologists with a pressure guided access needle so that the physicians know where the tip of the needle is located when it is being advanced to the virtual space between the pericardial sac and the surface of the heart without injuring the heart. EpiEP was established in 2008 and is headquartered in New Haven, Connecticut.

Promoboxx

Seed Round in 2011
Promoboxx is a software platform for brands to engage their independent retailers with brand-compliant digital marketing, driving better business outcomes by reaching the right consumers via the trusted channel of brands’ local retailers. With Promoboxx, channel managers and brand marketers can easily organize and engage their retailer networks; build, manage, and optionally fund organic and paid digital campaigns through their local retailers; then report and assess the business outcomes and KPIs. Over 85 leading brands including The North Face, New Balance, and Chevrolet have used Promoboxx to deliver more than 3 million campaigns across over 27,000 retailers.

CustomMade

Series A in 2011
CustomMade Ventures Corp. is an online marketplace that connects consumers seeking unique, customized home furnishings and other personalized items with professional makers. Founded in 1996 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the platform features a diverse range of products, including furniture, jewelry, home décor, and outdoor furnishings. Over the years, CustomMade has expanded its network from a small community of carpenters to over 12,000 skilled makers across various trades. The company aims to provide a seamless experience for buyers by combining personalized customer service with the expertise of its makers, making custom goods accessible and efficient to procure.

Hadapt

Series A in 2011
Hadapt is a developer of an adaptive analytical platform designed to facilitate complex analytics on both structured and unstructured data. This platform operates in private and public cloud environments, providing a cloud-optimized system for data analysis. Hadapt's Adaptive Query Execution solution enhances performance by dynamically load balancing queries in virtualized settings, enabling analytical workloads to be efficiently distributed between relational database engines and Hadoop, an open-source parallel data processing framework. Additionally, the platform supports SQL, making it versatile for various analytical tasks.

AI Exchange

Venture Round in 2011
AI Exchange, through its subsidiaries, AI Advisors and AI Exchange Technologies, has developed a web-based technology and investment advisory platform to bridge the alternative investment and Investment Advisor markets. AI Advisors utilizes the AI Exchange Technologies platform to provide investment advisors and their clients with access to quality long / short alternative investment strategies, in liquid and transparent formats and with reasonable investment minimums. Further, clients of AI Advisors maintain custody of their investment assets.

ITeam

Seed Round in 2011
iTeam, Inc. provides information technology, audio/video, networking, and VoIP installation and support services. It serves automotive, retail, government, education, banking/finance, hospitality, commercial, quick serve restaurant, healthcare, and communication industries through distributors, solution providers, and original equipment manufacturers in the United States and Canada. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts.

MoMelan Technologies

Venture Round in 2011
MoMelan Technologies, Inc. operates as a developer of a device to treat skin disorders by expanding the surface area of skin grafts. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MoMelan Technologies, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Acelity L.P. Inc.

EpiEP

Series A in 2011
EpiEP is a medical device startup developing a novel access system to the pericardium of the heart. The company develops a portfolio of epicardial medical devices used to offer safe, precise and real-time guidance for confirming access into the pericardial cavity. Its devices provide electrophysiologists with a pressure guided access needle so that the physicians know where the tip of the needle is located when it is being advanced to the virtual space between the pericardial sac and the surface of the heart without injuring the heart. EpiEP was established in 2008 and is headquartered in New Haven, Connecticut.
SRS partners with state and local governments to administer C-PACE programs via its proprietary tech platform, PACEworx.

The Green Life Guides

Private Equity Round in 2011
The Green Life Guides, LLC operates an online site for wedding ideas, products, and services. Its products and services include business cards, live events, food and flowers, and service directory for vendors; products and gifts for weddings, bar mitzvahs, and holidays; living room furniture; table linens and flatware; appliances and electronics, baking, cleaning supplies, cookware, and cutting boards; baskets, rugs, candles and candle holders, centerpieces, curtains, and hardware; organization and storage products; blankets, quilts, duvets, sheets, mattresses, pillows, and accents; towels, bathroom accessories, rugs and mats, shower curtains, and personal care and beauty products; garden accessories, composters, and plants and seeds; and dog and cat supplies. The company was founded in 2007 and is based in New Haven, Connecticut.

MoMelan Technologies

Series A in 2011
MoMelan Technologies, Inc. operates as a developer of a device to treat skin disorders by expanding the surface area of skin grafts. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. MoMelan Technologies, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Acelity L.P. Inc.

Apperian

Venture Round in 2011
Apperian is a developer of cloud-based mobile application management services. It provides mobile app security and dynamic policy controls via app wrapping, creating individual app containers for deployments where mobile device management approaches are not possible or desired, such as BYOD, contract workers, dealer networks, and other unmanaged devices. It develops enterprise-class mobile application management (MAM) and security platform for the delivery of application users across an organization. Apperian was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Zadspace

Series B in 2011
Zadspace Inc., a Norwalk, Connecticut is a software-as-a-service (SaaS)-based platform that enables retailers to deliver targeted advertisements on 4” x 6” color labels affixed to packages shipped to consumers, has closed a $3.2m Series B venture financing round.

Intelligent Clearing Network

Venture Round in 2011
Intelligent Clearing Network, Inc., a software as a service company, electronically validates and clears paper and digital coupons, and other incentives for grocery, drug, and mass merchant retailers. The company provides fully-automated end-to-end promotion management system gives retailers complete control over all of their promotions and eliminates costly fraud. The company offers services, such as promotion management, coupon validation, fraud protection, digital, and direct-to-card offers. The company was incorporated in 2008 and is based in North Haven, Connecticut.

Novogy

Seed Round in 2011
Novogy, Inc. is a company focused on developing bio-based solutions for the production of food, fuel, and chemicals. The firm employs a proprietary integration of molecular biology and process engineering called ROBUST, which enhances process competitiveness and minimizes the requirement for antibiotics in large-scale processing applications. Serving the bio-based industries on local, regional, and global scales, Novogy aims to innovate and improve sustainable production methods. Incorporated in 2009 and headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the company operates as a subsidiary of TOTAL S.A.

Collaborate.com

Seed Round in 2011
Collaborate.com is a unified document sharing, task management, and team communication environment for today’s mobile workforce. With native support for iPhone™, iPod Touch™, Android™, and the Web – and out-of-the-box integration with popular cloud services such as Box™, Dropbox™, Evernote™, Google Drive™, Apple iCloud™, and email – teams can get started with Collaborate.com in minutes by visiting the Collaborate.com Web site or downloading the app directly from the App Store or Google Play. Collaborate.com is a service of Boston-based Kibits Corp. The company was founded in 2011 by seasoned entrepreneurs Matt Cutler and David Greenstein and is backed by Google Ventures, Charles River Ventures, General Catalyst, SOS Ventures, Commonwealth Capital Ventures, Launch Capital, and others.

FitnessKeeper

Series A in 2010
FitnessKeeper is the company behind RunKeeper, a mobile fitness platform that leverages the location technology in smartphones to help runners and other fitness enthusiasts better track, measure, and improve their fitness. Our flagship iPhone application has been downloaded millions of times, and was named by TIME Magazine as one of the top 10 iPhone applications of 2009. We recently launched on Android, and have several additional smartphone and non-smartphone devices planned. Fitnesskeeper, was founded in 2008 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

NovaTract Surgical

Seed Round in 2010
NovaTract Surgical, Inc. is a medical device company focused on enhancing minimally invasive surgical practices. Founded in 2010 and based in Connecticut, the company develops innovative solutions such as NovaGrasp, a single-use laparoscopic grasper for tissue and organ retraction, and NovaTract, a dynamic retractor for various minimally invasive surgeries, including colorectal, urologic, gynecologic, and robotic-assisted procedures. NovaTract Surgical aims to address the growing fields of single-incision laparoscopic surgery and natural orifice transluminal endoscopic surgery, providing advanced tools to improve surgical outcomes for healthcare institutions and surgeons.

Affinimark Technologies

Venture Round in 2010
Affinimark Technologies, a private bioscience company based in New Haven, Connecticut, develops proprietary medical diagnostic products addressing market opportunities and serious unmet medical/surgical needs. Its lead product, CerebrostripTM, is a strip-based diagnostic test, derived from Affinimark's own cutting edge research, that will quickly and cost-effectively provide a definitive determination whether a patient has suffered a cerebrospinal fluid leak as a result of surgery or trauma. No such product is currently available, resulting in significant risk to the patient and cost to the healthcare system.

Copiun

Series A in 2010
Copiun has set out to provide a PC backup and User Data Management solution that is less rather than more less for end users to do, less for IT administrators to do, and less expensive. This minimalistic approach has lead to a solution that while ideal for mid to large enterprises, is automated, secure, transparent to end users, and requires nearly zero IT administration, all at a cost that is nearly half the total cost of ownership when compared to traditional PC backup solutions.

Ayeah Games

Seed Round in 2010
Building highly engaging social games which are new, different and exciting, and lead players to say: "Ayeah! This is a great game”.

SocialSci

Angel Round in 2010
SocialSci operates an online platform that allows to conduct scientific process surveys and in lab studies by academic researchers. Its platform allows users to find studies in their local area that are looking for live participants, as well as to port their scientific research onto the online space. The company’s platform is used by colleges and universities in the United States. SocialSci was founded in 2009 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Nimbit

Venture Round in 2010
nimbit, inc. is a Framingham, Massachusetts-based company offering career management solutions for independent artists and labels through Web-based services. Clients include Blind Boys of Alabama, Al Kooper, Guster, State Radio, and more.

Incentive Targeting

Series A in 2010
Incentive Targeting partners with retail chains to provide a targeted marketing service to manufacturers of grocery and consumer products. Using its service, manufacturers market directly to individual shoppers across our entire retail network—based on each person's detailed purchase history. Promotions are delivered via any available distribution channels, such as email, direct mail, or register tape.

The Grommet

Series A in 2010
The Grommet, Inc. operates an online marketplace and product launch platform that provides curation, storytelling, e-commerce, marketing, and fulfillment management services to launch an early-stage consumer products of independent makers, inventors, and entrepreneurs. Its platform enables customers to launch, discover, share, influence, and buy products online. The Grommet, Inc. was formerly known as Daily Grommet Inc. and changed its name to The Grommet, Inc. in May 2014. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Somerville, Massachusetts. As of October 3, 2017, The Grommet, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Ace Hardware Corporation.

CardStar

Series A in 2010
CardStar is a privately-held software company developing mobile applications that connect membership and rewards cards to smartphones. It is a solution for managing digital versions of its users’ plastic loyalty cards, reward cards, and club membership cards on their phone. The company allows its consumers to access scannable-cards from within a single app and enabling merchants to tailor mobile deals and information to their customers. CardStar was founded in 2008 and is based in Boston, M.A.

LiquiFix

Venture Round in 2010
LiquiFix Inc. specializes in manufacturing and supplying lubricants, biodegradable degreasers, and cleaners suitable for both household and industrial applications. The company's diverse product range is designed for use in various settings, including kitchens, garages, vehicles, and recreational equipment, catering to a wide array of customers such as households, schools, and manufacturing facilities. LiquiFix emphasizes the use of green chemistry in its formulations, resulting in non-toxic, high-performance products that prioritize safety for users, pets, and the environment. The company markets its offerings through retail stores and online platforms, serving both domestic and international markets. Established in 2010, LiquiFix is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.

CardioPhotonics

Debt Financing in 2010
CardioPhotonics, LLC develops and markets non invasive blood monitors to detect cardiac arrhythmia and dehydration. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Bethany, Connecticut.
SRS partners with state and local governments to administer C-PACE programs via its proprietary tech platform, PACEworx.

Sustainable Real Estate Solutions

Venture Round in 2010
Sustainable Real Estate Solutions, Inc. provides on-demand energy and sustainability performance assessment and management software solutions for the commercial real estate industry. The company offers Sustainable Real Estate Manager platform, an Internet-based software as a service, which is used for monitoring building energy and water consumption and cost; automating key performance indicator analytics and reporting; tracking CO2 emissions performance; benchmarking internal and external peer buildings; comparing actual and budgeted performance; identifying no-cost/low-cost energy, water, and waste cost savings opportunities; monetizing hidden carbon assets; and facilitating compliance with energy and sustainability related disclosure, labeling, auditing, and construction regulations. Its platform enables building owners, operators, investors, lenders, tenants, and consultants to assess, benchmark, and optimize the energy and sustainability performance of individual properties and portfolios in the United States and internationally. The company is based in Monroe, Connecticut.

Helix Therapeutics

Seed Round in 2010
Helix Therapeutics, Inc. develops deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) based therapeutics. It develops novel sequence-specific gene-targeting reagents for the treatment of HIV/AIDS and common genetic diseases, such as sickle cell anemia, thalassemia, and cystic fibrosis.

FitnessKeeper

Seed Round in 2009
FitnessKeeper is the company behind RunKeeper, a mobile fitness platform that leverages the location technology in smartphones to help runners and other fitness enthusiasts better track, measure, and improve their fitness. Our flagship iPhone application has been downloaded millions of times, and was named by TIME Magazine as one of the top 10 iPhone applications of 2009. We recently launched on Android, and have several additional smartphone and non-smartphone devices planned. Fitnesskeeper, was founded in 2008 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.
Young Broadcasters of America aims to improve the lives of children and adults through the development of oral communication skills. The organization uses television production as the education tool, and local TV celebrities as educators. Some of the services it offers include youth broadcasting programs, educational communication services, corporate communication training, online communication training, and more. Young Broadcasters of America is based in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Fashion Playtes

Series A in 2009
Fashion Playtes is a platform designed for girls to explore and engage with the latest trends in fashion. It offers an interactive environment where users can stay updated on fashion styles while expressing their individuality. The service includes reviews and recommendations related to fashion, allowing girls to make informed choices. Additionally, Fashion Playtes aims to provide a fun and engaging experience, encouraging users to connect with their interests in fashion. Through its offerings, the platform seeks to enhance the reach of businesses by connecting them with a targeted audience interested in fashion-related content.

YouRenew

Seed Round in 2009
YouRenew designs, implements, and manages mobile life-cycle solutions for retail and enterprise customers. The company was founded in September 2008 and is based in New Haven, Connecticut.

ITeam

Angel Round in 2009
iTeam, Inc. provides information technology, audio/video, networking, and VoIP installation and support services. It serves automotive, retail, government, education, banking/finance, hospitality, commercial, quick serve restaurant, healthcare, and communication industries through distributors, solution providers, and original equipment manufacturers in the United States and Canada. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts.

Xconomy

Series B in 2008
Xconomy is dedicated to providing business and technology leaders with timely, insightful, close-to-the-scene information about the local personalities, companies, and technological trends that best exemplify today’s high-tech economy. We are the authoritative voice on the exponential economy, the realm of business and innovation characterized by exponential technological growth and responsible for an increasing share of productivity and overall economic growth. We deliver this valuable content through a unique global network of localized news sites, events, conferences, and other initiatives designed to better connect people and ideas.

Helium Network

Series A in 2008
Helium is simultaneously an online community for writers and a directory for user-generated articles. Writers can submit articles to 24 different channels (business, entertainment, travel, etc.), write for the side of a heated debate, try to capture publisher writing assignments bounties or win user-voted Helium writing contests. Users get to rate submitted articles so the best writing rises to the top. Community writers can also get paid for their work. Helium shares ad revenues with popular writers and the site has an extensive network of publishers that pay for specific articles that meet their criteria. Payments per article range from $20 to over $100, with 20% transaction fee going to Helium. Helium also has a partner program where partners can create their own branded Helium page with topics and debates that they choose. Partners are given co-branded advertisements to include on their sites and receive small donations for every visitor they send to the Helium site.

Draker

Series A in 2008
For over a decade, Draker has been providing monitoring, management and control solutions for commercial and utility solar energy systems. Draker’s range of products and services allows PV developers, owners and operators to increase efficiency and optimize profitability of their solar assets. Draker’s turnkey commercial and end-to-end utility solutions include project-based services, field instrumentation, data collection and management, robust web applications with advanced analytical tools, and public information displays.

OurStage

Series A in 2008
OurStage, Inc. operates an online platform focused on music discovery and promotion, connecting artists, fans, and industry professionals. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, the platform offers free music streaming and editorial content across various genres, including rock, pop, urban, and country. Through its proprietary judging software, users can listen to, evaluate, and rank artists, facilitating a crowdsourced approach to music promotion. OurStage hosts monthly sponsored competitions that provide artists with opportunities to win cash prizes and gain exposure, with winners determined through fan voting or industry expert evaluation. The platform has collaborated with notable partners and sponsors such as Intel, MTV, and Clear Channel, and it also features remote competition modules that integrate with third-party websites and social media. By serving as a bridge between emerging musicians and their audiences, OurStage enhances the music community and supports the discovery of new talent.