Advancepay
Pre Seed Round in 2022
AdvancePay offers a marketing technology platform that empowers brands with pricing data and benchmarketing for the social commerce space. The company helps marketers identify what content creators are working with what brands online, and provides revenue estimates to the value of those relationships so that companies, as well as provide contact information.
Chatsight
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Chatsight is a technology company specializing in AI-driven content moderation. It offers customizable solutions for platforms and creators to manage online conversations effectively. By integrating its highly efficient AI via APIs or bots, Chatsight has successfully processed over 4 million comments, ensuring safe and respectful interactions within digital communities.
Sangcash
Non Equity Assistance in 2022
SangCash is a payment platform designed to streamline the licensing process for music venues while ensuring fair compensation for songwriters and music creators. By addressing the complexities of music revenue streams, SangCash helps venues reduce their licensing fees and facilitates direct payments to artists. The platform allows songwriters to register and be included in playlists distributed to bars, restaurants, and other music venues nationwide. This innovative approach not only simplifies the management of licensing agreements but also enhances transparency in royalty accounting, enabling songwriters to receive accurate and timely payments for their work. Through its services, SangCash aims to optimize the financial dynamics of the music industry for both venues and creators.
Wombo is a developer of an AI-powered mobile application that enables users to create lip-synced videos from their images. The app allows individuals to upload any photo, often featuring copyrighted characters, which the application then transforms into a deepfake video that lip-syncs to a selection of songs. The technology behind Wombo employs motion capture techniques to generate realistic facial, eye, and lip movements, which are then applied to the images provided by users. This innovative approach allows for a unique form of self-expression, as users can generate various artistic representations of themselves through the app.
Yourefolio
Seed Round in 2016
Yourefolio is a developer of an estate and legacy planning platform designed to simplify the estate planning process for both planners and their clients. The company offers a comprehensive system that connects clients with their beneficiaries and provides tools for engaging, preparing, planning, executing, and settling estates. Its platform enables estate planners and attorneys to efficiently access essential documents and information, thereby streamlining the administrative support and data entry involved in estate management. By equipping clients to handle life’s unforeseen circumstances, Yourefolio aims to make the estate planning experience more manageable and effective.
NewCell
Seed Round in 2014
NewCell is a provider of wireless communication services that specializes in innovative call interruption technology. This technology delivers targeted audio impressions at key moments during phone calls, enhancing user engagement with a call to action model. By leveraging Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) technology, NewCell enables consumers to save money on their mobile calls and texts by routing them over the internet. The company implements a revenue-sharing model that benefits subscribers and carriers alike, fostering a mutually advantageous relationship among all parties involved.
HandelabraGames
Seed Round in 2013
Handelabra Games was formed in the summer of 2013 as a reorganization of the mobile software company Handelabra Studio. As Handelabra Studio we discovered our game development passion and acumen while creating Uncle Slam, our first video game. Upon project completion, we quickly reorganized our company and shifted course to pursue games full time. Handelabra Games unites our software development strengths, game building skills, and lifelong love of digital and tabletop game play. We create user friendly, authentic, expertly crafted digital versions of tabletop games that maintain the spirit of the game and leverage the enthusiasm of the loyal gaming community!
GiveNext
Seed Round in 2013
GiveNext LLC is a Shaker Heights, Ohio-based company that operates an online platform designed to facilitate the management of charitable contributions for both donors and nonprofit organizations. Established in 2012, GiveNext enables nonprofits to allocate fewer resources to fundraising efforts, allowing them to focus more on their core missions. The platform provides a user-friendly online and mobile dashboard that allows donors to manage all their charitable giving in one convenient location. This streamlined approach not only enhances donor retention and communication but also helps reduce fundraising costs and eliminates the need for repetitive direct mail solicitations.
Kudoala
Seed Round in 2013
Kudoala, LLC is a social network founded in 2013 and based in Shaker Heights, Ohio, that focuses on promoting positive interactions among individuals. The platform enables users to capture and share moments of achievement, admiration, and appreciation, thereby fostering a culture of recognition and gratitude. By facilitating the act of giving kudos, Kudoala aims to inspire positive change and encourage users to acknowledge the good deeds of others. This innovative approach positions Kudoala as a modern embodiment of gratitude, functioning as the thank you note of the 21st century.
ExpenseBot
Seed Round in 2013
ExpenseBot Inc. is a developer of an expense management platform that simplifies the process of business expense reporting. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Shaker Heights, Ohio, the company offers a dashboard that allows users to create, approve, and reimburse expense reports efficiently. The platform leverages artificial intelligence, predictive analytics, and machine learning to automate the expense reporting process, pulling data from various sources such as calendar apps, emails, credit card transactions, and GPS. By analyzing expense data, ExpenseBot identifies reimbursable items and automatically generates expense reports when certain thresholds are met. This integration helps clients save time and reduces the challenges associated with organizing and submitting expenses.
Norin.TV
Seed Round in 2013
Norin.TV is an online platform designed to facilitate English language learning through the medium of popular American television shows and Hollywood movies. By leveraging data, statistics, and scientific methods, Norin.TV offers a unique approach to language acquisition, engaging users in an immersive and entertaining environment. The platform aims to make learning English enjoyable and effective by utilizing familiar content that resonates with learners, thereby enhancing their understanding and retention of the language.
DidLog Inc. is an online platform based in Shaker Heights, Ohio, that simplifies task management for teams by automatically tracking and sharing completed activities. Founded in 2013, DidLog eliminates the need for time-consuming updates and tedious reporting by integrating with existing cloud-based services. Users can effortlessly connect their tools, allowing DidLog to compile a visual timeline of their accomplishments. This timeline can be shared with team members, providing real-time updates and insights into individual and collective productivity. By streamlining communication and task tracking, DidLog enhances collaboration and keeps teams informed without disrupting their workflow.
AfterYes
Seed Round in 2013
AfterYes specializes in wedding planning services that simplify the process for brides and grooms while assisting vendors in securing more bookings. The company offers a range of personalized services tailored to various wedding themes and locations, covering all aspects of wedding production from inception to completion. This includes options for full and partial planning, as well as coordination on the wedding day itself. By managing the logistics and details, AfterYes allows couples to focus on enjoying their special day without the stress of arrangements.
Vendalize
Seed Round in 2013
Vendalize, Inc. is a company that focuses on enhancing local search through a mobile application designed to help users discover and document various aspects of their cities. Founded in 2013 and based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Vendalize employs a crowdsourcing approach to generate local metadata using tags. This method allows for more detailed and engaging connections between consumers and local businesses, facilitating a richer exploration of the community. The company aims to improve the way users interact with their local environments by providing a platform that highlights the unique offerings of their neighborhoods.
Dollop is a mobile application designed to facilitate the gifting of treats among friends through a simple and engaging interface. Users can select from various gift options and send them as redeemable treats using an emoji, which the recipient can redeem at participating locations nearby. The application streamlines the gifting process by providing a unique mobile payment backend that simplifies merchant onboarding and enhances the overall user experience. By enabling convenient and thoughtful gifting, Dollop aims to redefine how individuals connect and share with one another through small acts of kindness.
Box Score
Seed Round in 2013
Box Score Games, LLC is a Chicago-based company that specializes in developing mobile applications tailored for sports fans. Founded in 2013, the company creates interactive mobile games that enhance the experience of watching live sporting events. These games allow players to socially compete against friends and other fans in real-time, fostering engagement and interaction during games. Additionally, Box Score Games enables users to win prizes while participating, thereby enriching the overall enjoyment of sports. The platform also facilitates the collection of customer data, allowing for better connection and engagement with its audience.
Widdle LLC is a software company based in Cleveland, Ohio, that specializes in developing an online social media platform aimed at enhancing user experience. Originally known as The Nest App LLC, the company rebranded to Widdle in January 2013. Its mobile application allows users to consolidate their social media feeds, filtering out irrelevant content and highlighting what truly matters to them. By simplifying the way users interact with their social networks, Widdle enables them to easily access everything they like, follow, and their friends in one convenient location, eliminating the need to switch between multiple applications.
HooftyMatch
Pre Seed Round in 2012
HooftyMatch LLC is a Shaker Heights, Ohio-based company operating an online marketplace for locally sourced meats. It connects businesses and consumers seeking high-quality, sustainably produced meat with its network of farmers and distribution partners, streamlining the procurement process and promoting local agriculture.
iOTOS is a platform that allows any internet-capable device to communicate with its API, servers and to become a “thing” within the online operating system. This platform results in consumers’ ability to begin coordinating intelligent behaviors between multiple “things” regardless of their individual manufacturer. When people leave their house, their garage door should be down, their lights should be off and their thermostat should be turned down. iOTOS makes all of that possible, and users don’t even have to think about it.
FitVia is a mobile scheduling application for people that are interested in finding partners for exercise routines. The app allows users to post and view exercise schedules. FitVia users can create a schedule of different exercise activities and open that schedule to all of their friends and social networks. When the users create a schedule, it will automatically post that schedule to Facebook, as well as their app profile where their network of friends can see and click to join a workout. This will give each user a unique opportunity to instantly create a support and accountability network in a non-threatening environment.
Winners Circle Gaming (WCG)
Seed Round in 2012
Winners Circle Gaming (WCG) is an exclusive online community dedicated to providing opportunities for video gamers to monetize the time they spend playing their favorite video games. Through the WCG platform, members can find, schedule and play competitive video games to earn revenue, sponsorships and endorsements.
Sliced Apples
Seed Round in 2012
Sliced Apples is a Cleveland, Ohio-based online blogging platform designed to connect businesses, brands, and publishers with a diverse range of writers, including novices and experienced freelancers. The platform facilitates the creation of tailored content across various domains such as writing, publishing, advertising, marketing, SEO, and public relations. By allowing writers to submit content that adheres to specific guidelines, Sliced Apples enables them to gain exposure, build professional relationships, and earn compensation for their work. This approach empowers both writers and publishers, fostering a collaborative environment for content creation.
ConceptDrop
Seed Round in 2012
ConceptDrop, Inc. is an online marketplace that connects businesses with a community of professional graphic designers, offering a design on-demand service. The platform enables companies to obtain various design materials, including PowerPoint presentations, infographics, flyers, brochures, logos, and more, while also providing copywriting services. By joining ConceptDrop's community, designers can earn income, collaborate with corporations, and enhance their portfolios. The company, which was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Chicago, Illinois, was previously known as Quick2LAUNCH LLC before rebranding in January 2015. Additionally, ConceptDrop leverages artificial intelligence to assist enterprises in sourcing freelancers and constructing internal teams.
Tagora is a company that specializes in developing a platform for selling secondary goods online. It offers a comprehensive toolset that enables users to sell secondhand items across various online marketplaces. In addition to its core services, Tagora provides customer wallet capabilities, 360-degree order management services, and a transporter tracking interface. The company also emphasizes transparency in transactions, particularly in buying and selling fuel. Through its innovative solutions, Tagora aims to streamline the online selling process and enhance customer experiences in the secondary goods market.
SoMoLend
Seed Round in 2012
SoMoLend Holdings LLC operates a web-based platform that connects lenders and borrowers for financial solutions in the United States, primarily targeting small businesses and startups. Founded in 2011 and based in Cincinnati, Ohio, SoMoLend allows businesses to secure loans from a variety of sources, including banks, corporations, and local community members. The platform promotes peer-to-peer lending, enabling borrowers to raise funds from friends, family, and local investors. It serves as a transparent portal where lenders can assess potential borrowers in their communities, fostering local investment and support. The company's mission is to assist small businesses that struggle to obtain traditional funding, ultimately helping entrepreneurs grow and contributing to job creation and community development. SoMoLend's innovative approach to lending emphasizes the importance of community engagement and collaboration in financing local enterprises.
Railroad Empire
Seed Round in 2012
Railroad Empire is a great new free on-line Strategy Train Game in which you build a railroad by buying stations in cities, connect the cities with routes, buy trains to run on your routes and research new technology for your railroad. Enlist the aid of your friends to get discounts on purchasing your stations. We are adding new features all the time and love to hear feedback and suggestions from our players.
Osteoplastics
Seed Round in 2012
Osteoplastics technology and Intellectual Property (‘I.P.’) is focused on producing pre-formed restorative polymeric implants that provide neurosurgeons the ability to utilize implants that custom fit every patient. Rather than entering the operating room with pre-fabricated implants, Osteoplastics technology enables doctors to utilize custom “one-off” implants that are based upon the needs of each patient.
Intelligent Mobile Support
Series A in 2012
Intelligent Mobile Support, Inc. is a technology company based in Solon, Ohio, founded in 2009. It specializes in developing a mobile cloud-computing platform aimed at enhancing the productivity and profitability of field sales and service teams, particularly within the HVAC industry. The company's product suite includes Sales Builder Pro, which automates the point-of-sale experience for clients, and Axon, an app that provides mobile access to essential parts information and technical support. Additionally, HVAC Proposal Builder Pro allows users to create professional proposals that facilitate immediate customer commitments. Intelligent Mobile Support serves a range of partners in the HVAC sector, including original equipment manufacturers, distributors, contractors, as well as providers in other home services such as plumbing and electrical work. The company's innovative solutions are designed to support sales representatives and technicians in the field, ultimately improving sales efficiency and closing rates.
Tenant Magic
Seed Round in 2012
TenantMagic provides residential landlords and property managers with secure, web-based software tools for acquiring prospects, processing applications (including background screenings), and preparing leases. TenantMagic's software enables its users to demonstrate compliance with applicable laws. The company was founded in 2010 in Cleveland, Ohio by serial entrepreneurs Wayne Rothman and Jay Apple. Additional partners, Joe Novak, Shaker LaunchHouse and a number of Shaker LaunchHouse's entrepreneurs have helped to bring TenantMagic to market. TenantMagic is headquartered in Shaker Heights, Ohio at the Shaker LaunchHouse
RingRang
Seed Round in 2012
RingRang LLC, established in 2009 and based in Bath, Ohio, is a technology services firm specializing in customer contact management and online lead generation software. The company provides tools that enable businesses to communicate effectively with customers worldwide through various channels such as emails, text messages, and cloud storage. RingRang's solutions facilitate direct communication between consumers and businesses, addressing the modern trend where shoppers prefer direct contact when making significant decisions or purchases. By offering clear and direct channels of communication, RingRang helps businesses leverage their online presence to build lasting customer relationships.
Babl Media is a Cleveland, Ohio-based agency founded in 2011 that specializes in web design and visual brand identity services aimed at enhancing social media marketing. The company provides a wide range of creative solutions, including logo design, website development, mobile app creation, and marketing campaigns. Babl Media distinguishes itself by focusing on bold and innovative designs that help clients break away from generic approaches. The agency engages in a comprehensive process with its clients, incorporating market research, brand identity discussions, and analytics to deliver customized solutions. Babl Media caters to businesses looking to enhance their brand presence and productivity through distinctive and effective design strategies.
Advanced Medical Innovations
Seed Round in 2012
Advanced Medical Innovations, established in 1995 and based in Chatsworth, California, is a company dedicated to providing healthcare practitioners worldwide with innovative, cost-effective, and safer medical products. The company's offerings include surgical and anesthesia supplies, women's health instruments, stainless steel and coated instruments, irrigation towers, sharp injury prevention devices, surgical disposable magnetic drapes, sharps transfer trays, SCOPEMATE-scope storage and handling device, surgical suture packet organizers, and instrument holders for surgery. Advanced Medical Innovations operates under the tagline "WE LISTEN," reflecting its commitment to understanding and addressing the specific needs of healthcare practitioners by developing effective, economical, and ergonomic solutions tailored to their problems.
freshbag
Seed Round in 2011
freshbag is a wellness nutrition turnkey solution that supports corporate wellness programs by making it easy and convenient to live - and eat! - healthier.
Clerts LLC is an online platform that specializes in providing alerts and notifications for items listed on auction sites. Formed in 2011 and based in Ohio, the company focuses on delivering an intuitive user experience by allowing users to create unlimited custom searches and receive instant alerts based on their specified keywords and price ranges. Clerts enables users to select their preferred notification method—either by email or text message—and to customize the frequency of these alerts. The platform aims to give users a competitive edge by notifying them of new listings, including "Buy It Now" items, before others are aware. Through these services, Clerts enhances the user experience for online auction participation, facilitating timely purchasing opportunities for its customers.
FounderSync
Seed Round in 2011
FounderSync is an online platform designed to facilitate connections among college students aspiring to become entrepreneurs. By combining elements of social networking and personality matching, the platform enables users to find potential co-founders who possess complementary skills and attributes. FounderSync aims to streamline the entrepreneurial journey by fostering collaboration and partnership among like-minded individuals, thereby enhancing the likelihood of successful new ventures. The service effectively merges the functionalities of professional networking with personal compatibility, creating a unique space for aspiring founders to meet and collaborate.
CinaMaker
Seed Round in 2011
CinaMaker is a mobile-first video production platform that facilitates multi-camera live streaming, recording, and editing through the use of iPhone and digital video cameras, all controlled via iPad. The company is committed to creating a standardized workflow that allows video content creators to collaborate in a cloud-based environment. Users can manage both pre- and post-production processes online while also having the capability to sell and share their content in various formats. CinaMaker provides tools for users to create personalized websites to showcase and brand their work, fostering an interactive workflow among collaborators and enhancing communication between students and educators. The platform aims to increase workflow efficiency and offers secure data storage solutions, catering to the needs of medium to large businesses and organizations seeking personalized production tools.
Good Greens
Seed Round in 2011
Good Greens makes healthful bars and powders that offer the highest value in nutrition and taste. Good Greens is founded on the belief that good food must provide health, joy, and energy. From children to seniors, we want to supply every body with the vitamins, probiotics and antioxidants that it needs. In a world where there never seems to be enough time to eat healthy, Good Greens is here to remedy the fast food situation. We offer you real whole food, natural and organic bars that taste delicious and give you the energy you need to take on the day. Company founder Keith Pabley got the inspiration for Good Greens when he was working with a wellness physician on improving his practice. He saw the difference that superfoods could make in health and well being − the only problem was that most green superfoods tasted awful.
Care-n-Share
Seed Round in 2011
Care-n-Share is a company that provides an online platform designed for health care providers to establish privately branded social and wellness support communities for their residents and clients. Operating under the umbrella of BestHomeHealthCare.com, Care-n-Share focuses on enhancing the care experience by facilitating family caring and community-sharing services. The platform aims to foster connections among residents and their families, promoting a supportive environment that addresses both social and wellness needs.
SoupQubes
Seed Round in 2011
SoupQubes LLC, established in 2010 and based in Shaker Heights, Ohio, specializes in innovative food-storage solutions. The company offers non-stick cube containers designed for the convenient storage of leftover soups and chilis. These containers allow users to pour their meals into flexible, non-spill cubes that freeze food into serving-size portions. With sloped designs and clear markings for 8 and 12-ounce servings, SoupQubes simplifies the process of storing and consuming homemade meals, enabling users to easily pop out and heat individual portions when needed.
GROUNDBOOTH
Seed Round in 2011
GroundBooth Software, Inc. is a company dedicated to enhancing the academic experience of law school students through its closed-universe social network and innovative note-taking software. Established in 2006 and headquartered in Shaker Heights, Ohio, GroundBooth enables students to create and save interactive course outlines in the cloud. Users can take notes, record case briefs, insert statutes, and attach files, all of which contribute to a comprehensive outline that is accessible on any internet-connected device. This platform fosters collaboration among peers by allowing members to connect with friends, study groups, professors, and classmates, thereby maximizing their potential during their legal education.
Cell-A-Spot
Seed Round in 2011
Cell-A-Spot, LLC develops mobile advertising platform and applications. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Shaker Heights, Ohio. Cell-A-Spot is a mobile ad platform which couples one-to-one interactive targeting for advertisers with a revenue model for mobile providers.
Dimple Dough
Seed Round in 2008
Dimple Dough is the world’s most advanced cloud-based prepaid, gift, and credit and debit card management and innovation platform. The DimpleDough platform enables retailers and banks to implement innovative and efficient card programs. The platform is integrated with leading processing, printing and fulfillment, and ecommerce partners and DimpleDough Solutions enable clients to easily integrate creative features and platforms including customization, ecommerce, smartphones, corporate cards, eGifts, and social media. Many of the world's top merchants and banks use DimpleDough.