LaunchPad Venture

Launchpad Venture Group is a Boston-based angel investment group that provides funding to early-stage companies. The company looks for innovative, technology-driven startup companies addressing a significant market opportunity where an investment can make a difference. Launchpad has over 60 active investors. Members come from a variety of backgrounds and professions, including the technology, financial, and service communities. It is well connected to potential customers, service providers, partners, and future sources of financing. In a typical situation, Launchpad will invest between $100,000 and $500,000 and work with the company to proceed to the next stage.The company can help businesses grow by helping to recruit new members of the management team, develop strategic partners, refine product strategy, and raise the next round of venture funding. Launchpad Venture Group was founded on 2000 and is headquartered in Newton, Massachusetts.

Barry Coffman

Angel

Hambleton Lord

Chairman

106 past transactions

FreightFlows

Seed Round in 2022
FreightFlows, Inc. provides maritime market intelligence for traders, shippers, owners, and brokers. It develops a data platform to source, synthesize, and analyze current market data that allows customers to optimize operational decision-making and risk management. The company’s platform allows users to explore market, port, and fleet activity trends; identify vessel availability; identify vessel routes and ETA; and gain visibility into commodity cargoes and trade activities. In addition, it provides market analysis services to trade in futures markets, reduce commercial risk, and hedge against freight rate volatility. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

RaySecur

Series A in 2021
RaySecur Inc. specializes in advanced 3D package scanning technology designed to detect concealed and potentially dangerous items such as powders, solids, liquids, and various composite threats. Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the company offers the MailSecur system, which provides real-time 3D imaging capabilities that surpass traditional X-ray methods. Founded in 2018, RaySecur's innovative solutions utilize scalable terahertz scanners and millimeter-wave technology, allowing for the effective examination of suspicious letters, flat envelopes, and small parcels. Their devices are lightweight, portable, and user-friendly, requiring minimal training for mail screening. RaySecur's technology is employed by Fortune 500 companies and government organizations globally, enhancing security and safety for personnel and critical assets.

Pumpspotting

Seed Round in 2021
Pumpspotting is a social network and companion app for breastfeeding, pumping parents and the place to connect over milk, motherhood and the best places to nurse and pump.

AOA

Seed Round in 2021
AOA, based in Boston, New York, and London, is a female-led company focused on developing innovative cancer diagnostics specifically for women's health. The company is dedicated to creating the first accurate early-stage liquid biopsy test for ovarian cancer, which aims to enhance clinical practices, reduce patient mortality, and offer cost savings for healthcare payers. Utilizing an artificial intelligence-enabled platform, AOA's technology analyzes tumor marker gangliosides to facilitate the early detection of ovarian cancer. This approach not only helps healthcare providers implement more effective treatment strategies but also ensures that patients can access life-saving treatments sooner and at a more affordable cost.

Karvi

Series A in 2021
Karvi is the digital future of Latin America's auto market. Karvi makes car buying a seamless experience by offering real-time stock of new and used vehicles from dealers to customers in a simple, transparent, and more efficient way.

Electra Vehicles, Inc.

Seed Round in 2021
Electra Vehicles, Inc. develops dual chemistry battery design and control software. It provides EnPower, a software optimized for a dual-energy storage system approach powered by intelligent controls; and EVE.Ai control algorithms that optimize the performance of electric systems through intelligent controls. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Paerpay

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Paerpay is a financial application designed to enhance in-person payment experiences for merchants, particularly in the restaurant industry. By streamlining the payment process, Paerpay addresses the challenges faced by merchants, who can lose significant revenue due to payment friction and non-paying customers. The platform allows users to scan a code at their table to either create a new bill or connect to an existing one, facilitating payment, bill splitting, and tipping with ease. This contactless payment service aims to eliminate the frustrations associated with traditional payment methods, enabling a smoother and more efficient transaction experience for both merchants and their customers.

Trusst

Seed Round in 2021
Trusst offers remote therapy that lets the users select a location to meet the local mental health expert. It helps the patients to message and talk to the therapist confidentially.

Everyday Life

Venture Round in 2020
Everyday Life Insurance uses technology to redefine financial security for middle income families. Its first product, Predictive Protection, saves consumers money by automatically adjusting coverage based on predictable life events like kids growing up or retirement. It was founded in 2018 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Guidesly

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Guidesly, Inc. is a company that operates a mobile and web platform designed to connect outdoor enthusiasts with fishing guides. Founded in 2019 and based in Topsfield, Massachusetts, Guidesly offers an application that simplifies the process of finding, reviewing, and booking trusted guides for various fishing experiences, including saltwater, freshwater, and river activities. The platform not only facilitates easy booking for anglers but also provides guides with tools to manage their businesses effectively. By empowering both users and guides, Guidesly aims to enhance engagement and improve the overall experience for those involved in outdoor fishing adventures.

Cognoptix

Venture Round in 2020
Cognoptix is creating and developing an innovative, non-invasive eye test to assist in the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease. Cognoptix's goal is to provide clinicians with a quick, predictive, reliable, inexpensive, and widely available test, enabling early diagnosis and treatment. The company was founded in 2001 and headquartered in Marlborough, Massachusetts.

Kuva Systems

Venture Round in 2020
Kuva Systems, known formally as MultiSensor Scientific, Inc., specializes in the development and manufacturing of advanced tools for detecting, visualizing, and quantifying methane leaks in the natural gas supply chain. The company offers a Leak Imaging and Quantification System (LIQS), which integrates infrared detection technology, sophisticated electronics, and an intuitive user interface. This system is designed to identify and assess methane emissions in real time, utilizing proprietary algorithms for accurate location and quantification. Kuva Systems also provides software solutions that generate color images of gas leaks, catering to the leak inspection and gas safety industries. Founded in 2015 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the company is focused on enhancing gas detection and safety through innovative imaging technologies.

Tally Street

Seed Round in 2020
Tally Street, Inc. develops and operates a smart software for improving cash flow using accounting data to help small and midsize businesses. It offers Tally Street to uncover the customer stories and insights trapped in the accounting system; know the valuable and profitable customers, what products drive repeat business, and who presents the most risk; and optimize sales funnel and make money. The company’s software is also used to track customer and net revenue retention rates, lifetime value, and other customer insights; provide business owners and CEOs with the results and trends they need to make decisions; and identify payment risks, prioritize collections efforts, and forecast incoming cash flow. Tally Street, Inc. was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Radical Plastics

Seed Round in 2020
Radical Plastics, Inc. provides a catalyst that makes plastic compounds biodegradable in the natural environment. It offers soil degradable compounds for agricultural film. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Winchester, Massachusetts.

Pumpspotting

Venture Round in 2020
Pumpspotting is a social network and companion app for breastfeeding, pumping parents and the place to connect over milk, motherhood and the best places to nurse and pump.

Because Intelligence

Seed Round in 2020
We're a team of Marketers, Brand Experts, Data Scientists, and Engineers, with a passion for changing how Marketers start conversations with their consumers. We're tackling the massive problem virtually every consumer brand faces today: 64% of consumers will choose, avoid, switch, or boycott a brand based on its stand on societal issues they care about. Today's generation of consumers is the most disloyal in history. Why? Because they won't stay loyal just based off products, unlike their parents before them. They insist on buying from socially responsible brands that stand for the causes they support. We're solving for this through the Because SaaS Belief Marketing Platform. Because helps the 80% of U.S. consumer businesses who give back to charity, to build long-term brand differentiation with their consumers through belief-based social media engagement, rather than product advertising. How it works: Because uses proprietary machine learning algorithms to produce a daily curation of the highest quality "matches"​ for Marketing teams to organically engage their ideal influencers, who are live on social talking about the same social causes their brand supports. Then they can share their story out with their network, and give you an opportunity to expose your brand to potential customers through common beliefs. And eventually, turn them into loyal customers. Because helps Marketing teams reduce customer acquisition costs by moving away from paid influencer engagements and product-driven advertising, to organic Because engagements with micro-influencers who just so happen to already love the causes you love. We'd love to meet new customers, talent, and investors. Reach out to us at learn@becauseintelligence.com

RaySecur

Seed Round in 2019
RaySecur Inc. specializes in advanced 3D package scanning technology designed to detect concealed and potentially dangerous items such as powders, solids, liquids, and various composite threats. Based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the company offers the MailSecur system, which provides real-time 3D imaging capabilities that surpass traditional X-ray methods. Founded in 2018, RaySecur's innovative solutions utilize scalable terahertz scanners and millimeter-wave technology, allowing for the effective examination of suspicious letters, flat envelopes, and small parcels. Their devices are lightweight, portable, and user-friendly, requiring minimal training for mail screening. RaySecur's technology is employed by Fortune 500 companies and government organizations globally, enhancing security and safety for personnel and critical assets.

Hilltop Bio

Seed Round in 2019
Hilltop Biosciences, Inc. is a biotechnology company focused on developing innovative therapies for veterinary applications, particularly for horses and dogs. Established in 2018 and based in Norton, Massachusetts, the company specializes in room temperature placental allograft therapies designed to aid in the regeneration of damaged tissues and reduce inflammation. Hilltop Bio offers a range of products, including ophthalmic membrane patches for eye ulcers, orthopedic injectable treatments for tendon and ligament injuries, and surgical membrane patches that serve as anti-adhesion barriers. The company is committed to delivering safe and effective regenerative therapies that promote rapid healing, addressing key inflammatory diseases in companion and performance animals.

AceUp

Seed Round in 2019
AceUp helps emerging and seasoned leaders connect with their full potential. It delivers personalized executive coaching to connect employees at all levels with their full potential, through a tech-enabled framework that makes it impactful, scalable, and measurable. AceUp provides executive and people coaching that’s individualized to the unique needs, role, and skill set of today's professional. It gives the team members the needed tools and framework, and especially a safe space, to build confidence in critical business and interpersonal skills with an expert that's been there and gets it. This allows the company to create stronger and more capable leaders, increase employee happiness, and drive team morale and loyalty.

Realplay

Seed Round in 2019
Realplay, Inc. operates a platform that delivers video of every swing, pitch, and catch that any player makes on a baseball and softball fields. The company’s video shows every moment to help players improve and share their highlights with anybody, and hold on to memories. It serves players, coaches, and parents to watch progress being made over the course of a season. The company was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Marlboro, Massachusetts.

LuminDx, Inc.

Pre Seed Round in 2019
LuminDx, Inc. develops a mobile application that helps physicians to visual search skin conditions using computer vision and artificial intelligence. It offers LuminDx that enables patients to take photos of a skin condition; answer simple questions; and instantly see the most similar skin diseases and the right questions to ask to determine the next step. Its technology helps to address various skin conditions, as well as analyze clinical symptoms, enabling patients to reduce unnecessary prescriptions, treatment, and dermatology referrals. LuminDx, Inc. was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

CabinetM

Pre Seed Round in 2019
CabinetM is a marketing technology management platform that enables organizations to effectively manage their marketing technology environment. The platform facilitates collaboration among teams and strategic partners for technology discovery, evaluation, and management. It allows businesses to track both acquired and internally developed technologies, manage marketing technology contracts, and oversee agency partnerships, thereby preventing unexpected auto-renewals. CabinetM also provides visibility of the marketing technology stack to all stakeholders and helps assess the technology skills of the marketing team. With access to an extensive database of over 9,000 marketing technology products, users can efficiently search for new solutions and generate reports to keep all parties informed. By utilizing CabinetM, companies can save time, enhance marketing performance, and lower technology-related expenses.

Zippity

Seed Round in 2018
Zippity LLC, founded in 2015 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, specializes in onsite car maintenance and repair services at customers' workplaces. The company offers a variety of services including vehicle lifting, oil changes, and brake and tire servicing, all facilitated through a tech-enabled platform. By partnering with employers, Zippity allows customers to schedule and pay for services online, streamlining the process and eliminating the need for traditional trips to a mechanic. Customers simply drop off their keys on the service day, and Zippity utilizes an enclosed service trailer to perform maintenance in any parking lot, regardless of weather conditions. This approach aims to alleviate common car-related frustrations, providing a convenient and efficient solution for busy individuals.

Electra Vehicles, Inc.

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Electra Vehicles, Inc. develops dual chemistry battery design and control software. It provides EnPower, a software optimized for a dual-energy storage system approach powered by intelligent controls; and EVE.Ai control algorithms that optimize the performance of electric systems through intelligent controls. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Peach

Series B in 2018
Peach Labs, Inc. specializes in delivering lunch from local restaurants to businesses in several metropolitan areas, including Greater Seattle, Boston, and Phoenix. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Seattle, the company facilitates a convenient lunch benefit program by sending customers a text message containing a menu of daily offerings from partnered restaurants. Customers can place orders for themselves or groups through a simple text reply or online. This service aims to enhance workplace productivity by providing wholesome and fulfilling meals directly to office locations, and it has gained recognition as one of the top start-ups in the Pacific Northwest.

Gravyty

Venture Round in 2018
Gravyty Technologies, Inc. develops and provides fundraising software. The company offers First Draft, an email drafting tool for frontline fundraisers; Gravyty Guide, a weekly digest email that helps fundraisers to manage their portfolio; and Gravyty Stewardship, a stewardship automation tool that enables frontline fundraisers build relationships by communicating a donor's giving history. The company has strategic partnerships with Salesforce, Ellucian, Boston Foundation, and Staupell Analytics Group. Gravyty Technologies, Inc. was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Wayland, Massachusetts.

EnergySage

Series A in 2018
EnergySage, LLC operates an online marketplace that connects homeowners, businesses, and non-profits with various clean energy solutions, including solar, wind, geothermal, and energy storage technologies. Founded in 2009 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, the company provides educational resources, analytical tools, and shopping options to help consumers assess and select appropriate clean energy products. Its offerings encompass a range of services such as rooftop solar installations, community solar projects, heat pumps, electric vehicle charging solutions, and solar financing. EnergySage aims to simplify the process of transitioning to clean energy by acting as a comprehensive platform for evaluating and obtaining renewable energy systems.

CleanFiber

Venture Round in 2018
CleanFiber, LLC develops cellulose insulation materials for attics, walls, and floors of residential and commercial new construction and retrofit applications. CleanFiber, LLC was formerly known as UltraCell Insulation, LLC and changed its name to CleanFiber, LLC in September 2018. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Blasdell, New York with additional office in Buffalo, New York.

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.

Meenta

Seed Round in 2018
Meenta, Inc. is a Boston-based company that operates a cloud-based platform designed for scientists to efficiently find, book, and send samples for gene sequencing. Founded in 2016, the platform facilitates quick access to sequencing instruments, enabling researchers to locate and reserve equipment in a matter of minutes. Additionally, Meenta allows service providers to easily list their instruments for bookings, streamlining the process for both users and hosts. By connecting research scientists with the necessary resources, Meenta enhances the efficiency of genetic research and analysis.

Medumo

Seed Round in 2018
Medumo, Inc. is a healthcare technology company based in Boston, Massachusetts, founded in 2013. It offers a care management platform that automates the delivery of timely instructions to patients through SMS and email. Medumo's product, CareTours, provides healthcare organizations with the ability to send automated, turn-by-turn guidance to patients, enhancing engagement while reducing the burden on healthcare staff. By integrating mobile communication and artificial intelligence, Medumo enables providers to deliver the right information at the right time, ultimately improving patient outcomes and fostering a more knowledgeable healthcare environment. In 2019, Medumo became a subsidiary of Koninklijke Philips N.V., further expanding its reach in the healthcare sector.

Pepperlane

Seed Round in 2018
Pepperlane is the place where mothers come to start, run, and grow their own businesses. It provides moms with the tools, training, and community they need to build successful businesses from home.

Folia Health

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Folia Health, Inc. is a technology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, that focuses on enhancing patient care by leveraging insights from family caregivers. Founded in 2016, Folia has developed a web application that allows caregivers to document daily observations regarding a patient's health, including treatment use, symptoms, and behavioral changes. This system captures a wide range of health data, from subtle symptom variations to the effects of treatments, enabling caregivers to convey important information to the healthcare team during appointments. By facilitating better communication and understanding between caregivers and healthcare providers, Folia aims to improve the overall quality of care for patients.

Rosie

Venture Round in 2017
Rosie Applications Inc. develops and operates an online platform to shop groceries from local grocery stores for delivery or in-store pickup. The company offers its customers to choose from a list of grocers with the option to pick up the items from the store that are bagged and waiting, by providing the confirmation code; as well as have the order delivered to their doorstep. The company offers its services through the Web portal and the phone, tablet, and mobile compatible application. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Ithaca, New York.

Smartvid io

Series A in 2017
Smartvid.io enables the AEC industry to significantly reduce jobsite risk by combining the best of human and artificial intelligence. Smartvid.io's Safety Suite includes Safety Observations, Safety Monitoring and Predictive Analytics products that combine to give project teams and management the ability to predict and prevent incidents - saving lives and preserving timely project delivery. Getting started is easy with pre-built integrations to Autodesk BIM360, Procore, Oracle Aconex, SharePoint, Egnyte, Box, and other data sources. See it in action at www.smartvid.io.

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.

CIMCON Lighting

Series B in 2017
CIMCON Lighting, Inc. specializes in web-based wireless outdoor lighting management solutions, catering to traditional, LED, and solar-powered street lights. The company provides a comprehensive street light management system that allows utilities, municipalities, and commercial clients to monitor and control the status of outdoor lighting fixtures. Key offerings include LightingGale, an automated streetlight management system, and various wireless lighting controllers designed for different environments, such as parking lots and garages. CIMCON's NearSky platform enables cities to develop smart infrastructure by transforming existing streetlight networks into connected digital assets. Their solutions support a range of Smart City applications, including air quality monitoring, public safety enhancements, and traffic optimization. With implementations in over 50 cities across 16 countries, CIMCON Lighting aims to help urban areas reduce energy and maintenance costs while improving the quality of life for residents. Founded in 2012, the company is headquartered in Bedford, Massachusetts.

Cambridge Blockchain

Convertible Note in 2017
Cambridge Blockchain develops blockchain-based identity management and compliance software solutions for financial institutions. The company provides an identity management platform for multinational banks financial institutions that puts control of personal identity data back in the hands of the end-user. It returns control of personal data back to users while delivering the benefits of trusted, distributed identity to consumers and organizations. Alex Oberhauser, Alok Bhargava, and Matthew Commons founded it in 2015, with its headquarters in Cambridge in Massachusetts.

KnipBio

Series B in 2017
KnipBio, Inc. is a biotechnology company based in Lowell, Massachusetts, focused on developing sustainable and responsible feed solutions for the aquaculture industry. Founded in 2013, the company has created KnipBio Meal, a protein-rich fishmeal replacement that integrates the benefits of premium fishmeal with carotenoids. This innovative product serves as a cost-effective and effective alternative to traditional fishmeal, addressing the growing demand for healthier animal nutrition in aquaculture. KnipBio is dedicated to addressing real-world challenges by collaborating with global corporations to enhance the sustainability of aquaculture practices.

Agile Devices

Venture Round in 2017
Agile Devices offer catheter-based interventional procedures helping patients during a stroke. It helps medical practitioners reduce the procedure time to respond to time bound emergencies.

Qstream

Series B in 2016
Qstream, Inc. develops a software as a service based mobile sales acceleration software for managing and measuring the human side of sales acceleration. It serves companies in technology, financial services, and life sciences sectors. Qstream, Inc. was formerly known as Spaced Education, Inc. The company was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Burlington, Massachusetts with engineering facilities in Dublin, Ireland; and Hood River, Oregon. It has a sales headquarters in Maidenhead, United Kingdom and an office in San Francisco.

Concentric

Series A in 2016
Concentric Inc. provides agent-based simulation technology. Its technology helps organizations to integrate data and tools into a single framework; attribute the impact of marketing investments; forecast sales and brand metrics; and test future strategies. The company offers services in the areas of licensing, consulting, support, and development aspects. It serves customers in the United States and internationally. Concentric Inc. has a strategic alliance with Phoenix Strategic Advisors. The company was incorporated in 2010 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Netra

Seed Round in 2016
Netra Systems Inc. develops an artificial intelligence technology that automatically analyzes and interprets the contents of images and videos. The company offers its technology for multi-camera object, event, and activity recognitions/detections; automatic scene summarizations; instant cross-camera search options; and cross-camera object tracking needs. It provides its products for applications in healthcare, military, customs and border security, retail, security/surveillance, etc. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Vancouver, Canada.

EnergySage

Venture Round in 2016
EnergySage, LLC operates an online marketplace that connects homeowners, businesses, and non-profits with various clean energy solutions, including solar, wind, geothermal, and energy storage technologies. Founded in 2009 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, the company provides educational resources, analytical tools, and shopping options to help consumers assess and select appropriate clean energy products. Its offerings encompass a range of services such as rooftop solar installations, community solar projects, heat pumps, electric vehicle charging solutions, and solar financing. EnergySage aims to simplify the process of transitioning to clean energy by acting as a comprehensive platform for evaluating and obtaining renewable energy systems.

Listenwise

Seed Round in 2016
Listen Current makes it easy to bring authentic voices and engaging non-fiction stories to the classroom. We curate the best of public radio to keep teaching connected to the real world and build student listening skills at the same time. Listen Current is a LearnLaunchX graduate.

Campus SIMs

Venture Round in 2016
Campus SIMs is a mobile service for international students studying in the U.S.

Hockeystick

Seed Round in 2016
Smart companies understand that investors want to know what's going on in your business. It's a key part of the venture investing model and the best investors are expecting more data and more discipline around sharing it. But it's not all about them. You benefit when your investors (and advisors) are better informed. It lets them jump in and help, whether it's opening that door or leading the next financing round.

Constant Therapy, Inc.

Series A in 2016
Constant Therapy, Inc. is a digital therapeutics company focused on enhancing brain rehabilitation for individuals with traumatic brain injury, stroke, aphasia, and learning disabilities. Founded in 2012 and based in Newton, Massachusetts, the company offers a mobile application that utilizes adaptive technology and artificial intelligence to provide personalized therapy exercises. The application includes a wide range of tasks aimed at improving cognitive, language, and everyday skills, allowing users to engage in therapy anytime and anywhere. Constant Therapy's NeuroPerformance Engine analyzes user data to create tailored exercises that support recovery and rehabilitation. With over 140 million tasks completed by users, the platform has established the largest brain rehabilitation database, which aids in advancing therapy practices and improving outcomes for clinicians, special educators, and patients alike. As of May 31, 2017, Constant Therapy operates as a subsidiary of Digital Health Corp.

Building Conversation Inc.

Angel Round in 2016
Building Conversation offers a unique and innovative augmented reality solution to help real estate developers and architecture firms communicate their ideas more clearly with each other and the general public. Their mobile app offers a variety of highly customizable capabilities directed at streamlining and improving the building proposal process specific to your unique challenges. Small neighborhood store, high end residential or billion-dollar waterfront development and everything in between, arc will make the outcome faster and easier and the process saving you time and money.

Raven360

Series A in 2015
Content Raven, Inc. develops and offers cloud based content security and analytics software. The company's software enables content distribution controlling, video and audio encryption, and user behaviour analytics. Content Raven was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts.

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.

Repsly

Seed Round in 2015
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.

EnergySage

Series A in 2015
EnergySage, LLC operates an online marketplace that connects homeowners, businesses, and non-profits with various clean energy solutions, including solar, wind, geothermal, and energy storage technologies. Founded in 2009 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, the company provides educational resources, analytical tools, and shopping options to help consumers assess and select appropriate clean energy products. Its offerings encompass a range of services such as rooftop solar installations, community solar projects, heat pumps, electric vehicle charging solutions, and solar financing. EnergySage aims to simplify the process of transitioning to clean energy by acting as a comprehensive platform for evaluating and obtaining renewable energy systems.

ezCater

Series C in 2015
ezCater, Inc. provides online catering ordering solutions for small start-ups and Fortune 500 companies. Its solutions enable users to order food online for meetings. The company offers ezManage, a catering management platform; and ezOrdering that provides restaurants with means to accept online catering orders on their own website. ezCater, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts. It has an additional office in Denver, Colorado.

Listenwise

Seed Round in 2015
Listen Current makes it easy to bring authentic voices and engaging non-fiction stories to the classroom. We curate the best of public radio to keep teaching connected to the real world and build student listening skills at the same time. Listen Current is a LearnLaunchX graduate.

Qstream

Series A in 2015
Qstream, Inc. develops a software as a service based mobile sales acceleration software for managing and measuring the human side of sales acceleration. It serves companies in technology, financial services, and life sciences sectors. Qstream, Inc. was formerly known as Spaced Education, Inc. The company was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Burlington, Massachusetts with engineering facilities in Dublin, Ireland; and Hood River, Oregon. It has a sales headquarters in Maidenhead, United Kingdom and an office in San Francisco.

Playrific

Series A in 2014
Playrific assets have been acquired by 18moons, inc. since January 2017. Playrific Mobile Apps are the fastest, most cost-effective way for brands to reach and engage with youth consumers. Kids love our interactive, entertaining, educational apps, and continue exploring them for weeks and months – far longer than average. Brands such as Toys “R” Us, SeaWorld Kids & Bean Sprouts & 48 others depend on us for mobile strategies and apps that extend and deepen their engagement with young brand fans. Our COPPA-compliant publishing platform provides usage-based insight that uniquely helps brands identify, understand and serve consumer preferences.

Cognoptix

Series D in 2014
Cognoptix is creating and developing an innovative, non-invasive eye test to assist in the early diagnosis of Alzheimer's Disease. Cognoptix's goal is to provide clinicians with a quick, predictive, reliable, inexpensive, and widely available test, enabling early diagnosis and treatment. The company was founded in 2001 and headquartered in Marlborough, Massachusetts.

Repsly

Seed Round in 2014
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.

InfoBionic

Series B in 2014
InfoBionic, Inc. is a healthcare technology company based in Massachusetts, founded in 2011. It specializes in remote patient monitoring through its MoMe™ platform, which is a cloud-based service designed to enhance the efficiency of cardiac diagnostic services. The MoMe System focuses on cardiac arrhythmia detection, allowing healthcare providers to monitor patients' heart health continuously by streaming electrocardiogram, respiration, and motion data to the cloud for real-time analysis. This technology aims to improve clinical efficiency and patient care by providing physicians with anytime, anywhere access to critical patient data, ultimately facilitating better detection and treatment of cardiac complications.

Siamab Therapeutics

Series B in 2014
Siamab Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company that develops therapies targeting abnormal carbohydrates found only on cancer cells. It has developed a platform of technologies that enables the discovery and development of anti-TACA therapeutic antibodies. The company’s core technologies were licensed from the laboratory of Ajit Varki, a professional in glycobiology and sialic-acid biochemistry. It has brought together a team of scientists and advisors in oncology, glycoimmunology, and antibody engineering to support its anti-TACA antibody discovery and development programs. Siamab Therapeutics was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Newton, M.A.

WeSpire

Series A in 2014
WeSpire Inc. is an engagement platform that provides sustainability and responsibility programs to global corporations. The company helps client companies engage people in sustainability and responsibility initiatives with persuasive technology that builds awareness, drives behavior change, and measures business results. It focuses on energy, water, waste, transportation, food, volunteerism, and corporate citizenship projects. The company was formerly known as Practically Green, LLC and changed its name to WeSpire Inc. in April 2014. WeSpire Inc. was founded in 2010 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

WOO Sports

Seed Round in 2014
WOO Sports, Inc. manufactures digital kiteboarding performance trackers. It offers WOO, a device that tracks every jump of riding boards, including jump height, airtime, and more; and connects wirelessly with users’ iPhone to reveal the details of their session. The company offers its products through dealers. WOO Sports, Inc. was formerly known as KinematIQ Inc. and changed its name to WOO Sports, Inc. in August 2014. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Precision Ventures

Venture Round in 2014
Precision Ventures identifies market opportunities and delivers complete concept solutions to brand-name global manufacturers. Precision Ventures was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Waltham, Massachusetts.

Kalion

Seed Round in 2014
Kalion is an early-stage industrial biotechnology company based in Milton, Massachusetts, focused on developing glucaric acid and S-3-hydroxybutyrolactone (3-HBL) through green fermentation technology. These chemicals are recognized as valuable contributors to the biomass market, with significant applications in industrial chemicals, pharmaceuticals, and nutraceuticals. Kalion's innovative approach utilizes advanced fermentation methods and patented microbes, which are developed through proprietary synthetic biology techniques. This enables the production of these important molecules from renewable sources, offering a low-cost alternative to traditional oil-based materials. By transforming the chemical industry with its sustainable solutions, Kalion aims to address the challenges of cost and availability in these multi-billion dollar markets.

TruTouch Technologies

Debt Financing in 2013
TruTouch Technologies, Inc. specializes in the development, manufacture, and marketing of noninvasive alcohol testing systems designed for various applications, including workplace safety, law enforcement, and medical diagnostics. The company's flagship product, the TruTouch biometric alcohol sensor, utilizes light to measure blood alcohol content while confirming the identity of the user through biometric verification. TruTouch Technologies offers solutions tailored for sectors such as energy, transportation, warehousing, and community safety. Founded in 2005, the company operates from Sudbury, Massachusetts, with a dedicated research and development center located in Riverside, California. The innovative technology aims to enhance safety and compliance by providing accurate and reliable alcohol testing without the need for invasive procedures.

Qstream

Series A in 2013
Qstream, Inc. develops a software as a service based mobile sales acceleration software for managing and measuring the human side of sales acceleration. It serves companies in technology, financial services, and life sciences sectors. Qstream, Inc. was formerly known as Spaced Education, Inc. The company was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Burlington, Massachusetts with engineering facilities in Dublin, Ireland; and Hood River, Oregon. It has a sales headquarters in Maidenhead, United Kingdom and an office in San Francisco.

Crowdly

Seed Round in 2013
Crowdly is an advocate marketing platform empowering large consumer brands to build a base of authentic advocates, activate them, and learn from their behavior to increase word-of-mouth promotion and brand advocacy. It specializes in the fields of finance, social media, advertising, and social media marketing. The company was founded in 2011 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Siamab Therapeutics

Series B in 2013
Siamab Therapeutics is a biopharmaceutical company that develops therapies targeting abnormal carbohydrates found only on cancer cells. It has developed a platform of technologies that enables the discovery and development of anti-TACA therapeutic antibodies. The company’s core technologies were licensed from the laboratory of Ajit Varki, a professional in glycobiology and sialic-acid biochemistry. It has brought together a team of scientists and advisors in oncology, glycoimmunology, and antibody engineering to support its anti-TACA antibody discovery and development programs. Siamab Therapeutics was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Newton, M.A.

Groupize

Series A in 2013
Groupize, Inc. develops technology solutions designed to assist hotel chains and properties in managing online group requests and bookings. The company offers a customized white label site that enables planners to search for and book group accommodations while accessing real-time pricing and inventory. Its services include a lead management application, a lead distribution portal, and a planner relationship management system to streamline group lead processing. Additionally, Groupize provides an automated booking solution, a group management page for organizers, and social tools to facilitate communication and planning among group members. Established in 2012 and headquartered in Gloucester, Massachusetts, with a technology office in Boston, Groupize has formed partnerships with major hotel chains to enhance their online group revenue capabilities.

Avaxia Biologics

Series B in 2013
Avaxia Biologics, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company that develops oral antibody therapeutics. It offers gastrointestinal diseases, such as inflammatory bowel diseases, celiac disease, necrotizing enterocolitis, radiation syndrome, oral mucositis, and diabetes and obesity. Avaxia Biologics, Inc. has a strategic collaboration with Courtagen Life Sciences, Inc. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Lexington, Massachusetts. Avaxia Biologics, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Circle33 LLC.

Raven360

Series A in 2013
Content Raven, Inc. develops and offers cloud based content security and analytics software. The company's software enables content distribution controlling, video and audio encryption, and user behaviour analytics. Content Raven was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Framingham, Massachusetts.

Ubiqi Health

Convertible Note in 2013
Ubiqi Health is a health information technology company that aggregates data from patients with chronic conditions with a focus on assessing effectiveness of treatment between visits through a portal. The company assists care providers in administering care to patients by providing a way to collect patient-reported symptoms and treatment information. It also facilitates members to communicate with their care providers by giving a way to track their symptoms and treatment patterns. Ubiqi Health was founded in 2009 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

TruTouch Technologies

Series B in 2013
TruTouch Technologies, Inc. specializes in the development, manufacture, and marketing of noninvasive alcohol testing systems designed for various applications, including workplace safety, law enforcement, and medical diagnostics. The company's flagship product, the TruTouch biometric alcohol sensor, utilizes light to measure blood alcohol content while confirming the identity of the user through biometric verification. TruTouch Technologies offers solutions tailored for sectors such as energy, transportation, warehousing, and community safety. Founded in 2005, the company operates from Sudbury, Massachusetts, with a dedicated research and development center located in Riverside, California. The innovative technology aims to enhance safety and compliance by providing accurate and reliable alcohol testing without the need for invasive procedures.

Avaxia Biologics

Series B in 2012
Avaxia Biologics, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company that develops oral antibody therapeutics. It offers gastrointestinal diseases, such as inflammatory bowel diseases, celiac disease, necrotizing enterocolitis, radiation syndrome, oral mucositis, and diabetes and obesity. Avaxia Biologics, Inc. has a strategic collaboration with Courtagen Life Sciences, Inc. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Lexington, Massachusetts. Avaxia Biologics, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Circle33 LLC.

Localytics

Series B in 2012
Upland Localytics is a mobile app analytics and marketing platform that provides businesses with insights and tools to enhance mobile app acquisition, engagement, and retention. The platform serves over 6,000 applications across more than 2 billion devices, catering to a diverse range of companies, including Live Nation, HSN, Comcast, and The New York Times. In addition to its analytics capabilities, Localytics is also recognized as a mobile engagement platform for both mobile and web applications, helping organizations optimize user experiences and drive growth in the digital landscape.

Smart Lunches

Series A in 2012
Smart Lunches is an online ordering and delivery platform that enables parents to order school lunch for their children. They also provide a valuable enhanced service to the school, convenience, and nutritional security to the parents, and a good lunch to the students. It aims to make the midday meal simple and healthy. Smart Lunches was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, United States.

JamHub

Series A in 2012
JamHub is a new product, and a new category of product, but their JamHub team isn’t new to the music business. They’ve worked for companies like Line 6, Bose, Lexicon and others to bring innovative, market-changing products to musicians.

7AC Technologies

Venture Round in 2012
7AC Technologies Inc., based in Beverly, Massachusetts, specializes in innovative HVAC solutions using its advanced membrane-isolated plastic plate technology. This technology supports the development of ultra-efficient liquid desiccant systems designed for commercial and industrial buildings. By utilizing this approach, 7AC Technologies aims to significantly reduce energy costs, achieving a reduction of over 50% compared to traditional HVAC systems. Originally founded as 7Solar Technologies, Inc. in 2009, the company rebranded in 2011 and is currently a subsidiary of Emerson Electric Co.

Avaxia Biologics

Series A in 2012
Avaxia Biologics, Inc. operates as a biopharmaceutical company that develops oral antibody therapeutics. It offers gastrointestinal diseases, such as inflammatory bowel diseases, celiac disease, necrotizing enterocolitis, radiation syndrome, oral mucositis, and diabetes and obesity. Avaxia Biologics, Inc. has a strategic collaboration with Courtagen Life Sciences, Inc. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Lexington, Massachusetts. Avaxia Biologics, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Circle33 LLC.

InCrowd

Series A in 2012
InCrowd is a provider of a market research platform used to provide the required research insight. The company's platform provides life sciences companies with real time feedback from healthcare professionals. Using InCrowd's mobile platform client's can access pre-screened doctors and medical professionals across all therapeutic areas. Its on-demand market research platform is breaking the chain of wait-for-it data, allowing healthcare researchers and marketers to know now.

Mentor Works

Venture Round in 2012
Provider of government funding writing services catering to small businesses. The company specializes in finding and securing government fungrants and grant, providing its clients with funds for expansion, capital and tech adoption, hiring and training, research and development opportunities.

Prolific Works

Seed Round in 2011
Provider of an online publishing platform designed to connect readers with books. The company's online publishing platform offers authors to gain visibility and promote their work and increase their following, enabling authors to do a marketing for their books.

VCharge

Seed Round in 2011
VCharge, Inc. develops intelligent infrastructure for transactive electric loads for energy management in Maine, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania. The company offers VNet, a power management platform that coordinates the activities of distributed transactive load assets; SmartBricks and SmartHydro that are asset controllers for electric thermal storage heating systems to handle loads of electric car charging stations and compressed air systems; and VConsole, a Web-based user interface that offers information and control for end users, utilities, and maintenance personnel. The company also serves customers in Germany, North America, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. VCharge, Inc. was founded in 2009 and is based in Providence, Rhode Island. As of February 9, 2017, VCharge, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of OVO Energy Limited.

Incentive Targeting

Venture Round in 2011
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.

Vizibility

Series A in 2011
Vizibility helps people package and promote their online presence with a powerful Mobile Business Card. Build trust and credibility quickly when you make an accurate, powerful and lasting impression. Your mobile business card is like a personalized, mobile-friendly website with key content about you and your organization. It's instantly accessible from any smartphone without an app. And it's a snap to share using QR codes and Microsoft Tag barcodes, NFC mobile wallet cards, Apple Passbook and special buttons and links. Vizibility's mobile identity management platform is integrated and resold by printers and web-to-print vendors which are seeking to offer valuable new features, generate new revenue streams and differentiate themselves from competitors. U.S. Patents 7,831,609, 7,987,173, 8,095,534, 8,271,650, 8,275,837 and 8,280,879. Other patents pending.

Localytics

Series A in 2011
Upland Localytics is a mobile app analytics and marketing platform that provides businesses with insights and tools to enhance mobile app acquisition, engagement, and retention. The platform serves over 6,000 applications across more than 2 billion devices, catering to a diverse range of companies, including Live Nation, HSN, Comcast, and The New York Times. In addition to its analytics capabilities, Localytics is also recognized as a mobile engagement platform for both mobile and web applications, helping organizations optimize user experiences and drive growth in the digital landscape.

Pixability

Angel Round in 2011
Pixability is a video advertising software company that specializes in optimizing complex campaigns across YouTube and Connected TV using data science. It offers a cloud-based platform that includes various features such as campaign management, channel management, and insights into industry trends and competitive environments. The company’s flagship product, PixabilityONE, is designed to enhance video advertising efforts by streamlining campaign creation, benchmarking, testing, and reporting. Additionally, Pixability provides BrandTrack, a solution that helps marketers measure brand performance on YouTube and adjust their strategies accordingly. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, Pixability has expanded its presence with offices in New York, San Francisco, Chicago, and London, serving a diverse clientele that includes media agencies, brands, and in-house marketing teams.

Bliss Health

Seed Round in 2011
Bliss Health offers care management services through a network of integrated medical, nursing, and home care services.

Peach

Seed Round in 2010
Peach Innovations, Inc. specializes in producing and selling women's apparel and lingerie, including tops, bottoms, dresses, jackets, bras, panties, sleepwear, and accessories. The company operates an online marketplace that features a diverse range of products designed for various aspects of women's lives, including athletic, work, and casual settings. Peach aims to enhance women's daily experiences through its contemporary fashion offerings and an engaging shopping experience facilitated by a network of stylists. Founded in 2000 and based in Waltham, Massachusetts, Peach Innovations, Inc. is committed to empowering women both personally and professionally. The company was previously known as Peach Underneath, Inc. before rebranding in 2018.

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.

Localytics

Seed Round in 2010
Upland Localytics is a mobile app analytics and marketing platform that provides businesses with insights and tools to enhance mobile app acquisition, engagement, and retention. The platform serves over 6,000 applications across more than 2 billion devices, catering to a diverse range of companies, including Live Nation, HSN, Comcast, and The New York Times. In addition to its analytics capabilities, Localytics is also recognized as a mobile engagement platform for both mobile and web applications, helping organizations optimize user experiences and drive growth in the digital landscape.

TruTouch Technologies

Venture Round in 2009
TruTouch Technologies, Inc. specializes in the development, manufacture, and marketing of noninvasive alcohol testing systems designed for various applications, including workplace safety, law enforcement, and medical diagnostics. The company's flagship product, the TruTouch biometric alcohol sensor, utilizes light to measure blood alcohol content while confirming the identity of the user through biometric verification. TruTouch Technologies offers solutions tailored for sectors such as energy, transportation, warehousing, and community safety. Founded in 2005, the company operates from Sudbury, Massachusetts, with a dedicated research and development center located in Riverside, California. The innovative technology aims to enhance safety and compliance by providing accurate and reliable alcohol testing without the need for invasive procedures.

Tetragenetics

Venture Round in 2009
Tetragenetics, Inc. is an early-stage biotechnology company meeting the needs of customers who seek a cost-effective alternative platform technology for the production of genetically engineered proteins. Their technology is particularly well suited to the production of eucaryotic membrane and secretory proteins that are difficult to express in conventional systems. Such proteins include vaccine antigens, monoclonal antibodies, and a variety of therapeutic proteins for the treatment and prevention of human and animal disease.

Daktari Diagnostics

Series A in 2009
Daktari Diagnostics, Inc., a healthcare solutions company, develops and provides portable point-of-care diagnostic platforms for disease management Worldwide. It offers Daktari Virology, a platform for HCV and HIV detection; Daktari InSight, a data management service that connects Daktari’s systems to its customers; and Daktari Sickle Cell, a solution that provides tests to identify infants with sickle cell disease from a drop of blood. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

EveryScape

Series B in 2008
EveryScape allows companies to create photo-realistic, 3D interpretations of real-world locations. The locations are then crossed with Google Maps, and users can navigate throughout the city and jump to famous or historical locations. Current locations include major US cities like New York, Boston, and Miami along with far-flung locations like Beijing.