Origin Ventures

Origin Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm founded in 1999, with offices in Chicago and Salt Lake City. The firm specializes in investing in high-growth software, online marketplace, and digital content businesses that are shaping the Digital Native Economy. Origin Ventures distinguishes itself with a strong track record, ranking in the top 5% of venture capital firms nationally based on realized performance. The firm typically invests between $500,000 and $4 million in Series A funding rounds for companies that have achieved product-market fit. In addition to individual investments, Origin Ventures has created the Origin Ventures Network, fostering collaboration and support among its portfolio companies. Notable exits from the firm's investments include Grubhub, BacklotCars, Ahalogy, and Teem.

Bruce N. Barron

Founding Partner

Jason Heltzer

Managing Partner

Brent Hill

Managing Partner

Devon Leichtman

Marketing and Community Manager

Alex Meyer

Managing Partner

Steven N. Miller

Founding Partner

Prashant Shukla

Partner

Jacquie Marshall Siegmund

Principal

Angela Smith

Investor

Scott Stern

Partner

104 past transactions

15Five

Series C in 2022
15Five, Inc. is a company that develops a cloud-based performance management platform aimed at enhancing employee engagement and performance. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in Raleigh and New York, 15Five offers a suite of tools that includes employee appreciation software, one-on-one meeting agendas, and a comprehensive 360° performance review system. The platform facilitates weekly check-ins for performance feedback, enables users to set objectives through OKRs, and allows for the collection of insights via polls and custom reports. With nearly 2,000 businesses globally utilizing its services, 15Five’s solutions are designed to help organizations foster high-performing teams by promoting regular communication, celebrating achievements, and providing constructive feedback to guide employee development.

Fountain

Series C in 2022
Fountain, Inc. operates a hiring platform designed to assist companies that rely on an hourly workforce in optimizing and expanding their recruitment processes globally. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company provides a mobile-first solution that facilitates data-driven hiring decisions and enhances candidate engagement. Its platform features automated scheduling and communication tools, including text and email reminders, which help reduce candidate drop-off rates. Fountain supports various industries, including retail, restaurants, gig economy, hospitality, grocery, manufacturing, and health and beauty. The platform is utilized by prominent companies worldwide to manage their employee hiring and contractor vetting needs efficiently, demonstrating its capability to scale operations in diverse markets.

Cloverleaf.me

Series A in 2022
Cloverleaf LLC operates a visualization and scenario-planning platform for team management. Its platform delivers assessments and measures impact by cross mapping a team's personality, skills, and culture; enables identity discovery and employee development; and provides customized career insights. The company’s platform is used agile practitioners, project managers, human resources, business coaches, job seekers, teams, enterprises, individuals, and sales teams. Cloverleaf LLC was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Covington, Kentucky.

Glimpse

Seed Round in 2022
Glimpse provides a platform for brands that want to increase their reach and drive sales by connecting them to short-term rental properties for product placement opportunities. The company's goal is to make the relationship between short-term rental hosts and online brands possible by letting short-term rental hosts browse multiple offers in one place, and accordingly an easier way for online brands to build relationships with hosts.

Salad

Series A in 2022
Salad Technologies, Inc. is a company that focuses on harnessing the idle computing power of high-end gaming PCs to mine cryptocurrency. Founded in 2018 and based in Salt Lake City, Utah, it offers a software application that transforms this idle time into rewards such as subscriptions, gift cards, downloadable content, and hardware. The platform operates on a decentralized infrastructure, allowing it to provide a cost-effective alternative to traditional cloud services by reselling computational resources to various sectors, including Web3 crypto networks, AI research, and high-performance computing. Additionally, Salad Technologies has developed a payment gateway, SaladPay, which facilitates transactions for goods purchased with Salad Credit from its store.

ShopThing

Series A in 2022
shopthing is an online selling and retail company, they use the way people shopping in online and sell through live video commerce. they sell products like dresses, shoes, books, and handbags. live online selling provides the customer to book orders on call and message. Customers can buy and return their products through their apps.also, customers can open a new stores on their own, if they enroll on the company websites.

Veho

Series B in 2022
Veho Tech, Inc. is a parcel delivery service aimed at e-commerce retailers, providing end-to-end transportation solutions. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, the company utilizes advanced technology and a crowdsourced model for final-mile delivery. Veho has developed a mobile application that allows users to monitor, track, and check the status of their packages, enhancing the delivery experience for both retailers and customers. By enabling individuals with cars to participate in the delivery process, Veho creates a flexible and efficient logistics network.

Veho

Series A in 2021
Veho Tech, Inc. is a parcel delivery service aimed at e-commerce retailers, providing end-to-end transportation solutions. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, the company utilizes advanced technology and a crowdsourced model for final-mile delivery. Veho has developed a mobile application that allows users to monitor, track, and check the status of their packages, enhancing the delivery experience for both retailers and customers. By enabling individuals with cars to participate in the delivery process, Veho creates a flexible and efficient logistics network.

Carketa

Seed Round in 2021
Carketa, Inc. is a technology company based in Pleasant Grove, Utah, founded in 2019. It offers a pre-purchased car inspection platform that facilitates the buying process for used vehicles. The platform provides comprehensive auto inspections, including a history report, mechanical assessments, and vehicle value guidance, aimed at enhancing buyer confidence. Additionally, Carketa develops an inventory management system tailored for used car dealerships, featuring tools for document management, customizable inspection templates, and decision intelligence. This system is designed to improve turnaround times and profitability by enhancing inventory visibility and streamlining operations from vehicle acquisition to sale. Overall, Carketa aims to create better connections between car buyers and dealerships, making the used car purchasing experience more efficient and reliable.

Fountain

Series C in 2021
Fountain, Inc. operates a hiring platform designed to assist companies that rely on an hourly workforce in optimizing and expanding their recruitment processes globally. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company provides a mobile-first solution that facilitates data-driven hiring decisions and enhances candidate engagement. Its platform features automated scheduling and communication tools, including text and email reminders, which help reduce candidate drop-off rates. Fountain supports various industries, including retail, restaurants, gig economy, hospitality, grocery, manufacturing, and health and beauty. The platform is utilized by prominent companies worldwide to manage their employee hiring and contractor vetting needs efficiently, demonstrating its capability to scale operations in diverse markets.

Prisidio

Seed Round in 2021
Prisidio is a life organizer that allows you to securely store, organize, manage, and share key documents and information with your family and trusted advisors. With Prisidio, it’s easy to keep your affairs in order and yourself prepared for whatever may happen in life.

Anthill

Seed Round in 2021
Anthill AI is a software company that offers personal and actionable workforce development. The company was founded by Muriel Clauson and Young-Jae Kim and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

Lumanu

Series A in 2021
Lumanu, Inc. is a digital marketing platform that connects companies with brand ambassadors, focusing on the creator economy. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Oakland, California, with an additional office in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Lumanu offers several solutions to facilitate collaboration between brands and creators. Its SocialCert solution enables influencers to share content and usage rights with marketers, while Content Manager allows for easy ingestion of influencer content. SmartBoost generates advertisements using influencer-created content, enhancing marketing effectiveness. Lumanu streamlines business transactions and payments for creators, ensuring they earn more and receive payments promptly. For businesses, the platform reduces friction in accessing exclusive creator intellectual property and first-party data, ultimately improving return on investment.

Burq

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Burq is a delivery management platform that connects businesses with multiple on-demand delivery providers through a single integration. The platform enables clients to offer commission-free, same-day delivery options to their customers, enhancing their service offerings. By providing access to a network of leading delivery services, Burq allows businesses to present various delivery choices, empowering customers to select the option that best meets their needs. This approach streamlines the logistics process for companies seeking efficient and flexible delivery solutions.

SoleSavy

Series A in 2021
SoleSavy is building the next generation of paid communities and marketplace. Our mission is to make collecting sneakers accessible and bring like-minded communities together.

SoleSavy

Series A in 2021
SoleSavy is building the next generation of paid communities and marketplace. Our mission is to make collecting sneakers accessible and bring like-minded communities together.

Vivrelle

Series A in 2021
Vivrelle is a membership club that provides access to a shared closet of designer handbags, jewelry, and diamonds for a monthly membership fee.

Cameo

Series C in 2021
Cameo is a marketplace that allows fans to book personalized video shoutouts from a wide array of talent, including celebrities and influencers. The platform aims to provide authentic and personalized fan experiences, offering users the opportunity to connect with their favorite personalities through custom video messages. With partnerships spanning various verticals, Cameo has established itself as a prominent player in the entertainment industry. The company is based in Chicago and is part of the city's vibrant technology and startup community.

Idelic

Series B in 2021
Idelic is a software enterprise solutions provider for transportation fleets. It is born from the trucking industry and infused with modern innovation and entrepreneurship. It was founded in 2016 and is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Tovala

Series C in 2021
Tovala, operating as Maestro Food Co., is a Chicago-based company that specializes in a unique cooking appliance known as the Smart Oven, which uses steam-based M-pots technology for meal preparation. Founded in 2015, Tovala combines its innovative countertop oven with a meal kit subscription service that provides pre-prepared meals crafted by gourmet chefs. Users can easily cook these meals by scanning barcodes, streamlining the process of preparing healthy, home-cooked dinners. In addition to the oven and meal delivery service, Tovala also offers an application that provides various recipes, enhancing the cooking experience for its users.

Prisidio

Seed Round in 2021
Prisidio is a life organizer that allows you to securely store, organize, manage, and share key documents and information with your family and trusted advisors. With Prisidio, it’s easy to keep your affairs in order and yourself prepared for whatever may happen in life.

Anthill

Seed Round in 2021
Anthill AI is a software company that offers personal and actionable workforce development. The company was founded by Muriel Clauson and Young-Jae Kim and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

Tracer

Series C in 2021
AppDetex is a developer of a brand protection platform used to monitor verticals, identify violators, and enforce property violations. Founded by longtime brand protection industry experts in 2012, AppDetex fights online brand infringement, fraud, and piracy. They focus and develop best-in-class technologies and methodologies that expose and enable takedowns of the many egregious and often criminal activities found online today while supporting our global customers with personal and expert service. It was founded in 2012 and headquartered in Boise, Idaho.

Blackcart

Series A in 2021
BlackCart is a Canadian company founded in 2017, headquartered in Toronto. It has developed a shopping application that enhances the online retail experience by allowing customers to select clothing from various stores and have them shipped to their homes for trial. This innovative approach enables users to try on items before making a purchase, as they only pay for the items they decide to keep. By streamlining the checkout process and improving customer experience, BlackCart aims to increase conversion rates and average order values for retailers.

Glimpse

Seed Round in 2020
Glimpse provides a platform for brands that want to increase their reach and drive sales by connecting them to short-term rental properties for product placement opportunities. The company's goal is to make the relationship between short-term rental hosts and online brands possible by letting short-term rental hosts browse multiple offers in one place, and accordingly an easier way for online brands to build relationships with hosts.

Blueboard

Series A in 2020
BLUEBOARD INC. develops employee recognition and incentives platform for workplace. The company’s platform enables its clients to redeem rewards, experiences, and offerings that are offered to them by their employers. Its platform enables employees to redeem for experiential rewards offered by managers of technology startups and other companies. Additionally, it also develops a mobile application for clients to send rewards to their employees. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Mighty Labs

Seed Round in 2020
Mighty translates detailed individual workflows from the tools people use into automated, dynamic team timelines that anyone can follow to see where teams are focused and that managers can use to easily maintain alignment, keep leadership informed, and spot opportunities for recognition and coaching. It automatically builds directly from workflows in tools such as Jira, Asana, and Slack to help lead teams, coach people, and keep everyone informed.

Tovala

Series B in 2020
Tovala, operating as Maestro Food Co., is a Chicago-based company that specializes in a unique cooking appliance known as the Smart Oven, which uses steam-based M-pots technology for meal preparation. Founded in 2015, Tovala combines its innovative countertop oven with a meal kit subscription service that provides pre-prepared meals crafted by gourmet chefs. Users can easily cook these meals by scanning barcodes, streamlining the process of preparing healthy, home-cooked dinners. In addition to the oven and meal delivery service, Tovala also offers an application that provides various recipes, enhancing the cooking experience for its users.

Tock

Series C in 2020
Tock, Inc. operates a comprehensive platform designed for managing reservations, guest interactions, and table logistics for restaurants, wineries, and pop-up venues worldwide. Established in 2014 and based in Chicago, Illinois, Tock provides a multifaceted system that allows users to manage reservations, delivery, and event planning while capturing essential guest information to develop targeted marketing strategies. The platform includes features such as automated waitlists, text confirmations, and customizable booking options like wine pairings and cookbooks. Additionally, Tock integrates with various reservation systems and marketing tools, enabling seamless connections with social media platforms like Google, Facebook, and Instagram. This service is tailored for hospitality businesses of all sizes, facilitating efficient management of bookings and operational reporting.

Everee

Series A in 2020
Everee, Inc. is a software as a service (SaaS) company that specializes in payroll solutions for small and medium-sized businesses. Founded in 2018 and based in Salt Lake City, Utah, Everee offers a range of features designed to enhance the payroll experience, including its signature Pay Your Way service, which provides employees with flexible payment options and the ability to choose their pay frequency. Additionally, the Pay On Demand feature allows employees to access their earned wages whenever needed, without incurring extra costs. The platform includes essential tools such as an embedded time clock, a mobile application, automated payroll processing, and simplified manager verifications to minimize errors. Overall, Everee aims to streamline payroll management while offering innovative solutions to meet the diverse needs of its clients.

Pronto

Series B in 2019
Pronto is a communication platform that facilitates real-time connections for individuals and organizations through chat and video messaging. It serves as a comprehensive hub for everyday users, enabling schools and businesses to engage effectively. The platform allows for one-to-one conversations and group interactions, supporting both educational and corporate environments. By providing tools for information sharing and communication, Pronto enhances learning experiences in classrooms and improves collaboration in the workplace, catering to the needs of various users across different sectors.

Idelic

Series A in 2019
Idelic is a software enterprise solutions provider for transportation fleets. It is born from the trucking industry and infused with modern innovation and entrepreneurship. It was founded in 2016 and is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Voxpopme

Series A in 2019
Voxpopme is the world’s #1 video insight solution. We help customers build great brands, products, and experiences by connecting with consumers through real-time video feedback. The Voxpopme platform is where the action happens. Our best-in-class technology is intuitive, secure, and makes video infinitely scalable. We help market research and customer experience professionals capture customer-recorded videos at speed, analyze at scale, and share with ease - powering great decisions and customer-closeness. With Voxpopme, every data point used to make decisions can be backed up by the real human story.

15Five

Series B in 2019
15Five, Inc. is a company that develops a cloud-based performance management platform aimed at enhancing employee engagement and performance. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in Raleigh and New York, 15Five offers a suite of tools that includes employee appreciation software, one-on-one meeting agendas, and a comprehensive 360° performance review system. The platform facilitates weekly check-ins for performance feedback, enables users to set objectives through OKRs, and allows for the collection of insights via polls and custom reports. With nearly 2,000 businesses globally utilizing its services, 15Five’s solutions are designed to help organizations foster high-performing teams by promoting regular communication, celebrating achievements, and providing constructive feedback to guide employee development.

Outlogic

Series A in 2019
Outlogic operates an online location platform that develops a comprehensive map of individual movements to address various real-world needs. The company's offerings include a location data collection technology, safety applications such as Drunk Mode for social connectivity, fitness apps like Burn, and tools for real-time family location sharing through PlanC. Outlogic is committed to enhancing accuracy and transparency in location data, creating the largest privacy-conscious location data panel. This initiative supports diverse industries including advertising, market research, real estate, and security. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Outlogic aims to foster innovation with high-quality location data while promoting a more efficient and sustainable world through its initiatives.

BacklotCars

Series B in 2019
BacklotCars is an online marketplace that simplifies wholesale automotive transactions for auto dealers, finance companies, and rental car businesses. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, the platform eliminates the need for physical auctions by offering a seamless, end-to-end solution that includes vehicle inspections, transportation, and inventory finance services. It operates a 24/7 bid-ask marketplace, allowing users to engage in transactions in real time. By addressing common challenges associated with online vehicle sales, such as the need for certified inspections, BacklotCars enhances the selling and buying experience. The service is utilized by dealers across 46 states, promoting transparency and efficiency in the wholesale automotive market.

Tracer

Series B in 2019
AppDetex is a developer of a brand protection platform used to monitor verticals, identify violators, and enforce property violations. Founded by longtime brand protection industry experts in 2012, AppDetex fights online brand infringement, fraud, and piracy. They focus and develop best-in-class technologies and methodologies that expose and enable takedowns of the many egregious and often criminal activities found online today while supporting our global customers with personal and expert service. It was founded in 2012 and headquartered in Boise, Idaho.

Trala

Seed Round in 2018
Trala, Inc. develops a violin teaching application for students and teachers. It offers Trala, an application that enables students to get instant feedback on mistakes, view tutorial videos, learn daily lessons, chat with a teacher, learn songs, and practice journals. The company’s application also enables teachers to list of pieces practiced, measure information on students' progress, snapshot practice activities, and give feedback to students. Trala, Inc. was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

BacklotCars

Series A in 2018
BacklotCars is an online marketplace that simplifies wholesale automotive transactions for auto dealers, finance companies, and rental car businesses. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, the platform eliminates the need for physical auctions by offering a seamless, end-to-end solution that includes vehicle inspections, transportation, and inventory finance services. It operates a 24/7 bid-ask marketplace, allowing users to engage in transactions in real time. By addressing common challenges associated with online vehicle sales, such as the need for certified inspections, BacklotCars enhances the selling and buying experience. The service is utilized by dealers across 46 states, promoting transparency and efficiency in the wholesale automotive market.

15Five

Series A in 2018
15Five, Inc. is a company that develops a cloud-based performance management platform aimed at enhancing employee engagement and performance. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in San Francisco, with additional offices in Raleigh and New York, 15Five offers a suite of tools that includes employee appreciation software, one-on-one meeting agendas, and a comprehensive 360° performance review system. The platform facilitates weekly check-ins for performance feedback, enables users to set objectives through OKRs, and allows for the collection of insights via polls and custom reports. With nearly 2,000 businesses globally utilizing its services, 15Five’s solutions are designed to help organizations foster high-performing teams by promoting regular communication, celebrating achievements, and providing constructive feedback to guide employee development.

Tock

Series B in 2018
Tock, Inc. operates a comprehensive platform designed for managing reservations, guest interactions, and table logistics for restaurants, wineries, and pop-up venues worldwide. Established in 2014 and based in Chicago, Illinois, Tock provides a multifaceted system that allows users to manage reservations, delivery, and event planning while capturing essential guest information to develop targeted marketing strategies. The platform includes features such as automated waitlists, text confirmations, and customizable booking options like wine pairings and cookbooks. Additionally, Tock integrates with various reservation systems and marketing tools, enabling seamless connections with social media platforms like Google, Facebook, and Instagram. This service is tailored for hospitality businesses of all sizes, facilitating efficient management of bookings and operational reporting.

Cameo

Series A in 2018
Cameo is a marketplace that allows fans to book personalized video shoutouts from a wide array of talent, including celebrities and influencers. The platform aims to provide authentic and personalized fan experiences, offering users the opportunity to connect with their favorite personalities through custom video messages. With partnerships spanning various verticals, Cameo has established itself as a prominent player in the entertainment industry. The company is based in Chicago and is part of the city's vibrant technology and startup community.

Wove

Series A in 2018
Wove Technologies, Inc. specializes in developing customized software solutions that facilitate inter-brand collaboration, enabling companies to build new customer bases through partnerships. Founded in 2014 and based in San Francisco, Wove aims to create the largest network for marketing partnerships, allowing trusted brands to connect with each other's loyal customers while ensuring consumer privacy is upheld. With support from investors such as August Capital, Partech, and Origin Ventures, Wove empowers brands to enhance their marketing strategies by leveraging the data and resources of other brands. The company operates as a subsidiary of Samba TV.

Apptentive

Series B in 2018
Apptentive, Inc. develops a mobile customer engagement software/customer feedback and analytics platform that helps companies to listen to, engage with, and retain their customers. Its software gives brands a way to identify who to talk to, engage user segments, and mobilize customers to take action through in-app messages, surveys, ratings prompts, notes, and analytics. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

Cameo

Seed Round in 2018
Cameo is a marketplace that allows fans to book personalized video shoutouts from a wide array of talent, including celebrities and influencers. The platform aims to provide authentic and personalized fan experiences, offering users the opportunity to connect with their favorite personalities through custom video messages. With partnerships spanning various verticals, Cameo has established itself as a prominent player in the entertainment industry. The company is based in Chicago and is part of the city's vibrant technology and startup community.

Tovala

Series A in 2017
Tovala, operating as Maestro Food Co., is a Chicago-based company that specializes in a unique cooking appliance known as the Smart Oven, which uses steam-based M-pots technology for meal preparation. Founded in 2015, Tovala combines its innovative countertop oven with a meal kit subscription service that provides pre-prepared meals crafted by gourmet chefs. Users can easily cook these meals by scanning barcodes, streamlining the process of preparing healthy, home-cooked dinners. In addition to the oven and meal delivery service, Tovala also offers an application that provides various recipes, enhancing the cooking experience for its users.

DirectScale

Series B in 2017
DirectScale, Inc. offers software as a service (SaaS) platform for direct sales organizations to manage complex corporate functions, such as sales and commission tracking, data analysis and reporting, downline management and messaging, training, Web portal and e-commerce management, and other field rep administrative tools. The company was formerly known as Virtuoso Branding, LLC. DirectScale, Inc. was founded in 2013 and is based in Lindon, Utah.

ViralGains

Series B in 2017
ViralGains, Inc. operates a video marketing platform that assists advertising agencies and brands in effectively reaching their target audiences. The platform enhances consumer engagement by distributing video content across various digital destinations, including blogs, social games, and social news, while also leveraging influencers. By facilitating a two-way conversation, it enables marketers to understand consumer preferences and emotions, allowing them to create tailored brand journeys that resonate with potential customers. This approach aims to generate awareness, influence intent, and ultimately impact purchasing decisions. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, ViralGains has expanded its presence with regional offices in several major cities, including Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York.

Gamer Sensei

Series A in 2017
Gamer Sensei is the first mastery platform for competitive gamers who want to win more. Through its patent pending technology that connects players with the world’s largest collection of professional, certified sensei across all major eSports titles, the company provides personalized coaching and skills development to help all gamers reach their next level.

Fountain

Series A in 2017
Fountain, Inc. operates a hiring platform designed to assist companies that rely on an hourly workforce in optimizing and expanding their recruitment processes globally. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company provides a mobile-first solution that facilitates data-driven hiring decisions and enhances candidate engagement. Its platform features automated scheduling and communication tools, including text and email reminders, which help reduce candidate drop-off rates. Fountain supports various industries, including retail, restaurants, gig economy, hospitality, grocery, manufacturing, and health and beauty. The platform is utilized by prominent companies worldwide to manage their employee hiring and contractor vetting needs efficiently, demonstrating its capability to scale operations in diverse markets.

Atavium

Series A in 2017
Atavium, Inc. is a data management company based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, founded in 2015. It specializes in designing and developing a platform that organizes, automates, manages, and stores unstructured data sets, whether they reside in data centers or the cloud. The company's innovative system enables customers to automate the data lifecycle, even before data creation, addressing the growing challenges associated with unstructured data. The leadership team at Atavium comprises experienced professionals from the storage and networking sectors, with a proven track record of delivering impactful solutions that have been acquired by major technology firms. As of April 2020, Atavium operates as a subsidiary of Quantum Corporation.

Tracer

Venture Round in 2017
AppDetex is a developer of a brand protection platform used to monitor verticals, identify violators, and enforce property violations. Founded by longtime brand protection industry experts in 2012, AppDetex fights online brand infringement, fraud, and piracy. They focus and develop best-in-class technologies and methodologies that expose and enable takedowns of the many egregious and often criminal activities found online today while supporting our global customers with personal and expert service. It was founded in 2012 and headquartered in Boise, Idaho.

Kidizen

Series A in 2017
Kidizen, Inc. operates a resale marketplace that allows parents to buy and sell pre-loved clothing, gear, toys, accessories, and more for kids in the United States. Its community marketplace provides a storefront for moms to create run, earn money, and find the styles for their kids; connects moms with other moms through shared experiences and a shared sense of style; and allows moms to express themselves and go through motherhood together. The company also offers an iOS and Android application that enables users to connect, converse, buy, and sell kids' brands, as well as share brand passion and love of style. It offers products for girls, boys, toddlers, and babies. The company was formerly known as Itizen, LLC and changed its name to Kidizen, Inc. in May 2014. Kidizen, Inc. was founded in 2010 and is based in Minneapolis, Minnesota.

Curiosity

Series A in 2017
Why do people sneeze in sunlight? Why is a black hole called a "singularity"? Why aren't fish electrocuted when lightning hits the water? Curiosity answers the questions you never knew to ask, and digs into the things you've always wondered about. The company spun out of Discovery in 2014 and today reaches an audience of 70 million a month globally through a website, iOS and Android app, weekly podcast, daily email, Chrome extension, and Amazon Alexa skill. With five new stories on a variety of topics every day (plus thousands more to discover), it helps people have fun learning about everything from the scientific and relatable to the awe-inspiring and downright weird. Count on Curiosity to explain even the densest subjects in a way that's entertaining, witty, and easy to understand.

Bound

Series A in 2016
Bound provides a website personalization platform that delivers powerful insights by combining data on known and anonymous web visitors. It is an audience profiling, segmentation, and personalization solution. The platform delivers powerful insights by combining data on known and anonymous audiences, leveraging over 30 data partners including LinkedIn and Bombora. It was founded in 2011 and headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Apptentive

Series A in 2016
Apptentive, Inc. develops a mobile customer engagement software/customer feedback and analytics platform that helps companies to listen to, engage with, and retain their customers. Its software gives brands a way to identify who to talk to, engage user segments, and mobilize customers to take action through in-app messages, surveys, ratings prompts, notes, and analytics. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

Tovala

Seed Round in 2016
Tovala, operating as Maestro Food Co., is a Chicago-based company that specializes in a unique cooking appliance known as the Smart Oven, which uses steam-based M-pots technology for meal preparation. Founded in 2015, Tovala combines its innovative countertop oven with a meal kit subscription service that provides pre-prepared meals crafted by gourmet chefs. Users can easily cook these meals by scanning barcodes, streamlining the process of preparing healthy, home-cooked dinners. In addition to the oven and meal delivery service, Tovala also offers an application that provides various recipes, enhancing the cooking experience for its users.

Tock

Series A in 2016
Tock, Inc. operates a comprehensive platform designed for managing reservations, guest interactions, and table logistics for restaurants, wineries, and pop-up venues worldwide. Established in 2014 and based in Chicago, Illinois, Tock provides a multifaceted system that allows users to manage reservations, delivery, and event planning while capturing essential guest information to develop targeted marketing strategies. The platform includes features such as automated waitlists, text confirmations, and customizable booking options like wine pairings and cookbooks. Additionally, Tock integrates with various reservation systems and marketing tools, enabling seamless connections with social media platforms like Google, Facebook, and Instagram. This service is tailored for hospitality businesses of all sizes, facilitating efficient management of bookings and operational reporting.

TransparentCareer

Seed Round in 2016
TransparentCareer is building the next-generation career management platform for job seekers and employers. We are collecting the most robust compensation and career path dataset in existence to help professionals and students understand their fair pay and plan their careers. Our data enables us to provide compensation and career insights that are 1) personalized based on users’ backgrounds and 2) longitudinal, allowing users to visualize how one choice might impact their career path over time. No other product accomplishes these goals. Check it out at www.transparentcareer.com

Teem, LLC

Series B in 2016
Teem, LLC is a software-as-a-service company based in Salt Lake City, Utah, specializing in meeting management and collaboration solutions. Founded in 2010 and formerly known as EventBoard, Inc., the company provides a cloud-based platform that includes tools for conference room scheduling, workspace management, visitor management, and analytics on space utilization. Teem's offerings help organizations enhance efficiency and optimize their work environments, catering to notable clients such as Stripe, Hawaiian Airlines, and Disney. The platform features visually appealing conference room displays and integrates seamlessly with popular calendar systems like Google Apps and Microsoft Exchange. Teem has established strategic partnerships with companies including Apple and Aruba Networks, and as of January 2020, operates as a subsidiary of iOFFICE, Inc.

Riviter

Pre Seed Round in 2016
Riviter, Inc., founded in 2015 and based in Chicago, Illinois, specializes in visual search technology that leverages image recognition to connect products in images with items in retailers' inventories. The company's innovative visual search algorithm helps brands anticipate consumer demand by analyzing social images and videos, enabling more effective online shopping experiences. By addressing issues such as stockouts and irrelevant product suggestions, Riviter’s tools allow retailers to enhance their offerings and drive sales, ultimately increasing revenue by aligning product recommendations with customer preferences.

Windsor Circle

Series B in 2016
As of January 3, 2019, Windsor Circle, Inc. was acquired by WhatCounts, Inc. Windsor Circle, Inc. provides Software-as-a-Service customer retention software for the retail industry worldwide. The company offers a Software-as-a-Service marketing automation platform for retailers to drive customer loyalty, retention, and revenue through their marketing campaigns. It provides personalized, automated, and segmented data-driven campaigns including, lifecycle marketing, loyalty and retention, product recommendations, product replenishment, cart recovery, and browse abandonment and more; and predictive marketing services. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Durham, North Carolina.

Tovala

Pre Seed Round in 2016
Tovala, operating as Maestro Food Co., is a Chicago-based company that specializes in a unique cooking appliance known as the Smart Oven, which uses steam-based M-pots technology for meal preparation. Founded in 2015, Tovala combines its innovative countertop oven with a meal kit subscription service that provides pre-prepared meals crafted by gourmet chefs. Users can easily cook these meals by scanning barcodes, streamlining the process of preparing healthy, home-cooked dinners. In addition to the oven and meal delivery service, Tovala also offers an application that provides various recipes, enhancing the cooking experience for its users.

Teem, LLC

Series A in 2015
Teem, LLC is a software-as-a-service company based in Salt Lake City, Utah, specializing in meeting management and collaboration solutions. Founded in 2010 and formerly known as EventBoard, Inc., the company provides a cloud-based platform that includes tools for conference room scheduling, workspace management, visitor management, and analytics on space utilization. Teem's offerings help organizations enhance efficiency and optimize their work environments, catering to notable clients such as Stripe, Hawaiian Airlines, and Disney. The platform features visually appealing conference room displays and integrates seamlessly with popular calendar systems like Google Apps and Microsoft Exchange. Teem has established strategic partnerships with companies including Apple and Aruba Networks, and as of January 2020, operates as a subsidiary of iOFFICE, Inc.

Avant

Series E in 2015
Avant, LLC is an online marketplace lending platform that provides consumers access to personal loans for various purposes, including debt consolidation, medical expenses, and vacations. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, with additional offices in Los Angeles and London, the company collaborates with banks and financial institutions to enhance its offerings. Utilizing big data and machine-learning algorithms, Avant delivers a tailored approach to streamline credit options for its users. In addition to serving individual consumers in the United States and the United Kingdom, Avant operates an institutional marketplace that allows investors to purchase loans generated through its technology platform. The company also focuses on risk and fraud verification, credit policy adherence, and analytics to support its lending processes.

Bound

Series A in 2015
Bound provides a website personalization platform that delivers powerful insights by combining data on known and anonymous web visitors. It is an audience profiling, segmentation, and personalization solution. The platform delivers powerful insights by combining data on known and anonymous audiences, leveraging over 30 data partners including LinkedIn and Bombora. It was founded in 2011 and headquartered in Austin, Texas.

MyAlerts

Series A in 2015
MyAlerts (formerly TrackIf) is a Customer Engagement Platform that allows site users to subscribe to personal alerts on nearly any page of their website based on changes or trigger events that they want. This provides customer-driven marketing that performs 5x to 10x better than mass marketing online. They work with some of the top retailers, travel, classifieds, and news sites to help drive their users back 5x to 10x more by letting them self-personalize the updates they want on their sites, such as price alerts, new item alerts, product availability alerts, review alerts, customer support alerts, and more. Instead of investing millions into personalization technology, MyAlerts is a cloud-based solution that let's sites turn on user-personalized alerting nearly instantly with dramatic results. Similar to how DVR's changed TV viewing by allowing users to "tune in" to what they want, when they want, MyAlerts allows your users to do the same thing which drives 100% relevant updates to them which will increase repeat visits and give you visibility to your users demand and future purchase intent.

Whittl

Series A in 2015
Whittl allows consumers to compare prices for local services such as child care, guitar classes, housekeeping, dog grooming, and others. Whittl (formerly MyServista) empowers consumers to share and compare prices for 100s of local services. For the first time, people can compare prices for services just as easily as they can for airline tickets and TVs.

Ahalogy

Series B in 2015
Ahalogy is the Passion to Purchase Platform™. Brands and agencies tap into Ahalogy to grow users and use occasions by connecting with their consumers’ interests. We deliver proven ROI through our category trend data, authentic influencer content, and social optimization technology. Ahalogy is an official Pinterest Marketing Partner, and works with other leading social networks. Ahalogy is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH, the global capital of brand marketing, with additional offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.

Persio

Series A in 2015
Persio’s multi-channel marketing and decision platform put the power of personalization into marketers’ hands. Built to meet the needs of retailers, Persio connects marketers’ existing data sources, technology solutions, deployment channels, and identity resolution services into a single, interoperable interface so that marketers can deploy data-driven and personalized campaigns across web, email, SMS, mobile apps and other sales channels to reach customers with relevant offers at their most responsive point.

Bottlenose

Series B in 2015
Bottlenose, Inc. is a business intelligence software company specializing in real-time data analysis to identify threats and opportunities for enterprises. Its primary product, Nerve Center, is a SaaS solution designed for enterprise analysts and strategists, enabling them to monitor various aspects of their business, including brand reputation, consumer insights, competitive intelligence, and crisis response. By automating processes such as machine learning, data mining, and predictive analytics, Bottlenose allows clients to focus on extracting valuable insights rather than managing data. The platform identifies patterns and trends within large volumes of rapidly changing information, facilitating comprehensive business awareness. Founded in 2010, Bottlenose is based in San Francisco, California, with additional offices in Los Angeles and New York City, and caters primarily to Fortune 100 companies.

Curiosity

Series A in 2014
Why do people sneeze in sunlight? Why is a black hole called a "singularity"? Why aren't fish electrocuted when lightning hits the water? Curiosity answers the questions you never knew to ask, and digs into the things you've always wondered about. The company spun out of Discovery in 2014 and today reaches an audience of 70 million a month globally through a website, iOS and Android app, weekly podcast, daily email, Chrome extension, and Amazon Alexa skill. With five new stories on a variety of topics every day (plus thousands more to discover), it helps people have fun learning about everything from the scientific and relatable to the awe-inspiring and downright weird. Count on Curiosity to explain even the densest subjects in a way that's entertaining, witty, and easy to understand.

Rivet

Venture Round in 2014
Rivet Radio, Inc. is a Chicago-based company that creates and distributes audio news and feature stories on a global scale. It offers a range of products, including business podcasts, national and international news, corporate reports, and training materials for employee communications and compliance. Rivet provides an API that allows businesses to access and integrate its audio content into their own distribution channels, enhancing their communication strategies. Additionally, the company produces custom branded audio content for corporate websites and offers a mobile app that delivers personalized audio news. Founded in 2012 and originally known as HearHere Radio, Rivet has established itself as a notable player in the audio news industry, providing services that cater to both individual consumers and enterprise clients.

Apptentive

Series A in 2014
Apptentive, Inc. develops a mobile customer engagement software/customer feedback and analytics platform that helps companies to listen to, engage with, and retain their customers. Its software gives brands a way to identify who to talk to, engage user segments, and mobilize customers to take action through in-app messages, surveys, ratings prompts, notes, and analytics. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

Windsor Circle

Series B in 2014
As of January 3, 2019, Windsor Circle, Inc. was acquired by WhatCounts, Inc. Windsor Circle, Inc. provides Software-as-a-Service customer retention software for the retail industry worldwide. The company offers a Software-as-a-Service marketing automation platform for retailers to drive customer loyalty, retention, and revenue through their marketing campaigns. It provides personalized, automated, and segmented data-driven campaigns including, lifecycle marketing, loyalty and retention, product recommendations, product replenishment, cart recovery, and browse abandonment and more; and predictive marketing services. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Durham, North Carolina.

DialogTech

Series E in 2014
DialogTech provides actionable marketing analytics for businesses that value inbound phone calls. Consistently recognized as the leader and pioneer in call analytics and optimization, DialogTech is the trusted voice management platform for Fortune 500 brands, agencies, and fast-growing companies. From call attribution to conversation analytics to caller experience optimization, only DialogTech has everything marketers need to drive more of the conversations that drive revenue.

Ahalogy

Series A in 2014
Ahalogy is the Passion to Purchase Platform™. Brands and agencies tap into Ahalogy to grow users and use occasions by connecting with their consumers’ interests. We deliver proven ROI through our category trend data, authentic influencer content, and social optimization technology. Ahalogy is an official Pinterest Marketing Partner, and works with other leading social networks. Ahalogy is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH, the global capital of brand marketing, with additional offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.

Bottlenose

Venture Round in 2014
Bottlenose, Inc. is a business intelligence software company specializing in real-time data analysis to identify threats and opportunities for enterprises. Its primary product, Nerve Center, is a SaaS solution designed for enterprise analysts and strategists, enabling them to monitor various aspects of their business, including brand reputation, consumer insights, competitive intelligence, and crisis response. By automating processes such as machine learning, data mining, and predictive analytics, Bottlenose allows clients to focus on extracting valuable insights rather than managing data. The platform identifies patterns and trends within large volumes of rapidly changing information, facilitating comprehensive business awareness. Founded in 2010, Bottlenose is based in San Francisco, California, with additional offices in Los Angeles and New York City, and caters primarily to Fortune 100 companies.

DialogTech

Series D in 2014
DialogTech provides actionable marketing analytics for businesses that value inbound phone calls. Consistently recognized as the leader and pioneer in call analytics and optimization, DialogTech is the trusted voice management platform for Fortune 500 brands, agencies, and fast-growing companies. From call attribution to conversation analytics to caller experience optimization, only DialogTech has everything marketers need to drive more of the conversations that drive revenue.

Ahalogy

Series A in 2013
Ahalogy is the Passion to Purchase Platform™. Brands and agencies tap into Ahalogy to grow users and use occasions by connecting with their consumers’ interests. We deliver proven ROI through our category trend data, authentic influencer content, and social optimization technology. Ahalogy is an official Pinterest Marketing Partner, and works with other leading social networks. Ahalogy is headquartered in Cincinnati, OH, the global capital of brand marketing, with additional offices in New York, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.

Persio

Series A in 2013
Persio’s multi-channel marketing and decision platform put the power of personalization into marketers’ hands. Built to meet the needs of retailers, Persio connects marketers’ existing data sources, technology solutions, deployment channels, and identity resolution services into a single, interoperable interface so that marketers can deploy data-driven and personalized campaigns across web, email, SMS, mobile apps and other sales channels to reach customers with relevant offers at their most responsive point.

doggyloot

Series A in 2013
[doggyloot](http://www.doggyloot.com) is the top flash sales site for dogs and dog owners that offers discounts on dog-related products to members nationwide. doggyloot offers several new deals on products each day, including dog toys, treats, chews, accessories and more, at 25 to 75 percent off retail price and with free shipping. doggyloot aims to introduce members to new, unique, and high-quality products for their dogs, while offering them at a discounted price. In September 2011, doggyloot launched an online content community for dog owners called [doggywoof](http://woof.doggyloot.com). The site posts articles and responds to questions on dog training, health, DIYs and recipes, and more, including posts from certified veterinarians and trainers. doggyloot was founded in December 2010 by Ryan Schoop, Nick Rosa, and Millie Tadewaldt. In May 2012, the team welcomed Jeff Eckerling as CEO.

Aisle50

Series A in 2013
Aisle50 sells offers grocery deals that are bought on the Web and redeemed at traditional grocery stores. The Aisle50 program usually works with retailers' loyalty card systems, although a loyalty card isn't necessary for a retailer to participate. What Aisle50 does for different parties: Food Manufacturers: Get 40% lift, 50%+ incrementality and pay-for-performance marketing. Retailers: Get thousands of extra trips and 24% bigger baskets. Consumers: Get bigger grocery deals than can be found elsewhere

Whittl

Venture Round in 2013
Whittl allows consumers to compare prices for local services such as child care, guitar classes, housekeeping, dog grooming, and others. Whittl (formerly MyServista) empowers consumers to share and compare prices for 100s of local services. For the first time, people can compare prices for services just as easily as they can for airline tickets and TVs.

Pangea Money Transfer

Seed Round in 2013
Pangea Money Transfer is an award-winning mobile-centric money transfer platform that allows on-the-go users to send money from the U.S. to 15 countries across Latin America and Asia in less than 30 seconds -- all for a low flat fee. Receivers can collect the cash at thousands of retail locations or have it directly deposited into any bank account or onto a debit card. The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

CityScan

Seed Round in 2013
CityScan, a Chicago venture-backed software company, is leading the field in intelligent data collection and integration for Smart Cities and Utilities. Their patented process integrates private and municipal data with the most advanced 3D visual data collection methods available, resulting in improved efficiency operations while reducing overall costs. Their technology provides clients a solution to manage their assets, ensure businesses are operating within local ordinances and provide a safe environment for their residents. CityScan is a proud member of Industrious Chicago.

Archer Education

Series C in 2011
Archer Education, Inc. provides full-lifecycle enrollment marketing, recruitment, and retention services for higher education. It offers performance marketing, online program recruitment, and digital marketing services. Archer Education, Inc. was formerly known as Campus Explorer, Inc. and changed its name to Archer Education, Inc. in November 2018. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Los Angeles, California with an additional office in Overland Park, Kansas.

Shoutlet

Venture Round in 2011
Shoutlet, Inc. is an enterprise social marketing platform that enables brands to build and strengthen customer relationships through a comprehensive suite of tools. Founded in 2004 and based in Madison, Wisconsin, with additional offices in Atlanta and London, Shoutlet offers solutions for content creation, social media engagement, and customer relationship management. Its platform includes features for social listening, analytics, and community management, allowing brands to track conversations, manage campaigns, and measure performance across various social media channels such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. With a focus on integrating social data into business strategies, Shoutlet provides tools for social advertising, workflow management, and contest execution. The company's software-as-a-service model ensures flexibility and control for its clients, supported by a dedicated account team to facilitate successful social media campaigns. Shoutlet operates as a subsidiary of Spredfast, Inc. and continues to cater to large enterprises seeking to optimize their social marketing efforts.

DialogTech

Series B in 2010
DialogTech provides actionable marketing analytics for businesses that value inbound phone calls. Consistently recognized as the leader and pioneer in call analytics and optimization, DialogTech is the trusted voice management platform for Fortune 500 brands, agencies, and fast-growing companies. From call attribution to conversation analytics to caller experience optimization, only DialogTech has everything marketers need to drive more of the conversations that drive revenue.

Shoutlet

Series B in 2010
Shoutlet, Inc. is an enterprise social marketing platform that enables brands to build and strengthen customer relationships through a comprehensive suite of tools. Founded in 2004 and based in Madison, Wisconsin, with additional offices in Atlanta and London, Shoutlet offers solutions for content creation, social media engagement, and customer relationship management. Its platform includes features for social listening, analytics, and community management, allowing brands to track conversations, manage campaigns, and measure performance across various social media channels such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. With a focus on integrating social data into business strategies, Shoutlet provides tools for social advertising, workflow management, and contest execution. The company's software-as-a-service model ensures flexibility and control for its clients, supported by a dedicated account team to facilitate successful social media campaigns. Shoutlet operates as a subsidiary of Spredfast, Inc. and continues to cater to large enterprises seeking to optimize their social marketing efforts.

Shoutlet

Series A in 2010
Shoutlet, Inc. is an enterprise social marketing platform that enables brands to build and strengthen customer relationships through a comprehensive suite of tools. Founded in 2004 and based in Madison, Wisconsin, with additional offices in Atlanta and London, Shoutlet offers solutions for content creation, social media engagement, and customer relationship management. Its platform includes features for social listening, analytics, and community management, allowing brands to track conversations, manage campaigns, and measure performance across various social media channels such as Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn. With a focus on integrating social data into business strategies, Shoutlet provides tools for social advertising, workflow management, and contest execution. The company's software-as-a-service model ensures flexibility and control for its clients, supported by a dedicated account team to facilitate successful social media campaigns. Shoutlet operates as a subsidiary of Spredfast, Inc. and continues to cater to large enterprises seeking to optimize their social marketing efforts.

Sway

Series A in 2010
Headquartered in the Silicon Prairie of Madison, Wisconsin, Shoutlet, Inc. was a privately held technology firm that developed tools to help global brands, small businesses, and marketing agencies build, engage, and measure social media communication via one affordable, easy-to-use, multi-user application.

Grubhub

Series B in 2009
Grubhub is an online and mobile food-ordering and delivery marketplace that connects nearly 24 million active diners with a vast network of restaurant partners. With a portfolio that includes Grubhub, Seamless, LevelUp, AllMenus, and MenuPages, the company features approximately 300,000 restaurants across more than 4,000 cities in the United States. Grubhub's platform allows users to order food from their favorite local restaurants, offering live order tracking and additional discounts, ensuring that meals are delivered fresh and on time. The company is dedicated to enhancing the food ordering experience through innovative technology and user-friendly interfaces.

Archer Education

Series B in 2009
Archer Education, Inc. provides full-lifecycle enrollment marketing, recruitment, and retention services for higher education. It offers performance marketing, online program recruitment, and digital marketing services. Archer Education, Inc. was formerly known as Campus Explorer, Inc. and changed its name to Archer Education, Inc. in November 2018. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Los Angeles, California with an additional office in Overland Park, Kansas.

DialogTech

Venture Round in 2008
DialogTech provides actionable marketing analytics for businesses that value inbound phone calls. Consistently recognized as the leader and pioneer in call analytics and optimization, DialogTech is the trusted voice management platform for Fortune 500 brands, agencies, and fast-growing companies. From call attribution to conversation analytics to caller experience optimization, only DialogTech has everything marketers need to drive more of the conversations that drive revenue.

Grubhub

Series A in 2007
Grubhub is an online and mobile food-ordering and delivery marketplace that connects nearly 24 million active diners with a vast network of restaurant partners. With a portfolio that includes Grubhub, Seamless, LevelUp, AllMenus, and MenuPages, the company features approximately 300,000 restaurants across more than 4,000 cities in the United States. Grubhub's platform allows users to order food from their favorite local restaurants, offering live order tracking and additional discounts, ensuring that meals are delivered fresh and on time. The company is dedicated to enhancing the food ordering experience through innovative technology and user-friendly interfaces.