Queen City Angels

CB Insights ranked Queen City Angels #2 out of 370 angel organization. The Queen City Angels (QCA) is the first group of experienced, accredited investors committed to accelerating the growth of outstanding early-stage businesses in the Cincinnati area and the surrounding region, via smart investments capable of producing a substantial return.

John Habbert

Co-Manager

Scott Jacobs

Executive Director

Tony Shipley

Chair and Co-Manager

59 past transactions

OnTrak Software

Venture Round in 2008
OnTrak Software is a technology company that develops software solutions for the beverage distribution industry. OnTrak’s software products drive growth and value for beer, wine and spirits distributors and help them track, measure, and manage their graphics and point-of-sale (POS) / marketing communication materials, including custom beverage menus, beverage samples, and custom and permanent point-of-sale signs.

Standard Bariatrics, Inc.

Private Placement in 2018
Standard Bariatrics, Inc. develops healthcare equipment for weight-loss surgery. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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.

Cladwell

Seed Round in 2017
Cladwell is a styling app that helps millennials buy LESS clothing. In 2015, millennials broke a 100 year consumer trend by buying 10% fewer (but better) clothes. This trend is just getting started and we are the FIRST to monetize it. For $5/mo our software pairs down your closet and gives you daily outfit recommendations from what you already own - not by selling you more clothes. - $750K ARR - Profitable Unit Economics - 36% MoM GROOOOOOOOWTH... for 9 months Founding team has previously built startups in fashion and retail.

SoLo Funds

Convertible Note in 2017
Solo is the community bank redefined where users borrow on their own terms and lend to reap the benefits. SoLo provides the science. SoLo Funds is the leading alternative financial solution providing the fastest loan option to borrowers and option for lenders to obtain significant value. SoLo launched as a unique & proprietary lending marketplace and has since grown to a multifaceted advanced community banking solution powered by individual capital and enabled by insurance, banking products, and dynamic A.I. underwriting.

Resonado

Seed Round in 2021
Resonado, Inc. designs and develops audio systems with its patented Flat Core Speaker technology for businesses. It caters to companies in automotive, consumer electronics, home theater, hospitality, and marine industries. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in South Bend, Indiana with additional offices in San Francisco, California; Boston, Massachusetts; and Anyang, South Korea.

Cloverleaf.me

Seed Round in 2020
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.

Supply Dynamics

Series A in 2017
Supply Dynamics, Inc. develops a cloud and SaaS based supply chain management platform. The company's product offers demand aggregation; broadcasting and synchronizing demand; forecasting and planning; rationalizing and consolidating supply; orchestrating sourcing and procurement; monitoring, verifying, and maintaining supply; and visualizing supply. The company serves aerospace and defense, automotive, electronics, energy and power generation, hardware and fasteners, industrial manufacturing, mining and metals, and oil and gas industries. The company was founded in 2003 and is based in Loveland, Ohio.

PlusBlue Solutions

Seed Round in 2014
PlusBlue Solutions, founded in Cincinnati, Ohio, offers short term rentals of the best battery packs on the market, in busy venues where you spend time & money. Don't let a dead battery ever get in your way again. Stay mobile, stay connected with PlusBlue!

Qualifi

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Qualifi empowers recruiters to find the best candidates faster by enabling on-demand phone interviews. Qualifi’s frictionless screening platform saves both recruiters and candidates time while maintaining a human touch. The best candidates are off the market in 10 days and typical phone interviews have been shown to add 6-8 days to an already long hiring process. With Qualifi, the majority of candidate responses happen on Day 1. Our recruiters scale effectively and win talent with speed.

EndoSphere

Series A in 2011
Endosphere is a developer of the novel endo-metabolic device category that provides non-invasive endoscopic therapies for gastrointestinal (GI) disorders and metabolic diseases including obesity, non-alcoholic fatty liver disease, type 2 diabetes, and drug delivery. It treats obesity using the body's natural physiology that enables patients to safely and effectively lose weight without the need for surgery or medications. Endosphere was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.

Resonado

Private Placement in 2019
Resonado, Inc. designs and develops audio systems with its patented Flat Core Speaker technology for businesses. It caters to companies in automotive, consumer electronics, home theater, hospitality, and marine industries. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in South Bend, Indiana with additional offices in San Francisco, California; Boston, Massachusetts; and Anyang, South Korea.

SoMoLend

Seed Round in 2012
SoMoLend Holdings LLC operates a platform that enables lenders and borrowers to connect each other for financial borrowing and lending solutions in the United States. It enables small businesses and startups to get business loans from lenders, such as banks, corporations, and chambers of commerce. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Cincinnati, Ohio.

OneMorePallet

Seed Round in 2013
OneMorePallet.com provides a marketplace for thrifty, low volume shippers to receive substantial discounts for shipping by using excess capacity of LTL Carriers available through our system. OneMorePallet solves several problems for our two sets of customers: shippers and LTL Carriers. Low volume shippers rarely get great rates for small shipments and are practically ignored by the major carriers. We solve this problem by allocating excess capacity without having to negotiate with the carriers. Shippers get a great price and the carrier gets a fuller truckload.

nChannel

Series A in 2013
nChannel, Inc. operates a Software-as-a-Service based multichannel management software for merchants. The company’s software enables merchants to sell any product in any channel, online or offline, by providing a single, cloud-based platform that integrates with existing systems to help sellers improve the management of product information, streamline supply chain processes, and enhance the overall shopping experience for customers. It offers solutions for product information management, multichannel listing, inventory synchronization, multichannel order management, drop ship management, supply chain management, vendor managed inventory, accounting integration, marketplace integration, and customer experience management. In addition, the company’s platform provides solutions for eCommerce, POS, ERP, and supply chain integration. It serves merchants of various sizes, as well as outdoor and sporting goods, consumer goods, apparel, gift and novelty, non-profit, and home industries. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Columbus, Ohio.

SonarMed

Series C in 2017
SonarMed, Inc. provides solutions for the placement and monitoring of endotracheal tubes that are used in patients who cannot breathe on their own. Its SonarMed AirWave is a non invasive, adjunctive device that provides direct, precise, and real time monitoring of endotracheal tube position and function, which aids in detecting potentially dangerous or fatal endotracheal tube conditions. The company was founded in 2005 and is based in Carmel, Indiana.

Transactiv

Series A in 2009
Transactiv, Inc. delivers on-demand commerce solutions for mid-market companies. Its on-demand solutions include PartnerFront and StoreFront that allows companies to interact with their partners, suppliers, affiliates, and customers. Transactiv, Inc. was formerly known as Envolve Commerce. The company is based in Cincinnati, Ohio with additional offices in Boulder, Colorado and Cincinnati, Ohio.

Standard Bariatrics

Series A in 2018
Standard Bariatrics is a medical device company that develops and offers surgical instruments for weight loss surgeries. The company offers Standard Clamp, an instrument that helps surgeons standardize their individual techniques to reduce variation, improve efficiency, and eliminate waste when performing a laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. Standard Bariatrics was founded in 2014 and is based in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Healthy Roster

Seed Round in 2016
HHealthy Roster provides patient engagement, care coordination, secure communication and outreach tools for athletic trainers and sports medicine departments. The company provides athletic trainers with a dramatically better mobile documentation and communication platform. This allows athletic trainers to provide better care to their athletes and prove value for sports medicine. Based in Columbus, Ohio, Healthy Roster has one mission - help healthcare organizations utilize technology to better support parents, coaches, and athletes with athletic training services.

Divine Services

Seed Round in 2016
Divine Services Corp. pledges to provide elegant and prestigious service during each interaction. It is our commitment to professionalism that sets us apart. With great talent, specialized services and culture, we understand what it takes to provide our customers with the best parking and driving services possible.

Medacheck LLC

Series A in 2015
MedaCheck platform is a comprehensive hardware and software solution that works alongside healthcare professionals to help educate, manage, and remind patients of their ongoing prescriptions and treatments. MedaCheck’s easy-to-use, intuitive system is comprised of CheckBox, Pillbox, and CheckIn. It was founded in 2012 and headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Tactile Engineering

Venture Round in 2023
Tactile Engineering develops and manufactures affordable tactile graphics tablets for use by blind and visually impaired individuals.

Neuros Medical

Series B in 2012
Neuros Medical, Inc., a neuromodulation company, develops proprietary neurostimulation therapies for unmet needs to patients worldwide. It offers Electrical Nerve Block, a technology for the elimination of chronic pain in various applications, including neuroma/residual limb pain, chronic post-surgical pain, and chronic migraine. The company also provides Neuros Altius System, a product that consists of an implantable generator with an integrated rechargeable battery, cuff electrode, and external devices. Neuros Medical, Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Willoughby Hills, Ohio.

3Bar Biologics

Series A in 2017
3Bar Biologics Inc., a bioscience company, provides a microbe inoculant system that helps farmers to increase crop yield. The company provides Bio-YIELD, a microbe inoculant system that uses naturally occurring microbes that are matched to specific crops and soil environments. It offers natural microorganisms that help to produce healthier crops with higher yields. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Columbus, Ohio.

Alluxa

Venture Round in 2010
Sirrus Technology, Inc. offers precision optical thin film interference filters for laser systems, telecommunications equipment, and biomedical instruments. The company was incorporated in 2007 and is based in Santa Rosa, California.

AssureCare

Series C in 2007
AssureCare, LLC develops and provides integrated population care management software for healthcare and human services organizations. The company offers MedCompass, a health management software solution that enables its customers to manage their businesses for clients in utilization management, case management, and disease management. AssureCare, LLC was formerly known as CH Mack, Inc. The company was founded in 1979 and is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.

OneMorePallet

Angel Round in 2013
OneMorePallet.com provides a marketplace for thrifty, low volume shippers to receive substantial discounts for shipping by using excess capacity of LTL Carriers available through our system. OneMorePallet solves several problems for our two sets of customers: shippers and LTL Carriers. Low volume shippers rarely get great rates for small shipments and are practically ignored by the major carriers. We solve this problem by allocating excess capacity without having to negotiate with the carriers. Shippers get a great price and the carrier gets a fuller truckload.

PopBase

Convertible Note in 2019
21st century communication must be interactive, immersive and react directly to the consumer to be future proof, we are the first to build this infrastructure for scale. Good communication is good storytelling and our system superpowers any story. We ware using this power for good by targeting a market with a lot of white space and huge positive impact: Digital Wellness ($575B). We are launching our technology through our first product: Woodland Mysteries: Making wellness information easy to learn, retain, and reference through an immersive, story driven, educational experience for kids ages 4-6. Content is updated through a patented content management system allowing quick and easy distribution of information vetted by experts. Our tech is a railway system. Woodland Mysteries is just the first train to ride it.

Cladwell

Seed Round in 2014
Cladwell is a styling app that helps millennials buy LESS clothing. In 2015, millennials broke a 100 year consumer trend by buying 10% fewer (but better) clothes. This trend is just getting started and we are the FIRST to monetize it. For $5/mo our software pairs down your closet and gives you daily outfit recommendations from what you already own - not by selling you more clothes. - $750K ARR - Profitable Unit Economics - 36% MoM GROOOOOOOOWTH... for 9 months Founding team has previously built startups in fashion and retail.

Airway Therapeutics

Series A in 2014
Airway Therapeutics, Inc. develops protein therapeutics for applications in the lung and pediatrics disciplines. Its products include recombinant human surfactant protein-D for the prevention of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in premature infants; and AT100, a protein replacement therapy targeting bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Airway Therapeutics, Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Cincinnati, Ohio with additional offices in Marietta, Georgia.

MobileFit

Seed Round in 2016
At MobileFit our mission is to equip Fitness Centers with comprehensive member engagement technology based on the science of what really works. Our patent-pending technologies seamlessly manage the entire life-cycle of your valued members: from new member enrollment and onboarding, to interactions with health coaches, to providing the technological “WOW” factor members love. We give you the tools you need to give your members a remarkable fitness experience, extending their membership tenure and making them more likely to recruit friends to your facility. With our help, fitness facilities can expect to grow their membership base, improve membership satisfaction, and increase membership retention by up to 60%.

ShareThis

Series A in 2007
ShareThis transforms authentic human sharing behavior into actionable data outputs at scale for marketers and publishers. It has been collecting and synthesizing social share data since 2007.

Standard Bariatrics

Series B in 2021
Standard Bariatrics is a medical device company that develops and offers surgical instruments for weight loss surgeries. The company offers Standard Clamp, an instrument that helps surgeons standardize their individual techniques to reduce variation, improve efficiency, and eliminate waste when performing a laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. Standard Bariatrics was founded in 2014 and is based in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Standard Bariatrics

Seed Round in 2016
Standard Bariatrics is a medical device company that develops and offers surgical instruments for weight loss surgeries. The company offers Standard Clamp, an instrument that helps surgeons standardize their individual techniques to reduce variation, improve efficiency, and eliminate waste when performing a laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy. Standard Bariatrics was founded in 2014 and is based in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Alphyn Biologics

Series A in 2022
Alphyn Biologics is a life science company that develops proprietary drug therapy for treating skin diseases. Alphyn's initial target indication are skin infections caused by deadly drug-resistant MRSA bacteria based on their proprietary Multi-Target Therapeutic (MTT) plant-derived technology platform.

Sense Diagnostics, LLC

Seed Round in 2017
Sense Diagnostics develops and distributes medical devices for its clients. Sense Diagnostics develops Sense, a disposable device that monitors its users’ brain activity in ICU. It features multiple environment integration, earlier diagnosis, and real-time brain activity monitoring. It uses RF sensors to detect brain activity changes. Sense Diagnostics was founded in 2014 by Joe Clark, Matthew Flaherty, Opeolu Adeoye, and George Shaw and is based in Ohio.

SoMoLend

Seed Round in 2013
SoMoLend Holdings LLC operates a platform that enables lenders and borrowers to connect each other for financial borrowing and lending solutions in the United States. It enables small businesses and startups to get business loans from lenders, such as banks, corporations, and chambers of commerce. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Resonado

Angel Round in 2020
Resonado, Inc. designs and develops audio systems with its patented Flat Core Speaker technology for businesses. It caters to companies in automotive, consumer electronics, home theater, hospitality, and marine industries. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in South Bend, Indiana with additional offices in San Francisco, California; Boston, Massachusetts; and Anyang, South Korea.

Resonado

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Resonado, Inc. designs and develops audio systems with its patented Flat Core Speaker technology for businesses. It caters to companies in automotive, consumer electronics, home theater, hospitality, and marine industries. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in South Bend, Indiana with additional offices in San Francisco, California; Boston, Massachusetts; and Anyang, South Korea.

Foxtrot Code

Angel Round in 2015
Foxtrot Code is based in Cincinnati, Ohio. We are a marketplace for makers and consumers of analytics at small, medium, and large enterprises. Foxtrot Code is like Etsy for Analytics. Foxtrot Code members use the marketplace to develop, repurpose, share, sell, and purchase built-for-purpose analytics solutions. For consumers of analytics at enterprises and other innovative organizations, we have created a special solution called the Incubator Program. This is a program to leverage our analytics community to solve your analytics needs at no upfront cost. All you need to do is describe your needs, provide data if you have it, and then let the community do the work. Data scientists, developers, and analysts with a coincidental interest will pick up the challenge and submit solutions to your needs. It's all built on Foxtrot Code, which means you can test Apps before you buy, quickly adapt and make an App your own, and then run production-level analytics on the same platform.

Resonado

Funding Round in 2020
Resonado, Inc. designs and develops audio systems with its patented Flat Core Speaker technology for businesses. It caters to companies in automotive, consumer electronics, home theater, hospitality, and marine industries. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in South Bend, Indiana with additional offices in San Francisco, California; Boston, Massachusetts; and Anyang, South Korea.

Binary Bubbles Inc.

Private Placement in 2019
Binary Bubbles Inc. designs and develops digital content deployment platform for brands. The platform is known under the name Pop-Base. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

Airway Therapeutics

Convertible Note in 2017
Airway Therapeutics, Inc. develops protein therapeutics for applications in the lung and pediatrics disciplines. Its products include recombinant human surfactant protein-D for the prevention of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in premature infants; and AT100, a protein replacement therapy targeting bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Airway Therapeutics, Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Cincinnati, Ohio with additional offices in Marietta, Georgia.

Define My Style

Seed Round in 2011
Define My Style’s mission is to inspire creativity, collaboration and courage in the next generation of designers, fashionistas and entrepreneurs. Members are able to choose the role they want to engage in social commerce, including buyer, designer, marketer, critic, and influencer of products. With a growing and robust community of more than 50,000 young women and a strong network of industry partners, Define My Style offers the tools and connections to bring their ideas to life.

RhinoCyte

Series A in 2006
RhinoCyte engages in the development and commercialization of diagnostic tools and therapies for stem cell treatment of multiple degenerative and traumatic neurological diseases. Its technology facilitates functional recovery in patients, including therapeutic stem cell transplantation with cells from the patient's own nasal cavity eliminating the need for immunosuppressive therapy. The company's technology is used to treat conditions, such as Parkinson's disease, Multiple Sclerosis, Alzheimer's disease, and spinal cord injuries. RhinoCyte, Inc. was founded in 2005 and is based in Louisville, Kentucky.

PopBase

Pre Seed Round in 2018
21st century communication must be interactive, immersive and react directly to the consumer to be future proof, we are the first to build this infrastructure for scale. Good communication is good storytelling and our system superpowers any story. We ware using this power for good by targeting a market with a lot of white space and huge positive impact: Digital Wellness ($575B). We are launching our technology through our first product: Woodland Mysteries: Making wellness information easy to learn, retain, and reference through an immersive, story driven, educational experience for kids ages 4-6. Content is updated through a patented content management system allowing quick and easy distribution of information vetted by experts. Our tech is a railway system. Woodland Mysteries is just the first train to ride it.

Airway Therapeutics

Series B in 2019
Airway Therapeutics, Inc. develops protein therapeutics for applications in the lung and pediatrics disciplines. Its products include recombinant human surfactant protein-D for the prevention of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in premature infants; and AT100, a protein replacement therapy targeting bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Airway Therapeutics, Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Cincinnati, Ohio with additional offices in Marietta, Georgia.

Candidly

Venture Round in 2017
We source photographers for local events and deliver edited photos back within 24 hours.

Alluxa

Venture Round in 2007
Sirrus Technology, Inc. offers precision optical thin film interference filters for laser systems, telecommunications equipment, and biomedical instruments. The company was incorporated in 2007 and is based in Santa Rosa, California.

NaviStone

Seed Round in 2016
NaviStone develops Website visitor and behavior tracking technology that helps direct marketers to identify engaged direct mail prospects and include them in direct marketing campaigns. It offers NaviStone Prospecting product that helps marketers to match previously anonymous Website visitors to postal names and addresses; creates a group of unique names to fuel customer acquisition efforts, based on identifying "intent to buy" from Website browsing activity; identifies prospects; supports direct mail customer reactivation programs; and triggers abandoned cart and abandon browse email opportunities. The company serves direct marketing professionals in nonprofit, consumer goods, publishing, retail, financial services, and other consumer-facing markets. NaviStone is based in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Ischemia Care

Venture Round in 2013
Ischemia Care operates as an artificial intelligence company specializing in diagnostic blood tests for stroke and atrial fibrillation. It utilizes blood testing for stroke patients as a clinical workflow tool to improve patient outcomes and reduce hospital costs, by empowering clinicians with new information. A simple blood test for cause could stratify patients by cause to ensure the appropriate treatment pathways are adopted to prevent recurrence, resulting in better outcomes. Ischemia Care was established in 2009 and is headquartered in Oxford, Ohio, United States.

Cloverleaf.me

Pre Seed Round in 2018
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.

Airway Therapeutics

Series B in 2018
Airway Therapeutics, Inc. develops protein therapeutics for applications in the lung and pediatrics disciplines. Its products include recombinant human surfactant protein-D for the prevention of bronchopulmonary dysplasia in premature infants; and AT100, a protein replacement therapy targeting bronchopulmonary dysplasia. Airway Therapeutics, Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Cincinnati, Ohio with additional offices in Marietta, Georgia.

OneMorePallet

Seed Round in 2014
OneMorePallet.com provides a marketplace for thrifty, low volume shippers to receive substantial discounts for shipping by using excess capacity of LTL Carriers available through our system. OneMorePallet solves several problems for our two sets of customers: shippers and LTL Carriers. Low volume shippers rarely get great rates for small shipments and are practically ignored by the major carriers. We solve this problem by allocating excess capacity without having to negotiate with the carriers. Shippers get a great price and the carrier gets a fuller truckload.

Ischemia Care

Series B in 2011
Ischemia Care operates as an artificial intelligence company specializing in diagnostic blood tests for stroke and atrial fibrillation. It utilizes blood testing for stroke patients as a clinical workflow tool to improve patient outcomes and reduce hospital costs, by empowering clinicians with new information. A simple blood test for cause could stratify patients by cause to ensure the appropriate treatment pathways are adopted to prevent recurrence, resulting in better outcomes. Ischemia Care was established in 2009 and is headquartered in Oxford, Ohio, United States.

Cloverleaf.me

Private Placement in 2018
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.

Cloverleaf.me

Private Placement in 2020
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.

C360 Technologies

Venture Round in 2022
C360 Technologies, Inc. manufactures non-stitched immersive video products for broadcast and over-the-top (OTT) platforms. The company offers cameras and workstation that connects directly with broadcasters backhaul with multiple live HD-SDI outputs and enhanced replay systems for real-time broadcast production. C360 Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 2008 and is based in Wexford, Pennsylvania.