MARK Labs
Pre Seed Round in 2021
MARK Labs Inc. offers a data‑analytics platform that helps nonprofits, donors, and impact investors measure, analyze, and report social and environmental outcomes. The system tracks grant‑making and sustainability programs, visualizes activity flows, and provides ESG risk and opportunity insights through AI‑driven analysis of public, private, and alternative data. Clients use the platform to assess investment performance, improve transparency, and communicate impact to stakeholders. The company is headquartered in Washington, D.C., with an additional office in London.
Share My Change
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Share My Change is a web-based application that offers location-based commerce tools designed to assist retailers in fundraising efforts. The platform transforms the conventional spare change donation box, typically found at cash registers, into a digital fundraising solution. By enabling supporters to make cash donations through a mobile application, Share My Change facilitates a seamless and accessible way for customers to contribute financially. This innovative approach not only enhances the fundraising experience for retailers but also simplifies the donation process for supporters, making charitable giving more convenient and widespread.
Menergi
Venture Round in 2020
Menergi is a blockchain ecosystem established in 2019 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. The company focuses on providing institutional donors with access to a diverse range of nonprofits and communities. Its platform enhances the way nonprofits present their missions and impacts, facilitating the development of new relationships between donors and organizations. By leveraging technology, Menergi aims to assist foundations and NGOs globally in growing and retaining donations, thereby transforming the landscape of charitable giving.
Mini City
Venture Round in 2020
Mini City Inc. is a social enterprise based in Atlanta, Georgia, that focuses on addressing homelessness through technology. Founded in 2016, the company develops, owns, and operates a platform designed to provide identification and employment opportunities for homeless individuals. Its software facilitates access to legal identification, vital records, and employment forms, supporting caseworkers, program directors, clinicians, and other professionals who assist homeless individuals and those at risk of homelessness. By offering cost-effective solutions to government agencies and non-profits, Mini City aims to play a pivotal role in reducing homelessness and improving the lives of vulnerable populations.
Motivote
Pre Seed Round in 2020
Motivote partners with organizations to enhance voter engagement through its digital platform. This platform employs research-backed strategies like social accountability and planning tools to empower individuals to navigate US elections, while automating communications and data insights for program managers.
JiiWa
Funding Round in 2020
JiiWa is a SaaS platform that leverages mobile technology to help nonprofits and their funders understand and demonstrate their impact by collecting and analyzing end-user data.
Samaritan
Pre Seed Round in 2020
Samaritan is a platform that helps people experiencing homelessness move toward stability by combining a beacon-based giving system with a digital wallet for those in need. The program distributes small beacons through nonprofit shelters, enabling app users to receive notifications when they encounter a beacon holder and choose to donate. Donated funds can be used by the beacon holder for essentials such as clothing, food, transportation, and shelter, with support from a nonprofit counselor or approved merchants. In addition, Samaritan offers a free digital wallet designed for people without a home, connecting them to financial resources and guidance aimed at securing housing. The service emphasizes direct community giving and practical support to meet immediate needs while facilitating pathways toward stable housing.
Goodr
Pre Seed Round in 2018
Goodr Inc. is a technology-driven platform based in Atlanta, Georgia, focused on sustainable food surplus management. Established in 2016, the company offers a real-time food rescue application that enables businesses to effectively manage their edible food waste by donating it to local nonprofit organizations. Goodr's software provides comprehensive solutions, including logistics for food pickup, analytics on food waste patterns, and IRS-compliant tax deduction information. The platform aims to create a triple-win scenario by enhancing businesses' financial outcomes through tax savings, minimizing greenhouse gas emissions associated with food waste, and addressing hunger in communities. Additionally, Goodr's blockchain-enabled system ensures secure, audit-friendly donation records and delivers detailed community impact reports.
crowdForce
Convertible Note in 2017
crowdForce operates a crowdsourcing platform and an offline distribution network that helps businesses accelerate adoption of digital, crypto, and financial services among underserved populations. The company serves banks and fintechs, nonprofits, market researchers, government agencies, and field agents, providing access to real-time consumer data and enabling deployment of digital services in emerging markets. Founded in 2016, crowdForce has a footprint in Nigeria with an additional presence in the United States.
Terrene
Pre Seed Round in 2017
Terrene Inc. is a Kitchener, Canada-based company that operates a charity management platform designed to facilitate communication between donors and recipients. The company focuses on simplifying the integration of artificial intelligence and machine learning into various organizational workflows. By offering an automated platform, Terrene significantly reduces the time required for companies to set up machine learning systems, cutting the average initial setup from six months to under five minutes and eliminating the need for ongoing maintenance. The platform automatically selects key features from connected datasets, trains models, and provides API endpoints for tasks such as classification, estimation, and clustering of new data points. This approach allows organizations to leverage predictive analytics and build their own machine learning systems without needing extensive programming knowledge.
Sigmend
Convertible Note in 2016
Sigmend is a nonprofit organization of people on the bipolar spectrum and their allies, who are changing the social norms around the condition. Through Sigmend’s platform, companies can learn mental health “first aid” practices and take steps to promote a better workplace culture that supports neurodiversity.
FantasyHub
Pre Seed Round in 2015
FantasyHub is a Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) platform that offers players the opportunity to win money, while also supporting great causes. On average, 5% of fantasy game winnings go to support the winner’s charity of choice, with the rest split between FantasyHub and the winners.
The company's charitable mission allows them to partner with some of the biggest names in sports to fuel our user acquisition. It has worked with over 30 Pro-Athletes who run games on FantasyHub to raise support for their foundations. Their athletes include Kurt Warner, Jalen Rose, Bo Jackson, and Albert Pu-jols. Combining their athlete games with traditional acquisition strategies, they are able to acquire users for $6; the industry averages $68.
Its sponsored games with athletes deliver 100% of the net proceeds to charity. Instead of cash prizes in those games, fans win priceless experiences from athletes, including, meet-and-greets at games and autographed gear.
Flipcause
Seed Round in 2015
Flipcause, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in providing on-demand fundraising software for growing nonprofits. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, California, Flipcause offers an integrated platform that includes tools for donation processing, event ticket sales, volunteer registration, and donor management, all accessible through a centralized dashboard. This user-friendly system allows nonprofits to easily customize their fundraising capabilities according to their specific needs without requiring technical expertise. Flipcause's services empower small and startup organizations to enhance supporter engagement and effectively manage their fundraising efforts while reducing operational costs. The company serves a diverse range of causes, including education, health, environment, and community service, catering to nonprofits, community organizations, and socially conscious businesses.
FORWARD Platform
Seed Round in 2014
FORWARD is an Integrated Program Administration solution that helps governments and non-profits administer resources to communities quickly, securely, and equitably.
Affectly
Pre Seed Round in 2014
Affectly is a Boston-based software development company that specializes in an automated donor engagement platform designed for data-driven online fundraising. The platform enables nonprofit organizations to enhance their fundraising campaigns by identifying engaged followers and leveraging their influence to attract new supporters. By analyzing donor history and social media behavior, Affectly's technology helps organizations target potential donors who are likely to be sympathetic to their causes. The platform also offers tools to track and measure the impact of supporter engagement, combining factors such as giving history and social media influence to optimize fundraising efforts.
Litographs
Convertible Note in 2014
Litographs is a printing company that creates merchandise by printing text from classic or contemporary books onto apparel and wall art, including posters, t-shirts, totes, and scarves. The designs are created by a global team of artists; from a distance they convey a theme, character, or setting, and up close the text remains fully legible. The company aims to promote literacy and partners with charitable initiatives to donate books to communities in need for each product sold. By turning literature into wearable and decorative items, Litographs bridges reading with everyday life.
Eventable
Seed Round in 2013
Eventable, Inc., based in Berkeley, California, is a provider of calendar marketing solutions for brands and marketers. Founded in 2012, the company's platform enables businesses to reach their audience through native calendars such as Outlook, Google, and iOS by integrating personalized notifications, audience segmentation, and analytics tools like SmartEvents™. Eventable's services help drive engagement and customer retention by leveraging the calendar as a marketing channel. The company serves various sectors including B2B, retail, entertainment, services, education, and nonprofit.
LivnGiv
Seed Round in 2012
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Fashion Project
Seed Round in 2012
Fashion Project, Inc. is an online platform based in Boston, Massachusetts, that facilitates clothing donations and provides a shopping experience for consumers. The company allows members to donate items such as apparel, shoes, handbags, and accessories, while also offering a curated selection of clothing and accessories for purchase. The inventory includes a variety of fashion items, ranging from dresses and jackets to shoes and handbags. A distinctive feature of Fashion Project is its commitment to philanthropy, as a significant portion of proceeds from sales is donated to charitable causes. Founded in 2011 and initially known as Swapfish, Inc., the company rebranded in 2012, positioning itself as a unique blend of fashion and social impact.
CliniSpan Health is a software platform focused on enhancing and diversifying the recruitment process for clinical trials. It aims to engage communities in clinical trial education and patient recruitment by fostering connections between organizations and potential participants. By increasing enrollment in clinical studies, CliniSpan Health supports nonprofit organizations through its socially responsible fundraising platform. This approach enables a broader and more diverse pool of participants in medical research, ultimately contributing to the improvement of healthcare outcomes.
First Arriving is a technology and marketing agency that specializes in serving public safety organizations and local governments. The company provides a comprehensive suite of services, including digital signage and dashboards, information aggregation, web design and development, marketing and branding, recruitment and retention strategies, as well as video and animation production. With over 100 integration partners, First Arriving enhances information flow and agency intelligence for its clients across North America and Canada. By offering tailored solutions to businesses, departments, associations, and non-profits in the public safety sector, the company enables its customers to improve their operational efficiency and communication capabilities.