Rise of the Rest Seed Fund

Rise of the Rest believes in the power of entrepreneurship to change the world. Their mission is to accelerate the entrepreneurial spirit and empower the communities from coast to coast that are keeping the American Dream alive for future generations. So they hit the road - stopping in Detroit, Pittsburgh, Cincinnati and Nashville - to celebrate the progress and tell the stories of the people and ideas that are reinventing some of America's greatest cities one startup at a time.
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Andy Cloyd

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Jamie Rodota

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Mahati Sridhar

VP

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Heliogen

Venture Round in 2018
Heliogen, Inc., a clean energy company, develops a technology that uses sunlight to produce hydrogen and syngas fuels. It offers HelioMax, a closed-loop control system used for electricity generation and process heat applications; HelioHeat, a carbon-free and ultra-high temperature heat that is used in industries, such as cement, refining, and mining; and HelioFuel renewable fuels used in applications, including transportation, heavy equipment, and household heating. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Pasadena, California.

Branch

Series A in 2020
Branch is the only challenger bank that partners with employers to help working Americans grow financially. Employers turn to Branch not only to help them attract and retain hourly workers but also reduce the costs of paper checks and paycards by offering Branch as a free financial wellness benefit and bank alternative. Employees that sign up with Branch can receive a zero-fee bank account, free instant access to earned wages, and auto-budgeting tools to help them manage their cash flow between paychecks.

Cariloop

Series B in 2021
Cariloop provides the world’s first fully-integrated, human-powered Caregiver Support Platform to help working caregivers and families plan for and manage the care of their loved ones. The Platform features a HIPAA-compliant, cloud-based application that helps families securely communicate across all devices and store important health, financial, and legal documents while having on-demand access to a dedicated Care Coach who guides the families through the many decisions they make over the length of their caregiving journey.

ZenBusiness Inc.

Series A in 2019
ZenBusiness Inc. provides corporate entity creation and management services. The company offers software as a service through a website portal or mobile application which allows the user to check the status of the company’s standing and take actions to update information on registered agent, or file documents with a State. ZenBusiness Inc. was formerly known as Counsl Co. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Austin, Texas.

Hermeus

Series B in 2022
Hermeus is developing Mach 5 aircraft to speed up the global transportation network. Mach 5 flight is not just supersonic, it's hypersonic. At these speeds, a flight from New York to London is 90 minutes, rather than 7 hours. Its aircraft massively reduces flight times and increases safety for the long haul and business class air travel, enabling businesses to operate with minimal changes to current aviation infrastructure. The company was founded in 2018 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

SpellBound

Seed Round in 2018
SpellBound uses augmented reality to get patients to cooperate with medical treatment to reduce risks for patients and costs for hospitals. The company is used in top hospitals in the country to manage pain and anxiety and to engage with physical rehabilitation. They transform distraction therapy tools, patient education materials, and hospital spaces into 3D interactive digital experiences. SpellBound works with the iOS and Android devices that are already used by hospital therapists and families to bring books, spaces, and printed materials to 3D life. It was founded in 2015 and is based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States.

Qwick

Seed Round in 2018
Qwick is a Phoenix-based on-demand staffing company that connects service industry professionals with food and beverage shifts in real-time. Founded in 2017 by Jamie Baxter, Blaine Light and Chris Loeffler, Qwick provides a platform for food and beverage professionals to connect directly with hotels, caterers, event venues and restaurants with the freedom and flexibility to work on their own schedules. Qwick provides hospitality businesses with a 98 percent average fill-rate and immediate access to a pre-vetted and certified gig economy workforce. Qwick was incubated by Coplex, is backed by national investors including Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund and Peak Ventures, and partners with top hospitality brand leaders including Hilton, Aramark, and Marriott International.

IMMERTEC

Series A in 2019
Immertec is a live surgical training platform that allows physicians to observe, communicate, and collaborate on unique devices and procedures remotely in virtual reality. Using Immertec’s VR platform, surgeons in remote locations are transported into an operating room, where they learn modern surgical procedures and collaborate with other surgeons in real-time. Overall, Immertec helps surgeons and medical device companies cut costs and supports more efficient training so surgeons can focus on taking care of their patients.

FiscalNote, Inc.

Series C in 2017
FiscalNote is a privately-held company that uses artificial intelligence and big data to deliver immediate predictive analytics of governmental action to pinpoint impact. FiscalNote's flagship platform provides real-time legislative predictive capabilities as well as enterprise collaboration and visualization tools for data on campaign finance, demographics, news, and open data to government relations professionals to help them make faster decisions.

Losant

Series A in 2018
Losant is a developer platform designed to helps people build complex connected solutions. Losant provides powerful data collection, aggregation, and visualization features to help understand and quantify vast amounts of sensor data. It was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Lunar Wireless

Seed Round in 2019
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Mixtroz

Seed Round in 2021
We know, you work hard to create the right atmosphere for your attendees to make strong connections yet they just don’t mix at mixers. This phenomenon is known as homophily [huh-mof-uh-lee]. Mixtroz solves this. You can layer in Mixtroz any place 50 or more are gathered to increase engagement and collect data. Connecting your attendees while gathering data becomes easier with Mixtroz

Full Reign

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Cultured Decadence is a cellular aquaculture startup creating novel methods to make crustacean products using cell culture and tissue engineering techniques. The company was founded in 2020 and based in Madison, Wisconsin.

Insurate

Seed Round in 2021
Insurate is an insurance technology provider, wholesaler, and managing general agency that leverages data science to create new occupational insurance products for America’s industrial workforce. Through data science and predictive analytics, the company identifies businesses that are statistically safer than average and rewards them with access to new products and savings.

Tap Projects Inc.

Seed Round in 2018
Tap Projects Inc. develops an online platform to find water refill stations around the world. The platform connects partners, public refill stations, including water fountains and water bottle refill stations, water ATMs, and natural springs that have access to clean drinking water to users seeking to drink from or refill their water bottles with clean drinking water. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

MilkRun, Inc.

Seed Round in 2020
MilkRun provides an online retail channel for small and mid-sized producers to engage directly with their customers, orchestrating the direct sale, distribution and fulfillment of locally grown and made goods. With an end-to-end solution, MilkRun can deliver a 6x improvement to producers by using technology to deploy the pre-industrial distribution model for local food systems.

Trust & Will

Series B in 2020
Trust & Will is an online service providing legal forms and information that makes creating estate planning easy, fast, and secure. It is not a law firm and is not a substitute for a lawyer’s advice about complex estate planning. The company is backed by some venture capital firms including Revolution’s Rise of the Rest, Western Technology Investments, Luma Launch, Halogen Ventures, and Techstars, as well as angel investors. Trust & Will was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

AcreTrader, Inc.

Series A in 2021
AcreTrader is an agricultural real estate investing platform that helps buyers to buy shares of farmland through an online platform. AcreTrader provides transparency, flexibility, and ease of use to people wanting to invest in farmland while handling all aspects of administration and property management, from insurance and accounting to working with local farmers and improving soil sustainability. The company was founded in 2018 and headquartered in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

SupplyHive

Seed Round in 2021
SupplyHive is Supplier Performance Review Software. By enabling easy input of reviews, and employing artificial intelligence, the entire SupplyHive now elevates, every time a review or rating is posted - or accessed. SupplyHive was founded by Mike Anguiano, a serial entrepreneur who worked with a few key influencers across procurement, investors, leadership, and well-known suppliers.

SupplyHive

Seed Round in 2021
SupplyHive is Supplier Performance Review Software. By enabling easy input of reviews, and employing artificial intelligence, the entire SupplyHive now elevates, every time a review or rating is posted - or accessed. SupplyHive was founded by Mike Anguiano, a serial entrepreneur who worked with a few key influencers across procurement, investors, leadership, and well-known suppliers.

LockerDome, LLC

Series B in 2014
LockerDome is an ad platform with a brain, designed specifically for performance-based advertising. The brain behind the platform is Neo, an in-house AI, which uses machine learning to process billions of data points and make intelligent decisions at lightning speed.

Foxtrot Ventures, Inc.

Series C in 2022
FOXTROT owns and operates grocery stores. It offers wine, spirits, groceries and pantry, ice cream, lifestyle and gifting, health and home, and snacks and sweets. It also sells the products through its website and mobile application and delivers it to the customers. FOXTROT was founded in 2013 and is based in Chicago, Illinois with other stores in Texas.

LockerDome, LLC

Series B in 2014
LockerDome is an ad platform with a brain, designed specifically for performance-based advertising. The brain behind the platform is Neo, an in-house AI, which uses machine learning to process billions of data points and make intelligent decisions at lightning speed.

SpellBound

Seed Round in 2018
SpellBound uses augmented reality to get patients to cooperate with medical treatment to reduce risks for patients and costs for hospitals. The company is used in top hospitals in the country to manage pain and anxiety and to engage with physical rehabilitation. They transform distraction therapy tools, patient education materials, and hospital spaces into 3D interactive digital experiences. SpellBound works with the iOS and Android devices that are already used by hospital therapists and families to bring books, spaces, and printed materials to 3D life. It was founded in 2015 and is based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States.

equipifi

Pre Seed Round in 2021
EquipiFi develops financial software designed to remove friction in the payments ecosystem. The company's software offers automatic push Notifications, SMS, and emails, online and mobile banking integration for simple user experience, and dashboard access to real-time visibility in performance and usage, enabling users to buy now and pay later.

LaneHub

Seed Round in 2017
The social network for transportation - connecting you with the right companies to find complementary freight lanes and build long-term partnerships. Lanehub automatically identifies and connects companies with complementary freight lanes to find efficiencies and save on shipping expenses. ​

FlavorCloud, Inc.

Series A in 2021
FlavorCloud, Inc. develops a cloud-based cross border logistics tool that powers international shipping. Its platform, FlavorCloud, enables end-to-end shopping cart integration for e-commerce retailers, enterprise retailers, and marketplaces. It serves enterprise retailers and direct-to-consumer brands. The company was formerly known as FlavorCloud LLC. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

Sigo Seguros

Seed Round in 2022
Sigo Insurance Services, LLC owns and operates an online platform that sells car insurance products and services. The company through its platform allows users to search, compare, and buy car insurance from different insurance companies. The company is based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Hermeus

Series A in 2020
Hermeus is developing Mach 5 aircraft to speed up the global transportation network. Mach 5 flight is not just supersonic, it's hypersonic. At these speeds, a flight from New York to London is 90 minutes, rather than 7 hours. Its aircraft massively reduces flight times and increases safety for the long haul and business class air travel, enabling businesses to operate with minimal changes to current aviation infrastructure. The company was founded in 2018 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

ZenBusiness Inc.

Seed Round in 2018
ZenBusiness Inc. provides corporate entity creation and management services. The company offers software as a service through a website portal or mobile application which allows the user to check the status of the company’s standing and take actions to update information on registered agent, or file documents with a State. ZenBusiness Inc. was formerly known as Counsl Co. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Austin, Texas.

Increase

Series A in 2018
Increase main products allow businesses to simplify control and grow their operations. Currently, IncreaseCard and IncreaseConciliacion allow more than 25.000 businesses from Latam control their cashflow, reconciliation processes and accounting. Increase serves businesses across Argentina, Ecuador, Dominican Republic, Chile, Uruguay and Paraguay. Among its main clients are: Latam, Shell, Staples, Farmacity and Bravo, however more than 90% of its user are small and mid size businesses throughout Latam.

FreightWaves

Private Equity Round in 2021
FreightWaves is a SaaS provider of data for the North American freight market. FreightWaves was founded to provide transparency and risk-management products to the freight markets. As the leading provider of aggregated data-sets across the North American freight markets, FreightWaves' SaaS platform helps companies take action based on the signals in the market. FreightWaves.com is the highest rank news and commentary site in the industry and the firm is introducing a freight futures product which will help participants derisk their exposure to trucking spot rates.

Foxtrot Ventures, Inc.

Series A in 2020
FOXTROT owns and operates grocery stores. It offers wine, spirits, groceries and pantry, ice cream, lifestyle and gifting, health and home, and snacks and sweets. It also sells the products through its website and mobile application and delivers it to the customers. FOXTROT was founded in 2013 and is based in Chicago, Illinois with other stores in Texas.

FlavorCloud, Inc.

Seed Round in 2019
FlavorCloud, Inc. develops a cloud-based cross border logistics tool that powers international shipping. Its platform, FlavorCloud, enables end-to-end shopping cart integration for e-commerce retailers, enterprise retailers, and marketplaces. It serves enterprise retailers and direct-to-consumer brands. The company was formerly known as FlavorCloud LLC. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

FreightWaves

Series B in 2019
FreightWaves is a SaaS provider of data for the North American freight market. FreightWaves was founded to provide transparency and risk-management products to the freight markets. As the leading provider of aggregated data-sets across the North American freight markets, FreightWaves' SaaS platform helps companies take action based on the signals in the market. FreightWaves.com is the highest rank news and commentary site in the industry and the firm is introducing a freight futures product which will help participants derisk their exposure to trucking spot rates.

NotiSphere, Inc.

Seed Round in 2022
Notisphere enables medical device suppliers to communicate product recalls electronically and receive and track the acknowledgments received from healthcare providers. Its platform enables two-way real-time communications and allows fora reduced cycle time to execute on recalls. The NotiSphere platform allows providers to only receive recall alerts that directly affect them. This results in fewer patients exposed to recalled items, significant reduction of effort by providers to execute on recalls, and significant savings to both suppliers and providers.

Healthcare Interactive, Inc.

Funding Round in 2018
Healthcare Interactive is dedicated to the transformation of the administration and delivery of healthcare to improve health in our communities. We enable our client-partners to effectively leverage their data to identify the health risk and cost drivers of the populations they serve, develop specific programs to engage members and improve outcomes, and provide the administrative tools to deliver, manage, and measure the success of those programs.

Prelude

Series A in 2022
Prelude is an autonomous red team tool packaged as a desktop application. It allows users to attack, defend, and train assets through continuous red teaming. The company was founded in 2017 by Spencer Thompson and is based in New York, New York.

QuickHire

Pre Seed Round in 2021
QuickHire is a social hiring resource that will allow employers to connect with entry level candidates. Employers are able to search by degree, education, and skill sets to find a candidate that meets their needs.

Ubiquitilink

Seed Round in 2018
Lynk is a mobile connectivity company that allows to partner with mobile network operators to connect existing mobile phone customers to each other, anywhere on the planet. It aims to provide broadband connectivity directly to ordinary mobile phones. Lynk was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia.

Class.com

Series B in 2021
Class provides Class for Zoom, which integrates the Class software on the Zoom Meetings platform to help teachers take attendance, hand out assignments, give a quiz or test, grade work, proctor exams, or talk one-on-one with a student.

Level

Seed Round in 2021
Level Builds financial services for the new economy. They collectively have decades of experience designing and delivering innovative financial services designed around specific needs. With complementary skills and knowledge, they have built Level technology to support an outstanding customer experience and provide the banking services you deserve.

Mad Rabbit Tattoo

Seed Round in 2022
Mad Rabbit is a California-based tattoo aftercare brand that offers natural products for skin and tattoo maintenance. Founded in 2019, Mad Rabbit operates in Los Angeles, California.

Nickson Living

Series A in 2021
Nickson Living customs design and fully furnish an apartment with just one click. It empowers renters to transform their new apartments into fully furnished, customized homes that are ready before they move in. It aims to give all renters the opportunity to afford to live in the custom designed fully-furnished apartment of their dreams. Nickson Living was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

MilkRun, Inc.

Series A in 2021
MilkRun provides an online retail channel for small and mid-sized producers to engage directly with their customers, orchestrating the direct sale, distribution and fulfillment of locally grown and made goods. With an end-to-end solution, MilkRun can deliver a 6x improvement to producers by using technology to deploy the pre-industrial distribution model for local food systems.

Chase Therapeutics

Venture Round in 2019
Chase Therapeutics is an early-stage, product-based specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the development of better treatments for brain disease.

AppHarvest

Series A in 2019
At AppHarvest, their mission is to bring Appalachia into the next generation of agriculture and employ the hardworking men and women in the region. they will develop large-scale hi tech greenhouses growing fresh vegetables for local communities in the US. The average US meal travels 1,500 miles by the time it reaches your plate and in many cases is imported from other countries. AppHarvest will be able to to deliver their fresh produce to the Northeast, Southeast and Midwest of the US within a day's drive.

BasicBlock, Inc.

Seed Round in 2020
BasicBlock, Inc. develops a software application that facilitates transactions for the trucking industry. It offers BasicBlock that helps truck drivers receive payment for services and costs by streamlining the collection of paperwork for invoices. The company’s BasicBlock mobile application to scan documents; enter the order number or trip number to associate documents with specific loads; label documents; and view documents and edit labels from the home office. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Omaha, Nebraska.

Slingshot Aerospace

Series A in 2022
Slingshot Aerospace, Inc. develops online tools and platform that provides geospatial information for aerospace and defense industries. Its platforms Slingshot Earth, Slingshot Orbital, Slingshot Edge, and Slingshot Imagery brings together data streams from different sources, such as satellites, airplanes, drones, and ground-based sensors to create decisive context for organizations. The company serves energy, aerospace, insurance, military, government, engineering services, and emergency management industries. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in El Segundo, California with an additional office in Austin, Texas.

Qwick

Seed Round in 2020
Qwick is a Phoenix-based on-demand staffing company that connects service industry professionals with food and beverage shifts in real-time. Founded in 2017 by Jamie Baxter, Blaine Light and Chris Loeffler, Qwick provides a platform for food and beverage professionals to connect directly with hotels, caterers, event venues and restaurants with the freedom and flexibility to work on their own schedules. Qwick provides hospitality businesses with a 98 percent average fill-rate and immediate access to a pre-vetted and certified gig economy workforce. Qwick was incubated by Coplex, is backed by national investors including Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund and Peak Ventures, and partners with top hospitality brand leaders including Hilton, Aramark, and Marriott International.

Cambium Carbon

Seed Round in 2022
Cambium Carbon is an early stage social enterprise start up focused on implementing systems-level natural climate solutions centered on reforestation and urban wood reuse.

Bridge

Seed Round in 2020
Bridge is a developer of a banking platform used to help achieve financial freedom. It aims to provide a path towards upward financial mobility for the millions of people left behind by the traditional banking system. It was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.

Gravwell, Inc.

Seed Round in 2021
Gravwell is a full-stack analytics platform built to handle huge amounts of logs and non-text data. The company provides analytics capabilities to people who need more than just text log searching and need it sooner rather than later at a price they can afford. Gravwell enables security analytics that go well beyond log data into industrial processes, vehicle fleets, IT infrastructure, or everything combined. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Coeur D'alene, Idaho, United States.

Nada

Venture Round in 2022
Nada is unlocking homeowner equity while making real estate wealth more accessible for everyone.

Slingshot Aerospace

Seed Round in 2019
Slingshot Aerospace, Inc. develops online tools and platform that provides geospatial information for aerospace and defense industries. Its platforms Slingshot Earth, Slingshot Orbital, Slingshot Edge, and Slingshot Imagery brings together data streams from different sources, such as satellites, airplanes, drones, and ground-based sensors to create decisive context for organizations. The company serves energy, aerospace, insurance, military, government, engineering services, and emergency management industries. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in El Segundo, California with an additional office in Austin, Texas.

Mahmee

Series A in 2022
They are a growing community of maternal and child healthcare providers and healthcare technology professionals united by their shared goals to enhance the experience of new motherhood with ongoing professional support and to help infants grow, gain, and thrive throughout the first year of life. Mahmee was founded on the radically inclusive belief that every woman deserves compassion and respect for her individual experience of new motherhood, and thoughtful, proactive professional support to become the mother she wants to be.

Heliogen

Seed Round in 2018
Heliogen, Inc., a clean energy company, develops a technology that uses sunlight to produce hydrogen and syngas fuels. It offers HelioMax, a closed-loop control system used for electricity generation and process heat applications; HelioHeat, a carbon-free and ultra-high temperature heat that is used in industries, such as cement, refining, and mining; and HelioFuel renewable fuels used in applications, including transportation, heavy equipment, and household heating. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Pasadena, California.

Hermeus

Series B in 2022
Hermeus is developing Mach 5 aircraft to speed up the global transportation network. Mach 5 flight is not just supersonic, it's hypersonic. At these speeds, a flight from New York to London is 90 minutes, rather than 7 hours. Its aircraft massively reduces flight times and increases safety for the long haul and business class air travel, enabling businesses to operate with minimal changes to current aviation infrastructure. The company was founded in 2018 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.

Kangarootime, Inc.

Series B in 2022
Kangarootime, Inc. develops a cloud-based childcare management solution that connects parents with childcare professionals. Its solutions include revenue cycle management, mobile and laptop accessibility, enrollment, sign-in and sign-out, messaging and picture sharing, employee management, support, reports, and accounting. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is headquartered in Buffalo, New York.

SparkCharge

Series A in 2022
SparkCharge is an automotive company that manufactures and develops charging stations for electric vehicles. Its product features include portability, fast charging, and modular design. The company specializes in providing solutions in electric vehicles, cars, and electric charging. SparkCharge was founded in 2014 and headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Plastomics Inc.

Series A in 2021
Plastomics is a biotechnology startup that focuses in developing the next generation of crops by using chloroplast genetic engineering. Its technology platform is applicable to different crops and traits. Plastomics provides solutions for the many current industry challenges. The company was founded in 2016 and headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.

Glow Technologies Inc.

Seed Round in 2019
Glow Technologies Inc. operates an online platform that helps podcasters to build media business. Its platform allows users to design custom marketing webpage to match their brand; and listeners to sign up for recurring subscriptions or send one-time payment, and select the podcast player where they want to listen to their show. Glow Technologies Inc. was incorporated in 2019 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

Class.com

Seed Round in 2020
Class provides Class for Zoom, which integrates the Class software on the Zoom Meetings platform to help teachers take attendance, hand out assignments, give a quiz or test, grade work, proctor exams, or talk one-on-one with a student.

Pryon

Funding Round in 2021
Pryon Inc. is an artificial intelligence (AI) company that creates an augmented intelligence platform for the enterprise that combines the strengths of humans and machines. Its augmented intelligence platform orchestrates information across channels, endpoints, and sources with context awareness, disambiguation, inference, natural language, and other AI techniques; and grants access to knowledge, processes, and decisions without the cumbersome layers that slow work down. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Raleigh, North Carolina.

CareAcademy

Seed Round in 2018
CareAcademy.co, Inc. operates an online training platform for senior home care agencies and caregiver agency teams. The company offers evidence-based online classes for in-home caregivers. It provides online training programs for caregiver agencies, and professional and caregiver certifications. CareAcademy.co, Inc. was formerly known as Sittercycle.com, Inc. and changed its name to CareAcademy.co, Inc. in 2014. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

AppHarvest

Seed Round in 2018
At AppHarvest, their mission is to bring Appalachia into the next generation of agriculture and employ the hardworking men and women in the region. they will develop large-scale hi tech greenhouses growing fresh vegetables for local communities in the US. The average US meal travels 1,500 miles by the time it reaches your plate and in many cases is imported from other countries. AppHarvest will be able to to deliver their fresh produce to the Northeast, Southeast and Midwest of the US within a day's drive.

AcreTrader, Inc.

Series B in 2022
AcreTrader is an agricultural real estate investing platform that helps buyers to buy shares of farmland through an online platform. AcreTrader provides transparency, flexibility, and ease of use to people wanting to invest in farmland while handling all aspects of administration and property management, from insurance and accounting to working with local farmers and improving soil sustainability. The company was founded in 2018 and headquartered in Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Energy Intelligence, Inc.

Venture Round in 2017
Energy Intelligence, Inc. develops technology that generates clean energy at high-traffic locations from the motion of vehicles. Its technology serves various sites, such as parking facilities, transportation depots, highways, distribution centers, port terminals, stadiums and venues, airports, border crossings, factories and facilities, and construction sites. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Buffalo, New York.

equipifi

Seed Round in 2021
EquipiFi develops financial software designed to remove friction in the payments ecosystem. The company's software offers automatic push Notifications, SMS, and emails, online and mobile banking integration for simple user experience, and dashboard access to real-time visibility in performance and usage, enabling users to buy now and pay later.

Strike Graph, Inc.

Series A in 2021
Strike Graph, Inc. develops and operates a compliance Security-as-a-Service solution to enable security audits and certifications. It offers Strike Graph, a GRC platform that allows users to organize security programs; and manage compliance controls, policies, and proofs. The company's platform also enables users to prepare for security audits and streamline recurring audit requirements. Strike Graph, Inc. was founded in 2020 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

BookBottles

Seed Round in 2019
BookBottles makes the entire bottle service experience seamless – for you and your clients. Our premier service enables you to easily manage table inventory, guest lists, client profiles and transactions to ensure your staff knows every client on a personal basis. Now that’s VIP service. We saw an opportunity – nightclubs worldwide were not maximizing their full profit potential. Why? It all comes down to logistics. Many clubs do not store guest profiles efficiently, making it laborious to identify high-profile guests at the door and serve them with the VIP status they deserve. What's more is staff is not equipped with the technology necessary to provide seamless VIP service. This translates to lost opportunities and revenue. And thus, BookBottles was created. We make the entire bottle service experience seamless – for you and your clients. Our premier service enables you to easily manage table inventory, guest lists, client profiles and transactions to ensure your staff knows every client on a personal basis. Now that's VIP service.

Partyslate, Inc.

Venture Round in 2020
PartySlate, Inc. operates a website for event professionals worldwide. Its platform enables users to browse, search, and save event ideas for weddings, fundraisers, mitzvahs, birthdays, milestones, holidays, corporate events, etc. posted by event professionals; and provides images from decor companies, event planners, caterers, photographers, venues, entertainers, and more. The company also connects users with event professionals. PartySlate, Inc. was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

WTRMLN WTR

Seed Round in 2018
WTRMLN WTR is a New York-based maker of cold-pressed watermelon water. Each hand-selected, hand skinned melon is cold-pressed using the rind and flesh, treated with a short, innovative nutrient preserving process, and refrigerated until consumed in BPA-free plastic bottles. The company magical tale begins with their own WTRMLN whisperer, whose gift of hand-selecting and harvesting the earth’s ripest, conscientiously grown melons is unparalleled. WTRMLN WTR delivers thirst-quenching benefits to help consumers hydrate faster and recover more efficiently than regular water. Like all WTRMLN WTR products, it starts at the source with the ripest and juiciest watermelons, which deliver one of the cleanest, most hydrating water sources on the planet.

Understory, Inc.

Series A in 2018
Understory, Inc. provides real time datasets and graphical views of the movement and intensity of weather events. It builds, installs, maintains, and harvests data networks in Kansas City and northeast Dallas. The company offers precision hail, hail forensic, and precision wind reports for advanced property level analytics; and weather verification reports that include precipitation date, precipitation event, ice dam conditions, and wind event reports. It serves insurance companies, and property owners and managers; and students and staff at degree-granting institutions, including high schools, undergraduate colleges and universities, and post-graduate degree programs. Understory, Inc. was formerly known as Winstruments, Inc. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Madison, Wisconsin.

FactoryFix Inc.

Series A in 2022
FactoryFix LLC owns and operates a platform that connects manufacturers to qualified experts. The company provides labor resources for same-day service projects, part-time skilled workers, contract and temporary resources, and factory automation and engineering projects. It supplies labor resources, such as vetted machinists, maintenance technicians, engineers, and electricians. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.

Delta Trainer

Series A in 2022
Delta Trainer is a one-on-one remote personal training company that develops a smartwatch for fitness training and tracking. The company's watches have a built-in trainer assignment for guidance and also provide live feedback on a real-time basis that enable users to analyze the problems they are facing during their workouts.

ShearShare, Inc.

Venture Round in 2018
ShearShare, Inc., also known as HAIRbnb, develops salon and barbershop rental application. The application that connects salons, spas, and barbershop owners to individual cosmetologists and barbers to fill unused suites, and booths on demand. The company serves beauty and barber school graduates, seasoned industry veterans, mobile hairdressers, celebrity stylists and barbers, hairstylists, makeup artists, barbers, nail technicians, estheticians, massage therapists, eyelash specialists, braiders, and waxologists in the United States, and internationally. The company also offers advertising services through its application. ShearShare, Inc. was incorporated in 2015 and is based in McKinney, Texas.

Cariloop

Venture Round in 2020
Cariloop provides the world’s first fully-integrated, human-powered Caregiver Support Platform to help working caregivers and families plan for and manage the care of their loved ones. The Platform features a HIPAA-compliant, cloud-based application that helps families securely communicate across all devices and store important health, financial, and legal documents while having on-demand access to a dedicated Care Coach who guides the families through the many decisions they make over the length of their caregiving journey.

Rheaply, Inc.

Funding Round in 2022
Asset Exchange Manager; Rheaply is a Techstars-Chicago company that provides a modern asset management platform which enables better resource visibility and utilization. Furthermore, Rheaply enables it’s customers to create a marketplace to buy, sell, trade, donate, and rent resources within an organization or externally.

remodelmate

Seed Round in 2020
remodelmate, Inc. operates as an online marketplace for buying, selling, and managing home renovations. It provides services, including check renovation model, pricing estimate, and budget design. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Washington, District Of Columbia.

Ubiquitilink

Seed Round in 2019
Lynk is a mobile connectivity company that allows to partner with mobile network operators to connect existing mobile phone customers to each other, anywhere on the planet. It aims to provide broadband connectivity directly to ordinary mobile phones. Lynk was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Falls Church, Virginia.

Kiswe Mobile

Venture Round in 2021
Kiswe Mobile is a company focused on bringing live media content such as sports and entertainment to mobile devices. Jeong Kim, Wim Sweldens, and Jimmy Lynn founded Kiswe in the fall of 2013. They are each well known in their respective fields and bring their combined expertise in mobile communications technology, entrepreneurship, and sports management to the company. Kiswe has operations in NY and DC metro areas.

Upside.com

Seed Round in 2018
Turning the way we buy business travel upside down. We are building a world-class team passionate about creating a product that will turn business travel from mundane to magical. This is no ordinary startup. We’ve already brought on some of the most passionate, intelligent and seasoned founding team members on the planet.

Collective Retreats

Series C in 2021
Collective Hotels & Retreats, Inc. owns and operates hotels and retreats in Colorado. It offers luxury tent accommodations and cabins. The company also provides on and off property dining options, such as meals, snacks, beverages, and treats. In addition, it offers various activities, including winery trips, fly fishing excursions, horseback riding and cattle roundups, jeep and ATV tours, zip adventures and zip line tours, white water rafting, and other activities. Collective Hotels & Retreats, Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in Denver, Colorado.

Arcade

Seed Round in 2021
Arcade Solutions, Inc. develops workforce engagement solutions. Its portfolio includes Arcade, a platform that enables sales leads to connect and communicate, recognize and encourage, reward and incentivize, educate and learn, and compete and win in day-to-day projects. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Dallas, Texas with an additional office in Melbourne, Australia.

Candidate

Seed Round in 2021
Candidate, Inc. operates as an online staffing and recruiting company. The company operates an online marketplace that incentivizes every person to be a recruiter for their network. The company was incorporated in 2020 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

Aurora Insight, Inc.

Series A in 2019
We are the one source of truth when it comes to available spectrum and wireless connectivity. We provide detailed insights on existing wireless infrastructure and RF environments enabling organizations to make the best business decisions.

ReturnLogic

Series A in 2022
ReturnLogic is a developer of an automation platform intended to make better marketing decisions and prevent costly product returns. Its platform helps brands give their clients an easy returns process while automating workflows for their customer service and warehouse teams, thereby enabling businesses to optimize their product returns strategy.

Ordway Labs, Inc.

Series A in 2020
Ordway is a smart billing and revenue automation platform for growing businesses. It simplifies managing recurring subscriptions, contract details, pricing transactions, invoicing customers, collecting payments, and recognizing revenue. They are on a mission to build the world’s most effective billing and finance platform. Used by companies across multiple industries, Ordway eliminates back-office inefficiencies, identifies revenue trends, and simplifies finance and operations tasks so personnel can focus on strategic growth activities. Ordway is a SaaS company based in Washington DC.

Cariloop

Series A in 2020
Cariloop provides the world’s first fully-integrated, human-powered Caregiver Support Platform to help working caregivers and families plan for and manage the care of their loved ones. The Platform features a HIPAA-compliant, cloud-based application that helps families securely communicate across all devices and store important health, financial, and legal documents while having on-demand access to a dedicated Care Coach who guides the families through the many decisions they make over the length of their caregiving journey.