SWAN Venture Fund

SWAN Venture Fund is a group of operators and industry experts. Our expertise ranges from tech development work, to connections into large acquisitive companies, to connections in the supply chain, to business development, and to almost every aspect of a business as it grows. This fund invests in pre-seed rounds (rounds of $500k-$1.5MM). Characteristics of companies that we are interested in: Since we are in the Seattle area, we tend to be interested in exciting value-driven and B2B tech companies with great teams, early revenues, and a competitive advantage. We invest if we like a company, they like us, and one of our members will put time/work into the company, if necessary. Otherwise, we don't invest. Categories we might consider: B2B software, IoT and scalable hardware, capital-efficient hard-science. Market-accelerating technologies. Low-regulatory-inhibited health: like healthIT, among others. Visit our website at www.swanventurefund.com

22 past transactions

Indicio.tech

Seed Round in 2022
Indicio provides companies and markets the ability to create, develop, and launch new Trusted Data Ecosystems, marketplaces, and business models for the exchange of high value information and data assets. Specializing in financial, healthcare, and travel markets, Indicio provides customers with technology and a decentralized network to issue, hold, and verify data contained in encrypted digital credentials. With Indicio’s privacy-preserving software, companies can confirm data authenticity repeatedly and efficiently from its source without the expense or risk of direct integrations—resulting in a boost to their bottom-line profit and information privacy reputation.

HTuO Biosciences

Pre Seed Round in 2021
HTuO Biosciences is a deep-tech company that operates at the intersection of physics, chemistry, and computer programming to develop advanced computational methods for drug discovery. The core technology uses a unique physics-based model to accurately represent the behaviours of atoms and molecules, closely mimicking the natural world without relying on training data. HTuO aims to leverage its proprietary software, AtomForge (AF), to optimize and accelerate drug discovery, especially for challenging-to-target proteins. AF employs its distinctive physics-based model to provide highly accurate representations of atomic and molecular behaviours. Additionally, AF incorporates atomic charge fluctuations (polarizability) into its enhanced simulations, which will improve the ability to predict emergent properties. This, in turn, will directly enhance the accuracy of drug-target and drug-solvent interactions.

Algenesis

Venture Round in 2021
Algenesis is a material science and technology company on a mission to help the planet recover from the pollution caused by-products made from fossil fuels. The company is producing renewable polyurethanes from algae and non-food plant oils and partnering with companies to use these materials in surfboards and biodegradable flip flops. Algenesis was established in 2016 and is based in San Diego, CA.

Automaton

Seed Round in 2021
More than 30% of all SaaS tech is selected, implemented and integrated by business users - with out support from engineering. But every QA and Monitoring toolkit requires the ability to code - leading to quality and monitoring issues from broken integrations or misconfigurations. Automaton is the first quality platform developed for the business user. Beginning with the Marketing, Advertising, Privacy Compliance, Analytics and Sales, Automaton brings DevOps-style quality and monitoring to business users

Opticyte

Seed Round in 2020
Opticyte, Inc, a medical device innovator developing proprietary advanced algorithms and tailored optical spectroscopy technology to measure and detect low oxygen levels in cells to prevent organ failure. Opticyte is developing the first Cell O2 Monitor for reducing organ failure. Founded in 2016, Opticyte, Inc, is a spinoff from the University of Washington. Headquartered in Seattle, WA, Opticyte employs engineering, regulatory, and communications teams with deep experience in bringing medical devices to market.

Niricson

Series A in 2020
Niricson develops an AI-based predictive analytics SaaS platform for infrastructure asset management. Its AUTOSPEX platform and DRONIC provide asset managers and civil engineers critical insights and multi-defect layer visualization for the current condition of their assets.

SST Wireless

Series A in 2020
SST Wireless Inc. designs, manufactures and distributes wireless sensor technologies specifically to help each customer increase safety, conserve energy, and reduce operational downtime of vehicles and equipment. Their products are the result of years of research and development combined with extensive real-world field trials. Their history spans over a decade as a recognized leader in industrial and commercial grade wireless tire pressure monitoring systems (TPMS) that help increase safety, extend tire life and increase energy conservation for heavy duty vehicles such as mine haul trucks, construction equipment, transit buses and transport trucks. We’ve learned from a lot from their work with heavy duty vehicles. Based on their knowledge, they embarked on an ambitious plan in 2014 to develop a line of industrial wireless sensors for equipment condition monitoring. They are removing the barriers to deploying and commissioning sensors for any size of company, regardless of their technical resources. Over time, their monitoring software platform will help them gain new insights in to the service life cycle of their equipment while helping operations and maintenance teams make timely decisions to increase safety, reduce downtime and conserve energy. Their purpose designed sensors carry the philosophy that they must be easy to use, rugged and reliable to ensure that they will perform when it counts the most. Their team of engineers and software developers have delivered an impressive line of new sensors that include self calibration vibration sensor, high temperature sensor, pressure sensors, humidity and differential pressure sensor and a new sensor gateway platform.

Cloudneeti

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Cloudneeti delivers self-serviceable, workload assurance, security and compliance validations against industry standards.

TransformativeMed

Series A in 2019
TransformativeMed their platform of EHR solutions, enables doctors and nurses to access patient data across clinical specialties and departments.

CurvaFix

Convertible Note in 2019
CurvaFix is a medical device company that is developing a novel solution to an unmet need in orthopedic trauma. The company's devices can follow natural bone shapes and fill space within curved bones like the pelvis.

SiDx

Debt Financing in 2018
SiDx is a health services provider offering patients a diagnostic platform. It is modernizing blood group testing to speed care and reduce cost. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Defined.ai

Secondary Market in 2018
Defined.ai is enabling AI creators of the future, from those building their first boot-strapped models, to those fine-tuning complex AI projects. Defined.ai hosts the leading online marketplace where it's possible to buy, sell or commission off-the-shelf or custom-ordered AI data, tools and models, and offers professional services to help deliver success in complex machine learning projects. Defined.ai is a community of AI professionals working together to build fair, accessible, inclusive and ethical AI of the future.

CurvaFix

Series A in 2018
CurvaFix is a medical device company that is developing a novel solution to an unmet need in orthopedic trauma. The company's devices can follow natural bone shapes and fill space within curved bones like the pelvis.

ShotTek Inc

Pre Seed Round in 2017
The PeaceShooter team is a group of passionate innovators with a love for basketball. Our vision is to transform the game with our patented wearable motion training technology focused on creating a better experience for kids, coaches and athletes.

Sharkbite Games

Seed Round in 2017
Founded in 2016, Sharkbite Games is focused on delivering "Best in class" gaming experiences, regardless of the platform. With over 70 years of combined "been there, done that" experience between us, we have some amazing titles under our belts. Having all previously worked together in some capacity, we share a passion for building amazing game experiences.

Heroclip

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Heroclip is a designer, manufacturer, and seller of a carabiner hook clip designed to help users hold and hang gear anywhere. The company's product is a fully functional clip with an attached hook that rotates 360 degrees, folds at two joints for maximum versatility, and has a rubber tip to stay put, enabling users to get multi-purpose remedies for everyday problems. It was founded in 2015 and headquartered in Seattle, Washington.

Accrualify

Seed Round in 2017
Accrualify offers mid- and enterprise-level companies cloud-based automation solutions to better manage their Procure-to-Pay and accounts payable processes. Accrualify’s products enable more efficient and automated management of purchase orders, accruals, invoices, payments, vendor management, and budgeting. Their mission is to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to address the many pain points corporate finance organizations face on a daily basis. It was this principle that led Accrualify to develop a product that automates month-end accrual processes.

oVio Technologies

Seed Round in 2017
Creating Revoloutionary Dimensional Imagery. oVio Technologies has developed innovative dimensional imagery technology for AR/VR/3D applications, government & corporate global ID management, security, fin-tech, and medical/tele-medicine.​

Utrip

Series A in 2017
Utrip is a free travel planning technology that brings together the best in artificial intelligence and human experience, making it easy for travelers to quickly create their perfect trip. It is a destination discovery and travel planning platform that brings together the best in artificial intelligence and human experience to help travelers discover destinations and plan trips in uniquely personal and enjoyable ways. Utrip PRO helps increase engagement, loyalty and conversion rates by providing a white labeled offering of the Utrip platform to hospitality brands, cruise lines, points of interest, airlines, and Destination Marketing Organizations.

Defined.ai

Seed Round in 2016
Defined.ai is enabling AI creators of the future, from those building their first boot-strapped models, to those fine-tuning complex AI projects. Defined.ai hosts the leading online marketplace where it's possible to buy, sell or commission off-the-shelf or custom-ordered AI data, tools and models, and offers professional services to help deliver success in complex machine learning projects. Defined.ai is a community of AI professionals working together to build fair, accessible, inclusive and ethical AI of the future.

Omni M2M

Seed Round in 2015
Omni M2M is a provider of cloud-based software services and sensors for equipment. It improves business profits, reliability, and competitiveness with m2m products beyond fleet tracking. Using a network of easy to install sensors, OmniM2M connects businesses equipment to the cloud to enable condition monitoring and reporting from anywhere in the world. Omni M2M was established in 2014 and is based in Bellevue, Washington.
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