Tech Wildcatters

Tech Wildcatters is a mentorship-driven VC fund and startup accelerator, rated as a Top 10 Accelerator/Incubator by Forbes. Selective in their process, they invite 8-10 companies to Dallas for each 12-week class, providing up to $130,000 in seed funding, top-notch mentorship, and opportunities to pitch to investors. They focus on tech startups in series A rounds, excluding medical devices, biotech, real estate, and oil and gas exploration companies. With a minimum investment of $0.03 million and a maximum of $0.25 million, they seek 7-10% equity in companies. Founded in 2009, Tech Wildcatters is based in Dallas, Texas, providing valuable mentorship to startups in the tech industry.

Brad Taylor

Founding partner

95 past transactions

rentsavvy.com

Seed Round in 2011
RentSavvy is a listing platform that offers hyperlocal neighborhood and apartment recommendations. With RentSavvy, users can sign up using Facebook and mention the desired city, the price range of the house, number of bedrooms, and location preferences of its house search. RentSavvy uses data such as crime stats, bar locations, sources as varied as the US Census, GMaps, Craigslist, and several not available to the general public. It then uses its proprietary algorithms to rank and showcase available properties based on each user's individual preferences. It even sends weekly updates to its users on the availability of its desired house. The company was dead pooled as in the year 2013.

PolicyPulse

Seed Round in 2012
PolicyPulse helps people to participate in civic issues in their community. PolicyPulse mission is to ensure the powerful influence of citizens by engaging them on decisions up for vote in their area. With the information they collect, PolicyPulse is able to provide services to local governments and contractors in need of quick, low-cost consumer preferencing data.

Zephos

Seed Round in 2014
Zephos develops an all-in-one SaaS solution for cloud integration. It focuses on clearing up the mess that is the current data management of the world's most popular cloud services. Zephos brings together all cloud services into one easy-to-use interface.

Virtual Visit

Seed Round in 2015
Virtual Visit Solutions LLC provides technology solutions for families and healthcare facilities. The company engages families and care providers to communicate with patients. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

GetReal.Estate

Seed Round in 2014
In a market where the relationship is the primary sales tool, GetReal.Estate assumes the role of an ecosystem full of tools designed to integrate real estate companies, independent agents, brokers and builders, enhancing business and making possible virtual partnerships for the sale of real estate. Exclusively for real estate professionals, the network allows the agent relates to a large volume of professionals organized, keeping all your communication in one centralized control panel, leaving a more streamlined communication and increasing productivity both in search properties as in attracting new partners. The result is greater capillarity of regional and national networking. The network is completely free and open to all licensed agents.

Vyooit

Seed Round in 2014
We created a platform called VyooIT that enables companies to utilize their current employees wherever they might be and request a live video from their smartphone or a wearable device. We made it to be interactive, so you can talk to the person who is streaming and tell them what you want to see or do. The platform also lets you empower your clients to request live video from your employees so you can engage them and showcase things you weren't able before. Like, I like this house I saw on line, I need to see it right now. Ok, click and request a live video from the agent. Now, tell them what you want to see. Done! Since we don't believe in passwords and accounts, we made it available cross platform without a need for an account on Skype, Hangouts, FaceTime, etc. The only thing you need here is a smartphone and an email. How convenient is that?!

Pryzm

Seed Round in 2016
Pryzm develops a nano-tech-powered diffraction lens that creates colorful, holographic effects in photos and videos. Pryzm's product is built around patented optical technologies that produce breathtaking images and enable mobile photographers to capture and share stunning content. Pryzm specializes in AR/VR image stitchting, optics system simplification, and physical product design.

Klick Push

Seed Round in 2016
Klick Push ("KP") provides an ad technology that leverages a library of digital content create a more engaging consumer experience with brands. We make it quick and easy for marketers to present targeted digital content as a reward for engagement.

WhichBox Media

Seed Round in 2014
WhichBox Media, LLC develops online publishing platforms which enable users to publish their content in multiple media formats such as audio, video, and blogs. It offers content creation, content management, social networking, social media and user generated content, ad-serving, e-commerce, delivery to any tablet device, and multi domain management services. The company was founded in 2008 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

Episcale

Seed Round in 2015
Episcale Corporation develops a SaaS-based technology for IATA e-freight alignment. It offers eFreight360, a cloud-based software application that automatically completes various ePouch documentations and communicates that data to stakeholders; and books cargo space with various airlines. The company’s solutions include eFreight360 Enterprise, a solution for commercial or internal development organizations that need to integrate air freight data into their corporate systems, write forms and processes, and gain access to various system tools; and eFreight360 Pro, a solution that allows air freight organizations to produce eAWBs and ePouches on a value priced pay-as-go basis. Its eFreight360 is accessible from various devices, including desktops, tablets, and smartphones, as well as supports various operating systems, such as Android, Apple, and Microsoft. The company is based in Winter Springs, Florida.

Newton Insight

Seed Round in 2011
Newton Insight is a software as a service (SaaS) supply chain management (SCM) company that provides businesses with the solutions they need to mange and improve the transportation and logistics of their time-sensitive and immediate deliveries. Newton Insight SaaS solution provides businesses with the means to link the systems of their multiple delivery service vendors into one platform. This allows them to coordinate, track, and ensure the couriers made the deliveries to the right place at the right time in the right condition. It automates the transportation and logistics processes that lowers costs and improves efficiencies. In addition, Newton Insight gives businesses performance metrics to help them hold their couriers/logistics vendors accountable. Through various mathematical models and algorithms, they aggregate turnaround times (TAT), costs, and complaints to arrive at a standard performance metric specific to the business. No two are alike. Lastly, Newton Insight offers businesses analytic modules to help them understand their operations. They can run various reports for multiple indices to uncover bottle necks in their processes. Whether it is the time it takes to dispatch an order, complete a delivery, to the costs or late deliveries for a certain location, Newton Insight finds the issues. Businesses now have a chance to address these noticeable and often times hidden problems so that they can improve their performance. Newton Insight provides businesses with real solutions. With it they can make better decisions, and improve their operations and service.

Glass

Seed Round in 2012
shopglass.com is a desktop and mobile website that helps consumers discover and buy clothing, accessories and shoes from thousands of local and online stores. Glass is “window shopping” in the palm of your hand. Glass has developed proprietary technology that searches the social graph to aggregate and categorize relevant fashion content from over 50,000 stores in 300+ US cities. With Glass, consumers can: * Track their favorite stores * Stay informed about new sales and deals * Discover new stores they will love * Take the mobile app with them when they are on the go. Learn more at www.shopglass.com or via the iPhone app.

Voncierge

Seed Round in 2013
Voncierge operates a wedding planning Website that allows brides to book appointments online with wedding vendors. Its Website enables brides to search vendors for venues, florists, bridal salons, cakes, real weddings, and invitations. The company’s Website also has a search and tag feature for wedding dresses. Voncierge was formerly known as Little Dress Book, Inc. The company is based in New York, New York.

GroupRaise

Seed Round in 2013
Groupraise.com, Inc. is an online community that provides a way to organize restaurant fundraisers to support non-profit causes, including health, clean water, education, hunger, and social entrepreneurship. The company acts as a local community networking for restaurants to build relationships with community groups through fundraisers. Its community enables to list restaurants; start a campaign by posting dates, times, and the donation offered for local groups to host events; and groups request fundraisers through its online system. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Houston, Texas.

Chalkbucket Labs

Seed Round in 2015
Chalkbucket Labs provides affiliate management, performance tracking, and member engagement solutions. Its solution provides features, such as automated billing, WOD building, performance tracking, athlete profiles, retail payments, class scheduling, leaderbaords, automatic PR tracking, membership resources, attendance tracking, Website marketing, and social integration for box owners and athletes. The company also offers QuickSwipe mobile point of sales application that provides users with the ability to sell retail goods, such as T-shirts or supplements anywhere. Chalkbucket is headquartered in the United States.

Floor Show VR

Seed Round in 2016
Floor Show VR develops a VR app designed to help real estate professionals to create and visualize real estate properties. The VR app enables 3D models for properties, including residential and commercial developments, that enable users to walk through them using virtual reality. Floor Show VR charges on a per square foot basis varying on the total amount of property area to be visualized.

Memory Reel

Series A in 2011
Memory Reel is a social media management platform that helps brands connect with attendees before, during, and after an event. Memory Reel helps event organizers and event marketers to aggregate and analyze the social data generated during the event from the attendee and spectators. The users can create a central location for all the event social media, drive event awareness, engage attendees through contests during events, measure the success of the event, etc.

talentize

Seed Round in 2013
Enables professionals to be matched with relevant, high-quality, jobs based on skills and proficiency levels.

The Stones

Seed Round in 2016
The Stones Inc. connect natural stone buyers and producers worldwide. They make the match and facilitate every step of the process from the material selection & planning, to the quality control & logistics. They are committed to developing and providing the most advanced technologies to facilitate the search, selection and import/export of natural stones. Their work revolves around the needs of Architects, Interior Designers, Construction Companies, Developers and Consumers.

Guideally

Seed Round in 2014
Travel as it's meant to be. At Guideally, we started out with the vision of becoming the best community marketplace for authentic experiences around. We take you beyond "just being there" and make it easy to discover, book and share unique activities worldwide, offered by local experts, small businesses and independent companies. It's the next best thing to knowing someone there. Want to know more? Get in touch with us at (416) 894-4382 or (647) 760-5425.

Boat Planet

Seed Round in 2019
Boat Planet is an online community of passionate boaters and trusted marine professionals. We're here to connect businesses with new customers and help boat owners find everything they need to enjoy their time on the water. Get inspired and collaborate with professionals who care about boating as much as you do. Browse our destination guides to explore the best of where you boat. We'll help you find what you're looking for so you can get back to the serious business of having fun.

FV

Seed Round in 2016
FastVisa Inc. provides visa assistance to aspiring immigrants It enables users to sign up, answer a questionnaire, print, sign and send the form after error checks. The company offers its services through its online platform. It offers its services for nonprofit organizations, higher education, government, law firm, and enterprise human resource. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in Dallas, Texas.

Koupon

Seed Round in 2011
Koupon Media, Inc. offers digital campaign management platform for creation, distribution, redemption, and analysis of digital coupons and promotions. The company provides campaign management, multi-channel distribution, coupon clearing, and consumer analytics services. It caters to retailers, partners, and brands. The company was formerly known as Mcomm360 Inc. and changed its name to Koupon Media, Inc. in August 2012. Koupon Media, Inc. was founded in 2011 and is based in Addison, Texas.

iCEIBA

Seed Round in 2019
iCEIBA Technologies Inc provides claim recovery and litigation financing services for small and medium businesses. It builds and operates claim recovery platform to manage the recovery and litigation of claims of businesses. The company acquires commercial disputes of small and medium businesses (the claims) and turn them into cash through a managed litigation process. iCEIBA Technologies Inc was founded in 2019 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

1st Minute App

Seed Round in 2015
Language Translation for First Responders & Travelers

Akros TechLabs

Seed Round in 2014
Akros TechLabs provides a multi-factor authentication solution to address the security needs of the cloud and mobile technology markets. The solution secures access into three levels of domains employing VPN-like technology for IT infrastructure/desktop/mainframe domains, cloud computing environments, and mobile devices.

Kaizen Collab

Seed Round in 2017
Kaizen Collab develops a web-based platform designed to manage continuous improvement programs. The platform has built-in lean methods, employee engagement, and project management tools to create a comprehensive approach to continuous improvement. It caters to the manufacturing sector. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

SparkCrowd

Seed Round in 2011
SparkCrowd develops a mobile social game where users can check-in at a location and tag others at the same location and pose questions based on their interests.

teleCalm

Seed Round in 2016
teleCalm, Inc. provides managed phone services including call blocking, 9-1-1 call notifications, phone scams protection, call history, live caller dashboard, alert notifications real-time alerts and reminders on smart phone and voicemail retrieval. teleCalm, Inc. was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in Plano, Texas.

PledgeCents

Seed Round in 2014
PledgeCents is a social impact marketplace that leverages our crowdfunding solution. The PledgeCents marketplace allows PreK-12 teachers and parents the ability to crowdfund for their favorite EdTech tools. EdTech vendors are now able to increase their conversion rates from free users into paying customers through a streamlined and quick process. Trusted by 1,400+ schools in 51 states have signed up and more than $700,000 has been raised for classroom needs to make a positive impact for more than 400,000 students.

Instant API

Angel Round in 2014
Instant API, Inc. creates, hosts, manages enterprise grade APIs. Instant API, Inc. was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in Lewes, Delaware.

Qwiqq

Seed Round in 2012
Qwiqq Inc. develops a social platform for local merchants. The company’s platform enables local merchants to share their goods and services with local customers. Its platform also enables users to snap a photo, write a quick note, and enter the price; share posts on Facebook, Twitter, and Foursquare accounts; and discover what their friends and local merchants are sharing ranging from foodies to fashionistas. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Houston, Texas.

Siftery

Seed Round in 2012
Siftery is a database of sorts where companies list their software stacks. Siftery compares companies with similar stacks and looks for differences to make some recommendations.

Atticous

Seed Round in 2012
Atticous takes all your art, new or old, and turns it into a store where people can buy it. For our launch, we have started with photographs that can be bought as canvases and prints, or can be licensed. You don’t need to worry about anything except choosing wh­ich photographs to sell using the 1-click ‘add to store’ but­ton . We handle all the transactions, shipping and inter­actions with the buyers, so you don’t have to worry about anything except continuing to take beautiful photo­graphs and being awesome. We also have statistics to keep you updated on how your store is doing, which photos are selling, as well as how much you have earned. We know transparency is import­ant, and have worked hard to ensure that you know ever­ything there is to know about your store and its perform­ance.

CrowdFeed

Seed Round in 2013
CrowdFeed is the ultimate concert companion app. During concerts and festivals, we allow attendees to easily get real-time information (like what song is playing right now), follow artists across all social networks, share photos & updates, browse a feed of what everyone there is posting, buy music & merchandise, and make new friends. They enable artists to turn cheers into shares, follows, buys & charts, helping them make more money and increase their social activity and followers during shows.

GlimpzIt

Seed Round in 2015
GlimpzIt is a machine-learning platform for marketers, not data scientists. We analyze unstructured data (pictures, videos and text) using Machine Learning enabling companies to auto create marketing content that appeals to customers on a truly emotional level.

PayTap

Angel Round in 2011
PayTap is shared payment - fast, secure and direct. Share bills or items with friends and all funds go directly to the biller or merchant. It dramatically reduces the cost of moving money, gives visibility to all parties involved while still keeping your sensitive information private. PayTap allows online merchants and billers to integrate shared payments seamlessly into their checkout process. By offering this feature as part of their e-commerce process, billers and merchants can provide their customers with a new way to pay.

Credii

Seed Round in 2012
Credii Technologies Private Limited offers Credii, a software selection tool for businesses to find the right software. The company also offers Credii as a platform exclusively for IT and business executives. It serves midsized legal firms and small advertising agencies. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Bengaluru, India.

Tech EdVentures

Angel Round in 2016
Tech Edventures’ curriculum and teacher training services equip schools to teach engineering and computer coding. The company began by providing after-school classes in robotics and coding to retail consumers. As larger clients requested its services, Tech Edventures re-oriented outreach towards B2B sales and began packaging a robust base of proprietary content for institutional users.

ImageVision

Series B in 2014
ImageVision provides social media and multimedia sites the tools to automate the recognition and monetization of their visual content. With Billions of photos and videos shared via social media every day, arguably social media’s greatest asset is its free supply of user-generated and user-shared content. By combining real-time visual recognition technology with artificial intelligence and machine learning, ImageVision provides social media and multimedia sites the tools to automate the recognition and monetization of their visual content to both grow revenue and protect their advertisers' brands. ImageVision’s real-time, Visual Search engine is used by market leaders, such as Apple, Facebook, Photobucket, and Yahoo!, to power image search, brand analytics, ad tailoring, and avoiding issues with objectionable content.

RaftUp

Seed Round in 2017
Raftup Technologies, Inc. develops software and wearable safety solutions for outdoor recreation and public safety. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Little Rock, Arkansas.

DineMob

Seed Round in 2015
DineMob Inc. operates a platform that provides restaurants with a no B.S. outlet to fill seats during their downtime. Its platform provides services for those customers that are willing compromise with their usual dining to crowdfund their meals. The company’s platform also allows users to share their deals and engage in conversation about the restaurants. DineMob Inc. was founded in 2014 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

Nexiden

Series A in 2014
Nexiden, Inc. provides multifactor authentication and authorization solutions. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Plano, Texas.

Tigli

Seed Round in 2016
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Munchkin Mailbox

Seed Round in 2019
Munchkin Mailbox, LLC operates an online platform that allows to find and apply daycare or preschool. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Takoma Park, Maryland.

Pipem

Seed Round in 2015
Pipem develops a communication platform that enables a user to send natural language commands to online services from any device from within their email or secure messaging client.

Parkaze

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Parkaze is an online shared-economy marketplace where you can host and rent privately owned parking spots. As a host, you get a seamless experience by leveraging your privately owned parking spot when you are away to earn more money. You still have complete control of its availability, price, and rules. As a driver, you can find cheaper and safe alternatives to parking by letting you book spots where ever you go and whenever you go.

Tamborileo

Seed Round in 2016
Tamborileo is an on-demand marketplace for creatives and makers looking to create sustainably.

Reveel Technologies

Angel Round in 2014
Join the media REVEELution! Reveel is the first company to allow audiences to view an interactive media experience from print, digital, video and broadcast media on any browser – without downloading an app or producing additional creative. Reveel's patent pending cloud-based platform allows brands, agencies and media outlets to increase audience engagement and revenue by seizing the moment of interest and converting it into measurable action. Consumers go to Reveel.it on their mobile browser and snap a photo of print or broadcast media or click on digital media displayed on websites or online video to explore, learn and buy. Anyone can create a custom Reveel landing page online in minutes, then publish it across media channels so it can be viewed on mobile and desktop devices.

Secure PressID

Seed Round in 2013
Secure PressID Inc. develops an identity solution based on the biometric interaction of the human hand and a touch screen device. Its technology provides biometric identification to users using their touch screen device (such as the Apple iPad) by pressing their hand on the screen of their touch device. The company’s technology provides solutions that range from internal enterprise identity issues to helping establishing identity security in customer-to-business iPad applications. Secure PressID Inc. is based in Dallas, Texas.

Fig Tree Media

Seed Round in 2011
Fig Tree Media is a B2B tech startup that simplifies webpage creation and management for tech teams to have total control over every aspect, 100% code-free.

ScribeSense

Seed Round in 2013
ScribeSense is an online grading system. Their secure online service automates grading process and provides charted and color coded results right to inbox.

Vignature

Seed Round in 2011
Vignature Inc. provides verifiable image-based electronic signature products. It offers SimplySign, an application that enables to create a legally binding electronic signature, as well as collect the signature along with the image of the signer through the Internet. The company also facilitates to sign PDF documents with Vignature iPhone and iPad applications. Its products allow individuals and businesses to bypass tedious paper processes, as well as expedite document signing. Vignature Inc. serves businesses in the United States. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Frisco, Texas.

Help Bond Me

Series A in 2016
Help Bond Me develops hardware kiosks to help in arranging bail money. Help Bond Me's kiosks help pretrial detainees to send arrest notifications to friends, family, and followers via social media, text messaging, and electronic mail, enabling inmates to get a platform to raise their bail money.

Capparsa

Seed Round in 2015
Capparsa, LLC develops mobile software solutions. The company offers TimeTag, a timesheet application that enables users to track and tag their time; organizes and groups time records; and generates spreadsheets or reports to import to other applications or services. It also offers Compositions, a text editor that allows users to focus on their content. The company was founded in 2009 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

GruupMeet

Seed Round in 2014
GruupMeet, Inc. provides a cloud-based participant and meeting logistics platform for planners worldwide. Its platform syncs with business email to connect calendars and files, as well as receive reply emails in work inbox; collects travel information for meetings and events; allows two-way texting for guests to receive updates and communicate with on-site support teams; and searches for notes, and logistics info and data. The company’s platform can be accessed through desktops and mobile devices. GruupMeet, Inc. was founded in 2013 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

Meowtel

Seed Round in 2017
Meowtel Inc. owns and operates a platform which connects cat owners with verified and nearby cat sitters. Its platform helps users in finding, and booking, trusted cat sitters and cat hosts. The company was founded in 2015 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

Trafinity

Seed Round in 2015
Trafinity Ventures, a Seattle-based financial technology startup, reinvents how consumers keep up with content related to the financial markets and publicly-traded companies. Its research platform dynamically filters and aggregates press releases, corporate events, Twitter feeds, blog posts, RSS feeds, and other critical information related to over 10,000 public companies, financial assets, market sectors, and major indices. Trafinity Ventures, which was founded in 2013 by two former financial market professionals, aims to optimize the research process, enabling users to digest more information as well as content publishers to push information to their target audiences more effectively.

CancerGene Connect

Seed Round in 2015
CancerGene Connect represents the power of evolving technology in healthcare science. With each generation of improvement, our platform makes significant strides in pedigree generation and risk modeling–bringing increasingly powerful connections to thousands of patients and practices.

Skill Silo

Seed Round in 2016
Skill Silo pairs users with educators via live 1-on-1 video conferencing. Users log onto our website, choose a course, find a time that fits their schedule, and learn face to face with a live professional via video conferencing. We currently service only languages, with a plan to expand to any subject that can be taught via video conferencing.

Socialyzer

Seed Round in 2012
Socialyzer is a predictive analytics platform that brings deep social insights and real-time optimization to social marketing. The Socialyzer Optimization Engine is able to predict the perfect time for a particular user to share content to Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn, and generates up to 250% more clicks and up to 160% more retweets.

LocalAdventures

Seed Round in 2016
We're a travel experience aggregator. We make joint ventures with local experience operators to improve the quality of their experiences and then we distribute these experiences under our brand by our B2C and B2B channels.

Selery

Seed Round in 2016
A unique one-stop shop logistics provider for small to medium eCommerce businesses. Selery offers innovative personalized services, packaging, and technology to standout in the crowded eCommerce market.

FanPrint

Seed Round in 2012
Developer of online platform to connect brands in the sports industry. The company develops an online social media platform for connecting brands in the sports and entertainment industry.

RefineRE

Seed Round in 2017
RefineRE operates as a portfolio management platform and data analytics provider for corporate real estate. It delivers real-time, relevant market comps, advanced portfolio reporting and dashboard visualization, and actionable analytics. RefineRE was founded in 2017 and is based in Dallas, TX, USA.

Reveel Technologies

Angel Round in 2014
Join the media REVEELution! Reveel is the first company to allow audiences to view an interactive media experience from print, digital, video and broadcast media on any browser – without downloading an app or producing additional creative. Reveel's patent pending cloud-based platform allows brands, agencies and media outlets to increase audience engagement and revenue by seizing the moment of interest and converting it into measurable action. Consumers go to Reveel.it on their mobile browser and snap a photo of print or broadcast media or click on digital media displayed on websites or online video to explore, learn and buy. Anyone can create a custom Reveel landing page online in minutes, then publish it across media channels so it can be viewed on mobile and desktop devices.

Fetch Package

Pre Seed Round in 2016
Fetch solves the package problem for apartment buildings. Fetch partners with property managers to accept all packages at local facilities and coordinates scheduled, door-to-door delivery with residents. It specializes in the fields of delivery services, logistics, and mobile apps. It was founded in 2016 and is currently headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Parkaze

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Parkaze is an online shared-economy marketplace where you can host and rent privately owned parking spots. As a host, you get a seamless experience by leveraging your privately owned parking spot when you are away to earn more money. You still have complete control of its availability, price, and rules. As a driver, you can find cheaper and safe alternatives to parking by letting you book spots where ever you go and whenever you go.

YooLotto

Seed Round in 2012
YooLotto, Inc provides mobile application for lottery players. The company provides an application that allows lottery players to scan tickets and receive drawing-results notifications. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

Key Ring

Seed Round in 2010
Key Ring is a simple app for smart phones that puts the customer in control, allowing them to consolidate all of their cards, coupons, weekly ads, and shopping lists into one spot. However, the benefit extends well beyond the customer. Key Ring works with retailers and brands to drive in-store transactions through promotional content such as weekly ads, promoted/featured products, recipes, and coupons. In addition Key Ring can help extend the capabilities of a retailers loyalty program by helping them acquire more customers and reengage inactive members.

Upswing

Seed Round in 2014
Upswing providing a highly flexible and personalized experience to learners and coaches. The company's online academic coaching platform offers students with the ability to select coaches based upon various criteria including price, quality, subjects and previous experiences with other students, thereby enabling students to select coaches and learn from them. Each session is recorded, aggregated, and reported back to admins so they can become equipped with the tools necessary to help fight student attrition. The data science behind our sessions enables early alerts and predictive measures to better ensure student success.

CruiseBe

Seed Round in 2016
CruiseBe is a unified travel platform for B2C and SaaS B2B solution for cruise industry that help travelers to plan their vacation and explore all cruise components at one place. Our major products are: • Interactive deck plans with ability to build the routes, even offline • Ultimate cruise planner – an amazingly simple cruise itinerary aggregator that, only in two clicks and in less than 30 seconds, proposes day-by-day schedule of a cruise with a complete list of attractions and activities in each port of call and on the ship Initially we launched our products on consumer market, however, we have developed a solution that allows us to integrate our big-data and cruise planner tool into any cruise companies’ services, both web and mobile.

ImageVision

Seed Round in 2010
ImageVision provides social media and multimedia sites the tools to automate the recognition and monetization of their visual content. With Billions of photos and videos shared via social media every day, arguably social media’s greatest asset is its free supply of user-generated and user-shared content. By combining real-time visual recognition technology with artificial intelligence and machine learning, ImageVision provides social media and multimedia sites the tools to automate the recognition and monetization of their visual content to both grow revenue and protect their advertisers' brands. ImageVision’s real-time, Visual Search engine is used by market leaders, such as Apple, Facebook, Photobucket, and Yahoo!, to power image search, brand analytics, ad tailoring, and avoiding issues with objectionable content.

Proxomo Software

Seed Round in 2011
Proxomo resides at the intersection of mobile app development and cloud-based, server-side mobile services to make app development quicker and easier to deploy for individual developers, enterprise developers and agency partners. Our solutions leverage cross platform development to deliver robust mobile solutions and backend as a service (BaaS) cloud technology that enables web and mobile innovators to build and deploy feature rich, highly scalable, ultra secure apps much faster. Proxomo enables app developers to store, manage and access their data via the cloud and develop backend features for apps in the shortest time possible. Proxomo was named one of Gartner Group’s six “Cool Vendors in Context-Aware Computing” for 2011 and is based in Dallas, Texas. For more information, visit http://www.proxomo.com Proxomo’s unique offerings include: The Proxomo BaaS Platform is a RESTful API that cross integrates a variety of context services designed to simplify the development of context-aware applications, including location, collaboration (both e-mail and SMS) and social networking. Proxomo functions as an abstraction layer, shielding developers from the complexity involved in directly integrating a variety of context agents, while simultaneously enriching the services it provides with additional functionality (such as application data storage, centralized user profile authentication and management, and user events). The JUMPSTART Developer Platform helps software developers minimize repetitive tasks while providing unlimited flexibility for a developer to extend the abilities of their code without any limitation being set by the development platform or libraries. Benefits of the Proxomo offering suite: • Speeds development and deployment of mobile and web apps. • Easier for developers to setup, use and operate a cloud backend for their mobile, tablet and web apps. • Simplifies the development of context-aware applications (location, collaboration, social networking). • Reduces operational costs and processes Specialties Mobile, Mobile applications, iOS, Android, Backend Development, Push Notifications, Social Integration, API Creation

Raspberry

Seed Round in 2015
Raspberry Inc. designs and develops money transfer application software. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Englewood, Colorado.

Mobifalcon

Pre Seed Round in 2016
Artificial Intelligence Hyper-local shopping platform that enables users shop local on Mobifalcon anytime, anywhere without going anywhere.

Brand Protection Agency

Seed Round in 2010
BPA provides manufacturers and brands with the ability to monitor, manage and communicate with their online reseller channels. With deep visibility into their online marketplace, the business intelligence SaaS platform captures product and channel data across the Internet providing deep analytics and actionable information based on the needs of the brand-retailer relationship.

Device Magic

Seed Round in 2011
Device Magic offers an application that enables businesses to build and distribute forms through mobile phones. Its services are used to create checklists, surveys, inspections, audits, job reports, site reviews, trip logs, pre-project reports, project wrap ups, equipment checks, and more. Device Magic offers tools that enable its customers to include images, audio recordings, and barcodes in their forms. It also provides support services related to its products. Device Magic was founded by Mike Welham and Dusan Babich in 2011. It is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina.

Qwiqq

Seed Round in 2012
Qwiqq Inc. develops a social platform for local merchants. The company’s platform enables local merchants to share their goods and services with local customers. Its platform also enables users to snap a photo, write a quick note, and enter the price; share posts on Facebook, Twitter, and Foursquare accounts; and discover what their friends and local merchants are sharing ranging from foodies to fashionistas. The company was founded in 2010 and is based in Houston, Texas.

YourSigma

Seed Round in 2014
A learning engine for online study groups.

AfroLandTV

Pre Seed Round in 2020
AfroLandTV Inc. provides subscription streaming entertainment service through its TV platform for pan African TV shows and movies. It offers movies, web series, shows, and others. The company was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Newark, Delaware.

Tech EdVentures

Seed Round in 2016
Tech Edventures’ curriculum and teacher training services equip schools to teach engineering and computer coding. The company began by providing after-school classes in robotics and coding to retail consumers. As larger clients requested its services, Tech Edventures re-oriented outreach towards B2B sales and began packaging a robust base of proprietary content for institutional users.

HedgeChatter

Seed Round in 2013
HedgeChatter.com is a Social Media Stock Analysis platform which gives investors the ability to determine who is chatting most about stocks, which stocks are most targeted, and which users are correctly predicting price movement. The online platform also provides features to track stocks and influencers and to enable alerts based on different activity of either stocks, influencers, or both. HedgeChatter.com currently offers two services: - HedgeChatter Advanced Access: An online intelligent dashboard. - HedgeChatter Professional Access: An intelligent dashboard with Full Alert Features - HedgeChatter API: For Direct Access to Data

FanTree

Seed Round in 2012
FanTree, Inc. offers an online social media platform that connects fans with offers from athletes, teams, and brands. The company also operates dailysportsdeal.com, a group buying and deals website for the sports industry. The company was formerly known as Daily Sports Deal Inc. The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

My Dealer Service

Convertible Note in 2015
My Dealer Service empowers automotive service departments with digital connectivity and workflow management, elevating efficiency and creating an unprecedented customer experience. The web application connects automotive service centers with their customers and enables its users to know the current status of their repairs. My Dealer Service was founded in March 2013 and is based in Denver, Colorado.

Dashin, INC

Seed Round in 2015
Helping first responders using MEMS, data homogenization, and deep learning algorithms.

GruupMeet

Seed Round in 2014
GruupMeet, Inc. provides a cloud-based participant and meeting logistics platform for planners worldwide. Its platform syncs with business email to connect calendars and files, as well as receive reply emails in work inbox; collects travel information for meetings and events; allows two-way texting for guests to receive updates and communicate with on-site support teams; and searches for notes, and logistics info and data. The company’s platform can be accessed through desktops and mobile devices. GruupMeet, Inc. was founded in 2013 and is based in Dallas, Texas.

CollegeJobConnect

Seed Round in 2010
CollegeJobConnect is an online replacement for the brick and mortar undergraduate recruiting process. It is creating a one-of-a-kind database of college Juniors and Seniors seeking full-time jobs and internships, and building a network of employers that want visibility into top schools around the country without the financial cost and time hassle of traveling to campus.