Tech Wildcatters

Tech Wildcatters, Inc. is a venture capital firm and seed accelerator based in Dallas, Texas, specializing in early-stage investments in technology startups. Founded in 2009, the firm focuses on business-to-business and business-to-business-to-consumer information technology companies, particularly those engaged in web and interactive home entertainment, systems software, and software development. Tech Wildcatters does not invest in sectors such as medical devices, biotech, real estate, or oil and gas exploration. The firm offers a mentorship-driven 12-week accelerator program, which is highly selective, inviting only 8-10 companies out of hundreds that apply each year. Participants can receive up to $130,000 in seed funding and typically give up 8% equity in exchange for the program's support. Tech Wildcatters aims to invest a minimum of $30,000 and a maximum of $250,000 in selected startups, primarily targeting Series A funding rounds.

Brad Taylor

Founding partner

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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.

Season Share

Seed Round in 2021
Season Share is a developer of a season ticketing platform designed to enhance the fan experience for live sporting events. Recognizing that 70% of season ticket holders in the U.S. share their tickets, the company offers a unique mobile app that allows fans to buy, group, split, and share season tickets efficiently. Founded by three sports enthusiasts with extensive backgrounds in technology, entertainment, and ticketing, Season Share aims to modernize the stagnant ticketing industry. Its platform not only supports subscription and last-minute ticketing but also caters to student and credit-based programs. By providing innovative features that attract younger fans and optimize ticket inventory management, Season Share seeks to increase revenue for teams and leagues while making ticket sharing more accessible and user-friendly.

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.

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.

iCEIBA

Seed Round in 2019
iCEIBA Technologies Inc is a Dallas-based company that provides claim recovery and litigation financing services specifically designed for small and medium businesses. Established in 2019, the company addresses a significant gap in the market by focusing on legitimate claims valued under $1 million, which are often overlooked by traditional financing solutions that cater only to larger, more complex disputes. iCEIBA operates a claim recovery platform that manages the litigation process, converting unresolved commercial disputes into cash for businesses. With an estimated 40 million small and medium enterprises facing $800 billion in unrealized cash due to these disputes each year, iCEIBA employs intelligent algorithms and blockchain technology to assess claim values and enhance transparency in the recovery process. The platform aims to provide instant liquidity to businesses while ensuring efficiency and fair compensation for all parties involved.

Munchkin Mailbox

Seed Round in 2019
Munchkin Mailbox, LLC is an online platform that facilitates the search and application process for daycare and preschool services. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Takoma Park, Maryland, the company provides parents with a streamlined way to apply and pay for application fees to multiple childcare providers simultaneously. This innovative service aims to simplify the often complex process of securing early childhood education options for families in the Washington, D.C. area.

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.

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.

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.

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.

RefineRE

Seed Round in 2017
RefineRE is a portfolio management and data analytics platform focused on corporate real estate. Founded in 2017 and based in Dallas, Texas, the company provides tools for tracking, analyzing, and managing real estate portfolio information. Its cloud-based platform integrates lease administration data with extensive market data, utilizing artificial intelligence to enhance decision-making. RefineRE offers real-time market comparisons, advanced portfolio reporting, and dashboard visualizations, along with deep analytics and street-level market intelligence. This comprehensive approach enables commercial real estate clients to optimize their portfolios and make informed decisions regarding their real estate investments.

The Stones

Seed Round in 2016
The Stones Inc. operates an online marketplace that connects customers with natural stone producers worldwide, enabling direct purchases of stones in various forms, including blocks, slabs, tiles, and artistic works for both commercial and residential construction. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Dallas, Texas, the company facilitates the entire process from material selection and planning to quality control and logistics. The Stones Inc. is dedicated to employing advanced technologies to streamline the search, selection, and import/export of natural stones, catering to the needs of architects, interior designers, construction companies, developers, and consumers.

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.

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.

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.

Tigli

Seed Round in 2016
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teleCalm

Seed Round in 2016
teleCalm, Inc. offers a managed phone service specifically designed to assist seniors living with Alzheimer’s and dementia. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Plano, Texas, the company provides a range of features aimed at enhancing the quality of life for both seniors and their caregivers. The service includes call blocking, 9-1-1 call notifications, and protection against phone scams, allowing caregivers to manage problem calls such as late-night and repeated calls effectively. The core of teleCalm's offering is the Caregiver app, which enables family members to remotely control the features of the service, ensuring that seniors can maintain their independence while being safeguarded from potential fraud and abuse. By addressing common challenges faced by caregivers and their loved ones, teleCalm aims to reduce isolation and improve connectivity among families.

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.

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.

FV

Seed Round in 2016
FastVisa Inc. is a company that specializes in providing visa assistance to individuals seeking immigration. Established in 2016 and based in Dallas, Texas, it operates an online platform that simplifies the visa preparation process. Users can easily sign up, complete a questionnaire, and submit their forms after undergoing error checks. FastVisa offers its services to various sectors, including nonprofit organizations, higher education institutions, government agencies, law firms, and corporate human resources. The platform is designed to make immigration processes more efficient and affordable, equipping organizations with the necessary tools to assist a larger number of immigrants in their applications for legal status.

Pryzm

Seed Round in 2016
Pryzm Labs Inc., founded in 1996 and headquartered in Dallas, Texas, specializes in advanced optical technologies for image-capturing devices. The company manufactures a removably attachable optical enhancement assembly designed to alter light signals, enhancing the quality of images and videos. Pryzm's innovative products include a nano-tech-powered diffraction lens that produces vibrant, holographic effects, allowing mobile photographers to capture striking visuals. The company focuses on augmented and virtual reality image stitching, optics system simplification, and physical product design, leveraging its patented technologies to empower users to create and share captivating content.

Klick Push

Seed Round in 2016
Klick Push, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in ad technology focused on the distribution of digital music. The firm provides a platform that facilitates a value exchange between consumers and online advertisers by offering downloadable digital music as a reward for consumer engagement. By integrating its services with loyalty rewards programs, applications, and online advertising networks, Klick Push enhances the consumer experience while enabling businesses to leverage music for marketing purposes. This approach not only transforms the way digital music is distributed but also creates value across various digital ecosystems.

Mobifalcon

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

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.

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.

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.

Tamborileo

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

DineMob

Seed Round in 2015
DineMob Inc. operates a platform designed to assist restaurants in maximizing occupancy during off-peak hours. Founded in 2014 and based in Dallas, Texas, DineMob provides a straightforward solution for restaurants to attract customers by offering flash-sale vouchers that deliver deals for dining at less busy times. The platform encourages users to crowd fund their meals by inviting friends, facilitating group dining experiences. Additionally, DineMob fosters engagement by allowing users to share deals and discuss their dining experiences, creating a community-oriented approach to restaurant patronage.

Game Time Giving

Seed Round in 2015
Game Time Giving is a gamified mobile platform that allows nonprofit organizations to raise money at sporting events by creating a giving competition between the fans at the event. Individuals can play games to support charity such as Louisiana flood relief. The company uses game mechanics to lower the costs of getting a donor, attract younger donors, and make fundraising easy. Multiplayer options for the games are included in the app that the individuals can invite their friends to a game for charity. The company is bestowed with numerous awards such as the 2nd place of Texas Startup Weekend. Game Time Giving is a U.S.-based company that was founded in 2014 by Detrick DeBurr and Catherine Lugo.

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.

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.

Capparsa

Seed Round in 2015
Capparsa, LLC is a software development company based in Dallas, Texas, founded in 2009. The company specializes in creating mobile software solutions designed to enhance user experience. One of its primary offerings is TimeTag, a timesheet application that allows users to effectively track and categorize their time, as well as generate reports for integration with other applications. Additionally, Capparsa provides Compositions, a text editor that emphasizes content creation. The company is committed to delivering high-quality software that meets user needs, driven by a philosophy of continuous improvement and self-reflection on the usability and desirability of its products.

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.

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.

Raspberry

Seed Round in 2015
Raspberry Inc. is a technology company based in Englewood, Colorado, founded in 2014. The company specializes in designing and developing software applications for money transfers, focusing on providing simple, secure, and private payment solutions.

Virtual Visit

Seed Round in 2015
Virtual Visit Solutions LLC, founded in 2015 and based in Dallas, Texas, specializes in providing technology solutions that enhance communication between families and healthcare providers. The company develops a video and messaging platform designed specifically for senior care facilities, facilitating connections among staff, residents, and their families. By promoting family-centered care, Virtual Visit aims to improve the quality and safety of healthcare services, ensuring that patient preferences and values guide care decisions. Effective communication among healthcare administrators, providers, patients, and families is essential for fostering collaboration, which leads to increased satisfaction and reduced complaints. The company's solutions address the social and emotional needs of residents, ultimately enhancing the overall patient care experience.

1st Minute App

Seed Round in 2015
Language Translation for First Responders & Travelers

YourSigma

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

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.

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.

Upswing

Seed Round in 2014
Upswing International, Inc. operates an online collaboration platform designed to provide academic support to students in schools. Its primary offerings include AdviseUp, which facilitates scheduling and receiving advice from college advisors; MentorUp, connecting students with mentors for non-academic support; and TutorUp, which utilizes its own tutors and connects students with a broader network of coaches. Additionally, Upswing provides engagement solutions tailored for first-year students, online learners, and adult learners. The platform allows students to select coaches based on various criteria, ensuring a personalized learning experience. Each coaching session is recorded and analyzed, providing administrators with real-time data and insights to help reduce student attrition and enhance overall success. Founded in 2013 and based in Austin, Texas, Upswing is committed to partnering with colleges to establish virtual learning centers that support students and equip educators with valuable analytics.

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?!

WhichBox Media

Seed Round in 2014
WhichBox Media, LLC is a company based in Dallas, Texas, founded in 2008, that specializes in developing online publishing platforms designed for content publishers. The WhichBox Platform provides a comprehensive publishing environment that allows users to create and manage content across multiple media formats, including audio, video, and blogs, from a single source. The platform simplifies content creation through its organic storytelling technology, which requires no technical skills. It offers various services such as ad-serving, e-commerce, social networking, and community engagement, enhancing the user experience and promoting audience growth through integration with popular social media platforms. Recent updates to the platform include advanced DIY advertorial capabilities, improved e-commerce tools, and a refined user interface. WhichBox Media has received multiple accolades for its innovative technology, including the OnMedia 100 Award and recognition as a Top Innovator at the New York Venture Summit.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

talentize

Seed Round in 2013
Talentize is a talent recruiting platform designed to transform the professional landscape by connecting individuals with appropriate job opportunities based on their skills and proficiency levels. This platform caters to a diverse range of talent, including models, actors, athletes, and non-traditional professionals, allowing them to showcase their abilities and monetize their unique skills. By leveraging innovation and insights, Talentize aims to streamline the discovery process for talent, making it easier for them to find relevant, high-quality job matches in various industries.

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.

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

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.

Secure PressID

Seed Round in 2013
Secure PressID Inc., based in Dallas, Texas, specializes in biometric identification solutions that utilize the unique interaction between the human hand and touch screen devices. By enabling users to authenticate their identity through the simple act of pressing their hand against a screen, the company's technology addresses various identity security challenges. This includes solutions for internal enterprise identity management as well as enhancing security in customer-to-business applications on devices like the iPad. Secure PressID aims to provide a user-friendly alternative to traditional identity verification methods, such as passwords and tokens, by offering a reliable and accessible biometric solution that does not require additional hardware.

CrowdFeed

Seed Round in 2013
CrowdFeed Inc. is a concert companion application designed to enhance the live music experience for attendees. Launched in 2013 and headquartered in Dallas, Texas, the app provides users with real-time information about performances, including set times and current songs. It allows users to follow their favorite artists across social networks, share their experiences, and engage with posts made by other concert-goers. Additionally, the application facilitates the purchase of music and merchandise directly from the performing artists. By enabling artists to interact with their fans during events, CrowdFeed helps increase their visibility and revenue, transforming audience engagement into measurable social activity.

Qwiqq

Seed Round in 2012
Qwiqq Inc. is a Houston-based company that has developed a social platform designed for local merchants to connect with their customers. Founded in 2010, the platform allows merchants to easily showcase their goods and services by creating posts that can include photos, brief descriptions, and pricing. Users can share these posts across multiple social media channels, including Facebook, Twitter, and Foursquare, as well as through email and SMS. The platform aims to simplify the selling process for local businesses by enabling them to engage with customers in a social context, making it easier for consumers to discover offerings from both friends and nearby merchants.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Qwiqq

Seed Round in 2012
Qwiqq Inc. is a Houston-based company that has developed a social platform designed for local merchants to connect with their customers. Founded in 2010, the platform allows merchants to easily showcase their goods and services by creating posts that can include photos, brief descriptions, and pricing. Users can share these posts across multiple social media channels, including Facebook, Twitter, and Foursquare, as well as through email and SMS. The platform aims to simplify the selling process for local businesses by enabling them to engage with customers in a social context, making it easier for consumers to discover offerings from both friends and nearby merchants.

Atticous

Seed Round in 2012
Atticous Inc., founded in 2011 and based in Dallas, Texas, specializes in creating websites for individuals and businesses, alongside providing hosting and data backup services. The company focuses on transforming artistic works, particularly photography, into online stores where customers can purchase or license images as canvases and prints. Atticous simplifies the selling process by managing transactions, shipping, and buyer interactions, allowing artists to concentrate on creating new works. Additionally, the platform offers statistical insights, enabling users to track sales performance and earnings, emphasizing transparency in the management of their online stores.

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.

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.

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.

Device Magic

Seed Round in 2011
Device Magic Inc. develops software applications for mobile devices that assist individuals and businesses in addressing data capture challenges. The company provides an online designer, enabling users to create and manage mobile forms for various purposes, such as order collection, lead capture, and job reporting. Its mobile forms application allows organizations to assign and distribute forms to field personnel via web browsers, which can then be completed on various devices, including Android, iPhone, and iPad. The collected data can be forwarded to selected destinations, such as email and Google Documents. Additionally, Device Magic supports the inclusion of images, audio recordings, and barcodes in forms, enhancing the versatility of its offerings. Founded in 2011 by Mike Welham and Dusan Babich, Device Magic is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Koupon

Seed Round in 2011
Koupon Media, Inc. specializes in providing a digital campaign management platform that facilitates the creation, distribution, redemption, and analysis of digital coupons and promotions. Founded in 2011 and based in Addison, Texas, Koupon serves c-store retailers and consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands, offering tools to enhance shopper engagement and sales growth. The company enables brands to execute personalized, multi-channel promotions while assisting retailers in securing additional brand trade spending. Koupon's extensive network includes 30 of the top 50 c-store retailers and over 70 brands, allowing it to leverage unmatched channel reach and proprietary technology. Since its inception, Koupon has successfully delivered over 4 billion offers, showcasing its impact in the digital coupon space.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.