Techstars

Techstars Central LLC, founded in 2006 and based in Boulder, Colorado, operates as a startup accelerator and venture capital firm focused on supporting early-stage technology-oriented companies. It specializes in a mentorship-driven accelerator program, selecting ten startups each summer to participate in a three-month incubation period, offering funding of $120,000 in exchange for equity. Techstars invests primarily in sectors such as fintech, artificial intelligence, blockchain, augmented reality, and IoT, while avoiding investments in medical devices, healthcare technology, and local service-oriented businesses. In addition to its primary accelerator, Techstars has various specialized programs, including those focused on music, retail, mobility, and social impact, with global reach extending to regions such as Africa, Asia, and Latin America. The firm prefers taking minority stakes, typically between six and ten percent, without seeking board representation or investor rights. Techstars has built a robust network of entrepreneurs, mentors, and corporate partners to foster innovation and growth within its portfolio, which includes over 1,000 companies with a significant collective market capitalization.

Ethan Austin

MD of the Techstars Western Union Accelerator

Max Kelly

Managing Director of Techstars London

Lesa Mitchell

Managing Director

Vijay Tirathrai

Managing Director

Mark Tortorella

Advisor

Nathanial Zola

MD

Past deals in Cental and Eastern Europe

Votemo

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Votemo offers engagement tool for live and hybrid events with original video overlay of results. Main tools are polls, commenting, Q&A, reactions, micropayment. Votemo can be used on any event platform, added as iFrame, added as widget, invite people via QR code or url. Using Votemo tools will increase event engagement and ROI of event organiser.

Loadzpro

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Loadzpro is an AI-powered digital freight company that facilitates the transportation of vehicles and cargo for private individuals and commercial shippers. The company operates an on-demand trucking application that connects users to delivery professionals and transportation companies, offering services for moving goods locally, nationally, and internationally. Loadzpro provides various transportation options, including full truckload, less than truckload, and refrigerated transportation, utilizing advanced technology and insurtech solutions to enhance the shipping experience.

Palmly

Non Equity Assistance in 2022
Palmly is a social networking platform that provides an interactive way to connect and engage with the Christian community. Palmly was founded in 2021 and was headquartered in Smyrna, Georgia.

Metric Mate

Non Equity Assistance in 2022
Metric Mate is the patented platform that allows turning any strength training equipment into smart hardware with games and competitions to make workouts more fun.

Cookonnect

Non Equity Assistance in 2022
Cookonnect connects busy families with early career, personal cooks to create greater access to in-home meal preparation services.

My Panda

Non Equity Assistance in 2022
My Panda is a mobile application that facilitates connections between local personal assistants and individuals who require assistance in managing their tasks. By leveraging a hyper-local community approach, the platform addresses the challenges of time constraints and support shortages faced by busy individuals. Users can find trusted assistants in their vicinity, making it easier to complete their to-do lists and improve overall productivity. Through this service, My Panda aims to enhance the accessibility of personal assistance while fostering community engagement.

Varkn

Non Equity Assistance in 2022
Varkn is a mobile app that connects travelers of all kinds to a fleet of independent on-demand valet drivers across airports, train stations, and bus stations for the purpose of easy, time-saving, and affordable parking via a smartphone.

Illoominus

Non Equity Assistance in 2022
Illoominus is a data analytics platform designed to empower leaders to activate and manage their organization's DE+I strategy.

Whirl

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Whirl is a dating app that enables anyone to set up single friends. The app also allows the user's friend network to set a date. Friends of the user are able to edit the profile with photos and suggest matches for the user based on their preferred friend-of-a-friend relationships.

Iomob

Seed Round in 2022
Iomob Technologies OÜ is a company based in Tallinn, Estonia, that specializes in creating an open, decentralized mobility marketplace powered by blockchain technology. Founded in 2018, Iomob focuses on facilitating collaboration between various mobility providers, including established companies, startups, and public transit authorities, to enhance urban mobility systems. The company's platform integrates public transport with private mobility services, enabling a seamless and efficient experience for users. Through its innovative approach, Iomob aims to support the development of Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) solutions, allowing residents and visitors to navigate cities more effectively and sustainably.

Mini City

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Mini City Inc. develops, owns, and operates a platform that provides identification and employment opportunities to the homeless citizens. The company’s platform helps in legal identification, vital records, and employment forms; and assists workers, program directors, clinicians, and others that are working with the homeless and at risk for homelessness. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

INPUT SOFT

Pre Seed Round in 2022
InputSoft develops software for airports, airlines, and ground handlers worldwide. With our SaaS platform, companies can efficiently allocate human and technical resources, reduce costs, collect and analyze data about all airport processes.

Lawyerd!

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Lawyerd! is a fully automated system that gives the opportunity for clients to defend their intellectual property rights without any legal help from third parties. Our clients will cut the costs of legal services and defend intellectual property rights effectively 15 times faster. Our ultimate aim to become the world's first fully automated commercial platform for the protection of intellectual property rights on the Internet and to establish a clear associative connection for every Internet user, between the Lawyerd! brand and protection of intellectual property rights on the Internet!

Volteum

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Developer of a data-driven platform designed to guide businesses through the complexities of fleet electrification, including vehicle selection, charging infrastructure setup, and cost analysis. The company's operations tool optimizes electric vehicle fleet management with advanced features for range simulation, route optimization, charging schedule optimization, and live monitoring, all aimed at enhancing efficiency, reducing operational costs, and addressing range anxiety, enabling companies to make confident decisions before, during, and after transitioning their vehicle fleets to electric.

Vivo

Seed Round in 2021
Vivo offers an online and interactive fitness program designed specifically for seniors. Seniors can do it all from home on their laptop or mobile device with a live certified trainer.

Pibox

Seed Round in 2021
Pibox develops a messenger application for mobile and web platforms. Its application allows users to message and send files; store, manage, and synchronize files in the cloud; and have file-centered chats. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Kyiv, Ukraine.

OrderNerd

Funding Round in 2021
Operator of a food ordering platform designed to consolidate all food delivery apps into a single platform. The company's platform integrates third-party delivery services into one convenient system for restaurant workers, consolidates the sales reporting for the back office and expedites online ordering and delivery for clients, thereby enabling restaurant staff to manage all orders from one device efficiently while eliminating operational costs.

Swipe Credit

Funding Round in 2021
Swipe Credit operates as an automated digital lending platform designed to connect financial institutions with cardholders seeking loans. By offering a white-label solution, Swipe enables lenders to reach a broader customer base beyond traditional banked consumers, thereby facilitating the growth of their lending operations. The platform harnesses artificial intelligence to enhance risk management and compliance, ultimately transforming the borrowing experience. Swipe's flexibility allows lenders to customize pricing and terms for tailored loan offers, contributing to financial inclusion and equitable services for small businesses. This innovative approach positions Swipe as a competitive player in the evolving landscape of digital lending.

Nectar

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Nectar is a marketplace for real estate cash flow used to generate passive income streams managed by professionals. Its platform creates economic units, or pods in the co-living, short-term rental, self-storage, and covered parking spaces that enable businesses to manage cash flow, upgrade properties, and expand portfolios.

ServeScape

Pre Seed Round in 2021
ServeScape connects under-marketed horticultural growers with commercial and residential consumers in metro Atlanta utilizing proprietary tools and processes to collect data and drive sales through direct product delivery.

Music Tech Works

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Music Tech Works help video production companies find out who owns the rights to the songs they want to use in their productions. They are creating a system to make this part of producing songs less frustrating, and expensive. The first product from Music Tech works is RightsHolder.io, a music copyright search platform that connects those who want to license music, with the rights holders that can grant them a license.

Legal Equalizer

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Legal Equalizer is a privately owned startup based in Atlanta, Georgia, founded in 2015. It offers a multi-faceted application designed to help individuals understand their legal rights during encounters with law enforcement. The app aims to foster positive interactions between citizens and police by addressing common misunderstandings and misinformation regarding legal rights. Key features include real-time legal assistance from licensed attorneys and the ability to send an SOS message to three chosen contacts, providing them with the user's location during a police encounter. By educating users and facilitating communication, Legal Equalizer seeks to reduce conflict and promote informed engagement between the public and law enforcement.

Goodie Nation

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Goodie Nation, founded in 2016 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, operates as a social impact pre-accelerator dedicated to empowering individuals to address significant societal challenges. The organization offers training and support to innovators and develops social enterprises through a structured six-month program. By focusing on inclusivity, Goodie Nation aims to create opportunities for diverse individuals to contribute to innovative solutions within their communities. The firm also engages in pre-seed investments, with a particular interest in supporting minority stakes in emerging ventures.

Empowrd Apps LLC.

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Civic engagement eco-system that removes all knowledge-based or network-based barriers that typically block effective 2way civic engagement.

Labbox

Seed Round in 2021
Labbox is a company based in Pristina, Kosovo, that specializes in manufacturing and selling electronic hardware products designed for children. Established in 2017, Labbox offers engineering kits that inspire creativity and learning in young minds. Through a subscription-based model, the company provides monthly kits that allow children to engage with electronics and engineering through hands-on projects. Each kit includes a range of activities that are designed to be both educational and enjoyable, utilizing a gamified platform to enhance the learning experience. Labbox aims to foster a passion for engineering in children by enabling them to explore the science behind electronics in an interactive and engaging manner.

Legal Equalizer

Funding Round in 2021
Legal Equalizer is a privately owned startup based in Atlanta, Georgia, founded in 2015. It offers a multi-faceted application designed to help individuals understand their legal rights during encounters with law enforcement. The app aims to foster positive interactions between citizens and police by addressing common misunderstandings and misinformation regarding legal rights. Key features include real-time legal assistance from licensed attorneys and the ability to send an SOS message to three chosen contacts, providing them with the user's location during a police encounter. By educating users and facilitating communication, Legal Equalizer seeks to reduce conflict and promote informed engagement between the public and law enforcement.

Cachet

Seed Round in 2020
Cachet is a "trustee" data layer between the sharing economy platforms and insurance providers. We aggregate and enrich cross-market data about how much service providers are providing service on various competing platforms and via that enable insurance companies to sell more personalised coverage. We have started with the ride-hailing/mobility sector since it has the highest number of participants.

Grubbly Farms

Seed Round in 2020
Grubbly Farms Inc., founded in 2015 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, specializes in producing and selling sustainable feed and snacks for chickens using black soldier fly larvae. The company's flagship product, Grubblies, is made from dried larvae that are cultivated on pre-consumer food waste, making it an eco-friendly alternative to traditional poultry feed. This approach not only addresses the rising costs associated with livestock feed—one of the largest expenses for farmers—but also provides a high-protein, calcium-rich diet that supports egg and feather production. By offering an innovative and sustainable source of protein, Grubbly Farms aims to alleviate financial pressures on farms while promoting environmentally responsible farming practices. The company's products are available for purchase online, catering to poultry owners seeking healthier feeding options for their livestock.

AutoDo-It (Techstars '20)

Pre Seed Round in 2020
AutoDo-It is a one-stop-shop community and e-commerce (market-network) platform built to empower the DIY (Do-It-Yourself) Automotive communities.

Growth Collective

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Growth Collective is an exclusive network of freelance marketers. We help companies grow without the agency markup by assembling teams of vetted freelancers. All of our marketers are available on flexible contracts, enabling companies to adjust their marketer mix as needs change. Our mission is to empower more marketers to work for themselves, flexibly and remotely. By connecting top marketers with interesting startups and brands, we help freelancers grow sustainable businesses of their own.

Inclusivv

Seed Round in 2020
Civic Dinners works with cities, state agencies, corporations, and nonprofits to design and launch conversations that spark real and lasting change. We provide both a high touch and high tech solution for organizations and regions looking to build stronger relationships across silos, raise consciousness around issues that matter, and help build solutions that make communities more vibrant and resilient.

Lingvist

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Lingvist Inc. is a language-learning software company based in Tallinn, Estonia, founded in 2013 by Ott Jalakas, Mait Muntel, Andres Koern, and Tanel Hiir. The company utilizes statistical analysis and adaptive machine learning algorithms to develop its language-learning tools, which aim to help users acquire new languages in approximately 200 hours. Lingvist's platform is accessible through both an online interface and mobile applications for iOS and Android devices. The software features a smart algorithm that monitors user progress and errors, adapting lessons in real time to align with individual learning levels and memory patterns.

SATIM

Pre Seed Round in 2020
SATIM provides insights based on satellite radar data acquired regardless of weather and day/night time. Using developed software and algorithms SATIM can solve the problem of optimal information extraction from complex SAR imagery.

Musicbuk

Pre Seed Round in 2020
STUDENTS: Musicbuk helps you learn a new instrument, master your current instrument, or just try something new. Our database of private instructors and professional musicians make the perfect music teachers for all levels of players and performers who are looking to grow their knowledge of music. INSTRUCTORS: Musicbuk is the perfect place to get new lessons with students without the hassle of being undercut in your pricing. Musicbuk is designed to ensure that you get the highest value possible without having to skip on quality. We do the marketing for you. All you have to do is apply, set up your profile, and done. You’re in the market with a pool of students looking for your expertise.

Inclusivv

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Civic Dinners works with cities, state agencies, corporations, and nonprofits to design and launch conversations that spark real and lasting change. We provide both a high touch and high tech solution for organizations and regions looking to build stronger relationships across silos, raise consciousness around issues that matter, and help build solutions that make communities more vibrant and resilient.

AgiliCity

Pre Seed Round in 2020
AgiliCity is a parametric urban design software that helps users to design with confidence. The company's product, Modelur, is an easy-to-use parametric urban design software tool helping users to create conceptual urban massing. Modelur calculates key urban control parameters on the fly, delivering important information while design is still evolving. This way it fosters well-informed decision making during the earliest stages, when design decisions have the highest impact.

Bark

Venture Round in 2020
Bark is a software company founded in 2015 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, specializing in parental control monitoring. Its platform employs machine learning and data science to detect various online threats faced by children, including cyberbullying, sexting, suicidal ideation, and other signs of distress. Bark aims to empower parents by providing them with actionable insights and alerts regarding their children's activities on social media, text messaging, and email accounts. By focusing on potential issues rather than overwhelming parents with all content, Bark fosters a trusting relationship between parents and children while helping to ensure a safer online environment. The company's services include content monitoring, screen time management, and web filtering, all designed to address the digital dangers that children encounter.

Shotcall

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Shotcall, Inc. operates an online platform designed to connect streamers, content creators, and organizations with their fans through paid engagement opportunities. Founded in 2018 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, the platform enables gamers to participate in private competitions, coaching sessions, and charity tournaments, with the option for creators to charge fees for these events. Shotcall facilitates deeper community engagement by allowing creators to organize events with control over session length, lobby size, and pricing, thus generating new revenue streams and high-quality content. By incentivizing social interactions, Shotcall helps bridge the gap between gamers and their fan communities, fostering a vibrant ecosystem for direct engagement and monetization.

Introwise

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Introwise is a social platform for events and their communities

Elastic Audio

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Elastic Audio Limited is a company that specializes in sound recording and music publishing services. Founded in 2015 and based in Sheffield, United Kingdom, the firm focuses on creating real-time audio solutions for various applications, including gaming. Elastic Audio develops lightweight tools designed to enhance existing workflows, making advanced generative audio technology accessible to a broader audience. Co-founded by Andrew Beck and Cary Collins, Elastic Audio aims to simplify the integration of innovative audio capabilities into creative projects.

Sia Secure

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Sia Secure provides a platform for Secure Communications as a Service for IoT, smart grid and critical infrastructure, private communication systems, e.t.c. It reduces costs and risks for device and service vendors, provides privacy-by-design to their end customers, bringing competitive advantages to clients. The platform is optimized for end-to-end secured video streaming. With simple Sia Secure SDK, it enables device and service vendors, to quickly integrate secure connectivity into their existing and new products. No security expertise required on their side, bringing down their development and maintenance costs. Target use-cases: Smart home cameras, smart doorbells, child tracking smartwatches, telematics/logistics in-vehicle monitoring.

Poliloop

Seed Round in 2020
Poliloop B.V., based in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, specializes in converting non-biodegradable petroleum-based plastics into biodegradable products. The company has developed a microbial cocktail capable of degrading various types of single-use plastics, including PET, PP, LDPE, HDPE, PS, CPE, and EVA. This innovative process can function under suboptimal conditions and has been tested on both individual and mixed plastics, including those contaminated with food debris. Poliloop's method not only addresses the pressing issue of plastic waste but also produces valuable end-products such as bioplastics and biogas, contributing to a more sustainable and circular economy. The degradation process begins within two days, with complete breakdown of the polymers occurring over approximately two months.

Inclusivv

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Civic Dinners works with cities, state agencies, corporations, and nonprofits to design and launch conversations that spark real and lasting change. We provide both a high touch and high tech solution for organizations and regions looking to build stronger relationships across silos, raise consciousness around issues that matter, and help build solutions that make communities more vibrant and resilient.

Cachet

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Cachet is a "trustee" data layer between the sharing economy platforms and insurance providers. We aggregate and enrich cross-market data about how much service providers are providing service on various competing platforms and via that enable insurance companies to sell more personalised coverage. We have started with the ride-hailing/mobility sector since it has the highest number of participants.

Make Music Count

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Make Music Count is the new creative Mathematics curriculum, by award winning educator Marcus Blackwell, that teaches each lesson through learning how to play a song on the piano. Each musical note that is played is derived by solving an algebraic equation. Here is a new method teachers can use to excite students about learning mathematics. Mathematics will be seen as fun while also strengthening students understanding of solving algebra equations once they Make Music Count!

TypingDNA

Series A in 2020
TypingDNA, Inc. is a company specializing in typing biometrics authentication solutions, enabling secure user identification based on individual typing patterns. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, with additional operations in Oradea and Bucharest, Romania, TypingDNA offers a range of services aimed at enhancing security for various sectors, including financial services and education. Its key products include an Authentication API that verifies keystroke patterns against previously recorded data, as well as Continuous Authentication, which monitors typing dynamics to ensure ongoing user verification. The company's technology facilitates both two-factor and multi-factor authentication, providing a frictionless experience for users while effectively preventing fraud. TypingDNA’s innovative approach allows organizations to secure their applications, eLearning platforms, and payment systems without compromising user experience.

Motivo

Seed Round in 2019
Motivo Consulting, Inc, doing business as Motivo, designs and operates an online platform that connects mental health therapists to clinical supervisors. Its platform allows students and post-graduate mental health professionals to obtain clinical supervision hours and access peer consultations, webinars, and training. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

Lightmass Dynamics

Seed Round in 2019
Lightmass Dynamics focuses on creating a foundation for simulation through advanced visualization software. The company integrates deep learning with ray tracing to develop methods for sampling extensive datasets, which helps simplify the complexities of physics. This innovative approach allows users to manipulate physical forces effectively, without the need for specialized hardware architectures. By combining these technologies, Lightmass Dynamics aims to enhance real-time three-dimensional graphics and simulation capabilities.

Gelatex Technologies

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Gelatex Technologies is a Techstars-backed materials technology company that invented the fastest technology for producing bio-based nanofibers on a large scale. It is a platform technology that enables faster and up to 100 cheaper nanofiber production for applications like 3D scaffolds for tissue engineering, cultured meat, bio-based filters, eco-friendly leather-like textile, energy storage, wound care, and many more. The technology is patent-pending and the machinery fully functional. The company was founded in 2016 and until COVID-19 pandemic developed eco-friendly leather-like textile from gelatin nanofibers, using this nanofiber production technology as part of the process. COVID-19 was a trigger to understand the wider potential of the technology which then led to pivot. The company is based in Estonia and holding incorporated in UK (2019).

MorphL

Pre Seed Round in 2019
MorphL helps mid-size e-commerce companies that grapple with AI adoption, by lowering the barrier to integrating AI-based solutions. MorphL consists of a suite of predictive models that are fully automated, that can be used across the enterprise, across the full customer journey and are platform agnostic. MorphL is funded via Techstars Montreal AI, Google DNI, and European Data Incubator.

MEDIJobs

Seed Round in 2019
MEDIjobs is the fastest growing career marketplace for healthcare professionals. Our mission is to positively impact healthcare industry as a whole by helping doctors and nurses navigate through their careers successfully. We are experts at building digital communities for healthcare professionals and we help them develop professionally through career resources, access to medical events or by matching them with relevant employers who are interested in hiring them. We work with 150+ active customers from EU and US and our offices are in Bucharest, ROMANIA & New York City, NY.

LIV

Seed Round in 2019
LIV Inc, formerly known as LIV Net Inc, is a technology company based in Prague, Czech Republic, specializing in virtual reality software for gaming. Established in 2013, LIV focuses on enabling VR live streamers to engage with their audiences in real-time, transforming viewers from passive spectators into active participants. Since its inception, the company has redefined the landscape of live-streamed gaming content, allowing creators to enhance their interactive experiences. Since launching in 2018, LIV's innovative approach has garnered over 1.5 billion views, showcasing its significant impact on the virtual reality and gaming communities.

MeeteR

Pre Seed Round in 2019
MeeteR, Inc. is an event management platform founded in 2016 and based in Tysons Corner, Virginia. The company specializes in developing custom event solutions that enhance the event experience for brands by increasing attendance and driving ticket sales. MeeteR's platform facilitates the entire event lifecycle, allowing brands to manage the event approval process, oversee ticket sales, and integrate with CRM and marketing tools. By streamlining operations related to ticketing, registration, and payment processing, MeeteR aims to empower organizations to effectively engage their audiences and achieve their event objectives.

Trackter Systems

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Trackter Systems, Inc. is based in Newnan, Georgia, and operates an online platform that delivers supply chain management solutions. Founded in 2017, the company facilitates connections among buyers, shippers, and logistics partners. Its system automates communication between these stakeholders, streamlining processes to minimize phone calls, emails, and repetitive data entry. This automation aims to enhance efficiency and enable all parties involved to achieve higher profit margins.

Eletype

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Eletype, Inc, a marketing technology company, develops a technology that helps digital marketing teams, Web teams, and mobile app teams to react and respond to changes in marketing campaigns. It offers The Eletype Digital Assistant, an intelligent monitoring and alerting system that helps digital marketing agencies to monitor their search, social, and email marketing campaigns. The company’s automated and AI-enabled assistant scans marketing campaign platforms, landing pages, and e-commerce to make sure everything is operating as it should. Eletype, Inc was incorporated in 2017 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

Respeecher

Seed Round in 2019
Respeecher, Inc. is a Seattle-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in artificial intelligence-driven voice cloning technology. Its innovative platform enables users to replicate the voice of another person, facilitating applications such as dubbing for movies and television shows while preserving the original voice. Additionally, Respeecher provides services for audiobook production that features the author's voice, enhancing the listening experience. The technology leverages advancements in deep learning and machine learning, allowing for the creation of high-quality synthetic speech that retains the intonation and prosody of the input speech. This capability also extends to call centers, where a single voice can be tailored to address various customer personas. Moreover, Respeecher's technology can assist individuals with speech difficulties, further broadening its impact and utility.

MaxRewards

Pre Seed Round in 2019
MaxRewards, Inc. is a technology company based in Atlanta, Georgia, founded in 2016. It provides an application designed to help users manage their credit card accounts effectively and maximize their rewards. The MaxRewards app allows individuals to track rewards, monitor credit scores, and review all their credit cards in one centralized platform. Users can search, sort, and save deals across connected cards, ensuring they always know the best card to use for each purchase. Additionally, the application offers personalized, real-time recommendations to enhance rewards and savings on transactions, making it a comprehensive tool for credit card management.

Slope Software

Seed Round in 2019
Slope Software, Inc. specializes in cloud-based actuarial modeling and risk management solutions tailored for insurers, actuaries, and financial institutions. Founded in 2015 and based in Chamblee, Georgia, the company offers a comprehensive platform that facilitates asset/liability modeling across various insurance products and investments. Its features support a wide range of actuarial functions, including pricing, valuation, asset-liability management (ALM), and cash flow testing. The platform is designed for ease of use, featuring a point-and-click interface that allows users to construct models without extensive programming knowledge. It effectively manages assumptions and inputs, integrating with existing data sources like Excel, and tracks all changes for model governance and validation. Results are presented through integrated business intelligence dashboards, offering visually appealing insights. Built on Amazon Web Services, the system is scalable and can handle multiple scenarios simultaneously while ensuring data security through encryption. Slope Software stands out as a pioneering provider of fully cloud-based actuarial modeling solutions.

PadSplit

Seed Round in 2019
PadSplit is an affordable housing tech startup that provides a house-sharing service for the workforce. It offers a platform that aligns incentives among residents, property owners, and communities to make affordable housing possible for the private market. The company uses shared living to make housing more affordable for low-income, empowering them to build savings and transform their lives. Atticus LeBlanc established the company in Atlanta, Georgia in 2017.

Iomob

Seed Round in 2019
Iomob Technologies OÜ is a company based in Tallinn, Estonia, that specializes in creating an open, decentralized mobility marketplace powered by blockchain technology. Founded in 2018, Iomob focuses on facilitating collaboration between various mobility providers, including established companies, startups, and public transit authorities, to enhance urban mobility systems. The company's platform integrates public transport with private mobility services, enabling a seamless and efficient experience for users. Through its innovative approach, Iomob aims to support the development of Mobility-as-a-Service (MaaS) solutions, allowing residents and visitors to navigate cities more effectively and sustainably.

Chipolo

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Chipolo d.o.o., founded in 2013 and based in Trbovlje, Slovenia, develops a Bluetooth-enabled tracking device designed for both iPhone and Android platforms. The device assists users in locating lost items such as keys, wallets, bags, and phones through a dedicated application. Chipolo’s product is versatile, allowing users to attach it to various belongings, including personal items and pets, enhancing the ease of tracking. Its innovative technology provides a practical solution for individuals seeking to keep track of their possessions, thereby reducing the stress and inconvenience associated with lost items.

MEDIJobs

Pre Seed Round in 2019
MEDIjobs is the fastest growing career marketplace for healthcare professionals. Our mission is to positively impact healthcare industry as a whole by helping doctors and nurses navigate through their careers successfully. We are experts at building digital communities for healthcare professionals and we help them develop professionally through career resources, access to medical events or by matching them with relevant employers who are interested in hiring them. We work with 150+ active customers from EU and US and our offices are in Bucharest, ROMANIA & New York City, NY.

Vita Inclinata

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Vita Inclinata Technologies, Inc. specializes in innovative solutions for helicopter hoisting and sling load control systems, primarily serving the aerospace and construction industries. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado, with additional offices in Seattle, Washington, and Estonia, the company addresses a critical challenge in helicopter operations: the stabilization of suspended loads during rescue missions. Its flagship product, the Load Stability System (LSS), is a platform-agnostic, autonomous control system that effectively mitigates oscillatory and rotational movements of hoisted loads. By integrating a proprietary control algorithm with the helicopter's stabilization computer, the LSS minimizes swinging motions, allowing rescuers and medical personnel to perform their tasks with greater precision and care during operations such as Search and Rescue, MEDEVAC, and other critical missions.

EnrichHER

Pre Seed Round in 2019
EnrichHER Inc. is a company dedicated to supporting women-led businesses by providing access to funding, community resources, and educational opportunities. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, EnrichHER operates through its platforms: EnrichHER Funding, EnrichHER Society, and EnrichHER Spark. The EnrichHER Funding platform specializes in offering debt-based funding, enabling female entrepreneurs to secure capital in a cost-effective and non-dilutive manner. Loans range from $50,000 to $75,000 for pre-screened women-led companies, and the platform connects these entrepreneurs with both accredited and non-accredited investors. In addition to funding, EnrichHER fosters a supportive community for women entrepreneurs and provides training resources to enhance their business skills and networks.

carealert

Pre Seed Round in 2019
CareAlert is a technology platform developed by Sensorscall that focuses on the well-being of seniors living independently. Utilizing a machine learning engine, CareAlert monitors the daily habits of elderly individuals through a multi-sensor device and establishes a baseline for normal behavior. When deviations from this norm occur, the system alerts caregivers, allowing them to respond promptly. Additionally, CareAlert facilitates communication with seniors even when they are unable to speak, and sends personalized medication reminders in the caregiver's voice. The platform aims to be unobtrusive, engaging caregivers only when necessary, thereby ensuring a supportive environment for both seniors and their families.

TypingDNA

Seed Round in 2019
TypingDNA, Inc. is a company specializing in typing biometrics authentication solutions, enabling secure user identification based on individual typing patterns. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, with additional operations in Oradea and Bucharest, Romania, TypingDNA offers a range of services aimed at enhancing security for various sectors, including financial services and education. Its key products include an Authentication API that verifies keystroke patterns against previously recorded data, as well as Continuous Authentication, which monitors typing dynamics to ensure ongoing user verification. The company's technology facilitates both two-factor and multi-factor authentication, providing a frictionless experience for users while effectively preventing fraud. TypingDNA’s innovative approach allows organizations to secure their applications, eLearning platforms, and payment systems without compromising user experience.

EnrichHER

Convertible Note in 2018
EnrichHER Inc. is a company dedicated to supporting women-led businesses by providing access to funding, community resources, and educational opportunities. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, EnrichHER operates through its platforms: EnrichHER Funding, EnrichHER Society, and EnrichHER Spark. The EnrichHER Funding platform specializes in offering debt-based funding, enabling female entrepreneurs to secure capital in a cost-effective and non-dilutive manner. Loans range from $50,000 to $75,000 for pre-screened women-led companies, and the platform connects these entrepreneurs with both accredited and non-accredited investors. In addition to funding, EnrichHER fosters a supportive community for women entrepreneurs and provides training resources to enhance their business skills and networks.

i-BrainTech

Seed Round in 2018
i-BrainTech solution is a neuro interface with AI and serious games for sports, which trains brain motion control centers to improve training processes and accelerate recovery. It uses AI and provides real-time indicators of mental state & performance. It also offers analytics tools tracking the dynamics of cognitive state, performance, and individual player characteristics.

Applica

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Applica.ai Ltd develops artificial intelligence solutions that automates business processes that require comprehension of large volumes of text. It offers Applica, an artificial intelligence based solution that helps reduce the human workforce effort, shorten document turnover, and cut down on human error. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in London, United Kingdom.

Softcube

Seed Round in 2018
SoftCube LLC specializes in transforming customer data into actionable sales strategies for businesses. Founded in 2014 and based in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine, the company provides a range of services including personalized product recommendations for online retailers, tailored email campaigns, and customized push notifications and SMS. These offerings are designed to enhance customer engagement and increase average order sizes by suggesting products that align with customer interests. Additionally, SoftCube pioneers in the automated production of video advertisements, creating dynamic content that showcases products in use and distributing these ads across platforms such as AdWords, Facebook, and Instagram. The company serves a diverse clientele across various sectors, including wholesale, consumer electronics, fashion, toys, health and beauty, and home and gardening.

Natufia

Seed Round in 2018
Natufia Labs PLC provides hydroponic equipment that automatically grows nutritious assortment of fresh plants and herbs in households and restaurant kitchens. The company offers kitchen garden equipment, organic plant seeds, microgreens seeds, and accessories, such as ceramic cups, measurement test kits, harvesting displays, replacement LEDs, and hydroponic gardening literature. It serves chefs, hotels, lounges and bars, spas and nutrition centers, designers and architects, distributors, and retail sectors. It sells its products online. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Tallinn, Estonia.

Goodr

Seed Round in 2018
Goodr Inc. is a sustainable food surplus management platform that utilizes technology to mitigate food waste and address hunger. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, the company offers a real-time food rescue application that assists businesses in managing their edible food waste. Through its platform, Goodr enables businesses to donate surplus food to local nonprofit organizations while providing logistics, analytics, and security to ensure compliance with tax regulations. The software offers insights into food waste patterns, real-time donation tracking, and community impact reports, which help organizations quantify their contributions. Goodr’s blockchain-enabled platform also ensures an IRS audit-friendly record of donations, fostering a transparent process. By facilitating these donations, Goodr aims to create a triple-win scenario: enhancing the financial benefits for businesses through tax deductions, reducing greenhouse gas emissions from landfills, and alleviating hunger in communities.

Safely

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Safely. Trust insured. Safely answers the two most pressing questions in the vacation home rental industry: Who is staying in my house? What happens when something goes wrong? Combining a rigorous guest verification program with the most comprehensive insurance available, Safely gives property managers and homeowners peace of mind that their homes are safe and protected.

HelixAI

Seed Round in 2018
HelixAI, LLC develops an artificial intelligence (AI) powered and voice-enabled digital assistants for scientific laboratories. The digital assistant responds to natural language queries with real-time auditory responses. The company develops web dashboard that customizes each lab's Helix knowledge base, to give scientists the requisite information. The company's digital assistant helps in managing the inventory, setting up timers and receiving notifications on mobile phones, recording notes during experiments, adding and managing the custom content, and viewing visual results, videos and more. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina.

Flawless App

Pre Seed Round in 2018
We believe, that everybody should become a better professional and achieve the very best we can. Every day, at every project, with every mobile app. We made Flawless for those, who like us, are obsessed with quality of mobile apps. Flawless App helps teams easily spot visual differences between design and implementation right inside iOS simulator. With Flawless App mobile teams can make polished and nice looking apps.Try free trial and make users happy with your mobile apps→https://flawlessapp.io/

FIX Health

Seed Round in 2018
FIX Health develops high quality, interactive games that promote health and daily activity in a fun. FIX is dedicated to making fitness fun, accessible and hyper-socially connected through an interactive social media platform centered around making the pursuit of fitness an enjoyable and engaging game.

BigTeam

Pre Seed Round in 2018
BigTeam, Inc. is a marketing analytics platform that enables users to collect feedback from colleagues, clients, and external stakeholders throughout various project stages, facilitating a more efficient process from discovery to delivery. Established in 2017 and based in Atlanta, Georgia, the platform offers features such as a question builder, team builder, and automated feedback capture and analysis. It serves diverse teams, including those in human resources, innovation, marketing, product development, brand management, and customer service. The platform is particularly beneficial for small and medium-sized businesses, startups, and eCommerce brands, allowing them to generate actionable insights, test new ideas, diagnose issues, and improve customer relationships. BigTeam, Inc. was acquired by The Rocket Science Group, LLC in June 2020.

PadSplit

Pre Seed Round in 2018
PadSplit is an affordable housing tech startup that provides a house-sharing service for the workforce. It offers a platform that aligns incentives among residents, property owners, and communities to make affordable housing possible for the private market. The company uses shared living to make housing more affordable for low-income, empowering them to build savings and transform their lives. Atticus LeBlanc established the company in Atlanta, Georgia in 2017.

Motivo

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Motivo Consulting, Inc, doing business as Motivo, designs and operates an online platform that connects mental health therapists to clinical supervisors. Its platform allows students and post-graduate mental health professionals to obtain clinical supervision hours and access peer consultations, webinars, and training. The company was founded in 2017 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

Talk-A-Bot

Seed Round in 2018
Talk-A-Bot is an information technology company that provides a chatbot enterprise solution for corporate, company, and brand. The company specializes in messenger bot, online marketing, business development, and chat marketing. Talk-A-Bot was founded in 2016 and headquartered in Budapest, Hungary.

Commissiontrac

Pre Seed Round in 2018
The first cloud based application of record for all things commissions and accounting. Streamline the back office process from transactional data collection to invoicing, balancing accounting ledgers, depositing cash-receipts and making agent commission payments.

TommyRun

Pre Seed Round in 2018
TommyRun was founded by contractors who saw the need for a service that made getting building supplies to a job site easier. Their service was built to solve the frustrations that project managers, contractors, subcontractors, and all builders are faced with when they’re sending skilled labor to run errands. TommyRun is an app that allows you to order building materials at the press of a button. They connect you with the supplies you need to finish your project. Search through thousands of materials in-app or send us to pick up an order you already placed.

CashDirector

Seed Round in 2018
CashDirector S.A. is a company based in Warsaw, Poland, with additional offices in London, Palo Alto, and Paris. Founded in 2012, CashDirector specializes in designing and developing accounting platforms tailored for banks and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The platform offers a range of services including online banking, automation of financial tasks, cash flow management, invoice issuance, tax filing, and lead generation. By integrating innovative technology, such as AI accounting robots, CashDirector enables real-time booking of business transactions and bank operations. The platform aims to help banks differentiate themselves in a competitive market by providing value-added services that assist SMEs in managing cash flow and payments effectively. This support not only addresses the critical issue of cash management, which contributes to a significant percentage of SME failures, but also fosters long-term relationships and loyalty between banks and their SME clients.

CashDirector

Pre Seed Round in 2018
CashDirector S.A. is a company based in Warsaw, Poland, with additional offices in London, Palo Alto, and Paris. Founded in 2012, CashDirector specializes in designing and developing accounting platforms tailored for banks and Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs). The platform offers a range of services including online banking, automation of financial tasks, cash flow management, invoice issuance, tax filing, and lead generation. By integrating innovative technology, such as AI accounting robots, CashDirector enables real-time booking of business transactions and bank operations. The platform aims to help banks differentiate themselves in a competitive market by providing value-added services that assist SMEs in managing cash flow and payments effectively. This support not only addresses the critical issue of cash management, which contributes to a significant percentage of SME failures, but also fosters long-term relationships and loyalty between banks and their SME clients.

Blind Tiger Communications

Convertible Note in 2018
Blind Tiger Communications, Inc. designs and manufactures communication devices and radio-frequency identification (RFID) systems. It provide multilingual government and public safety agencies worldwide a wireless security platform-as-a-service implementing security, automation, management, and unified communication management system. The company develops and manufactures devices that allow users to manage mobile devices over a specific geographic area and prevents explosives triggered by those phones. The company provides managed access platform for wireless devices across all licensed and unlicensed spectrum. It provides wireless intrusion, detection, and defeat system (WIDDS). The company through its communication devices also offers mobile network restoration and broadcast messaging services. Blind Tiger Communications, Inc. was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Blairsville, Georgia.

SaaSOptics

Series A in 2018
SaaSOptics is a complete B2B subscription management platform that delivers subscription invoicing and payments, GAAP revenue recognition, subscription management and robust subscription metrics and analytics.  SaaSOptics is a cloud-based solution that enables early stage to enterprise B2B subscription businesses the ability to eliminate their dependency on spreadsheets and streamline their financial operations, reporting and performance metrics.

TypingDNA

Seed Round in 2018
TypingDNA, Inc. is a company specializing in typing biometrics authentication solutions, enabling secure user identification based on individual typing patterns. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, with additional operations in Oradea and Bucharest, Romania, TypingDNA offers a range of services aimed at enhancing security for various sectors, including financial services and education. Its key products include an Authentication API that verifies keystroke patterns against previously recorded data, as well as Continuous Authentication, which monitors typing dynamics to ensure ongoing user verification. The company's technology facilitates both two-factor and multi-factor authentication, providing a frictionless experience for users while effectively preventing fraud. TypingDNA’s innovative approach allows organizations to secure their applications, eLearning platforms, and payment systems without compromising user experience.

TypingDNA

Pre Seed Round in 2018
TypingDNA, Inc. is a company specializing in typing biometrics authentication solutions, enabling secure user identification based on individual typing patterns. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Brooklyn, New York, with additional operations in Oradea and Bucharest, Romania, TypingDNA offers a range of services aimed at enhancing security for various sectors, including financial services and education. Its key products include an Authentication API that verifies keystroke patterns against previously recorded data, as well as Continuous Authentication, which monitors typing dynamics to ensure ongoing user verification. The company's technology facilitates both two-factor and multi-factor authentication, providing a frictionless experience for users while effectively preventing fraud. TypingDNA’s innovative approach allows organizations to secure their applications, eLearning platforms, and payment systems without compromising user experience.

Goodr

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Goodr Inc. is a sustainable food surplus management platform that utilizes technology to mitigate food waste and address hunger. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia, the company offers a real-time food rescue application that assists businesses in managing their edible food waste. Through its platform, Goodr enables businesses to donate surplus food to local nonprofit organizations while providing logistics, analytics, and security to ensure compliance with tax regulations. The software offers insights into food waste patterns, real-time donation tracking, and community impact reports, which help organizations quantify their contributions. Goodr’s blockchain-enabled platform also ensures an IRS audit-friendly record of donations, fostering a transparent process. By facilitating these donations, Goodr aims to create a triple-win scenario: enhancing the financial benefits for businesses through tax deductions, reducing greenhouse gas emissions from landfills, and alleviating hunger in communities.

Natufia

Seed Round in 2018
Natufia Labs PLC provides hydroponic equipment that automatically grows nutritious assortment of fresh plants and herbs in households and restaurant kitchens. The company offers kitchen garden equipment, organic plant seeds, microgreens seeds, and accessories, such as ceramic cups, measurement test kits, harvesting displays, replacement LEDs, and hydroponic gardening literature. It serves chefs, hotels, lounges and bars, spas and nutrition centers, designers and architects, distributors, and retail sectors. It sells its products online. The company was founded in 2014 and is based in Tallinn, Estonia.

Blind Tiger Communications

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Blind Tiger Communications, Inc. designs and manufactures communication devices and radio-frequency identification (RFID) systems. It provide multilingual government and public safety agencies worldwide a wireless security platform-as-a-service implementing security, automation, management, and unified communication management system. The company develops and manufactures devices that allow users to manage mobile devices over a specific geographic area and prevents explosives triggered by those phones. The company provides managed access platform for wireless devices across all licensed and unlicensed spectrum. It provides wireless intrusion, detection, and defeat system (WIDDS). The company through its communication devices also offers mobile network restoration and broadcast messaging services. Blind Tiger Communications, Inc. was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Blairsville, Georgia.

Saige

Venture Round in 2017
Saige is a modern day personal chef service. They bring you the benefits of a personal chef – but not in your kitchen – at a fraction of the cost. Once you fill out your family’s dietary profile, they use a mixture of chef expertise and machine learning to recommend meals, which they then cook out of their commercial kitchen and deliver to your door. With your feedback, their meals continue to evolve based on your tastes/needs.

Teamscope

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Teamscope, Inc. is a company based in Tallinn, Estonia, that specializes in creating visual and interactive insights through big data analytics aimed at improving team building. Founded by professionals from executive search, data science, and technology sectors, Teamscope provides a platform designed to assist managers in making informed hiring decisions and fostering high-performing teams. By utilizing a unique algorithm, the platform assesses the values, personality traits, and core competencies of existing team members. It then recommends the ideal characteristics to seek in new candidates and evaluates their compatibility with both the role and the team dynamics. Additionally, Teamscope generates detailed behavioral profiles and interview guides for candidates, aiding hiring managers in selecting the most suitable individuals for their teams.

Sway Health

Convertible Note in 2017
Sway Health, Inc. develops and operates a tobacco counseling application. The company’s application enables healthcare providers help patients quit smoking. Its product is used by medical doctors, PAs, and NPs; medical students, nurses, and residents; and hospitals, clinics, and training programs. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.

Optio

Seed Round in 2017
Managing personal finances is hard. Not only it is hard, it is not fun either. Studies have shown that this is a universal challenge around the world. Low level of financial literacy, outdated approach to managing personal finances and low income are among some of the reasons, to name a few. Still, it is a vital part of our lives. If we are not able to manage our finances properly, we all face the risk of a financial crisis. That’s why we decided to create OptioAI, AI powered service, which interacts with users in the form of chat bot. It gathers information from you, gets the data from your bank, analyses your goals, plans your budget, monitors your income and spending, makes necessary adjustments in the budget lines based on real-time data and helps you to maintain healthy finances. The more information OptioAI analyses from its users, the smarter and the more efficient it becomes. With OptioAI, managing personal finances is going to become easy and fun!

LIV

Convertible Note in 2017
LIV Inc, formerly known as LIV Net Inc, is a technology company based in Prague, Czech Republic, specializing in virtual reality software for gaming. Established in 2013, LIV focuses on enabling VR live streamers to engage with their audiences in real-time, transforming viewers from passive spectators into active participants. Since its inception, the company has redefined the landscape of live-streamed gaming content, allowing creators to enhance their interactive experiences. Since launching in 2018, LIV's innovative approach has garnered over 1.5 billion views, showcasing its significant impact on the virtual reality and gaming communities.

LIV

Seed Round in 2017
LIV Inc, formerly known as LIV Net Inc, is a technology company based in Prague, Czech Republic, specializing in virtual reality software for gaming. Established in 2013, LIV focuses on enabling VR live streamers to engage with their audiences in real-time, transforming viewers from passive spectators into active participants. Since its inception, the company has redefined the landscape of live-streamed gaming content, allowing creators to enhance their interactive experiences. Since launching in 2018, LIV's innovative approach has garnered over 1.5 billion views, showcasing its significant impact on the virtual reality and gaming communities.

FindMeCure

Seed Round in 2017
FindMeCure is a platform that connects individuals seeking treatment options with clinical trials. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Sofia, Bulgaria, the company aims to simplify the process of finding and applying for clinical studies. Its platform provides comprehensive information on various trials, including eligibility criteria, study objectives, intervention details, duration, and contact information for trial coordinators. By serving as a bridge between the clinical research industry and patients, FindMeCure enables users to explore and join clinical trials with ease, offering them an alternative to traditional treatment pathways.

Toneboard

Seed Round in 2017
Toneboard (Techstars London '17) identifies health problems of the elderly at an early stage based on the way they talk. By analyzing human speech audio and picking up problems earlier, Toneboard improves health outcomes and saves money for healthcare systems. The company is developing this technology together with University College London, the top neurology research institution in Europe.