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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.

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Storspay

Pre Seed Round in 2023
StorsApp is a market network-store automation SaaS platform. We help micro-retailers automate their store operations while trade-networking with vendors, customers and advertisers.

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.

Sēkr

Seed Round in 2022
Sēkr develops an app called The Vanlife App, which helps every road traveler find their way to free camping, resources, and outdoor community. The Vanlife App guides travelers to their next best adventure with the its social features that allow them to find and connect with other travelers nearby and detailed user reviews.

Omaiven Health

Funding Round in 2021
Omaiven Health, founded in 2017 and based in Austin, Texas, specializes in healthcare technology by offering an AI-driven application called askMia. This innovative chatbot functions as a virtual front desk, facilitating communication between patients and doctor's offices. The application simplifies access to healthcare information by utilizing artificial intelligence to match users with appropriate healthcare providers based on their symptoms and conditions. It also enables patients to easily schedule appointments and receive guidance for their medical visits, thereby enhancing the overall patient experience in navigating healthcare services.

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.

Afloat

Non Equity Assistance in 2021
Mobile app connecting communities to each other and local businesses they love

Dapio

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Paymob is an innovative software development start-up company offering smart on-land payment solutions. The all-in-one Paymob solution empowers banks, fintechs and merchants with a bespoke payment infrastructure that includes a multi-banking payment gateway, stylish contactless payment terminals and certified ‘Tap-to-Phone’ mobile application that turns almost any modern smartphone into a contactless payment terminal. The server-based infrastructure software EFTPOS (Electronic Funds Transfer at Point-of-Sale) has been designed to efficiently integrate with existing banking systems or can be used as an independent payment processing solution which streamlines several processing centres and allocates the transaction to the cheapest provider.

Dapio

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Paymob is an innovative software development start-up company offering smart on-land payment solutions. The all-in-one Paymob solution empowers banks, fintechs and merchants with a bespoke payment infrastructure that includes a multi-banking payment gateway, stylish contactless payment terminals and certified ‘Tap-to-Phone’ mobile application that turns almost any modern smartphone into a contactless payment terminal. The server-based infrastructure software EFTPOS (Electronic Funds Transfer at Point-of-Sale) has been designed to efficiently integrate with existing banking systems or can be used as an independent payment processing solution which streamlines several processing centres and allocates the transaction to the cheapest provider.

Sēkr

Seed Round in 2021
Sēkr develops an app called The Vanlife App, which helps every road traveler find their way to free camping, resources, and outdoor community. The Vanlife App guides travelers to their next best adventure with the its social features that allow them to find and connect with other travelers nearby and detailed user reviews.

PROJiTECH

Pre Seed Round in 2020
PROJiTECH is dedicated to incorporating the latest mobile technology into the field of civil projects. They want to work with businesses and organizations who design and build civil projects by providing powerful project-specific apps that allow you to quickly and easily access project information like never before! Let us show you how our apps can make you real difference in the way you work.

Civic Champs

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Civic Champs, Inc. is a software developer that provides an application designed to assist nonprofit organizations in managing volunteer activities and tracking essential data for grant applications. The app utilizes geofencing technology to monitor volunteer check-ins and check-outs, streamlining the process of hour tracking and engagement. In addition to time management, the platform facilitates small donations, event scheduling, and mentorship tracking, while offering real-time data access and feedback mechanisms. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Bloomington, Indiana, with an additional office in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Civic Champs aims to reduce the administrative burden on nonprofits by automating volunteer management tasks. The application is available for download on both the App Store and Google Play.

Irys

Seed Round in 2020
Irys, formerly known as Cityflag, Inc., develops a mobile application that enables users to report service requests and community issues while facilitating communication between citizens and local government. The app allows users to track the status of their reports, view other submitted requests, and earn badges for their engagement. By empowering individuals to address problems in their neighborhoods, Irys strengthens community involvement and enhances the efficiency of local governance. The platform also assists city leaders in identifying patterns and trends, ultimately saving time and resources. Founded in 2017, Irys is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, with an additional office in Mexico City, Mexico.

Caravel

Pre Seed Round in 2020
The app that understands customers and automates work.

Sēkr

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Sēkr develops an app called The Vanlife App, which helps every road traveler find their way to free camping, resources, and outdoor community. The Vanlife App guides travelers to their next best adventure with the its social features that allow them to find and connect with other travelers nearby and detailed user reviews.

ChintaMoney

Pre Seed Round in 2020
ChintaMoney is a mobile application that enables a person to segregate, save, invest and spend money for different purposes.

LENA Health

Seed Round in 2019
Lena develops a social event information application software designed for senior citizens. The company specializes in developing an app that introduces seniors to events they love in their own communities. It enables users to connect to social circles, and encourage them to participate in activities through gamified rewards.

Octane Technologies

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Made by enthusiasts, for enthusiasts, the Octane mobile application provides a video game like cruising experience, in addition to a map-based database of stunning routes and car-related events.

Omaiven Health

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Omaiven Health, founded in 2017 and based in Austin, Texas, specializes in healthcare technology by offering an AI-driven application called askMia. This innovative chatbot functions as a virtual front desk, facilitating communication between patients and doctor's offices. The application simplifies access to healthcare information by utilizing artificial intelligence to match users with appropriate healthcare providers based on their symptoms and conditions. It also enables patients to easily schedule appointments and receive guidance for their medical visits, thereby enhancing the overall patient experience in navigating healthcare services.

Embrace

Seed Round in 2019
Embrace is the only performance monitoring and debugging platform built for mobile apps. Whether an unsolved crash, a bug in the checkout flow, an error log without resolution, or a startup that takes too long, developers need to find every issue and not take days. With Embrace, mobile teams instantly look up any user, see every user’s sessions on command, and understand what happened seconds and minutes before any error of any type.

Irys

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Irys, formerly known as Cityflag, Inc., develops a mobile application that enables users to report service requests and community issues while facilitating communication between citizens and local government. The app allows users to track the status of their reports, view other submitted requests, and earn badges for their engagement. By empowering individuals to address problems in their neighborhoods, Irys strengthens community involvement and enhances the efficiency of local governance. The platform also assists city leaders in identifying patterns and trends, ultimately saving time and resources. Founded in 2017, Irys is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas, with an additional office in Mexico City, Mexico.

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.

Dcoder

Pre Seed Round in 2019
At Dcoder(Techstars'19) we are making coding more accessible to the next generation of coders by building developer tools(IDEs) for mobile and tablets. So now you can code from the device in your pocket in 35+ programming languages.

CloudGuide

Pre Seed Round in 2018
CloudGuide SL develops a smartphone application for cultural institutions, museums, monuments, parks, and art galleries. Its application allows visitors to access the official content of their favorite museum; gives recommendations of new exhibitions and local museums; gives the exhibition background content through audios, videos, texts, and images; and provides access to entrance tickets, merchandising, and the museum’s association. The company also provides CloudGuide Education, a mobile application for youth, students, and children; and a content management system to upload content, change configuration parameters, and interact with visitors. In addition, it provides subscription plans. The company offers solutions in the areas of iBeacon and indoor localization, and audience studies. It serves customers in Spain and internationally. CloudGuide SL was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Barcelona, Spain.

Driver Technologies

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Driver is a hardware-free mobile app that allows users to video record their trip while receiving alerts when they are at risk of hitting another car or pedestrian, drifting out of their lane, falling asleep or getting too distracted - all for free. The app will also enable users to control their phone with their voice in order to enable safe consumption of original and partnership-based: entertainment, news, communications, traffic and augmented reality navigation.

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/

Audience

Seed Round in 2018
Spark DJ's application uses AI to deliver live-curated music right from a mobile phone where party-goers can connect with the application using geolocation to submit their song requests, allowing DJs to keep a party going, delivering high quality music every time.

Audience

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Spark DJ's application uses AI to deliver live-curated music right from a mobile phone where party-goers can connect with the application using geolocation to submit their song requests, allowing DJs to keep a party going, delivering high quality music every time.

Halo Car

Seed Round in 2018
Halo is a free fleet management dashboard which let's fleet operators order and pay for services such as fuel delivery, car washing, maintenance, and other conveniences in just a few clicks from an app without the need for aftermarket hardware. Halo fits your car into a lightweight platform that empowers you with knowledge. Halo gives your car a voice by translating the car-into-human language, then displaying it in a simple mobile app wherever you are. Empowered with knowledge about what is going on with your car, halo lets you connect with service providers, even schedule the correct service right within the app. It’s all about having a better car ownership experience.

MoQuality

Pre Seed Round in 2017
MoQuality, Inc. provides AI driven mobile testing solutions to help app developer teams build better quality apps and improve end-user experiences. With easier, faster and smarter testing, it enables developers to deliver apps with confidence. MoQuality's Barista is a smart test-automation tool which offers a scriptless testing experience by using AI to create user-centric test scenarios, which automate testing across real devices and mobile platforms. MoQuality is based in Atlanta and backed by Amity Ventures, Cox Enterprises, and Techstars. Learn about our solutions at www.moquality.com

MIO Mobile Kiosk

Seed Round in 2017
MIO Mobile Kiosk provides autonomous robots for marketing and product distribution in public spaces. Its robots are sociable devices connected to an application that combine artificial intelligence to monitor the location of the user and act as per their demands based on real-time data, enabling users to get their tasks done quickly at parks, conferences and related events using smart multi-purpose robots.

Embrace

Seed Round in 2017
Embrace is the only performance monitoring and debugging platform built for mobile apps. Whether an unsolved crash, a bug in the checkout flow, an error log without resolution, or a startup that takes too long, developers need to find every issue and not take days. With Embrace, mobile teams instantly look up any user, see every user’s sessions on command, and understand what happened seconds and minutes before any error of any type.

ROBIN

Pre Seed Round in 2017
An Israeli award-winning Fintech startup that developed a financial marketplace and Robo-Advisor that revolutionizes the outdated retirement, insurance, and loans distribution channels by providing a custom user experience in order to democratize the way people manage their long-term financing. A marketplace & financial Robo-Advisor based on an advanced data-driven platform which uses a unique combination of sharp algorithm, data analytics, and machine learning to provide objective & personal financial services in a secured & transparent way. Robin Hood Pro created Robin. Robin is a mobile app that makes long-term financial planning and management easy. We offer services in the form of a Robo-advisor or human advisors according to the needs of each individual user, for insurance, loans, and retirement. We automatically aggregate all your information into one place and use our algorithms to find the best plan for you. After you’ve selected your plan, Robin helps you to stay on track each step of the way.

Swym

Seed Round in 2017
Swym Corporation, founded in 2012 and based in Seattle, Washington, offers mobile applications and online services designed to enhance the shopping experience for consumers and retailers. The company's platform allows retailers to manage targeted shopping emails and facilitate a seamless shopping journey across multiple devices. Recognizing that many e-commerce purchases arise from multi-session shopping experiences, Swym provides tools that integrate easily with existing e-commerce sites. By enabling cross-channel shopping, Swym allows retailers to better serve today's consumers, ensuring that customer interactions are maximized and that shoppers can navigate their purchasing journeys intuitively.

AppSamurai

Pre Seed Round in 2017
App Samurai helps apps in achieving their app store ranking targets in multiple countries with minimum correct media spending, and additional features such as key metrics to measure campaign performance and optimized app market budgeting. App Samurai provides a smart dashboard that can provide insights to the traffic supplied such as performance metrics about in-app events. By signing up for free you can easily access the metrics to measure how your app is doing in app stores. Your goals are just a click away! Creating an ad campaign and boosting your app's user base has never been easier; App Samurai's state-of-the-art engine provides you unique recommendations to assist you whilst creating an ad campaign

Hardbound

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Hardbound is a mobile app that aims to help users use their spare minutes by learning something new instead through its visual stories. The company creates interactive stories each week covering science, history, technology, business, and other topics.

MindMate

Convertible Note in 2016
MindMate Inc. designs and develops a mobile application for patients suffering from Alzheimer's and dementia. It offers insight on mental stimulation; puzzles, games, and other mentally invigorating tasks; recipes and nutrition advice; exercises; and reminiscence therapy to store memories. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Santa Monica, California.

Hoard

Seed Round in 2016
Hoard’s app enables any smartphone user to easily and conveniently pick up deliveries and make exchanges of small items through registered third party operated “pickup-points.

MindMate

Pre Seed Round in 2016
MindMate Inc. designs and develops a mobile application for patients suffering from Alzheimer's and dementia. It offers insight on mental stimulation; puzzles, games, and other mentally invigorating tasks; recipes and nutrition advice; exercises; and reminiscence therapy to store memories. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Santa Monica, California.

Embrace

Pre Seed Round in 2016
Embrace is the only performance monitoring and debugging platform built for mobile apps. Whether an unsolved crash, a bug in the checkout flow, an error log without resolution, or a startup that takes too long, developers need to find every issue and not take days. With Embrace, mobile teams instantly look up any user, see every user’s sessions on command, and understand what happened seconds and minutes before any error of any type.

MechDome

Pre Seed Round in 2016
Develop a single Android app using the tools and APIs you already know. MechDome automatically converts the Android app into iOS and OS X apps without engineering work. No need for proprietary IDEs or to learn private APIs. Your iOS and OS X apps are ready the moment your Android app is done. It's not emulation or virtualization. Your app runs natively and behaves the way users expect. Write Activities, Views, Services, Content Providers. Display Toasts, access the network. Incredibly fast, fluid experience. Apps can run at full 60 fps. Android apps benefit from the iOS/OSX provided system security. Like other iOS apps they are automatically configured into a sandbox at install time. OS X sandbox is also configurable. Android apps are fully integrated into iOS and OSX. Android notifications show in the Notification Center, input fields bring up the iOS keyboard, URL Intents go to Safari, the contacts and calendar Content Providers access the iOS/OSX databases, etc.MechDome generates iOS IPAs and OSX app bundles you can distribute like other apps for those platforms. Support all iOS devices using Android techniques for multiple form factors.

Roomatic

Seed Round in 2015
Roomatic is a developer of an online application aimed at enhancing guest engagement in the hotel industry. The application enables hotel guests to communicate their needs conveniently through their smartphones, allowing them to order services like taxis or room service, and report issues directly. By collecting instant feedback from guests during their stay, Roomatic helps hotels address concerns promptly, thus improving overall guest satisfaction and minimizing negative reviews. This proactive approach enables hotels to refine their amenities and services based on customer input, ultimately enhancing their online reputation.

TeskaLabs

Seed Round in 2015
TeskaLabs is a mobile application security provider. Businesses are moving away from the desktop world towards mobile. They need to improve employee productivity and satisfaction by adopting mobile applications. However, businesses are very far behind the consumer world when it comes to adopting mobile applications. The biggest reason is the mobile application security. Over two-thirds of large enterprises, 340 Fortune 500 companies, have been breached via mobile apps. This has cost them over 50 billion dollars every year. Mobile security is the fastest growing issue of cyber-security. We have built a cutting-edge technology that protects the entry point and the communication channel. It defends against almost every cyber-threat connected with data. Our technology is simple for application developers to implement, provides visibility to information security officers, and saves time for IT Admins. We also provide application security for Internet of Things (IoT).

AppInsight

Seed Round in 2015
AppInsight is a software directory designed for UK-based enterprises, providing expert-vetted recommendations to help business owners select the most effective tools for their operations. As a member of the Middlestone Group, AppInsight supports businesses in achieving success by streamlining the process of identifying suitable software solutions. The platform leverages a curated approach to ensure that users access reliable and valuable applications tailored to their specific needs. This focus on quality and usability positions AppInsight as a vital resource for enterprises looking to enhance their operational efficiency through informed software choices.

Hot Hotels

Seed Round in 2015
Hot is a last minute Hotel Booking App that offers deep discounts on same day hotel rooms. The App is currently available for iPhone, Android and Blackberry. For smartphone users, this is a quick, reliable and economic way to find a place to stay at short notice. For Hotels, this is great way to find last minute customers for unsold hotel rooms. Hot´s ambition is to provide a hotel for same day smartphone booking in every city in the world. Currently there are hotels available in 23 Countries and 167 cities. Locations are in Europe, Africa, the Middle East, and Latin America. Founded in December 2011, the company is headquartered in Spain and remains fully owned by the company's founders.

Elasticode

Seed Round in 2015
Elasticode leverages data collection about users' mobile experience into a personalized interaction,that best fits to that exact moment, place and settings. Enhancing developers and publishers business results,providing them with the power to address specific segments, receive a high resolution point of view and a real-time decision making engine, in a simple and fully controlled way.

Testlio

Convertible Note in 2014
Testlio Inc. offers a comprehensive online mobile app testing solution designed to streamline quality assurance processes for businesses. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, with additional offices in Estonia, Testlio connects clients with a community of experienced and vetted testers through its end-to-end QA management platform. This platform integrates seamlessly with existing tools, providing high visibility throughout the testing process. Testlio's services include functional testing, localization, and detailed reporting, allowing companies to offload quality assurance tasks with flexible requirements. The company's ability to assemble dedicated QA teams that work globally and around the clock enables clients to meet deadlines and enhance product quality. Testlio's notable clients include Microsoft, Lyft, Salesforce, and CBS Interactive, among others.

Numerous

Seed Round in 2014
Numerous, Inc. develops a mobile dashboard/application that allows users to follow and share numbers (via Twitter, Facebook, and more). Its application also enables users to configure notifications to alert with changes or conversations. The company’s dashboard provides updates on stock prices, weather, steps taken, miles driven, calories consumed, event time, or distance from home. It offers its application on iPhone and iOS devices. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

MobileDay

Series A in 2014
MobileDay Inc. develops a one-touch conference call dialing application for iPhone and Android devices, aimed at business professionals globally. The application synchronizes with the device's native calendar, offering a streamlined 'My Day' schedule view that includes upcoming calls and meetings, each with a convenient one-touch join button. This simplifies the process of joining conference calls and online meetings. In addition to its individual consumer app, MobileDay introduced 'MobileDay Business' in April 2015, designed for companies and organizations to equip entire teams with the same easy dialing functionality. Founded in 2010 and based in Boulder, Colorado, MobileDay was previously known as Skedul.me Inc. before rebranding in December 2011.

TouchBase

Seed Round in 2014
Touchbase, Inc. builds custom and branded apps to help salespeople to show off marketing material. Its software allows marketers to upload their own photos, videos, and PDFs through a back-end content management system so that they can be viewed on the apps without Internet or data connection. The company was founded in 2013 and is based in Los Altos, California with additional offices in San Jose, California; and Delhi, India.

Stand In

Seed Round in 2014
Stand In redefines how apps are designed. With our software, designers can craft amazing user experiences for the wide range of devices that we interact with every day.

Amino Apps

Seed Round in 2014
Amino Apps enables people to discover, develop, and express their interests and passions. Founded in 2011, Amino Apps offer a network of communities allowing its users explore and obsess over the things they're into.

MartMobi Technologies

Pre Seed Round in 2014
MartMobi is an innovative mobile technology company that enables the world’s leading eCommerce sites, Brands, Retailers to go instant mobile and tablet across all existing mobile platforms, enable seamless connectivity with their existing back-end systems, manage their own brand identity and all of this without the need to single line of code. developers use our API to build integration With offices in US, India, MartMobi provides wide reach with right local service and support across the globe.

MartMobi Technologies

Seed Round in 2014
MartMobi is an innovative mobile technology company that enables the world’s leading eCommerce sites, Brands, Retailers to go instant mobile and tablet across all existing mobile platforms, enable seamless connectivity with their existing back-end systems, manage their own brand identity and all of this without the need to single line of code. developers use our API to build integration With offices in US, India, MartMobi provides wide reach with right local service and support across the globe.

Telespine

Pre Seed Round in 2013
Developer of a Web-based tele-health program designed for low back pain sufferers. The company's mobile application teaches users simple and effective healthy back activities to enabling back pain sufferers to recover from lower back pain, correct your alignment and mobility issues, and restore pain free movement.

Useful Systems

Seed Round in 2013
Useful is a mobile-first app for small to medium sized businesses that need to better track the jobs being done by their workers in the field. Useful replaces paper workflow with familiar-looking forms including estimates, work orders and invoices in a native iPad app. It offers accurate, real-time reports like geo-stamped timesheets and detailed job costing. Useful enables mobile enterprises such as landscapers, contractors, and roofers to run their entire business from their iPad.

Testlio

Seed Round in 2013
Testlio Inc. offers a comprehensive online mobile app testing solution designed to streamline quality assurance processes for businesses. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, with additional offices in Estonia, Testlio connects clients with a community of experienced and vetted testers through its end-to-end QA management platform. This platform integrates seamlessly with existing tools, providing high visibility throughout the testing process. Testlio's services include functional testing, localization, and detailed reporting, allowing companies to offload quality assurance tasks with flexible requirements. The company's ability to assemble dedicated QA teams that work globally and around the clock enables clients to meet deadlines and enhance product quality. Testlio's notable clients include Microsoft, Lyft, Salesforce, and CBS Interactive, among others.

flck.me

Seed Round in 2013
flck.me develops smart phone based social networking application. The company is based in Seattle, Washington

HighFive Mobile

Seed Round in 2013
HighFive Mobile, Inc. develops mobile application for health and fitness routines based on real life activities. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

BusyLife Software

Seed Round in 2013
BusyLife Software is a mobile software product company offering business and consumer software products for the retail industry. It drives sales and enhances the lives of their customers by providing mobile commerce solutions. With Products like QwikCart integrated to point of sale solutions, BusyLife Software provides merchants with branded, mobile commerce solutions that enable their consumers to purchase goods and services from anywhere at any time for pickup, delivery, or shipping. BusyLife Software was established in 2011 and is based in Denver, C.O.

House Map

Pre Seed Round in 2013
Property listing iOS app

Apptentive

Seed Round in 2012
Apptentive, Inc. develops a mobile customer engagement software/customer feedback and analytics platform that helps companies to listen to, engage with, and retain their customers. Its software gives brands a way to identify who to talk to, engage user segments, and mobilize customers to take action through in-app messages, surveys, ratings prompts, notes, and analytics. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

Appetas

Seed Round in 2012
Appetas' restaurant marketing platform gets restaurants online instantly and empowers to easily market themselves. Appetas’ technology can instantly create beautiful web, mobile, and social sites for restaurants using their real menu, hours, and location. We reach restaurants through established partner channels and provide our marketing platform as a service. Individual and small chain restaurants struggle to establish a quality online presence. They understand the importance of marketing online but existing options are too complex, expensive, and time consuming. Appetas gets restaurants online in seconds with great looking web, mobile, and social sites provided alongside a partner they trust. They can make updates themselves or opt for a full service option.

AppTheGame

Pre Seed Round in 2012
AppTheGame is an online sports platform that allows fans to talk about games and get news and stats. It allows fans to engage with other fans and uses proprietary algorithms to analyze stats, game info, social media, and play-by-play events to provide fans what they want, when they want it.

XtGem

Pre Seed Round in 2012
XtGem provides an all-in-one solution for anyone looking to build a mobile site - from personal blogs to businesses wanting to grow and represent their brand in the mobile market. In addition to intuitive WYSIWYG-based tools, customers gain access to powerful developer features, including full source code editing support, cloud hosting and custom domain support.

Apptentive

Seed Round in 2012
Apptentive, Inc. develops a mobile customer engagement software/customer feedback and analytics platform that helps companies to listen to, engage with, and retain their customers. Its software gives brands a way to identify who to talk to, engage user segments, and mobilize customers to take action through in-app messages, surveys, ratings prompts, notes, and analytics. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

MobileDevHQ

Seed Round in 2012
MobileDevHQ is an enterprise organic app marketing platform that offers mobile marketers with app store optimization (ASO) solutions. The platform enables app marketers to analyze and optimize the app store presence of an app, track an app’s relevant search ranking queries in an app store, discover top chart rankings, analyze keywords, and receive daily email updates. It helps them increase organic downloads in iStore and Google Play. MobileDevHQ was launched in February 2012 and its operations are based in Washington, United States.

EveryMove

Series A in 2012
EveryMove is a web-based application for individuals and companies to empower, capitalize on, and follow fitness-focused lifestyles. Available on both Android and iOS platforms, the EveryMove smartphone application facilitates cross-platform communication in order for users to take part in fitness challenges, network with other health enthusiasts, use personal fitness data to incentivize employer rewards programs, share their results with one another, etc.

MobileDay

Seed Round in 2011
MobileDay Inc. develops a one-touch conference call dialing application for iPhone and Android devices, aimed at business professionals globally. The application synchronizes with the device's native calendar, offering a streamlined 'My Day' schedule view that includes upcoming calls and meetings, each with a convenient one-touch join button. This simplifies the process of joining conference calls and online meetings. In addition to its individual consumer app, MobileDay introduced 'MobileDay Business' in April 2015, designed for companies and organizations to equip entire teams with the same easy dialing functionality. Founded in 2010 and based in Boulder, Colorado, MobileDay was previously known as Skedul.me Inc. before rebranding in December 2011.

mepdesain

Convertible Note in 2011
Romotive makes robotic platforms that harnesses the power of smartphone in order to deliver new functionalities quickly through mobile apps. Romo, our first product on the platform, is a robotic tank toy that users can customize (via hardware accessories), battle with friends, and control remotely via a live video feed. Romo is infinitely programmable through an easy drag-and-drop interface as well as expandable through downloading new mobile apps that add new behaviors.

mepdesain

Seed Round in 2011
Romotive makes robotic platforms that harnesses the power of smartphone in order to deliver new functionalities quickly through mobile apps. Romo, our first product on the platform, is a robotic tank toy that users can customize (via hardware accessories), battle with friends, and control remotely via a live video feed. Romo is infinitely programmable through an easy drag-and-drop interface as well as expandable through downloading new mobile apps that add new behaviors.

EveryMove

Seed Round in 2011
EveryMove is a web-based application for individuals and companies to empower, capitalize on, and follow fitness-focused lifestyles. Available on both Android and iOS platforms, the EveryMove smartphone application facilitates cross-platform communication in order for users to take part in fitness challenges, network with other health enthusiasts, use personal fitness data to incentivize employer rewards programs, share their results with one another, etc.

Movogo

Pre Seed Round in 2011
Movogo is a social networking app that allows its users to have a private voice chat with friends.

mobintent

Seed Round in 2011
MobIntent is building tools to simplify the process of creating, managing and optimizing mobile ad campaigns.

Singly

Seed Round in 2011
Singly, founded in 2010 and based in San Francisco, provides software development kits (SDKs) and products designed to facilitate seamless integration between applications. The company's solutions enable independent developers, startups, agencies, and publishers to enhance user experiences by connecting various apps for sharing, engagement, and data management. Singly's offerings eliminate the need for custom code related to authentication, data syncing, and storage, thereby allowing teams to accelerate their time to market, focus more on product development, and reduce infrastructure costs. By simplifying the integration process, Singly helps businesses avoid maintenance distractions and overhead, making it easier to connect with users across fitness devices and applications.

TapMe

Seed Round in 2010
Tap Me connects games to brands and brands to gamers with the next generation of in-game advertising that is easy, scaleable and effective.

Openspace Store

Seed Round in 2010
Openspace is a one-touch app marketplace for anyone to discover, purchase, install and sync apps across any smartphone, tablet, desktop or laptop. Founded in June 2010 and launching in April 2011, Openspace is an app store for you, not your device. Openspace was co-founded by Robert Reich and Randy Watler and is a privately held company based in Boulder, Colo. The Foundry Group led the seed round of investment followed by prominent angel investors from Boulder and New York such as David Cohen and Zelkova Ventures. Jason Mendelson serves on the Board of Directors.

Blue Wave Media

Seed Round in 2010
Mobile Video Distribution Platform

Lumatic

Seed Round in 2010
Lumatic provides landmark and photo driven navigation software for mobile devices. Lumatic makes the mobile experience more human, starting with location. Six of the seven billion people on the planet have never used a streetmap. Now that a billion people have smartphones, either Google is going to teach a whole lot of people to read maps or a new UI will be introduced. Lumatic is that new UI. Lumatic is introducing a photo-driven interface for pedestrian navigation and offering the underlying location service to other mobile developers.

Captimo

Pre Seed Round in 2010
Captimo fuels social video campaigns for brands and fans on mobile and Facebook. Captimo’s mobile-video app helps users share their experiences socially with their favorite brands. With Captimo, brands can increase activity on their Facebook pages, and their fans can engage in a new, creative way. Users can shoot video via their mobile phones, tag their friends and location and even add in-video comments before automatically uploading the video to Facebook. Captimo’s innovative gaming mechanics make shooting, sharing and socializing video fun and rewarding. Captimo's mobile/social video apps are available for iPhone, Android and Facebook.

Localytics

Seed Round in 2009
Upland Localytics is a mobile app analytics and marketing platform that provides businesses with insights and tools to enhance mobile app acquisition, engagement, and retention. The platform serves over 6,000 applications across more than 2 billion devices, catering to a diverse range of companies, including Live Nation, HSN, Comcast, and The New York Times. In addition to its analytics capabilities, Localytics is also recognized as a mobile engagement platform for both mobile and web applications, helping organizations optimize user experiences and drive growth in the digital landscape.

MobileDevHQ

Seed Round in 2009
MobileDevHQ is an enterprise organic app marketing platform that offers mobile marketers with app store optimization (ASO) solutions. The platform enables app marketers to analyze and optimize the app store presence of an app, track an app’s relevant search ranking queries in an app store, discover top chart rankings, analyze keywords, and receive daily email updates. It helps them increase organic downloads in iStore and Google Play. MobileDevHQ was launched in February 2012 and its operations are based in Washington, United States.

PlayQ

Seed Round in 2007
PlayQ is a prominent mobile gaming company focused on developing high-quality games for platforms such as iOS, Google Play, Amazon, and Facebook. The company specializes in creating engaging, visually appealing gameplay experiences that allow gamers to enjoy entertaining titles across various devices. With a commitment to innovation and quality, PlayQ aims to deliver compelling mobile gaming experiences that resonate with a wide audience.