The Brandery, established in 2010 and based in Cincinnati, Ohio, is a highly regarded seed-stage startup accelerator, consistently ranked among the top programs in the United States. It focuses on helping startups build strong brands by leveraging the region's expertise in branding, marketing, and design. The program operates annually, selecting 10 to 12 companies for a four-month accelerator experience. Startups receive a $50,000 investment, a year of complimentary office space, and over $200,000 in additional resources and support. The Brandery partners with leading creative agencies and offers access to major corporations, such as Procter & Gamble, dunnhumby, and Kroger. In return for its investment, The Brandery takes a 6% equity stake in each startup, emphasizing the importance of brand development alongside product creation to enhance resource efficiency and success potential. The accelerator targets various sectors, including retail, information technology, e-commerce, marketing technology, advertisement technology, big data, the Internet of Things, and mobile and SaaS.
Bright Breaks offers a workplace wellness solution to boost employee wellness, connection, and productivity with 7-minute live micro-breaks. Bright Breaks' wellness platform is designed to provide users with maximum benefits while requiring the least amount of effort. It only takes a few minutes per day to reduce stress and improve well-being.
Curie
Pre Seed Round in 2020
Curie is a developer of a three-dimensional product generation platform designed to enhance the online shopping experience. By leveraging artificial intelligence, the company transforms 2D images into realistic 3D models, allowing retailers to digitize their entire product offerings at scale. This innovative approach enables customers to interact with lifelike representations of products, facilitating informed purchasing decisions. Curie's extensive library of 3D content serves various sectors, including e-commerce, AI training, and the Metaverse, ensuring that brands can effectively transition their physical products into the digital realm. Through its technology, Curie aims to provide a more engaging and immersive shopping experience for consumers while helping retailers streamline their online presence.
Ad Badger
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Ad Badger LLC, founded in 2017 and based in Austin, Texas, develops a software solution aimed at enhancing pay-per-click (PPC) sales for Amazon sellers, primarily in the United States. The company offers a cloud-based marketing analytics platform that employs intelligent automation to optimize advertising campaigns for e-commerce businesses. By utilizing automated bid algorithms, keyword management, and campaign optimization strategies, Ad Badger enables sellers to efficiently manage their paid traffic campaigns. This innovative approach not only saves time but also yields superior results compared to traditional manual campaign management, ultimately driving improved sales growth for retail businesses.
Brandefy
Pre Seed Round in 2018
Brandefy is a developer of a personal care product reviewing platform that provides consumers with comprehensive information and reviews about beauty and personal care products. The platform allows shoppers to compare store brand and name brand items based on honest consumer feedback, as well as offering its own evaluations, including ingredient analyses and personal experiences. By facilitating this comparison, Brandefy enables customers to uncover valuable insights about products before making a purchase. Additionally, the company assists users in finding affordable alternatives to prestige beauty products through user-generated content and ingredient analysis. If an affordable option is not available, Brandefy also manufactures its own products, ensuring beauty enthusiasts can access the best choices for their needs.
Natalus
Grant in 2018
Natalus Inc. is a hardware and software company based in Newport, Kentucky, that specializes in space management solutions for parking facilities and other space-driven businesses. Founded in 2017 by Vincent Cevasco, Ryan Jordan, and Matthew Terry, the company utilizes advanced imaging technologies, particularly geospatial LiDAR sensors, to capture and analyze occupancy data in real-time. By integrating artificial intelligence, Natalus provides predictive analytics that enhances the management of parking spaces, allowing facilities to optimize their assets effectively. Its user-friendly client dashboard displays key insights, facilitating better experiences and seamless automation for users.
PopBase
Pre Seed Round in 2018
Our patented platform will change what it means to watch a show, play a game and buy a product. Our codeless storytelling platform gives users simple templates to create immersive content that has: the distribution speed of social media, the interactivity and immersion of open-world videogames, and the long-form format of TV Programming. PopBase will do for 3D interactive content design what CANVA does for 2D graphic design.
Obe
Seed Round in 2018
Obe, Inc. is a company based in Sonora, California, established in 2014, that specializes in developing innovative solutions for pet health and nutrition. The company offers ProBowl, a smart food and water bowl for dogs that tracks eating and drinking habits while providing insights for pet owners. This bowl connects via Wi-Fi to a mobile application, allowing users to monitor their pets' consumption and compare it to established baseline data. By delivering real-time behavioral data, Obe empowers veterinarians and pet parents to make informed dietary decisions and detect potential health issues early, promoting preventative care and enhancing the overall well-being of pets.
Zimmr
Non Equity Assistance in 2018
Zimmr’s platform allows enterprises to easily monitor and manage their data science applications in real time.
Tame the Beast
Pre Seed Round in 2017
At TAME the BEAST® we create men's grooming products with arousing scents and energizing properties. We also know a thing or two about being a man.
DesignMySoap.com
Grant in 2017
DesignMySoap.com, by Soapy Soap Company, is the world’s first and only personalized bar soap e-commerce platform. Soapy Soap Company is an all-natural body care brand and manufacturer, established in 2012 in Bloomington, Indiana. Their newest offering is DesignMySoap, the world’s first and only personalized bar soap e-commerce platform. Customers choose their skin type, create custom aromatherapy scent blends, pick exfoliants, and name their soap. Featured on Reply All podcast, ranked #1 organically on Google Search, and were in Oprah’s O Magazine. They are seeking funding to scale their customer acquisition, combine both brands into one cohesive brand, and grow the business.
Martin
Grant in 2017
Martin Inc, based in Cincinnati, Ohio, specializes in providing an artificial intelligence-driven marketing platform tailored for small and medium-sized businesses. The company focuses on enhancing digital marketing efforts on social media platforms while offering timely response services to engage with customers effectively. Through its innovative solutions, Martin aims to support businesses in navigating the complexities of digital marketing and improving their online presence.
Hatchli
Convertible Note in 2016
Hatchli is an online platform that facilitates crowdsourced feedback, allowing users to share ideas and receive input from others. Launched in 2015 by Nugreen Aftab, Greg Miller, Trey Hakanson, and Ian Hansborough, the platform creates a social community where startup enthusiasts and trend seekers can connect and collaborate. Through its enterprise management features, Hatchli enables users to launch new ideas and gather valuable insights, fostering an environment for innovation and engagement.
Hatchli
Convertible Note in 2016
Hatchli is an online platform that facilitates crowdsourced feedback, allowing users to share ideas and receive input from others. Launched in 2015 by Nugreen Aftab, Greg Miller, Trey Hakanson, and Ian Hansborough, the platform creates a social community where startup enthusiasts and trend seekers can connect and collaborate. Through its enterprise management features, Hatchli enables users to launch new ideas and gather valuable insights, fostering an environment for innovation and engagement.
Datazar
Seed Round in 2016
Datazar LLC, founded in 2015 and based in Cincinnati, Ohio, operates a research collaboration platform designed to facilitate the exploration, analysis, and sharing of research data. This platform serves a diverse audience, including scientists, educators, students, and researchers, by providing access to a comprehensive repository of experimental and statistical data. By consolidating various data sources, Datazar enables users to uncover previously unseen trends and relationships, thereby enhancing the research process. The platform is designed to integrate seamlessly with existing research tools, helping users effectively organize and understand their data.
Wyzerr
Seed Round in 2015
Wyzerr is a developer of market-research software that specializes in customer data analysis. The company's platform enables brands to gather real-time consumer feedback through targeted surveys, providing valuable insights into customer satisfaction and areas for improvement. By integrating this feedback into daily operations, Wyzerr helps businesses monitor productivity and efficiency, allowing them to address customer issues promptly and make informed decisions. The software offers real-time visualizations and survey health metrics, empowering clients to implement incremental changes that enhance their products and services. This proactive approach to customer engagement positions brands for sustainable growth and success.
Jersey Watch
Seed Round in 2015
Jersey Watch is a company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, that specializes in providing website solutions for youth sports organizations. Founded in 2012, it offers a platform that allows teams, clubs, and leagues to quickly create and manage their own websites. The service includes customizable website builders that enable organizations to establish an online presence using their own domain names. Jersey Watch also facilitates online registration processes, allowing clubs to collect payments and register players efficiently. This comprehensive approach helps sports organizations streamline communication and management of their activities.
Gild Collective
Seed Round in 2015
Gild Collective, LLC is an online platform based in Cincinnati, Ohio, that aims to revitalize the craft industry by fostering community among women through creative experiences. Founded in 2015, the company offers DIY project kits, supplies, and detailed instructions for in-home craft parties, covering a variety of themes such as holiday decorations, home decor, and jewelry. Customers can book parties through the website, purchasing kits in advance, while the hostess receives their kit at no cost. Projects typically range in price from $29 to $45 per participant, yielding significant profit margins. Additionally, Gild Collective collaborates with local artisans, allowing them to teach their DIY projects and manage their supplies. The company provides these artisans with a platform, marketing support, and payment processing, earning a fee for each participant, which serves as profit. Through these initiatives, Gild Collective not only promotes creativity but also aims to empower women and enhance their confidence in a supportive environment.
AdAdapted
Seed Round in 2015
AdAdapted, Inc. is a mobile advertising platform based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, that focuses on consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands. Founded in 2012, the company enables these brands to effectively target their primary consumers through native, non-disruptive advertisements in popular shopping list apps. By placing ads at critical decision-making moments, AdAdapted helps CPG brands enhance their visibility and influence purchasing behavior. The platform tracks consumer behavior, revealing insights into category preferences, shopping tendencies, and planning habits. AdAdapted serves a diverse clientele that includes CPG brands, agencies, and retailers, facilitating meaningful connections between brands and consumers in the digital shopping environment.
ShoutOut
Seed Round in 2014
ShoutOut is a communication application that enables users to connect with others in their immediate vicinity through location-based chatrooms. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Isla Vista, California, with additional offices in Santa Barbara and Cincinnati, the platform allows users to create and join chat rooms based on shared interests and geographic location. Users can engage in conversations with individuals nearby, whether on campuses, at concerts, or during live events. This innovative approach allows participants to define the geographic boundaries for their chatrooms, making it a unique player in the location-based messaging market. The company was established by Joel Green and Erwan Lent, who aim to facilitate local connections through the power of mobile technology.
Quack
Seed Round in 2014
Quack is a location based mobile application that allows users to broadcast anonymous messages to everyone within 400 feet of them. No username. No sign-up. No history. Just Quacks.
Keego
Seed Round in 2014
Keego is a New York-based company that offers a platform for connecting translators with clients. Founded in 2014, the company enables individuals worldwide to provide translation, proofreading, and interpretation services for various documents. Keego has established a community of over 2,000 bilinguals and professionals who work with diverse clients, including Xapo, Roadtrippers, Genwords, and Pixel2HTML. The platform facilitates a flexible and accessible approach to language services, allowing users to earn money by leveraging their language skills.
Soundstr
Seed Round in 2014
Soundstr is a music technology platform dedicated to enhancing transparency in real-world music usage, focusing on modernizing the performing rights industry. Its patent-pending technology enables businesses to accurately identify and report the music they use, facilitating negotiations for per-use license fees instead of traditional blanket licensing. This approach not only allows businesses to pay fairly for the music they utilize but also ensures that songwriters receive appropriate compensation for their work when performed in commercial settings. Additionally, Soundstr’s platform supports advertising initiatives, such as radio-style ads in venues, which can generate new revenue streams for businesses and songwriters alike. By streamlining the process of music licensing and royalty distribution, Soundstr aims to create a more sustainable music industry that benefits all stakeholders involved. Founded by musicians passionate about transparency, Soundstr continues to seek innovative solutions for the challenges faced by songwriters and businesses in the music ecosystem.
Shelfie
Seed Round in 2014
Shelfie hails from Boston and is the latest app to tackle image processing and crowdsourcing to give marketers better data. Using Shelfie, customers can take pictures of empty supermarket shelves and let stores know what items are out of stock. The company was formed by its 25-year-old chief executive C.J. Acosta.
Lagoon
Seed Round in 2014
Enter Lagoon. We have built an innovative and novel device that measures water usage of the entire house. This measurement is relayed to web and mobile devices. This solves the pain of not knowing or understanding water usage. Lagoon informs the household of how they are using water and assists the water providers with water conservation efforts. Studies show that, by knowing usage, households reduce usage by up to 15% or more and increase their rates of water conservation engagement by three times. Lagoon has built in leak detection, frozen pipe detection and water surge price protection. In areas such as California, with a 2014 Governor requested 20% water reduction, price surges occur and residents can be hit with large water bills. Lagoon can also reduce infrastructure costs for utilities if water conservation efforts are successful. There is an option for large scale leak detection for utility companies.
LuckyPennie
Seed Round in 2014
Los Angeles-based LuckyPennie is heading to Cincinnati to develop its social music app for concert discovery. Like other music discovery apps, LuckyPennie uses a mix of algorithms and curators to build a concert recommendation engine. Chief executive Jonathan Lane previously spent 10-years in the music biz as head of digital sales and marketing.
LookIt
Seed Round in 2014
LookIt, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that offers an online platform for fashion and beauty advice. It allows users to seek and provide feedback on various outfits, utilizing crowdsourced opinions to enhance user experience. Additionally, LookIt provides product sentiment data to companies, enabling fashion brands to upload images of their outfits and gather insights from community comments. This dual approach not only assists individuals in making informed choices about their appearance but also helps brands understand consumer preferences and trends.
Lifecycle
Seed Round in 2014
Lifecycle is a customer engagement platform founded in 2015 and based in San Francisco, California. The company specializes in event-based, outbound communication, enabling businesses to acquire, convert, and retain customers effectively. Lifecycle provides tools for digital businesses to create optimized messaging campaigns that reach users through mobile messaging channels. By analyzing user interactions with web and mobile applications, the platform allows businesses to test and measure the effectiveness of their communications, ensuring the right content is delivered to the appropriate users at the right time and on the right devices.
DataRole
Seed Round in 2014
DataRole provides the most accurate property database to P&C Insurance carriers, inspectors, real estate investors, consumers and more. We aggregate, normalize and categorize building permits, building violations, fire incident data and various other unique sources of real estate data into the most comprehensive property database available.
Strap
Seed Round in 2014
Strap is a developer of a software and analytics platform that leverages mobile health data to enhance marketing and engagement programs. By utilizing analytics and segmentation derived from smartphones, wearables, and health data applications, Strap enables users to make informed decisions that cater to the personalized needs of consumers. The company emphasizes the importance of a consumer-centered journey, advocating for a tailored approach to improve user engagement and overall experiences.
Popad
Seed Round in 2014
Popad, LLC operates a crowd-sourced advertising platform designed to connect users with advertisers. Launched in 2014 and based in Chicago, the company offers Bountyhuntr, a marketplace where users can discover local photo bounties, submit their own photos from social media, and view competitive submissions. This platform allows users to earn points, rewards, and recognition for their contributions. By leveraging the vast number of photos uploaded online daily, Popad aims to make user-generated content accessible and relevant for advertising purposes. Through its innovative approach, the company streamlines the process for users and advertisers, facilitating the creation and purchase of advertising content in a programmatic manner.
Cintric
Seed Round in 2014
Cintric, LLC is a technology company that specializes in location-based services through its mobile software development kit (SDK). Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, with an additional office in Oakland, California, Cintric provides tools that enable businesses to gather and analyze user data related to location and behavior. The platform tracks users' movements continuously, generating insights about their home, work, and significant locations, as well as their behavioral patterns and preferences. This information is transformed into actionable location intelligence, which can be utilized for targeted advertising, enhancing user experiences, and understanding economic trends and retail visitations. By offering a web panel and public API, Cintric empowers developers and enterprises to optimize their marketing strategies and improve engagement with their customers. As of 2017, Cintric operates as a subsidiary of UberMedia, Inc.
Wyzerr
Pre Seed Round in 2014
Wyzerr is a developer of market-research software that specializes in customer data analysis. The company's platform enables brands to gather real-time consumer feedback through targeted surveys, providing valuable insights into customer satisfaction and areas for improvement. By integrating this feedback into daily operations, Wyzerr helps businesses monitor productivity and efficiency, allowing them to address customer issues promptly and make informed decisions. The software offers real-time visualizations and survey health metrics, empowering clients to implement incremental changes that enhance their products and services. This proactive approach to customer engagement positions brands for sustainable growth and success.
REPP
Series A in 2014
REPP is an online identity and background management platform for individuals and service providers. REPP creates verified online profiles, owned by you, to share with new people that you meet through commerce, dating or networking sites. REPP verifies your identity and photo along with background checks that you confirm.
Dwllr
Seed Round in 2013
Dwllr Inc. specializes in developing web-based business management system (BMS) and customer relationship management (CRM) software tailored for real estate professionals, including agents, brokers, and multiple listing service (MLS) organizations. The company offers a range of products, such as property CRM, real estate office management tools, and commercial real estate CRM solutions, aimed at enhancing the efficiency of real estate transactions. By providing a fully customizable application, Dwllr simplifies the sales process, eliminates paper usage, and introduces innovative marketing strategies, enabling professionals to sell and rent more homes while saving time and money. Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, Dwllr also maintains an office in the San Francisco Bay Area, California.
Bitcasa
Series A in 2013
Bitcasa is a provider of cloud-based storage solutions that enable users and businesses to securely store, access, and share files across various platforms, including Android, iOS, Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, and the web. The company offers a Cloud Storage Platform with APIs and branded applications that facilitate easy file management, allowing users to upload documents, photos, and other content to the cloud and sync it across multiple devices. With a presence in over 140 countries, Bitcasa has assisted thousands of developers, OEMs, and service providers in effectively managing their data. The firm is supported by prominent investors such as Horizons Ventures, Pelion Venture Partners, First Round Capital, Samsung Ventures, and Andreessen Horowitz.
Roadtrippers
Series A in 2013
Roadtrippers, Inc. is a travel technology company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, founded in 2011. It operates a website and mobile application that facilitate road trip planning by enabling users to discover, book, and purchase travel experiences. The platform features a comprehensive database of points-of-interest tailored for road travelers, including diners, roadside attractions, and accommodations. It also offers travel guides for popular road trip routes, along with an inline text editor allowing community members to contribute their own guides. In addition to a user-friendly trip planner, the mobile app provides virtual concierge suggestions, weather forecasts, and tools for estimating fuel costs. Users can explore locations within a specified distance from their routes and synchronize their plans with navigation applications for a seamless travel experience.
Off Track Planet
Seed Round in 2013
Off Track Planet, Inc., founded in 2009 and based in Brooklyn, New York, specializes in publishing travel guide books. Initially recognized as a precursor to BuzzFeed in the travel sector, the company has evolved into a six-time published guidebook series. It offers a unique offline experience through its print travel magazines, while also maintaining an online travel-discovery platform that enhances the travel experience for users on mobile devices. By combining traditional print with digital innovation, Off Track Planet aims to transform how individuals explore and engage with the world around them.
FamilyTech
Seed Round in 2013
FamilyTech is a company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, focused on creating family-oriented applications that enhance daily living for parents, teens, kids, and couples. Founded in 2011, FamilyTech's lineup includes apps such as MotherShp for parents, Landra for teens, ChoreMonster for kids, and HoneyDo for couples. These applications not only aim to simplify household tasks but also support children, particularly those with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and other executive function challenges, by providing tools that help them organize and complete chores in an engaging manner. FamilyTech’s offerings cater to millions of users, making daily life easier and more rewarding for families.
Dwllr
Seed Round in 2013
Dwllr Inc. specializes in developing web-based business management system (BMS) and customer relationship management (CRM) software tailored for real estate professionals, including agents, brokers, and multiple listing service (MLS) organizations. The company offers a range of products, such as property CRM, real estate office management tools, and commercial real estate CRM solutions, aimed at enhancing the efficiency of real estate transactions. By providing a fully customizable application, Dwllr simplifies the sales process, eliminates paper usage, and introduces innovative marketing strategies, enabling professionals to sell and rent more homes while saving time and money. Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, Dwllr also maintains an office in the San Francisco Bay Area, California.
REPP
Seed Round in 2013
REPP is an online identity and background management platform for individuals and service providers. REPP creates verified online profiles, owned by you, to share with new people that you meet through commerce, dating or networking sites. REPP verifies your identity and photo along with background checks that you confirm.
CrowdHall
Seed Round in 2013
A CrowdHall is a crowd-sourced town hall built on the idea that public discourse with high-profile people & organizations doesn't have to be one-sided. It empowers the crowd to organize its thoughts, articulate its questions, and voice its perspective in a democratic way.
FlightCar
Series A in 2013
FlightCar, Inc. is a car rental service that operates an online platform connecting car owners with travelers in need of vehicles while at the airport. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, California, FlightCar allows individuals who are parking their cars at airports to rent them out to other approved travelers, providing a cost-effective and convenient option for transportation. The company has expanded its services to multiple locations across the United States, including major cities such as Austin, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Seattle. By facilitating this peer-to-peer rental system, FlightCar aims to enhance the travel experience for both car owners and renters, promoting a collaborative community among travelers.
ONEHOPE
Series B in 2013
ONEHOPE, Inc. is a social enterprise based in Santa Ana, California, founded in 2006. The company operates vineyards and produces a variety of wines, including red, white, rosé, and sparkling options. Its products are distributed through hotels, restaurants, bars, and retail stores across the United States, as well as internationally through distributors in China and Puerto Rico. Additionally, ONEHOPE sells wine and other products, such as gourmet coffee, apparel, and gift items, through its online portal. A distinctive feature of ONEHOPE is its commitment to philanthropy; the company donates half of its profits to charitable organizations and social causes, allowing customers to contribute to meaningful initiatives while enjoying quality wine.
FlightCar
Seed Round in 2013
FlightCar, Inc. is a car rental service that operates an online platform connecting car owners with travelers in need of vehicles while at the airport. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, California, FlightCar allows individuals who are parking their cars at airports to rent them out to other approved travelers, providing a cost-effective and convenient option for transportation. The company has expanded its services to multiple locations across the United States, including major cities such as Austin, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Seattle. By facilitating this peer-to-peer rental system, FlightCar aims to enhance the travel experience for both car owners and renters, promoting a collaborative community among travelers.
Learnmetrics
Seed Round in 2013
Learnmetrics Inc. is an educational technology company that operates an online platform designed to support schools and educators in effectively managing student data. Founded in 2012 and based in Chicago, Illinois, the platform enables users to access and analyze various educational metrics, including grades, attendance, schedules, demographics, and test results. By breaking down data silos, Learnmetrics allows educators to identify trends and patterns in student learning, facilitating better planning, teaching, and assessment processes. The platform aims to empower educators with the insights needed to enhance student outcomes and ensure that every child can reach their full potential.
Modulus
Seed Round in 2013
Modulus is a hosting, scaling, and data solution for Node.js developers. As a platform as a service (PAAS), Modulus eliminates the server and database administration challenges typically associated with deploying and growing an internet-based application. Applications can be deployed instantly, scale quickly, with zero downtime. With a focus on ease-of-use, reliability, security, and performance, Modulus supports a wide range of customers: hobbyists, independent developers, small businesses, and enterprise. The founding team is comprised entirely of software developers with years of industry experience. Modulus is built out of a personal need, by developers, for developers, and will always focus on increasing the productivity and efficiency of application development.
FamilyTech
Seed Round in 2012
FamilyTech is a company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, focused on creating family-oriented applications that enhance daily living for parents, teens, kids, and couples. Founded in 2011, FamilyTech's lineup includes apps such as MotherShp for parents, Landra for teens, ChoreMonster for kids, and HoneyDo for couples. These applications not only aim to simplify household tasks but also support children, particularly those with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and other executive function challenges, by providing tools that help them organize and complete chores in an engaging manner. FamilyTech’s offerings cater to millions of users, making daily life easier and more rewarding for families.
Andtix
Seed Round in 2012
Andtix is a mobile application focused on facilitating the organization and management of social gatherings. The app allows users to quickly create and invite participants to events in a straightforward and personal manner. It features cross-platform contact integration, enhancing its usability and making it easier for individuals to connect and coordinate with others for various occasions. By streamlining the process of planning social events, Andtix aims to foster connections and simplify the logistics involved in gathering people together.
itechbook
Seed Round in 2012
WooWho was an alternative online dating website focused on offline human interaction versus online messaging, surveys, and matchmaking algorithms.
SocStock
Seed Round in 2012
Connecting small businesses and the communities they're in. Earn returns for supporting & funding your favorite businesses!
Impulcity
Seed Round in 2012
Impulcity, LLC is a location-based event discovery platform established in 2012 and headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky. The platform serves as a personalized guide to local social activities, enabling users to easily find and explore a variety of events, including concerts, nightlife options, and family-friendly activities. By curating information about the best bars and events in the area, Impulcity enhances users' social experiences and helps them engage more fully with their city's offerings.
SocialThreader
Seed Round in 2012
SocialThreader increases effectiveness of digital marketing via social integration of brand and consumer voices across their ads and website SocialThreader helps marketers increase brand awareness, social engagement and conversions. It seamlessly aggregates all of brand’s social touch points, analyzes campaign performance linked to these touch points and optimizes content based on campaign goals. SocialThreader directly improves the effectiveness of Search and Display campaigns. Businesses stand to gain significant ROI on their campaigns and better measures on relevant KPIs.
CrowdHall
Seed Round in 2012
A CrowdHall is a crowd-sourced town hall built on the idea that public discourse with high-profile people & organizations doesn't have to be one-sided. It empowers the crowd to organize its thoughts, articulate its questions, and voice its perspective in a democratic way.
Modulus
Seed Round in 2012
Modulus is a hosting, scaling, and data solution for Node.js developers. As a platform as a service (PAAS), Modulus eliminates the server and database administration challenges typically associated with deploying and growing an internet-based application. Applications can be deployed instantly, scale quickly, with zero downtime. With a focus on ease-of-use, reliability, security, and performance, Modulus supports a wide range of customers: hobbyists, independent developers, small businesses, and enterprise. The founding team is comprised entirely of software developers with years of industry experience. Modulus is built out of a personal need, by developers, for developers, and will always focus on increasing the productivity and efficiency of application development.
FlightCar
Debt Financing in 2012
FlightCar, Inc. is a car rental service that operates an online platform connecting car owners with travelers in need of vehicles while at the airport. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, California, FlightCar allows individuals who are parking their cars at airports to rent them out to other approved travelers, providing a cost-effective and convenient option for transportation. The company has expanded its services to multiple locations across the United States, including major cities such as Austin, Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, and Seattle. By facilitating this peer-to-peer rental system, FlightCar aims to enhance the travel experience for both car owners and renters, promoting a collaborative community among travelers.
REPP
Seed Round in 2012
REPP is an online identity and background management platform for individuals and service providers. REPP creates verified online profiles, owned by you, to share with new people that you meet through commerce, dating or networking sites. REPP verifies your identity and photo along with background checks that you confirm.
Bitcasa
Series A in 2012
Bitcasa is a provider of cloud-based storage solutions that enable users and businesses to securely store, access, and share files across various platforms, including Android, iOS, Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, and the web. The company offers a Cloud Storage Platform with APIs and branded applications that facilitate easy file management, allowing users to upload documents, photos, and other content to the cloud and sync it across multiple devices. With a presence in over 140 countries, Bitcasa has assisted thousands of developers, OEMs, and service providers in effectively managing their data. The firm is supported by prominent investors such as Horizons Ventures, Pelion Venture Partners, First Round Capital, Samsung Ventures, and Andreessen Horowitz.
Roadtrippers
Seed Round in 2012
Roadtrippers, Inc. is a travel technology company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, founded in 2011. It operates a website and mobile application that facilitate road trip planning by enabling users to discover, book, and purchase travel experiences. The platform features a comprehensive database of points-of-interest tailored for road travelers, including diners, roadside attractions, and accommodations. It also offers travel guides for popular road trip routes, along with an inline text editor allowing community members to contribute their own guides. In addition to a user-friendly trip planner, the mobile app provides virtual concierge suggestions, weather forecasts, and tools for estimating fuel costs. Users can explore locations within a specified distance from their routes and synchronize their plans with navigation applications for a seamless travel experience.
Impulcity
Angel Round in 2012
Impulcity, LLC is a location-based event discovery platform established in 2012 and headquartered in Louisville, Kentucky. The platform serves as a personalized guide to local social activities, enabling users to easily find and explore a variety of events, including concerts, nightlife options, and family-friendly activities. By curating information about the best bars and events in the area, Impulcity enhances users' social experiences and helps them engage more fully with their city's offerings.
FamilyTech
Seed Round in 2012
FamilyTech is a company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, focused on creating family-oriented applications that enhance daily living for parents, teens, kids, and couples. Founded in 2011, FamilyTech's lineup includes apps such as MotherShp for parents, Landra for teens, ChoreMonster for kids, and HoneyDo for couples. These applications not only aim to simplify household tasks but also support children, particularly those with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and other executive function challenges, by providing tools that help them organize and complete chores in an engaging manner. FamilyTech’s offerings cater to millions of users, making daily life easier and more rewarding for families.
VenueAgent
Series A in 2011
VenueAgent LLC is an online platform that facilitates the discovery and booking of local event venues for various occasions. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio, the company provides a curated selection of venues suitable for events ranging from weddings to casual gatherings. Users can browse detailed listings, review pricing information, and book venues directly through the website, simplifying the process for event hosts. VenueAgent aims to connect users with unique and suitable spaces for their specific event needs, enhancing the overall planning experience.
Leap
Seed Round in 2011
Leap is the first mobile app that lets you create and document challenges with your Facebook friends. Users can create challenges based around their interests, like eating breakfast each day of the week, or drinking the most craft beers, invite some Facebook friends and begin competing right away by snapping photos from their phone. Our vision is that challenges are the best way to push your friends to try new things and capture the experiences with the people that you care about.
StyleZen
Seed Round in 2011
StyleZen is an online and mobile apparel shopping platform based in Cincinnati, Ohio, founded in 2011. The company offers a customizable fashion feed that adapts in real time to users' preferences and interactions, enhancing the online shopping experience. StyleZen aims to provide a fun and serendipitous discovery process for fashion enthusiasts, allowing users to create collections of their favorite items, share their discoveries with friends, and purchase items that catch their interest. Through its innovative approach, StyleZen delivers a personalized and engaging way to explore and acquire fashion products.
Bitcasa
Seed Round in 2011
Bitcasa is a provider of cloud-based storage solutions that enable users and businesses to securely store, access, and share files across various platforms, including Android, iOS, Windows, Mac OSX, Linux, and the web. The company offers a Cloud Storage Platform with APIs and branded applications that facilitate easy file management, allowing users to upload documents, photos, and other content to the cloud and sync it across multiple devices. With a presence in over 140 countries, Bitcasa has assisted thousands of developers, OEMs, and service providers in effectively managing their data. The firm is supported by prominent investors such as Horizons Ventures, Pelion Venture Partners, First Round Capital, Samsung Ventures, and Andreessen Horowitz.
FamilyTech
Pre Seed Round in 2011
FamilyTech is a company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, focused on creating family-oriented applications that enhance daily living for parents, teens, kids, and couples. Founded in 2011, FamilyTech's lineup includes apps such as MotherShp for parents, Landra for teens, ChoreMonster for kids, and HoneyDo for couples. These applications not only aim to simplify household tasks but also support children, particularly those with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and other executive function challenges, by providing tools that help them organize and complete chores in an engaging manner. FamilyTech’s offerings cater to millions of users, making daily life easier and more rewarding for families.
Keepio
Seed Round in 2011
Show-off, discover, discuss and exchange the products you love. Keepio is primarily geared towards enthusiasts and collectors who are passionate about the things they own and want an easy way to catalog and share with those who have similar interests.
Venturepax
Seed Round in 2011
Venturepax, LLC, founded in 2008 and based in Milford, Ohio, operates a website and mobile app designed for outdoor enthusiasts to document and share their adventures in real-time. The platform enables users to capture their experiences while participating in activities such as skiing, allowing them to describe their location, upload pictures, engage with friends, and highlight their favorite brands. Unlike traditional guidebooks, Venturepax functions more like a social magazine, emphasizing authentic stories from real adventurers. Through its digital tools, the company fosters a community where outdoor activities can be vividly shared across various platforms.
Off Track Planet
Seed Round in 2011
Off Track Planet, Inc., founded in 2009 and based in Brooklyn, New York, specializes in publishing travel guide books. Initially recognized as a precursor to BuzzFeed in the travel sector, the company has evolved into a six-time published guidebook series. It offers a unique offline experience through its print travel magazines, while also maintaining an online travel-discovery platform that enhances the travel experience for users on mobile devices. By combining traditional print with digital innovation, Off Track Planet aims to transform how individuals explore and engage with the world around them.
Place
Seed Round in 2011
Place is a platform that specializes in powering payments for real estate. From rent payments, to condo dues, to coworking payments, Place is bridging the gap between payment technology and the real estate industry.
Roadtrippers
Seed Round in 2011
Roadtrippers, Inc. is a travel technology company based in Cincinnati, Ohio, founded in 2011. It operates a website and mobile application that facilitate road trip planning by enabling users to discover, book, and purchase travel experiences. The platform features a comprehensive database of points-of-interest tailored for road travelers, including diners, roadside attractions, and accommodations. It also offers travel guides for popular road trip routes, along with an inline text editor allowing community members to contribute their own guides. In addition to a user-friendly trip planner, the mobile app provides virtual concierge suggestions, weather forecasts, and tools for estimating fuel costs. Users can explore locations within a specified distance from their routes and synchronize their plans with navigation applications for a seamless travel experience.
Receept
Seed Round in 2011
Receept is a platform for assembling a consumer's personal purchase history through the delivery and aggregation of purchase receipts. Consumers can easily save and organize their receipts by capturing their photos with their smartphone camera or forwarding emailed receipts which are parsed for them to an itemized level. As a result, they gain control of their own purchase story for use in personal finance tracking, expense reporting, tax preparation, and returns/exchanges. Merchants can develop links with their customers by delivering electronic receipts through the platform, allowing them to connect to the personal purchase stories and see the anonymous aggregated purchase patterns of their customer base even beyond their store. Brands and manufacturers can additionally recognize cross-merchant purchase patterns by their loyal customers and engage and reward these consumers for their brand loyalty.
Spaciety (Fast Market Holdings, LLC)
Seed Round in 2011
Spaciety is an online search engine and marketplace that enables individuals to find and book appointments at spas and salons.
Giftiki
Series A in 2011
Giftiki is a social commerce platform that specializes in collaborative gifting services. It enables users to contribute small amounts of money to a collective fund, allowing recipients to select and purchase items they genuinely desire. The platform caters to a wide range of gifting occasions, including birthdays, holidays, graduations, fundraising events, weddings, and baby showers. By facilitating this collaborative approach to gifting, Giftiki enhances the personalization and satisfaction of the gifting experience.
turboBOTZ
Series A in 2011
turboBOTZ Inc. is an online platform based in Chicago, Illinois, that facilitates the buying and selling of new and used video games. Established in 2008, the company aims to address the needs of a market that is often underserved by providing a user-friendly marketplace for frustrated gamers. With a long-term vision to become the preferred retailer for all video gaming needs, turboBOTZ seeks to cultivate a strong community of video game buyers and sellers, enhancing the overall gaming experience for its users.
LifeBlinx
Seed Round in 2010
LifeBlinx is a company that specializes in preserving personal memories by extracting content from Facebook profiles. Its web-based application allows users to compile status updates, comments, and photos from their Facebook accounts into a printed memory book. This service enables individuals to capture and retain significant family memories that might otherwise be forgotten, ensuring that their stories are documented as they truly happened. By focusing on personal narratives, LifeBlinx provides a meaningful way for users to celebrate and remember their experiences.
Venturepax
Seed Round in 2010
Venturepax, LLC, founded in 2008 and based in Milford, Ohio, operates a website and mobile app designed for outdoor enthusiasts to document and share their adventures in real-time. The platform enables users to capture their experiences while participating in activities such as skiing, allowing them to describe their location, upload pictures, engage with friends, and highlight their favorite brands. Unlike traditional guidebooks, Venturepax functions more like a social magazine, emphasizing authentic stories from real adventurers. Through its digital tools, the company fosters a community where outdoor activities can be vividly shared across various platforms.
Giftiki
Seed Round in 2010
Giftiki is a social commerce platform that specializes in collaborative gifting services. It enables users to contribute small amounts of money to a collective fund, allowing recipients to select and purchase items they genuinely desire. The platform caters to a wide range of gifting occasions, including birthdays, holidays, graduations, fundraising events, weddings, and baby showers. By facilitating this collaborative approach to gifting, Giftiki enhances the personalization and satisfaction of the gifting experience.
turboBOTZ
Seed Round in 2010
turboBOTZ Inc. is an online platform based in Chicago, Illinois, that facilitates the buying and selling of new and used video games. Established in 2008, the company aims to address the needs of a market that is often underserved by providing a user-friendly marketplace for frustrated gamers. With a long-term vision to become the preferred retailer for all video gaming needs, turboBOTZ seeks to cultivate a strong community of video game buyers and sellers, enhancing the overall gaming experience for its users.
Brainrack
Seed Round in 2010
Brainrack is a crowdsourcing platform dedicated to connecting students, innovators, and organizations through challenges, internships, and recruitment opportunities. The platform allows organizations to post specific challenges, inviting innovators to propose solutions. These submissions are then evaluated, with successful responses rewarded with cash prizes, career opportunities, or internships. By facilitating these interactions, Brainrack fosters mutual development between young professionals and organizations, encouraging genuine interest and collaboration. This innovative approach to recruitment helps both parties engage in meaningful partnerships while enhancing their respective skills and experiences.
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