UpTech

UpTech, LLC is a venture capital firm and accelerator based in Covington, Kentucky, specializing in pre-seed, seed/startup, and early-stage investments, primarily in the informatics industry. The firm focuses on data-driven companies developing tech-enabled solutions and seeks to invest in startups located in the United States, particularly in Northern Kentucky. UpTech operates a six-month accelerator program that accepts up to ten startups each year, providing funding between $10,000 and $50,000 in the form of convertible notes. In addition to financial support, the program offers startup education, weekly one-on-one mentoring, six months of free co-working space, and access to dedicated legal and accounting counsel. Founded in January 2012, UpTech aims to foster entrepreneurship and encourage the growth of startups in its local community.

Casey Barach

Investment Coordinator

Richard Herman Tapke

Member of Board of Directors and Current Fund Manager

Jonathan B. Woodruff

MD and Program Director

80 past transactions

Monetizr

Seed Round in 2021
Monetizr is a technology company that provides a software development kit designed to help game developers monetize their brands through customized merchandise. Founded in 2016 and based in Covington, Kentucky, the company offers a mobile application that allows developers to create and sell personalized gaming gear, including items like phone cases, T-shirts, mugs, and jigsaw puzzles. Monetizr also features a blockchain-based universal game reward engine that enhances player experiences by enabling them to earn points and coupons while playing games. These rewards can be exchanged for various items, including gift cards and branded merchandise. The platform supports multiple languages and currencies, and it manages product procurement, fulfillment, and customer support. Currently, Monetizr collaborates with over 30 game publishers and has a user base of 17 million monthly active users, focusing primarily on the mobile gaming sector, which represents a significant portion of the gaming industry.

Wintro

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Wintro is a platform that helps Sales teams get Warm Intros to customers.

Convolytics

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Convolytics provides sales professionals and sales managers performance metrics on their sales calls by recording the call and analyzing the conversation to improve sales training.

CrownMob

Convertible Note in 2017
CrownMob Inc. operates an online marketplace specializing in beard care, hair care, and skin care products, with a particular focus on the ethnic hair industry. Founded in 2017 and based in Covington, Kentucky, the platform connects consumers with hair creatives, manufacturers, and various hair products. CrownMob's features facilitate informed hair care decisions through customer reviews, streamlined booking of stylists or barbers, and access to galleries showcasing the talents of service providers. This approach allows hair creatives to expand their reach to a broader audience while offering users a convenient and efficient way to manage appointments and payments. CrownMob aims to enhance the overall experience in the hair care market by promoting creativity and expertise among its subscribers.

KiwiLive

Venture Round in 2016
KiwiLive is a mobile website based in Cincinnati, Ohio, that facilitates real-time interaction between event organizers and their audience. The platform enhances presentations by allowing presenters to incorporate interactivity, such as audience polling and the submission of questions and comments. It enables audience members to share files, including PDFs and MP3s, during events, fostering engagement and collaboration. Additionally, KiwiLive allows event organizers to schedule activities, load relevant documents, and monitor audience engagement in real time. The solution also includes features for evaluating audience comprehension through multiple-choice questions, ensuring that feedback is collected effectively. Overall, KiwiLive aims to improve the event experience by creating dynamic and interactive environments.

Monetizr

Convertible Note in 2016
Monetizr is a technology company that provides a software development kit designed to help game developers monetize their brands through customized merchandise. Founded in 2016 and based in Covington, Kentucky, the company offers a mobile application that allows developers to create and sell personalized gaming gear, including items like phone cases, T-shirts, mugs, and jigsaw puzzles. Monetizr also features a blockchain-based universal game reward engine that enhances player experiences by enabling them to earn points and coupons while playing games. These rewards can be exchanged for various items, including gift cards and branded merchandise. The platform supports multiple languages and currencies, and it manages product procurement, fulfillment, and customer support. Currently, Monetizr collaborates with over 30 game publishers and has a user base of 17 million monthly active users, focusing primarily on the mobile gaming sector, which represents a significant portion of the gaming industry.

Pāpr

Convertible Note in 2016
At pāpr, we’re driving environmental sustainability through the reduction of paper usage in large enterprises. Our flagship product is the easiest, fastest and most inexpensive way to process documents that require signatures within your organization. Our long-term vision is to become the company businesses turn to when they want to go paperless.

iReportSource

Convertible Note in 2016
iReportSource, Inc. develops an innovative software solution designed to enhance accident and incident reporting for businesses. Founded in 2015 and based in Loveland, Ohio, iReportSource aims to simplify safety management by offering a paperless platform that allows stakeholders to document and track safety issues, complaints, reports, and accidents efficiently. The software provides valuable data and analytics, empowering Safety and Human Resources teams to identify and address potential risks in the workplace, ultimately striving to reduce or eliminate workplace injuries and accidents.

Fanbloom

Seed Round in 2016
Fanbloom is an online platform that provides its users with tools and analytics to generate new customers through content collaborations. That platform helps marketers increase brand awareness and sales by supporting the process of identifying and sponsoring social media influencers. Fanbloom provides a SaaS-based platform for marketers to search and filter influencers based on audience demographic and psychographic makeup. Based in Cincinnati, Ohio, the platform was launched in 2015 by David Pearce and Matt Schoch.

Lifecycle

Seed Round in 2015
Lifecycle is an event-based, outbound communication platform for growth teams looking to acquire, convert & retain their first million customers. We allow digital businesses to test, measure & send optimized messages to their customers with the right content, to the right users, on the right devices, at the right time - all based on how the user is interacting with their web or mobile app.

Fanbloom

Seed Round in 2015
Fanbloom is an online platform that provides its users with tools and analytics to generate new customers through content collaborations. That platform helps marketers increase brand awareness and sales by supporting the process of identifying and sponsoring social media influencers. Fanbloom provides a SaaS-based platform for marketers to search and filter influencers based on audience demographic and psychographic makeup. Based in Cincinnati, Ohio, the platform was launched in 2015 by David Pearce and Matt Schoch.

gamejoule

Seed Round in 2015
Gamejoule is all about bringing back game night for friends and families by offering the top designer hobby games via a monthly subscription service. By curating and offering the top board and card games, gamejoule aims to disrupt the board gaming industry by: 1) solving the consumer frustration of "I can't easily try before I buy", 2) tackling an industry distribution problem, 3) taking advantage of the emerging trend of board gaming, and 4) becoming another catalyst for the Sharing Economy movement.

Blinkit

Non Equity Assistance in 2015
Blinkit is a virtual catalog / trade show / visual social network with elements of a dating site for B2B commerce. The system matches preferences, needs, and locations based upon automated criteria user motivators. At its core, BlinkIt is a virtual catalog, trade show and collaboration system using a proprietary algorithm that intuitively matches products to retailers, therefore getting products to the corporate and local buyers much more effectively. Blinkit currently works with a network of 5,000+ vendors and buyers. You can think of us as the PInterest of b2b commerce. We are Alibaba on steroids. No longer do you need to wade through thousands of pages and sites to find what you are looking to sell, now you can get targeted results that allows you to streamline and simplify your daily work.

gamejoule

Seed Round in 2015
Gamejoule is all about bringing back game night for friends and families by offering the top designer hobby games via a monthly subscription service. By curating and offering the top board and card games, gamejoule aims to disrupt the board gaming industry by: 1) solving the consumer frustration of "I can't easily try before I buy", 2) tackling an industry distribution problem, 3) taking advantage of the emerging trend of board gaming, and 4) becoming another catalyst for the Sharing Economy movement.

Lifecycle

Seed Round in 2015
Lifecycle is an event-based, outbound communication platform for growth teams looking to acquire, convert & retain their first million customers. We allow digital businesses to test, measure & send optimized messages to their customers with the right content, to the right users, on the right devices, at the right time - all based on how the user is interacting with their web or mobile app.

Fanbloom

Seed Round in 2015
Fanbloom is an online platform that provides its users with tools and analytics to generate new customers through content collaborations. That platform helps marketers increase brand awareness and sales by supporting the process of identifying and sponsoring social media influencers. Fanbloom provides a SaaS-based platform for marketers to search and filter influencers based on audience demographic and psychographic makeup. Based in Cincinnati, Ohio, the platform was launched in 2015 by David Pearce and Matt Schoch.

Hive

Seed Round in 2015
Hive is a mobile application that connects musicians with their future fans. It also helps music lovers discover new songs. The application provides its users with 30-second audio clips based on their popularity range selection and chosen key word. Users are able to decide if they want to discard or add audio clips to a playlist so that they can listen to the full songs later. It also allows its users to share their favorite artists with others and help them grow. Hive was launched in 2015 and is based in Covington, Kentucky.

Stockpilz

Seed Round in 2015
David Barnes & Darrin Murriner were inspired by the concept of reducing waste in the paper industry and returning value to producers, consumers and distributors of paper products across the globe. The idea that inventory that once sat idle in warehouses and had been written off balance sheets could return value to shareholders while also providing a great deal for those interested in excess inventory was something that excited us. While they may be a new name and concept in the paper industry their management team has extensive experience in the paper industry with over 60 years combined experience distributing paper to commercial printers, folding carton manufacturers, paper converters, exporters and paper distributors.

Capusule

Seed Round in 2015
Capsule uses augmented reality to answer the age old question, “What happened here?” by enabling people to record their story about the world around them and share its location for others to uncover.

Lifecycle

Seed Round in 2015
Lifecycle is an event-based, outbound communication platform for growth teams looking to acquire, convert & retain their first million customers. We allow digital businesses to test, measure & send optimized messages to their customers with the right content, to the right users, on the right devices, at the right time - all based on how the user is interacting with their web or mobile app.

KiwiLive

Pre Seed Round in 2015
KiwiLive is a mobile website based in Cincinnati, Ohio, that facilitates real-time interaction between event organizers and their audience. The platform enhances presentations by allowing presenters to incorporate interactivity, such as audience polling and the submission of questions and comments. It enables audience members to share files, including PDFs and MP3s, during events, fostering engagement and collaboration. Additionally, KiwiLive allows event organizers to schedule activities, load relevant documents, and monitor audience engagement in real time. The solution also includes features for evaluating audience comprehension through multiple-choice questions, ensuring that feedback is collected effectively. Overall, KiwiLive aims to improve the event experience by creating dynamic and interactive environments.

Travel Notes

Seed Round in 2015
Travel Notes helps banks provide a seamless customer experience with automatic notification of their cardholder's travel plans, so their card is not declined when they travel outside of their geographic area. Travel Notes also helps banks capture the top of wallet position by putting money back in the pockets of their cardholders who have been impacted by a delayed or canceled airline flight.

Hello Parent

Seed Round in 2015
Hello Parent is a mobile application that’s making it easier to connect with other families and organize the endless daily events that come with being a parent. With digital technology, we’re building a community of engaged, interactive, and educated parents with access to each other and the world around them.

Waygr

Seed Round in 2015
Waygr Bet your friends on any sports game.

Nekst

Seed Round in 2015
Nekst develops an application that helps real estate agents and their teams to manage their real estate businesses. Its solution enables users to add or edit to-dos and dates to match their transactions, as well as set reminders, share tasks, and organize their real estate teams; sync their tasks directly with the online calendar for scheduling their appointments; provide frequent communication for their clients; and store contact information for various parties. The company is based in the United States.

Hello Parent

Seed Round in 2015
Hello Parent is a mobile application that’s making it easier to connect with other families and organize the endless daily events that come with being a parent. With digital technology, we’re building a community of engaged, interactive, and educated parents with access to each other and the world around them.

Travel Notes

Seed Round in 2015
Travel Notes helps banks provide a seamless customer experience with automatic notification of their cardholder's travel plans, so their card is not declined when they travel outside of their geographic area. Travel Notes also helps banks capture the top of wallet position by putting money back in the pockets of their cardholders who have been impacted by a delayed or canceled airline flight.

Tixers

Seed Round in 2015
Tixers is changing the way tickets are exchanged. With Tixers, you can exchange tickets you're unable to use now for tickets you can use in the future. Ticket holders receive instant credit for their tickets and can use those credits for other sporting events or concerts. Those who do not have credits on the site can name the game they want to go to and purchase tickets as well. Millions of tickets go unused each year and Tixers is trying to eliminate this problem. Tixers is different than competitors like Stubhub because Tixers guarantees some value immediately and is aiming to create a network that allows ticket holders, primarily season ticket holders, to "share" tickets among one another. Tixers primary customer are corporations and small businesses that purchase season tickets that they often let go unused. Revenue is generated through processing fees when sellers redeem tickets (similar to frequent flyer mile redemption fees) and on a spread based upon demand.

linkedü

Seed Round in 2015
Linkedü is an online platform designed specifically for K-12 teachers, facilitating the sharing of educational resources to enhance lesson planning. By connecting educators, the platform allows them to easily share and access a variety of classroom materials, including videos, quizzes, games, and project ideas, particularly in the fields of science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics. This streamlined approach aims to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the teaching process, bridging the gap between high-quality educators and valuable content.

Waygr

Seed Round in 2015
Waygr Bet your friends on any sports game.

Hapzing

Seed Round in 2015
Hapzing, Inc. is a Cincinnati-based company that provides a mobile application designed to help users track events related to their favorite people, places, and performers. Launched in 2012, the Hapzing app allows users to search for and monitor upcoming schedules and activities, facilitating better planning for their interests. The application serves as a tool for users to stay informed about events they care about, enhancing their engagement with various entertainment activities.

Inteo

Seed Round in 2014
inteo was designed to engage students with appealing premises and real-world applications that address the question every teacher dreads: Why do they have to learn this? With inteo, students quickly and clearly understand the value of learning math concepts. They strive to be understanding, creative, intuitive, intelligent and interactive. Their core values guided us as they developed a system that provides students the freedom and encouragement to tackle problems.

Waygr

Seed Round in 2014
Waygr Bet your friends on any sports game.

Nekst

Seed Round in 2014
Nekst develops an application that helps real estate agents and their teams to manage their real estate businesses. Its solution enables users to add or edit to-dos and dates to match their transactions, as well as set reminders, share tasks, and organize their real estate teams; sync their tasks directly with the online calendar for scheduling their appointments; provide frequent communication for their clients; and store contact information for various parties. The company is based in the United States.

linkedü

Seed Round in 2014
Linkedü is an online platform designed specifically for K-12 teachers, facilitating the sharing of educational resources to enhance lesson planning. By connecting educators, the platform allows them to easily share and access a variety of classroom materials, including videos, quizzes, games, and project ideas, particularly in the fields of science, technology, engineering, arts, and mathematics. This streamlined approach aims to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the teaching process, bridging the gap between high-quality educators and valuable content.

CitiLogics

Seed Round in 2014
CitiLogics, LLC specializes in developing models and analytics for the water and wastewater industry, focusing on urban water infrastructure management. Founded in 2009 and based in Cincinnati, Ohio, the company provides a range of services including real-time model and SCADA integration, hydraulic and water quality model development, and distribution system water quality management. CitiLogics also offers online water quality monitoring, GIS and statistical data analysis, and custom software solutions. One of its notable products is Polaris, which combines a SCADA HMI emulator with real-time network model forecasts and scenario management tools for optimizing operational strategies. As a subsidiary of Xylem Inc., CitiLogics leverages research-level engineering expertise to address practical challenges faced by its clients in managing urban water resources.

Travel Notes

Seed Round in 2014
Travel Notes helps banks provide a seamless customer experience with automatic notification of their cardholder's travel plans, so their card is not declined when they travel outside of their geographic area. Travel Notes also helps banks capture the top of wallet position by putting money back in the pockets of their cardholders who have been impacted by a delayed or canceled airline flight.

Hapzing

Seed Round in 2014
Hapzing, Inc. is a Cincinnati-based company that provides a mobile application designed to help users track events related to their favorite people, places, and performers. Launched in 2012, the Hapzing app allows users to search for and monitor upcoming schedules and activities, facilitating better planning for their interests. The application serves as a tool for users to stay informed about events they care about, enhancing their engagement with various entertainment activities.

Dr. Scribbles

Seed Round in 2014
Dr. Scribbles LLC, founded in 2012 and based in Covington, Kentucky, specializes in innovative medical exam table paper. The company's product range includes Classic Fun Design, Interactive Design, Medical Specialty Design, and Patient Education Design. By transforming traditional exam room paper into an interactive experience, Dr. Scribbles enhances patient engagement and education in medical settings. Their offerings not only cover exam tables but also extend to mobile devices and online platforms, creating a comprehensive approach to patient interaction in healthcare environments.

Hello Parent

Seed Round in 2014
Hello Parent is a mobile application that’s making it easier to connect with other families and organize the endless daily events that come with being a parent. With digital technology, we’re building a community of engaged, interactive, and educated parents with access to each other and the world around them.

Bearhug Technologies

Seed Round in 2014
Bearhug Technologies is a secure, SaaS website that gives psychological healthcare professionals an easy and safe way to locate, communicate, and exchange clinical documents with one another, with other healthcare providers, and with patients. Ultimately, Bearhug equips these healthcare professionals with the tools they need to coordinate their patients’ psychological health across multiple settings.

Tixers

Seed Round in 2014
Tixers is changing the way tickets are exchanged. With Tixers, you can exchange tickets you're unable to use now for tickets you can use in the future. Ticket holders receive instant credit for their tickets and can use those credits for other sporting events or concerts. Those who do not have credits on the site can name the game they want to go to and purchase tickets as well. Millions of tickets go unused each year and Tixers is trying to eliminate this problem. Tixers is different than competitors like Stubhub because Tixers guarantees some value immediately and is aiming to create a network that allows ticket holders, primarily season ticket holders, to "share" tickets among one another. Tixers primary customer are corporations and small businesses that purchase season tickets that they often let go unused. Revenue is generated through processing fees when sellers redeem tickets (similar to frequent flyer mile redemption fees) and on a spread based upon demand.

Liquid

Seed Round in 2014
Liquid builds software and mobile applications to easily collect, analyze, and share data in real-time, making the process of scientific discovery the most efficient and accurate it can be. At the same time, democratizing data collection widens the process of scientific discovery to a greater population of citizen scientists — from fifth graders to PhD’s.

3DLT

Convertible Note in 2014
3DLT is a platform for 3D Printing As-a-Service. We work with retailers, helping them offer 3D printable products online and in-store. We create value by unlocking innovation, creating new selling opportunities for retailers and their suppliers. We have announced partnerships with Amazon, Rakuten, and Sears among others. We're also working with many other large retailers and will announce those relationships soon. 3DLT supplies content, technology and production outsourcing. We source content from many sources, including big brands as well as inpdependent designers. We also design content in-house. Our technology powers the transaction and manages payment. We work with very large service bureaus to produce and fulfill our products.

Bearhug Technologies

Seed Round in 2014
Bearhug Technologies is a secure, SaaS website that gives psychological healthcare professionals an easy and safe way to locate, communicate, and exchange clinical documents with one another, with other healthcare providers, and with patients. Ultimately, Bearhug equips these healthcare professionals with the tools they need to coordinate their patients’ psychological health across multiple settings.

3DLT

Seed Round in 2014
3DLT is a platform for 3D Printing As-a-Service. We work with retailers, helping them offer 3D printable products online and in-store. We create value by unlocking innovation, creating new selling opportunities for retailers and their suppliers. We have announced partnerships with Amazon, Rakuten, and Sears among others. We're also working with many other large retailers and will announce those relationships soon. 3DLT supplies content, technology and production outsourcing. We source content from many sources, including big brands as well as inpdependent designers. We also design content in-house. Our technology powers the transaction and manages payment. We work with very large service bureaus to produce and fulfill our products.

Text and the City

Seed Round in 2014
Text and the City provided users with access to local information, including events, news, mobile coupons, and more. Operating through a mobile app, the company combined their technology with a text message platform, keeping users up-to-date on relevant information. The goal of Text and the City was to reinvent the way people receive information and interact with their local community through mobile communication.

Touritz

Seed Round in 2014
Touritz is a website and mobile app that helps museums, historic sites, communities, and educators create walking tours and other content relating to points of interest. Touritz helps these organizations join the mobile revolution by bringing together all of the world’s walking tours for the first time. The award-winning team behind Touritz has major traction with regional and national organizations.

New Home Marketing Services

Seed Round in 2014
NHMS delivers applications and consulting services that translate resale data and transform MLS systems into drivers of new home sales. NHMS solutions increase revenue and reduce costs by helping builders: Evaluate the resale market and its potential impact on their product mix and its pricing Determine the best plan, price, placement, and promotion for their spec home inventory. Evaluate lot acquisition strategies Connect with the Realtors that can have the most impact on their sales Get more leads and sales from their MLS listings

Inteo

Seed Round in 2014
inteo was designed to engage students with appealing premises and real-world applications that address the question every teacher dreads: Why do they have to learn this? With inteo, students quickly and clearly understand the value of learning math concepts. They strive to be understanding, creative, intuitive, intelligent and interactive. Their core values guided us as they developed a system that provides students the freedom and encouragement to tackle problems.

Touritz

Seed Round in 2014
Touritz is a website and mobile app that helps museums, historic sites, communities, and educators create walking tours and other content relating to points of interest. Touritz helps these organizations join the mobile revolution by bringing together all of the world’s walking tours for the first time. The award-winning team behind Touritz has major traction with regional and national organizations.

3DLT

Seed Round in 2014
3DLT is a platform for 3D Printing As-a-Service. We work with retailers, helping them offer 3D printable products online and in-store. We create value by unlocking innovation, creating new selling opportunities for retailers and their suppliers. We have announced partnerships with Amazon, Rakuten, and Sears among others. We're also working with many other large retailers and will announce those relationships soon. 3DLT supplies content, technology and production outsourcing. We source content from many sources, including big brands as well as inpdependent designers. We also design content in-house. Our technology powers the transaction and manages payment. We work with very large service bureaus to produce and fulfill our products.

3DLT

Seed Round in 2013
3DLT is a platform for 3D Printing As-a-Service. We work with retailers, helping them offer 3D printable products online and in-store. We create value by unlocking innovation, creating new selling opportunities for retailers and their suppliers. We have announced partnerships with Amazon, Rakuten, and Sears among others. We're also working with many other large retailers and will announce those relationships soon. 3DLT supplies content, technology and production outsourcing. We source content from many sources, including big brands as well as inpdependent designers. We also design content in-house. Our technology powers the transaction and manages payment. We work with very large service bureaus to produce and fulfill our products.

Touritz

Seed Round in 2013
Touritz is a website and mobile app that helps museums, historic sites, communities, and educators create walking tours and other content relating to points of interest. Touritz helps these organizations join the mobile revolution by bringing together all of the world’s walking tours for the first time. The award-winning team behind Touritz has major traction with regional and national organizations.

New Home Marketing Services

Seed Round in 2013
NHMS delivers applications and consulting services that translate resale data and transform MLS systems into drivers of new home sales. NHMS solutions increase revenue and reduce costs by helping builders: Evaluate the resale market and its potential impact on their product mix and its pricing Determine the best plan, price, placement, and promotion for their spec home inventory. Evaluate lot acquisition strategies Connect with the Realtors that can have the most impact on their sales Get more leads and sales from their MLS listings

Bearhug Technologies

Seed Round in 2013
Bearhug Technologies is a secure, SaaS website that gives psychological healthcare professionals an easy and safe way to locate, communicate, and exchange clinical documents with one another, with other healthcare providers, and with patients. Ultimately, Bearhug equips these healthcare professionals with the tools they need to coordinate their patients’ psychological health across multiple settings.

Inteo

Seed Round in 2013
inteo was designed to engage students with appealing premises and real-world applications that address the question every teacher dreads: Why do they have to learn this? With inteo, students quickly and clearly understand the value of learning math concepts. They strive to be understanding, creative, intuitive, intelligent and interactive. Their core values guided us as they developed a system that provides students the freedom and encouragement to tackle problems.

Liquid

Seed Round in 2013
Liquid builds software and mobile applications to easily collect, analyze, and share data in real-time, making the process of scientific discovery the most efficient and accurate it can be. At the same time, democratizing data collection widens the process of scientific discovery to a greater population of citizen scientists — from fifth graders to PhD’s.

Tixers

Seed Round in 2013
Tixers is changing the way tickets are exchanged. With Tixers, you can exchange tickets you're unable to use now for tickets you can use in the future. Ticket holders receive instant credit for their tickets and can use those credits for other sporting events or concerts. Those who do not have credits on the site can name the game they want to go to and purchase tickets as well. Millions of tickets go unused each year and Tixers is trying to eliminate this problem. Tixers is different than competitors like Stubhub because Tixers guarantees some value immediately and is aiming to create a network that allows ticket holders, primarily season ticket holders, to "share" tickets among one another. Tixers primary customer are corporations and small businesses that purchase season tickets that they often let go unused. Revenue is generated through processing fees when sellers redeem tickets (similar to frequent flyer mile redemption fees) and on a spread based upon demand.

Makeuphaulic

Seed Round in 2013
MakeupHaulic leverages social networking to aggregate beauty-related vlogs (video blogs) into a searchable interface. It is a community-powered social commerce website. However, what MakeupHaulic really does is make finding, buying, and using makeup fun! Women can easily find videos with beauty tips and trends from other women. Through MakeupHaulic's custom-coded analytics, they create content around the website data with real-time analysis and deliver actionable insights to brands and industry professionals.

OneMorePallet

Seed Round in 2013
OneMorePallet.com provides a marketplace for thrifty, low volume shippers to receive substantial discounts for shipping by using excess capacity of LTL Carriers available through our system. OneMorePallet solves several problems for our two sets of customers: shippers and LTL Carriers. Low volume shippers rarely get great rates for small shipments and are practically ignored by the major carriers. We solve this problem by allocating excess capacity without having to negotiate with the carriers. Shippers get a great price and the carrier gets a fuller truckload.

CrowdSpark

Seed Round in 2013
CrowdSpark’s Platform is web-based and mobile software that enables businesses to gather, curate, publish and amplify user-generated content at scale. CrowdSpark’s Creative division provides crowd-sourced, creative film & video production for the digital age. CrowdSpark’s Content division allows anybody, anywhere, with a mobile device and a story, to share news, get published and get paid.

CrowdSpark

Seed Round in 2013
CrowdSpark’s Platform is web-based and mobile software that enables businesses to gather, curate, publish and amplify user-generated content at scale. CrowdSpark’s Creative division provides crowd-sourced, creative film & video production for the digital age. CrowdSpark’s Content division allows anybody, anywhere, with a mobile device and a story, to share news, get published and get paid.

Student Designed

Seed Round in 2013
Student Designed (SD) is an online tool that allows companies to outsource work projects to university students. Students execute projects as either 1) classwork organized by faculty, or 2) individually as freelancers. SD streamlines incoming work requests for universities, provides a simple mechanism for companies to outsource projects, and gives students an opportunity for experiential learning. When a project is completed as a class assignment, the university is paid a donation by the sponsoring business. When a project is completed by an individual, that individual is compensated directly. To the business, it’s just as though a contractor had completed the work. Projects are organized, managed, and paid for using StudentDesigned.com, insuring a high value to all parties involved. Projects vary according to major and include technical, business, and design-based tasks that range in value from $500 - $50,000.

CrowdSpark

Seed Round in 2013
CrowdSpark’s Platform is web-based and mobile software that enables businesses to gather, curate, publish and amplify user-generated content at scale. CrowdSpark’s Creative division provides crowd-sourced, creative film & video production for the digital age. CrowdSpark’s Content division allows anybody, anywhere, with a mobile device and a story, to share news, get published and get paid.

Text and the City

Seed Round in 2013
Text and the City provided users with access to local information, including events, news, mobile coupons, and more. Operating through a mobile app, the company combined their technology with a text message platform, keeping users up-to-date on relevant information. The goal of Text and the City was to reinvent the way people receive information and interact with their local community through mobile communication.

Text and the City

Seed Round in 2012
Text and the City provided users with access to local information, including events, news, mobile coupons, and more. Operating through a mobile app, the company combined their technology with a text message platform, keeping users up-to-date on relevant information. The goal of Text and the City was to reinvent the way people receive information and interact with their local community through mobile communication.

Gamigen

Seed Round in 2012
GamiGen’s existence began as a small Indie game development studio named 7Moose Games, and by working as an Indie company, 7Moose Games provided a pivotal influence on GamiGen’s ultimate strategy towards development. As an Indie game studio, money and time were in short supply. 7Moose had to do everything faster for less money, and the quality had to rise well above customer expectations. By June of 2012, 7Moose had been accepted into the newly formed business super-accelerator, UpTech. Under UpTech’s guidance, they reformed their company as GamiGen and rededicated theirselves to developing software that pushes all boundaries and limits. Their first products focused on fire safety and situational awareness training. However, it became increasingly evident that their energy was best spent on developing tools that allowed their clients to effectively use game-design principles within their own specific settings. After this realization, a new era of product development began at GamiGen.

CrowdSpark

Seed Round in 2012
CrowdSpark’s Platform is web-based and mobile software that enables businesses to gather, curate, publish and amplify user-generated content at scale. CrowdSpark’s Creative division provides crowd-sourced, creative film & video production for the digital age. CrowdSpark’s Content division allows anybody, anywhere, with a mobile device and a story, to share news, get published and get paid.

Student Designed

Seed Round in 2012
Student Designed (SD) is an online tool that allows companies to outsource work projects to university students. Students execute projects as either 1) classwork organized by faculty, or 2) individually as freelancers. SD streamlines incoming work requests for universities, provides a simple mechanism for companies to outsource projects, and gives students an opportunity for experiential learning. When a project is completed as a class assignment, the university is paid a donation by the sponsoring business. When a project is completed by an individual, that individual is compensated directly. To the business, it’s just as though a contractor had completed the work. Projects are organized, managed, and paid for using StudentDesigned.com, insuring a high value to all parties involved. Projects vary according to major and include technical, business, and design-based tasks that range in value from $500 - $50,000.

CitiLogics

Seed Round in 2012
CitiLogics, LLC specializes in developing models and analytics for the water and wastewater industry, focusing on urban water infrastructure management. Founded in 2009 and based in Cincinnati, Ohio, the company provides a range of services including real-time model and SCADA integration, hydraulic and water quality model development, and distribution system water quality management. CitiLogics also offers online water quality monitoring, GIS and statistical data analysis, and custom software solutions. One of its notable products is Polaris, which combines a SCADA HMI emulator with real-time network model forecasts and scenario management tools for optimizing operational strategies. As a subsidiary of Xylem Inc., CitiLogics leverages research-level engineering expertise to address practical challenges faced by its clients in managing urban water resources.

OneMorePallet

Seed Round in 2012
OneMorePallet.com provides a marketplace for thrifty, low volume shippers to receive substantial discounts for shipping by using excess capacity of LTL Carriers available through our system. OneMorePallet solves several problems for our two sets of customers: shippers and LTL Carriers. Low volume shippers rarely get great rates for small shipments and are practically ignored by the major carriers. We solve this problem by allocating excess capacity without having to negotiate with the carriers. Shippers get a great price and the carrier gets a fuller truckload.

InstrumentLife

Seed Round in 2012
InstrumentLife, LLC operates as a Website and mobile service to protect musical instrument data. The company offers InstrumentVault, an online virtual vault that allows musicians to upload purchase information, receipts, warranty information, photos, and performances and service work; and VaultCard that enables users to tag their instruments. It serves musicians, retailers, repair shops, manufacturers, organizations, professionals, and schools. The company was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Erlanger, Kentucky.

Student Designed

Seed Round in 2012
Student Designed (SD) is an online tool that allows companies to outsource work projects to university students. Students execute projects as either 1) classwork organized by faculty, or 2) individually as freelancers. SD streamlines incoming work requests for universities, provides a simple mechanism for companies to outsource projects, and gives students an opportunity for experiential learning. When a project is completed as a class assignment, the university is paid a donation by the sponsoring business. When a project is completed by an individual, that individual is compensated directly. To the business, it’s just as though a contractor had completed the work. Projects are organized, managed, and paid for using StudentDesigned.com, insuring a high value to all parties involved. Projects vary according to major and include technical, business, and design-based tasks that range in value from $500 - $50,000.

CitiLogics

Seed Round in 2012
CitiLogics, LLC specializes in developing models and analytics for the water and wastewater industry, focusing on urban water infrastructure management. Founded in 2009 and based in Cincinnati, Ohio, the company provides a range of services including real-time model and SCADA integration, hydraulic and water quality model development, and distribution system water quality management. CitiLogics also offers online water quality monitoring, GIS and statistical data analysis, and custom software solutions. One of its notable products is Polaris, which combines a SCADA HMI emulator with real-time network model forecasts and scenario management tools for optimizing operational strategies. As a subsidiary of Xylem Inc., CitiLogics leverages research-level engineering expertise to address practical challenges faced by its clients in managing urban water resources.

Gamigen

Seed Round in 2012
GamiGen’s existence began as a small Indie game development studio named 7Moose Games, and by working as an Indie company, 7Moose Games provided a pivotal influence on GamiGen’s ultimate strategy towards development. As an Indie game studio, money and time were in short supply. 7Moose had to do everything faster for less money, and the quality had to rise well above customer expectations. By June of 2012, 7Moose had been accepted into the newly formed business super-accelerator, UpTech. Under UpTech’s guidance, they reformed their company as GamiGen and rededicated theirselves to developing software that pushes all boundaries and limits. Their first products focused on fire safety and situational awareness training. However, it became increasingly evident that their energy was best spent on developing tools that allowed their clients to effectively use game-design principles within their own specific settings. After this realization, a new era of product development began at GamiGen.

Makeuphaulic

Seed Round in 2012
MakeupHaulic leverages social networking to aggregate beauty-related vlogs (video blogs) into a searchable interface. It is a community-powered social commerce website. However, what MakeupHaulic really does is make finding, buying, and using makeup fun! Women can easily find videos with beauty tips and trends from other women. Through MakeupHaulic's custom-coded analytics, they create content around the website data with real-time analysis and deliver actionable insights to brands and industry professionals.

CrowdSpark

Seed Round in 2012
CrowdSpark’s Platform is web-based and mobile software that enables businesses to gather, curate, publish and amplify user-generated content at scale. CrowdSpark’s Creative division provides crowd-sourced, creative film & video production for the digital age. CrowdSpark’s Content division allows anybody, anywhere, with a mobile device and a story, to share news, get published and get paid.

OneMorePallet

Seed Round in 2012
OneMorePallet.com provides a marketplace for thrifty, low volume shippers to receive substantial discounts for shipping by using excess capacity of LTL Carriers available through our system. OneMorePallet solves several problems for our two sets of customers: shippers and LTL Carriers. Low volume shippers rarely get great rates for small shipments and are practically ignored by the major carriers. We solve this problem by allocating excess capacity without having to negotiate with the carriers. Shippers get a great price and the carrier gets a fuller truckload.

Text and the City

Seed Round in 2012
Text and the City provided users with access to local information, including events, news, mobile coupons, and more. Operating through a mobile app, the company combined their technology with a text message platform, keeping users up-to-date on relevant information. The goal of Text and the City was to reinvent the way people receive information and interact with their local community through mobile communication.