Venture for America

UMAMI Bioworks is building the discovery and development platform for scalable production of cultivated seafood that keeps endangered, threatened, and protected (ETP) species in the ocean while providing consumers with sustainable seafood without compromises. Through systems engineering-led thinking, we will accelerate discovery and industrialization and enable local, price competitive, scale production of novel cell cultivation products with our automated, modular production system.

Sendspark makes it easy for businesses to create and send personalized videos to strengthen relationships with customers at every stage of the funnel.

Balto unites agents and supervisors with AI to power better agent performance. Agents and managers trust Balto's real-time guidance to prevent missed sales opportunities, costly compliance mistakes, and negative customer experiences. Empowering agents results in happier customers, increased revenue, and better retention. Today, Balto has guided over 150 million calls, provided over 185 million real-time recommendations, driven millions in increased revenue, and has a 4.8-star rating on G2. Balto is trusted by top contact centers, including National General Insurance, eHealth, American Homes for Rent, Spring Venture Group, and Cellular Sales. Want to learn more? Visit https://balto.ai.

PathSpot specializes in contaminant detection devices designed to detect food-borne pathogens. The company's device uses algorithms for filtering, processing, and analyzing to indicate the presence of harmful bacteria on the work surface, cooking utensils, and employees' hands. This enables clients to protect themselves from illness by instantly detecting invisible signs of bacteria and viruses that cause foodborne diseases.

Healthy Roots is a toy company that creates dolls and storybooks aimed to teach natural hair care to young girls of color. It aims to empower girls through education, diversity, and positive representation by utilizing a doll, book, and app to teach natural hair care to young girls. The dolls come in different skin tones, facial features, and hair textures to represent the diversity of the African diaspora. Its first Black doll, Zoe, was launched in 2019, which combines educational play experience with curly hair care. The doll's hair can be styled in a variety of ways with the guidance of the Big Book of Hair. The Big Book of Hair is an illustrated manual for natural hair care. Healthy Roots Dolls' app allows users to track their hair health and get curated content for their specific hair needs to be based on the data they input. Yelitsa Jean-Charles founded the Detroit, Michigan-based company in 2015.

TernPro is a technology and services company that helps businesses produce content. Slope is our leading product. Slope is a software as a service that makes it easy to plan, track, and collaborate on marketing and creative projects.

Zest Tea produces high caffeine teas designed for mental clarity and energy. The company was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland.