Led · Seed · Feb 2022

DishDivvy operates a marketplace and SaaS toolkit that lets vetted, food-safety certified home cooks upload menus, tag ingredients/allergens, set prep times and schedule offerings while enabling customers to order for pickup or delivery. The platform integrates with DoorDash for delivery coverage and includes UX features such as curbside check-in (average handoff time of 44 seconds). Founded by Ani Torosyan and CTO Davit Avetisyan three years ago and based in Los Angeles, the company emphasizes hyperlocal, authentic dishes often not found in restaurants. DishDivvy reports more than 500 cooks and 10,000 users across California, an average order volume of $48 (with 85% of that going to the cook), and average revenue growth of 33% year-over-year over the past three years. The team is nine today and the company plans to triple headcount this year. DishDivvy has also been active on policy—Torosyan helped lead passage of California’s AB 626, part of a wave of 44 home-cooking bills across 29 states since 2018.

Led · Seed · Mar 2021

Polymer builds a cloud-native, no-code DLP solution that protects sensitive customer data across third-party SaaS platforms. The product emphasizes automated remediation technology (multiple patents pending) to reduce human intervention and lower total cost of ownership for data governance. Polymer is capitalizing on demand from large enterprises replacing on-premise legacy DLP and from SMEs buying their first DLP solutions. The company cites customers including Edward Jones, Signify Health, and Medly Pharmacy, and addresses use cases such as insider threats and compliance with HIPAA, PCI, and ISO 27001/27701. Management says the new funding will be used to execute its vision of autonomous DLP and further develop automation and remediation capabilities. A customer quote in the article reported over 90% accuracy in days and meaningful security-team time savings following deployment. Polymer Solutions provides a next-generation data loss prevention and data governance platform for third-party SaaS applications such as Slack, Dropbox, GDrive, Zendesk and Zapier. The product offers a single dashboard to configure permissions, track usage of sensitive data, and automate remediation to help organizations meet PII, PHI, HIPAA, GDPR and CCPA requirements. The company positions itself as a 'virtual compliance officer' for SaaS and has multiple patents pending for its automated remediation technology. Polymer is led by Founder & CEO Yasir Ali. The business intends to use the seed proceeds to expand operations and broaden its market reach. No operating metrics were disclosed in the article.

Participated · Seed · Apr 2018

Datanomix, founded in 2017 and based in Nashua, NH, provides a production intelligence platform for precision manufacturers. Its flagship offerings include a No Operator Input Production Monitoring platform and Digital GEMBA Boards that deliver operational insights. The company partners with Hexagon, Vallen, Caron Engineering, ProShop ERP, and Flexxbotics to integrate with manufacturing ecosystems. Datanomix is led by CEO John Joseph and CTO Greg McHale. It raised $12M in Growth funding to drive geographic and digital expansion, product development, and data source integrations. The round included both new and returning investors to support its expansion plans. Founded in 2016 and based in Nashua, New Hampshire, Datanomix offers an operations-monitoring platform that requires no operator input and automatically benchmarks production using only equipment data. The platform connects to factory devices via customers' Wi‑Fi and CNC machine connections to create benchmarks for cycle time, parts per hour, and utilization, and it accounts for complex shift/job scenarios. Dashboards deliver real-time factory KPIs, allow drilldowns into specific metrics, integrate with enterprise systems for maintenance/tuning/calibration, and support alerts for conditions like temperature, pressure, and vibration. The company has 15 employees, says it has attracted “dozens” of new customers this year, and is “consistently” doubling its business every quarter. Datanomix plans to use new funding to grow its sales, marketing, customer success, and engineering teams to expand the reach of its software. CEO John Joseph emphasizes the product's real-time intelligence framework designed to drive people to action and improve productivity and profitability. Datanomix provides a software platform that combines machine learning with cloud-based data processing to produce real-time insights and a production scoring system for industrial manufacturers. Its core product, Fusion, is fully released and deployed in several states. The company says its platform enables manufacturers to manage factory environments and respond rapidly to pressing production problems. Datanomix plans to use new funding to accelerate commercialization and further develop Fusion. Management intends to expand sales and marketing teams with a focus on North American customer growth. The company is expanding nationwide with active account efforts in the Midwest, including Michigan, the Ohio Valley, and the Pittsburgh area. Datanomix offers a data analytics platform for mid-market manufacturers that struggle to draw meaningful insight from IIoT and production data sources. The solution simplifies connectivity and data challenges so employees from the shop floor to the C-suite can use operational data in decision making. The company positions itself as supplying the "brain" for IIoT analytics projects and removing common implementation pain points. Datanomix plans to use newly raised capital to fund the next phase of product development and introduce its solution to a broader market. The company appointed John Joseph as CEO to lead launch and scaling efforts; Joseph brings over 30 years of experience including roles at EqualLogic (acquired by Dell in 2008) and DataGravity (acquired in 2017). Datanomix has relocated its corporate headquarters to downtown Manchester, N.H., and has drawn support from local investors and the New Hampshire tech ecosystem.

Participated · Equity · Dec 2016

Eversound develops wireless headphone technology designed to help older adults hear again and to help senior living communities address communication and hearing challenges. The company’s core product is a new type of smart wireless headphone system for older residents. Led by co-founder and CEO Jake Reisch, Eversound focuses on audio solutions for communal senior-living settings. In August 2016 the company raised $3m in funding to support its growth. Eversound intends to use the funds to expand across the country. No operating metrics were disclosed in the article.

Participated · Series B · Sep 2012

FreePriceAlerts provides a browser-installed price engine that searches for best prices every time a user shops on online retail sites and alerts shoppers to potential savings. The service integrates with major retailers, including Amazon, Macy’s, Home Depot, BestBuy, Sears and Walmart, among tens of thousands. Led by founder and CEO Robert Wilkins, the company is based in Peterborough, New Hampshire. The company closed a $2.5M Series B to support growth. FreePriceAlerts said it will use the capital to expand its engineering staff and extend marketing programs to continue attracting new users. The product is designed to work on the sites users already visit by adding the price engine to their browser.