Participated · Series A · Dec 2018

Ascent360 provides Customer Data Platform (CDP) software aimed at small and medium-sized businesses to enable omni-channel marketing by integrating customer data from disparate systems. Its platform helps customers understand purchase trends, customize marketing campaigns, and create more targeted customer experiences while addressing government-mandated data privacy. The CDP integrates with over 75 marketing, e-commerce and point-of-sale solutions including Facebook, Live Ramp, Big Commerce and SalesForce Commerce Cloud. Customers include Smartwool, Christy Sports and Alterra Mountain Company. The company is led by CEO Scott Buelter and is based in Golden, CO. It plans to use the new funding to extend its business reach. Ascent360 provides a cloud-based customer data platform for B2C companies to integrate customer data across multiple disparate systems, segment customers, and send personalized messages across email, social, direct mail, and display ads. The platform appends and corrects customer data, allows marketers to view attributed revenue, and helps optimize marketing ROI based on the cost and performance of each message, channel, and customer segment. The company is led by CEO Scott Buelter and Chief Operating Officer Tom J. Teynor. Ascent360 raised $1.9M in seed funding and will use the proceeds to accelerate sales and marketing and to round out product development. The raise supports the company’s go-to-market and product-completion priorities as it expands its CDP offering.

Participated · Series A · Jun 2018

Homee provides an AI-driven direct repair network and a curated marketplace of service providers that connects insurers, policyholders, and skilled service providers across the lifecycle of a claim. The company’s core product includes an AI Smart-Claim management platform used by firms in the insurance sector to improve the claims experience. Homee said it will use the new funding to accelerate software development for that AI Smart-Claim platform. Financially, the company reported its fifth consecutive record quarter with revenue growth of 15% and claim assignment growth of 14% over the prior quarter. Operationally, Homee expanded nationwide repair coverage by over 300% in 2024 to cover more than 7 million homes in 38 states and has seen a 250% increase in claims assigned to its network since Q1 2024. The company is led by CEO Doug Schaedler. HOMEE is a Tampa-based technology platform that connects insurers, policyholders, and skilled service providers in the claims process. Its platform is used by leading insurance and warranty firms to handle small-to-medium losses typically under $25,000 and pairs with a network of 20,000+ registered contractors. Over the past year HOMEE experienced a dramatic increase in claims volume, contributing to record financial results for the first six months of 2021. The company plans to use new capital to enhance its technology suite and launch new markets to further service carriers and expand its service provider network across the United States. Its investor base includes insurance-affiliated institutions such as Liberty Mutual Strategic Ventures, State Farm Ventures, Hartford Investment Management Company, Desjardins, and other strategic investors. Homee offers a single software solution for property maintenance, dispatching professionals, and insurance claims processing. Its platform supports homes, condos, offices, and restaurants and the company counts some of the largest national single-family and multi-family portfolio companies as clients. Homee's solution includes FNOL, estimates, payments, proof of completion, and the ability to capture and deliver job site videos and photos to insurers. The company has moved into the insurance space with claims processing for home and home warranty claims and provides insurance products for pros via partnerships with Coterie, CoverWallet, and AP Intego. Homee was founded in 2016. The company disclosed a new $4.5 million financing following a $15 million round announced less than a year earlier. Homee operates an on-demand home services platform that lets homeowners and property managers access thousands of skilled service providers. Led by co-founder and CEO Doug Schaedler, the service supports homes, condos, offices and restaurants. Using GPS-enabled smartphone technology, providers accept new job requests in under a minute on average and arrive at job locations in about 30 minutes or less. Every service provider is background-checked, screened by the company’s operations team, and continually monitored via the app’s provider rating system. The company counts some of the largest national single-family and multi-family portfolio companies among its clients. Homee says it will use the Series B proceeds to launch new markets and expand its service provider network across the United States. Homee is an on-demand property maintenance platform that gives homeowners and property managers instant access to skilled service providers. Led by co-founder and CEO Doug Schaedler, the Tampa, Fla.-based company uses GPS-enabled smartphone technology so providers accept new requests in under a minute on average and arrive to jobs in about 30 minutes or less. Every service provider is background-checked and screened by Homee’s operations team and continuously monitored via the app’s provider rating system to maintain quality. Homee’s service covers any property type, including homes, condos, offices and restaurants. The company plans to use the Series A proceeds to launch new markets and expand its vendor network across the United States. The startup completed an $11M Series A financing.

Participated · Equity · Aug 2017

Hookit's platform measures and values sponsorship impact for brands across social and digital media, covering athletes, teams, leagues, venues and events. The company is actively tracking nearly 500,000 sports entities across the largest social and digital media platforms. It serves clients including Major League Soccer, Soccer United Marketing, Canadian Olympic Team, Monster Energy, GoPro, McLaren Honda F1, Kantar Media, Liverpool FC, PGA European Tour and World Surf League. Led by co-founder and CEO Scott Tilton, Hookit plans to use new capital to expand its global reach, accelerate platform innovation and grow its team. The business positioned itself to support enterprise and rights-holder customers with analytics and valuation tools. The company raised growth funding to support that expansion and product development.

Participated · Series A · Sep 2016

Inverse is a digital media startup that publishes science, technology and entertainment news and cultural coverage aimed at millennial men. The site launched in August 2015 and is led by founder Dave Nemetz (co‑founder of Bleacher Report). Inverse combines a strong editorial team with tech tools and analytics to drive audience growth and advertising performance. The company says its audience grew to 7 million unique visitors in August, with more than 80% male and 75% between 18 and 34. Nemetz has stated the team sees opportunities from new distribution models and the ongoing shift of ad dollars into digital. Financially, Inverse has raised capital to support growth: the company has now raised nearly $8 million in total funding, including a recent Series A. Inverse is a digital media publisher that produces original reporting, news coverage, opinion and analysis aimed at a millennial male audience. The site positions itself to give readers a viewpoint on everything related to the future. Co-founded in early 2015, the founding team includes CEO Dave Nemetz (a Bleacher Report co‑founder), CTO Winton Welsh, Head of Product and Design Steve Marshall, and senior engineers Michael Schaefermeyer and John Degner. As part of its launch, Inverse expanded to New York, opening a Brooklyn editorial office staffed with 15 journalists and led by Andrew Burmon. The company secured seed funding (amount undisclosed) from a syndicate of venture firms and angel investors. Reported backers include Greycroft Partners, Crosslink Capital, Bertelsmann Digital Media Investments (BDMI), Social+Capital Partnership and Rothenberg Ventures. No revenue or user metrics were disclosed in the article.

Led · Equity · Feb 2016

zyBooks offers web-native, interactive learning tools for higher-education STEM courses that emphasize "learning by doing." The platform features minimal text, question sets, animations, interactive tools and auto-graded homework. Content is collaboratively authored by professors, content developers and software engineers, with academic contributors named in the article. More than 300 U.S. universities and over 80,000 students have adopted zyBooks since its founding. The company plans to use new funding for content expansion, additional product features for instructors and students, and new sales and marketing initiatives. Recent NSF SBIR grants supported R&D on the zyBooks platform.