The Venture Codex

Led · Series A · Oct 2020

Grayshift is a Roswell, GA-based provider of digital forensics solutions led by Co-Founder and CEO David Miles. Its flagship product, GrayKey, provides same-day access, complete control, and comprehensive data extraction from mobile devices. GrayKey is used by over 1,200 agencies across 35 countries worldwide. Grayshift's solutions are purpose-built to help public safety agencies resolve lawful investigations swiftly and keep communities safe. Financial specifics beyond the announced strategic investment were not disclosed in the article; existing investors remain involved. No additional operating metrics or future product plans were disclosed. Grayshift provides mobile device digital forensics tools, with its flagship GrayKey solution delivering same-day access, complete control, and comprehensive data extraction from mobile devices. The company is purpose-built to help law enforcement and government investigative agencies resolve critical investigations and ensure public safety. Grayshift’s products are designed and assembled in the United States and the company serves 1,000 agencies across more than 25 countries. Led by co-founder and CEO David Miles, the company plans to use new funding to accelerate sales and marketing, grow research and engineering teams, expand product offerings, and increase global awareness of GrayKey. The article reports a $47M Series A financing round as the company’s current financing event.

Led · Equity · Jan 2019

CareerArc, founded in 2009 by CEO Robin D. Richards, offers an HR software platform combining social recruiting and virtual outplacement solutions. Its Social Recruiting tools distribute open jobs across social channels, create and schedule shareable content, and track campaign results. The CareerArc Outplacement suite provides resume development tools, skills assessments, job matching and on-demand career coaching. The company serves thousands of organizations, including many of the Fortune 500. CareerArc is based in Burbank, CA and Boston, MA. It plans to use new capital to support product innovation and accelerate sales and marketing efforts as part of an expansion plan.

Led · Equity · Apr 2018

Xeeva provides intelligent cloud-based procurement software and financial solutions for indirect spend and MRO. Its software suite automates the source-to-pay process and supports e-invoicing, procurement, and sourcing with open communication. Founded in 2014 by CEO Dilip Dubey and based in Madison Heights, Michigan, the platform is used in over 45 countries and is available in 18 languages. The company raised over $40M in funding in a round led by PeakEquity Partners I, L.P. Xeeva intends to use the proceeds to enhance its product suite, accelerate sales and marketing, and elevate the brand.

Led · Equity · Aug 2015

G5 offers the G5 Marketing Cloud, a cloud-based platform that creates, measures, and optimizes the customer experience across search, sites, social, and advocacy. The platform includes analytics and optimization tools designed to simplify digital marketing complexity for property managers. More than 425 customers and 6,900 properties across the Multifamily, Senior Living, and Self Storage verticals use G5 to maximize occupancy while reducing marketing spend. The company says the recent investment will accelerate feature development and expand its digital marketing capabilities to drive greater net operating income for customers. Founded in 2005 and based in Bend, Oregon, G5 positions itself as a long-standing, industry-focused SaaS vendor with a decade-plus track record of growth and innovation. G5 develops local marketing software that leverages Google, Yahoo, Facebook, Yelp, Craigslist and other sites to drive paid advertising traffic to clients' websites. The tool provides call-to-action functionality to capture leads and tracks and measures activities, including traffic sources and whether leads converted to sales. The company says it has 160 clients with over 2,400 properties. G5 will use the $15M first round for software development and marketing to target multifamily housing, self storage and senior living customers. The company is based in Bend, Oregan.