Recognize
540 Madison Avenue, 2nd Floor, New York, NY, 10022, United States
Overview
Recognize builds technology companies by partnering with talented management teams and providing industry insight, operational expertise and strategic capital to spur innovation.
- Total investments
- 3
- Lead investments
- 3
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 5
Investment portfolio
- Thunder
Led · Series A · Aug 2023
Thunder is a pureplay Salesforce consulting and implementation partner, built by early Salesforce employees and seasoned professionals. The company offers services from strategy and design to execution and activation across multiple clouds on the Salesforce platform. Led by CEO Carter Wigell, Thunder provides consulting, implementation and managed services for Salesforce and cloud deployments. Thunder raised $16M in a Series A round led by Recognize with participation from existing investor Salesforce Ventures. The company intends to use the funds for global team expansion and new cloud innovation, IP, accelerators, and programs to help customers go to the next level.
- Blend360
Led · Equity · Aug 2022
Blend360 provides data, analytics and talent solutions to Fortune 500 clients. The company offers analytics services and workforce/talent solutions across multiple industries. It has more than 600 employees and offices in NY, MD, CO and CA domestically, plus operations in India and EMEA. Co-founded by Patrick Hennessy and Tim Berry, Blend360 plans to use new funding to accelerate growth and expand operations. The company intends to expand its international footprint and scale its service offerings. Recent board additions from the investor will support strategic expansion initiatives.
- Torc
Led · Seed · Mar 2022
Torc is an AI-, security- and culture-first talent marketplace that measures and compensates software developers based on productivity and performance. The platform connects companies with vetted developers according to enterprise demands and developer productivity, aiming to improve and speed high-quality software delivery. Torc promotes an inclusive global community focused on upskilling and career growth for gig-economy talent and integrates marketplace dynamics to surface top performers. The company highlights a threefold increase in users in the two months prior to the announcement, signaling early traction. Torc has positioned its product to help enterprises find, hire and retain flexible technology talent and to enable developers to advance their careers. The company intends to use recent funding to launch publicly and quickly scale its business and global customer base.