• ScribbleLive

  Participated · Series D · Sep 2015

  ScribbleLive offers a SaaS-based content marketing and live publishing platform that combines predictive analytics with content planning, creation, distribution, and workflow technologies. Led by CEO Vincent Mifsud, the platform uses patented linguistic and mathematical algorithms to generate insights that help marketers create original content aligned with strategy. The solution allows distribution across multiple channels and measurement of effectiveness and engagement. ScribbleLive's platform is used by over 500 enterprises, including Red Bull, Bayer, Ferrari, Oracle, Bank of America, Deutsche Telekom, and Yahoo!. The company closed a $35M Series D and intends to use the funds to continue to expand operations. ScribbleLive, founded in 2008 and based in Toronto, evolved from a live-blogging platform into a content syndication marketplace and live-content creation tool for marketers and publishers. The company helps brands create and distribute content designed to engage audiences. It serves enterprise customers—claiming over 500 enterprise clients—and after acquiring CoveritLive now powers over 1,500 total customers including the NFL, NBA, NHL, MLB and top U.S. news networks. ScribbleLive says it is a fast-growing, cash-flow-positive business. Management plans to use new capital to open international offices and pursue strategic acquisitions to accelerate growth. Three months before the Series C the company acquired CoveritLive from Demand Media, consolidating two large live content providers. ScribbleLive (Scribble Technologies) operates a real-time content creation and distribution platform available in 14 languages and used by major media brands including the Associated Press, Reuters, CNN and ESPN. The company has expanded beyond "live blogging" into a broader platform that powers dynamic, frequently updated content on media sites and brand properties. Scribble recently launched ScribbleMarket, a syndication marketplace that lets publishers and brands license or share full-featured real-time content (free or paid) from a single backend. Management positions the marketplace as a way to monetize reporting and enable smaller outlets to republish dynamic coverage, citing Boston.com’s syndication during the Boston Marathon bombings as an example. The company is also pushing into content marketing and offers engagement-metric insights to help brands measure and optimize real-time content. Scribble will use the new funding to accelerate ScribbleMarket, expand its platform internationally, and broaden adoption across different customer types. ScribbleLive offers a fast, collaborative way for news organizations to create branded live pages or embedded streams for events and breaking stories. Reporters can contribute via web, email, an iPhone app, a BlackBerry app, SMS, voicemail, photos, videos, and by incorporating reader comments and Twitter updates. Recent feature additions include voicemail posting, SMS input, SSL security, and the ability to push updates to multiple pages. The company plans to let publishers edit and rearrange content (drag-and-drop) so live streams can be polished into definitive news articles as stories develop. Its service is used by large organizations such as Reuters and Hearst Television. Financially, ScribbleLive has completed early fundraising and is preparing for a larger venture round.

• C2FO

  Participated · Equity · Aug 2015

  C2FO operates an on-demand working capital platform that allows businesses to access funds tied up in accounts receivable via dynamic discounting and supply chain financing. Its suite uses patented Name Your Rate® technology to enable companies to be paid sooner by the world's largest enterprises. The company says it serves hundreds of thousands of business customers globally and has delivered more than $400 billion in risk-free capital since inception; in 2024 it provided over $13 billion to more than 20,000 businesses in developing nations. The $30 million investment announced with the International Finance Corporation (IFC) and existing shareholders will accelerate technical development and expand the platform's reach into emerging markets. As part of the IFC relationship, C2FO and IFC plan a Nationwide Working Capital Platform across Africa, starting in Nigeria with a launch expected later in 2025. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in Kansas City, C2FO emphasizes accessible, low-cost working capital for micro, small and medium enterprises to support growth and economic resilience. C2FO operates a global market for working capital and styles itself as the largest global platform for working capital. Its platform is described as the only working capital exchange that allows companies to optimize working capital positions in a live, bid/ask environment. Companies across the globe use C2FO to increase gross and net profit while producing early cash flow delivery to their supply chain. C2FO refers to its service as Collaborative Cash Flow Optimization and positions the market as providing risk‑free profit. The company announced a $140 million funding round led by Third Point Ventures, with participation from Vista Credit Partners and Mubadala Capital. The funding announcement was made from Kansas City, MO. Based in Kansas City, Mo., C2FO operates an online marketplace that connects businesses that need cash with those that have cash, using proprietary algorithms to dynamically price early-payment opportunities in real time. The platform supports multiple sources of cash flow, including early invoice payment, A/R financing, and other lending options. More than 300,000 businesses across 173 countries use C2FO, which matches over $1.2 trillion of accounts receivable and accounts payable and delivers more than $1 billion in funding every week. Management cites industry-leading unit economics, high customer satisfaction, and strong global growth. The company positions itself as the world’s largest non-banking solution for working capital and plans to use new funding to accelerate development of new markets and expand access to working capital for companies of all sizes. The investment is intended to help scale the platform’s global expansion and deepen liquidity for buyers and suppliers. C2FO operates a working capital marketplace enabling companies across retail, industrial, manufacturing, CPG, energy, healthcare, technology, telecom and transportation sectors to improve operating income and supply-chain liquidity. The company is led by Founder and CEO Sandy Kemper and CFO Kerri Thurston. At the end of 2017 C2FO was providing $1B of funding per week to businesses in more than 100 countries. C2FO completed a $100M funding round to support strategic initiatives. The company plans to use the funds for international growth, to develop additional working-capital solutions, and to build the C2FO customer community. The round will also enable secondary share purchases from earlier investors and associates. C2FO runs a marketplace that connects companies holding excess cash with businesses seeking working capital, using accounts receivable–linked financing. The platform enables lenders to earn higher returns by funding receivables. The company is pursuing global expansion and has opened offices in Germany, India, Hong Kong and Singapore in the last year. C2FO says it is expanding its offerings and capabilities globally. Leadership framed the investment from Citi Ventures as strategic, intended to bring deep relationships and help boost platform growth. Citi Ventures described C2FO’s marketplace as a way to simplify and optimize cash flow and promote a healthier supply chain.

• Scribble Technologies

  Participated · Series C · Oct 2014

  Scribble Technologies provides content engagement software solutions that support every stage of the content lifecycle, including planning, creation, distribution, interaction, measurement, and optimization. The company serves brands and media companies, with clients such as Ferrari, Red Bull, FOX, CNN, Ford, The Football League, and the NFL. Founded in 2008 and led by CEO Vincent Mifsud, Scribble is headquartered in Toronto and maintains offices in New York, Nashville, London, Dubai, Melbourne, and São Paulo. The company closed a $12M Series C in February 2014, bringing total funding to over $20M. The Series C was led by WIN (Waterloo Innovation Network) Fund and included participation from Georgian Partners, Export Development Canada, Summerhill Venture Partners, and Rogers Venture Partners. No operating metrics were disclosed in the article. Scribble Technologies offers real-time engagement management solutions, with flagship products ScribbleLive and the recently launched ScribbleMarket content-syndication platform. ScribbleMarket enables creation and distribution of real-time rich content from authoritative brands and media companies. The company leverages Applied Analytics and Big Data to deliver actionable insights that optimize and amplify online engagement. Its customer roster includes major media organizations such as CNN, Associated Press, Reuters, The Canadian Press, CBC, Rogers, Samsung and ESPN, collectively using billions of engagement minutes per month. Founded in 2008 with offices in Toronto and London, Scribble plans to accelerate enterprise-market growth, fast-track global expansion, and continue developing its flagship solutions. It raised new capital to support those priorities. Scribble Technologies is a Toronto, Canada company that provides a real-time content publishing and delivery platform. Its flagship offerings include LiveArticle™, which allows news organizations to create real-time articles summarizing ongoing events with multiple contributors, and ScribbleLive™, a service that aggregates photos, videos, audio files and social media content. The company works with top news agencies such as The Associated Press, The Press Association, Agencia EFE and Thomson Reuters, and serves customers including Mashable, the New York Daily News, CBS Sports and Sky News. Led by CEO Michael De Monte, Scribble intends to use new funds to strengthen its market position and expand sales, marketing and software development activities. It also plans to accelerate the growth of its LiveArticle service. The company raised $4M in new funding to support these efforts.

• Scribble

  Participated · Series C · Oct 2014

  Scribble provides content engagement software that supports the full content life cycle from planning and creation to distribution, interaction, measurement, and optimization. Its platform is used by over 500 enterprise customers, including Ferrari, Red Bull, FOX, CNN, Ford, The Football League, and the NFL. Scribble reports engagement powered by its platform rising to over four billion minutes per month. The company says it is a fast-growing, cash-flow positive business with revenues increasing at a compound annual rate in excess of 100%. Following the round, Scribble plans to open new international offices and pursue strategic acquisitions to accelerate growth. The company is based in Toronto, Canada.

• BLINQ Networks

  Participated · Series B · Sep 2014

  Blinq Networks develops wireless backhaul solutions for small cells, enabling mobile operators to add capacity and improve subscriber experience. The company recently launched the X-1200 Adaptive NLOS Wireless Backhaul System to help operators deploy small cell networks that deliver coverage and capacity where needed. Blinq was founded in June 2010 by CEO Mickey Miller and maintains research and development facilities in Ottawa, Canada. It has raised a total of US$32.5M to date. The latest financing of US$15.1M will be used to continue product innovation, scale operations and accelerate global sales growth. No revenue or user metrics were disclosed in the article. BLiNQ Networks develops next-generation wireless backhaul solutions that leverage cost-effective sub-6 GHz TDD spectrum and its patent-pending Managed Adaptive Resource Allocation (MARA) technology. Its platform delivers network-level intelligence and self-organizing network capabilities to eliminate interference and maximize spectral efficiency. The company targets high-capacity mobile transport applications and continues product development of its patent-pending solutions. BLiNQ intends to use recent funding to expand and accelerate global sales and marketing efforts. The company was founded in June 2010 by CEO Mickey Mille and is based in Plano, TX, with research and development facilities in Ottawa, Canada. Financially, the company announced an additional $10M in funding to support these commercial and development initiatives. BLiNQ Networks develops intelligent wireless backhaul solutions for compact base stations, designed to help wireless carriers address growth in demand for capacity. The company’s products focus on backhaul connectivity to support capacity scaling for mobile networks. Founded in June 2010 after acquiring intellectual property and wireless assets from Nortel Networks, BLiNQ has research and development facilities in Ottawa, Canada. The company is based in Plano, Texas. BLiNQ raised $7.4M in a Series A to support its commercial launch. Carleton Miller was appointed President and CEO to lead the launch to market.

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