
TechSquare Labs
850 W Peachtree St NW Unit C-1, Atlanta, GA, United States
Overview
TechSquare Labs is an incubator, seed fund and 15k sf of coworking and corporate innovation space. They are driven to Build Something From Nothing with companies ranging from two guys and a laptop to established enterprises looking to stay ahead of the pack. They do this by combining experience in patents, research, and team building with a network that spans from freshman coders to Fortune 500 CEO’s. TechSquare Labs is in Atlanta for its incredible density of educational institutions, enterprises, and entertainment. Over 250,000 students call Atlanta home along with 27 Fortune 1000 companies that generate nearly a half a trillion dollars in revenue. The city drew in $6 billion from film production budgets in the last fiscal year alone. They have hung their hat in the middle of it all in Technology Square. In addition to a cluster of corporate innovation labs and startups, the area is swarming with tech talent from Georgia Tech – where more engineers graduate than MIT and Stanford combined. TechSquare Labs was founded by Dr. Paul Judge and Allen Nance, two technology entrepreneurs with a track record of building, advising, and investing in successful technology companies.
- Total investments
- 10
- Lead investments
- 2
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 4
Sector focus
- Incubators
- Venture Capital
Investment portfolio
- Ox
Participated · Series A · Apr 2023
Ox develops the patented Operator Experience (OX) platform and a wearable device that delivers AI-powered, human-centered automation for frontline workers. The platform provides real-time instructions, AI assistance, voice capabilities, and visual-based workflows to guide operators through tasks. Ox’s technology transforms tribal knowledge into standardized operational procedures and is used by multiple Fortune 500 companies. The company plans to use the new capital to accelerate customer expansion and to scale additional use cases. Ox also intends to further development of its patented wearable device that directs workflows via artificial intelligence. Founded in 2019 and led by CEO Charu Thomas, Ox positions itself as an enterprise software provider focused on increasing frontline efficiency.
- Greenzie
Participated · Equity · Sep 2021
Greenzie is an Atlanta, GA–based autonomous software company led by CEO Charles Brian Quinn that aims to free humans from repetitive outdoor labor. Its core product is software for autonomous commercial lawn mowers and the Robotic Ready program, which gives manufacturers the ability to upfit mowers with industry-standard autonomous mowing functionality. The company already has a fleet of robotic workers deployed with customers in the field. Greenzie plans to use recent funding to grow its engineering team, add additional manufacturers to the Robotic Ready program, and continue expanding its deployed fleet. The article does not disclose revenue or other operating metrics. Greenzie produces software and sensor kits that allow commercial lawn mowers to cut lawns autonomously; Wright Manufacturing supplies the physical mowers which are outfitted with Greenzie sensors. Twelve Greenzie mowers are currently in use by landscaping companies including BrightView and Juniper Landscaping. The company is led by CEO Charles Quinn and operates a Westside lab space to test machines. Greenzie has 15 employees and was launched from the Atlanta Ventures Studio. With the new funding, the startup plans to expand its fleet, double headcount over the next year, and partner with more manufacturers to scale rollout. Greenzie is focused on commercial mowing today but plans to support smaller, more intricate lawns and to shift human workers into higher‑paid technician roles while automating repetitive outdoor labor.
- Covetool
Participated · Series A · Oct 2020
cove.tool is an Atlanta-based B2B SaaS that gives architects, engineers and contractors a way to input project and site details and receive automated recommendations to optimize daylighting, HVAC, solar and materials. Powered by machine learning, the software measures a wide range of building-performance metrics, aims to reduce construction costs and democratize data-driven design by doing in 30 minutes what once took 2–4 weeks. The company launched a beta of its software in August 2017 and today supports more than 25,000 projects and over 15,000 users across 30 countries, including firms such as HDR, AECOM, Skanska and Stora Enso. cove.tool says it offset 28.5 million tons of carbon this year and employs about 60 people; it is not yet profitable but the CEO said it could be if it stopped scaling operations. The startup plans to expand its product suite, add integrations across the architecture, engineering and construction ecosystem, and scale sales and marketing in the U.S., Canada, the U.K., Australia and the EU. Its core competitors are consultants performing similar work manually, and the company positions itself as simplifying material selection and building simulation to enable low‑carbon, cost‑optimal choices. cove.tool develops software that automates and optimizes building-design decisions to improve energy efficiency, lower costs, and reduce embodied carbon. Its core product models energy consumption and other factors (light, glare, radiation, water, embodied carbon) and can cut a manual 150-hour analysis to about 30 minutes. The platform is used by thousands of architects, engineers, contractors and developers across 22 countries and is taught at universities including Georgia Tech, Cal Poly, University of Illinois and UNC Charlotte. Recent product updates include an occupancy tool to evaluate designs for reducing airborne disease spread. The company plans to expand global sales and marketing, build new projects and launch a marketplace of energy-efficient materials. Cove.tool has amassed a database of over 1,000 products from hundreds of vendors and aims to streamline workflows from architects to contractors. Cove.Tool offers an automated, parametric energy-modeling platform that ingests granular project inputs and outputs optimal resource combinations and visual analyses to meet building energy-efficiency requirements. The product targets architects, engineers and contractors, aiming to democratize energy modeling that traditionally required costly consultants and long turnaround times. The founding team includes former architects and energy-modeling consultants Patrick Chopson and Sandeep Ajuha, with Daniel Chopson as CTO. The company already serves several large architecture firms, including HGA, HKS and Cooper Carry, and reports customer outcomes such as a developer identifying $2 million in cost savings versus an original model. With the recent seed close, Cove.Tool plans to enhance its sales effort and continue developing additional platform features. The company frames its mission as changing decision-making in the building industry to reduce emissions “one building at a time.”
- Codoxo
Participated · Series A · Jul 2020
Codoxo offers a Generative AI-powered Unified Cost Containment Platform that spans the entire claim lifecycle, with its flagship Point Zero Payment Integrity model intervening before claims are even submitted. By combining proactive provider education, data mining, clinical chart review, deepfake detection, and policy-to-code automation, the platform reduces downstream denials and overpayments while strengthening payer–provider relationships. The company supports payment integrity operations across more than 80 million covered lives and reports 100 % customer retention and 125 % net revenue retention for 2025. Customer implementations have delivered $12–$16 PMPY in savings at the pre-claim stage and up to $66 PMPY across the broader payment spectrum. Codoxo has earned recognition from Inc. 5000, Everest Group, Black Book Research, and the A.I. Awards, underscoring its category leadership. Recent product launches include the Data Health Integrity Agent and generative-AI-driven Policy-to-Code capabilities. With continued compliance achievements such as NIST 800-53 Rev 5 and HITRUST r2 certification, Codoxo is positioning itself for accelerated national expansion.
- Springbot
Participated · Equity · Oct 2018
Springbot provides an all-in-one marketing platform that combines marketing automation, attribution and content to help direct-to-consumer and small-to-medium retailers run multichannel campaigns and track performance. The company emphasizes data management, automations and analytics to produce data-driven marketing recommendations tailored to retailers. Springbot acquired CMS provider Matcha in December 2020 and offers Matcha Blog Creator specifically designed for Shopify merchants. The company launched an SMS marketing personalization and messaging channel in Q3 to deepen platform capabilities. Springbot reports 45% annual revenue growth since the beginning of the 2020 pandemic and has been named to the Inc. 5000 list for the third year in a row. It has also been ranked on the Deloitte Fast 500 for three years and recognized as Atlanta's Best Place to Work for six consecutive years. Springbot provides a marketing automation platform aimed at small and medium-sized eCommerce retailers. Led by co-founder and CEO Brooks Robinson, the company integrates with major shopping carts including BigCommerce, Magento, Shopify and WooCommerce. Its product offers data-driven marketing and automation tools to help retailers manage eCommerce campaigns. Springbot closed a $15M funding round to support continued development. The company stated it will use the funds to continue developing innovative solutions. Springbot is based in Atlanta, GA. Springbot provides a cloud-based eCommerce marketing platform that combines marketing automation and marketing analytics to help small- and medium-sized online retailers drive site traffic, improve conversions and grow revenue. The platform integrates data, content and multi-channel marketing tools (social, online, email) and connects with BigCommerce, Magento and Shopify. Product capabilities highlighted in the article include Social Hub and Advanced Shoppable Instagram, email personalization, dynamic web and social retargeting, unique coupon codes and Amazon Essential. Springbot closed a $10 million Series B financing led by Harbert Growth Partners with participation from existing investors including Tech Operators and TTV Capital. Planned uses of the financing include expanding sales and marketing, launching an eCommerce Scorecard, building a marketing data co-op, advancing its “Marketing Robotics” prescriptive analytics and optimization service, and forming strategic partnerships. The company plans to grow its team at Colony Square in Midtown Atlanta. Springbot combines marketing automation and marketing analytics to deliver a marketing robotics service for eCommerce stores aimed at driving traffic, conversions and revenue. It is a Gold Technology Partner of Magento (an eBay company). The company was founded in 2012 by Brooks Robinson and is based in Atlanta, GA. Springbot currently serves more than 400 online retailers and employs 40 people, with plans to add an additional 60 employees over the next year. It recently relocated from the ATDC at Georgia Tech to a significantly expanded office at Colony Square in Midtown Atlanta. The company intends to use the funds to continue investing in its platform and to increase sales, marketing and customer experience efforts. Springbot is a SaaS eCommerce marketing platform for the small and medium business (SMB) market that uses shopping cart data to automatically generate customer and product segments. It connects email, social and online ad channels into a single dashboard and applies big data and predictive analytics to analyze purchases and marketing responses into a marketing action recommendations engine. Founded in 2012 and led by CEO Brooks Robinson, the company is based in Atlanta, GA and is a Gold Industry Partner of Magento. The company plans to use the funds to expand sales, customer service and software development teams, increase market awareness and accelerate customer growth. The platform is focused on giving store owners tools to centralize digital marketing channels and drive customer acquisition and retention.