• Losant

  Participated · Series A · Feb 2018

  Losant provides an easy-to-use enterprise IoT platform that helps teams quickly and securely build complex real-time connected solutions. The platform uses open communication standards to provide connectivity from one to millions of devices and offers data collection, aggregation, and visualization features. Edge capabilities are integrated directly into the platform for seamless integration of connected and non-connected devices, and Losant offers experienced solution engineers to assist customers. Customers cited in the article include Verizon, Bosch, and Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and common use cases include industrial equipment monitoring, asset tracking, and smart buildings. Financially, Losant announced a $5.2 million Series A financing led by CincyTech with participation from Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed fund, TechNexus, and Vine Street Ventures. Losant provides an Internet of Things platform that enables developers to build complex, connected solutions quickly and easily. The platform simplifies connecting a variety of hardware and sensors using open-source SDKs and widely adopted communication protocols, streams device data to dashboards or the Losant API, and enables real-time analysis and actions via a built-in workflow engine. Losant says it is already working with a number of Fortune 500 companies. Founders Charlie Key and Brandon Cannaday, who previously co‑founded Modulus (acquired by Progress Software in 2014), lead the company and are headquartered in Cincinnati. CincyTech has made an investment in Losant from its Fund IV, and company leadership said the capital and engagement from CincyTech will support the company's trajectory. Terms of the investment were not disclosed; Losant is the sixth company to receive investment from CincyTech Fund IV, a $30.75M fund that closed in April.

• ActionStreamer

  Participated · Seed · Jul 2017

  ActionStreamer is a proprietary technology and software platform that streams media from wearable, IoT, and other connected devices. Founded in 2016 and based in Cincinnati, Ohio, the company is led by CEO Bob Lento and was co-founded by former NFL linebacker Dhani Jones and entrepreneur Chris McLennan. Its patented comprehensive technology platform delivers data movement solutions and real-time omnichannel media offerings across the sports, entertainment, telecommunications, industrial, and defense markets. Customers include the U.S. Air Force, FOX Sports, Amazon Web Services, and T-Mobile. ActionStreamer closed a $2.4M Series A round and intends to use the funds to develop its patented platform. The platform has been recognized for delivering breakthrough data movement solutions and real-time omnichannel media offerings across multiple sectors. ActionStreamer combines patented software and networking technology with ultra-lightweight wearable hardware to stream HD point-of-view video from inside games. Its wireless system embeds miniature cameras and custom components into gear such as helmets and hats to transmit real-time video in congested, bandwidth-constrained venues. The company has deployed custom HatCams with partners and recently debuted POV coverage in Monumental Sports & Entertainment broadcasts. Founders include CTO Chris McLennan, who previously founded Ilesfay (acquired by Autodesk in 2014), co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer Dhani Jones, and CEO Max Eisenberg. ActionStreamer is pursuing integrations across multiple sports—including football, baseball, hockey, and golf—to broaden use cases and distribution. Financially, the company has just closed an oversubscribed seed financing round totaling $1.88M to support development and commercial rollouts.

• Ahalogy

  Participated · Equity · May 2015

  Ahalogy provides a Pinterest-focused marketing solution that helps brands source, optimize and scale content on the Pinterest platform. The company is an official Pinterest Marketing Developer Partner and positions itself as the "Marketer’s Solution for Pinterest." Ahalogy serves several of the U.S.’s leading consumer brands and operates from a headquarters in Cincinnati with additional offices in New York City, Chicago, San Francisco, Los Angeles, and Stuttgart. To support its next stage of growth the company recently hired senior executives to lead engineering and revenue (including a former Netflix engineering lead and a veteran sales leader). Ahalogy announced $8 million in new funding to accelerate growth and scale its engineering and data science teams. The funding mix includes debt financing and increased investment from existing backers. Ahalogy provides a Pinterest-focused marketing platform that sources content, schedules pins with an optimization algorithm, and drives traffic for brands on a pay‑per‑performance basis rather than subscription SaaS. The company operates a content network of over 1,000 creators and maintains roughly 140,000 pieces of categorized content that brands can use. Ahalogy works deeply with a little over two dozen brands, including Kellogg’s, Gap, Piperlime and other consumer names, and reports 80% re‑pin rates and 1–2% average click‑throughs. The company says it is seeing a million‑plus run rate with pricing typically at a minimum of $5,000–$10,000. Ahalogy launched in fall 2012 after its founders pivoted from a fashion startup concept. With the new funding it plans to grow its 23‑person team and expand efforts around Pinterest as Promoted Pins goes live, while broadening its content network to support Facebook and Instagram.

• Strap

  Participated · Seed · Dec 2014

  Strap offers StrapMetrics, a cross-platform analytics SDK for wearable applications, and Strap Kit, a JavaScript toolkit that lets developers write once and deploy across multiple wearable platforms with built-in analytics. The platform runs on devices now including Pebble, Android Wear and Glass, with planned support for Tizen and Apple Watch. The company positions itself as a layer of software that helps developers, enterprises and brands manage fragmented wearable data and optimize sensory insights. Strap plans to grow by expanding product development and increasing partnerships with developers, enterprises and brands. The company was founded in early 2014 and graduated The Brandery accelerator. Strap is headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio.

• Donde

  Participated · Seed · Feb 2014

  Donde offers a mobile-, tablet- and PC-friendly store locator that delivers location intelligence so brands can guide high-intent digital visitors into brick-and-mortar stores. Its software embeds seamlessly into a brand’s existing web, social and mobile presence, supplying contextual tools such as ads, coupons and offers that ease the path to purchase. The platform also aggregates locator data to inform marketing and operational decisions, giving companies a clearer link between online behavior and offline sales. Early customers include SkinnyPop Popcorn, LasikPlus and Louisville Slugger. The Cincinnati-based startup is a 2013 Brandery graduate and has received recognition from the Disruptive Media Fellowship and Cincinnati Innovates. Proceeds from its recent seed round will fund product development, broaden industry partnerships and advance the firm’s vision of improving the customer experience on brand websites.

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