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Adwerx is a low-cost, self-service, single touchpoint digital advertising platform providing best-practice technologies to very small businesses. Backed by Novak Biddle, Bull City Venture Partners, Grotech Ventures, et al., Adwerx is democratizing digital advertising across multiple industry verticals.
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Durham, NC
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Crash matches students with start-up companies for paid apprenticeships in sales, marketing, and other disciplines. With career coaching and real-world job training through a proprietary eLearning platform, Crash prepares students to be productive employees on day-one and boasts a 96% full-time placement rate. Crash is also backed by Floodgate, Moment Ventures, and Steve Blank.
Alerion divested from Crash on 4/25/2023
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Stellar provides a platform for owners of single-family rentals to manage ongoing maintenance services. Backed by S3 Ventures, Brick & Mortar Ventures, and Navigate Ventures, Stellar has also developed a virtual maintenance platform for resident self-service and contractor remote-service.
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Allbound is a Partner Relationship Management platform backed by Canal Partners, BLH Ventures, et al. With modules including content, collaboration, customer success, pipeline predictability, and business intelligence, Allbound helps to manage and maximize channel partner sales relationships.
Allbound was acquired by Invictus Growth Partners on 07/26/22.
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Case Status provides a firm-branded client communication text, app, and web platform tailored to contingency law firms that reduces inbound call volume and monitors client satisfaction to drive ratings and referrals. Case Status is backed by Panoramic Ventures, Meeting Street Capital, Techstars, et al.
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LiveSource is a Strategic Sourcing suite focused on direct spend and complex sourcing requirements for custom manufactured parts. Backed by Fulcrum, IDEA Funds, Knoll Ventures, SaaS Ventures, et al., LiveSource helps customers mitigate supply chain risk, reduce COGS, and improve Service Levels.
LiveSource was acquired by Blume Global on 12/31/21.
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Resurface solves API security and quality with real-time detection and response to threats and failures. Mapped to OWASP API Top 10, Resurface alerts on threats with complete security patterns and user actions. Purpose-built for API data, Resurface captures request & response payloads for deep inspection, pattern understanding, and API auditing. Resurface is backed by Access, FirstMile, and SaaS Ventures.
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PhishLabs is the leading provider of cybersecurity services that protect against threats that exploit employees. Trusted by four of the five largest US financial institutions and backed by Fulcrum Equity Partners, PhishLabs is able to rapidly detect, analyze, and stop targeted cyberattacks.
PhishLabs was acquired by HelpSystems on 10/19/21.
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OutboundEngine provides email and social media content marketing solutions for SMBs including realtors, mortgage and insurance brokers, financial advisors, attorneys, and healthcare providers. Backed by Noro-Moseley, S3 Ventures, Silverton Partners, Floodgate, Austin Ventures, et al., OutboundEngine helps customers generate referrals and increase repeat business.
OutboundEngine was acquired by Elm Street Technology on 09/23/21.
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Slope Software provides a native cloud-based actuarial modeling and risk management platform to insurers, actuaries, and financial institutions that streamlines workflows, improves efficiency, and saves costs. Slope is backed by Tech Square Ventures, Cofounders Capital, and Techstars.
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Ceterus provides automated accounting and business intelligence software as a service for small and medium sized businesses. A leader among food service, health & wellness, and retail franchisees, Ceterus is also backed by TechOperators, IDEA Fund Partners, and Hallett Capital.
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Payzer provides cloud-based business and financial management software for field services contractors in HVAC, plumbing, and electrical. With an experienced team in payments and investors including Harbert, Ferguson, Fiserv, Grotech, Route 66, and IDEA Funds, Payzer is the leading complete solution.
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Founded by Ryan Walsh, former CRO of ChannelAdvisor, RepVue offers transparency to sales professionals about what it is like to sell for the most well-known software companies. With ratings including comp, quota attainment, ACV, product / market fit, training, culture, et al., RepVue also provides valuable data for software companies and investors as well as a targeted hiring platform.
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Backed by Grotech Ventures, et al., Rent Ready is a management platform for all multifamily rental “turn” services that streamlines scheduling, sequencing, service provider matching, communications, and payment enabling Property Managers to more quickly and cost-effectively turnover vacant units.
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Led by Insurtech veterans, Fenris provides an API-based, data platform for auto, home, life, and small business insurance carriers, brokers, and agents. Backed by IDEA Funds, Larry Rosenberger (former CEO of FICO), et al., Fenris assists with Applicant Scoring, Prefill, and Life Events Monitoring & Alerts.
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VYV has developed a patented single-diode LED technology producing both continuous disinfection and safe white light illumination. With lower cost, improved energy efficiency, and a smaller form factor, VYV has applications ranging from hospital overhead lighting to the backlighting in elevator buttons. VYV is backed by Citi Ventures, Delta Airlines, Middleby Corporation, Engage Ventures, et al.
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Biospatial partners with municipalities to aggregate, standardize, and anonymize EMS Electronic Patient Care Reports in order to provide real-time reporting, geospatial and temporal dashboards, and predictive analytics to public sector, clinical research, and health systems customers.
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Western Rise designs direct-to-consumer performance lifestyle apparel for men. Their Evolution Pant is the most funded performance pant in Kickstarter history. Western Rise is now backed by the Greater Colorado Venture Fund, Telluride Venture Fund, Social Starts, et al.
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OrbitalRx provides business intelligence and workflow software enabling hospital pharmacies to manage medication supply chain disruptions. Reducing health system drug expenditures and lost revenue and improving patient safety and caregiver productivity, OrbitalRx is backed by Excelerate Health Ventures and the Venture Capital Multiplier Fund managed by Hatteras Venture Partners.
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Matcha has origins as consumer publisher, RootsRated, but began licensing their internal content marketing supply, management, and measurement tools to other consumer-oriented SMBs. Backed by TechOperators, Fidelis, et al., Matcha offers a full suite of content marketing solutions.
Matcha was acquired by Springbot on 12/08/20.
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Demand Driven Tech has developed the most advanced and widely deployed Demand Driven Material Requirements Planning software platform. Also backed by Mosley Ventures, Demand Driven Tech has products including inventory replenishment, production scheduling, forecasting, and analytics.
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Adwerx is a low-cost, self-service, single touchpoint digital advertising platform providing best-practice technologies to very small businesses. Backed by Novak Biddle, Bull City Venture Partners, Grotech Ventures, et al., Adwerx is democratizing digital advertising across multiple industry verticals.
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Orderly provides invoice management, inventory tracking, and business intelligence tools to independent restaurants. Backed by TechOperators, Orderly is a simple, mobile-first, do-it-for-me solution focused on time savings with accounting integration and analytics to reduce food costs.
Orderly was acquired by Buyers Edge on 08/16/19.
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MemberSuite is a cloud-based Association Management System providing membership access, per module pricing, robust APIs, data integration, and analytics. Backed by Revolution Ventures, Fidelis, Bonnaventure, AIM, and Accomplice VC, MemberSuite is the leader among mid-market associations.
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Windsor Circle is the leading retention marketing and predictive lifecycle platform and the only with guaranteed integrations. Backed by Comcast Ventures, Origin Ventures, and IDEA Fund Partners, Windsor Circle helps eCommerce retailers grow customer lifetime value and increase retention.
Windsor Circle was acquired by Output Services Group on 02/12/18.
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Founded by Jud Bowman, former founder of Appia (acquired by Digital Turbine) and Motricity (NASDAQ: VLTC), Sift Media is an automated mobile ad purchasing platform based on a proprietary app graph algorithm aiming to capitalize on the growing market of real-time bidding exchanges.
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Salesfusion is an expansion-stage business backed by Noro-Moseley Partners, Hallett Capital, and BLH Venture Partners. A leader in the mid-market, Salesfusion provides intuitive marketing automation software allowing clients to better attract, engage, prioritize, convert, and retain customers.
Salesfusion was acquired by SugarCRM on 05/07/19.
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Reveal Mobile developed the first proprietary database of Bluetooth beacon locations and classifications, which it uses to provide mobile audience analytics to app publishers, greatly improving click-through rates for mobile ads and increasing the CPM paid by advertisers. Reveal is a member of the Privacy & Advocacy and Location Committees for the Mobile Marketing Association.
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CloudTags creates connected stores. Through a combination of in-store tablets, mobile app integration, NFC, and beacon technologies, 30% of shoppers interact digitally with physical products, 50% of which provide their email, and 80% of which are unique to a retailer’s existing CRM database, resulting in a 20% greater CTR on marketing emails and a 15% increase in average order volume.
Alerion divested from CloudTags on 12/24/18.
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FSLogix was founded by desktop virtualization veterans from VMware and Symantec. Their file system-level software is able to greatly reduce the time and complexity for large enterprises to manage virtualized desktop infrastructure accessibility and visibility by requiring only one golden image.
FSLogix was acquired by Microsoft on 11/16/18.
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Green Roof Outfitters has developed a modular, comprehensive, lightweight, and low-cost solution for the installation of green roofs. Their system is able to dramatically decrease ongoing energy costs for building owners, extend roof lives, and provide LEED credits and tax incentives in many cases.
Green Roof Outfitters was acquired by Greenrise Technologies on 01/03/18.