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Sep 2025
At Breadcrumbs, we understand the challenges and complexities of running a successful restaurant. From managing inventory and staffing to optimizing menu offerings and understanding customer preferences, the demands of the industry are vast and ever-evolving. That’s why we’ve combined our years of experience in the restaurant business with our expertise in data analytics to create a powerful Software as a Service (SaaS) platform tailored specifically for restaurants.
Our platform empowers restaurant owners and managers with actionable insights derived from sophisticated data analysis. By aggregating and analyzing data directly from your POS systems, we provide invaluable insights into every aspect of restaurant operations.
With Breadcrumbs, restaurant owners can:
Optimize Operations: Our data analytics tools help identify inefficiencies in processes, streamline operations, and improve overall productivity.
Maximize Profits: By analyzing sales data, menu performance, and customer preferences, we help restaurants optimize menu offerings, pricing strategies, and promotional campaigns to maximize profitability.
Empower Decision-Making: Make informed decisions backed by comprehensive data analysis and actionable insights, allowing for faster adaptation to market trends and changes in consumer preferences.
At Breadcrumbs, we are committed to empowering restaurants of all sizes to thrive in today’s competitive landscape. Whether you’re a small, family-owned establishment or a full restaurant gropu, our customizable solutions are designed to meet your unique needs and drive sustainable growth.
Join us in shaping the future of the restaurant industry with the power of data. Together, let’s create a world where every restaurant can reach its full potential. Welcome to Breadcrumbs!
Investor
Apr 2025
Plan Forward gives K–12 leaders the tools and insights to lead with purpose. We show the progress that matters.
District administrators are under pressure to deliver results, communicate clearly, and stay aligned to strategic goals—all while managing countless demands on their time. But many tell us they’re flying blind: unclear on how they’re doing in the moment, and unsure how to share what’s working with their stakeholders.
As Dr. Herbert Monroe, Superintendent of Surry County Public Schools, put it:
“A lot of times in education, we’re so busy doing the work, we don’t take the time to tell our story or to write our story, so that we can share our story with all of the appropriate stakeholders.”
Plan Forward is changing that.
Built by and for district leaders, our platform turns raw perception data into timely, credible, and actionable insight reports—no spreadsheets, no guesswork. Whether youre launching a new initiative, preparing for a board presentation, or aligning with your community to pass a bond or levy, we help you tell a clear story: backed by evidence, and ready for action.
“Plan Forward does an excellent job helping divisions and individuals write their story in a way that it can be consumed by the appropriate stakeholders.”
—Dr. Herbert Monroe
From district offices to boardrooms to classrooms, we’re building a better way to plan—and making it possible for every leader to move their work, and their community, forward.
At Plan Forward, we help leaders move from plans to proof. We believe in planning that works.
Investor & Advisor
Mar 2025
Pioneering ZTNX – Zero Trust for Internal Networks.
Enigma AI™ is the first platform purpose-built for Internal Trust Governance – continuously determining which internal communications should exist and whether they are safe.
At its core is our patented Internal Trust Engine™, which evaluates every interaction against asset intent and asks:
Should this connection exist?
And is this asset behaving as it should?
Not just detection of unusual traffic.
Not just static policy enforcement.
Enigma AI automatically generates segmentation policies and firewall rules in days – not months – and continuously validates them as your environment evolves.
The result is a living trust model across IT, OT, IoT, and cloud – delivered without agents, VLAN reconfiguration, or complex rule maintenance.
IAM governs trust for users.
Enigma AI governs trust for assets.
Complete Zero Trust requires both.
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2026
Strategic Advisor
Jul 2026
Vectech uses AI to identify vectors and improve data-driven vector control.
2025
Investor and Advisor
Sep 2025
At Breadcrumbs, we understand the challenges and complexities of running a successful restaurant. From managing inventory and staffing to optimizing menu offerings and understanding customer preferences, the demands of the industry are vast and ever-evolving. That’s why we’ve combined our years of experience in the restaurant business with our expertise in data analytics to create a powerful Software as a Service (SaaS) platform tailored specifically for restaurants.
Our platform empowers restaurant owners and managers with actionable insights derived from sophisticated data analysis. By aggregating and analyzing data directly from your POS systems, we provide invaluable insights into every aspect of restaurant operations.
With Breadcrumbs, restaurant owners can:
Optimize Operations: Our data analytics tools help identify inefficiencies in processes, streamline operations, and improve overall productivity.
Maximize Profits: By analyzing sales data, menu performance, and customer preferences, we help restaurants optimize menu offerings, pricing strategies, and promotional campaigns to maximize profitability.
Empower Decision-Making: Make informed decisions backed by comprehensive data analysis and actionable insights, allowing for faster adaptation to market trends and changes in consumer preferences.
At Breadcrumbs, we are committed to empowering restaurants of all sizes to thrive in today’s competitive landscape. Whether you’re a small, family-owned establishment or a full restaurant gropu, our customizable solutions are designed to meet your unique needs and drive sustainable growth.
Join us in shaping the future of the restaurant industry with the power of data. Together, let’s create a world where every restaurant can reach its full potential. Welcome to Breadcrumbs!
Investor
Apr 2025
Plan Forward gives K–12 leaders the tools and insights to lead with purpose. We show the progress that matters.
District administrators are under pressure to deliver results, communicate clearly, and stay aligned to strategic goals—all while managing countless demands on their time. But many tell us they’re flying blind: unclear on how they’re doing in the moment, and unsure how to share what’s working with their stakeholders.
As Dr. Herbert Monroe, Superintendent of Surry County Public Schools, put it:
“A lot of times in education, we’re so busy doing the work, we don’t take the time to tell our story or to write our story, so that we can share our story with all of the appropriate stakeholders.”
Plan Forward is changing that.
Built by and for district leaders, our platform turns raw perception data into timely, credible, and actionable insight reports—no spreadsheets, no guesswork. Whether youre launching a new initiative, preparing for a board presentation, or aligning with your community to pass a bond or levy, we help you tell a clear story: backed by evidence, and ready for action.
“Plan Forward does an excellent job helping divisions and individuals write their story in a way that it can be consumed by the appropriate stakeholders.”
—Dr. Herbert Monroe
From district offices to boardrooms to classrooms, we’re building a better way to plan—and making it possible for every leader to move their work, and their community, forward.
At Plan Forward, we help leaders move from plans to proof. We believe in planning that works.
Investor & Advisor
Mar 2025
Pioneering ZTNX – Zero Trust for Internal Networks.
Enigma AI™ is the first platform purpose-built for Internal Trust Governance – continuously determining which internal communications should exist and whether they are safe.
At its core is our patented Internal Trust Engine™, which evaluates every interaction against asset intent and asks:
Should this connection exist?
And is this asset behaving as it should?
Not just detection of unusual traffic.
Not just static policy enforcement.
Enigma AI automatically generates segmentation policies and firewall rules in days – not months – and continuously validates them as your environment evolves.
The result is a living trust model across IT, OT, IoT, and cloud – delivered without agents, VLAN reconfiguration, or complex rule maintenance.
IAM governs trust for users.
Enigma AI governs trust for assets.
Complete Zero Trust requires both.
Co-Founder & Managing Partner
Jan 2025
United Effects Ventures (UEV) is a Philly-based startup studio built by B2B technology founders, for B2B technology founders. We invest at inception - when risk is highest and support matters most - bringing real-world experience, hands-on help, and early capital to help startups start faster and go further.
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