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Brooke Paul

Taivara

πŸ“ Columbus, Ohio, United StatesπŸ”„ Updated November 2026πŸ’Ό 3 investmentsπŸ“… 15 years investingπŸ—“ Last invested Jan 2012
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Co-founder / Board Member
Sep 2011
Sprout it is an intuitive gardening app that helps gardeners with plant specific content delivered at the right time, tailored to the user's location and gardening style that helps both expert gardeners and new gardners grow any plant successfully the first time. Sprout it is fully customized so you can grow what you want and garden your way. It provides information and notifications when you need them and give you ongoing inspiration, motivation and support. Discover the joy of healthier eating with home-grown, fresh veggies and herbs. Originally launched in March 2013, from Vaxa Design Ltd, as a web app, the platform scaled quickly to offer a responsive web app, iPad app and on March 20th will be launching an iPhone app.
early stage
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Investments (1)
Founder (5)
2012
improveit 360 (acquired by PaySimple)
Advisory Board Member / Investor
Jan 2012
2011
Midwest Founders Fund
Founder, Board Member & Investor
Oct 2011
Co-founder / Board Member
Sep 2011
Sprout it is an intuitive gardening app that helps gardeners with plant specific content delivered at the right time, tailored to the user's location and gardening style that helps both expert gardeners and new gardners grow any plant successfully the first time. Sprout it is fully customized so you can grow what you want and garden your way. It provides information and notifications when you need them and give you ongoing inspiration, motivation and support. Discover the joy of healthier eating with home-grown, fresh veggies and herbs. Originally launched in March 2013, from Vaxa Design Ltd, as a web app, the platform scaled quickly to offer a responsive web app, iPad app and on March 20th will be launching an iPhone app.
early stage
Founder & CEO at Taivara
Jul 2011
Do you have digital products that you need to get to market but can’t find the time or resources to get it done? Taivara is a trusted partner for firms like yours helping co-create new products and deliver them to market in a timely and cost-effective manner, while you maintain full ownership of all your intellectual property. Our clients have described our digital product service as being: Highly secure End to end solutions Fast Cost effective Flexible Market ready Taivara has successfully helped companies across the U.S. with digital product co-creation for more than 10 years. We work with Fortune 100 firms and mid-cap companies. Our experts collectively have decades of experience launching new products and building businesses from scratch within corporate environments and startups.
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Co-Founder
Apr 2011
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