David M Nichols

We invest where innovative ideas, huge markets and, most importantly, amazing entrepreneurs strike. We are honored to support creative folks who will stop at nothing to succeed. Matchstick exists to act as a catalyst for our founders, our startups, and our startup community. Matchstick is proudly based in the Twin Cities and invests in tech startups that have a product and a customer.

Purple Arch Ventures is an Alumni Ventures venture capital fund for alumni of Northwestern that invests in companies with a Northwestern connection. Meet the team: David Beazley, Managing Partner Mike Peri, Partner Lucas Pasch, Principal We are part of Alumni Ventures, America’s largest venture fund for individuals and the #1 most active venture firm in the US and #3 globally (PitchBook 2022). Follow Purple Arch Ventures for content at the intersection of our shared alma mater, venture capital, and entrepreneurship. We are private, for-profit, and not affiliated with or sanctioned by the university.

We turbo charge safety programs through text-messaging and the mobile-web. Our automated and comprehensive risk management programs drive safety culture. We are a cost effective test message based approach to enhance Safety Culture for every industry. Our professionally designed text messages contain safety content that is delivered weekly. Our safety messages are sent to front line employees, giving you the ability to monitor and report on employee safety perceptions and accountability.

Panda Health transforms how health systems connect with, explore, and adopt leading digital health technologies. We de-risk your digital health decisions, with processes and insights that are backed by thousands of data points, hundreds of solution evaluations, deep market intelligence, and an unmatched team of digital health advisors.

We invest where innovative ideas, huge markets and, most importantly, amazing entrepreneurs strike. We are honored to support creative folks who will stop at nothing to succeed. Matchstick exists to act as a catalyst for our founders, our startups, and our startup community. Matchstick is proudly based in the Twin Cities and invests in tech startups that have a product and a customer.

Purple Arch Ventures is an Alumni Ventures venture capital fund for alumni of Northwestern that invests in companies with a Northwestern connection. Meet the team: David Beazley, Managing Partner Mike Peri, Partner Lucas Pasch, Principal We are part of Alumni Ventures, America’s largest venture fund for individuals and the #1 most active venture firm in the US and #3 globally (PitchBook 2022). Follow Purple Arch Ventures for content at the intersection of our shared alma mater, venture capital, and entrepreneurship. We are private, for-profit, and not affiliated with or sanctioned by the university.