Jim Tenzillo

We’re Kadeya—the future of hydration featuring high quality drinks with low environmental impact that help everyone thrive. Since we’re all just very literally bodies of water, being dehydrated by 4% of your body mass can reduce your response time by nearly 25%. So whether you’re at a building site or in the boardroom, staying hydrated makes you feel better and perform better too. To help you do just that, we’re proud to operate the only network of low waste vending stations serving a selection of purified water, carbonated, flavored, and branded drinks in infinite bottles that could never end up in landfill. We’ve created bottled water for the future, making it ... Safer: To lower the carbon output, we source water locally instead of shipping it, and purify it with an advanced filtration process. Our water quality beats market standards—and we like to keep things transparent by sharing that data with you. Healthier: Along with clean water, we then create flavored and carbonated drinks free from microplastics, because our infinite bottles are made from glass or stainless steel. You can also optimize your hydration with the Kadeya app, to make sure you’re always at your best. By rethinking the bottled water supply chain entirely, we’ve created a circular system that makes a positive impact for both you and the planet with every sip, gulp and swig.

We are a professional peer group of rising venture capital investors who work with, manage, and run venture capital investment funds. Our members are based across the country and united by an interest in investing in Midwestern companies. Our members get access to monthly deal-flow calls, exclusive networking events, educational resources, and mentorship.

webAI helps enterprises build, deploy, and operate custom AI on infrastructure they own, not in someone else’s cloud. Built for mission-critical environments, webAI brings AI to your data so organizations can run private, specialized models with full data sovereignty, real-time performance, and predictable economics. From public sector and defense to aviation and manufacturing, organizations that require the most private AI platform choose webAI to move from experimentation to production faster, owning their intelligence instead of renting it.

webAI helps enterprises build, deploy, and operate custom AI on infrastructure they own, not in someone else’s cloud. Built for mission-critical environments, webAI brings AI to your data so organizations can run private, specialized models with full data sovereignty, real-time performance, and predictable economics. From public sector and defense to aviation and manufacturing, organizations that require the most private AI platform choose webAI to move from experimentation to production faster, owning their intelligence instead of renting it.

Meet Claira, your intelligent talent assistant. She gives you back your most valuable resource: time. She can analyze existing talent, create job descriptions, read resumes, build custom guides, conduct interviews and make predictions that allow you to focus on your people. As the worlds first first competency AI assistant, trained on HR workflows, she can cut 71% off your time on task. Start a full access trial today for free!

Meet Claira, your intelligent talent assistant. She gives you back your most valuable resource: time. She can analyze existing talent, create job descriptions, read resumes, build custom guides, conduct interviews and make predictions that allow you to focus on your people. As the worlds first first competency AI assistant, trained on HR workflows, she can cut 71% off your time on task. Start a full access trial today for free!

Fueled by our belief that everyone deserves access to a quality ADHD assessment and continuous care, ADHD Online leads the way in becoming a crucial voice for those struggling with ADHD. As the only organization to offer an asynchronous ADHD assessment in all 50 states, paired with a diagnosis from doctorate-level psychologists, we make it seamless for our patients to begin their journey with us. Our medical treatment services help patients in more than 35 states and our recently launched teletherapy program enhances personalized treatment options for hundreds of patients. Join our Network With our continued growth, we are seeking Providers who are experienced and passionate about the treatment of behavioral health to help expand our patient reach. Our network of providers is key to achieving our goal of creating the highest clinical standards in ADHD treatment, paving the way for best practices standards in our industry. Flexible schedules and dedicated administrative support allow our providers to focus on delivering the highest quality of care. Offer ADHD Benefits Better access to treatment means healthier, productive employees. Employees with ADHD are more likely to quit impulsively or be fired than their coworkers. They lose an average of 22 days of productivity per year according to the World Health Organization. But fewer than half of the up to 10% of employees and their dependents who have ADHD have been diagnosed. Help your employees become the best versions of themselves to retain your talent and outpace the competition. Partner with Us With a network of doctorate-level psychologists, ADHD can ease the crushing backlog facing traditional providers with expert assessment and diagnoses in days. Patient referrals are simple and our summary reporting to referring organizations is comprehensive and complete.

Mi Padrino was a marketplace that makes planning Hispanic celebrations easy and effective. https://youtu.be/cWOHq984o6c Mi Padrino was successfully acquired in 2022

Give and Take builds software that encourages a culture of generosity at work, which leads to better employee engagement and productivity, all in less than five minutes a day. We apply the concepts of generalized reciprocity and social capital made famous in Adam Grant’s bestselling book Give and Take to enterprises in an accessible, scalable, measurable platform called Givitas. Give and Take is headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan and online at www.giveandtakeinc.com.

Change Dynamix provides a continuous threat detection, as a platform or provided as a fully managed service. We give mid-sized companies a near-effortless way to detect changes in behavior that are indicators of malicious and abusive activities. Our approach provides a clear path of action for security teams, delivering reliable detection that leaves even the most sophisticated attacker, inside or out, no place to hide.

Micro-LAM Technologies offers cutting edge technology through its state-of-the-art retrofitable system that is set to be a game changer in the advanced manufacturing industry. The hybrid laser-diamond cutting tool system provides profitable solutions for machining hard and brittle materials.

AdAdapted connects CPG brands and shoppers through meaningful engagements in the apps that impact path-to-purchase. Through proprietary integrations across a network of premium mobile partners, AdAdapted targets grocery decision-makers and creates brand connections through content and utility that simplify planning and shopping. Our Vision Consumers are spread across an ever changing landscape of mobile apps that power planning and shopping decisions. AdAdapted helps brands understand and access the apps that influence the trip, integrate into those experiences through content and utility and generate meaningful measurement around the metrics that really matter.

Traditional venture capital is one-size-fits-all. Were not. 1885 Capital is the first rural-based, early-stage venture firm launched in the United States since 2018. We invest in technology supporting reindustrialization, enterprise software, advanced materials, and sustainability across the Great Lakes. We meet founders where they are — structuring capital to fit the business theyre actually building. Our edge: → GP team: 80+ companies backed, $4.5B enterprise value created, $2.3B+ of follow-on capital raised by startups, 2x fund managers. Decades of experience at the intersection of venture capital, economic devleopment and university commercialization. → Flexible capital — equity, revenue share, venture debt, redeemable equity — matched to business needs → Network of 300+ co-investors across 200+ venture funds for follow-on firepower → First rural-based U.S. venture firm launched since 2018 → Partnership with Michigan Tech University — R1 research institution, $124M+ annual R&D, spin-offs including Handshake and Orbion Space Technology

We’re Kadeya—the future of hydration featuring high quality drinks with low environmental impact that help everyone thrive. Since we’re all just very literally bodies of water, being dehydrated by 4% of your body mass can reduce your response time by nearly 25%. So whether you’re at a building site or in the boardroom, staying hydrated makes you feel better and perform better too. To help you do just that, we’re proud to operate the only network of low waste vending stations serving a selection of purified water, carbonated, flavored, and branded drinks in infinite bottles that could never end up in landfill. We’ve created bottled water for the future, making it ... Safer: To lower the carbon output, we source water locally instead of shipping it, and purify it with an advanced filtration process. Our water quality beats market standards—and we like to keep things transparent by sharing that data with you. Healthier: Along with clean water, we then create flavored and carbonated drinks free from microplastics, because our infinite bottles are made from glass or stainless steel. You can also optimize your hydration with the Kadeya app, to make sure you’re always at your best. By rethinking the bottled water supply chain entirely, we’ve created a circular system that makes a positive impact for both you and the planet with every sip, gulp and swig.

Investing pre-seed tech companies based in Michigan that enhance the enjoyment of, accessibility to or sustainability of the outdoor industry.

Investing pre-seed tech companies based in Michigan that enhance the enjoyment of, accessibility to or sustainability of the outdoor industry.

Providing consulting to venture capital firms, startups, economic development organizations and universities.