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Seed Investor/Advisor
Sep 2022
Unify messaging apps on Android for: iMessage, SMS/MMS, WhatsApp, FB messenger & more. We never store your data. Setup in minutes. No server needed. Join the waitlist!
Seed Investor
Aug 2022
Cornbread Hemp is proud to be recognized as the fastest growing hemp company in America via the prestigious Inc. 5000 list for 2024.
Based in Kentucky and founded in 2019, Cornbread Hemp is a market leader of full spectrum CBD+THC hemp products dedicated to improving customers quality of life through relief from discomfort, sleeplessness, and stress. Exclusively sourced from USDA organic hemp flowers, our Flower-Only™ hemp extract makes us industry leaders in product safety, sustainability, and efficacy.
The name Cornbread comes from co-founder Jim Higdons first non-fiction book, The Cornbread Mafia, which tells the true story of the largest marijuana syndicate in American history.
Investor (seed round)
Apr 2022
Stakeholder Labs develops enterprise software to help public companies measure and increase shareholder engagement. Offering a comprehensive suite of solutions, including interactive corporate websites, digital shareholder verification, and targeted communications and rewards programs, Stakeholder Labs provides investor relations officers with the latest tools to connect with todays shareholder. For more information about Stakeholder Labs, please visit stakeholderlabs.com.
Seed Investor
Jan 2021
PlantBaby is developing an inspired portfolio of healthy foods and beverages that is plant-based, planet-forward, and pediatrician-approved.
PlantBaby’s launch product, Kiki Milk, is a delicious and nutritious plant-based milk made with organic ingredients and boosted with nourishing superfoods.
Investor
Jan 2021
PeakMetrics provides a narrative intelligence platform that helps enterprises and governments identify and combat emerging online narrative threats. Using state-of-the-art ML technology, PeakMetrics analyzes more than 1.5 million media sources and 10 different social media platforms to identify media manipulation and adversarial attacks in real-time, before they cause damage. Organizations use PeakMetrics to discern source credibility, understand how audiences spread narratives, and quantify risk and response scenarios — without spending millions on crisis communication and manual sentiment analysis. Detect, decipher, defend at peakmetrics.com.
Investor
Nov 2020
Until now, the best digital advertising tools were out of reach for small businesses. With AdCritter, that's changed. We've taken the powerful targeting tools that big businesses have used for years and made them simple, effective and affordable for small businesses and marketers. Targeted TV. Internet. Digital Billboards. We make advertising surprisingly easy.
Angel Investor / Advisor
Jan 2020
Unsettled is a global community for remote and independent workers who embrace the unknown and value meaningful human connection. Who believe that feeling a little bit “unsettled” is a positive impulse for change, innovation, and discovery in our lives.
Our experiences are co-created journeys that give professionals the time, space and (un)structure to break out of their routine, build new relationships, and discover new perspectives while growing personally and professionally.
With experiences in some of the world’s most beautiful destinations, unparalleled content and programming, and over 2500 alumni from 80+ countries, Unsettled is a platform that truly takes your work, life, and adventures beyond traditional borders.
Seed Investor
Sep 2019
Sunwink is a female-founded, wellness food and beverage brand with a mission to connect people to the power of plants. We believe that wellness shouldn't be complicated or overwhelming so we create clean, plant powered products to better human health and our connection to the Earth. What we're most proud of? 2% of all our revenues goes back to our community and the planet.
Advisor / Investor
Jul 2019
Circuit is a sustainable transportation solution that reduces congestion and makes mobility easier, greener and more accessible. Our on-demand, 100% electric shuttle services provide first/last-mile connections to mass transit, encourages visitors to park once, and gets people out of their cars for short trips.
Working closely with innovative cities and forward-thinking advertisers, weve provided over 6M rides without burning an ounce of gas. Our commitment to sustainability and community is at the core of everything we do, and were proud to offer an eco-friendly, on-demand option that creates local jobs and connects communities.
Join the millions of riders who have already experienced the ease and convenience of Circuits micro-transit service. Visit us at ridecircuit.com to get started.
Investor
Feb 2019
Density helps companies measure and improve their footprint on the world. Its software unlocks comprehensive insights into how workspace is used through its privacy-first sensors. These insights inform workplace decisions at companies ranging from Fortune 1000 to high growth tech, including Uber, Pinterest, Shopify, Okta and other household names in financial services, e-commerce and social networking.
Today, Density partners with companies that occupy more than 1.25 billion square feet across 32 countries.
Strategic Advisor / Investor
Aug 2018
Your superfans follow you on social media, text your vanity phone number, sign up for your email newsletter, buy season tickets, and join your fan club. Hurdl introduces you to the other 80% of the audience.
Hurdl is changing live events like digital marketing changed print. In the past, brands communicated through vinyl signs and coasters they hoped would earn the attention of concert goers and sports fans. Hurdl‘s patented platform identifies exactly who is in the audience, collects first-party data on those individuals and initiates a text conversation between fans and the brands they love. No other system can deliver the value of data or come close to our fan adoption rates (up to 87% of an audience).
Seed Investor
Sep 2017
ping is a twice-patented messaging platform that automatically reads your text, email and all other message types out loud, when touching your phone is unsafe, illegal or inconvenient. Deployment is currently through Android and iPhone apps with Alexa and Google Home on the immediate road map.
Seed Investor (every round)
Feb 2017
Podchaser is the world’s most comprehensive podcast database — collecting, enriching, and distributing podcast insights to power discovery for listeners, podcasters, and brands.
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Podchaser is the destination for podcast discovery, ratings, reviews, creator & guest credits, playlists, and search. Our community connects listeners, podcasters, and tastemakers to drive discovery. It’s free at https://www.podchaser.com
For podcast industry professionals and PR / marketing agencies, Podchaser Pro offers access to audience size, demographics, verified contacts, charts, and all the data insights needed to leverage the power of podcasting. Request a demo at https://www.podchaser.com/pro
Podchaser’s API makes all of this data, including engagement actions, available for your product or service. You can get started for free at https://www.podchaser.com/api
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2025
Venture Partner
Apr 2025
Render Capital envisions a robust and thriving regional economy where entrepreneurs see the Midwest and South as a place they can find appropriate risk capital necessary for them to start and grow.
2022
Seed Investor/Advisor
Sep 2022
Unify messaging apps on Android for: iMessage, SMS/MMS, WhatsApp, FB messenger & more. We never store your data. Setup in minutes. No server needed. Join the waitlist!
Seed Investor
Aug 2022
Cornbread Hemp is proud to be recognized as the fastest growing hemp company in America via the prestigious Inc. 5000 list for 2024.
Based in Kentucky and founded in 2019, Cornbread Hemp is a market leader of full spectrum CBD+THC hemp products dedicated to improving customers quality of life through relief from discomfort, sleeplessness, and stress. Exclusively sourced from USDA organic hemp flowers, our Flower-Only™ hemp extract makes us industry leaders in product safety, sustainability, and efficacy.
The name Cornbread comes from co-founder Jim Higdons first non-fiction book, The Cornbread Mafia, which tells the true story of the largest marijuana syndicate in American history.
Investor (seed round)
Apr 2022
Stakeholder Labs develops enterprise software to help public companies measure and increase shareholder engagement. Offering a comprehensive suite of solutions, including interactive corporate websites, digital shareholder verification, and targeted communications and rewards programs, Stakeholder Labs provides investor relations officers with the latest tools to connect with todays shareholder. For more information about Stakeholder Labs, please visit stakeholderlabs.com.
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