Since 2006, North Coast Ventures has deployed nearly $100M into 65+ high-growth ventures. As a Cleveland-based capital partner, North Coast Ventures is dedicated to our mission of providing capital, harnessing industry expertise and leveraging networks to help our startups succeed.
From growth forecasting and marketing strategy development to talent recruitment and investor relations, we provide extensive operational support to our portfolio. We also help our founders get their foot in the door with industry leaders like Progressive, Cleveland Clinic, First Energy and KeyBank. At North Coast Ventures, we leverage this lethal combination of domain knowledge and connections to propel our companies from just an idea all the way to Series A.
Below is the portfolio composition of Seed Fund III and the status of investments made to-date. Seed III focuses on supporting Business-to-Business (B2B), Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) ventures. Initial investments from Seed Fund III have been made in 16 companies.
These companies include:
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Wisr is a higher education student engagement platform. In 2020, the company closed an all-cash sale to EAB, an industry-leading ed-tech company funded by Vista Equity. |
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Able is a SaaS platform that focuses primarily on onboarding for staffing companies. The company was acquired by Bullhorn, the global leader in software for the staffing industry, in January 2022. |
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Standard Bariatrics provides surgical instruments for sleeve gastrectomy procedures. In August 2022, the company entered into a definitive agreement to be acquired by Teleflex Inc. |
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Remesh is a software solution for market researchers that uses machine learning and natural language processing to understand groups of people engaged in real-time moderated discussion. |
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NaviStone is a software solution to identify and engage unique direct mail prospects via website visitor and behavior tracking technology. |
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Axuall connects health systems, staffing firms, and digital health groups to a vast array of data, providing insights for network planning, analytics, and reporting, while dramatically reducing onboarding and enrollment time via provider-enabled digital credentials. |
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ReadySet Surgical provides cloud-based solutions for hospital and surgery center supply chain and surgical staff. Their suite of products creates workflow efficiencies while reducing surgical operating costs. |
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The TPA Stream platform allows third-party administrators to transform how they administer consumer directed healthcare and COBRA benefits by streamlining claims harvesting, employee enrollment and employer invoicing. |
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Alviere is a Banking-as-a-Service platform that enables businesses to provide financial services, such as mobile payments, card issuance and payment processing, to their customers. |
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Healthy Roster has developed an outreach EMR and engagement platform that helps sports athletic trainers and medicine directors improve communication and injury documentation for teams. |
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S4 is a novel, proprietary, esophageal protective device called ProtectE to prevent injury when patients undergo surgical cardiac ablation. |
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Bezlio is a cloud-based mobile platform amplifying the power of enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems. By placing secure, real-time data in the hands of all team members, Bezlio enhances manufacturing shop floor productivity and efficiency. |
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Vlipsy developed a novel platform to offer users short, conversational video clips from their favorite internet videos to share in their online communication. |