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Portfolio Awards and Honors

We could not be more excited to share that our portfolio has received honors and awards across multiple platforms. We are proud to have written the first checks to each of these tremendous startups.

The Unicorns 

The Honorees

Forbes 30 Under 30 2025

Forbes America’s Best Startup Employers 2025

Inc. Regionals 2025:  Northeast, Midwest

Forbes Women 50 Over 50 2024

FinTech Breakthrough Award for the Best Financial Education Platform 2024

FT ranking: The America’s Fastest Growing Companies 2024

CB Insights Digital Health 50: The Most Promising Digital Health Startups – 2024

FEBRABAN Tech 2024

World’s Top EdTech Companies 2024 (TIME)

Ad Age’s Breakout Brand Leaders 2023

Forbes America’s Best Startup Employers 2023

Forbes 30 Under 30 2024

Inc. 5000 2024

Inc. Regionals 2024: Northeast

Meet the Companies Making an Outsized Impact in the Northeast

Inc. Best Workplaces 2024

Meet the 543 Companies That Put Their Employees First

100 companies making an impact in 2024 -Worth

Forbes 30 Under 30 2023

Inc.5000 2023

Inc. Regionals 2023: Northeast

Meet the Companies Making an Outsized Impact in the Northeast

Inc. 2023 Female Founders 200

Well+Good 2023 Changemakers

UrbanGeekz 50: Fintech 2023

American Banker Most Influential Women in Fintech 2023

Built in NYC Best Midsize Places to Work 2023

Built in NYC Best Small Places to Work 2023

Juniper Research Future Digital Awards for Telco Innovation 2023

Insurance Luminaries 2023 Coverage Innovation Honorees

Entrepreneur 100 Women of Influence 2022

Forbes Next 1000  2021

Fortune Best Small Places to Work-Healthcare 2022

Forbes America’s Best Startup Employers 2021

Inc. 5000 2022

Inc. 5000  2021

Inc. Best Workplaces 2022

Inc. Female Founders 100  2021

Business Insider’s Hottest Adtech Companies  2021

Crain’s New York’s Best Places to Work 2021

Built in NYC Best Midsize Places to Work 2021

Built in NYC Best Small Places to Work 2021

Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 2024

Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 2023

Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 2022

Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500  2021

EBONY Media 2021 Power 100 Innovation Leader

#1 Rising Company in US Insuretech Insights Future 50 Awards 2021

AdExchanger Programmatic Power Players 2022

AdExchanger Programmatic Power Players 2021

Digiday Technology Awards for Best Attribution Tool  2021

Globe Street 50 under 40 2021

PropertyCasualty360 DEI, Environmental Stewardship Honorees 2021

Crain’s New York Business Notable Hispanic Leaders 2022

BenefitsPro Luminaries Class of 2022 (Humanizing Benefits)

City AI firms bucked the VC downturn, raised a whopping $483.6M in 2022 (Remarkable Ventures)

Pitchbook released a new report on Generative AI companies. Two Sigma is at the top of the heap among city firms funding the boom, followed by Remarkable Ventures, HBS Alumni Angels New York, Partnership Fund for New York City, Coatue Management and Betaworks Ventures.

City AI firms bucked the VC downturn, raised a whopping $483.6M in 2022

 

 

Alum Named among the fastest-growing companies in the Northeast by Inc.

Congrats to Chicory and Bespoke Post on been named among the fastest-growing companies in the Northeast by Inc. Magazine in their Regionals 2023: Northeast list.

Meet the Companies Making an Outsized Impact in the Northeast

Alum Named America’s Best Startup Employers 2023 by Forbes

We are thrilled to share that portfolio companies Thirty Madison and Nayya have been recognized as “America’s Best Startup Employers 2023” by Forbes.

 

THREE ALUM NAMED 2023 BEST PLACES TO WORK NYC

We’re thrilled that Built In Best Workplaces 2023 included alum from three ERA companies.

Here they are:

NYC’s ERA Announces Participants For Its Winter 2023 Program; Companies Receive $150,000 Investments On a Post-Money SAFE

New York—January 9, 2023—ERA today announced that it has selected its Winter 2023 class. The companies selected to participate in the four-month program are innovating in a variety of significant industries, all with businesses ready to take advantage of ERA’s platform and the broader New York City opportunity.

This is the Accelerator’s 24th program. ERA’s initial investment in participant companies is $150,000 on a post-money SAFE in return for 6% of each company.

Atlas Primer is a personal learning assistant that reads any text-based learning material out loud and converses about it in natural spoken language. It’s like having a tutor, only it’s both scalable and affordable.

Beagle Labs is an AI-driven SaaS platform for inspectors, property insurance adjusters and property managers. Our software utilizes computer vision to scan infrastructure and provide reports on damages and code violations. Beagle simplifies the tedious building inspection process.

CancerMark is a patient empowerment platform for cancer patients and their caregivers seeking the best care. We educate patients and connect them to subject matter experts who help them navigate their treatment options. We also assist with clinical trial enrollment that is personalized for each patient.

Castellum.AI is an automated compliance screening solution for fighting financial crime. We bring together thousands of risk-focused data sets from all over the world, covering sanctions, law enforcement “most wanted,”  politicians at high risk of bribery– and more. We enrich this data through an efficient automated process enabling us to better uncover global financial crime.

Coral is a B2B software platform that helps heat pump installers win more customers. We allow installers to offer seamless financing to their customers, unlock upselling opportunities, and automate internal processes. With Coral, installers earn more money while homeowners reduce energy costs and carbon emissions.

Flyhound is a public safety solution to help find people fast. We enable public safety agencies using commercial drones to locate and identify mobile phones on the ground to assist in rescue efforts, locate missing persons, evacuate disaster victims, find criminal suspects, and more.

Helpen lets employees direct corporate donations in Slack as a form of employee engagement. We streamline the manual corporate donation process and allow companies to amplify their impact by giving employees ownership over company decisions. Companies save time, money, and achieve up to 7x the employee engagement vs the average matching program.

Keye is a platform for bite-sized access to personal and professional applications. Our subscription lets you access the best digital content and productivity apps with just a click — no sign-up, payment hassles or long-term commitments.

Metatate is a data-privacy layer for the enterprise. Our platform offers simple management of consumer privacy rules for complex legal, regulatory, and commercial environments. Cross-functional teams use Metatate’s intuitive templates and visual workflows to collaborate on data privacy administration, creating a system-of-record for data use cases.

Pharmesol is a clinical services platform that automates follow-up care for medications. We unlock new clinical capacity for provider organizations, improving patient outcomes and access to equitable care.

Present is a digital wellness platform that makes it fun and easy to stay off your phone. Our platform motivates people to practice healthy phone habits through gamification and financial incentives. Present empowers people to control how they use technology to achieve their goals and improve their mental health, wellness, and productivity.

Racebuilds is a marketplace for gearheads to buy and sell aftermarket car parts, which are elusive to find and challenging to purchase. We make the process easy by cataloging and curating the world of aftermarket parts to power a buying experience tailored to the automotive enthusiast.

Sādu is a mobile app that makes investing in carbon removal easy. App users subscribe and complete activities to receive a collection of digital assets that contain the data to verify ecosystem conservation and restoration.

Shiny is a modern marketplace for commercial cleaning where employers have on-demand access to engaged workers. Starting with hospitality, our customers use Shiny to find and retain labor to maximize profitability of their assets. Workers use Shiny to find a career that fits their schedule, augments their income, and provides growth and autonomy.

YellowTin is a whole home electrification platform for savings, conversion planning, rebates, and products. We help climate-leading companies engage and empower their residential audiences–both employees and customers– transition to whole-home electrification. We provide these audiences with zip-code level personalized recommendations to save money and cut carbon by switching to clean technologies from solar- to EV-to induction cooktops.

About ERA

ERA is New York City’s leading technology accelerator and early-stage venture capital fund. It has invested in 300+ start-ups since launching in 2011. Its alumni companies, who come from all over the world, are already playing leading roles in the evolution of virtually every major global industry. Notable investments include Glia, TripleLift, Katapult, Thirty Madison, Nayya, Order, Bespoke Post, User Interviews, Fund That Flip, CardFlight, and Scentbird. To date, ERA alumni companies have raised more than $1.7 billion in investor capital and collectively exceed $10 billion in market capitalization.

Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA) Announces $150,000 Investment for Accelerator Companies Beginning with its Winter 2023 Program

NEW YORK, September 30, 2022 — ERA today announced that starting with its Winter 2023 cohort it will invest $150,000 on a post-money SAFE in return for 6% of each company it accepts into its accelerator program.

ERA is accepting applications for its Winter 2023 program now.

ERA has been a long-term anchor in New York’s startup ecosystem, having helped build the early-stage community for 11+ years. ERA investments focus on companies leading in the digital transformation of New York’s major industries including health care, financial services, future of work, commerce, and climate.

Notable investments include Glia, TripleLift, Katapult, Thirty Madison, Nayya, Order, Bespoke Post, User Interviews, Fund That Flip, CardFlight, and Scentbird. To date, ERA alumni companies have raised more than $1.7 billion in investor capital and collectively exceed $10 billion in market capitalization.

Portfolio alumni are consistently named as Inc. 5000 honorees, Fortune’s Best Places to Work, Inc. Best Workplaces, America’s Best Startup Employers (Forbes),  Forbes Next 1000, Forbes 30 Under 30, and have received numerous awards and honors from industry organizations and publications.

The Investment

The Platform

Applications are open for Winter 2023

About ERA

Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA) is New York City’s leading technology accelerator and early-stage venture capital fund. It has invested in 300+ start-ups since launching in 2011.  ERA alumni companies, who come from all over the world, are already playing leading roles in the evolution of virtually every major global industry. To date, ERA alumni companies have raised more than $1.7 billion in investor capital and collectively exceed $10 billion in market capitalization. Notable investments include Glia, TripleLift, Katapult, Thirty Madison, Nayya, Order, Bespoke Post, User Interviews, Fund That Flip, CardFlight, and Scentbird.

 

 

 

FIVE ERA ALUM NAMED TO THE 2022 INC. 5000

We’re thrilled that the 2022 Inc. 5000 included alum from five ERA companies. Here they are:

 

NYC’s ERA Announces Participants for its Summer 2022 Program; Companies Receive $100,000 Investments

New York—June 13, 2022—ERA today announced that it has selected its Summer 2022 class. The companies selected to participate in the four-month program are innovating in a variety of significant industries, all with businesses ready to take advantage of ERA’s platform and the broader New York City opportunity.

This is the Accelerator’s 23rd program. ERA’s initial investment in participant companies is $100,000.

Cityline is an app that helps rental property owners vet prospective tenants by instantly running credit, income, and background checks—cutting down a multi-day process into just a few seconds. Upon tenant approval, we generate custom lease agreements and automate the behind the scenes work of execution, guaranteeing legal compliance, and eliminating tenant/owner exchange.

Emporia is an AI-powered sourcing engine that streamlines recruitment and fielding for B2B market researchers. A simple search query scans millions of academic journals, research papers, clinical trial data, LinkedIn and more to identify and reach the perfect candidate for any project.

Fisecal is automated financial planning software that delivers comprehensive financial plans in seconds. We empower financial professionals to expand their services to the middle-class profitably while enabling them to work with more clients, offer new services, and engage with more prospects. Our simple, intuitive software makes it easy for anyone to get financial advice.

GenEQTY is a fintech data and analytics platform. We combine fragmented SMB financial data to create a single source of truth for the businesses and their financial partners. Our business intelligence software gives financial service providers the opportunity to sell tailored financial products to their SMB clients.

Genvision is a marketplace for carbon offsets. We are creating a digital twin of all forests and wetlands around the world, enabling us to instantly verify how much carbon is stored in these natural assets. This way, we provide a profitable alternative to deforestation for landowners while providing trustworthy carbon credits to large corporations..

Inside voices is an online platform for workers seeking diversity and inclusion. We help jobseekers understand how companies treat people of color by letting them hear from real employees. By creating a safe space for transparency, we protect jobseekers from toxic environments and help inclusive companies attract talent.

mEMR Health provides medical record retrieval solutions to provider groups and virtual care clinics by using a combination of AI and a centralized operations platform, which lowers practice administrative costs and finds hidden revenue in their patients’ records.

PumpML is a machine learning platform that allows developers and organizations to build products that understand and respond to non-voice sounds (e.g., glass breaking, a baby crying, the rumble of a motor, etc.).

Sublayer is a community monitoring platform for Web3 and NFT creators, investors, and members. Our software provides real-time data, news, and analytics for any of your communities. We give you a beautiful, intuitive, and organized dashboard that alerts, informs, and communicates the information you need now.

Sweeps is a mobile bank that uses the fun parts of betting to help fans save money. Instead of paying more to win more, you save more to win more. Besides offering savings accounts and debit cards, users get free tickets that are similar to parlays with real cash prizes.

Tensile is an online incentive platform that rewards customers for paying directly from their bank accounts. Our platform allows merchants to quickly and easily create incentives that save them money and give their customers more value at checkout. Shopify merchants can install and go live on Tensile in less than 10 minutes.

Verilink is a platform that helps brands digitize their offerings. Many brands are turning to NFTs to digitize their product lines and Verilink’s solution centers around physical NFTs. The core product of the platform is the Verilink wallet, the first physical NFT wallet on the market.

WATS is a digital platform for business waste management that enables cost savings and emissions reductions through operational efficiency and transparency. WATS steps inside the building and standardizes the way that waste information is organized by making standard procedures more accessible, simplifying waste reduction, connecting generators and vendors, and metering waste like any other utility.

Workback is a learning-as-a-benefit platform enabling employees to get reimbursed for taking any online course, University class, or training they choose. HR teams allocate funds to employees’ digital wallets, while employees feel confident that upskilling is encouraged. Workback’s team envisions a better future where every employer offers learning benefits, unlocking diversity and retention goals, while reducing student debt.

Yieldeasy is a digital platform for buying and selling small apartment buildings (2-20 Units).  Our platform simplifies an inefficient and frustrating process that plagues this segment for everyday real estate investors (high fees, no transparency, and bad agents/info). We own the full process of investing in real estate by partnering with financing, insurance, diligence, title, and property management companies.

About ERA

ERA is New York City’s leading technology accelerator and early-stage venture capital fund. It has invested in 280+ start-ups since launching in 2011. Its alumni companies, who come from all over the world, are already playing leading roles in the evolution of virtually every major global industry. To date, ERA alumni companies have raised more than $1 billion in capital and collectively exceed $6 billion in market capitalization.

 

 

 

Three Alum Named to the Inc. Best Workplaces 2022

We’re thrilled that Inc.’s Best Workplaces 2022 included alum from three ERA companies. Here they are: