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.

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 fund will invest $150,000 in each company selected. In exchange, ERA receives a 6% stake through a post-money SAFE.
• As lifecycle investors, we support our companies through the accelerator, future funding rounds, and through exit. ERA companies have the potential for follow-on funding.
• In addition to the financial investment, companies accepted into the accelerator program receive free office space, free hosting credits with several major cloud providers, and additional benefits through our legal, finance, accounting, and other business-service partners.
• Companies conclude the program with a Demo Day, where they present to leading early-stage investors from around the country.

The Platform

• ERA is powered by a unique advantage to our founders—NYC’s largest network of expert mentors with a 1,000+ mentor network including 500+ alumni founders and 500+ expert mentors. These include corporate executives, investors, technologists, product specialists, marketers, customer-acquisition strategists, sales execs, and more, across all major industries represented in NYC.
• ERA’s dedicated platform staff supports founders with talent acquisition, business development, community and networking, marketing and PR, and operations.

Applications are open for Winter 2023

• ERA is now accepting applications to its Winter 2023 program. The deadline to apply is Monday, November 7, 2022 at 11:59PM ET. ERA welcomes applications from anywhere in the world, and it continues to operate in-person with remote-friendly programming.

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.

 

 

 

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

• Bespoke Post (S’11) Rishi Prabhu
• Chicory ( S’14) Yuni Sameshima
• Fund That Flip (S’15) Matt Rodak
• Order (W’16) Zach Garippa
• TripleLift (W’12) Eric Berry

 

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.

 

 

 

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

• Fund That Flip
• Nayya
• Rockerbox

March 21, 2022

We are thrilled to share the fantastic news that Glia has become our fourth unicorn! Today the company announced $45M in Series D funding from Insight Venture Partners, Wildcat Capital Management, and RingCentral Ventures; this latest round of financing brings Glia’s total funding to $152M and its valuation to more than $1B.

Congratulations to Dan, Justin, and Carlos. We are incredibly proud of them and the company they have built that is transforming Digital Customer Service globally.

We met the team early in 2012, and became the company’s first investor that summer. Since then, we’ve continued investing in their Seed, A, and B rounds. They have been true innovators, reinventing how companies interact with their customers in a digital world— and, literally wrote the book on it. Glia has already partnered with more than 250 financial institutions worldwide and that’s just the beginning of how they are revolutionizing customer service for the 21st Century.

We have been so fortunate to have worked with them every step of the way and are excited to see them continue to set the standard for Digital Customer Service across the globe.

Read their news release here.

New York—January 10, 2022—ERA today announced that it has selected its Winter 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 22nd program. ERA’s initial investment in participant companies is $100,000.

Arvia is a video chat platform that brings the physical store experience to online shoppers. We help e-commerce companies increase revenue with one-on-one video chat—right on the product page. E-commerce retailers use the power of visual communication to build trust and they see increased sales conversion up to 10x by adding a single line of code to their website.

bOPS is a SaaS platform that enables enterprises to communicate and visualize their data. Our APIs put operational data into context, allowing companies to use intelligent apps like visualizers, search engines, chatbots, and recommenders to improve business operators’ decisions and outcomes.

Bright App is a technology company empowering fitness instructors to grow and maintain their private practices. We provide a back-office tool for trainers, giving them lead generation, sales, scheduling, and billing for one-on-one private sessions. Personal trainers are able to train their clients from anywhere in the world; clients get a convenient and better way to experience one-on-one personal training.

Circle is a virtual event platform for networking and social gatherings. We make it simple for hosts to setup and manage events; we give guests an intuitive interface where they can mingle in multi-room events and easily follow-up with new contacts after leaving the meeting. We add the in-person experience to the virtual gatherings.

Crafted is a livestreaming platform for foodies where food content creators host intimate live cookalongs for their superfans.  Home cooks level up their cooking skills while learning authentic cultural recipes, and DTC food brands sell to more engaged customers. During the shows, creators answer fan questions and earn commission by recommending products they genuinely love.

JobStep is a technology platform powering the fastest way to get a better job. We eliminate the inefficiencies keeping great talent from great careers by handling resume writing, job search, and job applications for job seekers. With JobStep, 100% of job seekers get interviews and more than 63% get offers in three months.

Ktchn Apothecary produces and sells the freshest skincare available. Our hand-crafted formulas are freshly-made with up 3x more skin-nourishing ingredients and arrive at our customers’ homes in just weeks after production. With more powerful, natural formulas at their peak potency, our customers reveal healthier-looking skin that glows.

Lilo Health supports patients and Health Care Professionals across multiple disease areas to reduce provider workload, simplify the patient experience, and improve health outcomes. Our digital platforms capture the critical data needed  for research in the life sciences sector, enabling patient recruitment, collection of real-world evidence, and the discovery of novel digital biomarkers.

ModernFi is a digital banking platform focused on improving the financial wellbeing of retail customers. Our FDIC-insured accounts provide both the convenience of a checking account and significantly higher yields than any savings account available. ModernFi earns market-leading yields for its customers by providing dependable financing to a large network of partner banks.

Oilo is a data-driven autonomous fleet management platform. Using AI and data science, our digital platform optimizes fleets through cost-savings, insights, and action. We target an entire fleet including vehicles, equipment, and machinery. Oilo eliminates vehicle management hassles for fleets across the globe.

Oko is a workflow tool for procurement teams at manufacturers. Our platform reduces the time needed to manage outstanding purchase orders by centralizing offline communication, document transfer, and order management in one place. We incentivize timely information exchange through a transparent, milestone-based escrow.

Pollen is a technology company modernizing the returns process starting at the front door. We enable pickups from anywhere directly through a retailer’s website or app. Using easy scheduling and digital-bin automation, Pollen brings together logistics networks, brands and consumers, to transform an outdated process for a better way to handle returns.

Stronger Brains is an online program to improve children’s cognitive skills and social emotional health. Our program combines brain training with social-emotional learning to strengthen the core neurological abilities required for academic success and personal wellness.

Topmarq is a dealer bidding platform that connects private vehicle sellers with online and local car dealers. By buying directly from private parties, dealers cut inventory acquisition fees by up to 80% on the 13 million vehicles per year they buy from wholesale auctions.

Zenlaw is an AI-assisted contract management platform that automates any document-related task to make human legal work more efficient. We help users easily create tailored workflows, from drafting and abstracting, to reviewing and processing documents. We seamlessly integrate into existing process and eliminate the need for manual review and search for information hidden inside documents.

 About ERA

ERA is New York City’s leading technology accelerator and early-stage venture capital fund. It has invested in 265+ 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.

 

 

 

We’re thrilled that the 2021 Inc. 5000 included alum from six ERA companies. Here they are:

• CardFlight (W’12) Derek Webster
• Chicory ( S’14) Yuni Sameshima
• ettitude (S’18) Phoebe Yu
• Fund That Flip (S’15) Matt Rodak
• Negotiatus (W’16) Zach Garippa
• TripleLift (W’12) Eric Berry

New York—June 28, 2021—ERA today announced that it has selected its Summer 2021 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 21st program. ERA’s initial investment in participant companies is $100,000.

Andiamo is an AI personalized care coordinator for children with cerebral palsy. Our technology combines sensors in leg braces with digital twins to deliver treatment plans to clinicians and families. This creates efficiencies for clinicians and payers and improves outcomes for families, enabling better clinical decisions and making treatments—from bracing and physio to surgery—affordable.

Cirkled In is LinkedIn for Gen-Z youth– A modern, secure, and engaging online platform for youth to share their holistic accomplishments showcasing their talent and connecting them to the best-fit colleges, trade schools, employers & other endless opportunities, creating win-win.

FanatX is the stock market for sports. Our platform lets people freely buy and sell shares of sports propositions and futures in a liquid, free market like they would traditional stocks. FanatX gives sports fans a skill-based way to leverage their knowledge, invest in their sports beliefs, and compete against the market.

Flow is a location-based app that makes it easy to discover and access the places around you. We partner with commercial businesses like workspaces and gyms to fill underutilized space by providing nearby consumers with a flexible pay-as-you-go alternative to restrictive memberships and long-term commitments.

Idenati is the next-generation home screen for the internet. Our web app organizes all aspects of your digital life – from bookmarks to passwords to notes – in one beautiful and secure place, unlocking focus and productivity in the process.

Lever is a smart digital wallet platform to help consumers optimize credit card rewards, track spending, and improve credit scores. We aggregate multiple credit cards into a single card and select the best one for each transaction based on the user’s reward preferences and financial situation.

MedAux is an electronic medical record for outpatient care. Our text-based product automates outpatient follow-ups and records real-time clinical data inside the hospital EMR. We send automated multilingual follow-ups via text message and capture real-time clinical data for more efficient delivery of clinical care.  

MedCompli is a compliance program management system purpose-built for medical devices, pharmaceuticals, and biotech companies.  We provide an agile Governance, Risk & Compliance (GRC) cloud solution that combines powerful functionality with intuitive design to enhance enterprise GRC programs and simplify burdensome compliance requirements.

Netic is telehealth physical therapy for athletic Americans. Our remote chat-based care allows PTs and patients to share treatment plans, progress metrics, and videos for AI gait analysis. Starting with runners, we help people heal from injury with physical therapy that is convenient and affordable.

NILE is an end-to-end real estate transaction platform. Our software lets agents easily list, sell, and close homes in one vertically integrated system. We streamline how agents transact home sales using smart tools, AI, and workflow automation—so they can better serve their customers.

SquadOV is an intelligent video content platform for gamers. Our platform lets users  create content and improve gameplay with friends by giving them the tools to seamlessly record, find, and share key moments as a squad. SquadOV makes it possible for every user to become a content creator or pro-gamer.

Very Real Help is an anonymous mental health peer support platform. Help Club, our social virtual world, provides 24/7 access to real-time peer support. People log in as anonymous avatars using phones, computers, or VR headsets to attend groups and learn evidence-based tools for coping with mental health issues, and connect with a supportive community.

WearWorks is a haptic design company that builds products and experiences that communicate information through touch.  Our first product, Wayband, is a wristband that helps a person  navigate using only vibrations. Wayband helped the first blind person run in the NYC marathon without sighted assistance.

Whether is a platform that predicts the impact of extreme weather using a combination of remote sensing and AI. Our products help asset owners and risk managers intelligently prepare ahead of events like tornadoes and hurricanes, and react decisively during them.

About ERA

ERA is New York City’s leading technology accelerator and early-stage venture capital fund. It has invested in 240+ 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.

We are thrilled to share the fantastic news with you about our newest unicorn, Katapult (W’13): today the company successfully completed its combination with FinServAcquisition Corp. The combined company will operate as Katapult Holdings, Inc. and will trade on the Nasdaq under the ticker KPLT.

Congratulations to Brandon Wright, Chinedu Eleanya, Orlando Zayas and the entire team. We are incredibly proud of them and the transformative company they have built.

We met the company’s founders in the Fall of 2012— when they had just begun defining their new business—and became the company’s first investor in 2013.

Since then, Katapult has become the leader in e-commerce point-of-sale purchase options for nonprime U.S. consumers. Katapult provides cutting-edge technology that integrates seamlessly with online platforms, enabling its retail partners to expand their customer base, increase transactions, and grow revenue.

It has been our privilege to work with Katapult through its evolution, investing in its Seed, A, and B rounds. We look forward to seeing what’s next as Katapult continues to grow as a public company.

News Release: Katapult Completes Business Combination with FinServAcquisition Corp. & Announces Timing of First Quarter 2021 Financial Results Conference Call