We’re thrilled that Inc.’s Best Workplaces 2022 included alum from three ERA companies. Here they are:
We’re thrilled that Inc.’s Best Workplaces 2022 included alum from three ERA companies. Here they are:
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.
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:
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.
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.
We are thrilled to share fantastic news with you about our latest unicorn, TripleLift: the company has been acquired by Vista Equity Partners for $1.4B.
Congratulations to Eric, Shaun, Ari and the whole team! We are incredibly proud of them and the amazing company they have built.
We met the team at the end of 2011— in the earliest days of their exploring a new business—and became the company’s first investor in 2012. Since then, we have seen them become one of the most important adtech companies in the world. TripleLift’s development from Native programmatic — to display, video and branded content — to commercializing breakthrough products in Connected TV — has been nothing short of remarkable.
We have been so fortunate to have worked with them every step of the way and can’t wait to see what’s next for the company as it enters its next new chapter.
TripleLift news release: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/adtech-leader-triplelift-announces-majority-investment-from-vista-equity-partners-301257437.html
Each has been named a best startup employer by Forbes.
Read more here.
Forbes has created the Next 1000. We’re thrilled that the first class of 250 standouts includes alum from ERA companies! Here they are:
New York—January 11, 2021—Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA) today announced that it has selected its Winter 2021 class, which begins today. 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 20th program. ERA’s initial investment in participant companies is $100,000.
BaristaValet is an app-based virtual coffee shop platform for luxury residential buildings. We deliver a premium lifestyle amenity – the essential local coffee-shop experience – directly to renters’ doorsteps, so they can save time and stay in. Based on cost-efficient ghost cafes, BaristaValet scales quickly and helps property developers offer experiential F&B amenities and generate more revenue.
BlendED is a marketplace for college learning materials. We use machine learning to analyze syllabi and recommend the best materials from our network. We help professors sell the content they produce to professors seeking fresh content for their courses, and enable under-resourced professors to teach their best.
CarrotFi is a software platform that improves debt resolution for lenders and consumers. We help financial institutions better engage with distressed mortgage customers, helping to increase recoveries and save more homes from foreclosure. Our AI decisioning algorithms recommend actions to improve borrower health while also boosting lender profitability.
FixFake is an authentication-as-a-service platform for e-commerce resellers and retailers. Our APIs verify the provenance of products, detect potential fraud, and accelerate authentication in inventory processing. We improve margins by reducing verification costs and drive new revenue by increasing throughput for e-commerce platforms.
GETMr. is a preventive health and wellness skincare brand for men. Starting with The Daily, a 3-in-1 moisturizer, aftershave, and broad-spectrum sunscreen, our products improve overall skin health and reduce the risk of cancer and skin damage. Our dermatologist developed, all-natural skincare products are safe, effective, and have been formulated for men’s skincare needs.
Hopscotch is a technology company for in-person and virtual pediatric behavioral healthcare. Our HIPAA-compliant telehealth platform gives providers gamified interventions for patient sessions and homework, tools to enable data-driven care, and dedicated family/child portals. We improve patient outcomes through adherence to treatment follow-up, expand access to care, and give providers and families transparency into the child’s progress.
neurobotx is an autonomous brain-derived spatial AI company. We use event-based sensors combined with standard video cameras to remove all unnecessary data and provide companies with actionable intelligence. We improve our customers’ business model towards autonomous robotics. neurobotx is based on 30 years of Nobel Laureate R&D, with commitments in construction, aerospace, and automotive corporations.
OTONOMI is a parametric insurance solution for carriers. Starting with travel coverage, our infrastructure technology automates claims, digitizes policy distribution, and generates predictive analytics. We help insurance carriers reduce claim admin costs by 90%, increase sales for travel distributors, and expedite consumer claim refunds.
Revmo is an enterprise platform that allows professionals to find other professionals in their network and their network’s network. Our unique algorithm allows users to connect and interact with desired contacts quickly and naturally through close, familiar connections while masking the relationship owner’s identity.
Sensegrass is a soil intelligence platform for fertilizer management. We use a combination of AI-based recommendations and soil sensors to deliver real-time soil health analyses and targeted nutrient management. We help farmers and companies reduce chemical fertilizer use, increase crop yields, and grow more sustainably.
The Verticale is a digital retailer for the new era of consumerism where people can discover innovative, value-driven brands (DTC/DNVBs) – in one trusted place. Our dynamic approach merges content and commerce, bringing the consumer a new shopping experience centered around newness, brand affinity, and conscious consumerism.
About Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA)
Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator (ERA) is New York City’s leading technology accelerator and early-stage venture capital fund. It has invested in 226+ 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 $4 billion in market capitalization.