The Portfolio

Our portfolio is composed of software companies across the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom, from Series A to Series E.

Based in Boston, Rooster streamlines interview scheduling on Workday.

Date of Investment

November 22, 2024

Amount

$3,000,000

Fund

BSV Fund X and XI

Role

Lead Investor

Co-Investors

None

Based in New Jersey, Appfront makes online ordering seamless and personalized.

Date of Investment

November 14, 2024

Amount

$3,000,000

Fund

BSV Fund X

Role

Lead Investor

Co-Investors

None

Based in Vancouver, Bucketlist allows teams to reward and acknowledge each other.

Date of Investment

December 21, 2023

Amount

$4,209,898

Fund

BSV Fund X

Role

Lead Investor

Co-Investors

Channel Equity, THCapital

Based in Ottawa, Autocorp remotely qualifies car buyers up front.

Date of Investment

December 11, 2023

Amount

$3,676,470

Fund

BSV Fund IX and X

Role

Lead Investor

Co-Investors

None

Based in Lakewood, NJ Megadata unifies skilled nursing facility data, streamlining transparency and ops.

Date of Investment

June 14, 2023

Amount

$965,000

Fund

BSV Fund X

Role

Co-investor

Co-Investors

Channel Equity, Blueprint

Based in Durham, North Carolina, Teamworks is the next generation of digital software for athletic organizations and the players that drive them.

Date of Investment

June 13, 2022

Amount

$3,000,000

Fund

BSV Fund IX

Role

Co-investor

Co-Investors

Delta-V, General Catalyst, Seaport

Based in London, gain an edge by unifying, measuring and analyzing all your customer feedback in real time with Chattermill.

Date of Investment

May 26, 2022

Amount

$3,250,000

Fund

BSV Fund VIII

Role

Co-investor

Co-Investors

Runa, DN Capital

Based in London, Bulbshare helps the world’s leading organizations stay ahead of the game through customer collaboration.

Date of Investment

November 26, 2021

Amount

$2,312,341

Fund

BSV Fund VIII

Role

Lead

Co-Investors

Downing Street

Based in San Diego, Cordial is the cross-channel messaging and data platform for customer-obsessed brands. Collect all of your customer data in one platform, and use it to build audience segments, discover trends, and automate customer experiences at enterprise scale.

Date of Investment

March 15, 2021 and July 15, 2022

Amount

$1,000,000 and $2,000,000

Fund

BSV Fund VII and BSV Fund IX

Role

Co-investor

Co-Investors

Newspring, ABS, Ankona

Based in Boston, RapidMiner is a data science software platform providing an integrated environment for data preparation, machine learning, and predictive analytics.

Date of Investment

October 2, 2020 and July 30, 2021 and December 20, 2021

Amount

$3,900,000 total

Fund

BSV Fund VII and BSV Fund VIII

Role

Co-investor

Co-Investors

Ascent, Longworth, Nokia

Based in New York, Zype is the all-in-one digital video distribution and management hub.

Date of Investment

June 26, 2020

Amount

$500,000

Fund

BSV Fund VII

Role

Co-investor

Co-Investors

SB Projects

Based in San Francisco, Rollbar is the leading continuous code improvement platform that proactively

Date of Investment

March 4, 2020

Amount

$1,000,000

Fund

BSV Fund VI

Role

Co-investor

Co-Investors

Runa Capital

Based in San Francisco, Celigo is an integration platform across many applications

Date of Investment

September 26, 2019 and December 3, 2021

Amount

$1,000,000 and $4.9mm

Fund

BSV Fund VI and BSV Fund VIII

Role

Co-investor

Co-Investors

NewSpring Capital, OMERS, TVC

Based in Dallas, Modern Message engages apartment communities with their residents

Date of Investment

December 19, 2018

Amount

$350,000

Fund

BSV Fund V

Role

Investor in $2.5mm round

Co-Investors

AXA Venture Partners

Based in Washington DC, Contactually is the leading CRM for real estate professionals

Date of Investment

August 20, 2018

Amount

$1,000,000

Fund

BSV Fund V

Role

Secondary purchase from co-founder

Co-Investors

None

Based in San Diego, successful enterprise marketers use SOCi to manage their reputation and social content at a local level.

Date of Investment

August 1, 2018 & December 20, 2019 & January 31, 2023

Amount

$1,200,000 followed by $1,200,000 followed by $2,300,000

Fund

BSV Fund V & VI & IX

Role

Investor in $10mm & $15mm round

Co-Investors

Greyhawk, Vertical Ventures, Ankona

Based in Boulder, TextUs is the most popular business texting software for professionals.

Date of Investment

May 25, 2018

Amount

$1,000,000

Fund

BSV Fund V

Role

Lead investor of $1.5mm Series A

Co-Investors

insiders

Based in Boston, Apptopia provides app intelligence and data allowing you to monitor competitors, acquire more users, and make the right strategic decisions.

Date of Investment

April 4, 2018

Amount

$806,000

Fund

BSV Fund IV

Role

Lead investor of $2.6mm Series A

Co-Investors

Sound Ventures, Newfund, Mark Cuban

Based in San Francisco, AppBuddy‘s software is the easiest and most productive way to work with your CRM data in Salesforce and SAP Hybris C4C.

Date of Investment

January 18, 2018

Amount

$850,000

Fund

BSV Fund IV

Role

Co-lead in $3,000,000 priced round

Co-Investors

Runa Capital

Based in Boston, Lovepop makes intricate 3D paper sculpture cards hand-crafted in the Asian art form of sliceform kirigami.

Date of Investment

February 21, 2017 & December 22, 2017

Amount

$1,020,080

Fund

DAN Fund III, BSV Fund IV & V

Role

Minority investor in $5.3mm round and $12.5mm round

Co-Investors

Accomplice, Highland Capital

Based in NYC, Unite US is a collaborative platform that coordinates care across all social determinants of health, streamlining the delivery of health and human services to indigent and at-risk populations.

Date of Investment

September 19, 2017

Amount

$749,999 (22% of BSV Fund IV)

Fund

BSV Fund IV

Role

Minority investor in $4mm Series A

Co-Investors

Omidyar Ventures

Based in San Francisco, Ascendify is a talent management solution that facilitates the finding, hiring, and strategic career planning of companies with complex, global work forces.

Date of Investment

May 5, 2017

Amount

$199,669

Fund

BSV Fund IV

Role

Minority investor. Acquired shares as part of secondary purchase from existing investor.

Co-Investors

Canaan, GE Ventures, Cisco

Based in Kansas City, DivvyHQ is a content planning and scheduling tool built to help marketers and content producers get organized and execute content-centric marketing initiatives.

Date of Investment

June 12, 2015 & December 16, 2016

Amount

$510,092 (27% of DAN Fund II) & $500,000 (20% of DAN Fund III)

Fund

DAN Fund II & DAN Fund III

Role

Lead and largest investor in $1.3mm class B preferred stock; DAN Fund has a board seat. Followed on as lead in a $540k note.

Co-Investors

Dundee

Based in Seattle, Apptentive allows brands to have direct conversations with their customers via the brand’s apps.

Date of Investment

November 11, 2016

Amount

$600,000 (24% of DAN Fund III)

Fund

DAN Fund III

Role

Minority investor in $5mm Series A

Co-Investors

Origin Ventures, Vulcan, Survey Monkey

Based in NYC, BrandYourself controls what people find when they Google your name, displacing undesirable search results, and monitoring your online reputation.

Date of Investment

May 9, 2016

Amount

$600,000 (24% of DAN Fund III)

Fund

DAN Fund III

Role

Lead investor in $1mm+ round. DAN Fund has a board observation right.

Co-Investors

New Atlantic Ventures and insiders

Based in Los Angeles, Three Day Rule is a personalized matchmaking company.

Date of Investment

February 8, 2016

Amount

$650,000 (25% of DAN Fund III)

Fund

DAN Fund III

Role

Lead and largest investor in a $1.19mm Series A. DAN Fund has a board seat.

Co-Investors

Match.com

Based in Atlanta, Revegy delivers a complete set of visual tools that help companies see what is actually happening within any account or active deal, enabling sales professionals to plan more forward-looking strategies.

Date of Investment

September 14, 2015

Amount

$510,091 (27% of DAN Fund II)

Fund

DAN Fund II

Role

Co-lead in $3mm series A preferred stock; DAN Fund structured and syndicated the deal and has a board seat

Co-Investors

Runa Capital

Based in Dallas, NEED Edition provides a monthly limited selection of clothing that men, well, need.

Date of Investment

February 9, 2015

Amount

$50,244 (2.6% of DAN Fund II)

Fund

DAN Fund II

Role

Minority investor in $115,000 convertible note

Co-Investors

angels

Based in New York, Convey is a candidate engagement platform that makes sure great candidates don’t slip through HR cracks.

Date of Investment

November 21, 2014

Amount

$450,317 (24% of DAN Fund II)

Fund

DAN Fund II

Role

Minority investor with board observation right in $2.4mm series A1 preferred stock

Co-Investors

Starvest, Emerald Stage

Based in Chicago, SpotHero allows users to find, reserve, and pay for parking spots in advance.

Date of Investment

May 30, 2014

Amount

$339,622 (33% of DAN Fund I)

Fund

DAN Fund I

Role

Minority investor in $4.5mm series A preferred stock

Co-Investors

Insight Venture Partners, Battery Ventures, Bullpen Capital, OCA Ventures

Based in Dallas, ImageVision‘s technology identifies actions, objects, and people in video and pictures.

Date of Investment

December 10, 2013

Amount

$339,625 (33% of DAN Fund I)

Fund

DAN Fund I

Role

Largest investor in $739k of convertible notes; DAN Fund has a board seat

Co-Investors

GPG Ventures, InQTel, AmFam, Walden, Javelin

Based in Detroit, Leveleleven is sales motivation software that creates competitions around metrics to drive specific sales behaviors and KPIs.

Date of Investment

May 9, 2014 & October 9, 2014

Amount

$339,625 (33% of DAN Fund I) & $400,000 (21% of DAN Fund II)

Fund

DAN Fund I & DAN Fund II

Role

Minority investor in $2.8mm convertible note round

Co-Investors

Detroit Venture Partners, Salesforce.com