Portfolio

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
discovers, predicts, and remediates errors with real-time AI-assisted workflows.
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
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 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

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