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August 2022
It’s been a sizzling summer to remember, and the three latest additions to our portfolio are just as hot:
🔥 Prokeep – enabling 1,000+ distributors to communicate with customers in real-time 🔥 RepVue – providing sales hiring transparency via 75K+ user ratings for 12K+ organizations 🔥 Sumatra – democratizing real-time machine learning for data scientists
More details below – where you will also find our…
Team Updates: Nicole was promoted, and we welcomed Carolyn and Katie Founder Spotlight: Featuring Dr. Yael Katz of BrainCheck Unit Economics Workbook: Built to help you measure GTM efficiency Webinars: “Early Decisions that Matter” and “Back to the Office” Portfolio News: New executive hires and job openings
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Prokeep Joins the S3 Ventures Portfolio
Welcome Co-Founders Jack Carrere, McKay Johnson, Mark Kanof, and the entire Prokeep team to the S3 portfolio! Prokeep is the first and only communications and commerce platform built exclusively for distributors — saving contractors hundreds of thousands of hours monthly across the customer base! We are excited to take part in their $9M Seed funding, led by our friends at Ironspring Ventures.
Read the press release… |
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S3 Ventures Leads RepVue’s $5M Seed Round
We are thrilled to welcome Founder and CEO Ryan Walsh and the RepVue team to the S3 portfolio! With 75K+ ratings of 12K+ sales organizations, RepVue provides the transparency salespeople need to make fully-informed career decisions — while enabling employers to more effectively target top talent.
Read the press release… |
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Sumatra Seed Round Led by S3 Ventures
Welcome Sumatra Co-Founders Greg Kuhlmann and Lucas McGrew to the S3 portfolio! Sumatra’s platform provides data teams with a simpler way to deploy real-time machine learning. We are thrilled to lead their $1.5M Seed round with participation from AI Sprouts, Data Power Ventures, and Sentiero Ventures.
Read the press release… |
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Welcome to our newest Associates – Carolyn and Katie!
Join us in welcoming Carolyn Houren and Katie Wallis! Carolyn brings six years of experience in consulting, finance, and operations, while Katie joined us after three years in McKinsey & Company’s Atlanta and London offices.
Meet Carolyn… | Meet Katie…
Congratulations Nicole!
We are thrilled to announce the promotion of Nicole Bentz to Senior Associate! Nicole joined us early last year and supported multiple investments – including BrainCheck, Civic Eagle, Genda, LeanDNA, Levelset (acq. by Procore), Liquibase, RepVue, Sudozi, Sumatra, Upkey, and Videate.
More about Nicole… |
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Get to Know: Dr. Yael Katz, Ph.D.
Get to know BrainCheck’s Co-Founder & CEO Yael Katz, as she shares stories of her childhood entrepreneurial spirit and lessons learned during her startup journey – including the challenge of learning to drive after moving to Texas from New York!
Read the interview… |
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WEBINAR — Early Decisions that Matter: What Every Startup Should Know Before their First VC Fundraise
This one-hour webinar will feature an expert panel discussing how to avoid common financial, legal, and tax mistakes made early in a company’s life that can cost founders millions of dollars in an exit. Topics will include LLC vs. C-Corp, board structure, stock options, co-founder vesting, and QSBS. Register now… |
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WEBINAR — Back to the Office: Strategies for Post-Pandemic Work Environments
We recently co-hosted a panel discussion—featuring Tim Herman, CEO/Co-Founder of UpEquity; Yael Katz, CEO/Co-Founder of BrainCheck; and Scott Studzinski, Partner at Elevate Growth Partners—to discuss trends in workspace planning, remote work policies, and their impact on company operations and culture.
Watch the webinar replay… |
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Updated: Unit Economics Workbook
Strong unit economics give investors the confidence that your go-to-market strategy is sound and budgets are well spent. Our Unit Economics Workbook helps companies segment, calculate, and visualize key metrics. |
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Mark Di Marco joined Buildforce as VP of Engineering in May 2022. An engineering leader with 10+ years experience, he has led teams at data.world, Waldo Photos, and Bazaarvoice.
Learn more about Mark |
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Cory Terre was promoted to VP of Training & Development at Atmosphere in July 2022. Prior to joining Atmosphere in January 2021 as Director of Training & Development, he worked in Sales at GoDaddy and Main Street Hub.
Learn more about Cory |
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Jordan Weinstein joined RepVue as VP of Business Development in July 2022. He is an entrepreneurial leader with a track record of profitable business impact. Jordan’s expertise spans across health tech, e-commerce, and software in the US and Europe.
Learn more about Jordan |
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Check out the 100+ openings on our Job Board, and join our Talent Network to be discovered by our entire portfolio of companies. When you join our Talent Network, you can also opt-in to receive alerts about new postings.
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We invest in Seed, Series A, and Series B companies with checks ranging from $500K to $10M. If you are looking for an investor, please reach out!
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S3 Ventures is the largest venture capital firm focused on Texas. Backed by a philanthropic, multi-billion-dollar family for 17+ years, we empower great entrepreneurs with the commitment to patient capital and true resources required to grow extraordinary, high-impact companies in Business Technology, Digital Experiences, and Healthcare Technology.
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