Blue Heron Capital — 2025 Investments
3 investments dated 2025 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all
Vend is a parking company that combines an AI-driven technology platform with in-house operations, acting as the direct operator of parking at commercial properties rather than selling software to legacy operators.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareIoTMobility & TransportationPropTechSaaS
Karan Singhal(Co-Founder & CTO)inMichael Miele(Co-Founder & CEO)Pritesh Chandarana(COO)Tony Albanese(Head of Revenue)Lauren Mead(Fractional CMO)
Co-investorsCommunitas Capital PartnersAlumni VenturesAPA Venture PartnersDERIVE VENTURESFloating Point
Vend, now part of Lightspeed and marketed as Lightspeed Retail (X-Series), is a cloud-based point-of-sale and retail management platform for retailers to manage inventory, sales, customers, payments, and reporting across in-store and online channels.
E-commerceRetail TechSaaS
Vaughan Fergusson(Founder)Vaughan Rowsell(Founder)
Co-investorsCommunitas Capital PartnersFolklore VenturesMovacPoint NinePunakaiki FundQualgro+6 more
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