Circadian Ventures
Venture capitalActively deployingAtlanta · Seed–Series A · 13 people tracked
Investment thesis
Circadian Ventures is a values-driven, founder-focused early-stage venture firm investing in technology companies across sectors such as cybersecurity, fintech, AI, and data analytics. The firm emphasizes service to founders, integrity, transparency, positivity, and philanthropy. It supports portfolio companies through a Technology Advisory Council of experienced CIOs and operators who provide expertise to drive innovation and growth.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 7, 2026.
Team · 13 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 30 of 35 portfolio companiesSaaS ×16AI & Machine Learning ×12Enterprise Software ×9Consumer ×5Data & Infrastructure ×5Fintech ×4Logistics & Supply Chain ×4Marketing Tech ×4
HQs:United States×18
Who they back
founder profiles across 13 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×92 founders×23 founders×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
Investments · 35 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12025 · 22024 · 22022 · 22021 · 32017 · 111 dated
CompliantRx provides AI-based compliance software for durable medical equipment (DME) providers, automating medical record review, data extraction, and payer-compliant addendum generation to reduce claim denials and audit risk.
AI & Machine LearningHealthtechSaaSCoral Springs, US
Adam Nadler(Executive Officer, Director)Adam Handfinger(Executive Officer, Director)Rhiannon Sullivan(Executive Officer)
Board seatMichael Dowdle· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsFortySix Venture Capital
Austin, US
Dane Witbeck(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatMichael Dowdle· per SEC Form D · $2.4M raise · filed Dec 2021
IRALOGIX provides a white-labeled, purpose-built IRA platform that lets financial institutions manage individual retirement accounts at any balance, including low-balance accounts.
Enterprise SoftwareFintechSaaSPittsburgh, US
Peter Littlejohn(Founder)inTHOMAS G. ANDERSON(Director)ANNE ARCHIBALD(Executive Officer)DAVID BERNARD(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardRYAN WEBER(Director)in
Board seatMichael DowdleMichael B. Dowdle· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsBeresford VenturesCreativeCoGreat North VenturesRiverfront Ventures, LLC
Nashville, US
Deborah Gordon(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardGalina Antova(Ms. Antova is a member of the board of directors.)Aakash Patel(Mr. Patel is a member of the board of directors.)
Board seatMichael Dowdle· per SEC Form D · $6.5M raise · filed Dec 2024
Provides cybersecurity compliance software that unifies security processes, tracking, and reporting across multiple frameworks.
Atlanta, US
Jacob Ferro(Director)
BoardMike Dowdle(Director)Armistead Whitney(Executive Officer, Director)in
Co-investorsGRA VentureGray VenturesMainsail Partners
Awe Inspired designs and sells handcrafted jewelry, including necklaces and pendants themed around goddesses and symbols of strength, marketed to women.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerce
Jill Johnson(Founder)
Co-investorsTrue.
Cellphire Therapeutics develops platelet-based and freeze-dried cellular therapeutics for transfusion medicine, focused on controlling hemorrhage.
BiotechMedical DevicesRockville, US
Michael Gaffney(Executive Officer, Director)inDavid Hirsh(Director)Cristiane Wolfe(Executive Officer)Angela Howerton(Executive Officer)Rob Woods(Executive Officer)
BoardPamela Conley(Director)
Co-investorsManta Ray Ventures
Co-investorsBeresford VenturesFlorida Funders
Click (ClickDimensions) provides marketing automation tools built natively for Microsoft Dynamics 365 and CRM, covering email marketing, campaign automation, lead scoring, web intelligence, surveys, web forms, landing pages, and reporting.
Enterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaS
Co-investorsAccel-KKR
Cloud Range provides a cloud-based cyber range platform that runs live-fire cyberattack simulations in realistic replica enterprise environments to test, train, and validate the readiness of security teams and agentic AI.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecuritySaaS
Co-investorsConnetic VenturesRiverside Acceleration CapitalTech Square VenturesTechFarms Capital
Cloverly provides Catalyst, a commercial operating system for carbon credit project developers to manage inventory, pricing, sales, and delivery and to reach sales channels and buyers from one system.
CleantechClimate TechSaaSAtlanta, US
Jason Rubottom(Executive Officer, Director)James Heath(Director)
BoardAnthony Oni(Director)Vasant Kamath(Director)inMike Dowdle(Director)in
Co-investorsBackwards CapitalCreativeCoKnoll VenturesMission One CapitalNew Climate VenturesOpen Opportunity Fund+1 more
Coginiti offers a "Semantic Intelligence" platform that lets data teams develop, govern, and deploy trusted business logic — from SQL-based data workbench to an AI-ready semantic layer — across more than 21 database platforms.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareAtlanta, US
Matthew Mullins(Chief Technology Officer & Co-Founder)Rick Hall(CEO)
Co-investorsBeresford VenturesCreativeCoOUTBOUND CAPITALTech Square VenturesLytical Ventures
CPO Outlets is an online retailer selling reconditioned and refurbished power tools, including brands such as DeWALT and Makita, offering them to consumers at discounted prices.
ConsumerE-commerceRetail Tech
dataplor provides a global location intelligence platform offering data on over 200 million points of interest and privacy-compliant foot traffic signals.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software
Co-investorsAPA Venture PartnersBlue Ivy VenturesF-Prime CapitalMagma PartnersNavigate VenturesQuest Venture Partners+3 more
Demand Driven Technologies offers Intuiflow, software for demand planning, forecasting, and inventory management aimed at manufacturing and supply chain teams.
Advanced ManufacturingLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS
Co-investorsAlerion VenturesJohnson Venture Partners
Flourish is a cannabis ERP and seed-to-sale platform that unifies cultivation, manufacturing, distribution, and retail operations, with real-time inventory tracking, analytics dashboards, and automated track-and-trace compliance.
Enterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS
Bennett Adams(Founder)in
Co-investors7thirtyKrillion Ventures
Hermeus is a high-speed aircraft manufacturer developing unmanned, hypersonic aircraft for defense and national security missions.
Defense TechHardwareAtlanta, US
AJ Piplica(Founder)inSkyler Shuford(Founder)inRichard Boyle(Director)Erle Glenn Case IV(Executive Officer)William Roper(Director)Anthony John Piplica(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsBling CapitalBrave CapitalCanaan PartnersFundamental VenturesHyperguapIn-Q-Tel+4 more
Intellectible is an automation platform for document-heavy, complex business processes, combining AI and SaaS expertise to handle high-stakes workflow execution.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareGovTechSaaSAustin, US
Jesse Lozano(Founder)inReuben Carter(Co-founder & CTO)inRosie Higgins(Co-founder & CPO)inArmistead Whitney(Director)in
Co-investorsAllied Venture PartnersBread And Butter Ventures, LlcCapital FactoryTechstarsBread Butter VenturesPlug and Play Ventures
iScribe builds an EHR-integrated mobile platform with AI-assisted clinical documentation and E&M coding tools for specialty medical practices such as orthopedics and urology.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHealthtechNashville, US
Pat Williams(CEO & Co-Founder)inJustin Hipps(COO & Co-Founder)inJoe Williams(Founder)inSusan Driscoll(Director)Justin C. Hipps(Executive Officer, Director)Jesse Cuthrell(Executive Officer)
Aviation Week is an aerospace and aviation industry media brand providing news, podcasts, webinars, and market intelligence covering commercial air transport, business aviation, MRO, defense, and space.
Data & InfrastructureMedia & Entertainment
Co-investorsKindred VenturesVoyager Partners
ketteQ offers PolymatiQ, an agentic AI engine that powers intelligent planning and CRM agents for enterprise supply chain decision-making across demand, inventory, production, and customer service.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply Chain
Co-investorsBarkawi GroupVocap Partners
Octane11 is an AI-powered B2B marketing analytics platform that unifies paid media, CRM activity, intent data, and web engagement into a single view so marketing teams can measure channel performance and ROI.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS
Dan Rosenberg(Founder)
Co-investorsJavelin Venture PartnersRRE VenturesHoneystone VenturesMathCapital
Pinwheel manufactures smartphones and smartwatches designed for children and teens, featuring parental controls, app curation, contact safeguards, and location tracking.
ConsumerHardware
Co-investorsCentral Texas Angel NetworkNotable CapitalAmex VenturesFirst Round CapitalFranklin TempletonGGV Capital+3 more
Pinwheel provides API-based connections to payroll, income, investment, and payments data sources, giving businesses real-time access to their customers' financial information.
Data & InfrastructureFintechSaaS
Co-investorsCoatue ManagementEQUIAMGrand VenturesNotable CapitalTq Ventures LlcTriton Capital+3 more
Precog provides automated data integration (ELT) using multi-dimensional algebra and AI-powered schema detection to transform complex object data from APIs, SaaS applications, and IoT platforms into business-ready data.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintechBoulder, US
Jeff Carr(Founder)in
Co-investorsFirstMile VenturesGreater Colorado Venture FundRange VCStreamlined VenturesTechstarsVenture Guides Management, L.P.+2 more
Rent Ready provides a software platform that manages the apartment turnover process, including scheduling, tracking, payments, and quality control for multifamily communities.
Enterprise SoftwarePropTechSaaSCharlotte, US
Jonathan Kite(Co-Founder & CEO)inRyan C. McMillan(Executive Officer, Director)William P. Brugh, Jr.(Executive Officer, Director)Scott B. Perper(Director)
Co-investorsAlerion VenturesCreativeCoRelevance VenturesVesta Ventures
RoadSync provides digital payment and accounts payable software for the transportation industry, focused on heavy truck repair shops, towing companies, and vendors.
FintechLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSAtlanta, US
Robin Gregg(CEO)Matthew Chanoff(Director)Lansing Tyler Scriven(Director)
Co-investorsBLH Venture Partners, LLCClocktower VenturesCompanyon VenturesEQUIAMExcelestar VenturesGray Ventures+7 more
Softwear Automation develops fully automated sewing robots (Sewbots) that enable on-demand, local manufacturing for the apparel industry.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningRoboticsAtlanta, US
Palaniswamy Rajan(Executive Officer, Director)Peter Schoenthaler(Executive Officer)John Lee(Executive Officer)inMichael Greenlee(Executive Officer)
BoardThomas Borglum Jensen(Director)Harish Mamtani(Director)in
Co-investorsMonta Vista CapitalSilicon Road VenturesSRI Capital
Soundstripe provides royalty-free music, sound effects, and related audio content for use by video creators and other media producers.
Creator EconomyMedia & EntertainmentSaaSNashville, US
Micah Sannan(Executive Officer, Director)inTrevor Hinesley(Founder)inJeff Perkins(Executive Officer, Director)Robert Olmstead(Director)Travis Terrell(Director)William Hinesley(Director)
Co-investorsEscalate Capital PartnersGrit Capital PartnersOverlineVocap PartnersCraft VenturesTopmark Partners+1 more
CisionOne is a media intelligence platform offering media monitoring across print, online, TV, radio, social, podcast and magazine channels, along with analytics, reporting, journalist outreach, and social listening.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaSAustin, US
Anthony Bruno(Executive Officer)Matthew Allison(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardMorgan Flager(Director)inBlair Garrou(Director)inErik Huddleston(Executive Officer, Director)inAlan Taetle(Director)in
Co-investorsHarmony PartnersMercury FundMultiplier CapitalNoro-Moseley PartnersRaptor GroupSilverton Partners
VeroSkills provides an AI-agent platform for staffing and recruiting teams that automates sourcing, resume screening, candidate ranking, dynamic voice interviews, license verification, and reference checks.
AI & Machine LearningHR TechSaaS
Co-investorsAmbassadors Impact NetworkEagle VentureMu VenturesService Provider CapitalVisible VenturesMOTIVATE VENTURES
Voxie is an SMS marketing platform built for franchise and multi-location businesses, offering personalized text messaging tools such as its "Franchise Hub" to help brands communicate with customers.
Marketing TechSaaSSales TechAlpharetta, US
Ionut Bogdan Constantin(Executive Officer, Director)Andy Powell(Director)Kyle Porter(Director)John C. Ale, Jr.(Director)Wain Kellum(Director)
Co-investorsAtlanta Tech VillageNoro-Moseley Partners
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Exits · 1
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioTrendkiteacq. by Cision
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesApptega · einnews.com · Jul 30, 2026
Intellectible · intelligence360.news · Jul 9, 2026
ketteQ · lokad.com · Dec 13, 2025
VeroSkills · hrtech-pulse.com · Oct 30, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Circadian Ventures made?
- Circadian Ventures has 35 tracked investments, 1 of which have exited via acquisition or IPO, including 4 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Circadian Ventures invest at?
- Circadian Ventures invests at the Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Circadian Ventures's typical check size?
- Circadian Ventures typically writes checks of $500K – $1.5M.
- What sectors does Circadian Ventures focus on?
- Circadian Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Biotech, Cybersecurity, Data & Infrastructure, Direct to Consumer, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Healthtech, Logistics & Supply Chain, Marketing Tech, PropTech, Retail Tech, Robotics, SaaS, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Circadian Ventures located?
- Circadian Ventures is headquartered in Atlanta, US.
- Who does Circadian Ventures co-invest with?
- Circadian Ventures most often shares deals with CreativeCo, Beresford Ventures, Tech Square Ventures, among 95 tracked co-investors.
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