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FreshTracks Capital

Venture capitaloperating company · company profile

Shelburne · Pre-Seed–Late Stage · 5 people tracked

Also known as ADDISONMANAGEMENT, INC.

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Investment thesis

FreshTracks Capital invests in early-stage businesses with a core focus on Vermont and surrounding regions. The firm looks for companies with the potential to build defensible competitive advantages and backs proven, high-performing management teams. Through multiple rounds and growth stages, it provides capital along with expertise, networks and resources to support innovative businesses. Its investments are made through a family of early-stage venture capital funds.

Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.

Stage
Pre-Seed–Late Stage
Check
$600K – $2M
HQ
Shelburne, Vermont, US
Leads rounds
Leads
Instruments
Equity
Founded
2000
Last 12 months
2 investments
AUM
$35M
VC funds
4
Tracked investments
46

Team · 5 people

from the firm's website & public directories

What they invest in

from 25 of 46 portfolio companies

Advanced Manufacturing ×10Healthtech ×4SaaS ×4AI & Machine Learning ×3Circular Economy ×3Climate Tech ×3Consumer ×3Data & Infrastructure ×3

HQs:United States×27

Who they back

founder profiles across 15 portfolio companies
60%
solo founders
9 of 15 mapped founding teams

Founding team size:solo founder×92 founders×6

Investments · 46 tracked

founders shown can be your intro path

By year:2026 · 12025 · 22024 · 12023 · 32018 · 12017 · 12015 · 22014 · 112 dated

Budnitz BicyclesApr 2015SEC filinghigh confidence

Advanced ManufacturingBurlington, US

Paul Budnitz(Founder)Nicholas Callaway(Founder)Jeremy Kent(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardThomas J. Whalen(Director)inCairn Cross(Director)in

Board seatCairn G. Cross· per SEC Form D · $600K raise · filed Apr 2015

DataBlenddatablend.cominJun 2023

DataBlend provides a data integration platform that connects financial ERP and corporate performance management applications via APIs, automating manual data movement and reporting for finance and accounting teams.

Data & InfrastructureFintechSaaSStowe, US

Ethan Carlson(Founder & Chief Product Officer)inLouis J. LaRocca(Director)David Furth(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)in

BoardLee E. Bouyea(Director)

Board seatLee Bouyea· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsDudley FundBigfoot CapitalFreshTracks Green Mountain

Image Relayimagerelay.comin𝕏Jul 2018

Burlington, US

Skye Chalmers(Founder)inJohn Skye Chalmers(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardLee E. Bouyea(Director)in

Board seatLee Bouyea· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsSaaS CapitalAudeo Capital

VermedxMay 2015SEC filingmedium confidence

HealthtechBurlington, US

Stanley Goldstein(Executive Officer, Director)Michael MacCaskey(Executive Officer)Benjamin Littenberg(Executive Officer, Director)Stanley M. Goldstein(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardHenry Tufo(Director)

Board seatLee Bouyea· per SEC Form D · $500K raise · filed May 2015

Acceleron
Aprexisaprexis.comSep 2023

Aprexis offers a platform for medication therapy management (MTM) and customizable clinical programs covering lifestyle medicine and disease management, using AI-driven patient stratification, a patient-facing mobile app, and EHR interoperability.

Digital HealthHealthtechSaaSMontpelier, US

MICHAEL HOWE(Executive Officer)

BoardROBERT SQUIRE(Director)

PartnerLee Bouyea· led

Co-investorsCORI InnovationVermont Center for Emerging Technologies (VCET)

AskForaaskfora.comin𝕏Oct 2023

AskFora is a text-based platform that connects young professionals to discuss career challenges and team dynamics.

AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkHR TechSaaSSocial

Co-investorsGlasswing VenturesKoa LabsPerkins Cove Partners

AskFora

PartnerLee Bouyea· led

Benchmark Space Systemsbenchmarkspacesystems.comin

South Burlington, US

Michael Ryan McDevitt(Corporate Secretary Chief Technology Officer)Matthew Shea(Chief Product Officer)Wesley Grove(CEO President)Matthew McShea(Executive Officer)

BoardChristopher Timchak(Director)James H Crook, Jr.(Director)

PartnerLee Bouyea· led

Co-investorsCreative Destruction Lab (CDL)Kluz VenturesLaunchCapitalVermont Center for Emerging Technologies (VCET)FreshTracks Green Mountain

Big Tree Farms

Advanced ManufacturingAshland, US

Frederick Lee Schilling(Executive Officer, Director)Benjamin Brown Ripple(Executive Officer, Director)Larry Burskin(Director)Deven Clemens(Director)Arthur Pergament(Director)G. Scott Greenburg(Executive Officer)

Co-investorsMirova

Caledonia Spiritscaledoniaspirits.comin

Caledonia Spirits produces distilled spirits made from local agricultural ingredients, with a stated focus on Vermont's farmland and terroir.

ConsumerFoodTech

Co-investorsDudley Fund

Critical Process Systems
Culture Fresh Foodsculturefreshfoods.com

Connecticut manufacturer of cultured dairy and plant-based dairy alternatives, producing private label, co-packed and own-brand products.

Advanced ManufacturingNaugatuck, US

Thomas Moffitt(President/CEO/Director/Founder)Thomas Moffit(President/CEO/Director/Founder of Culture Fresh Foods, Inc.)Michael Franchina(Executive Officer)

BoardSoren Oberg(Director)Brett Lauer(Director)Dimitri Pappas(Director)

Co-investorsCEI Ventures

Defendifydefendify.comin𝕏

Consolidated cybersecurity platform designed for small and medium-sized organizations without dedicated security teams.

CybersecurityPortland, US

T. Andrew Rinaldi(Executive Officer, Director)Rob Simopoulos(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardNorman Mentz(Director)Joe Raczka(Director)Jerry King(Director)

PartnerLee Bouyea· led

Co-investorsCEI VenturesThe Alchemy Fund

EatingWell Media Group
Faradayfaraday.ioin

Faraday is a customer context platform providing consumer and identity data on approximately 240 million U.S. adults, along with custom predictive machine learning models, delivered via API, MCP server, and batch deployment into a client's tech stack.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMarketing TechBurlington, US

Co-investorsLaunchCapital

Faradayfaraday.aiin

Faraday builds AI-powered software that predicts customer behavior for businesses, aiming to make customer experiences predictive.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMarketing TechSaaSBurlington, US

Co-investorsVermont Center for Emerging Technologies (VCET)

Farmer CompaniesDec 2025

Advanced ManufacturingBurlington, US

Adam Farmer(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)William Hooker(Executive Officer)Thomas H Moody(Director)Henry Mulholland(Director)

BoardEvan Metropoulos(Director)Bryan Cairns(Director)

Filabotfilabot.comin𝕏

Filabot builds desktop and industrial filament extrusion systems that turn plastic pellets, regrind, and recycled plastic into 3D printing filament.

Advanced ManufacturingCircular EconomyHardware

GetWell Network

Co-investorsLRVHealth

Glavelglavel.comin

Glavel produces foamed glass aggregate, a lightweight building material made from recycled glass that provides structural compressive strength, insulation, and drainage in a single product, replacing foam insulation, crushed stone, and lightweight fill.

Advanced ManufacturingCircular EconomyConstruction TechNew MaterialsBurlington, US

Robert Conboy(Executive Officer)

Greensea Systemsgreenseainc.com

Richmond, US

Benjamin Kinnaman(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardJohn A Kane(Director)John Broadmeadow(Director)Michele Asch(Director)James H Crook, Jr.(Director)

IXIS

PartnerLee Bouyea· led

Lost Lanternlostlanternwhiskey.comFeb 2025

Advanced ManufacturingWeybridge, US

Adam Polonski(Director)Nora Ganley-Roper(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardMark Bathgate(Director)Jeff Quint(Director)Thomas J. Whalen(Director)in

Co-investorsDudley FundVermont Center for Emerging Technologies (VCET)

Mamavamamava.comin𝕏

Mamava designs, engineers, and manufactures freestanding lactation pods for workplaces and public spaces, along with breastfeeding resources for employers and organizations and a free app that helps parents locate lactation spaces.

Advanced ManufacturingEnterprise SoftwareFemTechHardwareHealthtechWellness & FitnessBurlington, US

Christine Dodson(Co-founder & CEO)Sascha Mayer(Co-founder)Brian Werneke(Director)Michael Jager(Director)

BoardCairn Cross(Director)in

Co-investorsVermont Center for Emerging Technologies (VCET)FreshTracks Green Mountain

Massive Dimension
Medical Metrx Solutions
Murphy's Naturalsmurphysnaturals.comin𝕏

Murphy's Naturals makes natural insect-repellent and outdoor products designed to help people enjoy time outside without bug bites.

ConsumerDirect to ConsumerImpact & Social GoodWellness & FitnessRaleigh, US

Philip Freeman(Founder)Tanya Rhone(Director)Scott Ajac(Director)Jason Starr(Director)Laura Markley(Director)John Replogle(Director)

Co-investorsECP GrowthPoint King Capital

NativeEnergynativeenergy.comin𝕏Dec 2014

Native Energy helps organizations activate climate solutions and manage residual carbon emissions through validated climate action projects.

Climate TechEnergyImpact & Social GoodBurlington, US

Steven Massicotte(Director)Thomas C Stoddard(Executive Officer, Director)Jeffery W Bernicke(Executive Officer, Director)Robert Gough(Director)D. Chandler Jones(Director)Cairn Cross(Director)

Co-investorsCEI Ventures

NEHP

PartnerLee Bouyea· led

Ogeeogee.com

Ogee is a Vermont-based clean beauty brand selling certified-organic, jojoba-oil-based makeup and skincare.

Advanced ManufacturingBurlington, US

Abbott Stark(Executive Officer, Director)Alex Stark(Executive Officer, Director)Mark Rice(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsCEI Ventures

Polly
Quorum Data Inc.
Resonant Link Medicalrlmedical.comin

Resonant Link Medical develops wireless power and data transfer technology for implantable medical devices, enabling smaller, rechargeable, or battery-free implants.

HardwareHealthtechMedical DevicesSouth Burlington, US

Omari Bouknight(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardJeffrey Chu(Director)

PartnerLee Bouyea· led

Co-investorsACADEMY INVESTORAIN VenturesKaleida CapitalScout VenturesScout VenturesVermont Center for Emerging Technologies (VCET)

SAC Inc.Sep 2017

Advanced ManufacturingWilliston, US

Jameson Job(Executive Officer)

Solais
Sports Innovation Lab

PartnerLee Bouyea· led

Co-investorsAser Ventures

SunCommonsuncommon.comin

SunCommon is a residential and commercial solar installer that handles planning, financing, permitting, design, engineering, and construction of solar panel systems for homeowners, businesses, and community organizations.

CleantechClimate TechEnergy

TAHOAug 2024

Venice, US

Todd Smith(Executive Officer, Director)Justin Gelinas(Executive Officer, Director)

PartnerLee Bouyea· led

THINKmd
Verde Technologiesverdetechnologies.cominJan 2026

Verde Technologies develops ultra-thin, flexible perovskite solar cells using roll-to-roll manufacturing, offering high power-to-mass and radiation tolerance for space and defense power applications, with future terrestrial uses.

CleantechNew MaterialsSpace TechBurlington, US

Chad Miller(Co-founder & CTO)Richards Miller(President; Chief Executive Officer; Secretary; Director)Jean-Noël Poirier(CEO)Randall Headrick(Director)Skylar Bagdon(Director)

BoardSteve Bolze(Director)

Co-investorsThe Alchemy FundVermont Center for Emerging Technologies (VCET)

Vermont Nut Freevermontnutfree.com𝕏

Vermont Nut Free makes hand-made gourmet chocolates and confections produced free of nuts for people with nut allergies.

ConsumerDirect to ConsumerFoodTechGrand Isle, US

Virtual Peaker
Wasted
Zero Gravity
ZymoChemzymochem.comin𝕏

ZymoChem develops bio-based materials using proprietary Carbon Conserving (C2) microbes that convert renewable feedstocks into high-value materials with increased yields.

BiotechCircular EconomyClimate TechNew MaterialsSan Leandro, US

Harshal Chokhawala(Founder & CEO)

Co-investorsAccelr8Breakout LabsBreakout VenturesCavallo VenturesDudley FundPrime Partners+7 more

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.

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Frequently asked questions

How many investments has FreshTracks Capital made?
FreshTracks Capital has 43 tracked investments, including 3 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does FreshTracks Capital invest at?
FreshTracks Capital invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Late Stage stages.
What is FreshTracks Capital's typical check size?
FreshTracks Capital typically writes checks of $600K – $2M.
What sectors does FreshTracks Capital focus on?
FreshTracks Capital focuses on Advanced Manufacturing, Cleantech, Consumer, Energy, Healthtech, Sector Agnostic, Wellness & Fitness.
Where is FreshTracks Capital located?
FreshTracks Capital is headquartered in Shelburne, US.
Does FreshTracks Capital lead rounds?
Yes, FreshTracks Capital leads investment rounds.
Who does FreshTracks Capital co-invest with?
FreshTracks Capital most often shares deals with Vermont Center for Emerging Technologies (VCET), CEI Ventures, Dudley Fund, among 23 tracked co-investors.

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