Knoll Ventures
Venture capitalAtlanta · Pre-Seed–Series A · 3 people tracked
Investment thesis
Knoll Ventures invests in founders it calls outliers: creative thinkers, change-makers, and innovators who challenge conventional norms. The firm supports early-stage startups, having led first financing rounds and participated in seed rounds for its portfolio. Beyond capital, Knoll positions itself as a hands-on but not overbearing partner, providing help with fundraising strategy, pro forma modeling, and introductions to customers, prospects, future investors, advisors, and partners. Portfolio testimonials emphasize the firm's extensive network and its ability to add value when needed while letting founders focus on execution.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 11, 2026.
Team · 3 people
from public directories
What they invest in
from 21 of 39 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×13SaaS ×11Enterprise Software ×9Marketing Tech ×6Sales Tech ×3AdTech ×2Climate Tech ×2Cloud Computing ×2
HQs:United States×17Denmark×1
Investments · 39 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12025 · 12024 · 22022 · 12021 · 22020 · 18 dated
Chapel Hill, US
RYAN WALSH(Executive Officer, Director)M. SCOT WINGO(Director)
Board seatRichard Fraim· per SEC Form D
Fort Lauderdale, US
Brian Katz(Executive Officer, Director)Phillip Dunn II(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardPhilip H. Dunn II(Director)
Board seatRichard Fraim· per SEC Form D · $200K raise · filed Jul 2025
Chowder Financial offers point-of-sale credit and lease-to-own financing that contractors provide to homeowners, including those with challenged credit, for household system replacements and repairs.
Fintech
Tuscaloosa, US
Erik Johnson(Executive Officer)Gavin Baum-Blake(Executive Officer)
Cloverly provides a software platform for carbon credit project developers to manage inventory, pricing, sales, and delivery across multiple sales channels and buyers.
Climate TechSaaSAtlanta, US
Anthony Oni(Director)Jason Rubottom(Executive Officer, Director)James Heath(Director)
BoardVasant Kamath(Director)Mike Dowdle(Director)
ConverseNow provides customizable voice AI for hospitality and service businesses to automate customer interactions, improve satisfaction, and reduce staffing needs.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software
Daupler develops a response management platform for utilities, public works, and service organizations to manage service requests and emergency situations more efficiently.
Enterprise SoftwareGovTechSaaSKansas City, US
John Bertrand(Founder and CEO)Ryan Rosenbaum(CTO)
BoardTom Ferguson(Director)Jiten Manglani(Director)
DemandScience provides an integrated AI-powered platform for B2B marketing teams to manage pipeline generation and customer acquisition through verified data, content intelligence, and automated orchestration.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS
Austin, US
Sundeep Goel(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardRajiv Bala(Director)Mohammad S Siddiqui(Director)
Dorothy is a real-time weather and incident intelligence platform that tracks storms and other hazards and enriches affected addresses with property data, imagery, and loss history.
Climate TechData & InfrastructureInsurTech
HR TechBoston, US
Webflow is a web design and content management platform that enables teams to create, manage, and optimize custom websites and web applications without heavy developer involvement.
AgTechCleantechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSCopenhagen, DK
Adam Ingwersen(Founder)inFrederik Ingwersen(Founder)in
Mavvrik provides a unified cost management platform for AI and hybrid infrastructure, offering real-time visibility, automated chargeback, and forecasting across GenAI, Agentic workflows, cloud, on-premises, and SaaS environments.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingEnterprise Software
Opine provides AI agents that unify deal context and product knowledge into real-time insights for enterprise technical sales, presales, and customer success teams.
AI & Machine LearningSaaSSales Tech
ReFiBuy provides a platform for optimizing product data and visibility across AI-driven shopping environments and agents.
AI & Machine LearningE-commerceEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechRaleigh, US
Derek Lee Conlin(Executive Officer, Director)M. Scot Wingo(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardStefan Sterns(Director)
Salesloft provides an AI-powered revenue orchestration platform that consolidates buyer signals across a company's tech stack to coordinate sales engagement from initial contact through renewal.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSSales TechAtlanta, US
Kyle Porter(Executive Officer, Director)David Cummings(Director)Rob Forman(Executive Officer)
Terminus provides an account-based marketing (ABM) platform that helps B2B companies identify, prioritize, and engage target accounts across multiple channels including advertising, chatbots, email, and web personalization.
AdTechAI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareMarketing TechSaaSIndianapolis, US
Daniel Hanrahan(Executive Officer, Director)
San Francisco, US
James Kubik(Executive Officer, Director)Alan Besquin(Executive Officer, Director)David Dorman(Director)
Atlanta, US
Bradley Smith(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)John McGlinchey(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
BoardShawn Merani(Director)
Tourial is a platform for marketers to plan, build, and optimize interactive "micro tours" that condense long-form content into short, persona- and segment-specific stories, with AI assistance and a Chrome extension for adding demo sequences.
Marketing TechSaaSSales TechAtlanta, US
Andrew Binkley(Director)Jason Graub(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardBrett Queener(Director)
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.
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesDemand Science · docket.io · May 18, 2026
ReFiBuy · retailtechinnovationhub.com · May 6, 2026
Lendflow · tearsheet.co · Oct 24, 2025
Qualytics · nasdaqprivatemarket.com · Jul 12, 2025
Sigstr · finance.yahoo.com · May 29, 2025
Daupler · startlandnews.com · Mar 7, 2025
Mavvrik · mavvrik.ai · Mar 5, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Knoll Ventures invest at?
- Knoll Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Knoll Ventures's typical check size?
- Knoll Ventures typically writes checks of $500K – $3M.
- What sectors does Knoll Ventures focus on?
- Knoll Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Climate Tech, Construction Tech, Consumer, Data & Infrastructure, Enterprise Software, Fintech, FoodTech, HR Tech, SaaS, Sales Tech.
- Where is Knoll Ventures located?
- Knoll Ventures is headquartered in Atlanta, US.
- Does Knoll Ventures lead rounds?
- Yes, Knoll Ventures leads investment rounds.
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