How many investments has Prota Ventures made?

Prota Ventures has 20 tracked investments.

What stage does Prota Ventures invest at?

Prota Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C stages.

What sectors does Prota Ventures focus on?

Prota Ventures focuses on Impact & Social Good, Sector Agnostic.

Where is Prota Ventures located?

Prota Ventures is headquartered in Portland, US.

Who does Prota Ventures co-invest with?

Prota Ventures most often shares deals with Alliance of Angels, B Capital Group, B4 Capital, among 59 tracked co-investors.

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Portland · Pre-Seed–Series C · 14 people tracked

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Prota Ventures invests in early-stage entrepreneurs with a holistic philosophy aimed at promoting human flourishing. Inspired by the concept of multiple forms of capital (social, material, financial, living, intellectual, experiential, spiritual and cultural), the firm invests more than money into founders and their ventures. Beyond conventional diligence on team, market, product, financial model and deal terms, Prota also assesses six dimensions of human flourishing as defined by Harvard University's Human Flourishing Program: happiness and life satisfaction, character and virtue, meaning and purpose, mental and physical health, financial and material stability, and close social relationships. It runs an EIR program and provides capital to early-stage companies.

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Pre-Seed–Series C

Portland, OR, US

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Team · 14 people

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Sol Cates· Managing Director· Portland, Oregon

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Kyle Buzzard· Greater Kalamazoo Areain

Patrick Lowndes· Redmond, Washington, United Statesin

Patrick Lowndes is the founder and CEO of Frontier Operators, where he works with faith-driven professionals in domestic and frontier markets, and leads research and advisory work on impact investment at Pragma Advisors. He holds a Bachelor of Business Administration in Entrepreneurship from the University of Washington's Foster School of Business, and previously founded VendorHawk, which was acquired by ServiceNow in April 2018, followed by roles at ServiceNow, Prota Ventures, and CloseStrong.ai. Based in Redmond, Washington, he lives with his wife, Bethany, and their five children, and speaks on faith and work.

Will Little· Managing Director· Greater Seattle Areain

Will Little is a Managing Director at Prota Ventures, where he works with partners to support founders in building and scaling new products across software engineering, AI, Web3, marketing, business development, hardware, and design. He has background in bioengineering and software development, and writes about health science, startups, blockchains, artificial intelligence, and emerging technology.

Founder mafia

5 people who came through Prota Ventures went on to found or lead other companies.

Brian HoweVenture PartnerFounded Impact Hub +1 Troy BannisterEntrepreneur In ResidenceFounded Particle Health Kyle BuzzardFounded Bird Buddy Patrick LowndesFounded VendorHawk

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What they invest in

from 10 of 20 portfolio companies

Healthtech ×4AI & Machine Learning ×3Enterprise Software ×3Hardware ×3SaaS ×3Crypto & Web3 ×2Data & Infrastructure ×2Fintech ×2

HQs:United States×7

Investments · 20 tracked

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By year:2023 · 1 2022 · 1 2021 · 13 dated

Bird Buddymybirdbuddy.com in 𝕏Oct 2021

Bird Buddy makes a smart bird feeder with a built-in camera (Nature Cam Pro) that captures 2K video and photos and uses AI to recognize bird species, paired with a mobile app that lets users view and share bird activity in their garden.

ConsumerHardwareIoTKalamazoo, US

Franci Zidar(Chief Executive Officer)in Kyle Buzzard(Director)in Tom Vodopivec(Chief Operating Officer)inMichael Dietz(Chief Technology Officer)inBenjamin Kumalic(Vice President of Growth)in Henrik Fuglsang(Vice President of Supply Chain)in

Co-investorsBacked Boscarol d.o.o.Emblem55 Fundamental Ventures General Catalyst Protagonist +3 more

Brainspacebrainspace.com

HealthtechBothell, US

Stephen Morse(Executive Officer, Director)inCaitlin Morse(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)

BoardAndrew Chomer(Director)

Co-investorsGreen Park & Golf Ventures In-Q-Tel

Carlsmedcarlsmed.com

Carlsmed develops the aprevo personalized surgery platform for spine fusion procedures, producing patient-specific implants and technology used by spine surgeons.

AI & Machine LearningBiotechHardwareHealthtechMedical DevicesCarlsbad, US

Mike Cordonnier(Co-Founder, President & CEO)Niall Casey(Co-Founder & Chief Intellectual Property Officer)Shariq Hussain(Chief Technology Officer)Alexander Arrow(Executive Officer)Sharon Schulzki(Chief Clinical & Market Access Officer)Leo Greenstein(Chief Financial Officer)

Co-investorsAlliance of Angels B Capital Group B4 Capital Cove Fund Device of Tomorrow Capital Pasadena Angels +2 more

ChargerHelpchargerhelp.com in

ChargerHelp provides a managed reliability service for EV charging stations, powered by its EMPWR technology platform that offers remote diagnostics, unified data analysis, and reporting on charger uptime.

EnergyMobility & TransportationSaaS

Kameale C. Terry(Co-Founder & Chief Executive Officer)inEvette Ellis(Co-Founder & Chief People Officer)in

Co-investorsAligned Climate Capital Autodesk Foundation Avesta Fund Blue Bear Capital Partners Energy Impact Partners Everywhere Ventures +10 more

Coin fxcfxlabs.com in

CFX Labs provides a bank-grade money movement platform that enables businesses to access the U.S. financial system for global financial transactions with built-in regulatory compliance.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech

Co-investorsCorazon Capital Decasonic Mentha Partners PetRock Capital Red Dog Capital Triton Capital

drip7drip7.com in 𝕏

Drip7 provides a gamified cybersecurity awareness training platform that delivers weekly micro-learning modules to employees across any device.

CybersecurityEdTechEnterprise SoftwareSaaS

Co-investorsBeta Boom

Figment Networksfigment.io in 𝕏

Figment is an independent provider of staking infrastructure, offering non-custodial staking, reward tracking, API integrations, and slashing protection to institutional clients such as asset managers, exchanges, wallets, foundations, and custodians.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareFintech

Lorien Gabel(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investors10SQ Capital (TenSquared)10T Fund 3cubed Ventures AppWorks Ventures Archetype B Capital Group +22 more

Glidanceglidance.io inJun 2023

Glidance makes Glide, an intelligent primary mobility aid for people who are blind or have low vision, using patent-pending Agentic Wayfinding technology to physically guide users around obstacles and describe their surroundings in complex pedestrian environments.

AI & Machine LearningHardwareHealthtechSeattle, US

Amos Miller(Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsAggie Angel Network Alliance of Angels Break Trail Ventures Quorum Capital Partners UCeed Funds

Prota Studiosprotastudios.com

Prota Studios helps launch new businesses through a structured process that provides product design, MVP development, and data-driven marketing, backed by capital, expertise, and resources.

Marketing TechSaaS

SMART Chartsmysmartcharts.com in 𝕏

SMARTCharts provides software that extracts rehabilitation data from clinical notes to accelerate hospital discharge planning and coordination among physicians, therapists, and case managers.

AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechChicago, US

Co-investorsTechstars

Stixgetstix.coSep 2022 · $10M

Female-founded health brand offering products, education and community for body-related decisions.

Cynthia Plotch(Founder)in

Co-investorsChaos Ventures Resolute Ventures SWAT Equity Partners Verance Capital

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Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

Conduit NetworkEasyMDLensBaseRyzosphereSplatSUPLMNTTenzr HealthWire NetworkWire Wallet

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How many investments has Prota Ventures made?: Prota Ventures has 20 tracked investments.
What stage does Prota Ventures invest at?: Prota Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C stages.
What sectors does Prota Ventures focus on?: Prota Ventures focuses on Impact & Social Good, Sector Agnostic.
Where is Prota Ventures located?: Prota Ventures is headquartered in Portland, US.
Who does Prota Ventures co-invest with?: Prota Ventures most often shares deals with Alliance of Angels, B Capital Group, B4 Capital, among 59 tracked co-investors.

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