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Traction Capital — Full Portfolio

19 tracked investments · listed companies and verified rows first

Backpackbackpackumn.comin

Backpack UMN is a student-led creative agency based at the University of Minnesota that provides brand strategy, social media campaigns, design, content creation, and media planning services.

AdTechCreator EconomyMarketing TechMedia & EntertainmentMinneapolis, US

Blake Hoffmann(General Manager)

Co-investorsCollab CapitalGenius GuildHopelabPACE Healthcare CapitalPortland Seed FundRethink Education+1 more

Bunchagobuncha.comin𝕏

Buncha is a social commerce platform that delivers groceries and products from favorite stores on a neighborhood-based schedule.

CleantechConsumerE-commerceLogistics & Supply ChainHopkins, US

Co-investorsMatchstick VenturesStarting LineTechstarsUnusual VenturesAssembly VenturesFoundry+4 more

Minnesota Cupumn.eduin𝕏

The University of Minnesota is a public higher education institution offering undergraduate majors, graduate and professional degrees, and internship and research opportunities across fields including liberal arts and business.

EdTechMinneapolis, US

Co-investorsAngel Physicians Fund

Paradegetparade.comin𝕏Defunct

Parade is an AI-based tool that helps startup founders generate a visual brand identity and create web and marketing assets through a question-based process.

Enterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSSeattle, US

David Klein(Founder)inAnthony Sutardja(Founder)Cami Tellez(Founder)Jack DeFuria(Founder)Preet Sivia(Founder)Tony Wu(Founder)in

Co-investorsCapital B Private HoldingsKickstart InnovationY CombinatorEarthshot VenturesGoAhead VenturesMaveron+1 more

Refr Sportsrefrsports.cominOct 2025

Refr is a referee assigning platform that lets sports assignors and organizations import schedules, assign officials, and manage payments from a single dashboard.

FintechSaaSSports TechMinneapolis, US

Isaac Huxley Sorock(Executive Officer)Wyatt Karl Gustafson(Executive Officer)Huck Sorock(Founder)Wyatt Gustafson(Founder)

Co-investorsCampus Founders FundGROOVE CAPITALTechstarsKickstart

Saltbox Mgmtsaltboxmgmt.cominDec 2024

Saltbox Mgmt is a Salesforce consulting partner that designs, implements, and optimizes commerce and revenue solutions using tools like Agentforce Commerce, Order Management, Partner Cloud, and Data Cloud.

E-commerceEnterprise SoftwareSaaSMinneapolis, US

David Blue(Executive Officer, Director)inJon Madrid(Chief Operating Officer & Director)inMarie-Michelle Caron(Director)Christina Bailey(Director)George Acker(Director)Das Nobel(Director)

Co-investorsSalesforce Ventures

Other

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

RepetixAtalasticityBlank MetalClean WasteControlbrightDelve HealthGoRoutImpacksKwiklyParquaPowerPusherPrime-PartySuperior

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.