In today's special edition of the Volition View, we are excited to feature our "Investor Roundtable 2024." The Investor Roundtable features insights and perspectives from five of our investors including Tiger Henderson (VP, Software), Emily Pawlak (Sr. Associate, I&C), Steve Achatz (Principal, I&C), Melanie Jordan (VP, Software), and Kyle Howard-Johnson (VP, Software). The team discusses a variety of topics including what industries currently excite them the most, advice for founders raising capital, and more. Make sure to check out the full piece below, and have a great weekend!
Volition Capital
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
Boston, MA 13,065 followers
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About us
Volition Capital is a growth equity firm established in 2010 that focuses on investing in high-growth, founder-owned technology businesses across the U.S. and Canada that generally have between $5 million and $50 million in revenue with demonstrated capital efficiency. The firm's portfolio comprises 26 companies in the United States and Europe. Volition Capital specializes in software, Internet, information services and tech-enabled services companies that have operating discipline and aspirations for greatness. (www.volitioncapital.com)
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http://www.volitioncapital.com
External link for Volition Capital
- Industry
- Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Boston, MA
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2010
- Specialties
- technology, investments, venture capital, and growth equity
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177 Huntington Avenue
16th Floor
Boston, MA 02115, US
Employees at Volition Capital
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Today is an exciting day at Black Kite, as IT-Harvest announced this morning the integration of Black Kite's cyber third-party risk intelligence into the IT-Harvest dashboard. Black Kite CEO, Paul Paget, had this to say on the announcement: “The cyber third-party risk intelligence delivered by the Black Kite Platform is a critical component of how companies can effectively manage cyber risk and provides a complete and accurate understanding of cyber ecosystem exposure. By collaborating with IT-Harvest, we further our mission to improve the health and safety of the entire planet’s cyber ecosystem by providing more organizations access to respected standards-based measures available in our platform.” To see the full press release, please see the link below: Link: https://lnkd.in/eWNuwt8V
This morning we are excited to announce that we are incorporating Black Kite data in the IT-Harvest Dashboard. For each of the 3,911 vendors we track you can now see Black Kite's security grade, Ransomware Susceptibility Index, and Data Breach Index. https://lnkd.in/gw8HPKg9 Press release here: https://lnkd.in/gq2FVdKj Thanks to Paul Paget and the Black Kite team for making this happen!
More Data for the Dashboard
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In just one week, Volition Capital will be releasing the next episode of the Scaling Success podcast. Until then, make sure to check out the clip below from the last episode, where Managing Partner Sean Cantwell asks Managing Partner Larry Cheng why founders choose to work with Volition Capital. To listen to the episode with Sean and Larry in its entirety make sure to click the link below: Link: https://lnkd.in/eiRkRjV7
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Recycle Track Systems (RTS) CEO, Gregory R. Lettieri, recently sat down with Jane King of LilaMax media. In the conversation, Greg discusses a variety of topics including sharing an overview RTS, describing their Pello sensor technology, how they are using AI to be a leader in their industry and so much more. Make sure to check out the full interview below! https://lnkd.in/eDjPDmS7
RTS: Smarter Waste Management
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RecFest is officially only a few days away! While at the event, make sure to check out everything hackajob, especially the big news from hackajob CEO Mark Chaffey at 10:15!
It's almost that time again! In 7 more sleeps hackajob will once again be back at #RecFest, and much like the past few years, we have many exciting things in store for you 👇 👀 BIG news from our CEO Mark Chaffey at 10.15am 🔑 Special access to our product in a FREE giveaway 🤩 The biggest names in tech on our stage* 🛍️ Plenty of goodies at our stand! We can't wait to hear Phil Kell, Sam Berthoud, Ehi Grace A and Amy Gilman (hackajob), Mert Amcaoglu (Bark.com), Nick Brough (AND Digital), David Phillips and Chris Wilcock (CGI), Darren Read (BBC), Surendra Phatak (PwC), Elaine Atkinson, CPCC, ACC (Kainos), Khadijah Pandor (mthree), Ashleigh Ainsley FRSA (Colorintech), Dave Simpson (Dojo), Sandy Lacey-Aberdein (Houseful), and Ariadna Stamatopol (Adobe)! What are you looking forward to the most? Let us know in the comments 👇
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Business Insider recently recognized Volition Capital as one of 11 firms investing in the next phase of the creator economy! A special shoutout to our portfolio companies operating in this space including Doing Things, mozaic.io, and Chamberlain Coffee! https://lnkd.in/gcFExqZS
11 VC firms investing in the creator economy's next phase, as startups like ShopMy and WorkWeek raise millions
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The recognitions for Zenarate continue! Congratulations to the Zenarate team on being named the 2024 Top AI Training Company by Training Industry, Inc.! Here is what Zenarate CEO Brian Tuite had to say on receiving the award: "Congratulations to our Zenarate team for receiving this prestigious annual award. Being chosen by Training Industry as a 2024 AI in Training Top 20 Company is a reflection of our relentless focus on putting our Customers first every day and meaning it. Receiving Training Industry's top award is validation that our AI Coach™ platform is modernizing how people learn and perform using world-leading and practical AI, producing significant ROI for our global enterprise customers." Make sure to see the full press release on Zenarate's recognition below: https://lnkd.in/g4_KRCwH
Congratulations to the Zenarate team for being named 2024 Top AI Training Company by Training Industry. We're so excited about this recognition which is a direct reflection of our relentless focus on putting our customers first every day and meaning it as well as the impact our skill-based learning platform, AI Coach, is having on the industry. Learn more about this prestigious award... https://lnkd.in/g4_KRCwH
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Happy Independence Day from Volition Capital! We hope you have a great Fourth of July celebrating America with family and friends.
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Business Insider recently recognized Volition Capital as one of 11 firms investing in the next phase of the creator economy! A special shoutout to our portfolio companies operating in this space including Doing Things, mozaic.io, and Chamberlain Coffee! https://lnkd.in/gcFExqZS
11 VC firms investing in the creator economy's next phase, as startups like ShopMy and WorkWeek raise millions
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"Is now a good time or a bad time to be an entrepreneur?" In the first episode of the new season of Scaling Success, Volition Capital Managing Partner, Larry Cheng, shares his perspective on this important question. In short? "I think it is always a good time to be an entrepreneur because great businesses are started in every single cycle - good and bad." Click the link below to watch or listen to the full episode! Link: https://lnkd.in/eiRkRjV7