# Adams Capital Management

> Adams Capital Management is a VC fund backing Software. See 45 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sewickley, United States
- Total investments: 45
- Last investment: Mar 2020
- Lead investor: 31%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/tensaves
- Website: http://www.acm.com
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Adams Capital Management is a VC fund in Sewickley focused on Software and Information Technology. "Adams Capital Management, Inc. (ACM) is a national venture capital firm specializing in early-stage applied technology investments. Established in 1994, ACM is a lead Series A investor and currently manages $810 million. Our general partners have extensive domain and operations expertise in the following industries:* InformationTechnology* Networking Infrastructure* SemiconductorACM's well-defined, markets-first, investment strategy is driven by the identification and exploitation of market discontinuities. This strategy recognizes emerging growth companies with value propositions driven by economics and product roadmaps that have the potential to define and dominate product categories. ACM's national presence and expansive resources, networks and experiences, offer our entrepreneurs the opportunity to develop their visions into market-leading companies."(Source:

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 7 | 16% |
| Information Technology | 6 | 13% |
| Enterprise Software | 5 | 11% |
| SaaS | 4 | 9% |
| Manufacturing | 4 | 9% |

65 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 10 | 22% |
| Series C | 9 | 20% |
| Series B | 8 | 18% |
| Series A | 7 | 16% |
| Series D | 5 | 11% |

8 stages tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Jerry S. Sullivan | General Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jerry-s-sullivan |
| Joel P. Adams | General Partner & President | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/joel-p-adams |
| Andrea S. Adams | Treasurer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrea-s-adams |
| Jennifer E. Parulo | CFO, Venture Capital | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jennifer-e-parulo |
| Martin Neath | General Partner | 16 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/martin-neath |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| RoadRunner Recycling | RoadRunner Recycling provides tech-powered solutions for commercial waste recycling which helps businesses lower recurring costs. This makes waste and recycling significantly more efficient for commercial waste generators. They do this through innovative logistics solutions that cut fuel costs and carbon emissions by 80%, and by focusing onextracting the maximum value from materials. The end result is significant cost savings for businesses, as well as improved environmental performance.RoadRunner Recycling was founded in 2014 and is based in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. | $28.6M | Series C | Mar 17, 2020 |  |
| VBrick | VBrick believes in the power of video to transform the workplace. Its Rev® enterprise video platform removes the technology and pricing restraints that have held business back from tapping video’s clear advantage to persuade, inform and compel people, wherever they are. Visit vbrick.com. | $20M |  | Jun 19, 2018 |  |
| Innovu | Innovu empowers data-driven organizations by bringing together vast silos of data. It empowers employers and their benefit advisors to solve complex problems associated with optimizing the cost, quality, and efficacy of healthcare and benefits programs. The company's cloud-based solutions unlock information contained in silos of benefits data,giving CEOs, CFOs, and the human resources team scorecards and insights needed to make data-driven decisions. | $6.9M |  | May 09, 2016 |  |
| Dynamics | Dynamics designs and manufactures interactive payment cards that utilize programmable magnetic stripes to communicate dynamic information. The computer-in-a-card technology is completely customizable and offers enhanced choice, control, convenience, and security. It was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Cheswick, Pennsylvania. | $70M | Series C | Dec 08, 2014 |  |
| First Insight | First Insight's SaaS solution gives retailers and manufacturers insight into expected product performance and optimal entry price points for new items that have no sales history, all within 48-72 hours. Through its scalable Big Data platform, it enables thousands of consumers to evaluate hundreds of candidate new products throughgamification and crowdsourcing. Online games are presented to consumers via social media, websites, emails, and mobile devices. First Insight's predictive analytic models filter and weight consumer input, ensuring that retailers and brands are listening to the right consumers. | $1.5M | Series A | Feb 27, 2014 |  |
| First Insight | First Insight's SaaS solution gives retailers and manufacturers insight into expected product performance and optimal entry price points for new items that have no sales history, all within 48-72 hours. Through its scalable Big Data platform, it enables thousands of consumers to evaluate hundreds of candidate new products throughgamification and crowdsourcing. Online games are presented to consumers via social media, websites, emails, and mobile devices. First Insight's predictive analytic models filter and weight consumer input, ensuring that retailers and brands are listening to the right consumers. | $4.3M | Series A | Nov 21, 2012 |  |
| ProspX | ProspX is a SaaS-based solutions for managing multi-party sales processes in the commercial insurance industry.ProspX enables real-time collaboration within and across organizational boundaries and streamlines the sales process through a web-based sales portal and simple customer relationship management solution for insurance brokers andinsurance carriers to drive best practices and improve sales effectiveness. ProspX is headquartered in Austin, Texas, and is privately held. |  | Series B | Feb 28, 2011 |  |
| SnapRetail | SnapRetail provides the only ready-to-use online marketing solution created just for local retailers. It makes it easy for store owners to promote products, engage with customers, and drive store traffic through email, Facebook, Pinterest, and Twitter. It was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. |  | Series A | Feb 25, 2011 |  |
| Rafter | Rafter is an established course materials management company whose mission is to promote student success by making education accessible, affordable, and effective for all. Rafter is redesigning and transforming course materials management in higher education with its innovative textbooks-in-tuition solution, Rafter360. Rafter has helped hundreds ofcampuses and over 2.7 million students to save nearly $700 million on textbooks. Rafter, headquartered in San Mateo, CA, is a privately held company. To learn more visit www.rafter.com Rafter was formed from the rebranding of popular textbook rental service (and Chegg competitor) | $20M | Series C | Feb 23, 2011 |  |
| CipherOptics | CipherOptics, Inc. provides data security and network encryption, and compliance grade data protection solutions to security enterprises, financial institutions, health care, and government agencies. The company offers CipherEngine, which delivers network-wide encryption to customers by providing an approach to security policy and encryption keymanagement; CipherView, which is a security gateway management application that provides security administrators with a device management tool; SoftRemoteLT, which offers features to remote access users connecting to the corporate VPN; and CipherEngine Enforcement Point family of encryptors that are encryption appliances designed for the carrier Ethernet and MPLS markets. The company also offers MPLS security, metro Ethernet security, disaster recovery and data replication security, and network application security services. The company has strategic partnerships with EMC Corporation, IBM, Intel, and Raza Microelectronics, Inc. CipherOptics, Inc. was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina. |  |  | Jan 07, 2011 |  |

10 of 45 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Adams Capital Management invest in?

Adams Capital Management invests primarily in Software, Information Technology and Enterprise Software startups, most often at Funding Round and Series C stage. Most of the 45 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### Who are the partners at Adams Capital Management?

The team at Adams Capital Management includes Jerry S. Sullivan (General Partner), Joel P. Adams (General Partner & President) and Andrea S. Adams (Treasurer), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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