Alston Gardner
Founder and Managing Partner @ Fulcrum Equity Partners
Chapel Hill, United States
Alston Gardner is a seed investor at Fulcrum Equity Partners in Chapel Hill focused on SaaS and Software. Alston Gardner is based out of Chapel Hill, North Carolina, and is the Founder and Managing Partner of Fulcrum Equity Partners. Alston previously worked at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill as a Vice Chairman, Board of Trustees. Alston Gardner attended the The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
- Total investments:
- 6
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries Alston Gardner invests in
Stages Alston Gardner invests in
Countries Alston Gardner invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- SaaS 3 (50%)
- Software 3 (50%)
- Machine Learning 2 (33%)
- Artificial Intelligence 2 (33%)
- B2B 1 (17%)
Stage
- Seed 5 (83%)
- Pre-Seed 1 (17%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Voltaku
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Voltaku produces live stories that transcend a single media, transporting fans in real-time from mobile to the Metaverse. Voltaku content is deeply embedded in the worlds of anime, manga, and gaming, offering a new level of epic worldbuilding and character-driven storylines to the expanding otaku market. | $1.5M / Pre-Seed / Oct 01, 2021 | |
Diveplane
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Diveplane Corporation is a groundbreaking technology startup dedicated to keeping the humanity in AI. Their first project is an Understandable AI decision system. They believe in Responsible AI, meaning machines ought to preserve, amplify, and empower the best intentions of humanity both in how they function technically, and how they are applied tosolve problems – unlike uninterpretable black box systems that make life-altering decisions in an instant, but can’t explain why.Their proprietary and patented AI platform is faster than current off-the-shelf solutions and can train on significantly less data, while also addressing the technical shortcomings and societal concerns that have kept many from trusting and adopting AI. | $6M / Seed / Oct 16, 2018 | |
Howso
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The company's mission focuses on establishing trustworthy AI as the global standard by redesigning it from the ground up, ensuring transparency and human comprehensibility in every aspect.Howso is an AI-driven platform designed to assist enterprises in preparing and analyzing data for AI use cases. This is achieved through the UnderstandableAI® Platform—a data-centric AI solution offering a clear alternative to traditional neural networks.Howso (formerly “Diveplane”) was co-founded by Dr. Mike Capps, Dr. Chris Hazard, and Mike Resnick in 2017. In September 2023, the company rebranded to Howso, alongside the release of our open source project. | Seed / Oct 16, 2018 | |
ThreatSwitch
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ThreatSwitch is Software as a Service (SaaS) for any company subject to strict security regulations. The result for their customers is the lower cost of compliance, increased employee participation in the security program, and reduced overall risk. | $1.2M / Seed / Feb 01, 2018 | |
SaaSOptics
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SaaSOptics is a complete B2B subscription management platform that delivers subscription invoicing and payments, GAAP revenue recognition, subscription management and robust subscription metrics and analytics. SaaSOptics is a cloud-based solution that enables early stage to enterprise B2B subscription businesses the ability to eliminate theirdependency on spreadsheets and streamline their financial operations, reporting and performance metrics. | $1.4M / Seed / Nov 01, 2016 | |
RevBoss
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RevBoss is a sales prospecting company based in Durham, NC. We help our customers get more customers. | $1.1M / Seed / Oct 22, 2015 |
Co-Investors
About Fulcrum Equity Partners
Fulcrum Equity Partners is a growth equity firm investing in high-growth SaaS, tech-enabled services, healthcare services and healthcare IT companies. Founded in 2006 and based in Atlanta, GA, Fulcrum has raised over $280 million across three funds and has invested in more than 30 companies. Fulcrum will consider non-control and controlinvestments, and provides capital to meet a variety of needs including internal growth initiatives, acquisitions, divestitures, shareholder liquidity, management buyouts and recapitalizations. The partners have over 125 years of relevant experience, including operations, venture capital, mezzanine financing, accounting, law, investment banking and strategy consulting.For more information, please visit www.fulcrumep.com.
Fulcrum Equity Partners Contacts
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Aleksandra Dettmering
Office Manager
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Cathy Breeze
Controller
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James Douglass
Partner
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Jeffrey Muir
Founder & Partner
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Lee Tidwell
Investor Relations
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FAQ
What does Alston Gardner invest in?
Alston Gardner invests primarily in SaaS, Software and Machine Learning startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
When did Alston Gardner last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Alston Gardner closed in Oct 2021. Shizune tracks 6 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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