Chase Garbarino
Co-founder and CEO @ HqO
Boston, United States
Chase Garbarino is a seed investor at HqO in Boston focused on Marketplace and Food and Beverage. Chase Garbarino is the co-founder and CEO of HqO.For more than a decade, Chase has focused on leveraging technology to build networks and communities that help startups and small businesses. He is an active angel investor and has also founded his own businesses, including Streetwise Media, which was acquired in 2012 by the American City BusinessJournals, a division of Advance Publications, one of the largest and most successful media companies in the world. As co-founder and CEO of VentureApp, Chase is focused on building a marketplace to help startups procure their business services, saving them time, resources, and money, at scale. Chase received his BA in economics from Hamilton College.
- Total investments:
- 4
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 25%
Last updated:
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Industries Chase Garbarino invests in
Stages Chase Garbarino invests in
Countries Chase Garbarino invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Marketplace 2 (50%)
- Food and Beverage 2 (50%)
- Retail 1 (25%)
- Big Data 1 (25%)
- Delivery 1 (25%)
Stage
- Seed 2 (50%)
- Funding Round 1 (25%)
Investments
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Jobble
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Jobble puts the power of recruiting and managing an on-demand workforce in the hands of companies and agencies. You get the operational efficiencies of a staff management platform plus a professional and vetted on-demand workforce, with ratings and reviews by former employers. In just a few clicks you can handpick a workforce that best fits yourneeds, control costs, and manage operations. | $1.4M / Seed / Feb 06, 2017 | |
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Jobble
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Jobble puts the power of recruiting and managing an on-demand workforce in the hands of companies and agencies. You get the operational efficiencies of a staff management platform plus a professional and vetted on-demand workforce, with ratings and reviews by former employers. In just a few clicks you can handpick a workforce that best fits yourneeds, control costs, and manage operations. | $1.2M / Seed / Apr 05, 2016 | |
Every Labs
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Every Labs is an information technology company that focuses on the development of a food-ordering application with the use of artificial intelligence technology solutions.Every Labs offers Chef Nightly, an application that enables its users to search and find restaurants according to their preferences of food.The company was founded by MichaelSheeley and Adam Stroud in June 2014. | Aug 18, 2014 | |
Drizly
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Drizly is an alcohol marketplace that offers a variety of beer, wine and, spirits online.With the speed and convenience of on-demand delivery and shipping, Drizly partners with retailers in 235 markets to offer consumers of legal drinking age unrivaled selection and a transparent, personalized shopping experience. Backed by institutionalinvestors, Drizly partners with retailers to bring their shelves online, helping them to reach new customers, tap into key market and customer insights, and diversify their business to grow sales.The company was founded in 2012 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | $2.3M / Seed / Jan 22, 2014 |
Co-Investors
About HqO
For owners and operators of commercial real estate, HqO is an end-to-end tenant experience (TeX) operating system and data and analytics platform that strengthens relationships with current and prospective tenants. We unlock business value for owners while bringing property management, marketing, and leasing teams closer to their customers. Forbuilding occupants, HqO is an award-winning tenant app connecting employees to the communities in and around their building and empowering them with too.Our core values of “Let’s Go” (Learning, Excellence, Truth, Speed, Goodness, Ownership) define our culture and push us to be our best. We’re excited to grow our team and learn from people that want to make a difference. If you love what you do and you’re interested in being part of our journey, we want to hear from you.
HqO Contacts
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Chase Garbarino
Co-founder and CEO
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Greg Gomer
Co-Founder
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Jared Stenquist
Co-Founder
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Jim Butler
CTO
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Kevin Mccarthy
Co-founder
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What does Chase Garbarino invest in?
Chase Garbarino invests primarily in Marketplace, Food and Beverage and Retail startups, most often at Seed and Funding Round stage. Most of the 4 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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When did Chase Garbarino last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Chase Garbarino closed in Feb 2017. Shizune tracks 4 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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