# Comporium

> Comporium is a VC fund in Rock Hill backing Software and Hardware. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Rock Hill, United States
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: Jul 2024
- Lead investor: 10%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/comporium-communications
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/comporium
- Website: http://www.comporium.com
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/comporium

Comporium is a diversified communications company providing a Quintuple Play of five services -- voice, video, data, wireless and security -- at the retail level; as well as, providing security monitoring and directory publishing for its industry customers.Comporium, which is headquartered in Rock Hill, S.C., provides communications services inYork and Lancaster Counties in the Upstate; as well as, in parts of six counties in the Midlands: Lexington, Saluda, Edgefield, Orangeburg, Calhoun and Aiken. Comporium also is the incumbent local telephone exchange company and cable TV operator in Transylvania County, N.C. In addition, Comporium has a Competitive Local Exchange Company (CLEC) in the Charlotte metropolitan area and offers a comprehensive suite of business communications equipment and service options.Comporium is a major investor in Home Telephone (one of the Spirit/PalmettoNet owner/partners). Home Telephone is based in Moncks Corner, S.C.Comporium is a major investor in Immedion, an enterprise-class, dedicated data center services provider. Immedion has data centers in Asheville, NC, Greenville, SC, Columbia, SC and Charleston, SC.Further, to complement its own retail and wholesale Security business, Comporium has invested in iControl, which provides a wireless Security, Monitoring and Automation (SMA) Platform that can combine an alarm system, communications gateway and home automation platform into one device. The SMA Platform enables broadband service providers to deliver the next generation of services for the “connected home.”

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 4 | 40% |
| Hardware | 2 | 20% |
| Smart Home | 2 | 20% |
| Internet of Things | 2 | 20% |
| B2B | 1 | 10% |

20 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series B | 3 | 30% |
| Series A | 2 | 20% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 20% |
| Seed | 1 | 10% |
| Grant | 1 | 10% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 4 | 40% |
| Canada | 1 | 10% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| John M Barnes | Executive Vice President | 3 | — |
| Sok Verdery | Director of Digital Strategy | 0 | — |
| Andrew Smith | Co-Founder | 0 | — |
| Bryant G. Barnes | President and CEO | 0 | — |
| John Anderson | Co-Founder | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| York Electric Cooperative | York Electric Cooperative provides electric utility services to residential, agricultural and commercial sectors. | $1.1M | Grant | Jul 16, 2024 |  |
| Vendasta | At Vendasta, our core purpose is to drive local economies by democratizing technology for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). We accomplish this by providing a robust platform to local experts around the world—our channel partners. Partners use Vendasta’s technology to market, sell, bill, fulfill, and deliver digital solutions to their SMBclients. Our end-to-end platform and marketplace are tightly integrated into an operating system delivered to SMBs, providing a single sign-on to their digital products and analytics. Vendasta serves 50,000+ channel partners, who in turn work with more than five million SMBs worldwide. Sign up for free and explore Vendasta at www.vendasta.com. | $40M |  | Jul 17, 2019 |  |
| Vendasta | At Vendasta, our core purpose is to drive local economies by democratizing technology for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). We accomplish this by providing a robust platform to local experts around the world—our channel partners. Partners use Vendasta’s technology to market, sell, bill, fulfill, and deliver digital solutions to their SMBclients. Our end-to-end platform and marketplace are tightly integrated into an operating system delivered to SMBs, providing a single sign-on to their digital products and analytics. Vendasta serves 50,000+ channel partners, who in turn work with more than five million SMBs worldwide. Sign up for free and explore Vendasta at www.vendasta.com. | $29.3M | Series B | Jul 17, 2019 |  |
| Vendasta | At Vendasta, our core purpose is to drive local economies by democratizing technology for small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). We accomplish this by providing a robust platform to local experts around the world—our channel partners. Partners use Vendasta’s technology to market, sell, bill, fulfill, and deliver digital solutions to their SMBclients. Our end-to-end platform and marketplace are tightly integrated into an operating system delivered to SMBs, providing a single sign-on to their digital products and analytics. Vendasta serves 50,000+ channel partners, who in turn work with more than five million SMBs worldwide. Sign up for free and explore Vendasta at www.vendasta.com. |  | Series C | Jul 17, 2019 |  |
| Pepper | Pepper offers an IoT operating system and service delivery platform that empowers enterprises to deploy sophisticated IoT solutions. The introduction of billions of new connected devices (and other "things") requires a new user-experience paradigm—one that enables both consumers and enterprises the ability to effectively manage, control,and engage with their increasingly connected worlds. Pepper solves the problems associated with this increased complexity through the combination of its user operating system and service delivery platform. |  | Series B | Mar 29, 2017 |  |
| Zubie | Zubie is a connected vehicle services company focused on providing consumers and businesses relevant vehicle health, location, and safety information. With a simple plug-in of the Zubie key, users can easily monitor their vehicle data through its Zubie mobile apps for both iOS and Android. Learn more about our low-cost fleet management solution forbusinesses at http://zubie.com/fleet or our consumer offering at http://zubie.com.A Zubie subscription includes the Zubie Key (OBDII device), iOS/Android apps, and online web portal. | $6M |  | May 25, 2016 |  |
| Keen Home | Keen Home develops proactive hardware and software products to protect and enhance your home's core systems. Keen Home’s products provide homeowners with increased comfort, improved efficiency, and a better maintained home. The company’s first product, the Smart Vent, seamlessly controls a home’s heating/cooling airflow on a room-by-roomlevel, resulting in improved comfort and efficiency. The Smart Vent launched in Lowe’s Home Centers in November 2015 and began shipping direct to customers in January 2016.Keen Home’s software platform will serve as the world’s first proactive home health dashboard while offering partners data for lead generation, actuarial insight for risk pricing, and control for peak load management.Keen Home was founded by Ryan Fant, Nayeem Hussain, and Will Mcleod in 2013 and is based in New York City. | $1.5M | Seed | Oct 29, 2014 |  |
| Zubie | Zubie is a connected vehicle services company focused on providing consumers and businesses relevant vehicle health, location, and safety information. With a simple plug-in of the Zubie key, users can easily monitor their vehicle data through its Zubie mobile apps for both iOS and Android. Learn more about our low-cost fleet management solution forbusinesses at http://zubie.com/fleet or our consumer offering at http://zubie.com.A Zubie subscription includes the Zubie Key (OBDII device), iOS/Android apps, and online web portal. |  | Series B | Aug 11, 2014 |  |
| Pepper | Pepper offers an IoT operating system and service delivery platform that empowers enterprises to deploy sophisticated IoT solutions. The introduction of billions of new connected devices (and other "things") requires a new user-experience paradigm—one that enables both consumers and enterprises the ability to effectively manage, control,and engage with their increasingly connected worlds. Pepper solves the problems associated with this increased complexity through the combination of its user operating system and service delivery platform. |  | Series A | Feb 01, 2014 |  |
| Zubie | Zubie is a connected vehicle services company focused on providing consumers and businesses relevant vehicle health, location, and safety information. With a simple plug-in of the Zubie key, users can easily monitor their vehicle data through its Zubie mobile apps for both iOS and Android. Learn more about our low-cost fleet management solution forbusinesses at http://zubie.com/fleet or our consumer offering at http://zubie.com.A Zubie subscription includes the Zubie Key (OBDII device), iOS/Android apps, and online web portal. |  | Series A | Dec 12, 2013 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Comporium invest in?

Comporium invests primarily in Software, Hardware and Smart Home startups, most often at Series B and Series A stage. Most of the 10 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact Comporium?

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### Who are the partners at Comporium?

The team at Comporium includes John M Barnes (Executive Vice President), Sok Verdery (Director of Digital Strategy) and Andrew Smith (Co-Founder), among 6 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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