Florida Angel Nexus
VC Fund
Orlando, United States
Florida Angel Nexus is a VC fund in Orlando focused on Software and SaaS. The Florida Angel Nexus (“FAN”) is a state-wide network of investors and investment groups. FAN’s mission is to connect qualified companies with aggressive growth plans to investors from the Florida community. They focus on Florida based businesses that already have some proof of concept and revenues, but they will do their best to refer allapplicants to resources to assist in eliminating their roadblocks.
- Total investments:
- 5
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
Last updated:
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Industries Florida Angel Nexus invests in
Stages Florida Angel Nexus invests in
Countries Florida Angel Nexus invests in
Contacts
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Benjamin Patz
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Blaire Martin
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Mike ODonnell
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 3 (60%)
- SaaS 1 (20%)
- EdTech 1 (20%)
- Mobile 1 (20%)
- Finance 1 (20%)
Stage
- Series A 3 (60%)
- Seed 2 (40%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
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Benjamin Patz
Managing Director
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Managing Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Blaire Martin
Founder
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Founder | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Mike ODonnell
Founder
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Founder | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Caribu
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Caribu is a family video calling and reading platform that provides an engaging long-distance communication experience for kids. It integrates children’s picture books into a simple, child-friendly video calling app. It also brings together interactivity and education to create a communication tool for the modern family.Caribu was founded in 2016and is headquartered in Miami, Florida. | $1.3M / Seed / Oct 01, 2018 | |
Stax
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Fattmerchant is a provider of payment technology solutions for businesses across the United States. Their integrated, omnichannel technology supports retail and restaurant locations with physical terminal and POS integrations, an online business with shopping cart capabilities, professional services businesses with a robust online invoice andbilling solution, and on-the-go businesses with a mobile application. In addition, their open API empowers developers to create custom payment experiences with all of the benefits of processing with Fattmerchant. Based in Orlando, Florida, Fattmerchant exists as a partner to small business owners to help improve their overall payments experience. Their integrated payment platform, simple subscription-style pricing structure, and a team of friendly support specialists make payment processing something business owners can rely on, not feel intimidated by. Since its inception, Fattmerchant has powered more than $1 billion in transactions and is backed by the largest payment facilitator in the country - Vantiv. Fattmerchant exists as a partner to small business owners to help improve their overall payment experience. Their simple subscription-style pricing structure, a team of friendly support specialists, and valuable data insights make payment processing something business owners can rely on, not feel intimidated by. Fattmerchant supports over $1 billion in transactions and is backed by the largest payment facilitator in the country - Vantiv. | $1.4M / Series A / May 12, 2016 | |
flexEngage
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flexEngage helps retailers personalize post-purchase communications, like receipts, to better engage with their most committed customers and drive additional sales. The company provides personalized transactional communications for retailers, enabling brands like Under Armour, GNC, Aldo, and Oakley to transform standard transactional touchpoints(receipts, order and ship notifications, packing slips, etc.) into dynamic engagement channels that drive loyalty and revenue.Amazon is destroying traditional retailers with their data and software because most retailers can't afford to build it on their own. So instead, retailers resort to wasting billions of dollars on ineffective marketing like Facebook ads to try and compete, while ignoring their most effective marketing channel, post-purchase communications. flexEngage provides retailers with Amazon-like software for their trillions of post-purchase communications, by turning static messages into a personalized marketing medium. As a halo effect, they are also creating the world’s largest database of consumers’ shopping behavior currently at 300 million transactions and 41m unique consumer profiles.flexEngage was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Orlando, Florida, United States. | $1.4M / Seed / Apr 08, 2014 | |
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flexEngage
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flexEngage helps retailers personalize post-purchase communications, like receipts, to better engage with their most committed customers and drive additional sales. The company provides personalized transactional communications for retailers, enabling brands like Under Armour, GNC, Aldo, and Oakley to transform standard transactional touchpoints(receipts, order and ship notifications, packing slips, etc.) into dynamic engagement channels that drive loyalty and revenue.Amazon is destroying traditional retailers with their data and software because most retailers can't afford to build it on their own. So instead, retailers resort to wasting billions of dollars on ineffective marketing like Facebook ads to try and compete, while ignoring their most effective marketing channel, post-purchase communications. flexEngage provides retailers with Amazon-like software for their trillions of post-purchase communications, by turning static messages into a personalized marketing medium. As a halo effect, they are also creating the world’s largest database of consumers’ shopping behavior currently at 300 million transactions and 41m unique consumer profiles.flexEngage was founded in 2014 and is headquartered in Orlando, Florida, United States. | $1.4M / Series A / Apr 08, 2014 | |
Kairos AR
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Kairos is an artificial intelligence company specializing in face recognition. Through computer vision and machine learning, Kairos can recognize faces in videos, photos, and the real-world - making it easier than ever to transform the way your business interacts with people.Kairos navigates the complexities of face analysis technology, so youdon’t have to. We offer APIs and SDKs any developer can integrate with ease.Founded in 2012 and based in Miami, Kairos is a venture-backed organization servicing a diverse global customer base. | $1.2M / Series A / Mar 01, 2014 |
Co-Investors
venVelo
4 deals together
Angel Street Capital
2 deals together
Florida Institute for the Commercialization of Florida Technology
2 deals together
MassChallenge
2 deals together
The Angel Roundtable
2 deals together
AT&T
1 deal together
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What does Florida Angel Nexus invest in?
Florida Angel Nexus invests primarily in Software, SaaS and EdTech startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 5 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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The team at Florida Angel Nexus includes Benjamin Patz (Managing Director), Blaire Martin (Founder) and Mike ODonnell (Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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