# Glen R. Bressner

> Glen R. Bressner is a Series A investor at Originate Ventures backing Software and Medical. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Originate Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/originate-ventures)
- Location: Bethlehem, United States
- Total investments: 4
- Lead investor: 50%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/glen-bressner-287a074

Glen R. Bressner is a Series A investor at Originate Ventures in Bethlehem focused on Software and Medical. Glen R. Bressner - Co-founder and Managing Partner @ Activate Venture Partners

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 2 | 50% |
| Medical | 1 | 25% |
| Shopping | 1 | 25% |
| Analytics | 1 | 25% |
| E-Commerce | 1 | 25% |

7 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 2 | 50% |
| Series B | 2 | 50% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| TapRoot Systems | TapRoot Systems provides an embedded mobile analytics product. | $6.5M | Series B | Sep 12, 2005 |  |
| CareGain | CareGain Inc. provides application software solutions for the consumer directed healthcare industry. Its CareGain Defined Care platform enables health plans and third-party administrators, such as health savings accounts, health reimbursement accounts, and flexible spending accounts to create and administer consumer-directed health plans. Thecompany's products comprise CareGain Asset Management Platform, an integrated software solution for CDH benefits administration; CareGain BankConnect that links the health plan's back-end systems with the systems of banks and other financial institutions that take on the role of health savings account custodians; and CareGain CardConnect, which facilitates the integration to multiple card transaction processing engines. It also offers services, including business analysis and consulting, customer support, and integration, as well as implementation, planning and analysis, design, construction, deployment, and training. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in East Windsor, New Jersey. As of October 9, 2008, CareGain Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Canopy Financial, Inc. | $6.8M | Series B | Jun 10, 2004 |  |
| FSAstore.com | FSAstore.com is a one-stop destination for FSA-eligible products allowing clients to purchase tax-free medical products.FSAstore.com and HSAstore.com, are the only e-commerce sites stocked exclusively with eligible products for Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account (HSA) holders. This eliminates the guesswork behind what isreimbursable by an FSA or an HSA. Consumers with these tax-advantaged accounts can access thousands of FSA and HSA- eligible products, in addition to much-needed information through an FSA/HSA Eligibility List and an FSA Learning Center. FSAstore.com and HSAstore.com accept all account debit and major credit cards, offers 24/7 customer service, one-to-two-day turnaround, and free shipping on orders $50 or more. Consumers enjoy the added benefit of not needing to submit receipts when shopping online with their debit card. | $2.2M | Series A |  |  |
| TapRoot Systems | TapRoot Systems provides an embedded mobile analytics product. | $7M | Series A |  |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Harbert Growth Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/harbert-growth-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Inflection Point Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/inflection-point-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Intersouth Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/intersouth-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Activate Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/milestone-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Newlight Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/newlight-management) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [NJTC Venture Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/njtc-venture-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Originate Ventures

VC Fund · Bethlehem, United States

Originate Ventures is a venture capital investment firm, targeting early stage product and services companies located in Pennsylvania and the surrounding regions. They focus on investing in healthcare, consumer, information technology, software, web-based and certain commercial products and/or distribution opportunities. As an integral partof its portfolio management, Originate will help develop brand-driven growth strategies that guide the business direction and capitalize on the Managing Partners' prior experience in growing companies. Their investments range from $500,000 to $4 million.

5 contacts available at Originate Ventures.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Eric Arnson | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eric-arnson |
| Fred Beste | Partner Emeritus | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fred-beste |
| Glen R. Bressner | Co-founder & Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/glen-r-bressner |
| Mike Gausling | Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mike-gausling |
| Shannon Morin | Business Administrator | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shannon-morin |

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## FAQ

### What does Glen R. Bressner invest in?

Glen R. Bressner invests primarily in Software, Medical and Shopping startups, most often at Series A and Series B 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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