Morris Wheeler
Founder and Principal @ Drummond Road Capital
Beachwood, United States
Morris Wheeler is a seed investor at Drummond Road Capital in Beachwood focused on Software and SaaS. Morris Wheeler began his career on Wall Street after studying Economics and Computer Science at The University of Massachusetts at Amherst, and earning his JD at Yale Law School. Early on in his venture capital career, he specialized in computer software and media deals. From there as CEO he led the team that created and managed an online media distribution company with the founders of MTV, Island Records and Gateway Computers. Over the past decade, Mr. Wheeler has managed a diverse venture capital and private equity portfolio, and served as Chairman and CEO of Cohesant, a definitely non-digital company that extends the life of aging water infrastructure. During his tenure, Cohesant's public investors enjoyed a 28% annualized return .
- Total investments:
- 13
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 8%
Last updated:
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Industries Morris Wheeler invests in
Stages Morris Wheeler invests in
Countries Morris Wheeler invests in
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Contacts
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Round size
- Seed
- $175k–$3.2M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 5 (38%)
- SaaS 2 (15%)
- Big Data 2 (15%)
- B2B 1 (8%)
- Apps 1 (8%)
Stage
- Seed 6 (46%)
- Series A 1 (8%)
- Series B 1 (8%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| Mapistry is a business intelligence platform for driving smarter environmental and safety decisions. The world’s leading industrial companies use our cloud-based software and mobile app to prevent risk by empowering teams to connect, collaborate, and take action around compliance through a single, easy-to-use dashboard. Visitwww.mapistry.com/info to see a demo. | $1M / Seed / Nov 09, 2020 | ||
| Mapistry is a business intelligence platform for driving smarter environmental and safety decisions. The world’s leading industrial companies use our cloud-based software and mobile app to prevent risk by empowering teams to connect, collaborate, and take action around compliance through a single, easy-to-use dashboard. Visitwww.mapistry.com/info to see a demo. | $2.5M / Seed / May 13, 2018 | ||
| Keen is the embedded analytics API that makes shipping custom user-facing analytics easy and seamless. It develops tools and infrastructure to help developers deliver in-product analytics to their customers. Its platform can handle all aspects of event data management, from collection to application. Keen enables users to stream, store, query, andpresent data all in one place and get a competitive advantage over the competition. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. | $14.7M / Series B / Jun 29, 2016 | ||
| Notion is a smart self-monitoring system that empowers home and property owners to be proactive in protecting their spaces, people, and possessions. The company offers data analytics, intuitive user experience, and an all-in-one, the oreo-sized sensor that allows for real-time alerts ranging from motion and temperature to water leaks and alarms sothat customers can be notified of issues at home instantly.The company was established by Brett Jurgens and Ryan Margoles in 2013 and it is headquartered in Denver, Colorado. | $3.2M / Seed / Jun 02, 2016 | ||
| Notion is a smart self-monitoring system that empowers home and property owners to be proactive in protecting their spaces, people, and possessions. The company offers data analytics, intuitive user experience, and an all-in-one, the oreo-sized sensor that allows for real-time alerts ranging from motion and temperature to water leaks and alarms sothat customers can be notified of issues at home instantly.The company was established by Brett Jurgens and Ryan Margoles in 2013 and it is headquartered in Denver, Colorado. | Seed / Dec 01, 2015 | ||
| Mapistry is a business intelligence platform for driving smarter environmental and safety decisions. The world’s leading industrial companies use our cloud-based software and mobile app to prevent risk by empowering teams to connect, collaborate, and take action around compliance through a single, easy-to-use dashboard. Visitwww.mapistry.com/info to see a demo. | $407K / Seed / Apr 16, 2015 | ||
| ExpenseBot is a developer of an expense management platform used to make business expense reporting easier. The company's software automates the process of filling out expense reports by pulling in information from calendar apps, e-mail, credit card purchase reports, and even a phone’s GPS software. It’s powered by artificial intelligencesoftware that can remind users to file expense actions like meals or a commute.ExpenseBot was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. | $175K / Seed / Sep 09, 2014 | ||
| Keen is the embedded analytics API that makes shipping custom user-facing analytics easy and seamless. It develops tools and infrastructure to help developers deliver in-product analytics to their customers. Its platform can handle all aspects of event data management, from collection to application. Keen enables users to stream, store, query, andpresent data all in one place and get a competitive advantage over the competition. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in San Antonio, Texas. | $11.3M / Series A / Jul 01, 2014 | ||
| OLSET is a San Francisco based big data technology company focused on helping large travel brands (OTAs, TMCs and GDSs) provide a superior experience through personalization. We work with some of the world's largest travel brands and our implementations have resulted in 20%+ conversion improvements.You can read more about OLSET atwww.olset.comOLSET is also the company behind Cinch, an app specifically focused on enabling repeat business travelers complete highly personalized travel bookings with 1 click.You can learn more about Cinch at www.cinchtravel.com | $615K / Seed / Mar 18, 2014 | ||
| ExpenseBot is a developer of an expense management platform used to make business expense reporting easier. The company's software automates the process of filling out expense reports by pulling in information from calendar apps, e-mail, credit card purchase reports, and even a phone’s GPS software. It’s powered by artificial intelligencesoftware that can remind users to file expense actions like meals or a commute.ExpenseBot was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio. | $220K / Seed / Nov 07, 2013 | ||
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Co-Investors
About Drummond Road Capital
Drummond Road was named one of 2014's 50 Most Active Seed Investors, according to CBI Insights. We look for entrepreneurs that combine big, game changing ideas with the tenacity, commitment and competitive fire necessary to turn those ideas into profitable reality. Drummond Road has a founder friendly focus with entrepreneurs and actively works with top accelerator programs such as: TechStars, 500Startups, Y-Combinator, the Brandery, LaunchPad LA, LaunchHouse, FlashStarts, and Bizdom. Morris Wheeler, founder of Drummond Road, serves as a mentor to many of the companies in our portfolio.
Drummond Road Capital Contacts
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FAQ
What does Morris Wheeler invest in?
Morris Wheeler invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Big Data startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 13 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Morris Wheeler invest in?
Morris Wheeler typically joins rounds of $175k–$3.2M at Seed. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Morris Wheeler's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Morris Wheeler took part in.
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When did Morris Wheeler last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Morris Wheeler closed in Nov 2020. Shizune tracks 13 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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