# Thomas Babcock

> Thomas Babcock is a seed investor at Trestle Partners (New York) backing SaaS and Software. See 6 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Trestle Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/trestle-lp)
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 6
- Last investment: Feb 2025
- Lead investor: 83%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-babcock-nyc/

Thomas Babcock is a Co-Founder and Partner at Trestle Partners. He attended the University of Virginia Darden School of Business and Wake Forest University.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| SaaS | 2 | 33% |
| Software | 2 | 33% |
| Advertising | 2 | 33% |
| Marketing Automation | 2 | 33% |
| B2B | 1 | 17% |

22 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 50% |
| Series A | 2 | 33% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 1 | 17% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 50% |
| Singapore | 1 | 17% |
| New Zealand | 1 | 17% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Boostly | Boostly automatically collects & analyzes customer data for restaurants from a variety of sources (including POS, in-store kiosks, online ordering, loyalty programs, 3rd party delivery orders, WiFi, and QR codes) and then leverages text messaging to drive incremental visits from those customers. Boostly then brings new customers to therestaurant and generates high quality reviews & feedback.Boostly's platform is completely automated & learns from the engagement of consumers to have smarter targeting on a weekly basis. | $22M | Series A | Feb 10, 2025 |  |
| Boostly | Boostly automatically collects & analyzes customer data for restaurants from a variety of sources (including POS, in-store kiosks, online ordering, loyalty programs, 3rd party delivery orders, WiFi, and QR codes) and then leverages text messaging to drive incremental visits from those customers. Boostly then brings new customers to therestaurant and generates high quality reviews & feedback.Boostly's platform is completely automated & learns from the engagement of consumers to have smarter targeting on a weekly basis. | $5.6M | Seed | Aug 06, 2024 |  |
| Lasso MD | Lasso MD is a martech platform for SMB healthcare practices. The platform offers first-rate marketing services such as website design, video production, SEO, Paid Ads, Social Media, and ROI Software. It transforms patient lead flow into effortless revenue. Through marketing services, communication software, and patient analytics, Lasso is aservice-based platform that enables simple and repeatable patient growth. Its suite of services develops a sustainable growth model for your practice by managing all stages of patient acquisition, from website design to ROI analysis. | $2M | Seed | Apr 27, 2023 |  |
| Cargobase | Cargobase is a global cloud-based Transportation Management System built to solve tomorrow’s dynamic logistics challenges today. We offer a full-fledged modular TMS platform that covers all freight modes, is available in all major languages, and is used daily by the world’s leading shippers and logistics service providers, from SMEs to Fortune 500companies.Core features includes: Spot-Buy Procurement, Freight Tendering, Rate Management, Freight Execution, Real-Time Visibility, Invoice Audit and Reporting & Analytics. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Sep 20, 2022 |  |
| Insense | Insense is a Creator Marketplace for UGC & Creator Content at scale. Our global community of 20,000+ vetted creators delivers cost-efficient creator mobile-first assets in just 10 business days, whilst our managed service provides creative editing & media buying for high performance. Our customers have seen 4x reduction in production costs,3x higher CTR, and up to 12x ROAS. | $3.1M | Seed | Feb 01, 2022 |  |
| Marsello | Marsello is a retailers virtual marketing assistant who uses machine learning and artificial intelligence to leverage the data within a business, and across thousands of other businesses just like them, to create marketing that generates new, attributable sales. | $2.9M | Series A | Jan 19, 2021 |  |

6 of 6 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Singularity Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/singularity-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [AvanTech Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avantech-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Digital Consumer Brand Laboratory](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/digital-consumer-brand-laboratory-9981) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Flyer One Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flyer-one-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Geek Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/geek-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Trestle Partners

VC Fund · New York, United States

Trestle LP is a private fund that partners with pre-Series A enterprise software (SaaS) founders who are biased towards responsible growth and the preservation of exit opportunities. We focus on identifying SaaS businesses with strong product-market fit and responsible growth patterns.

2 contacts available at Trestle Partners.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Jack Fennebresque | Co-Founder and Managing Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jack-fennebresque |
| Thomas Babcock | Founder and Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/thomas-babcock |

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## FAQ

### What does Thomas Babcock invest in?

Thomas Babcock invests primarily in SaaS, Software and Advertising startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 6 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Thomas Babcock last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Thomas Babcock closed in Feb 2025. Shizune tracks 6 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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