# B. Thomas Golisano

> B. Thomas Golisano is a Series A investor at Grand Oaks Capital backing Software. See 8 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct…

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Grand Oaks Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/grand-oaks-capital)
- Location: Naples, United States
- Total investments: 8
- Last investment: Apr 2023
- Lead investor: 75%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/tom-golisano-94937919a/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/thomasgolisano
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100093283286340

B. Thomas Golisano is a Series A investor at Grand Oaks Capital in Naples focused on Software and SaaS. B. Thomas Golisano is based out of Rochester and is the Founder of Golisano Institute for Business & Entrepreneurship. B. Thomas Golisano attended Alfred State College.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 38% |
| SaaS | 2 | 25% |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 25% |
| Film | 1 | 13% |
| Energy | 1 | 13% |

28 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 3 | 38% |
| Seed | 1 | 13% |
| Series B | 1 | 13% |
| Series C | 1 | 13% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 13% |

6 stages tracked in total.

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| HelloTeam | HelloTeam is the all-in-one employee engagement and performance management platform for the modern workforce. Through virtual recognition, surveys, goals, performance reviews, and powerful people analytics, HelloTeam is empowering every employee to be connected, engaged, and inspired. | $10M | Series A | Apr 21, 2023 | https://www.helloteam.com |
| Viridi Parente | Viridi Parente is a disruptive energy company that builds power systems which employ their proprietary architecture. The company's products are clean, sustainable power sources that replace century old distributed energy platforms, such as fossil fuel, lead-acid batteries and other outdated technologies. | $94.7M | Series C | Jan 18, 2022 | https://viridiparente.com |
| Kickfurther | Kickfurther is a crowdfunded inventory marketplace that allows its users to buy inventory directly from suppliers and partner with businesses to sell the inventory. Businesses get access to inventory through a consignment model and can leverage existing financing costs to tap a new sales and marketing channel.It was established in Boulder,Colorado by Andrew Westwick and Sean Clercq in 2014. | $5.9M | Seed | Apr 29, 2021 | http://kickfurther.com/ |
| Kodak | Kodak is a technology company that provides imaging solutions and services for enterprises and consumers. It also provides packaging, functional printing, graphic communications, and professional services under its key segment, which is digital printing & enterprise and graphics, entertainment, and commercial films.Kodak is known forphotographic film products, It focused on digital photography and digital printing after the rise of digital cameras and products. After manufacturing digital cameras, pocket video cameras and digital picture frames for a considerable time period, Kodak is now focused on the corporate digital imaging market.Kodak was established in 1888 by George Eastman. It is based in Rochester, New York. | $75M | Post-IPO Equity | Mar 01, 2021 | http://kodak.com |
| Council Rock | Council Rock is an engineering company that empowers Industrial IoT with a full suite of communication solutions for critical infrastructure. | $7M | Series A | Feb 28, 2021 | https://councilrock.com/ |
| PostProcess Technologies | PostProcess Technologies is a provider of automated and intelligent post-printing solutions for additive manufacturing. The company's comprehensive system of proprietary software, patent-pending hardware, and additive-formulated chemistry works together to remove the bottleneck in the third step of additive manufacturing — post-printing. | $20M | Series B | Nov 13, 2019 | http://www.postprocess.com |
| Mykonos Software | Mykonos Software is a private company founded in 2009 by serial entrepreneur David Koretz, President and CEO of Mykonos. Mr. Koretz also founded BlueTie, Inc., the leading provider of Software as a Service (SaaS) email and collaboration services for small to mid-sized businesses (SMBs) worldwide in 1999. With ten years of experience developing AJAXWeb services used by millions of customers, BlueTie is an expert at building secure and scalable Web applications. This knowledge led to the focus on Web application security and to the creation of the innovative Mykonos Web security product and the formation of Mykonos Software. | $4M | Series A | Jan 23, 2012 | http://www.mykonossoftware.com |
| Ultra-Scan | Ultra-Scan Corporation is an identity management solutions provider and a pioneer in the development of high accuracy, fingerprint identification technology, serving the healthcare, government and transportation security, and financial markets.Ultra-Scan’s breakthrough technology is based upon patented and proprietary finger imaging whichscans the finger ultrasonically, and is distinguished from other fingerprint biometric authentication systems in three key areas: enrollability – the ability to read and enroll virtually any fingerprint; usability – the robustness to operate indoors or outdoors in real-world environments with quick throughput processing; and accuracy – the ability to perform faster and more accurate matches than any other biometric technology. The company holds an extensive portfolio of patents on its techniques for using ultrasound for automatic fingerprint identification.Ultra-Scan Corporation is committed to the development, design, and deployment of strong, secure identity and access management solutions. Leveraging the company’s advancements in highly accurate ultrasonic biometric technology, Ultra-Scan’s hardware and software applications serve the healthcare, security, and financial markets. | $18M |  | Jul 02, 2003 | http://www.ultra-scan.com/ |

8 of 8 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Denver Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/denver-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Draper Associates](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/draper-associates-2) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Motorola Solutions — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Rochester Angel Network](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rochester-angel-network) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Sunbelt Rentals — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Grand Oaks Capital

VC Fund · Baytown, United States

Grand Oaks Capital is a private investment firm that invests across multiple asset classes, including public and private equity and debt and real estate.Grand Oaks Capital Ventures is the venture capital affiliate of Grand Oaks Capital that provides seed and early-stage financing across a wide range of sectors.It was founded in 2012 andheadquartered in

1 contacts available at Grand Oaks Capital.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| B. Thomas Golisano | Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/tom-golisano |

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## FAQ

### What does B. Thomas Golisano invest in?

B. Thomas Golisano invests primarily in Software, SaaS and Manufacturing startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 8 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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### When did B. Thomas Golisano last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for B. Thomas Golisano closed in Apr 2023. Shizune tracks 8 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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