Wareness.io
VC Fund
New York, United States
Wareness.io is a VC fund in New York focused on Consumer Electronics and Mobile. VSC’s Wareness studio is a marketing consultancy and seed investment fund, pioneering a model unprecedented in the communications and marketing industry.Wareness has built iconic brands, many from scratch, turning them into household names. These include Coin (acquired by FitBit), Sproutling (acquired by Mattel), Tile, Navdy, goTenna, Ringly,Teforia, Nanit, and b8ta.Initial Wareness portfolio companies have generated over $120 million in direct to consumer revenue, and portfolio companies have raised more than $200 million in follow-on funding.
- Total investments:
- 6
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 0%
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Industries Wareness.io invests in
Stages Wareness.io invests in
Countries Wareness.io invests in
Contacts
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Archana ‘Archie’ Chattha
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Julia Konstantinovsky
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Stacy Taaffe
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1 more contact available
Investment Focus
Industry
- Consumer Electronics 4 (67%)
- Mobile 3 (50%)
- Software 2 (33%)
- SaaS 1 (17%)
- EdTech 1 (17%)
Stage
- Series A 4 (67%)
- Seed 1 (17%)
- Funding Round 1 (17%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
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Archana ‘Archie’ Chattha
Partner and VP, Network
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Partner and VP, Network | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Julia Konstantinovsky
Director, Client Strategy
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Director, Client Strategy | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Stacy Taaffe
Director of Client Experience
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Director of Client Experience | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Vijay Chattha
Founder
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Founder | Total investments: 18 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Nearpod
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Nearpod is an all-in-one solution for the synchronized use of iPads in the classroom that makes lectures more engaging through interactive multimedia presentations. With Nearpod, teachers can create mobile presentations, engage students in class, and assess them in real time.The fast adoption of tablet computing and mobile devices is having aprofound impact on education. Nearpod allows educators to very easily take their existing presentations, convert them into mobile-friendly content, and engage all students to convert them into active classroom participants. Teachers can deliver their existing content through mobile (iOS or Android) devices and get instant feedback from students through interactive features like polls, quizzes, drawing activities, and others. | Series A / May 09, 2016 | |
Olio Devices
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Olio Devices develops luxury lifestyle products for modern professionals. The company offers smart wearable devices such as wrist-watches alongside associated software, hardware, and a cloud-based platform for third-party services.Their first product, the Olio Model One timepiece, was announced in March, 2015. Olio Devices was founded in 2013and is based in San Francisco, CA. | $10M / Series A / Jul 30, 2015 | |
Navdy
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The creator of the world’s first device for your car to let you Look Forward© while Staying Connected©, Navdy’s mission is to reinvent the driving experience. At Navdy, we set out to solve a complex problem with a beautifully simple solution. To create the type of product you get and immediately forget how you ever lived without it. We believeyou should be able to do all the things you do everyday simply and easily from the driver’s seat. So we set out to make driving something you Look Forward© to again. Navdy is more than a piece of hardware and more than an app—it’s an experience, and one we hope you enjoy every time you get behind the wheel. To learn more, visit www.navdy.com. | $20.3M / Series A / Jan 16, 2015 | |
Osmo
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Started in 2013 by Pramod Sharma and Jerome Scholler, Osmo is a gaming company built around its proprietary Reflective Artificial Intelligence. It aims to create a new play movement to unleash the boundaries of the screen with the launch of its inaugural product, Osmo. Osmo expands the playing field and engages creative thinking and socialinteraction, allowing any object - pen and paper, you name it - to interact with the digital device. Osmo is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA. | $12M / Series A / Oct 16, 2014 | |
MotionSavvy
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MotionSavvy is developing a translation tool for the Deaf and Hard of hearing by working with gesture recognition technology Leap Motion along with various mobile devices which targets sign language users for improved accessibility. Our goal is the 370 million deaf and hard of hearing market worldwide with a cost affordable product against currentcompetitors. | Oct 01, 2014 | |
goTenna
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goTenna is the world's leading mobile mesh networking company and provider of off-grid connectivity solutions for smartphones and other devices. goTenna's mesh networking protocol, Aspen Grove™, is embedded into lightweight, low-cost devices and paired with easy-to-use mobile apps enabling mobile, long-range connectivity even withoutcell, wifi, or satellite. goTenna’s mesh technology enables decentralized, programmable mobile infrastructure on a global scale in markets ranging from public sector to enterprise and IoT.The goTenna vision to create a resilient communications system was ignited during Hurricane Sandy in 2012, when approximately a third of cell towers and power stations were knocked out. Based in Brooklyn, goTenna is backed by investors including Founders Fund, Union Square Ventures, Comcast Ventures, Collaborative Fund, and Bloomberg Beta. | $1.8M / Seed / Dec 04, 2013 |
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FAQ
What does Wareness.io invest in?
Wareness.io invests primarily in Consumer Electronics, Mobile and Software startups, most often at Series A and Seed 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.
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Who are the partners at Wareness.io?
The team at Wareness.io includes Archana ‘Archie’ Chattha (Partner and VP, Network), Julia Konstantinovsky (Director, Client Strategy) and Stacy Taaffe (Director of Client Experience). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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