Connetic Ventures

05/03/2022

We are excited to announce the closing of the Seed Round for our newest portfolio company Athlyt. Unlike most NIL programs, ATHLYT is designed to be NIL for all. No matter your sport, your school, your division, your position if you’re a collegiate student-athlete and you want to be a part of the ATHLYT platform you have the opportunity to make money.

ATHLYT, the Name, Image, and Likeness (NIL) marketing technology platform, announced today it has closed its seed funding round from venture capital f

03/09/2022

We are excited to promote Kimberly Kenning Banham to Partner. Kim has been with us for over 5 years and during that time has proved to be an integral part to our overall success. Kim has sourced and evaluated hundreds of deals, led 17 investments (11 of which have female or minority founders) and has stepped into several other internal facing roles.

This promotion coincides nicely with Women’s History Month. As many people know, there are few industries as lopsided as Venture Capital with only 5% of VCs having a female partner. We not only strive to remove bias from our investment process but also want to have a unique and diverse group internally.

Managing Partner Kyle Schlotman said, “Having Kim in the room as a decision maker brings a new and important perspective to the leadership team. We are thrilled to see what type of impact Kim can make in her new role as Partner”

01/12/2022

In 2021 we made 15 new investments, 6 follow-on investments, and passed a number of big milestones internally! Check out our full report below.

Thank you to all the founders that we had the opportunity to meet in 2021. And a special thank you to all the founders that allowed us to join them on their journey! We're looking forward to great things in 2022 and beyond.

2021 New Investments: Claira, OttonomyIO, Colorcast, Native, Houski, Ownors Technologies, Inc., Guardian Lane, Free Brands Inc., CannGoods, frenter, Saasable, Warp World, Petal, EVA, and NutriGMR.

Connetic Key Milestones: Launched Venture Partner Program, expanding Scout Program, launched a new business vertical, passed 90 portfolio companies, launched The Aggregate Podcast, began leading pre-seed and seed rounds, and passed 10,000 TeamPrint profiles

2021 was another challenging year for all of us. Despite the continued disruption to all of our lives, VC continued its tear reaching new…

10/21/2021

Grit. Outgoing. Confidence. Purposeful. Approximate. Proactive. Systematic. Rebellious. Ethical. Leadership. These are the 10 most common traits of successful early-stage founders, regardless of the role they are in.

At Connetic Ventures, we definitely write checks but we also obsess over data on what makes startups successful. An interesting bi-product of our data-driven process is we've built the world's largest behavioral database on early-stage founders. From our analysis, founders and their teams are the most important factor when determining startup success.

In this article, we've pulled back the curtain to reveal 10 traits that are most prevalent in successful early-stage founders. These aren't necessary to be successful but give founders an edge.

3 years ago, we started our data-driven mission of becoming the first Venture Capital Firm in America to use data from sourcing all the way through to investment decisions. As we initially built out our technology, we started with what we thought was the most important component of startup evaluatio

08/11/2021

Calling all early-stage startups currently raising pre-seed or seed rounds! We would love to have you apply for funding from Connetic Ventures.

Connetic has flipped the script and replaced "The Pitch" with an automated, data-driven process. As a result, our investment process is unbiased, fast, and transparent. It only takes 15 minutes to complete and tells you whether you are a fit or not. You'll also get a free TeamPrint profile and high-level feedback on your company.

We write up to $250k initial checks in software, fintech, and consumer product startups across North America.

08/03/2021

We love seeing others help bridge the gap in venture capital funding for female founders of color! Fearless Fund's event is offered virtually and if you find yourself in Atlanta, attend it in person! Get your free tickets, you won’t want to miss this.

Black business owners account for 10 percent of the U.S. businesses and about 30 percent of all minority owned businesses. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, that amounts to approximately two million companies owned by African Americans. We want to change the narrative by diversifying the VC space...

08/03/2021

Elise Tresley is cofounder and CEO of Realm Foods. She’s a multi-time founder across software and CPG industries.

Elise shares a lot of good nuggets about building companies and teams, but our favorite quote was when she dished on gender differences in the VC world:

She says, “I hope we can get to a point where I am just referred to as a founder instead of a female-founder."

Elise Tresley is Co-Founder and CEO of Realm Foods. Elise is a multi-time founder across software and CPG industries. On this episode Chris Hjelm and Elise Tresley discuss:- Her life before startups and what made her make the jump- What's required...

07/13/2021

In episode 3 of our StartupDNA Crossover series, we are diving into The Disruptor profile.
The name Disruptor is well-deserved.
The most proactive profile of the Enterpriser vector makes a habit of interrupting what can be considered the norm.
This week, Brad Zapp & Chris Hjelm discuss the traits of Disruptors.
Included in the talk will be quotes from prior conversations between Brad & Gavi Begtrup.

On today's episode, Brad Zapp and Chris Hjelm dive into the Disruptor Profile. What makes disruptors unique? What roles and tasks do they excel in within organizations? When you should think about hiring one?We will also layer in quotes from our c...

07/08/2021

Innovation Is Not Disruption
1. Develop patience
2. Vision & Gut Instinct
3. Disconnected Fibers of Organizations
4. Be Humble
5. Learn Risk Management

5 Ways Corporations Can Move Beyond Incremental Innovation

06/16/2021

We’re doing things a little different this week. Interviewed by Killer Creamery COO, Matt Price, Brad Zapp kicks off our Disruptor segment with his journey into the VC world.

Hosted by Connetic Ventures, Co-Founder and Managing Partner, Brad Zapp and Killer Creamery COO, Matt Price discuss: Brad’s journey into VC Introducing Wendal, the AI that is money balling founders The disruption of VC from overlooked markets ...

06/11/2021

Our very own Chris Hjelm and Kyle Schlotman played in the Palmetto Championship this week at Congaree Golf Club. Connetic was proud to sponsor the event!

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