Gambit Ventures

04/25/2023

Thrilled to announce the acquisition of Gambit Ventures's portfolio company Envoy by Blink Charging’s (Nasdaq: $BLNK) wholly-owned subsidiary, Blink Mobility, LLC which creates one of the largest all-electric car-sharing companies in the United States.

Click here to read our must recent news, Blink Charging’s Wholly Owned Subsidiary Blink Mobility Announces Acquisition of Envoy, Expanding its Position in the Growing EV Car-Sharing Industry. Blink Charging provides high-quality and easy to use EV Charging Stations and Networks for homes and busin...

07/28/2022

FleetOps helps the industry meet these challenges by offering an on-demand freight marketplace that matches freight from brokers to carriers with available capacity. It does this automated load matching by leveraging data from drivers’ electronic logging devices (ELDs) as well as artificial intelligence.

With these resources, it can match its network of 227,000 drivers with brokers and third-party logistics (3PL) providers.

Moving freight can be complicated, as it involves shippers, logistics providers and carriers. Without tech to help, trucks drive empty up to 33% of the time.

07/12/2022

"Walmart had implemented StrongArm Tech's wearable tech in 18 buildings and across more than 6,000 workers as of May 2021, and a Walmart spokesperson confirmed in June 2022 that the company is continuing to roll out the technology to more facilities."

Skeptics say there's a better way to protect warehouse workers: redesign jobs to make them safe.

04/18/2022

Great coverage from the NY International Auto Show featuring our portfolio company Narrative I/O CEO Nick Jordan discussing how auto companies can utilize data collection from their vehicles.

Yahoo Finance’s Pras Subramanian joins Narrative CEO Nick Jordan at the New York International Auto Show to discuss how auto companies are utilizing data collection.

01/20/2022

Couldn’t be prouder of our portfolio company StrongArm Tech and the mission they’re on to keep industrial athletes safe.

StrongArm Technologies pivoted from exoskeletons to small wearables that generate lots of data in its mission to keep blue-collar workers safe. The result: Big-name customers that include Walmart and Toyota.

08/31/2021

Great coverage by AdExchanger of our portfolio company Spaceback, pioneers in this growing space.

Remember the last time a banner ad caught your eye? Same. But one way that advertisers have overcome the low response rates of standard display ad units is to recreate social media content as creative. It’s not a crowded category, notably featuring the programmatic startup Spaceback and Nova, the ...

11/13/2020

Congrats to Ori, Aric and the entire team at Envoy. We were early believers and so pleased to now be validated thanks to their incredibly hard work. Thrilled to be along for the (electric) ride!

09/01/2020

Exciting to watch Narrative I/O take on the broken data broker model. With Data Streams, they've made the process of buying data fast, easy, and transparent—everything that working with a data broker is not. Can't wait to see what they come up with next.

Narrative has raised $8.5 million in Series A funding and is launching a new product designed to further simplify the process of buying and selling data. I’ve already written about the company’s existing marketplace and software for managing data transactions. With the new Data Streams …

08/18/2020

Congrats to portfolio company FleetOps on an additional $6m in seed capital with participation by Inspired Capital, Resolute Ventures, Hike Ventures, Basecamp Fund, Newark Venture Partners, BCF Ventures, Panache Ventures, and Brian Thomas of RwE Growth Partners.

FleetOps is a freight marketplace that matches truck drivers with shipment opportunities using vehicle data and artificial intelligence. In addition to the funding, FleetOps recently announced partnerships with Loadsmart, project44, and Shipwell, which all operate across the freight industry.

Link to more details: https://betakit.com/today-in-funding-dapper-labs-fleetops-plurilock-fortai/

04/29/2020

StrongArm Tech's FUSE platform has been recognized by Fast Company’s World Changing Ideas Awards in the AI and Data Category.

See the full list of honorees.

10/29/2019

So rewarding to read about the positive influence our portfolio company Studio is making in people’s lives. Read more in The Wall Street Journal.

A woman working from home while juggling parenting fine-tunes her fitness with help from an exercise app.