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Validating Entrepreneurs

A Portfolio of Entrepreneurial Partnership

In every stage—from initial investment to exit—we provide a place of stability for companies seeking both capital and partnership. Access to our network extends companies’ capabilities: We build a relationship with them, bring expertise to their vision, and help them experience success.

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We back the entrepreneur and their team—harnessing the energy of their potential.

Financial resources
Operational insight
Strategic counsel

Industry Sectors

Ballast Point Ventures focuses investments in the following key industry sectors

Uplift

Viirtue

Sojo

Gun.io

careviso

Keen Decision Systems

Symphonic Distribution

KEYDATA

Suncoast Skin Solutions

PaceMate

Mailprotector

Carterra

Spotio

Abacode

YPrime

Avoxi

Intelligent Retinal Imaging Systems (IRIS)

Theragen

Dash Solutions

PowerChord

the Zebra

BioTissue

Vazata

Uplift

Tampa, FL

Collaborative psychotherapy and psychiatry, integrated with the healthcare delivery system to drive value for patients, providers, and payers at meaningful scale.

Viirtue

St. Petersburg, FL

Provides wholesale voice and unified communications as a service (UCaaS) to agents, managed service providers, and other resellers.

Sojo

Dallas, TX

Streamlined vacation rental amenities solutions, automating turn-day operations for property managers, from individual hosts to enterprise-level operations.

Gun.io

Nashville, TN

Developer of a complete end-to-end recruitment platform where clients can
source, hire, manage, and pay software development freelancers

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careviso

Falls Church, VA

Provider of prior authorization and price transparency solutions, primarily
focused on the laboratory testing market.

Keen Decision Systems

Durham, NC

Software-as-a-Service company providing a marketing performance management
and decision-making platform

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Symphonic Distribution

Tampa, FL

Provides digital music distribution tools that allow content creators to quickly
and cost effectively distribute their music to major music consumption platforms

KEYDATA

Santa Rosa Beach, FL

Provider of data for the short-term rental industry through direct integrations
with property management reservation systems and short-term rental companies across the globe

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Suncoast Skin Solutions

Lutz, FL

Provides medical and surgical dermatology services across the Florida market

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PaceMate

Sarasota, FL

Provides a software and service solution for remote cardiac device management
to hospital systems and independent cardiology clinics

Mailprotector

Greenville, SC

Provides cloud-based email security and encryption, management, and hosting
services sold exclusively through Managed Services Providers to businesses,
government, and non-profits around the world

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Carterra

Salt Lake City, UT

Developer of high throughput screening technologies designed to accelerate
and improve the discovery of novel therapeutic candidates

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Spotio

Dallas, TX

Cloud-based sales acceleration and performance management software platform
designed for field sales personnel

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Abacode

Tampa, FL

Managed cybersecurity and compliance provider that helps companies prevent sophisticated cyber threats while preparing them for strict compliance mandates

YPrime

Malvern, PA & Raleigh, NC

Provides software products and consulting services aimed at optimizing the
management and performance of global clinical trials
Majority recapitalization by Flexpoint Ford in January 2019

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Avoxi

Atlanta, GA

Provides global virtual phone numbers and contact center Software-as-a-Service
to customers in a range of industries

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Intelligent Retinal Imaging Systems (IRIS)

Pensacola, FL

Provides an end-to-end, FDA-cleared telemedicine platform that allows for
early detection of diabetic eye disease in the primary care setting

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Theragen

Manassas, VA

Provider of therapeutic healing and pain relief medical devices utilizing
non-invasive electrical stimulation technology

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Dash Solutions

Birmingham, AL

Full-service provider of prepaid card program management solutions

PowerChord

St. Petersburg, FL

Provides a suite of internet brand management and digital marketing services
for major brands and their dealer networks in the United States and Europe

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the Zebra

Austin, TX

The nation’s largest quote comparison website for car insurance

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BioTissue

Doral, FL

Medical device company providing regenerative amniotic tissue-based products
for use in the vision care, musculoskeletal, and wound care markets

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Vazata

Plano, TX

Provider of colocation and managed services targeting small and mid-sized businesses

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Instawares

Atlanta, GA

Provider of supplies, equipment, uniforms and customized products to the
restaurant and hospitality industry

Sold its Supplies on the Fly division to Sysco

Optical Experts Manufacturing

Charlotte, NC

Provides DVD and CD replication and mastering services for the consumer,
enterprise, and entertainment markets

Acquired through a recapitalization led by management

Knology

West Point, GA

A broadband systems operator providing cable television, Internet access, and
telephone services to secondary markets in the Southeast

(NASDAQ: KNOL)

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InComm

Atlanta, GA

Industry-leading marketer, distributor, and technology innovator of stored-value
gift and prepaid products at over 225,000 partner locations

Management completed a minority recapitalization

Cbeyond, Inc.

Atlanta, GA

Provides communications and managed services to small businesses utilizing Voice
over Internet Protocol (VoIP)

Completed an initial public offering (NASDAQ: CBEY)

Advanced Processing and Imaging

Boca Raton, FL

Provides integrated document management and enterprise content management software
solutions for efficient paperless documentation of records

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Tower Cloud

St. Petersburg, FL

Builds, owns, and operates high speed fiber optic networks throughout the Southeastern
United States serving wireless carriers and enterprise customers

Acquired by Communications Sales & Leasing (NASDAQ: CSAL)

HotSchedules

Austin, TX

Cloud-based provider of back-of-the-house software solutions to
multi-unit operations in the restaurant, retail, and hospitality
industries

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FSV Payment Systems

Houston, TX & Jacksonville, FL

Manages stored value programs and provides card processing services
to large companies and their employees

Acquired by U.S. Bank

PowerDMS

Orlando, FL

Software-as-a-Service company which manages critical content for organizations
to mitigate risk and maintain compliance with industry standards

Majority recapitalization by Frontier Capital

TicketBiscuit

Birmingham, AL

Software-as-a-Service ticketing platform which offers online, offline, and
mobile ticketing for multiple industry verticals

Acquired by Etix

MolecularMD

West Palm Beach, FL

Offers molecular diagnostic tests that support regulatory approval and clinical
adoption of targeted cancer treatments

Acquired by ICON

GHN Online

Dallas, TX

Revenue cycle management company providing complete and accurate electronic
claims transaction solutions to healthcare payers and providers in real time
via the Internet

Acquired by Greenway Medical Technologies

PDSHeart

West Palm Beach, FL

Provider of physician–prescribed remote and ambulatory cardiac monitoring services

Acquired by CardioNet

QOL Medical

Vero Beach, FL

Specialty pharmaceutical company focused on the gastrointestinal market
Sold its Nascobal drug to Par Pharmaceutical (NYSE: PRX) in March 2009

Completed a majority recapitalization

Matrix Medical Network

Brooklyn, NY

Provider of care management and prospective medical assessment services on
behalf of managed care plans

Acquired by Welsh, Carson, Anderson & Stowe

Innocutis

Charleston, SC

Dermatology focused specialty pharmaceutical company, providing prescription
products to office-based dermatologists and podiatrists

Acquired by Cipher Pharmaceuticals (NASDAQ: CPHR)

SleepMed

West Palm Beach, FL

Medical products and services company focused on diagnosis and treatment
in the sleep-disordered breathing market

kSep Systems

Morrisville, NC

Automated single-use centrifugation bioprocessing equipment and disposables
sold into the areas of recombinant therapeutics, cell therapy, and vaccines manufacturing

Acquired by Sartorius Stedim Biotech

KBI Biopharma

Durham, NC

Provides fully integrated, out-sourced drug development and biomanufacturing
services to the pharmaceutical and bio-technology industries

Acquired by the JSR Corporation

SKUVAULT

Louisville, KY

Cloud-based inventory and warehouse management software platform designed
primarily for eCommerce and omni-channel businesses

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What Our
Companies Say

When our entrepreneurs succeed, we feel like proud coaches—thrilled that their dreams have become realities, privileged to have been a part of that growth.

“They’re available, they’re present, but they don’t overstep.”

“BPV has tons of experience. Their approach makes sense.”

“They’re very good about establishing introductions and expanding your network.”

“BPV totally gets the first-time founder. They’re great educators and mentors.”

Learn from any of our current or former companies. Gain valuable insight on our portfolio partnerships.