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Converge invests in Hark’s seed round

April 24, 2024 12:28 pm Published by Comments Off on Converge invests in Hark’s seed round

Your customers are talking. Are you listening? Converge is pleased to back founders Fran Brzyski and Matt Ring in their mission to help businesses better understand their customer voice through AI. Hark website


Weather forecasts for the solar eclipse – Excarta in the news

March 27, 2024 2:37 pm Published by Comments Off on Weather forecasts for the solar eclipse – Excarta in the news

Converge portfolio company Excarta was featured in the Washington Post for its use of AI in weather forecasting, and in particular for its solar eclipse tracker providing cloud forecasts along the path of the eclipse. You can read the full story here.


TRC Hits Major Milestone in Transit Solutions

March 19, 2024 12:42 pm Published by Comments Off on TRC Hits Major Milestone in Transit Solutions

The Routing Company (“TRC”), a global on-demand vehicle routing and management platform partnering with cities to power the future of public transit, today announced it surpassed more than one million passengers moved. The milestone was powered by TRC’s award-winning Pingo suite of products, including the Drive Pingo™ and Ride Pingo™ apps and the Pingo Dashboard™... Read More


Converge leads pre-seed round in Fora, where AI meets the C-suite

January 31, 2024 12:11 pm Published by Comments Off on Converge leads pre-seed round in Fora, where AI meets the C-suite

Fora, led by entrepreneur and seasoned C-suite leader Joe Essenfeld, is set to redefine executive leadership with its AI-powered ERM platform. With $3.8 million in pre-seed financing from Converge, GTM Fund, Zelkova Venture Partners, Acadian Ventures, 14Peaks, and other institutional investors and individual executives, Fora is committed to enhancing the strategic capabilities of executive leaders... Read More


Converge invests in Nametag

October 31, 2023 12:36 pm Published by Comments Off on Converge invests in Nametag

Converge is pleased to back Aaron Painter, Ross Kinder, and team in their mission to transform authentication and online identity verification. IT and security teams use Nametag to reduce their helpdesk costs while stopping the social engineering and AI deepfake attacks that lead to account takeovers, data breaches and ransomware events. Nametag website


Blog Post by Anshu Agarwal: My First 90 Days as a VC

September 19, 2023 12:15 pm Published by Comments Off on Blog Post by Anshu Agarwal: My First 90 Days as a VC

Converge GP Anshu Agarwal wrote a blog post entitled My First 90 Days as a VC. Read on here to hear about Anshu’s key realizations in the transition from experienced founder and operator to venture investor.


Lumber Launches Platform for Transforming Construction Workforce Management With $5.5M Seed Round

September 12, 2023 12:34 pm Published by Comments Off on Lumber Launches Platform for Transforming Construction Workforce Management With $5.5M Seed Round

Converge is pleased to announce its investment in Lumber, a purpose-built workforce management solution for the complex needs of the construction industry. Lumber’s modern, purpose-built payroll and time-tracking solution is powered by a construction-specific LLM trained on the large sets of regulatory and compliance data for the construction industry, bring much-needed automation to a labor-constrained... Read More