Portfolio Companies Named to Forbes America’s Best Startup Employers 2024

Congrats to these portfolio companies on being named to the Forbes America’s Best Startup Employers 2024

We’re Hiring! Platform/Program Associate – Full Time, NYC-Based

Job Title:

Platform/Program Associate at ERA

(ERA) Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator is seeking a Platform/Program Associate to join our team in supporting our accelerator’s operations and building ERA’s community platform.

Location: 

This is an in-person position located in New York, NY

About ERA:

ERA (http://eranyc.com) is an early-stage investment fund and technology accelerator in NYC. Since 2011, ERA has invested in 330+ companies through its accelerator platform. Its portfolio companies are currently playing leading roles in the evolution of virtually every major global industry.

About the Role:

We’re looking for a Platform/Program Associate to directly support the day-to-day operations of ERA programs and the ERA platform that supports ERA portfolio companies. Your job will include working on all aspects of ERA programs and supporting the needs of our portfolio companies and mentor network. You are also responsible for managing the community and resources for our network of 330+ (and growing!) ERA portfolio companies.

Your focus is on delivering the best possible experience for our founders and ensuring the successful execution of ERA programs. Day-to-day responsibilities will include platform administrative duties, program & mentor scheduling, and helping our portfolio companies connect with the benefits of ERA’s 1,000+ strong community of mentors and founders.

Who You Are:

You should be an organized and detail-oriented self-starter with experience in operations and a demonstrated interest in technology, startups, and entrepreneurship. The speed at which our operations run is extraordinarily fast, and the ability to multi-task and hit deadlines is critical to your success. You also have a strong desire to learn and a comfort to tackle new problems. You are willing to take on any project, large or small, and deliver high-quality work.

Qualities We’re Looking For:

What You’ll Be Doing:

Compensation: 

Full-time with full health benefits, base salary cash compensation at $70K- $80K. The specific salary will be commensurate according to relevant experience.

15 days paid vacation.

If interested, please send the following to [email protected]:

  1. Resume 
  2. LinkedIn and other social media profile links 
  3. A brief paragraph on why you are the best person for this job
     

NYC’s (ERA) Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator Announces Participants For Its Winter 2024 Program; Companies Receive $150,000 Investments On a Post-Money SAFE

New York—January 8, 2024—ERA today announced that it has selected its Winter 2024 class. The companies selected to participate in the four-month program are innovating in a variety of significant industries, all with businesses ready to take advantage of ERA’s platform and the broader New York City opportunity.

This is the Accelerator’s 26th program. ERA’s initial investment in participant companies is $150,000 on a post-money SAFE in return for 6% of each company.

Alternew is a SaaS platform for fashion alterations, repair, and made-to-order businesses. Our technology streamlines operations for local and national shops and helps alterations and repair businesses improve profitability and customer satisfaction. Alternew provides the much-needed standardization to scale this sector for bigger opportunities.

CarbonPilot simplifies carbon credit compliance. Our B2B SaaS platform streamlines monitoring, reporting, and verification for carbon removal companies. With CarbonPilot, companies spend less time on paperwork and get to carbon credit revenue faster.

Carez AI is the first AI companion designed for caregivers and home care agencies. We provide customized support based on client profiles and agency policies, enabling caregivers to make better decisions and improve care quality. Additionally, it offers agencies detailed insights into their operations, enabling efficient management and decision making.

CaseBlink is transforming legal workflows through GenAI and AI agent technologies. Designed for both individual clients and law firms, our platform automates complex legal tasks, from full immigration applications to specific legal document preparation. Our efficient, cost-effective solutions significantly reduce traditional costs and timeframes, offering scalability and adaptability to various legal fields.

Context Nature is creating an AI-powered decision-support product that cost-efficiently manages nature risk. Our platform allows investors and businesses to understand their nature impacts, evaluate risks and opportunities, and make informed decisions to mitigate them.

DashlyHR is a labor-management platform for the blue-collar workforce. We use historical employee performance to predict turnover and mitigate risk on jobsites through an easy-to-navigate platform of aggregated job and employee data.

Deben is enterprise software for media planning. We provide a data-driven suite of planning capabilities in an elegant and strategy-first interface. Our platform increases media impact, reduces planning expenses, and maximizes data investments. We help our clients build better plans, faster.

Detexian enables businesses to detect data breaches within two minutes. Users often grant risky permissions to numerous third-party apps within an organization. Our platform identifies compromised data and prevents leaks.

Digital Iron is an AI-enabled B2B SaaS product that is streamlining the construction machinery-parts industry. Identifying complex technical machinery issues using generative AI, our product reduces overall machine downtime by efficiently connecting businesses with needed parts through real-time inventory.

Dropshop has developed software to help fashion brick and mortar retailers convert more customers and improve their retention rate by offering a personalized instant (two hour) delivery and an at-home returns pickup experience.

Enspi empowers manufacturers, enterprises, and data centers to access untapped energy market revenues, optimize energy usage and reduce costs. It pioneers the future of seamless energy management by integrating renewable assets with its AI-enabled Virtual Power Plant. The platform enables the ability to set parameters for emissions initiatives, contributing to a sustainable future.

Kolate.AI is building a GenAI-based clinical trial events prediction engine for pharma stakeholders that delivers real-time insights to allow in-trial adjustments and improved execution. We will save these stakeholders significant time and cost, and enable precision medicine targeting specific patient segments.

Hively is the go-to destination for older adults transitioning into retirement. Our digital platform equips members with peer support, expertise, and opportunities to holistically explore what’s next. Social isolation among older adults costs Medicare $7B each year, and we’re on a mission to change the narrative on aging and empower a life of meaning beyond retirement.

LEA is the data platform that makes financial advisors more effective. LEA gathers data from clients’ financial documents and places the data where it’s needed. LEA’s technology extracts, enriches, and exports data, removing this work from advisors. With LEA, advisors save time and have the data needed to build personalized client relationships.

Thread Health is a virtual and data-driven clinic for adolescents. Teens, parents, and caregivers are supported in real time by adolescent-trained physicians, health educators, and care navigators. Thread’s tech-based, end-to-end approach is critical for managing health, illness, and risks of the digitally native 10-25 age group.

Zenguard AI is the safest way for the regulated industries to use GenAI. We provide an on-premise LLM-powered platform that analyzes every interaction between enterprise infrastructure and GenAI third-party vendors to enforce security policies and access controls, ensure data leak protection, and provide holistic monitoring and observability.

About ERA

(ERA) Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator is New York City’s leading technology accelerator and early-stage venture capital fund. It has invested in 330+ start-ups since launching in 2011. Its alumni companies, who come from all over the world, are already playing leading roles in the evolution of virtually every major global industry. Notable investments include Glia, TripleLift, Katapult, Thirty Madison, Nayya, Order, Bespoke Post, User Interviews, Fund That Flip, CardFlight, and Scentbird. To date, ERA alumni companies have raised more than $2 billion in investor capital and collectively exceed $10 billion in market capitalization.

NEC X and ERA Forge Strategic Partnership to Advance East Coast-Based Startups

We could not be more excited to share that we have established a partnership with NEC X.

NEC X  builds on the strength of NEC’s technologies to accelerate the development of innovative products and services.

“We’re very excited to be partnering with NEC and NEC X, a leading technology innovator in both Japan and the United States,” said Murat Aktihanoglu, Managing Partner, ERA. “We are pleased to be helping NEC X extend their reach to New York City and the East Coast and look forward to collaborating with them to support the growth of startups for years to come.”

“NEC X is committed to ensuring the success of startups by helping to co-create and support them jointly with accelerators, venture capitalists and early adopters,” said Shintaro Matsumoto, President and CEO, NEC X. “Through the partnership with ERA, we aim to strengthen support for entrepreneurs on the East Coast, in addition to Silicon Valley, and pursue new business opportunities.”

Read the full announcement here.

Six portfolio companies named to the Inc. 5000 2023

Congrats to these six portfolio companies on being named to the Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America for 2023!

 

NYC’s (ERA) Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator Announces Participants For Its Summer 2023 Program

NYC’s (ERA) Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator Announces Participants For Its Summer 2023 Program; Companies Receive $150,000 Investments On a Post-Money SAFE

New York—June 20, 2023—ERA today announced that it has selected its Summer 2023 class. The companies selected to participate in the four-month program are innovating in a variety of significant industries, all with businesses ready to take advantage of ERA’s platform and the broader New York City opportunity.

This is the Accelerator’s 25th program. ERA’s initial investment in participant companies is $150,000 on a post-money SAFE in return for 6% of each company.

Architect Health is a digital health care navigation platform. We help members find, access, and use telehealth apps and wearables through their health insurance. Our personalized machine learning platform unlocks the $115B market opportunity of empowering health plans with data to increase utilization of digital health solutions, sourcing new solutions that members want and will use, and accelerating solution adoption.

Bench AI is an MLOps platform that allows users to train, track, monitor, and deploy their machine learning models on the cloud, all without ever interacting with the cloud. Our SDK does all the heavy lifting, so users never waste time on cloud configuration, pipeline setup, and model monitoring.

DiploAI is a SaaS platform that helps governments navigate public-sector data and bureaucracy. We use machine learning and NLP algorithms to streamline international engagement and strategy and cut out the need for consultants or manual analysis.

DirtSat empowers commercial property owners to turn underutilized rooftop assets into climate workhorses with outsized environmental and economic returns. Our data-driven tools surface hidden ROI across commercial portfolios ripe for green roof implementation. The most viable properties are autonomously identified and ranked, streamlined for development, and measured for impact.

Encap Health is transforming the after-visit experience to improve patient health – starting with automated, engaging, and actionable visit summaries. Our emailed summaries (no portals or log-ins) include the latest health education, product, medication, and lifestyle recommendations personalized for each patient.

Esger is a SaaS platform that simplifies the ESG certification process for small and medium-sized businesses so they are certification-ready in weeks, not months.

heyMilo is a platform that allows companies to deploy Generative AI-powered agents. We help organizations scale end-user interactions, including for recruiting, customer support, marketing, user research, and more. Our Generative AI-powered agents help companies be more efficient and operate more effectively.

kommu is a connected home-sharing and travel network, linking travelers with their trusted circles. It empowers travelers to share their homes with trusted friends, family, and communities on their terms. Through kommu, users manage their home-sharing preferences and learn when friends are in the same city, fostering real-life connections during their trips.

Moonlight  is an app that helps you find flow state on demand. With biometric information and computer data, we can passively monitor your focus levels and provide personalized plans to you get into flow faster. Loss of focus costs the US $1.25T each year, yet no tool gets you focused on demand.

One Kappa is an intelligent weather solution for businesses across a wide range of industries. Our software lets weather-sensitive businesses easily manage risk and conduct their operations. We generate actionable insights by leveraging diverse weather data sources.

Pathways is building a full-stack sustainability platform for the construction industry. Today, we integrate embodied carbon calculations into existing design tools to help architects minimize the carbon footprint of their projects. Our vision is to integrate across the ecosystem, from industrial material procurement, through building permitting, sustainability certification, and ESG reporting.

Ripplfect rewards eco-conscious behavior at scale to help companies reduce their scope three emissions. We connect consumers to the increasing number of sustainable businesses and climate solutions while tracking the impact of our collective action.

Suntra Modern Recovery is a navigation and support platform for families battling addiction. More than 100 million Americans know someone with an addiction, but lack knowledge on how to assist those in need. Our platform combines automated tools, educational content, virtual groups, and expert counseling, which together accelerate access to affordable care.

Zendata is an AI-enabled auditing platform that helps B2C companies scan and remediate privacy & data risks across different surfaces (websites, APK/IPAs, APIs, SDKs, and repos). The platform can be up and running in minutes and incorporates industry/region-specific checks that auto-update. 

About ERA

(ERA) Entrepreneurs Roundtable Accelerator is New York City’s leading technology accelerator and early-stage venture capital fund. It has invested in 300+ start-ups since launching in 2011. Its alumni companies, who come from all over the world, are already playing leading roles in the evolution of virtually every major global industry. Notable investments include Glia, TripleLift, Katapult, Thirty Madison, Nayya, Order, Bespoke Post, User Interviews, Fund That Flip, CardFlight, and Scentbird. To date, ERA alumni companies have raised more than $1.7 billion in investor capital and collectively exceed $10 billion in market capitalization.

 

 

 

Portfolio Awards and Honors

We could not be more excited to share that our portfolio has received honors and awards across multiple platforms. We are proud to have written the first checks to each of these tremendous startups.

The Unicorns 

The Honorees

Forbes America’s Best Startup Employers 2024

FinTech Breakthrough Award for the Best Financial Education Platform 2024

Ad Age’s Breakout Brand Leaders 2023

Forbes America’s Best Startup Employers 2023

Forbes 30 Under 30 2024

Forbes 30 Under 30 2023

Inc.5000 2023

Inc. Regionals 2023: Northeast

Meet the Companies Making an Outsized Impact in the Northeast

Inc. 2023 Female Founders 200

Well+Good 2023 Changemakers

UrbanGeekz 50: Fintech 2023

American Banker Most Influential Women in Fintech 2023

Built in NYC Best Midsize Places to Work 2023

Built in NYC Best Small Places to Work 2023

Juniper Research Future Digital Awards for Telco Innovation 2023

Insurance Luminaries 2023 Coverage Innovation Honorees

Entrepreneur 100 Women of Influence 2022

Forbes Next 1000  2021

Fortune Best Small Places to Work-Healthcare 2022

Forbes America’s Best Startup Employers 2021

Inc. 5000 2022

Inc. 5000  2021

Inc. Best Workplaces 2022

Inc. Female Founders 100  2021

Business Insider’s Hottest Adtech Companies  2021

Crain’s New York’s Best Places to Work 2021

Built in NYC Best Midsize Places to Work 2021

Built in NYC Best Small Places to Work 2021

Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 2023

Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 2022

Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500  2021

EBONY Media 2021 Power 100 Innovation Leader

#1 Rising Company in US Insuretech Insights Future 50 Awards 2021

AdExchanger Programmatic Power Players 2022

AdExchanger Programmatic Power Players 2021

Digiday Technology Awards for Best Attribution Tool  2021

Globe Street 50 under 40 2021

PropertyCasualty360 DEI, Environmental Stewardship Honorees 2021

Crain’s New York Business Notable Hispanic Leaders 2022

BenefitsPro Luminaries Class of 2022 (Humanizing Benefits)

City AI firms bucked the VC downturn, raised a whopping $483.6M in 2022 (Remarkable Ventures)

Pitchbook released a new report on Generative AI companies. Two Sigma is at the top of the heap among city firms funding the boom, followed by Remarkable Ventures, HBS Alumni Angels New York, Partnership Fund for New York City, Coatue Management and Betaworks Ventures.

City AI firms bucked the VC downturn, raised a whopping $483.6M in 2022

 

 

Alum Named among the fastest-growing companies in the Northeast by Inc.

Congrats to Chicory and Bespoke Post on been named among the fastest-growing companies in the Northeast by Inc. Magazine in their Regionals 2023: Northeast list.

Meet the Companies Making an Outsized Impact in the Northeast

Alum Named America’s Best Startup Employers 2023 by Forbes

We are thrilled to share that portfolio companies Thirty Madison and Nayya have been recognized as “America’s Best Startup Employers 2023” by Forbes.