

Supply Chain Ventures invests in entrepreneurs who have delivered breakthrough technologies for marketing and supply chain management and who have the experience to build market-dominant businesses. It also does not hurt to have worked with the Managing Director in the past.


Current Investments

LeanLogistics is an on-demand Transportation Management System (TMS) focused on reducing total cost of technology ownership by blending traditional TMS functionality with collaborative shipper/carrier management tools as well as by enhancing customer service operations via real time shipment status information. LeanLogistics also manages transportation planning and execution for selected clients.
www.leanlogisitics.com

Vtrenz, the industry leader in on-demand marketing automation software, enables organizations to nurture, grow and retain customers through its innovative product, proven relationship marketing process and experienced marketing professionals. Developed by Vtrenz, iMarketing Automation is a comprehensive product that allows marketers to create, manage, execute and analyze all components of their marketing campaigns, both traditional and electronic, within one solution .
www.vtrenz.com

Tumri is an on-demand, pay for performance network merchandising company which serves highly-targeted, contextually relevant products to qualified consumers browsing internet sites via a superior, scalable, lights-out targeting engine.
www.tumri.com

TrueDemand Software is a pioneer in the development of new supply chain applications, formulated by Dr. Hau Lee of the Stanford School of Business, which take advantage of both RFID and non-RFID data to help solve supply chain planning and execution problems.
www.truedemand.com

Control Group Control Group is a New York based information technology and outsourcing company specializing in complete technology solutions for architects, designers, publishers, financial, legal and professional services firms.
www.controlgroup.com


Biflex is a private label maker of bras and panties that provides a leading product design and replenishment service for major retailers, including Wal-Mart, J. C. Penny, Sears/K-Mart and Dillard's. Recently spun out of Kellwood, Biflex's success is derived from developing creative new products as well as running an innovative, low cost global sourcing and logistics operation.

Kiva Systems provides a breakthrough material handling system for the order fulfillment and warehousing industry. The Kiva Mobile Fulfillment System allows distribution center operators to triple labor productivity, decrease order cycle times to minutes, and add new capacity in days.
www.kivasystems.com

Spring Lake Technologies is developing the next generation of on-demand sales performance software. The SLY solutions-SmartProfiling and SmartSelling—enable individual sales professional to significantly increase close rates by improving seller and buyer alignment during the sales process.
www.springlaketech.com
Aiko Biotech
Aiko Biotechnology, Inc. is a Maine-based, early stage
pharmaceutical company specializing in developing compounds to
eliminate the harmful side effects and addiction that result from
prescription pain medication use. The company has exclusive rights
to a novel class of compounds, termed “opioid antagonists” that hold
promise for more efficacious and safer pain and addiction management
than currently exists or is under development.
www.aikobiotech.com
New Vine Logistics
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New Vine Logistics offers proprietary order management, storage and
fulfillment services for premium west coast wineries which enable
fully compliant consumer-direct wine shipments to forty-four states.
Mailing list sales to consumers are the fastest growing and most
profitable (the wineries sell to consumers at retail and keep the
distributor's portion) part of premium winery business. New Vine
Logistics is very well positioned to capture a large market share of
this fast growing segment.
www.newvinelogistics.com


XOsphere is an enabling company, dedicated to providing the
expertise and solutions required for businesses to overcome the
challenges in deploying mobile applications and solutions on a
worldwide basis. XOsphere’s end-to-end services include consulting,
conceptual planning, development, deployment, hosting,
reporting/analytics, integration and billing and end-user
management. This package allows companies a means to move into the
mobile sphere far more broadly and efficiently than attempting it
in-house or by cobbling together a diverse group of outside
resources. XOsphere is headquartered in San Francisco and serves
customers with sales offices in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Atlanta
and Buenos Aires.
www.xosphere.com


Optiant’s PowerChain applications and services support supply chain transformations at the world’s largest and most successful companies by driving down inventory investments and increasing customer service.
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