Dabble

Origin: St. Louis, MO | Grant Awarded: 2014 | Status: Active

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What is Dabble?

Founded in 2011, Dabble is a community marketplace for affordable, in-person classes in communities throughout the U.S. Dabble fosters life-long learning in a social atmosphere without breaking the bank. Through our community marketplace, Dabble makes it easy for people to list classes by facilitating the transaction and providing a market of curious learners. Class topics include cooking, woodworking, arts & crafts, knife throwing, wine tasting, whitewater rafting, yoga, business, fitness and much more! Users are encouraged to stretch their imagination in regard to the limitless possibilities for dabbling. Teachers include passionate experts and businesses, and for them, Dabble serves as a lead generation vehicle, additional income stream, and creative outlet. Dabble also offers local businesses the opportunity to host classes that are relevant to them, increasing exposure and driving incremental business. The process for submitting a class occurs online, and anyone is invited to teach.

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Jemal Swoboda

Founder & CEO

Jemal Swoboda is an experienced leader of high-performance mission-based teams, and committed to leveraging the power of technology to improve and foster increased human connection, empathy, curiosity, and compassion..

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Tallyfy

Origin: England | Grant Awarded: 2014 | Status: Active

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What is Tallyfy?

Tallyfy is the developer of workflow and business process management software that enables organizations to prevent human error and streamline business processes.

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Pravina Pindoria

Co-Founder & Head of operations

Pravina earned her degree from the City University London in 2004. Pravina has co-founded other online companies and has a background in policy making and process improvement. Before joining Tallyfy, Pravina worked with Momento Services and NHS.

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Amit Kothari

Ceo & co-Founder

Amit earned his degree in Computer Science from University of Bath in 2004. Hailing from the UK, Amit is a dedicated entrepreneur. In addition to Tallyfy, he has founded several other companies and has a background in technical consulting. He currently also serves as the Founder and MD at Blue Sheen, and brings previous work experience with Amiweb Partners to his position with Tallyfy.

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Prattle

Origin: MA | Grant Awarded: 2014 | Status: Acquired

What is Prattle?

Prattle provided data solutions to the financial services industry. The Fed Playbook was the core financial data arm of Prattle Analytics. Fed Playbook was the first commercially available quantitative data based on CENTRAL BANK policy and market outcomes.

Acquired by Liquidnet in 2019

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Lifepack

Origin: Colombia | Grant Awarded: 2014 | Status: Active

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What is Lifepack?

Lifepack produces plates and other products made from natural fibers and seeds and is 100% biodegradable. After use, Lifepack materials germinate into new plants that may be used for human consumption, thus contributing to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

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Claudia Isabel Barona

Co-founder & Business Manager

Claudia Isabel earned her degree in Industrial Engineering from The Pontifical Xavierian University. Claudia has a background in project management, consulting, and environmental preservation and has been highlighted as an entrepreneur in Colombia for being one of the creators of intellectual germinable dishes.

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Andres Benavides

co-founder & Manager

Andres earned his degree from the University of the Sabana, where he currently practices as a lawyer. In 2008 he began his career as an entrepreneur in the environmental area. Since then, he has been researching the development of degradable disposable products such as plates and cups.

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MeterGenius

Origin: IL | Grant Awarded: 2014 | Status: Acquired

What is MeterGenius?

MeterGenius was a creative plug-and-play customer engagement platform that connects competitive energy providers with their customers.

MeterGenius was acquired by Hero Power in 2020

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Hyde

Origin: WI | Grant Awarded: 2014 | Status: Active

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What is Hyde?

Hyde is a sporting equipment manufacturer and the developer of the Wingman, a first of its kind of inflation vest for paddlers, surfers, and triathletes. Hyde created the Wingman in response to the alarming increase in swim deaths amongst triathletes and found that the device’s utility extends far beyond the sport of triathlons with mass-market appeal.

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Pat Hughes

Co-Founder

Pat earned his degree in Accounting and Entrepreneurship from University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2012. Pat brings experience working for Roaring Fork Restaurant Group and PwC to his position with Hyde.

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Mike Fox

Chief Operations Officer

Mike earned his degree in Financial Management from University of Saint Thomas in 2012. Before joining Hyde, Mike worked with Rexnord and Epicor Software Corp.

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Greetabl

Origin: MO | Grant Awarded: 2014 | Status: Active

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What is Greetabl?

Greetabl is an online gift platform designed to offer personalized and curated greetings. Their product, the Greetabl Box, unfolds to reveal photos, a custom message, and a gift.

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Joe Fischer

Chief Executive Officer

Joe earned his degree in Accounting and Finance from Saint Louis University in 2004. Joe uses his background in finance and strategic consulting to manage the business development and strategy of the company, bringing experience working with Goldman Sachs and Exchange Ventures Limited to his position with greetabl.

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Zoë Scharf

Chief brand Officer

Zoë earned her degree in Communication Design from Washington University in St. Louis in 2011. Zoë is a talented graphic designer, creative product developer, and active entrepreneurial advocate and brings experience as a freelance graphic designer and designer for the Dachis Group to her position with greetabl.

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Betabox

Origin: NC| Grant Awarded: 2014 | Status: Active

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What is Betabox?

Betabox Learning designs services and mobile/portable prototyping pods built inside shipping containers to facilitate creative tech education for schools, companies, conferences and events.

Company Leadership

Sean Maroni

founder & Chief Executive Officer

Sean studied Mechanical Engineering at North Carolina State University, where he was the leader of the NCSU Entrepreneurship Initiative. Sean is a committed founder and passionate advocate for the maker movement who is driven to spark the world’s best work through meaningful learning-by-doing experiences.

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Blue Line Technology

Origin: MO | Grant Awarded: 2014 | Status: Active

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What is Blue Line Technology?

Blue Line Technology is a software company dedicated to the development of intelligent facial recognition video security systems. First Line Software is an intelligent facial recognition security software that provides automatic, real-time, identification verification for threat detection, access control, and concierge applications.

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Thomas Sawyer

Co-founder & senior partner

Tom brings over 21 years of criminal investigation experience to Blue Line as an accomplished private investigator and former police officer with the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.

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Joe Spiess

senior partner

Joe earned his degree in English from Saint Louis University in 1983, and holds a Masters degree in Management from Webster University. Joe is an expert in the fields of criminal justice and crime prevention and recently retired as a Major of Police at the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department.

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