We back the outliers

We
back the outliers

STRATEGIC CAPITAL FOR EARLY-STAGE TECHNOLOGY COMPANIES
Founder spotlights

All of our portfolio company founders are creative thinkers, change-makers, and innovators — outliers who challenge the status quo.

covetool
Sandeep Ahuja, Patrick Chopson & Daniel Chopson
What Makes Them Outliers
They’re fighting climate-change with software that revolutionizes building design.

Headquartered in Atlanta, GA, cove.tool is a web-based platform for analyzing, drawing, engineering, and connecting data for building design and construction. Its streamlined, automated analysis enables design teams, contractors, and building product manufacturers to use data in decision-making through automation. cove.tool powers systematic climate action by driving rapid decarbonization of buildings with simulation. Since its inception, the company's machine learning optimization algorithm has helped clients offset more than 33 million tonnes of carbon and save more than $1.2 billion across 20,000+ projects.

21,000
cove users
34.5 MILLION
TONNES OF CO2 OFFSET

Knoll Ventures has been a great partner to cove.tool, helping with everything from our first pro forma, leading our first round of financing, and valuable introductions to other investors, advisors, and customers.”

Sandeep Ahuja
Co-Founder & CEO @COVETOOL
FOUNDED
Fall 2017
first customers
Summer 2018
SERIES SEED
December 2018
Product Enhancements
Summer 2019
Customer adoption accelerates, resulting in >3x growth by 2020 YE
Series A
October 2020
Industry Recognition
1H 2021
Established cove.tool as a global leader in the sustainability space
Series B
December 2021
Product Expansion
SPRING 2023
The rev.gen product creates a way for building product manufacturers to discuss sophisticated performance metrics in sales and marketing pitches.
Lendflow
Jon fry
WHAT MAKES THEM AN OUTLIER
They’re building the future of embedded lending to usher in a new era of on-demand capital delivery.

Headquartered in Austin, TX, Lendflow provides embedded credit infrastructure that helps its partners build, embed, and launch credit products. Lendflow helps its partners optimize their underwriting with its credit decisioning engine. The Company’s embedded credit marketplace enables SaaS companies to embed credit products within their core experience and provide faster access to capital to SMBs.

Thousands
of SMBs Funded
$100M+
in Origination Volume since Inception

Knoll Ventures has been incredibly helpful and supportive since making the investment in our Seed round. Knoll struck a nice balance between being helpful and hands-off, adds value when it's needed and asked for, and otherwise allows us to fully focus on execution.  Knoll introduced us to some key customers that have been big for our growth and have consistently sent great prospects our way since making the investment. Working with Knoll Ventures has been a great experience and I highly recommend the firm to other founders."

Jon Fry
FOUNDER @ Lendflow
FOUNDED
2019
first customers
FALL 2019
SERIES SEED
November 2020
Y Combinator
Winter 2020
Product Enhancements
H1 2021
Series A
May 2021
Rapid Customer Expansion
H1 2022
Launch Credit Decisioning Engine
Summer 2022
Tourial
Jason Graub & andy Binkley
What Makes Them Outliers
Tourial built one of the first product tour marketing platforms for demand generation and product marketing teams to drive more conversions and pipeline activity.

The company’s core product represents a modern alternative to the traditional video creation process allowing Tourial clients to create immersive and interactive experiences for prospective customers in a matter of minutes.

3X increase
in conversion rates for prospects that view a company’s Tourial
20% increase
in outbound email response rates

Knoll Ventures has been a phenomenal partner and are always available to help in any way they can. They are passionate about the companies and founders they back and were especially helpful in formulating our fundraising strategy for our next round. We are thankful for and excited to have their continued support!"

Jason Graub
founder @ Tourial
Launched mvp
March 2020
first paying customer
June 2020
Closed pre - SERIES SEED
January 2021
CLOSED SERIES SEED
October 2021
Launched New Interface
Summer 2022
repvue
Ryan Walsh
WHAT MAKES THEM AN OUTLIER
They’re reshaping the b2b sales industry by promoting improved transparency and accountability during the hiring process.

Headquartered in Chapel Hill, NC, RepVue is the world’s largest sales organization rating platform and the most trusted resource for sales professionals seeking up-to-date detailed insights on prospective employers. RepVue empowers sales professionals to make informed career decisions. Employers also leverage RepVue to attract and retain sales talent, grow their talent brand, and track talent competitors.

16,000+
Sales Organizations rated
thousands
new users per month

Knoll Ventures has been a fantastic partner to RepVue since their investment.  We've leveraged their extensive network for introductions to potential customers, future investors, and partners.  Their guidance on our growth strategy is also always on point.  We're excited to continue working towards our mission with their support.”

ryan walsh
founder & ceo @ REPVue
FOUNDED
2018
launched out of beta
jan 2020
Surpasses 10k ratings
march 2021
pre-SERIES SEED
june 2021
continued growth of dataset
h2 2021
first platform customers
h2 2021
surpasses 50k ratings
march 2022
series seed
april 2022
continued market traction
h2 2022
Conversenow
Vinay Shukla & Rahul Aggarwal
What Makes Them Outliers
Their conversational AI is shaping the future of restaurants

Headquartered in Austin, TX, ConverseNow provides Voice AI-powered virtual ordering assistants that automate drive-thru and phone orders for leading restaurant brands. The market leader in voice AI for restaurants, ConverseNow's award-winning technology takes limitless orders with remarkable accuracy, and has emerged as a miracle pill for restaurants to enhance guest experience, staff performance and financial sustainability in today's challenging foodservice landscape.

1,200+
locations live
40+ state
ai deployment

“Knoll Ventures is the type of investor that any startup founder will hope to work with. Knoll challenged us to think bigger and facilitated our growth by making connections with the right partners, prospects and vendors. Knoll knows exactly how and when to nudge founders, and they ask the right questions, which helped us immensely in staying the course.”

Vinjay Shukla
co-founder & ceo @ CONVERSENOW
FOUNDED
2018
Launch with first customers
q1 2020
SERIES SEED
april 2020
rapid Market Expansion
h2 2020
series a
june 2021
surpasses 1,000 Live Location
q1 2022
Strategic Round
august 2022
What Makes Them Outliers
They’re fighting climate-change with software that revolutionizes building design.

Headquartered in Atlanta, GA, cove.tool is a web-based platform for analyzing, drawing, engineering, and connecting data for building design and construction. Its streamlined, automated analysis enables design teams, contractors, and building product manufacturers to use data in decision-making through automation. cove.tool powers systematic climate action by driving rapid decarbonization of buildings with simulation. Since its inception, the company's machine learning optimization algorithm has helped clients offset more than 33 million tonnes of carbon and save more than $1.2 billion across 20,000+ projects.

21,000
cove users
34.5 MILLION
TONNES OF CO2 OFFSET

Knoll Ventures has been a great partner to cove.tool, helping with everything from our first pro forma, leading our first round of financing, and valuable introductions to other investors, advisors, and customers.”

Sandeep Ahuja
Co-Founder & CEO @COVETOOL
FOUNDED
Fall 2017
first customers
Summer 2018
SERIES seed
December 2018
Product Enhancements
Summer 2019
Customer adoption accelerates, resulting in >3x growth by 2020 YE
Series A
October 2020
Industry Recognition
1H 2021
Established cove.tool as a global leader in the sustainability space
Series B
December 2021
Product Expansion
SPRING 2023
The rev.gen product creates a way for building product manufacturers to discuss sophisticated performance metrics in sales and marketing pitches.
WHAT MAKES THEM AN OUTLIER
They’re building the future of embedded lending to usher in a new era of on-demand capital delivery.

Headquartered in Austin, TX, Lendflow provides embedded credit infrastructure that helps its partners build, embed, and launch credit products. Lendflow helps its partners optimize their underwriting with its credit decisioning engine. The Company’s embedded credit marketplace enables SaaS companies to embed credit products within their core experience and provide faster access to capital to SMBs.

Thousands
of SMBs Funded
$100M+
in Origination Volume since Inception

Knoll Ventures has been incredibly helpful and supportive since making the investment in our Seed round. Knoll struck a nice balance between being helpful and hands-off, adds value when it's needed and asked for, and otherwise allows us to fully focus on execution.  Knoll introduced us to some key customers that have been big for our growth and have consistently sent great prospects our way since making the investment. Working with Knoll Ventures has been a great experience and I highly recommend the firm to other founders."

Jon Fry
founder & CEO @ Lendflow
FOUNDED
2019
first customers
FALL 2019
SERIES SEED
November 2020
Y Combinator
Winter 2020
Product Enhancements
H1 2021
Series A
May 2021
Rapid Customer Expansion
H1 2022
Launch Credit Decisioning Engine
Summer 2022
What Makes Them Outliers
Tourial built one of the first product tour marketing platforms for demand generation and product marketing teams to drive more conversions and pipeline activity.

The company’s core product represents a modern alternative to the traditional video creation process allowing Tourial clients to create immersive and interactive experiences for prospective customers in a matter of minutes.

3X increase
in conversion rates for prospects that view a company’s Tourial
20% increase
in outbound email response rates

Knoll Ventures has been a phenomenal partner and are always available to help in any way they can. They are passionate about the companies and founders they back and were especially helpful in formulating our fundraising strategy for our next round. We are thankful for and excited to have their continued support!"

Jason Graub
Jason Graub Co-Founder & CEO @ Tourial
Launched mvp
March 2020
first paying customer
June 2020
Closed pre - SERIES SEED
January 2021
CLOSED SERIES SEED
October 2021
Launched New Interface
Summer 2022
WHAT MAKES THEM AN OUTLIER
They’re reshaping the b2b sales industry by promoting improved transparency and accountability during the hiring process.

Headquartered in Chapel Hill, NC, RepVue is the world’s largest sales organization rating platform and the most trusted resource for sales professionals seeking up-to-date detailed insights on prospective employers. RepVue empowers sales professionals to make informed career decisions. Employers also leverage RepVue to attract and retain sales talent, grow their talent brand, and track talent competitors.

16,000+
Sales Organizations Rated
thousands
of new users per month

Knoll Ventures has been a fantastic partner to RepVue since their investment.  We've leveraged their extensive network for introductions to potential customers, future investors, and partners.  Their guidance on our growth strategy is also always on point.  We're excited to continue working towards our mission with their support.”

ryan walsh
founder & ceo @ REPVUE
FOUNDED
2018
launched out of beta
jan 2020
Surpasses 10k ratings
march 2021
pre-SERIES SEED
june 2021
continued growth of dataset
h2 2021
first platform customers
h2 2021
Surpasses 50k ratings
march 2022
series seed
april 2022
continued market traction
h2 2022
What Makes Them Outliers
Their conversational AI is shaping the future of restaurants.

Headquartered in Austin, TX, ConverseNow provides Voice AI-powered virtual ordering assistants that automate drive-thru and phone orders for leading restaurant brands. The market leader in voice AI for restaurants, ConverseNow's award-winning technology takes limitless orders with remarkable accuracy, and has emerged as a miracle pill for restaurants to enhance guest experience, staff performance and financial sustainability in today's challenging foodservice landscape.

1,200+
locations live
40+ state
Ai deployment

Knoll Ventures is the type of investor that any startup founder will hope to work with. Knoll challenged us to think bigger and facilitated our growth by making connections with the right partners, prospects and vendors. Knoll knows exactly how and when to nudge founders, and they ask the right questions, which helped us immensely in staying the course.”

Vinjay Shukla
co-founder & ceo @ CONVERSEnow
FOUNDED
2018
Launch with first customers
q1 2020
SERIES SEED
april 2020
rapid Market Expansion
h2 2020
series a
june 2021
surpasses 1,000 Live Location
q1 2022
Strategic Round
august 2022

Outliers change the world

We back the outliers because they aren’t afraid to stand apart, to fight for what they believe in, to be first. Their companies and the cultures they build challenge norms and push business to new heights. It’s our mission to do the same.