Anywhere from $100K-500K in the seed-stage, able to scale up to $4M over time

Agnostic within technology/science, although we stay away from capital-intensivity and long time horizons.

Agnostic within the US, with some preference for East Coast. We will very selectively look at international opportunities in London, Israel, and India.

Agnostic, with some preference for B2B or B2B2C

E la Carte

“Romulus has been an incredible partner to our growth in many ways we could not have gotten started or won the Applebees deal without their support. They’re a very entrepreneurial group.” — Raj Suri, CEO

E la Carte came into being when Raj and his friends spent 30 minutes splitting a check at dinner. Partnered with Romulus, he dropped out of MIT and set out to improve the casual dining experience. We spent months living at The Asgard Irish Pub understanding the problem and building a superior product. Fast-forward through Y-Combinator, a Series A with Lightspeed, a Series B with Intel, and a historic nationwide deal with Applebees to deploy 100,000 tablets, and the company is on track to disrupt a very traditional, multibillion dollar industry.

Placester

“It was clear to me from the first time I met Romulus that I had met a partner. More then just an investor, they had a desire to building our kind of company and shared our vision for building a big business. They had the same strategic vision, a relentless focus on execution, and an extensive base of experience. In short, they were a perfect fit for our culture. Together, weve set this ship on an exciting course.” - Matt Barba, CEO

Matt was working his way through college as a real estate agent and realized there were several things broken in the industry. Shortly thereafter, he co-founded Placester, joined Techstars, and partnered with Romulus. Romulus has worked closely with the company to navigate an industry waking up to the impact of technology. Today, Placester is the largest provider of real estate websites in the country and has signed a nationwide deal with a top 5 media company to deploy their platform to millions of buyers, renters and sellers in all major markets. This is just the beginning of an ambitious partnership.

Disruptor Beam

“I really wanted to work with a partner, not an investor. Someone who would help us build our business, keep us honest, be creative about the opportunity, have the same fire that we have every day. Ive worked with many firms in the past, but Romulus stands out.” — Jon Radoff, CEO

Disruptor Beam was the idea of a pioneer in narrative social gaming who had IPOed his previous startup. Jon partnered with Romulus to disrupt a troubled industry soon after we brought him his first engineer. The company procured an exclusive license from HBO to produce the social game for Game of Thrones and it was a huge success. Romulus was closely involved in product analytics/management during the game development process. Armed with a pipeline of other top-tier media licenses, the company is building a new genre of midcore social gaming.

Ginger.io

“We had a world-class technology and team, but creating a successful business requires so much more. Romulus believed in us in the earliest days and helped us put missing pieces together. Theyre good people, and they think like a startup because they were one.” — Anmol Madan, CEO

Ginger.io spun out of Anmols PhD research at the MIT Media Lab. By applying machine learning to mobile sensor data, the company builds a check-engine light for a persons behavior and health. Romulus was the first partner to Ginger.io and worked on the B2B vs B2C strategy, its early customers, and team-building. Since then, the company has raised additional financing from Techstars, True Ventures and Khosla Ventures. Ginger.io is one of the leading population management solutions across the country, used by 20+ hospital systems and healthcare institutions. The company is considered a pioneering leader in mobile data analytics for healthcare, and was listed a one of 50 CNBC Distruptors in 2013.