Who We Are

Based out of Southern Indiana, Louisville, Kentucky, and Dallas, Texas. Render Capital invests in early-stage companies across the Midwest and South(avoiding NY/SF/Boston), spanning multiple industries to build a robust and diverse portfolio.

Render Captial is dedicated to investing in companies transforming legacy industries and archaic models by making emerging technologies accessible. These industries represent a substantial part of the Midwest and Southern economies, providing significant opportunities for growth and innovation. By supporting businesses that drive this democratization, we aim to generate strong returns while capitalizing on the potential of these vital regions.

Cool Tech to Check Out

Forecastr 2.0

• New features in Forecastr to better empower founders and entrepreneurs to master their financial models with a new template library, custom dashboard builder, intuitive formula builder, and key metric tracking so you can focus on building your company instead of being frustrated with spreadsheets.

• Forecastr is a Render Capital portfolio company.

Granola

• Transcribes and enhances meeting notes with AI for more productive and efficient meetings.

• Hands down my favorite note-taker.

Fair Warranty

• Fair introduces the only subscription-based auto warranty that is truly on the driver’s side. With a flat fee model, Fair never profits off denied claims aligning us with customers. With instant sign-ups and transparent coverage, we ensure a hassle-free experience.

• Fair is a Render Capital portfolio company.

Flex

• End-to-end finance platform for businesses and their owners. Business and personal.

Where We’ll Be

Render Angel Network Workshops | Clarksville, Indiana

• Thursday, March 13th

• Thursday, March 27th

• Thursday, April 24th

• Thursday, May 1st

• Thursday, May 22nd

• Thursday, June 26th

Connected America Startup Pitch Competition | Irving, Texas

• Tuesday and Wednesday, March 11th & 12th

What We’re Reading

1. Startups Go Shopping: More VC-Backed Companies Bought Their Brethren Last Year - There has been an uptick in startups acquiring other startups in the past year.

2. Pulling back the curtain on the magic of Y Combinator -YC’s portfolio reflects the power law in VC with the majority of the portfolio represented by consumer companies. In recent years, YC has made a shift to B2B SaaS with the belief that consumer innovation has reached its peak. The years of Solo founders are gone. I still question the power law in VC.

3. Revenue per Employee: SaaS vs VC - Revenue per employee has been labeled by some as one of the most important metrics for SaaS companies but how do VCs compare? Theoretically, your standard VC firm is more efficient than the companies they invest in when it comes to this metric but the TRUE GOAT of this metric is OnlyFans with a $30M rev. per employee.

4. Founder learnings from the best in the world - Short learnings from the best founders from the 90s and 2000s.

Job Board

SupportPay

• Head of Sales

• Marketing/Communication Manager

Email [email protected] with your resume and email the subject title “COMPANY - Position” you’re interested in.