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QCA First Fund Portfolio Companies



CHMack logoCH Mack, Inc. is the creator of  Q Continuum System, the case management technology solution for the Healthcare and Human Services industries. Q helps care managers assist more clients by freeing up time, enhancing quality of care to clients, and increasing productivity.

In combination with the Tri-State Growth Fund, and with additional support from QCA investors, the QCA First Fund has lead two rounds of investment which allowed Mack to increase it's marketing efforts and establish itself as the clear leader in case management software solutions. Follow-on funding has also come from Draper Triangle Ventures.



Fortis logoFortis Security Products has been established by three industry veterans who provide financial institutions with innovations in physical security products such as drive-up pneumatic equipment, safes, vaults, and safety deposit boxes.

QCA First Fund again collaborated with the Tri-State Growth Fund and private investors inside and outside of QCA to provide the capital to create and launch this business.



SpineForm logoSpineForm has licensed patents from Cincinnati Children's Hospital for a spinal correction system that will treat scoliosis--curvature of the spine--in children. The device being developed is significantly less invasive than current treatment approaches, and should substantially slow the progression of the condition, possibly even reversing it. The company will seek additional funding after a number of significant development milestones have been achieved.

QCA First Fund, the Tri-State Growth Fund, and the Kentucky Co-Investment Fund worked together to provide convertible notes to fund the company's development efforts. In December 2006, the notes were converted to equity as part of a Series A financing.



ShareThis logoShareThis, formerly know as Nextumi, has created a one-step tool that allows anyone to share any object with anyone, no matter where he/she is. The tool makes it simple to share pictures, videos or webpages with FaceBook, MySpace, AIM, or email users.

QCA First Fund has teamed with Blue Chip Venture Company, Illinois Emerging Technology Fund, DFJ Mercury and others to provide Series A funding for the company.



CP logoCardiac Power, Inc. has developed and patented a heart assist technology to treat Congestive Heart Failure (CHF) that addresses the primary problem current heart-assist devices are encountering-- immunobiologic response due to the blood/material interface, which causes high incidence of sepsis and stroke. The Company has developed a heart-assist device, RePower,TM which is an alternative to heart transplants, ventricular assist devices and artificial hearts to pump blood without touching blood.

Along with the Blue Chip Validation Fund, the Health Foundation of Greater Cincinnati, and a number of individuals, the QCA First Fund has provided Series A funding to allow the company to continue it's research and development of the device. 



Chef24 logoTraDiCom LLC will develop and manufacture of a new generation of vending machine. The Chef 24/7™ will deliver a perfectly cooked meal or snack to the consumer in 90 seconds or less. TraDiCom will collaborate with key food manufacturers to deliver the highest quality product to the consumer--food won’t be undercooked, unevenly cooked or overcooked. In addition, the machine's touch screen will be networked to provide advertising to a captive audience while the food is being cooked.

QCA First Fund has provided convertible debt financing to enable the company to produce the prototype machine.



SD logoSearchDaddy provides comprehensive search engine optimization, SEO, to help its customers achieve first page rankings on high volume search words. The company works with businesses to assure them excellent visibility to potential customers who will be searching for their products or services on the web.

Convertible debt financing has been provided by the Fund to allow the company to expand its sales and marketing efforts in its initial geographical area.