FreshTracks Capital

SunCommon was founded with a mission is to tear down the barriers to renewable energy and make going solar easy and affordable for all

Caledonia Spirits was founded on a vision to support working landscapes and local agriculture by making Barr Hill craft spirits from regional raw materials

Based in Shelburne VT, FreshTracks Capital manages a family of early-stage venture capital funds that are invested with a core focus on Vermont companies

Fresh Tracks Capital favors businesses with the potential for creating defensible competitive advantages, and seeks out proven, high-performing management teams to lead these companies Learn more about some of the businesses we work with

The experience, education, background and resources of the FreshTracks team make it a deeply rooted yet agile investor

Holly is Bookkeeper and Administrative Assistant for FreshTracks Capital, and is responsible for managing portfolio company documents and the fund accounting, assisting with quarterly and year end financial reporting, annual audits, and event planning

CO-FOUNDER & MANAGING DIRECTOR

Cross is a co-founder of FreshTracks Capital and has served as a Managing Director of the firm since its founding in 2000 Cairn is the lead partner for FreshTracks’ investments in Faraday, DealerPolicy, ThinkMD, Virtual Peaker, Vermont Teddy Bear, SunCommon, NativeEnergy and Mamava

GENERAL PARTNER & MANAGING DIRECTOR

Lee Bouyea is General Partner and Managing Director at FreshTracks Capital, focusing his efforts on software and technology investments for the firm Lee is currently the lead partner for the FreshTracks portfolio companies: Benchmark Space Systems, Resonant Link, Infisense, ImageRelay, Saasable, AskFora & Defendify

T J Whalen is General Partner and Managing Director at FreshTracks Capital, focusing his efforts on consumer opportunities for the fund Whalen currently serves on a number of boards, including Caledonia Spirits, SunCommon, Zero Gravity, NativeEnergy, and Ogee, and is board chair at 1% for the Planet

FreshTracks Flurry: October 2022

FreshTracks Flurry: August 2022

• JULY 12, 2022 DealerPolicy Announces Rebranding and Name Change to “Polly” DealerPolicy has changed its name to the more consumer-friendly, Polly, offering a “more friendly, approachable, and memorable brand and logo…” said, Travis Fitzgerald, Co-Founder and CEO of Polly
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DealerPolicy Announces Rebranding and Name Change to “Polly”

DealerPolicy has changed its name to the more consumer-friendly, Polly, offering a “more friendly, approachable, and memorable brand and logo…” said, Travis Fitzgerald, Co-Founder and CEO of Polly “The name… “Tekion’s integration with Polly assists automotive retail professionals to easily quote car insurance prices to new vehicle buyers” https://www businesswire com/news/home/20230117006030/en/Tek

“So people are already convinced of what wireless power can do for them,” Grayson Zulauf, CEO of Resonant Link, said “They’ve just been waiting for a company that can deliver on the promise of wireless power ” https://vtdigger org/2023/01/15/resonant-link-plans-to-launc

“Benchmark Space Systems, located in Burlington’s Hula co-working campus on Lake Champlain, is poised to put 10 times as many of its propulsion systems for satellites into space in 2023 as it did in 2022 ” https://www burlingtonfreepress com/story/money/2023/01/13/b

Impact On Our Community

VERMONT COMPANIES INVESTED IN TO-DATE CAPITAL INVESTED SINCE 2000 AVERAGE ANNUAL REVENUE GENERATED BY A FRESHTRACKS PORTFOLIO COMPANY AVERAGE FRESHTRACKS INVESTMENT PER COMPANY