About De-Carceration Fund
De-Carceration Fund is a venture capital firm founded in 2020. It is primarily based out of Radnor, United States. As of Jul 2024, De-Carceration Fund has invested in 10 companies. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Enterprise Applications to Consumer and EdTech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Seed round of Working Fields Overall, De-Carceration Fund portfolio has seen 1 acquisition, namely Uptrust. A lot of funds co-invest with De-Carceration Fund, with names like Luminate sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. De-Carceration Fund has team of 14 people including 2 partners.Key Metrics
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De-Carceration Fund's List of Top Investments
De-Carceration Fund has a portfolio of 10 companies. Their most notable investments are in Uptrust and Working Fields.Their portfolio spans across and United States. They have invested in Enterprise Applications, Consumer, EdTech and 4 other sectors, across stages such as Seed stage. Here is the list of top investments by De-Carceration Fund:1. Edovo
Edovo is a non-profit organization offering educational, vocational, and rehabilitative curriculums and content to incarcerated individuals. Their mission is to help everyone connected to incarceration build better lives by providing fair and honest communication services.
Key facts about Edovo
- Founded Year: 2012
- Location: Chicago (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $16.9M
- Employee Count: 53 as on Jan 31, 2026
- Investors: Impact Engine, Kapor Capital and 13 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Apr 29, 2019, $*****
2. Uptrust
Uptrust is a communication and analytics platform used by county criminal justice systems to send text messages to citizens reminding them of court appearance dates. It integrates into existing case management system to facilitate safe and secure automated messaging. Users can monitor and control the service in real-time through daily reports and dashboards.
Key facts about Uptrust
- Founded Year: 2015
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Acquired
- Total Funding till date: $5.33M
- Employee Count: 2 as on Aug 07, 2025
- Investors: Luminate, Purpose Built Ventures and 4 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Jun 28, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Acquired
Providing printing services to brands. Products they provide printing services for include apparel, bags, pens, drinkware, and stickers. The company also offers on-site printing, packaging, and consultation services.
Key facts about Social Imprints
- Founded Year: 2008
- Location: San Francisco (United States)
- Stage: Funding Raised
- Employee Count: 34 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Illuminated Funds Group and De-Carceration Fund
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4. Pigeonly
Pigeonly offers products which are used to keep in touch with inmates. The company offers a platform for search, find & connect with inmates. The platform enables the users to send money, photo, greetings, postcards, articles, etc to the inmates. Also enables the user to make calls and has a find inmate feature.
Key facts about Pigeonly
- Founded Year: 2013
- Location: Las Vegas (United States)
- Stage: Seed
- Total Funding till date: $5.52M
- Employee Count: 26 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: Catapult, SVC and 8 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Seed, Dec 23, 2022, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. TurnSignl
Tech enabled on demand legal services provider. It provides an application that allows users to contact lawyers for on demand legal services, traffic accidents, and real time legal guidance. It provides its services for drivers and businesses with employee funded memberships. It also provides cloud storage through its application. It enables user access to a subscription based pricing module. The application can be downloaded on iOS and Android platforms.
Key facts about TurnSignl
- Founded Year: 2020
- Location: Minneapolis (United States)
- Stage: Funding Raised
- Employee Count: 13 as on Jul 01, 2024
- Investors: The Gramercy Fund, Trucks Venture Capital and 1 Other
De-Carceration Fund's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
De-Carceration Fund has invested in 10 companies over the last 5 years, with an average of 0 new investment annually in the last 5 years. Its most recent first time investment was in Working Fields.De-Carceration Fund's Investments by Stage
De-Carceration Fund has made 2 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $2M.De-Carceration Fund's Investments by Sector
De-Carceration Fund has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Business Services and Enterprise Applications. Notably, it has invested in 9 Tech companies, 8 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 6 Consumer (B2C) companies and at least 5 companies focusing on Software.De-Carceration Fund's Investments by Geography
De-Carceration Fund has made most investments in United States (2).De-Carceration Fund's recent investments
De-Carceration Fund has not made any investment in 2026 so far.Here are the most recent investments by De-Carceration Fund:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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Jul 18, 2024 | United States | Seed | 3378 | ||
Apr 16, 2021 | United States | Seed | 1462 | [+1] |
Acquired companies in De-Carceration Fund's Portfolio
1 company from De-Carceration Fund's portfolio has been acquired. The most recent acquisition were Uptrust in Aug 2023 by Fieldware.Here are De-Carceration Fund's portfolio companies that got acquired most recently:
Company | Acquisition Date | First Invested on | First Round of Investment | Round Size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Aug 22, 2023 | Apr 16, 2021 | Seed | 2519 |
Team profile of De-Carceration Fund
De-Carceration Fund has a team of 14 members including 2 Partners located in United States. De-Carceration Fund's team does not sit on the board of any company as of now.Co-investors of De-Carceration Fund
Over the past 5 years, 9 investors have co-invested in De-Carceration Fund's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Top Co-investors of De-Carceration Fund: 9 investors entered a company along with De-Carceration Fund. These include investors like Luminate (1 company).
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