Tech Company Financing Transactions

Levitate Funding Round

On 3/5/2026, Levitate landed $16 million in funding from Harbert Growth Partners, Bull City Venture Partners and Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures.

Transaction Overview

Company Name
Levitate
Announced On
3/5/2026
Transaction Type
Venture Equity
Amount
$16,000,000
Round
Undisclosed
Investors

Harbert Growth Partners (Lead Investor) (Wayne Hunter)

Bull City Venture Partners

Northwestern Mutual Future Ventures (Craig Schedler)

Proceeds Purpose
The new investment will accelerate Levitate's AI innovation roadmap, including both internal AI capabilities and customer-facing tools that make it easier for small businesses to execute high-quality relationship marketing at scale.

Company Information

Company Status
Private & Independent
Industry
Digital Media & VR & AR
Mailing Address
16 W Martin St.
Raleigh, NC 27601
USA
Phone
(888) 253-7050
Website
www.levitate.ai
Email Address
[email protected]
Overview
Our founder, Jesse Lipson, previously built ShareFile (acquired by Citrix in 2011), a secure file sharing system that has over 50,000 small business customers around the world. Jesse left Citrix, teamed up with some early team members from ShareFile, and founded Levitate on a mission to help businesses grow through the power of keeping in touch.
Profile
Levitate LinkedIn Company Profile
Social Media
Levitate Company Twitter Account
Company News
Levitate News
Facebook
Levitate on Facebook
YouTube
Levitate on YouTube

Management Team

Title
Name
Email & Social
Chief Executive Officer
Jesse Lipson
  Jesse Lipson LinkedIn Profile  Jesse Lipson Twitter Account  Jesse Lipson News  Jesse Lipson on Facebook
Chief Financial Officer
Peter Harvey
  Peter Harvey LinkedIn Profile  Peter Harvey Twitter Account  Peter Harvey News  Peter Harvey on Facebook
Chief Technical Officer
Robert Mills
  Robert Mills LinkedIn Profile  Robert Mills Twitter Account  Robert Mills News  Robert Mills on Facebook
VP - Bus. Development
Crystal Ricevuto
  Crystal Ricevuto LinkedIn Profile  Crystal Ricevuto Twitter Account  Crystal Ricevuto News  Crystal Ricevuto on Facebook
VP - Finance
Leia Stallings
  Leia Stallings LinkedIn Profile  Leia Stallings Twitter Account  Leia Stallings News  Leia Stallings on Facebook
VP - Marketing
Rachel Walter
  Rachel Walter LinkedIn Profile  Rachel Walter Twitter Account  Rachel Walter News  Rachel Walter on Facebook
VP - Product Management
Nancy Slane
  Nancy Slane LinkedIn Profile  Nancy Slane Twitter Account  Nancy Slane News  Nancy Slane on Facebook
VP - Sales
Ari Gardner
  Ari Gardner LinkedIn Profile  Ari Gardner Twitter Account  Ari Gardner News  Ari Gardner on Facebook
VP - Sales
Grant Kitching
  Grant Kitching LinkedIn Profile  Grant Kitching Twitter Account  Grant Kitching News  Grant Kitching on Facebook

 

 

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