Cerebelly
Series A in 2023
Cerebelly Inc. is a company that specializes in producing and delivering organic baby food aimed at promoting healthy brain development in infants. Founded in 2017 and based in Los Gatos, California, Cerebelly offers a range of farm-fresh, veggie-first food options that are designed to provide essential nutrients for children. The company's products are backed by scientific research in neuroscience, ensuring that they support the specific developmental needs of growing babies. Cerebelly operates an online subscription service that allows parents to receive a regular supply of baby food pouches tailored to their child's age and developmental milestones, making it easier for them to track nutrition and progress. Formerly known as Brainy Baby Food, Inc., the company rebranded to Cerebelly in February 2018.
Bambino
Seed Round in 2021
Bambino is a babysitting application that facilitates connections between parents and trusted neighborhood sitters. By leveraging Facebook integration, the platform allows users to create a personal network where they can find reliable sitters recommended by friends and neighbors. The app enables parents to search for, book, and pay for locally available babysitters who have prior experience in caregiving services. Bambino aims to provide a safe and convenient solution for families seeking dependable childcare options.
The Problem: Millions of series. Endless producers. Advertising £s to be located. An audience to build. Many platforms. How does a creator navigate this fragmented but large ecosystem? Creators do not have the resources to bring business and analytical skills to their podcast. Or the ability to properly market or develop an audience. Auddy solves the creator’s problem through the combination of editorial input, data insights and analytics, marketing and promotional services and sales. In so doing, it also rewards the creator by paying a significant royalty rate.
Pilates Metrics
Convertible Note in 2020
Pilates Metrics is a technology company founded by Joseph and Karinne Quinn, experienced Pilates instructors from Berkeley, California. They developed a proprietary algorithm that translates Pilates exercises into biomechanics and anatomy to capture mobility data. This algorithm forms the core of their digital fitness platform, designed for instructors to track, chart, and share client progress. The platform offers data-driven health suggestions, exercise sessions, and health tracking focused on Pilates, yoga, and body movements. Their mission is to enhance studio experiences for both instructors and clients through intuitive software, create evidence-based proof of Pilates' health benefits via aggregated data, and normalize Pilates within the traditional healthcare community.
Bambino
Seed Round in 2020
Bambino is a babysitting application that facilitates connections between parents and trusted neighborhood sitters. By leveraging Facebook integration, the platform allows users to create a personal network where they can find reliable sitters recommended by friends and neighbors. The app enables parents to search for, book, and pay for locally available babysitters who have prior experience in caregiving services. Bambino aims to provide a safe and convenient solution for families seeking dependable childcare options.
Lasso
Convertible Note in 2020
Lasso is an apparel company based in Los Angeles, California, that specializes in manufacturing athletic compression socks aimed at enhancing ankle mobility and joint support. Founded in 2017, the company integrates scientific research with aesthetic design to create products that support both performance and recovery for athletes. Lasso's socks are medically backed and utilize patented technology, mimicking Kinesio taping to allow unrestricted ankle movement, prevent injuries, and improve overall athletic performance. The company serves a diverse clientele, including men, women, children, and medical professionals, focusing on the needs of modern athletes both on and off the field.
Playper
Seed Round in 2020
Playper is a company founded in 2018 that specializes in creating innovative subscription boxes for children, merging physical toys with digital games and stories. Its products include paper toys made from eco-friendly, recyclable materials that children can easily assemble, promoting creativity and imaginative play. The toys come to life through augmented reality, enhancing the play experience and providing quality entertainment while also offering educational value. Playper focuses on delivering safe, sustainable, and environmentally friendly play experiences for children, allowing parents to engage their kids in creative activities with minimal environmental impact.
movr measurably improves how people move through personalized movement health assessments, recommendations and insights. movr provides movement-health-as-a-service through its Assess, Prescribe, and Analyze products, working with leading organizations across health, tactical and digital fitness. Backed by lululemon and Fitt Insider, movr makes movement health accessible for everybody and every body. To learn more, please visit: www.movewithmovr.com.
Curbside Health
Convertible Note in 2019
Curbside Health develops clinical decision support software that aligns health systems and clinicians to more efficiently deliver optimal care. The company was founded by physicians and technologists to combine the best of clinical evidence with the realities of healthcare delivery and with opportunities of modern web technology. We support health systems and hospitals to expand their clinical content library (e.g. clinical pathways, protocols, guidelines, A3s, checklists, etc) and enhance the utilization of these resources at the point-of-care. Together, the components of Curbside's platform enable a hospital to improve clinical outcomes and operational efficiencies. Product development is informed by working closely with patients, clinicians, engineers, physicians, healthcare administrators, and payors. Our mission is hiding in plain sight within our name, and those in healthcare will understand: every medical decision is informed in real-time by the world's expert of that particular situation, while simultaneously accounting for hospital policy and all relevant patient-specific data. Essentially, Curbside is on a never-ending quest to perfect medical decision making.
Lovevery, Inc. is a Boise, Idaho-based company that specializes in creating educational play products for infants and toddlers. Founded in 2015, Lovevery offers a range of stage-based learning kits designed by child development experts to enhance key skills such as spatial awareness, language development, and problem-solving. Its flagship product, the Play Gym, includes various toys like balls, teething rings, and activity cards that cater to the developmental needs of babies at different stages. Lovevery's commitment to early learning extends beyond physical products, as it also provides resources and multi-channel content for parents, facilitating a holistic approach to childhood education. The company has received recognition from notable publications and is supported by several prominent investors.
Bambino
Seed Round in 2019
Bambino is a babysitting application that facilitates connections between parents and trusted neighborhood sitters. By leveraging Facebook integration, the platform allows users to create a personal network where they can find reliable sitters recommended by friends and neighbors. The app enables parents to search for, book, and pay for locally available babysitters who have prior experience in caregiving services. Bambino aims to provide a safe and convenient solution for families seeking dependable childcare options.
Wild Friends
Seed Round in 2019
Wild Friends Foods, Inc. is a Portland, Oregon-based company founded in 2011 that specializes in producing and selling non-GMO nut and seed butters, as well as nut butter-based breakfast items. The company offers a range of products, including peanut and almond butters, and is known for its innovative Nut Butter Oats, which are among the first of their kind in the market. Wild Friends emphasizes clean label practices, ensuring that their products are free from emulsifiers and made with high-quality ingredients. The company distributes its products through grocery stores across the United States and also sells items online, including apparel. Wild Friends aims to enhance the nutritional value and taste of traditional foods while promoting sustainability and supporting its partners and employees.
Axcend is a company focused on the development of portable capillary liquid chromatography systems designed to enhance the separation of mixtures and identification of target analytes. The Axcend Focus LC, created by Dr. Milton L. Lee and his research team at Brigham Young University, exemplifies the company's commitment to improving portability, ease of operation, and rapid deployment. This innovative system allows for seamless integration with other analytical tools, such as mass spectrometers and auto-samplers, providing pharmaceutical companies with efficient access to chromatography results while maintaining high-performance consistency and robustness. Axcend's solutions are aimed at simplifying complex analytical processes, making them more accessible for various applications in the pharmaceutical industry.
Cerebelly
Seed Round in 2019
Cerebelly Inc. is a company that specializes in producing and delivering organic baby food aimed at promoting healthy brain development in infants. Founded in 2017 and based in Los Gatos, California, Cerebelly offers a range of farm-fresh, veggie-first food options that are designed to provide essential nutrients for children. The company's products are backed by scientific research in neuroscience, ensuring that they support the specific developmental needs of growing babies. Cerebelly operates an online subscription service that allows parents to receive a regular supply of baby food pouches tailored to their child's age and developmental milestones, making it easier for them to track nutrition and progress. Formerly known as Brainy Baby Food, Inc., the company rebranded to Cerebelly in February 2018.
Playper
Pre Seed Round in 2019
Playper is a company founded in 2018 that specializes in creating innovative subscription boxes for children, merging physical toys with digital games and stories. Its products include paper toys made from eco-friendly, recyclable materials that children can easily assemble, promoting creativity and imaginative play. The toys come to life through augmented reality, enhancing the play experience and providing quality entertainment while also offering educational value. Playper focuses on delivering safe, sustainable, and environmentally friendly play experiences for children, allowing parents to engage their kids in creative activities with minimal environmental impact.
Cerebelly
Seed Round in 2018
Cerebelly Inc. is a company that specializes in producing and delivering organic baby food aimed at promoting healthy brain development in infants. Founded in 2017 and based in Los Gatos, California, Cerebelly offers a range of farm-fresh, veggie-first food options that are designed to provide essential nutrients for children. The company's products are backed by scientific research in neuroscience, ensuring that they support the specific developmental needs of growing babies. Cerebelly operates an online subscription service that allows parents to receive a regular supply of baby food pouches tailored to their child's age and developmental milestones, making it easier for them to track nutrition and progress. Formerly known as Brainy Baby Food, Inc., the company rebranded to Cerebelly in February 2018.
Actiview
Convertible Note in 2018
Actiview Inc. is a technology company based in Berkeley, California, founded in 2016, dedicated to enhancing accessibility in the entertainment industry. The company has developed a mobile application that provides an all-in-one solution for individuals who are deaf, blind, or speak foreign languages, facilitating their access to movies. The application requires no setup and offers features such as closed captioning, descriptive narration, and assistive audio, ensuring that users can enjoy films seamlessly in theaters or at home. Actiview's mission is to simplify the movie-going experience for people with different accessibility needs, making entertainment more inclusive and enjoyable for all.
Lovevery, Inc. is a Boise, Idaho-based company that specializes in creating educational play products for infants and toddlers. Founded in 2015, Lovevery offers a range of stage-based learning kits designed by child development experts to enhance key skills such as spatial awareness, language development, and problem-solving. Its flagship product, the Play Gym, includes various toys like balls, teething rings, and activity cards that cater to the developmental needs of babies at different stages. Lovevery's commitment to early learning extends beyond physical products, as it also provides resources and multi-channel content for parents, facilitating a holistic approach to childhood education. The company has received recognition from notable publications and is supported by several prominent investors.
Lovevery
Seed Round in 2018
Lovevery, Inc. is a Boise, Idaho-based company that specializes in creating educational play products for infants and toddlers. Founded in 2015, Lovevery offers a range of stage-based learning kits designed by child development experts to enhance key skills such as spatial awareness, language development, and problem-solving. Its flagship product, the Play Gym, includes various toys like balls, teething rings, and activity cards that cater to the developmental needs of babies at different stages. Lovevery's commitment to early learning extends beyond physical products, as it also provides resources and multi-channel content for parents, facilitating a holistic approach to childhood education. The company has received recognition from notable publications and is supported by several prominent investors.
Wild Friends
Series A in 2018
Wild Friends Foods, Inc. is a Portland, Oregon-based company founded in 2011 that specializes in producing and selling non-GMO nut and seed butters, as well as nut butter-based breakfast items. The company offers a range of products, including peanut and almond butters, and is known for its innovative Nut Butter Oats, which are among the first of their kind in the market. Wild Friends emphasizes clean label practices, ensuring that their products are free from emulsifiers and made with high-quality ingredients. The company distributes its products through grocery stores across the United States and also sells items online, including apparel. Wild Friends aims to enhance the nutritional value and taste of traditional foods while promoting sustainability and supporting its partners and employees.
Auddy
Convertible Note in 2017
The Problem: Millions of series. Endless producers. Advertising £s to be located. An audience to build. Many platforms. How does a creator navigate this fragmented but large ecosystem? Creators do not have the resources to bring business and analytical skills to their podcast. Or the ability to properly market or develop an audience. Auddy solves the creator’s problem through the combination of editorial input, data insights and analytics, marketing and promotional services and sales. In so doing, it also rewards the creator by paying a significant royalty rate.
Cairn
Convertible Note in 2017
Cairn Outdoors LLC, based in Bend, Oregon, specializes in gift box subscription services tailored for outdoor and recreational enthusiasts. Founded in 2013, the company curates a variety of products that enhance outdoor experiences, including hydration supplies, headlamps, cookware, hiking apparel, energy snacks, and sun protection items. Cairn also offers essential gear such as first-aid kits and compasses. In addition to its subscription services, the company provides demographic insights and product review data to content suppliers, aiding them in understanding market trends.