New Apprenticeship
Seed Round in 2021
New Apprenticeship offers a comprehensive 15-month tech apprenticeship program for recent graduates. The platform provides experience-based learning, coaching, and training aligned with employer requirements, preparing participants for productive roles in technology fields.
Oliver Pets
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Oliver Pets operates an online all-in-one pet care platform that consolidates pet foods, treats, supplies, medications, health products, grooming and training essentials, accessories, and services to simplify pet parenting. The platform enables customers to access pet food, online veterinary care, and pet insurance from a single source, with convenient delivery options such as rapid 3-hour delivery. By unifying products and services, it aims to provide a streamlined experience for pet owners seeking quality care and essentials for their pets.
JobBliss
Seed Round in 2020
JobBliss is a platform designed to enhance the management of a flexible workforce. It offers contractor management software that enables employers to efficiently manage and track their freelance resources. The platform allows users to add talent, build internal teams, and manage essential information and workflows, providing visibility into project management. By simplifying processes such as assigning, delegating, sourcing, and tracking progress, JobBliss enables clients to streamline the management of external resources, projects, job requirements, invoicing, and budgets, ultimately facilitating a more effective approach to workforce management.
BridgeCare
Pre Seed Round in 2020
BridgeCare is a child care data and community management platform designed to assist organizations that support both parents and childcare providers. The platform addresses the challenges faced by working families in finding affordable and quality childcare. By connecting local families with educational programs and childcare services seeking to increase enrollment, BridgeCare helps reduce the financial burden on parents. This enables caregivers to maintain their children's education and career continuity without significant financial stress.
Beam streamlines intricate government program processes using configurable, intelligent workflows. Its platform supports end-to-end administration of programs, including application processing, eligibility determination, case management, payment handling, and reporting.
Giblib is a California-based company founded in 2015 and headquartered in Los Angeles. It operates an online video community platform that serves as a resource for medical education, akin to a streaming service for surgical knowledge. The platform allows surgeons to share and access a curated collection of surgical videos and medical lectures across various specialties. By indexing surgical procedures and creating educational content, Giblib provides medical students and practitioners with valuable insights into surgical techniques and medical practices from experienced professionals.
NexusEdge Education
Seed Round in 2018
NexusEdge Education Inc. operates an AI-powered education-to-career platform that helps students explore career options and enables employers to build targeted candidate pipelines. The platform provides mentoring networks, micro-credentials, digital badges, a job board, and built-in video chat with industry mentors. It supports learning management system integration and automatic issuance of micro-credentials upon assessment success, while offering pathways to interview opportunities. The company serves high schools, community colleges, universities, and alumni, focusing on partnerships with employers to align classroom training with market needs. Founded in 2016 and based in Los Angeles, California, NexusEdge aims to connect education to employment by tailoring skills development to individual strengths and labor-market demands.
Mainstay
Seed Round in 2018
AdmitHub, Inc. is a Boston-based company that specializes in providing expert admissions guidance through its website and SMS services. The company focuses on helping students communicate directly with college admissions offices and offers assistance in various areas, including college selection, financial aid, standardized tests, and support for first-generation college students. Additionally, AdmitHub has developed a chatbot platform named Oli, which integrates artificial intelligence and human expertise to enhance student enrollment, persistence, and completion at numerous colleges and universities. This platform helps educational institutions streamline repetitive tasks, engage students effectively on a large scale, and gain valuable insights into their admissions processes.
Since 2015, Gooroo has provided personalized tutor matches, exceptional online courses, and expert educational resources. As an official vendor and partner of the NYC and Texas Department of Education, we use cutting edge technology to solve the problems of a fractured education system to promote quality education for all.
Gooroo Courses is a collection of curated video content produced by enthusiasts, educators, professionals and specialists covering Academics, Arts, Lifestyle interests and more! With over 500 courses available and new content added every day, Gooroo Courses provides opportunity for anyone to learn anywhere, anytime.
Qualified
Seed Round in 2017
Qualified is a platform designed to evaluate and train world-class engineers. It uses real-world assessment methodology to help companies identify high-performing engineering candidates.
Yellowbrick Learning
Venture Round in 2017
Yellowbrick Learning is an online platform that designs learning experiences to help individuals discover and pursue career paths in creative industries such as fashion, beauty, music, sports, and media. It aims to empower the next generation to upskill and advance their careers in the creative arts, media, and entertainment by collaborating with industry leaders to develop experiences and assignments that build relevant skills and provide industry insights. The company partners with leading universities, brands, and employers to align learners' talents and interests with practical opportunities, enabling students to explore and pursue career paths with confidence.
Motimatic
Non Equity Assistance in 2016
Motimatic, LLC is a San Francisco-based company that operates an online advertising platform focused on driving economically beneficial behavior through targeted messaging. Founded in 2015, the company serves various markets, including healthcare, financial services, insurance, and education. In the education sector, Motimatic has developed a student retention platform that employs scientifically proven techniques to influence personal behavior. By utilizing subtle psychological cues, habit-forming triggers, and motivational strategies, the platform aims to help educational institutions convert stalled applicants, engage hard-to-reach students, and support those at risk of stopping out, ultimately enhancing student retention and completion rates.
Lrnr
Non Equity Assistance in 2016
Lrnr is a developer of an online adaptive learning platform aimed at improving instructional practices. The company's cloud-based platform integrates educational content with user-friendly personal learning tools, adaptive assessments, individualized learning paths, and precise analytics. This comprehensive approach allows educators to enhance their teaching effectiveness and efficiency while fostering a more engaging learning experience for students. By leveraging adaptive learning technologies, Lrnr enables teachers to tailor their methodologies to better meet the needs of diverse learners.