PolicyMap
Series A in 2023
PolicyMap is a company that specializes in providing a comprehensive online mapping tool designed for accessing detailed data about various communities. The platform offers a wide range of information on demographics, real estate, health, employment, and more, all accessible through an advanced mapping and analytics interface. PolicyMap's data warehouse includes numerous indicators, allowing users to visualize trends over time and combine relevant metrics into unique indices. This enables policymakers, business leaders, and researchers to gain quick insights into communities across the United States.
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.
Lemonada Media is a podcast network focused on sharing authentic narratives that reflect the diverse facets of the human experience. Through its platform, the company produces first-person stories that resonate with listeners, fostering an engaged community. By presenting relatable content, Lemonada enables individuals to gain insights into various life experiences, promoting understanding and personal growth. The network aims to create a space where listeners not only feel connected to the stories shared but also find comfort and lessons applicable to their own lives.
Spoiler Alert
Series A in 2021
Spoiler Alert is a Boston-based software company that provides an inventory liquidation platform specifically designed for perishable consumer packaged goods (CPG) brands. The company operates primarily at the manufacturing plant or distribution center level, enabling food and beverage brands to effectively manage their excess and slow-moving inventory. Spoiler Alert's platform allows these brands to digitize their liquidation processes within a private network of discount retailers and nonprofit organizations. By focusing on maximizing value recovery and enhancing customer relationships, the company aims to streamline the typically manual sales processes faced by supply chain managers. Founded by MIT alumni, Spoiler Alert collaborates with prominent brands, including Campbell's, Danone, HelloFresh, and Kraft Heinz, while also working to support a network of discount channels dedicated to improving food access and reducing food waste.
CapShift is an impact investing platform that helps financial and philanthropic institutions and their clients deploy capital into mission-driven ventures. By enabling families, foundations, and donor-advised funds to transfer traditional and philanthropic assets into mission-aligned funds and social enterprises, CapShift simplifies the process of finding investments that meet specific objectives. The platform supports discovery, execution, and monitoring of impact investments, aiming to increase the flow of capital into ventures addressing global and local challenges.
Founders First Capital Partners
Series A in 2021
Founders First Capital Partners is a San Diego-based growth capital and lending firm that provides revenue-based funding and business acceleration programs to service-based businesses across the United States. It operates an ecosystem through a proprietary platform offering advisory services, accelerator programs, and learning platforms to help diverse entrepreneurs, including women, people of color, and military veterans, scale revenue and operations, with emphasis on companies in low- to moderate-income markets.
Yellowdig
Venture Round in 2020
Yellowdig is a technology company founded in 2015 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It specializes in developing a social learning platform tailored for higher education institutions. The platform enhances existing enterprise learning systems by adding a social layer that fosters peer learning and collaboration among students. By creating a secure and private environment, Yellowdig promotes engaging learning experiences while enabling instructors and learners to interact effectively. The platform not only facilitates knowledge sharing but also encourages student engagement and retention, ultimately transforming traditional classrooms into vibrant collaborative learning communities.
SimpleLab
Seed Round in 2020
SimpleLab connects clients with labs for water quality testing using its Tap Score kits. It operates as a digital marketplace, facilitating transactions between businesses seeking detailed environmental data and accredited laboratories offering analytical services.
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.
NeuroFlow
Series A in 2019
NeuroFlow, Inc. is a digital health company that develops a cloud-based platform designed to enhance access to behavioral health and engage patients throughout the continuum of mental healthcare. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, NeuroFlow provides healthcare providers with tools for remote patient monitoring and integration of behavioral health across various care settings, including psychology, primary care, and pain management. The platform employs evidence-based practices to track, assess, and engage patients, promoting overall wellness and improving compliance with treatment. By utilizing patient-generated questionnaires and journaling, NeuroFlow enables individuals to monitor their mental health outcomes and achieve tangible progress. The company has established strategic partnerships with organizations like Smart Health Innovation Lab and Mental Health America to further its mission of improving mental health support and outcomes.