Alpha Edison

Alpha Edison is a venture capital firm founded in 2016 and based in Los Angeles, California, with an additional office in Santa Monica. The firm specializes in early-stage investments, particularly in the technology sector, focusing on software, data and behavioral science, artificial intelligence, and machine learning. Alpha Edison partners with entrepreneurs to develop innovative technology platforms that have the potential to transform industries. By leveraging its research and expertise in business model innovation, the firm aids founders in creating new markets, unlocking latent demand, and scaling their businesses.

Britt Danneman

Partner

Steve Horowitz

Partner

Steve Lapin

CFO

Robey Miller

General Partner

Tara Nikkhoo

Principal

Fen Zhao

Investor

Past deals in Los Angeles, CA

NovaSignal

Series C in 2021
NovaSignal is a medical technology company commercializing a robotic cerebral ultrasound system. Its Robotic System combines non-invasive ultrasound, robotics, and artificial intelligence to assess real-time cerebral blood flow. Through the use of cloud computing and data analytics, NovaSignal supports physicians in their clinical decision making to help improve patient outcomes. It was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Thankful

Series A in 2021
Thankful, Inc. is a company based in Los Angeles, California, that develops an artificial intelligence platform aimed at enhancing online customer service. The platform is designed to address and deflect a significant portion of repetitive customer inquiries, allowing customer care agents to focus on more complex issues. Its features include automated responses to questions, information gathering, ticket routing, and advanced script management. By improving the efficiency of customer service operations, Thankful's software helps eCommerce businesses increase customer satisfaction and reduce operational costs. The platform supports various written communication channels, providing customers with flexibility in how they engage with support services.

JOON

Seed Round in 2021
JOON automates wellness reimbursements and eliminates all administrative headaches. Our platform covers every dimension of employee well-being and empowers employees to self-direct their benefit dollars

DressX

Seed Round in 2021
DressX is a pioneering platform for digital garments, addressing the significant environmental impact of the traditional fashion industry. By offering a sustainable alternative, DressX enables the creation and consumption of fashion without generating waste, carbon emissions, or harmful chemicals. The platform integrates advanced 3D technology to allow users to wear digital clothing across various online environments, promoting a fun and innovative shopping experience. Additionally, DressX supports fashion influencers and designers, providing them with resources for distribution, retail development, and creative direction, thereby fostering growth in the digital fashion sector. The company is committed to shaping the future of fashion through its digital offerings.

United Dwelling

Convertible Note in 2021
United Dwelling is a real estate company that allows homeowners to build a second home on their residential zoned property. It converts the garage into a small home, finds a tenant the homeowner approves, manages it, and shares the rental income with the homeowner. The company is transforming garages and backyards into beautiful, smartly designed rental homes, known as Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs), at absolutely no cost to the homeowner. United Dwelling handles every aspect of the process including permitting, partnering with a contractor for construction, finding qualified tenants that approve, managing, and maintaining the property. The company uses data to identify potential lots that would be suitable for its units. It targets mostly low income and middle-income neighborhoods, with some exceptions for workforce housing.

Uplifting Results Labs

Series A in 2021
UR Labs is a consumer health and food tech company that focuses on nutrition solutions to address chronic health conditions. The company’s first product line launched in May 2020 and started with a meal replacement shake. It is named Muniq in honor of Washington’s late sister, Monica, who suffered from diabetes and chronic illnesses. Since launching Muniq in May, UR Labs has experienced quicker traction than anticipated, not only financially, but in feedback from consumers that are using the products regularly. Next up, the company is working on new applications for its products, such as controlling blood sugar and weight.

Bambee

Series B in 2020
Bambee, Inc. is a company that provides a mobile application and platform designed to assist small and medium-sized businesses in managing human resources. Founded in 2016 and based in Santa Monica, California, Bambee allows businesses to hire an HR manager for a monthly fee, facilitating the development of HR policies and ensuring compliance with regulations. The platform also offers a suite of HR tools, including performance tracking and comprehensive audits to identify and rectify compliance issues. Bambee serves a diverse range of industries, including food and beverage, retail, healthcare, technology, education, and manufacturing, aiming to make HR management accessible and affordable for all businesses.

Vurbl

Seed Round in 2020
Vurbl Media, Inc. operates a streaming audio platform that focuses on user-generated and various other audio types across 40 categories. Founded in 2020 and based in Los Angeles, Vurbl provides a creator-first platform that allows content creators to upload their audio creations, grow their audience, and monetize their work. The platform aims to transform the distribution and consumption of audio-centric information on the web, enabling users to access a diverse range of audio content easily.

Brainbase

Series A in 2020
Brainbase Inc. develops and markets a platform for licensing business. It offers Brainbase Assist, a tool that enables users to manage and collaborate on their licensing business. The company’s tool also allows users to track metrics, such as total sales and royalties, rights availability, and upcoming events. In addition, its tool helps users to compare licensee performance, and measure quarterly and annual growth rates. Brainbase Inc. was founded in 2016 and is based in Los Angeles, California.

United Dwelling

Series B in 2020
United Dwelling is a real estate company that allows homeowners to build a second home on their residential zoned property. It converts the garage into a small home, finds a tenant the homeowner approves, manages it, and shares the rental income with the homeowner. The company is transforming garages and backyards into beautiful, smartly designed rental homes, known as Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs), at absolutely no cost to the homeowner. United Dwelling handles every aspect of the process including permitting, partnering with a contractor for construction, finding qualified tenants that approve, managing, and maintaining the property. The company uses data to identify potential lots that would be suitable for its units. It targets mostly low income and middle-income neighborhoods, with some exceptions for workforce housing.

Coral

Seed Round in 2019
Coral is an app designed to help you cultivate your sexuality and transform your relationship with sex.

Bambee

Series A in 2019
Bambee, Inc. is a company that provides a mobile application and platform designed to assist small and medium-sized businesses in managing human resources. Founded in 2016 and based in Santa Monica, California, Bambee allows businesses to hire an HR manager for a monthly fee, facilitating the development of HR policies and ensuring compliance with regulations. The platform also offers a suite of HR tools, including performance tracking and comprehensive audits to identify and rectify compliance issues. Bambee serves a diverse range of industries, including food and beverage, retail, healthcare, technology, education, and manufacturing, aiming to make HR management accessible and affordable for all businesses.

Parsley Health

Series B in 2019
Parsley Health is a new kind of healthcare service that integrates technology, nutrition, wellness and prevention into cutting-edge primary care. The company was founded in 2016 by Dr. Robin Berzin, M.D., a Columbia-trained physician, digital health expert and leader in functional medicine. Parsley clinics are currently open in Los Angeles, New York City and San Francisco. Learn more at www.parsleyhealth.com

NovaSignal

Series C in 2019
NovaSignal is a medical technology company commercializing a robotic cerebral ultrasound system. Its Robotic System combines non-invasive ultrasound, robotics, and artificial intelligence to assess real-time cerebral blood flow. Through the use of cloud computing and data analytics, NovaSignal supports physicians in their clinical decision making to help improve patient outcomes. It was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

Bambee

Series A in 2019
Bambee, Inc. is a company that provides a mobile application and platform designed to assist small and medium-sized businesses in managing human resources. Founded in 2016 and based in Santa Monica, California, Bambee allows businesses to hire an HR manager for a monthly fee, facilitating the development of HR policies and ensuring compliance with regulations. The platform also offers a suite of HR tools, including performance tracking and comprehensive audits to identify and rectify compliance issues. Bambee serves a diverse range of industries, including food and beverage, retail, healthcare, technology, education, and manufacturing, aiming to make HR management accessible and affordable for all businesses.

Bambee

Seed Round in 2018
Bambee, Inc. is a company that provides a mobile application and platform designed to assist small and medium-sized businesses in managing human resources. Founded in 2016 and based in Santa Monica, California, Bambee allows businesses to hire an HR manager for a monthly fee, facilitating the development of HR policies and ensuring compliance with regulations. The platform also offers a suite of HR tools, including performance tracking and comprehensive audits to identify and rectify compliance issues. Bambee serves a diverse range of industries, including food and beverage, retail, healthcare, technology, education, and manufacturing, aiming to make HR management accessible and affordable for all businesses.

Emagispace

Series B in 2018
Emagispace, Inc. operates an innovative online platform focused on interior construction and design. Founded in 2014 and based in Larkspur, Colorado, the company offers a range of lightweight building materials, including Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) plastic products and Medium-Density Fiberboard (MDF) panels, along with various assembly components such as doors, windows, and connectors. Emagispace's platform enables the construction of versatile interior spaces, catering to sectors like office interiors, retail displays, tradeshows, galleries, museums, and performance sets for film and television. By promoting sustainable building practices and efficient design solutions, Emagispace aims to transform traditional approaches to interior construction, making it more accessible and environmentally friendly.

NovaSignal

Series B in 2018
NovaSignal is a medical technology company commercializing a robotic cerebral ultrasound system. Its Robotic System combines non-invasive ultrasound, robotics, and artificial intelligence to assess real-time cerebral blood flow. Through the use of cloud computing and data analytics, NovaSignal supports physicians in their clinical decision making to help improve patient outcomes. It was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.

The Baby Box Co.

Series A in 2016
The Baby Box Co. revives a cherished 80-year-old tradition from Finland, offering expectant parents a safe sleeping environment for their infants through the Baby Box. This initiative aims to replicate Finland's success in achieving one of the lowest infant mortality rates globally. The Baby Box Co. is dedicated to ensuring the safety of its products, which adhere to stringent international safety standards, including ASTM, CPSC, JPMA, Health Canada, and EN guidelines. Their manufacturing processes prioritize non-toxic and environmentally safe materials, ensuring that every component, from the ink on the exterior to the glue used, meets rigorous inspection criteria. In addition to offering Baby Boxes, the company provides an integrated program that includes online parenting classes and educational video courses, rewarding parental participation with essential products that support healthy infant and toddler development. Through these efforts, The Baby Box Co. seeks to equip parents with the resources needed to provide a safe and nurturing start for their children.

Emagispace

Series A in 2016
Emagispace, Inc. operates an innovative online platform focused on interior construction and design. Founded in 2014 and based in Larkspur, Colorado, the company offers a range of lightweight building materials, including Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) plastic products and Medium-Density Fiberboard (MDF) panels, along with various assembly components such as doors, windows, and connectors. Emagispace's platform enables the construction of versatile interior spaces, catering to sectors like office interiors, retail displays, tradeshows, galleries, museums, and performance sets for film and television. By promoting sustainable building practices and efficient design solutions, Emagispace aims to transform traditional approaches to interior construction, making it more accessible and environmentally friendly.

Bambee

Seed Round in 2016
Bambee, Inc. is a company that provides a mobile application and platform designed to assist small and medium-sized businesses in managing human resources. Founded in 2016 and based in Santa Monica, California, Bambee allows businesses to hire an HR manager for a monthly fee, facilitating the development of HR policies and ensuring compliance with regulations. The platform also offers a suite of HR tools, including performance tracking and comprehensive audits to identify and rectify compliance issues. Bambee serves a diverse range of industries, including food and beverage, retail, healthcare, technology, education, and manufacturing, aiming to make HR management accessible and affordable for all businesses.
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