American Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and Social Impact

AmFam Institute Impact Fund serves as the venture fund arm of American Family Insurance, focusing on investments that align with its mission to support innovative solutions and foster positive social impact. By financing early-stage companies and initiatives, the fund aims to drive growth and development in sectors that contribute to community well-being and resilience. Through its investments, AmFam Institute Impact Fund seeks to empower entrepreneurs and support ventures that align with its values, ultimately enhancing the quality of life in the communities it serves.

Robert Kornblum

Principal and Portfolio Manager

34 past transactions

Honeycomb Credit

Seed Round in 2024
Honeycomb Credit operates an online platform facilitating debt crowdfunding between small business owners and their communities or investors. Incorporated in 2017, the company is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

Ivy Energy

Series A in 2024
Ivy is a turn-key service powered by intelligent software providing equitable solar access to residents and predictable returns to owners.

Kai XR

Seed Round in 2023
Kai XR is a company focused on developing inclusive mixed reality spaces that allow children to explore, dream, and create. By leveraging virtual reality technology, it provides educational resources for educators, parents, and lifelong learners, facilitating early adoption of mixed reality in education. The company's platform offers culturally relevant learning opportunities, enabling the creation of accessible virtual reality classrooms and field trips for children. With offerings like virtual field trips to museums, Kai XR aims to enrich educational experiences without the associated costs or logistical challenges of traditional outings. The company is set to launch its new kid-friendly virtual reality platform, expanding its commitment to fostering creativity and learning in an immersive environment.

AnswersNow

Series A in 2023
AnswersNow develops a mobile platform for parents and caregivers of autistic children. Its platform provides educational resources, behavioral learning tools, and on-call expert support, enabling step-by-step learning processes and progress monitoring.

Beam

Series A in 2022
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.

MathTalk

Venture Round in 2022
MathTalk is an organization dedicated to fostering a love for mathematics among adults and children, particularly in economically disadvantaged communities. It specializes in providing early education services aimed at low-income families, encouraging holistic engagement with math and numbers from an early age. MathTalk transforms public spaces such as waiting rooms, barbershops, bodegas, parks, and streets into creative learning environments. Additionally, the company offers an application that empowers both adults and children to explore early math concepts through their surroundings, making math accessible and enjoyable for all.

Paladin

Series A in 2022
Paladin is a legal technology company founded in 2015 and based in New York, USA. The firm has developed a platform that connects attorneys with vetted pro bono opportunities, allowing legal professionals to engage in cases that align with their passions. By streamlining the process of creating, distributing, and managing pro bono matters, Paladin enables law firms, bar associations, and corporations to enhance their service delivery to low-income individuals. Additionally, the platform facilitates the tracking of lawyers' contributions and captures impact data, highlighting the positive effects of their efforts. Through its services, Paladin aims to enhance pro bono participation and support the legal community in addressing access to justice.

Babbly

Seed Round in 2022
Babbly is a company focused on enhancing early childhood development through its innovative monitoring platform. It has developed a mobile application that allows parents to track and support their child's speech development from birth to twenty-four months. Utilizing artificial intelligence and machine learning, Babbly's platform analyzes voice data to provide insights into a child's cognitive growth, language, and social skills. By enabling parents to record and evaluate their child's speech, the app helps them monitor progress and foster developmental milestones effectively. Babbly aims to create the world's largest data platform dedicated to supporting parents in nurturing their children's development.

NurseDash

Venture Round in 2021
NurseDash is a healthcare staffing platform founded in Houston, Texas by professionals with experience in medicine and entrepreneurship. The company offers a digital application that connects qualified clinicians with hospitals and other medical facilities. It posts available shifts, matches them with vetted professionals, and handles compliance tasks such as background checks and license verification. The service enables clinicians to create flexible schedules and receive instant pay, while allowing facilities to fill staffing gaps quickly and reduce labor costs. NurseDash operates primarily in Texas and Ohio, using technology to streamline the hiring process and improve workforce flexibility in the healthcare sector.

Levered Learning

Venture Round in 2021
Levered Learning is an educational company founded in 2017 and headquartered in Soquel, California. It specializes in developing a classroom-tested instructional system aimed at enhancing mathematical learning for students in grades 3 to 5. The company offers a web-based platform that integrates whole-class discussions, group activities, and online self-paced lessons, effectively supporting both classroom and distance learning environments. Levered Learning's system is designed to help teachers and students identify and address learning gaps, fostering continuous improvement in elementary mathematics education.

EliteGamingLIVE

Convertible Note in 2021
EliteGamingLIVE is an educational platform that combines video gaming with learning opportunities. It engages students passionate about games by offering after-school programs, recognizing their skills, and providing education on potential careers in game design, coding, programming, and web development.

StormSensor

Series A in 2021
StormSensor, Inc. is a Seattle-based company that specializes in stormwater management solutions aimed at preventing flooding, sewage overflows, and other stormwater issues. Founded in 2015, StormSensor develops Scute sensors that provide real-time monitoring of conditions within stormwater systems. The company also offers Terrapin, a cloud-based software platform that facilitates data visualization, integrates weather data, and sends alerts for significant flow events. This platform automates workflows for inspections, data monitoring, and regulatory reporting, significantly reducing the manual processes traditionally used by clients to maintain compliance in a complex regulatory landscape. By providing essential information on urban flooding, illicit discharges, and infrastructure impacts from climate change, StormSensor enables its clients to effectively respond to and mitigate climate-driven risks.

Mentor Spaces

Seed Round in 2021
Mentor Spaces is a community-driven mentorship platform that helps companies attract, hire, and retain underrepresented talent. It connects professionals with mentors aligned to their interests and goals, fostering guided conversations and professional development. The platform also enables recruiters to cultivate relationships with diverse college students and graduates ahead of formal recruiting events, supporting proactive diversity recruiting and inclusive talent pipelines.

BlocPower

Series A in 2021
BlocPower designs and implements energy efficiency and electrification upgrades for urban buildings, including schools, churches, small businesses, non-profits, and homes. Through proprietary software, machine learning, and IoT-enabled monitoring, it analyzes facilities to identify cost-effective retrofits, combines financing and project management, and delivers scalable deployment that reduces energy waste and utility bills while enhancing indoor air quality and comfort.

Solstice

Venture Round in 2021
Solstice facilitates shared solar energy solutions, aggregating consumer demand and connecting households with community solar projects. Founded in 2016, it aims to increase access to affordable renewable energy regardless of income or credit score.

Voxy EnGen

Series A in 2021
Voxy EnGen is a career-focused, virtual English language education training platform for organizations and employers working with immigrants and refugees.

AnswersNow

Seed Round in 2021
AnswersNow develops a mobile platform for parents and caregivers of autistic children. Its platform provides educational resources, behavioral learning tools, and on-call expert support, enabling step-by-step learning processes and progress monitoring.

CircleIn

Seed Round in 2020
CircleIn is an online educational platform that connects students nationwide for mutual coaching and support. Its primary goal is to enhance the student study experience, making learning more accessible and inclusive.

BlocPower

Venture Round in 2020
BlocPower designs and implements energy efficiency and electrification upgrades for urban buildings, including schools, churches, small businesses, non-profits, and homes. Through proprietary software, machine learning, and IoT-enabled monitoring, it analyzes facilities to identify cost-effective retrofits, combines financing and project management, and delivers scalable deployment that reduces energy waste and utility bills while enhancing indoor air quality and comfort.

Vincere Health

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Vincere Health Inc. is a health technology company based in Allston, Massachusetts, founded in 2019 at the Harvard Innovation Labs. The company specializes in developing a health engagement platform aimed at assisting users in quitting smoking and making healthier choices. Its application combines behavioral nudges, evidence-based interventions, and personalized coaching, allowing users to set individual goals and monitor their progress. Users engage with the platform by using an attachable breathalyzer device to verify adherence to their smoking reduction goals. The application incentivizes users with periodic financial rewards for reducing their smoking and achieving cessation. By leveraging real-time health data and intelligent incentives, Vincere Health addresses significant healthcare challenges, particularly in smoking cessation and chronic disease management.

Honeycomb Credit

Seed Round in 2020
Honeycomb Credit operates an online platform facilitating debt crowdfunding between small business owners and their communities or investors. Incorporated in 2017, the company is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.

BookNook

Seed Round in 2020
BookNook offers synchronous learning technology and virtual high dosage tutoring for K-8 students. It focuses on improving reading and math skills through engaging, rigorous exercises, supporting hundreds of school districts nationwide.

Manatee

Seed Round in 2020
Manatee is a virtual mental health company focused on families and children with behavioral or developmental disorders. It provides a digital platform that uses artificial intelligence and cognitive behavioral therapy methods to gamify treatment, track progress, and set real-time goals. The platform facilitates family- and child-centered care through therapy sessions, parent coaching, group activities, daily activities, and structured exercises, enabling providers and families to integrate mental health into daily life and improve communication.

Paladin

Seed Round in 2020
Paladin is a legal technology company founded in 2015 and based in New York, USA. The firm has developed a platform that connects attorneys with vetted pro bono opportunities, allowing legal professionals to engage in cases that align with their passions. By streamlining the process of creating, distributing, and managing pro bono matters, Paladin enables law firms, bar associations, and corporations to enhance their service delivery to low-income individuals. Additionally, the platform facilitates the tracking of lawyers' contributions and captures impact data, highlighting the positive effects of their efforts. Through its services, Paladin aims to enhance pro bono participation and support the legal community in addressing access to justice.

StormSensor

Seed Round in 2020
StormSensor, Inc. is a Seattle-based company that specializes in stormwater management solutions aimed at preventing flooding, sewage overflows, and other stormwater issues. Founded in 2015, StormSensor develops Scute sensors that provide real-time monitoring of conditions within stormwater systems. The company also offers Terrapin, a cloud-based software platform that facilitates data visualization, integrates weather data, and sends alerts for significant flow events. This platform automates workflows for inspections, data monitoring, and regulatory reporting, significantly reducing the manual processes traditionally used by clients to maintain compliance in a complex regulatory landscape. By providing essential information on urban flooding, illicit discharges, and infrastructure impacts from climate change, StormSensor enables its clients to effectively respond to and mitigate climate-driven risks.

Biobot Analytics

Seed Round in 2020
Biobot Analytics, Inc. is a wastewater epidemiology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, founded in 2017. It specializes in transforming wastewater infrastructure into public health observatories through innovative technology that analyzes sewage for health-related data. By deploying proprietary sampling devices and spatial analytics, Biobot measures various health threats, including infectious diseases, antibiotic resistance, and drug consumption patterns. The company's Opioid Consumption Monitoring Program specifically estimates opioid use in urban areas by analyzing wastewater. This approach generates anonymized public health data that is independent of traditional hospital reporting systems, allowing for rapid adaptability to emerging public health threats. Biobot Analytics offers its insights as a service, providing government officials with actionable data to prioritize interventions and address public health challenges effectively.

Bark Technologies

Venture Round in 2020
Founded in 2015, Bark Technologies is a software company based in Atlanta, Georgia. It uses AI and machine learning to detect and alert parents to potential issues their children may face online, such as cyberbullying, suicidal ideation, or school shooting threats. Bark's platform monitors social media, text messages, and emails, providing parents with actionable insights to help protect their children.

Vincere Health

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Vincere Health Inc. is a health technology company based in Allston, Massachusetts, founded in 2019 at the Harvard Innovation Labs. The company specializes in developing a health engagement platform aimed at assisting users in quitting smoking and making healthier choices. Its application combines behavioral nudges, evidence-based interventions, and personalized coaching, allowing users to set individual goals and monitor their progress. Users engage with the platform by using an attachable breathalyzer device to verify adherence to their smoking reduction goals. The application incentivizes users with periodic financial rewards for reducing their smoking and achieving cessation. By leveraging real-time health data and intelligent incentives, Vincere Health addresses significant healthcare challenges, particularly in smoking cessation and chronic disease management.

Beam

Seed Round in 2020
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.

LoanSense

Seed Round in 2020
LoanSense is a debt management platform focused on assisting borrowers in reducing student loan debt and facilitating homeownership. The company collaborates with networks in mortgage technology and mortgage brokerages to streamline the mortgage process for student loan debtors. Through its platform, LoanSense offers personalized financial planning by helping users set goals and create tailored plans aimed at improving their debt-to-income ratios. The platform also provides advisory services and monthly payment calculations, empowering borrowers to navigate student loan servicing and expedite mortgage closings effectively.

ParentPowered

Seed Round in 2019
ParentPowered is an innovative company focused on enhancing educational support for families through technology and behavioral science insights. It simplifies complex educational topics into accessible information delivered via text messages. The company's flagship product, Ready4K, is an evidence-based family engagement curriculum designed for children from birth to third grade. This curriculum addresses early literacy, math, and social-emotional skills, and is available in both English and Spanish. By utilizing a text messaging format, ParentPowered aims to reach and support even the most underserved parents consistently over time, ultimately boosting children's learning, engagement, attendance, academics, and mental health.

One Concern

Series B in 2019
One Concern develops an AI-based platform that helps governments prepare for and respond to natural disasters. Its predictive analytics engine creates post-disaster damage maps, provides daily situational reports, and offers planning modules. The company focuses on earthquakes, hurricanes, floods, fires, and chronic stresses like poverty and climate change.

X2AI

Series A in 2019
X2AI gives patients access to affordable, quality mental healthcare using psychological artificial intelligence. Today, mental illness affects one in four people at some point during their lives, and is often ignored and stigmatized. Many patients don't have access to timely, quality mental healthcare services when they need it, and for many, the cost of accessing such care is prohibitive. Also, mental health professionals have limited capacity in treating patients, and, in developing countries, mental healthcare services are practically nonexistent. X²AI’s mission is to change the status quo, and provide on-demand and accessible quality mental healthcare for everyone, regardless of geographic location or income level. Introducing Tess™ A conversation with Tess, X²AI’s psychological AI, is just a text message away, administering psychotherapy and psychoeducation through a variety of existing technology-based communications, including SMS, instant messaging platforms, and web browsers, instantly, 24/7, when and where the mental healthcare provider isn't. Tess automatically checks in with the patient and learns their emotional signals during conversations, also communicating this to the therapist who is then able to intervene or escalate treatment based on certain triggers. With therapist oversight, Tess delivers therapy education, health-related reminders and mental health coping mechanisms that are personalized for each patient, based on their emotional profile. Access to Tess is based on the patient's needs between scheduled appointments and at a lower cost than regular therapy sessions, and the ability to scale Tess across a large patient base further reduces costs for healthcare providers, payors and patients.

Pigeonly

Seed Round in 2019
Pigeonly operates a subscription-based platform that helps people search for and communicate with inmates across federal, state, and local systems. The service organizes data about incarcerated individuals and enables friends and family to stay connected by sending letters, printed photos, greeting cards, and other items via digital channels on phones, tablets, or computers. Fotopigeon prints and delivers photos, and Telepigeon provides a cost-effective long-distance calling option. Founded in 2013 and based in Las Vegas, Nevada, Pigeonly serves families and supporters who are underserved by traditional inmate communications.
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