Lily Bernicker

Investment Associate

Guy Vidra

Partner

Bryan Chang

Principal

Past deals in Crowdfunding

Relief

Series A in 2022
Relief is a mobile app that delivers on debt-elimination commitment. They aim to become the company that people come to for help getting back in the black. By developing products and services that are simple, effective, and easy to use, they will make financial relief accessible to those who need it.

CoinList

Venture Round in 2019
CoinList's mission is to help builders launch and grow innovative digital assets, expand access for early adopters, and be the most trusted brand in digital finance. We're the global leader in new token issuance, helping blue chip projects like Filecoin, Solana, Near, Algorand, Ondo, and others connect with millions of new token holders. We support the full lifecycle of crypto investment, from token sales through distribution, trading, lending, staking and access to decentralized-finance opportunities. CoinList users trade and store Bitcoin, Ether, and many other popular crypto assets through our full-service trading products on mobile and CoinList.co, while also getting access to the best new tokens before they list on other exchanges. Our customers include validators, miners, founders, CEOs, crypto funds, bitcoin OGs, as well as a broad array of crypto enthusiasts.

Long Game

Series A in 2018
Long Game designs fun and engaging customer experiences on top of savings products to encourage responsible financial planning. The personal finance app allows its users to play games and win cash prizes up to $1 million.

Long Game

Seed Round in 2017
Long Game designs fun and engaging customer experiences on top of savings products to encourage responsible financial planning. The personal finance app allows its users to play games and win cash prizes up to $1 million.

Camino Financial

Seed Round in 2016
Camino Financial is an AI-powered community lending platform that offers affordable credit and wealth building solutions to overlooked entrepreneurs. The company builds proprietary credit assessment and data aggregation AI to identify, price and provide affordable loans tailored to credit-invisible, cash-heavy businesses. By partnering with other financial institutions, public agencies and mission-aligned companies, Camino Financial is able to pool and distribute low-cost funding and educational resources to entrepreneurs. The winning combination of community-driven partnerships and AI technology results in offering loans with monthly payments 40% lower than alternative products in the market. All loans are tailored for upward mobility, setting entrepreneurs on a graduation path to an expanded suite of credit and other wealth building solutions. Camino Financial is a nationally certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) with oversight by the U.S. Department of Treasury. Since inception, the company has funded over $140,000,000 across the United States, netting above $95,000,000 in incremental revenues and fees saved among its members. Camino Financial is headquartered in Los Angeles, California with supporting offices in Mexico City, Mexico and Bogota, Colombia.

CircleUp

Series C in 2015
CircleUp is an investment platform that provides capital and resources to innovative, early-stage consumer brands with a modern, scalable approach to private markets. CircleUp is comprised of internally-managed equity funds, a credit program, and an Insights and Connections team - all powered by Helio, CircleUp's proprietary machine learning platform. Helio collects and analyzes billions of data points to evaluates 1.3 million consumer businesses and predict future business success.

Camino Financial

Angel Round in 2015
Camino Financial is an AI-powered community lending platform that offers affordable credit and wealth building solutions to overlooked entrepreneurs. The company builds proprietary credit assessment and data aggregation AI to identify, price and provide affordable loans tailored to credit-invisible, cash-heavy businesses. By partnering with other financial institutions, public agencies and mission-aligned companies, Camino Financial is able to pool and distribute low-cost funding and educational resources to entrepreneurs. The winning combination of community-driven partnerships and AI technology results in offering loans with monthly payments 40% lower than alternative products in the market. All loans are tailored for upward mobility, setting entrepreneurs on a graduation path to an expanded suite of credit and other wealth building solutions. Camino Financial is a nationally certified Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI) with oversight by the U.S. Department of Treasury. Since inception, the company has funded over $140,000,000 across the United States, netting above $95,000,000 in incremental revenues and fees saved among its members. Camino Financial is headquartered in Los Angeles, California with supporting offices in Mexico City, Mexico and Bogota, Colombia.

Upstart

Series C in 2015
Upstart is a lending platform that leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning to price credit and automates the borrowing process. The company's proprietary underwriting model identifies borrowers despite limited credit and employment history by using variables including schools attended, area of study, and work experience. Upstart powered banks can offer higher approval rates and experience lower loss rates*, while simultaneously delivering the exceptional digital-first lending experience their customers demand. Upstart was founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Mateo, California and Columbus, Ohio.

Assembly

Venture Round in 2014
Assembly is a web collaboration platform that enables users to develop apps, widgets, platforms, and APIs with the help of other users. It is a global community that connects designers, developers, coders, writers, marketers, and more with each other and enables them retain the ownership of their software and receive profit for their contributions. The entire process is a collaborative effort, including vision, development, design, and marketing. Each product has App Coins, which are earned by contributing work. Assembly was launched by Dave Newman, Matthew Deiters, and Chris Lloyd in 2013 and is operated from California, United States.

Tala

Seed Round in 2014
Tala is a global financial technology company dedicated to providing accessible financial services to underserved populations, particularly in emerging markets. Tala operates in several countries, including Kenya, the Philippines, Mexico, and India. The company's mobile application offers users instant access to credit, payments, savings, and transfer services, effectively bridging the gap between digital and cash ecosystems. By leveraging advanced data science and machine learning, Tala assesses creditworthiness in realtime, enabling customers without formal credit histories to obtain personalized credit lines.

Fundrise

Series A in 2014
Fundrise helps locals claim ownership in the development of their city. Its first project and the first-ever crowdfunded real estate deal, was the development of acclaimed D.C. restaurant and retail store, Maketto, in 2013. It has grown since then, but its mission of providing people with a simpler, smarter, and more reliable way to invest has remained the same. Today, Fundrise continues to shape the investment industry, creating a new alternative to investing in stocks and bonds. By combining technology with new federal regulations, they have opened up the once-unattainable world of direct private investments to everyone in the US, regardless of net worth. Fundrise was launched in Washington, D.C. in 2012.

Upstart

Series A in 2013
Upstart is a lending platform that leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning to price credit and automates the borrowing process. The company's proprietary underwriting model identifies borrowers despite limited credit and employment history by using variables including schools attended, area of study, and work experience. Upstart powered banks can offer higher approval rates and experience lower loss rates*, while simultaneously delivering the exceptional digital-first lending experience their customers demand. Upstart was founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Mateo, California and Columbus, Ohio.

Assembly

Seed Round in 2013
Assembly is a web collaboration platform that enables users to develop apps, widgets, platforms, and APIs with the help of other users. It is a global community that connects designers, developers, coders, writers, marketers, and more with each other and enables them retain the ownership of their software and receive profit for their contributions. The entire process is a collaborative effort, including vision, development, design, and marketing. Each product has App Coins, which are earned by contributing work. Assembly was launched by Dave Newman, Matthew Deiters, and Chris Lloyd in 2013 and is operated from California, United States.

Gumroad

Seed Round in 2012
Gumroad owns and operates an online service through which users can buy and sell digital goods such as design templates and source codes.

Thumbtack

Series A in 2012
Thumbtack is a home services website connecting users with local service providers. Thumbtack offers homeowners personalized guidance on what to do and when to do it, as well as recommendations on who to hire from a community of 300,000 local service businesses. The bids from Thumbtack professionals were analyzed to determine the true cost of various projects.
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