One Planet Group

One Planet operates, funds and incubates businesses that cover a broad spectrum across the tech world and beyond. Its operating companies span a variety of industries including Ad Tech, Publishing, Automotive, Real Estate, and Marketing. One Planet’s largest operating business is BuyerLink, the world's foremost lead generation marketplace. The company also owns and operates iMotors, Contractors.com, MerchantCircle, Quite Remarkable and California.com. One Planet's angel fund, One Planet Ventures, invests in seed and early-stage startups. Ventures is funded without external investors and has a high percentage of seed-to-unicorn ratio. Its investment portfolio includes Toddle, Wrapbook, Ironclad, Volans-i, SoulPancake which was sold to Participant Media in 2017, and TheRealReal which went public earlier this year under the symbol REAL. One Planet’s founder, chairman and CEO, tech entrepreneur Payam Zamani, originally co-founded Autoweb.com in 1994, the first online car-buying service, which completed a successful IPO in 1999, reaching a market cap of $1.2 billion. For more information, visit www.oneplanetops.com.

Samantha Brachat

Associate, One Planet VC

28 past transactions

Health Hero

Seed Round in 2022
Health Hero, Inc. is a wellness platform provider that offers customized health solutions for employees and their families globally. Founded in 2014 and based in Tampa, Florida, the company connects users through mobile devices and computers to deliver health risk assessments, biometric screenings, and cultural assessments. The platform targets various industries and promotes employee engagement by incorporating gamification elements, allowing users to earn rewards for completing health-related tasks. Additionally, Health Hero facilitates automated follow-up communications via phone and text, catering to the needs of payers, providers, employers, and individuals. By focusing on social determinants of health, Health Hero aims to foster a healthier lifestyle for its users through personalized and accessible programming.

Sika Health

Seed Round in 2022
Sika Health is a New York-based company founded in 2021 that specializes in payment solutions for the healthcare sector. The firm focuses on developing technology that facilitates the integration of health wallets, allowing users to manage expenses related to medical bills, dental services, and medications. By partnering with health and wellness brands, Sika Health's technology aims to enhance the customer experience at the point of sale, helping individuals discover and qualify for wallet purchases seamlessly. This approach not only minimizes the risk of cart abandonment but also encourages consumers to utilize their health benefits in a manner that aligns with their personal health needs and goals.

Formic

Series A in 2022
At Formic, we want to increase the collective output of humanity by making automation deployments trivial and easy. Every factory should have access to unlimited 'labor' through robotics and automation rentals. We are building technology, financing, operations and services to make this vision possible. Formic is a fast-growing venture-backed startup focused on unlocking robotic automation in labor-starved industries such as food and beverage, advanced manufacturing, consumer packaged goods and other industrial settings. We combine financial innovation with a firm understanding of what robotics are capable of, to enable manufacturing customers to scale up their manufacturing capacity quickly and with minimal risk.

The Beans

Seed Round in 2021
The Beans is a financial planning platform that aims to simplify the journey to financial success. Founded on September 15, 2016, by Matthieu Tourne and Melissa Gail Pancoast, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, California. The platform utilizes visual tools involving dried beans and corn to provide an engaging and accessible approach to wealth management. By offering proactive and positive support, The Beans helps users alleviate financial stress, allowing them to concentrate on their passions and interests.

Localized

Venture Round in 2021
Localized, Inc. operates a platform designed to connect aspiring professionals with industry experts for knowledge sharing and mentorship. Founded in 2017 and based in Washington, D.C., the company focuses on early-stage recruitment in growth markets, facilitating virtual career fairs and year-round recruitment services. It collaborates with universities and talent hubs across the Middle East, North Africa, India, China, and the United States, enabling students and alumni to engage with industry professionals and potential employers. By providing access to experienced mentors and resources, Localized aims to enhance the recruitment process for both companies and aspiring professionals, addressing the needs of a global workforce in emerging markets.

MemoryWell

Seed Round in 2021
MemoryWell LLC operates a digital platform designed to help individuals living with Alzheimer's and dementia share their life stories. By replacing traditional intake questionnaires with personal narratives, MemoryWell facilitates a more empathetic understanding among families, senior living communities, and home-based providers. The platform allows for the creation of collaborative timelines that incorporate photos, videos, letters, and other documents, enriching the storytelling experience. Founded in 2016 and based in Washington, D.C., MemoryWell partners with retirement homes to document the stories of their residents, providing meaningful keepsakes for families and enhancing the overall care experience.

MemoryWell

Seed Round in 2021
MemoryWell LLC operates a digital platform designed to help individuals living with Alzheimer's and dementia share their life stories. By replacing traditional intake questionnaires with personal narratives, MemoryWell facilitates a more empathetic understanding among families, senior living communities, and home-based providers. The platform allows for the creation of collaborative timelines that incorporate photos, videos, letters, and other documents, enriching the storytelling experience. Founded in 2016 and based in Washington, D.C., MemoryWell partners with retirement homes to document the stories of their residents, providing meaningful keepsakes for families and enhancing the overall care experience.

Wrapbook

Seed Round in 2020
Wrapbook, incorporated in 2018 and based in New York, offers a comprehensive suite of software designed specifically for the entertainment industry. The platform streamlines payroll, contract payments, human resources, worker’s compensation, insurance, and production management, catering to the needs of producers, filmmakers, and creative professionals. By providing digital profiles for project-based workforces, Wrapbook simplifies the processes of onboarding, payment, and insurance, ensuring compliance while reducing costs. This user-friendly solution allows creative teams, including producers and HR personnel, to concentrate on their projects rather than navigating complex systems and managing expensive transactional challenges.

360Converge, Inc

Seed Round in 2019
360Converge, Inc. specializes in creating software as a service (SaaS) solutions tailored for the automotive industry, focusing on customer relationship management. The company's platform enhances dealership communication by integrating various communication channels, including voice, text, chat, email, and walkie-talkie applications, into a unified system. Through the use of machine learning and data analysis, 360Converge provides workflow automation and relationship intelligence to improve operational efficiency. Established in 2015, the company is headquartered in Orlando, Florida.

360Converge, Inc

Seed Round in 2019
360Converge, Inc. specializes in creating software as a service (SaaS) solutions tailored for the automotive industry, focusing on customer relationship management. The company's platform enhances dealership communication by integrating various communication channels, including voice, text, chat, email, and walkie-talkie applications, into a unified system. Through the use of machine learning and data analysis, 360Converge provides workflow automation and relationship intelligence to improve operational efficiency. Established in 2015, the company is headquartered in Orlando, Florida.

Trend

Seed Round in 2019
Trend operates a curated marketplace that connects brands with a network of social media influencers. The platform enables brands to source high-quality user-generated content and gain targeted exposure through influencer partnerships. Trend collaborates with innovative companies and has worked with notable brands such as Chameleon Cold-Brew, Health-Ade Kombucha, and FabFitFun. The community includes thousands of selected influencers whose posts engage an average of over 20,000 followers, generating significant interaction. By facilitating the sharing and scaling of influencer-generated content, Trend helps brands enhance their visibility and drive sales through effective marketing campaigns.

DiGAME

Seed Round in 2018
DiGAME Investment Management Limited, founded in 2016, is a growth equity firm headquartered in London, United Kingdom, with an additional office in Lagos, Nigeria. The firm specializes in making direct venture capital investments, focusing on technology-enabled businesses in the Africa and Middle East regions. DiGAME aims to support growth capital transactions, targeting opportunities within the vibrant information technology sector.

Gro Intelligence

Venture Round in 2017
Gro Intelligence is a data analytics platform focused on the global agriculture industry, utilizing artificial intelligence and machine learning to analyze a wide range of agricultural data. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York, with an additional office in Nairobi, the company aggregates and processes both structured and unstructured data from diverse sources, including satellite imagery and trade reports. By employing proprietary algorithms, Gro Intelligence generates predictive models that provide insights into weather patterns, trade flows, pricing dynamics, and production metrics. This enables financial institutions, corporations, and public sector entities to make informed decisions based on comprehensive and timely information. The company has attracted significant investment, raising $20 million to date from notable investors. With approximately 50 employees, Gro Intelligence aims to bridge data gaps within the agricultural sector, enhancing productivity and access to capital for stakeholders across the ecosystem.

Wayfarer Studios

Venture Round in 2016
Wayfarer Studios is an independent media studio dedicated to producing film and television content that promotes social change while remaining commercially viable. The studio aims to create storytelling that is sincere and impactful, catering to a diverse range of platforms and genres. It offers comprehensive production services, from pre-production to post-production, to various clients, including corporations, non-profit organizations, educational institutions, and start-ups. Wayfarer Studios has notably partnered with Disney+ for its first original film, "Clouds," marking a significant achievement in its mission to blend meaningful narratives with broad audience appeal.

Wayfarer Studios

Venture Round in 2016
Wayfarer Studios is an independent media studio dedicated to producing film and television content that promotes social change while remaining commercially viable. The studio aims to create storytelling that is sincere and impactful, catering to a diverse range of platforms and genres. It offers comprehensive production services, from pre-production to post-production, to various clients, including corporations, non-profit organizations, educational institutions, and start-ups. Wayfarer Studios has notably partnered with Disney+ for its first original film, "Clouds," marking a significant achievement in its mission to blend meaningful narratives with broad audience appeal.

Butterfleye

Seed Round in 2016
Butterfleye, Inc. designs and develops cameras and monitoring systems used for home and office security. Its products are used for security, child monitoring, pet monitoring, and elderly care. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in San Mateo, California. As of December 20, 2017, Butterfleye, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Ooma, Inc.

Dil Mil

Seed Round in 2016
Dil Mil is a rapidly growing matchmaking application designed for South Asian expatriates, aimed at modernizing the traditional arranged marriage model. By addressing privacy and usability concerns associated with conventional solutions, Dil Mil attracts over 1,000 new users daily and experiences substantial month-over-month growth in both users and revenue. The platform utilizes proprietary machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms to facilitate meaningful connections among users seeking serious relationships. It prioritizes user safety and provides streamlined support, ensuring a reliable and private matchmaking experience. With a dedicated team of experienced engineers and advisors, Dil Mil is focused on delivering effective matchmaking services while leveraging advanced technology to optimize the user experience.

Ironclad

Seed Round in 2015
Ironclad, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company founded in 2014 that specializes in contract management software designed for legal teams. Its platform streamlines contract workflows by automating processes such as creation, approvals, and compliance, allowing legal departments to focus on providing strategic advice. Ironclad's software includes features like automated templates for various types of contracts, e-signatures, and the ability to store finalized documents while integrating data entry into other systems. By transforming contract processes for legal, sales, and operations teams, Ironclad enhances the management of contracts as valuable intelligence assets. The platform is utilized by in-house legal teams at notable companies, enabling them to unlock and analyze contract data effectively.

Smyle

Seed Round in 2015
Smyle is a mobile application that enables its users to share their photos with different people automatically. It also helps its users to keep their photos organized. Smyle was launched in 2014 and is based in Las Vegas, Nevada.

Dil Mil

Seed Round in 2015
Dil Mil is a rapidly growing matchmaking application designed for South Asian expatriates, aimed at modernizing the traditional arranged marriage model. By addressing privacy and usability concerns associated with conventional solutions, Dil Mil attracts over 1,000 new users daily and experiences substantial month-over-month growth in both users and revenue. The platform utilizes proprietary machine learning and artificial intelligence algorithms to facilitate meaningful connections among users seeking serious relationships. It prioritizes user safety and provides streamlined support, ensuring a reliable and private matchmaking experience. With a dedicated team of experienced engineers and advisors, Dil Mil is focused on delivering effective matchmaking services while leveraging advanced technology to optimize the user experience.

Verbling

Seed Round in 2014
Verbling, Inc. is an online platform that connects language learners with professional teachers through video chat, facilitating personalized language lessons. Founded in 2011 and based in Palo Alto, California, Verbling's mission is to empower individuals worldwide to achieve fluency in foreign languages. The platform allows users to interact directly with vetted teachers, who are available around the clock across various time zones. Verbling maintains high standards for its educators, resulting in an average student rating of 4.9 out of 5. As of January 2020, Verbling operates as a subsidiary of Busuu Limited, enhancing its reach in the e-learning space.

Verbling

Seed Round in 2014
Verbling, Inc. is an online platform that connects language learners with professional teachers through video chat, facilitating personalized language lessons. Founded in 2011 and based in Palo Alto, California, Verbling's mission is to empower individuals worldwide to achieve fluency in foreign languages. The platform allows users to interact directly with vetted teachers, who are available around the clock across various time zones. Verbling maintains high standards for its educators, resulting in an average student rating of 4.9 out of 5. As of January 2020, Verbling operates as a subsidiary of Busuu Limited, enhancing its reach in the e-learning space.

Ronin Labs

Seed Round in 2014
Ronin Labs is an information technology company that helps developers, engineering leaders, and business stakeholders to build software application platforms. The company also provides a range of resources for engineering managers. It was founded in 2015 and headquartered in New York, United States.

Chat Sports

Seed Round in 2012
Chat Sports, Inc. is an online sports media company based in San Francisco, California, that specializes in delivering personalized sports content to fans. Founded in 2009, it operates as a full-service sports media channel, producing over 20 hours of live video content each week across platforms like Facebook Live. With its mobile apps for iPhone and Android, Chat Sports has established itself as a leading brand in sports media on mobile devices. The company generates hundreds of original articles monthly and utilizes advanced curation technology to provide millions of fans with over 200,000 unique pieces of sports content from more than 2,000 sources. This extensive coverage includes news and updates on major American sports, reaching over 100 million sports fans each month.

EnerAllies

Seed Round in 2012
Enerallies, Inc. provides a software-centric HVAC management and optimization solution for multi-site restaurant chains and small-box retail operators. It offers a Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)-based automation and analytics platform that automates the HVAC monitoring and control over the Internet; automatically sends temperature schedules to sites on a daily basis; and manages HVAC performance, warns of equipment degradation, and reports on employee overrides. The company was incorporated in 2011 and is based in Los Altos, California.

The RealReal

Seed Round in 2012
The RealReal, Inc. operates an online marketplace for consigned luxury goods. It offers various resale product categories, including women’s, men’s, kids’, jewelry, and watches, as well as home and art products. The company was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

SoulPancake

Seed Round in 2010
SoulPancake LLC, founded in 2009 and based in Los Angeles, California, is a media and entertainment company that specializes in creating digital, television, and branded content aimed at the optimistic millennial audience. As a subsidiary of Participant Media, SoulPancake focuses on producing engaging and inspiring content that explores the human experience through humor and authenticity. The company offers multi-platform content creation services, including interactive brands and digital marketing strategies, to help businesses effectively engage their customers. Through its storytelling approach, SoulPancake aims to foster connection and positivity in its content.

SoulPancake

Seed Round in 2010
SoulPancake LLC, founded in 2009 and based in Los Angeles, California, is a media and entertainment company that specializes in creating digital, television, and branded content aimed at the optimistic millennial audience. As a subsidiary of Participant Media, SoulPancake focuses on producing engaging and inspiring content that explores the human experience through humor and authenticity. The company offers multi-platform content creation services, including interactive brands and digital marketing strategies, to help businesses effectively engage their customers. Through its storytelling approach, SoulPancake aims to foster connection and positivity in its content.
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