Firework Ventures

TRANSFR VR’s core technology is a dialogue system between the trainee and our virtual coach. This unique VR apprenticeship model lets trainees move at their own pace and provides strategic, specific feedback to help them learn from their mistakes and master the skills they need to successfully perform their job.

Learn In is a provider of an upskilling platform designed to help organizations cultivate a skilled workforce. The company enables businesses to establish talent academies and offers a comprehensive upskilling-as-a-service solution. This platform allows companies to offer employees learning sabbaticals, during which they can acquire essential new skills to meet the demands of an evolving workplace. Learn In provides online, low-cost training programs and traditional degree options, with a particular emphasis on digital skills and hard-to-fill roles like data science and software engineering. By facilitating employee development and engagement through these learning opportunities, Learn In assists organizations in retaining talent and bridging the skills gap.

Stride Funding (AlmaPact Inc.) is a mission-driven company focused on enabling debt-free lives for students, by supplementing student loans with flexible income sharing agreements. Unlike student loans that lock students into a single rigid payment, Stride’s payments rise and fall with a student’s income so that payments are always affordable. The company has been recognized as a visionary leader by FinTech analysts for its efforts on income protection and career support. Stride was created by students, for students, aiming to change student lives for the better. The company has been recognized by Harvard and MIT as a top new venture. Stride has received venture investments from GSV Accelerate, Slow Ventures, Sinai Ventures and Pear VC; and its strategic investors include Strada Education. Its advisors include serial entrepreneurs, Doug Levin and Tina Sharkey. Fund your Future, Find your Stride!

Praxis Labs advances diversity and inclusion outcomes through perspective-taking VR-based unconscious bias trainings.

Degreed, Inc. is a lifelong learning platform that facilitates skill development and career mobility for employees. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in Pleasanton, California, with additional offices in Salt Lake City, New York, and Leiden, the Netherlands, Degreed allows organizations to build team skills by connecting employees to various learning resources, including courses, videos, articles, books, podcasts, and expert insights. The platform enables users to create skill profiles and identify skill gaps, promoting career advancement by matching individuals with relevant projects, gigs, and job opportunities. Through its integration with multiple learning management systems and content providers, Degreed supports organizations in adapting to market changes and evolving workforce needs.

Praxis, founded in 2010 and based in New York, is a non-profit venture group dedicated to supporting faith-motivated entrepreneurs who aim to create cultural and social impact. It provides resources and guidance through its Accelerator programs, which admit 12 businesses and 12 nonprofits annually, focusing on equipping decision-makers with essential knowledge, networks, and personal discipleship to build sustainable organizations. In addition to its Accelerator programs, Praxis also runs a venture studio program to foster innovative ideas. The organization collaborates with Q, a community that encourages Christians to contribute to the common good, and plans to launch Praxis Academy, a summer program aimed at training undergraduates at the intersection of faith, startups, and culture. Graduates of the Academy will have the opportunity to participate in the Future Founders program, offering summer apprenticeships with alumni from the Accelerator.

Praxis Labs advances diversity and inclusion outcomes through perspective-taking VR-based unconscious bias trainings.

TRANSFR VR’s core technology is a dialogue system between the trainee and our virtual coach. This unique VR apprenticeship model lets trainees move at their own pace and provides strategic, specific feedback to help them learn from their mistakes and master the skills they need to successfully perform their job.

Hone Group Inc. is a company that develops and operates a platform for live online leadership and management training, primarily aimed at enhancing both hard and soft skills within organizations. Founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, California, Hone provides a comprehensive development platform that facilitates the sourcing, management, and delivery of instructor-led training programs. The company's offerings include training in areas such as management, diversity and inclusion, communication, conflict management, team building, and interpersonal skills. Hone's platform is designed to support organizations of various sizes by measuring the impact of training and promoting behavior change, human connection, and continuous progress. Through its innovative approach, Hone aims to uplift human skills development in modern, distributed teams.

Learn In is a provider of an upskilling platform designed to help organizations cultivate a skilled workforce. The company enables businesses to establish talent academies and offers a comprehensive upskilling-as-a-service solution. This platform allows companies to offer employees learning sabbaticals, during which they can acquire essential new skills to meet the demands of an evolving workplace. Learn In provides online, low-cost training programs and traditional degree options, with a particular emphasis on digital skills and hard-to-fill roles like data science and software engineering. By facilitating employee development and engagement through these learning opportunities, Learn In assists organizations in retaining talent and bridging the skills gap.