Hyphen Capital

Hyphen Capital is a syndicate which invests in multi-stage companies started by AAPI founders. LPs in Hyphen include prominent AAPI founders and executives including Katrina Lake (Stitch Fix), Steve Chen (YouTube), Debby Soo (OpenTable), Deb Liu (Ancestry), Eric Ly (LinkedIn), Sam Yam (Patreon), Gokul Rajaram (DoorDash) and many others.

Jon Park

Investor

51 past transactions

Super.com

Debt Financing in 2023
We believe the commerce should be as simple as chatting with a friend. We have built an engine that drives commerce over messaging. As our first implementation of this engine - we have chosen hotels. SnapTravel empowers customers to find and book hotel rooms over a conversational interface (SMS, Facebook Messenger, WhatsApp, Alexa...). We use NLP and ML technology backed by humans to recommend hotels and deliver a delightful experience. We have driven over $100MM+ in sales exclusively over messaging. We have raised $20MM+ USD from tier-1 investors including iNovia, Telstra Ventures, Peter Kern (Chairman of the Board at Expedia) and NBA Superstar Steph Curry.

Block Party

Seed Round in 2022
At Block Party, we’re on a mission to make the internet safer for everyone. Our latest product, Privacy Party, has earned rave reviews such as "amazing," "f***ing magic," and "an essential extension if you access any social media sites." Privacy Party is a browser extension that makes expert recommendations to secure your social media accounts and automatically updates the settings you prefer. Sign up at www.privacypartyapp.com to keep your personal information secure and away from prying eyes.

TomoCredit

Series B in 2022
TomoCredit is building the next generation credit card designed for Millennials with no credit history or credit score by analyzing alternative data sources through its proprietary algorithm. founding team is made up of immigrant founders who all felt the challenge of getting a credit card as foreign nationals. The team is comprised of alum from Coinbase, The Kenetic Hedge Fund and Google and have attended schools including MIT and UC Berkeley.

Mayvenn

Series C in 2022
Mayvenn enables stylists to sell products directly to their clients without the upfront costs and burdens of holding inventory. At Mayvenn, they are creating the future of salon retail - one hairstylist at a time. Their mission is to empower hairstylists and salon professionals while changing the way people purchase hair extensions and interact with hair companies. They've experienced tremendous growth since their founding in 2013. Their platform has grown into a nationwide movement of over 50,000+ stylists, hundreds of thousands of customers, and millions of dollars invested back into salons across the country.

Makelog

Seed Round in 2022
Makelog makes it easy to create, centralize, and share product updates with your customers and internal teams.

Idiomatic

Seed Round in 2022
Idiomatic believes that if you can listen to your customers at scale, you will make better business decisions. Its voice-of-customer platform helps companies do just that, by using AI to identify and track all issues and trends that customers bring up in customer support inquiries, NPS survey responses, and app reviews. Idiomatic quantifies those granular issues so that their clients have clear, data-driven criteria for prioritizing resources in order to improve their products or services. Beloved companies like Pinterest, Slack, Instacart, and Disney rely on Idiomatic.

Playbook

Series A in 2022
Playbook organizes, shares, and collaborates on creative files and projects with clients and teams. In addition to integrating current storage and streamlining file management, the company's software can automatically import, tag, and organize creative files, allowing clients to maintain their blogs and websites without worrying about file management.

Calico

Seed Round in 2022
Meet Calico, your sourcing co-pilot designed for high growth brands. Calico allows any fashion brand to produce like an industry giant. No travel expenses, no offshore agents and no surprise fees.

Nguyen Coffee Supply

Seed Round in 2022
Nguyen Coffee Supply is an award-winning roaster and the first specialty Vietnamese coffee company in America importing and roasting in Brooklyn, New York. Founded in 2018 by 1st generation entrepreneur-activist Sahra Nguyen, the company's mission is to increase economic advancement for Vietnamese farmers through specialty coffee production, while building a diverse and inclusive coffee culture for all. We believe Vietnamese robusta is the future of specialty coffee and sustainable farming.

Revela Health

Seed Round in 2022
Revela is a direct-to-consumer company that discovers novel molecules for consumer health applications and creates better products using these new ingredients.

Viva Translate

Seed Round in 2022
Viva Translate helps people around the world communicate in English, Spanish and Portuguese in real time.

Leverage

Venture Round in 2022
Leverage enables automatic end-to-end supply chain insight across purchase orders, shipments, and inventory. Stop wasting time on manual calls and emails to suppliers and logistics partners, and instead respond to essential supply chain questions in real-time. Leverage tracks and manages supplier performance across your supply chain, driving cost savings through continuous improvement.

Sanzo

Series A in 2022
Our mission is to bridge cultures by highlighting unique Asian flavors through clean, natural beverages. Our flagship line is a flavored sparkling water, crafted with real fruit and offering a refreshing experience that honors the authenticity of these bold, beloved flavors.

Jumpspeak

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Jumpspeak is an AI-powered language app that teaches people how to speak a new language through active immersion. Jumpspeak is a conversation-based app that prepares users for the real world. Users can select from 700+ fun, short, and practical Spanish conversation lessons created by language experts. Every time a user speaks, Jumpspeak's AI speech recognition technology provides real-time, accurate speech feedback.

Bokksu

Series A in 2022
Bokksu is the only Japanese snack and tea subscription box that delivers gourmet cultural experiences through authentic storytelling. We directly partner with local snack makers across Japan to deliver both their snacks and their stories to people everywhere, which sustains and empowers local communities while spreading their traditional craft, culture, and history to the world.

Nitra

Seed Round in 2022
Nitra’s mission is to overhaul the healthcare industry with radically efficient and transparent solutions. Nitra empowers providers to find the right balance between supporting their patients and running their practice – starting with tools that deliver a simpler, smarter way to manage their spending. With Nitra’s finance tools, we empower our members to manage payments in one place, and get a clear overview of day-to-day spending. The Nitra Visa Business Card, unlocks rewards each time they spend, and provides discounts with a diverse network of partners. Accounting and receipt reconciliation is simple and speedy, powered by innovative, human-friendly technology. We believe the healthcare sector deserves the latest technology and the most committed support. If it can be better, it should be.

Empowerly

Venture Round in 2021
Empowerly is a data-driven education technology company providing a platform for personalized college and career guidance. Empowerly provides college application counseling that ensures college admission success through trained counselors who tailor services to students' specific needs. Empowerly enables students to be their best selves in college admissions and beyond.

Yumi

Series B in 2021
Yumi is the definitive source for parents seeking to understand what they are feeding their children and why, offering a science-based early childhood meal delivery program that is the most convenient and most nutritional option in the market.

Worca

Seed Round in 2021
Worca is a creator of an HR platform designed to focus on providing economical, international HR services. Their SaaS platform enables US-based businesses to expand their operations and scale up successfully by facilitating efficient hiring and onboarding of people as well as the easy integration of payroll, legal compliance, benefits, and other human resources services.

Honeycomb

Seed Round in 2021
Honeycomb is the best way to save your baby's story. We're proud to be built for parents, by parents, and featured in publications including NYTimes, USA Today, and NBC.

Slope

Seed Round in 2021
Slope is a financial platform developer which offers a variety of payment alternatives while being paid promptly. The platform of the company provides clients with options and manages loans, underwriting, debt collection, and payout once the goods or service have been shipped, allowing businesses to pay in installments at checkout.

STEEZY

Seed Round in 2021
Our mission is to make dance the next big sporting and fitness category. We've built our own proprietary video player that makes learning dance easy and fun. Our instructors have danced with major artists or shows including Justin Timberlake, Justin Bieber, BTS, NBC’s "World of Dance”, and “America’s Best Dance Crew”.

Formation Bio

Series C in 2021
Formation Bio is a biotechnology company that focuses on drug development to provide new treatments to patients faster by reimagining clinical trials.

Concreit

Seed Round in 2021
Concreit is an app that enables users to build investments in real estate with the help of experts. Concreit manages real estate assets and properties, allowing customers to live a life free of the stress of direct ownership. With Concreit, users can invest in a diverse real estate portfolio, set financial goals, and learn new real estate skills.

Sudowrite

Venture Round in 2021
Sudowrite is software that uses AI to help users in writing. The company is based in San Francisco, California.

Omneky

Seed Round in 2021
Omneky is an AI-powered platform that helps businesses create effective advertising campaigns. It uses machine learning to generate and test different ad creatives, analyze performance data, and optimize campaigns for maximum impact. With Omneky, marketers can save time and money while improving their return on ad spend.

Rocket Dollar

Series A in 2021
Rocket Dollar lets people unlock IRA/401(k) money to invest in alternative/private assets such as real estate, crypto, startups, private equity, venture, and more with no taxes.

Short Story

Seed Round in 2021
Short Story is a personal styling service for petite women. We curate petite-friendly, high quality boxes of styles by listening to what our clients want. We believe petite women should have the same great shopping experience as everyone else--no compromises on fit, style, or quality. Our mission is to help her find fit, discover new trends, and evolve her personal style. We want her to feel and look fabulous, so she has more time to do what she loves.

Flow.Club

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Flow.Club offers online virtual co-working sessions to motivate people to work in sprints and get twice as much done. Every Flow.Club session is structured as a work sprint led by a host to drop people into flow quickly.

Workstream

Series B in 2021
Workstream is the leading HR, Payroll, and Hiring platform for the hourly workforce. Its smart technology streamlines HR tasks so franchise and business owners can move fast, reduce labor costs, and simplify operations—all in one place. 46 of the top 50 quick-service restaurant brands—including Burger King, Jimmy John’s, Taco Bell—rely on Workstream to hire, retain, and pay their teams. Learn more at workstream.us.

Pry Financials

Seed Round in 2021
Pry is a financial planning platform that works as an alternative to spreadsheets for small businesses. Pry connects financial stack for a real-time budget vs actuals, allowing users to manage hiring plans, and model scenarios in a visual environment.

LingoHealth

Pre Seed Round in 2021
LingoHealth is a digital platform for family members to better support their aging loved ones' health, with a focus on multilingual families. Multilingual families are 3 times more likely to have Millennials involved in caregiving, versus English-fluent households. We give family advocates visibility into the next steps for care to get their loved ones to the most appropriate site of care and better manage their health.

Julius Technologies

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Julius Technologies offer a proprietary low code platform that creates on-demand fully customized and streamlined Data Science & Analytics systems. This integrated framework allows for true end-to-end automation, full transparency, and almost limitless flexibility. The solution automates the entire data analytics lifecycle from data processing to analytics/ML and governance, empowering companies to quickly transform data into actionable insights.

Canopy

Seed Round in 2021
Canopy is an innovative online platform designed to streamline the hiring process for companies and job seekers. By utilizing proprietary algorithms, Canopy efficiently connects employers with potential candidates, allowing for on-demand matching while keeping candidates' identities anonymous until a match is established. This approach enables professionals to explore new job opportunities confidentially, catering to the evolving preferences of the workforce. Additionally, Canopy facilitates the creation, sharing, and management of special purpose vehicles and co-investment opportunities for investors, enhancing collaboration with limited partners. By reimagining traditional hiring methods and providing tools for investment management, Canopy aims to become the preferred resource for companies seeking exceptional talent and for investors looking to optimize their partnerships.

EarlyDay

Pre Seed Round in 2021
EarlyDay connects employers and job seekers to make the hiring and job search process. To make hiring and job searching quicker and simpler, bring companies and job seekers together. It offers based on commuting time, pay and benefits, educational philosophies, and other factors, it assists in finding the ideal job.

ShopShops

Series B in 2021
ShopShops is a livestream, interactive global shopping marketplace that connects brick and mortar retailers with consumers on their mobile devices. The new digital shopping channel breaks down geographical boundaries for fashion-savvy consumers, enabling them to shop from stores around the world from the palm of their hand. ShopShops was founded by Liyia Wu in 2016 and has headquarters in New York City and Beijing. To learn more, visit www.shopshops.com.cn.

Persona

Series B in 2021
Persona enables businesses to verify customer identities, which brings trust to online interactions and helps them with age verification, fraud prevention, and account recovery. It offers a comprehensive suite of automated identity verification components with worldwide coverage that can be configured, branded, and themed to create custom-tailored flows that cover any use case. It handles complex collecting, verifying, and managing sensitive personal information to stay focused on building products.

Drop

Venture Round in 2021
At Drop, we’re on a mission to level-up consumer lives, one reward at a time. Through our personalized commerce platform, we intelligently surface the right brands, at the right time, to make our members’ every day a level better than it was before. Powered by machine learning, we match consumers with our over 400+ partner brands to satisfy two main goals: to earn points from their purchases and redeem them for instant rewards. Calling Toronto home but operating under a global mindset, Drop is building the next level experience for our 4 million+ members across North America, and most recently, the UK.

Fractional

Seed Round in 2021
Fractional is a social platform for fractional ownership of the real estate. The company develops an investment application to reduce the cost of entry and time commitment for property investing and also lets the users directly own fractions of investment properties and visualize the returns, cash flow, and costs of properties on the marketplace.

Simplify

Seed Round in 2021
Simplify is a common application for jobs and internships.

Parsagon

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Parsagon enables developers to scrape data from anywhere in the web in 3 lines of code.

ModernLoop

Seed Round in 2021
ModernLoop operates as a technology company specializing in recruitment solutions. It has developed an interview scheduling platform that automates various aspects of the recruiting process. This platform facilitates the scheduling of interviews, resolves conflicts in interview meetings, sends reminders on the day of the interview, coordinates the involvement of interviewers, and enhances the overall candidate experience. By streamlining these operations, ModernLoop enables organizations to improve productivity and efficiency in their recruitment efforts.

Runway Financial

Venture Round in 2021
Runway provides a strategic planning platform to reinvent how business financials are presented through modern design and engineering. The company's platform helps teams have a clear view of their business by offering an environment for creating financial models, evaluating performance, and aligning teams. It also integrates data from HR, accounting, and data warehouses to provide a single solution for understanding how a business really works, allowing teams to collaborate on strategic plans together.

Arc

Seed Round in 2021
Arc provides a career platform that connects pre-vetted developers with companies hiring remotely. Its platform provides insights on remote work, hiring, and engineering teams. Arc takes the friction out of the remote hiring experience, enabling companies to simplify their hiring process and find previously untapped developers.

Zette

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Zette’s mission is to bring down the barriers to real news by increasing access to journalism while empowering publishers and creators to continue producing high-quality work.

Beacons

Seed Round in 2021
Beacons is a link-in-bio website builder for creators. The company’s mobile website builder offers extensive customization options and supports multi-SKU creators through donations, e-commerce, affiliate marketing, and more. Founded in 2019, Beacons is used by hundreds of thousands of creators on TikTok, Instagram, Twitter, and other social platforms.

Parallel Health

Seed Round in 2021
Powered by genomics, skin microbiome science, and machine learning, Parallel is an end-to-end next-generation skin health company providing derm telehealth, cutting-edge skin microbiome diagnostics, precision microbiome skincare, and personalized Rx

Loopie

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Loopie is on a mission to empower lives and improve the world through our managed marketplace laundry delivery service. At Loopie we've created a tech-enabled service that utilizes the peer-to-peer managed marketplace model to turn depreciating assets (our washers and dryers) into revenue generating machines while also providing a faster, cheaper alternative to existing laundry wash & fold delivery services. Since launching our beta in Seattle in 2018 Loopie has validated our unique model generating over $1.25M+ in early sales, scaling to six additional markets and raising over $2.25M+ in early stage and venture capital.

Skillest

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Skillest provides video analysis and real-time video chat services for online game coaching. They also provide online golf coaching, training, putting tips, and swing video analysis from home. The goal of Skillest is to develop a platform that connects all students worldwide with the top golf instructors.
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