Linda Darragh

Co-Founder and Board Member

Sophia Friedman

Vice President

Ander Iruretagoyena

Vice President

Jamie Jones

Co-Founder and Board Member

Roger Liew

Partner

Priya Parrish

Partner, Chief Investment Officer and Member of the Investment Committee

Christopher Wu

Senior Associate

87 past transactions

Circuit

Series B in 2025
Circuit is a software company that specializes in providing micro-transit services through an application that utilizes all-electric vehicles. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in West Palm Beach, Florida, Circuit offers a turn-key solution for on-demand transportation. Users can easily book rides through the app, which connects them with efficient drivers, ensuring a responsible and convenient shuttle service. The company's focus on electric vehicles aligns with sustainable transportation goals, promoting eco-friendly travel options for its customers.

Helper Bees

Series C in 2025
Founded in 2015, Helper Bees operates a platform connecting seniors with local helpers for various home care services in the United States. It partners with insurance carriers to enhance home care experiences through digitization, intelligent care sourcing, and machine learning-driven analytics.

Twentyeight Health

Series A in 2025
Founded in 2018, Twentyeight Health operates an online platform dedicated to improving women's reproductive and sexual health. It offers telemedicine services, including online doctor evaluations for birth control prescriptions, secure messaging with healthcare providers, and convenient home deliveries.

Watershed Health

Venture Round in 2024
Watershed Health is a developer of a healthcare management platform that facilitates communication and data sharing among various healthcare providers and health plans. The platform is designed to improve patient outcomes and reduce healthcare costs by enabling seamless collaboration and data exchange across facilities. It focuses on connecting and analyzing electronic health records, allowing medical organizations to assess the effectiveness of their outreach efforts. Additionally, the platform empowers patients to take an active role in managing their health by providing personalized recommendations based on their individual needs. Through these capabilities, Watershed Health aims to enhance the overall quality of healthcare delivery.

Mae Health

Seed Round in 2024
Mae is a women's health care center providing pregnancy and postpartum support, tailored to women's needs. Mae is establishing a world in which high-quality, proactive care is the norm. Mae improves the quality of care for Black women by providing a trusted, digital-first health platform.

Pear Suite

Seed Round in 2023
Pear Suite is a Seattle-based company founded in 2015. It offers a cloud-based platform designed to help healthcare providers and community groups address social determinants of health effectively and efficiently. The platform assesses individuals' social drivers of health through smart scripts, logic modeling, and actionable dashboards.

Cloverly

Series A in 2023
Cloverly offers a Sustainability-as-a-Service platform that enables businesses and organizations to achieve carbon neutrality. It connects online buyers with local, high-quality renewable energy sources, making carbon offsets accessible for everyday activities.

Plum.io

Convertible Note in 2023
Plum.io, Inc. is a Canadian software company that has developed a recruitment platform leveraging data-driven assessments to match job candidates with organizational needs. Established in 2012 and formerly known as Cream.HR, the company aims to enhance talent acquisition and management processes through its software as a service (SaaS) offerings. Plum's platform provides tools for workforce re-organization, planning, succession, and employee development, enabling organizations to quantify job fit and improve hiring quality. By focusing on objective data, Plum facilitates personalized career insights and helps create high-performing teams. The company has received recognition in the HR industry, including awards for its innovative technology.

Twentyeight Health

Seed Round in 2023
Founded in 2018, Twentyeight Health operates an online platform dedicated to improving women's reproductive and sexual health. It offers telemedicine services, including online doctor evaluations for birth control prescriptions, secure messaging with healthcare providers, and convenient home deliveries.

Circuit

Series A in 2022
Circuit is a software company that specializes in providing micro-transit services through an application that utilizes all-electric vehicles. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in West Palm Beach, Florida, Circuit offers a turn-key solution for on-demand transportation. Users can easily book rides through the app, which connects them with efficient drivers, ensuring a responsible and convenient shuttle service. The company's focus on electric vehicles aligns with sustainable transportation goals, promoting eco-friendly travel options for its customers.

Dandi Technologies

Funding Round in 2022
Dandi is an analytics platform that promotes workplace diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI). Businesses use Dandi to see how they recruit, retain, and compensate their employees for the first time, giving them the insights they need to identify equity gaps and advance their DEI efforts. Dandi also provides the support businesses require to navigate the challenges of becoming fair and equal workplaces through a team of DEI experts and an extensive partner network. The company's goal is to improve business for everyone.

HourWork

Series A in 2022
HourWork operates a recruitment and retention platform tailored for hourly workers in quick-service restaurants. Founded in 2018, the company connects employers with potential candidates from its extensive talent pool, comprising over 5,000 franchises nationwide. HourWork's platform integrates seamlessly with existing HR software, ensuring secure and compliant operations while facilitating rehiring of past applicants and former employees. This streamlined approach helps businesses reduce recruitment costs, enhance compliance, and boost employee engagement.

Helper Bees

Series B in 2022
Founded in 2015, Helper Bees operates a platform connecting seniors with local helpers for various home care services in the United States. It partners with insurance carriers to enhance home care experiences through digitization, intelligent care sourcing, and machine learning-driven analytics.

Slang

Series A in 2021
Slang is a technology-driven company that specializes in providing online English courses tailored for career development. Originating from a research project at MIT, Slang employs a proprietary machine learning engine to create a highly adaptive e-learning platform. This platform offers a wide range of specialized courses across various fields, including Sales, Finance, Logistics, Medicine, and Law. With the largest professional English course offering globally, Slang's curriculum focuses on real-world scenarios, enabling learners to acquire essential language skills relevant to their careers. The platform also features personalized software that tracks users' knowledge and progress, continually optimizing the learning experience. Looking ahead, Slang plans to expand its course offerings significantly, aiming to release an additional 1,000 courses in the next three years.

SupplyShift

Series B in 2021
SupplyShift Inc. is a provider of a SaaS-based platform focused on supply chain management, founded in 2012 and headquartered in Santa Cruz, California. The platform is designed to help businesses build and execute strategic supply chain programs that enhance transparency, responsibility, and resilience. SupplyShift offers a comprehensive suite of tools that includes smart assessments, dashboards, analytical tools, benchmarking, and supplier improvement features, allowing clients to engage suppliers at all tiers effectively. The platform serves various industries, including high tech and electronics, food and beverage, retail, and apparel, facilitating collaboration and data exchange among tens of thousands of companies across 133 countries. By transforming supplier data into actionable insights, SupplyShift aims to improve risk resilience and promote sustainable business practices within supply chains.

PadSplit

Series B in 2021
Founded in Atlanta, Georgia in 2017, PadSplit operates a digital platform that facilitates shared housing arrangements. The company transforms single-family homes into multi-unit dwellings, offering affordable accommodation options for the workforce by sharing common spaces and utilities.

Clinify Health

Seed Round in 2021
Clinify Health is a digital health company focused on supporting independent physician practices that serve underserved communities. Its platform is designed to enhance financial stability for these practices by optimizing decision-making at the point-of-care. Clinify Health offers a range of services, including physician-reviewed treatment, management, and preventive care interventions, along with technology-driven strategies and customized practice transformation services. By providing access to actionable data and facilitating value-based decision optimization, the company enables healthcare providers to successfully meet the requirements of value-based contracts and achieve their specific population health goals.

Market Wagon

Seed Round in 2021
Market Wagon, Inc. is an online platform that connects farmers and food producers directly with consumers. Founded in 2016 and based in Carmel, Indiana, the company operates local online farmer's markets, allowing food producers to sell a variety of goods, including produce, meats, dairy, baked goods, and prepared meals. By facilitating e-commerce transactions, inventory management, and customer interactions, Market Wagon enables producers to focus on their farming without the distraction of logistics. It serves several Indiana cities, including Indianapolis, Lafayette, Evansville, and Kokomo, providing home and business deliveries of local, farm-fresh products. The platform supports multiple local food hubs, ensuring efficient fulfillment and last-mile delivery of these goods to enhance access to locally sourced food options.

Traxen®

Seed Round in 2021
Traxen is a developer of a cloud-based intelligent cruise control system aimed at enhancing driving efficiency and safety. The platform is designed to optimize fuel consumption by adjusting driving styles based on various factors, including weather, traffic, and road conditions. By considering the hours of service and time of arrival requirements, Traxen's technology not only helps drivers achieve significant cost savings on fuel but also contributes to lower insurance and training expenses. The company's innovations support safer driving practices, promoting a smarter approach to transportation while contributing to energy conservation and overall safety on the roads.

Candidly

Series A in 2021
Candidly is a company focused on simplifying student debt repayment and refinancing for employers through a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model. Founded by former Google employee, Candidly aims to assist organizations in providing effective benefits that help employees manage and reduce their student debt burdens. By offering innovative solutions, Candidly empowers companies to support their workforce in achieving financial well-being and securing a more stable future.

Borrowell

Series C in 2021
Borrowell is a Toronto-based fintech that provides personal loans, unsecured consumer credit and an online lending marketplace. It offers free credit scores, credit education, and weekly monitoring, along with tools such as personalized credit coaching and AI-powered product recommendations to help customers access low-interest loans, manage debt, and improve financial well-being.

Array Behavioral Care

Venture Round in 2021
Array Behavioral Care is a telepsychiatry service provider dedicated to enhancing access to quality behavioral health care through innovative technology applications. Established in 1999 by Geoffrey Boyce in New Jersey, the company offers a range of services including assessment, screening, diagnosis, consultations, and medication management. These services are delivered across various settings, from hospitals to homes, through divisions such as OnDemand Care, Scheduled Care, and AtHome Care. Array Behavioral Care aims to make mental health services convenient, affordable, and readily accessible for patients.

PosiGen

Series D in 2020
PosiGen provides residential renewable energy and energy efficiency solutions. As a Third Party Ownership company, it offers solar systems and energy-efficient retrofits to low- to moderate-income homeowners, helping them reduce utility bills and achieve greater financial autonomy.

SameSky Health

Series B in 2020
SameSky Health specializes in multicultural patient engagement solutions. Its platform connects payers, providers, and health systems with diverse Medicare populations, offering multi-channel messaging, care navigation, data insights, and consultancy services to enhance engagement, reduce emergency room visits, and improve healthcare outcomes.

PadSplit

Series A in 2020
Founded in Atlanta, Georgia in 2017, PadSplit operates a digital platform that facilitates shared housing arrangements. The company transforms single-family homes into multi-unit dwellings, offering affordable accommodation options for the workforce by sharing common spaces and utilities.

CancerIQ

Series A in 2020
CancerIQ is a precision health technology company focused on empowering healthcare providers to identify and manage patients at high risk for cancer. Its platform offers a comprehensive suite of tools, including predictive analytics and screening resources, to help clinicians accurately stratify patient risk and guide them toward appropriate genetic testing, screening, or treatment options. The platform features a robust content library of evidence-based guidelines and risk models, facilitating informed decision-making. Additionally, CancerIQ provides digital tools for genetic test ordering and patient management, aimed at enhancing patient education and engagement. By streamlining these processes, the company enables healthcare providers to improve patient outcomes and reduce the overall cost of care through early cancer detection.

Afresh Technologies

Series A in 2020
Afresh Technologies designs AI-powered supply chain software for fresh groceries. The platform forecasts item-level demand for perishable goods and provides data-driven recommendations to optimize inventory and procurement, reduce waste, maximize freshness, and improve margin. It covers warehouse and store-level inventory, pricing, markdowns, and omnichannel visibility, enabling retailers to manage perishable categories across stores. Founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, Afresh serves grocers and wholesalers aiming to optimize perishables with machine learning, ingesting millions of data points to inform replenishment decisions and allocation across the distribution network.

TimeDoc Health

Series A in 2020
TimeDoc Health develops digital care management solutions for healthcare organizations. Its core product is the TimeDoc CCM Platform, enabling providers to manage chronic care populations, track services, maintain audit trails, and create patient-centered plans. The company also offers chronic care management services and staff augmentation for health organizations.

KickUp

Series A in 2019
KickUp develops a SaaS-based analytics platform that helps K-12 organizations differentiate teacher support through data-driven insights. Its platform enables professional learning teams to coordinate efforts, improve decision-making, and track real-time data from surveys to align with district strategic goals.

Plum.io

Seed Round in 2019
Plum.io, Inc. is a Canadian software company that has developed a recruitment platform leveraging data-driven assessments to match job candidates with organizational needs. Established in 2012 and formerly known as Cream.HR, the company aims to enhance talent acquisition and management processes through its software as a service (SaaS) offerings. Plum's platform provides tools for workforce re-organization, planning, succession, and employee development, enabling organizations to quantify job fit and improve hiring quality. By focusing on objective data, Plum facilitates personalized career insights and helps create high-performing teams. The company has received recognition in the HR industry, including awards for its innovative technology.

Climb Credit

Series A in 2019
Climb Credit, Inc. is a New York-based company that specializes in providing educational loans tailored for career-focused training programs. Established in 2014, Climb aims to make skill-based education more accessible and affordable for U.S. citizens and permanent residents, regardless of their credit history. The company collaborates with a range of educational institutions that offer diverse training programs, including cybersecurity, healthcare, heavy machinery operation, data science, culinary arts, and artificial intelligence. By offering innovative payment options, Climb addresses the needs of individuals seeking career development while simultaneously responding to the demands of a rapidly evolving job market. Through its partnerships with educational institutions, Climb is dedicated to bridging the gap between aspiring learners and employers seeking skilled talent.

ReUp Education

Series A in 2019
ReUp Education, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in marketing services for educational institutions, focusing on re-enrolling students who have left college. Founded in 2015, ReUp utilizes data, technology, and personalized coaching to assist students in navigating the complexities of returning to school and completing their degrees. The company partners with universities and community colleges to engage and empower these students, addressing barriers to completion such as financial challenges, work and family obligations, health issues, and lack of motivation. By providing services that enhance goal-setting, study habits, financial management, and career preparation, ReUp aims to improve graduation rates and help students achieve their educational and professional aspirations. In doing so, ReUp addresses the significant issue of student dropouts in the United States, where millions have left college without earning their degrees, resulting in substantial economic and social consequences.

PadSplit

Seed Round in 2019
Founded in Atlanta, Georgia in 2017, PadSplit operates a digital platform that facilitates shared housing arrangements. The company transforms single-family homes into multi-unit dwellings, offering affordable accommodation options for the workforce by sharing common spaces and utilities.

MyVillage

Seed Round in 2019
MyVillage LLC is a company focused on providing high-quality child care services for children under the age of five. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Bozeman, Montana, it aims to create a nationally standardized family home childcare network that benefits parents, caregivers, and children alike. The company offers a comprehensive curriculum and care platform designed to foster cognitive and social development in young children. MyVillage also supports early childhood education providers by offering essential tools for managing their operations, such as accounting, marketing, and scheduling resources, along with personalized guidance from experienced educators. By reinventing home-based care, MyVillage strives to enhance educational experiences in nurturing environments.

Candidly

Series A in 2019
Candidly is a company focused on simplifying student debt repayment and refinancing for employers through a software-as-a-service (SaaS) model. Founded by former Google employee, Candidly aims to assist organizations in providing effective benefits that help employees manage and reduce their student debt burdens. By offering innovative solutions, Candidly empowers companies to support their workforce in achieving financial well-being and securing a more stable future.

CancerIQ

Venture Round in 2019
CancerIQ is a precision health technology company focused on empowering healthcare providers to identify and manage patients at high risk for cancer. Its platform offers a comprehensive suite of tools, including predictive analytics and screening resources, to help clinicians accurately stratify patient risk and guide them toward appropriate genetic testing, screening, or treatment options. The platform features a robust content library of evidence-based guidelines and risk models, facilitating informed decision-making. Additionally, CancerIQ provides digital tools for genetic test ordering and patient management, aimed at enhancing patient education and engagement. By streamlining these processes, the company enables healthcare providers to improve patient outcomes and reduce the overall cost of care through early cancer detection.

Measurabl

Series B in 2019
Measurabl, Inc. is a San Diego-based company that specializes in developing a cloud-based software platform for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data management, primarily focused on the commercial real estate sector. Founded in 2013, Measurabl's platform enables clients to efficiently collect and analyze non-financial data related to utility usage, waste management, and travel. The software facilitates the creation of investment-grade sustainability reports and provides alerts for improvement opportunities, allowing organizations to benchmark their performance and enhance their ESG initiatives. By empowering customers to assess physical climate risk and drive decarbonization, Measurabl supports the pursuit of sustainable finance opportunities and overall optimization of ESG performance.

Regroup

Series B in 2018
Regroup is a provider of integrated telepsychiatry services that facilitates remote psychiatric care through live and interactive video conferencing. The company aims to enhance access to mental health care, allowing patients to overcome barriers such as geographical distances, mobility restrictions, and the time and cost associated with in-person visits. Regroup's services prioritize patient privacy by employing end-to-end encryption to ensure the confidentiality of personal health information. By leveraging technology, Regroup addresses the growing need for accessible mental health resources in a convenient and secure manner.

Glimpsek12

Seed Round in 2018
Glimpse12 captures everything you're doing to impact student outcomes and evaluates these activities in the context of student achievement. Traditionally, eROI is virtually impossible to track and manage. The company's approach maximizes district's education return on investment (eROI) by providing answers to critical questions essential to ensure your time and money are aligned with the unique needs of your students.

Kaizen Health

Series A in 2018
Founded in 2015, Kaizen Health develops a web-based platform that connects healthcare providers with transportation services. Serving healthcare systems, payers, senior living segments, and more, the company aims to improve access, quality, and efficiency in healthcare by removing transportation barriers.

Fixer

Series A in 2018
Fixer is a home maintenance service that simplifies the process of addressing various repair needs. Customers can quickly book skilled professionals for tasks such as plumbing, electrical work, painting, wall repair, mounting, and furniture assembly through an easy online platform. The service is designed for efficiency, allowing customers to confirm rates and schedule appointments within minutes. Fixer aims to address both small and large home repair issues, often completing them in a single visit. Additionally, as a public benefit corporation, Fixer is dedicated to fostering sustainable career paths in the home repair and building trades through training and certification programs for both men and women.

Measurabl

Series A in 2018
Measurabl, Inc. is a San Diego-based company that specializes in developing a cloud-based software platform for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data management, primarily focused on the commercial real estate sector. Founded in 2013, Measurabl's platform enables clients to efficiently collect and analyze non-financial data related to utility usage, waste management, and travel. The software facilitates the creation of investment-grade sustainability reports and provides alerts for improvement opportunities, allowing organizations to benchmark their performance and enhance their ESG initiatives. By empowering customers to assess physical climate risk and drive decarbonization, Measurabl supports the pursuit of sustainable finance opportunities and overall optimization of ESG performance.

BookNook

Seed Round in 2018
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.

Edovo

Series A in 2018
Founded in 2014, Edovo specializes in secure tablet technology that provides educational programming and low-cost communication services to individuals in jails and prisons nationwide. Its all-in-one communication and education platform aims to enhance safety within correctional environments, facilitate rehabilitation, and reduce recidivism.

The Graide Network

Seed Round in 2018
The Graide Network, Inc. is an educational technology company based in Chicago, Illinois, that provides an online platform connecting middle and high school teachers with qualified teaching assistants. Founded in 2015, the platform facilitates the grading of student assignments and offers comprehensive feedback, allowing teachers to post class assignments and receive tailored matches with teaching assistants. This system not only streamlines the grading process but also enhances the quality of feedback students receive, thereby supporting their writing and critical thinking development. Additionally, the company offers an administrator dashboard to help schools implement effective writing plans, ensuring that teachers are well-supported and that students receive personalized guidance. The Graide Network aims to transform how educators allocate their time, enabling them to concentrate on the most impactful aspects of teaching.

First Access

Series A in 2017
First Access is a financial technology company founded in 2011 and headquartered in New York. It specializes in providing a smart data platform tailored for financial institutions in emerging markets, particularly micro and SME lenders. The company focuses on digitizing paper-based operations, allowing these institutions to collect rich data, monitor trends, and automate processes without disrupting their daily activities. Leveraging its expertise in credit scoring, First Access enables lenders to adopt advanced data-driven strategies, incorporating machine learning insights to enhance their capabilities. The company aims to transform data into financial opportunities by facilitating the automation and digitization of credit access through user-friendly technology, ultimately fostering growth and collaboration within the financial sector.

ThinkCERCA

Series B in 2017
ThinkCERCA is an educational technology company that offers a personalized literacy platform aimed at enhancing students' reading, writing, and critical thinking skills through argumentative writing. The platform enables educators to design, share, deliver, and assess lessons while tracking real-time progress in reading and writing. It fosters collaborative discussions and debates in classrooms, allowing students to engage with various subjects through the process of argumentation. With a presence in all 50 states and 130 countries, ThinkCERCA has partnered with notable education leaders and has received recognition for its innovative approach, including being a finalist for the SIAA CODiE Awards and being featured by The Atlantic and EdSurge. The company has also been acknowledged by Common Sense’s Graphite as one of the best tools in educational technology.

Regroup

Series A in 2017
Regroup is a provider of integrated telepsychiatry services that facilitates remote psychiatric care through live and interactive video conferencing. The company aims to enhance access to mental health care, allowing patients to overcome barriers such as geographical distances, mobility restrictions, and the time and cost associated with in-person visits. Regroup's services prioritize patient privacy by employing end-to-end encryption to ensure the confidentiality of personal health information. By leveraging technology, Regroup addresses the growing need for accessible mental health resources in a convenient and secure manner.

BookNook

Seed Round in 2017
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.

Measurabl

Venture Round in 2017
Measurabl, Inc. is a San Diego-based company that specializes in developing a cloud-based software platform for environmental, social, and governance (ESG) data management, primarily focused on the commercial real estate sector. Founded in 2013, Measurabl's platform enables clients to efficiently collect and analyze non-financial data related to utility usage, waste management, and travel. The software facilitates the creation of investment-grade sustainability reports and provides alerts for improvement opportunities, allowing organizations to benchmark their performance and enhance their ESG initiatives. By empowering customers to assess physical climate risk and drive decarbonization, Measurabl supports the pursuit of sustainable finance opportunities and overall optimization of ESG performance.

Full Harvest

Seed Round in 2017
Full Harvest is a San Francisco-based B2B marketplace that connects large farms with food companies to sell surplus and imperfect produce that would otherwise go to waste. The platform provides an end-to-end online distribution channel, enabling farms to monetize excess harvest by offering discounted, edible produce directly to food and beverage businesses. By unlocking unused produce, the company aims to create an additional revenue stream for farmers, lower costs in healthy food production, and significantly reduce food waste and resource use in the supply chain.

Moving Analytics

Venture Round in 2017
Moving Analytics is a telehealth service provider that specializes in cardiovascular prevention programs. Its first product Movn is an end-to-end, integrated program to deliver remote and virtual cardiac rehab. The platform reduces readmissions and empowers the effective and efficient delivery of quality care to patients based on 30+ years of research in remote disease management from Stanford University.

GlacierGrid

Seed Round in 2017
GlacierGrid is a company specializing in energy management solutions. It employs IoT technology for real-time energy usage optimization, helping businesses balance savings, efficiency, and sustainability while reducing their carbon footprint.

SameSky Health

Series A in 2017
SameSky Health specializes in multicultural patient engagement solutions. Its platform connects payers, providers, and health systems with diverse Medicare populations, offering multi-channel messaging, care navigation, data insights, and consultancy services to enhance engagement, reduce emergency room visits, and improve healthcare outcomes.

Kaizen Health

Seed Round in 2017
Founded in 2015, Kaizen Health develops a web-based platform that connects healthcare providers with transportation services. Serving healthcare systems, payers, senior living segments, and more, the company aims to improve access, quality, and efficiency in healthcare by removing transportation barriers.

ReUp Education

Seed Round in 2016
ReUp Education, Inc. is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in marketing services for educational institutions, focusing on re-enrolling students who have left college. Founded in 2015, ReUp utilizes data, technology, and personalized coaching to assist students in navigating the complexities of returning to school and completing their degrees. The company partners with universities and community colleges to engage and empower these students, addressing barriers to completion such as financial challenges, work and family obligations, health issues, and lack of motivation. By providing services that enhance goal-setting, study habits, financial management, and career preparation, ReUp aims to improve graduation rates and help students achieve their educational and professional aspirations. In doing so, ReUp addresses the significant issue of student dropouts in the United States, where millions have left college without earning their degrees, resulting in substantial economic and social consequences.

Pangea Money Transfer

Series B in 2016
Pangea Money Transfer is a mobile-centric money transfer platform founded in 2012 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The company enables users to send money from the United States to 15 countries across Latin America and Asia in under 30 seconds for a low flat fee. The platform offers features such as automatic transfers, international bill payments, and remittance integration, ensuring fast, secure, and convenient transactions. Recipients can collect cash at thousands of retail locations or have funds directly deposited into a bank account or onto a debit card, making money movement accessible and efficient for users on the go.

Workit Health

Seed Round in 2016
Workit Health provides online therapeutic content and professional counseling services for substance use recovery. It offers Workit, an interactive platform for individuals seeking to reduce or quit alcohol consumption, providing discreet access to on-demand medical and psychosocial support.

Viridis Learning

Series A in 2016
Viridis Learning, Inc. is an education technology company specializing in workforce education and human capital solutions for the middle-skill workforce. The company operates a platform that facilitates training, certification, and job placement for individuals seeking to enter, sustain, or advance in middle-skill occupations. Through its human capital technology solution, Viridis, the company addresses skill deficiencies by aligning training programs with the needs of local employers. The training offerings include a variety of courses such as Residential Concrete Specialization, Energy Management and Controls, and Advanced Residential Construction Supervisor, among others. With its base in New York, New York, Viridis Learning aims to enhance the employability of individuals while meeting the demands of employers in the middle-skill labor market.

Luna Lights

Seed Round in 2016
Luna Lights, Inc. is a Chicago-based company that specializes in developing innovative solutions to enhance night-time safety for senior citizens and reduce fall risks. The company’s primary product features an ultra-thin pressure sensor integrated with a monitoring system and portable lights. When a user gets out of bed, the sensor activates small, wireless lights throughout the home, providing guidance to help prevent falls. Once the user returns to bed, the lights automatically turn off. Additionally, Luna Lights' system collects data on the frequency and duration of night-time movements, allowing caregivers to receive notifications if an older adult remains out of bed for an extended period. This functionality enables caregivers to track trends in nighttime activity and identify individuals who may be at higher risk for falls, thereby fostering a safer living environment for seniors. Luna Lights operates as a subsidiary of Sentrics.

Regroup

Seed Round in 2016
Regroup is a provider of integrated telepsychiatry services that facilitates remote psychiatric care through live and interactive video conferencing. The company aims to enhance access to mental health care, allowing patients to overcome barriers such as geographical distances, mobility restrictions, and the time and cost associated with in-person visits. Regroup's services prioritize patient privacy by employing end-to-end encryption to ensure the confidentiality of personal health information. By leveraging technology, Regroup addresses the growing need for accessible mental health resources in a convenient and secure manner.

Classroom IQ

Seed Round in 2016
ClassroomIQ is a fast, online grading tool for teachers. Grade hundreds of questions in minutes. Use your existing assignment formats. Instant analysis for immediate feedback. Works on any web connected device.

Edovo

Seed Round in 2016
Founded in 2014, Edovo specializes in secure tablet technology that provides educational programming and low-cost communication services to individuals in jails and prisons nationwide. Its all-in-one communication and education platform aims to enhance safety within correctional environments, facilitate rehabilitation, and reduce recidivism.

Fletch

Seed Round in 2015
Fletch is a technology company that focuses on enhancing student engagement and retention in higher education. The company's innovative application automates attendance tracking by utilizing the presence of student mobile devices, allowing for a seamless experience without requiring any manual effort from users. Additionally, Fletch's platform shares personalized on-campus resources tailored to individual student needs, facilitating the organization of study groups and other collaborative academic activities. By prioritizing privacy and user-friendliness, Fletch aims to support students in their educational journeys and improve overall college retention rates.

Skill Scout

Seed Round in 2015
Skill Scout, Inc. is a recruiting services company based in Chicago, Illinois, that specializes in enhancing the way organizations attract and hire talent. The company creates engaging multimedia content, including short videos and articles, to showcase a company's culture and job opportunities. By launching targeted social media campaigns, Skill Scout effectively shares these narratives to draw potential applicants to job postings. Additionally, the company offers tools for hands-on interviews that help screen and recommend candidates based on their skills. The team at Skill Scout combines expertise in workforce development and community engagement to deliver innovative solutions for connecting job seekers with meaningful employment opportunities.

Develop Link

Seed Round in 2015
Develop Link is a New York-based company that specializes in creating a healthcare platform designed to enhance information accessibility for users regarding treatment options from various providers, including public hospitals and smaller organizations. The platform serves as a real-time market research tool for healthcare professionals, particularly in emerging markets, facilitating improved care coordination. By connecting doctors to specialists and labs, the platform enables efficient referrals and file sharing among healthcare workers, ultimately enhancing patient treatment outcomes. Additionally, Develop Link provides valuable data on healthcare trends to governments, corporations, and other institutions, empowering them to make informed strategic decisions in the healthcare sector.

Wasoko

Pre Seed Round in 2014
Wasoko is an Africa-focused e-commerce platform that connects small shops and informal retailers with suppliers, allowing retailers to place orders via SMS or a mobile app and receive free same-day delivery to their stores. By digitizing procurement, the platform expands access to a broad range of essential goods, helping manufacturers and distributors reach more stores and improve product availability for consumers in emerging markets. The service supports trade and economic growth across Africa by increasing sales, widening market coverage for suppliers, and delivering a stable, efficient sourcing experience.

Hooray Learning

Seed Round in 2014
Hooray Learning is a company that focuses on engaging, educating, and empowering young learners through interactive online portals. Founded in 2014 and based in Chicago, Illinois, its flagship product, Hooray Writing, serves as a comprehensive online writing platform. This platform allows students to create a variety of stories while providing educators with tools to align these creative endeavors with academic objectives. Additionally, Hooray Learning encourages parental involvement, enabling parents to support their children in developing writing skills. The company aims to foster collaboration among students, educators, and parents, thereby enhancing the learning experience and promoting creativity in key academic disciplines.

Infiniteach

Seed Round in 2014
Infiniteach is a technology-driven education company focused on autism innovation through digital learning and training. It provides a digital learning platform for children with autism and its first product, Skill Champ, lets parents and teachers create customized lessons grounded in evidence-based interventions. The company offers a tablet-based learning application and online training modules that address autism core skills, delivering tools to help children learn and develop skills and to expand access to education, community living, healthcare, and employment opportunities. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Chicago, Infiniteach aims to support educational access and independence for individuals on the autism spectrum.

Totus Power

Seed Round in 2014
Totus Power, Inc. is a company focused on providing sustainable energy solutions for low-income schools in developing countries, primarily in India. Founded in 2012 and headquartered in San Francisco, the company develops innovative battery packs, notably the Jupiter6, which is designed to power classroom equipment using technology derived from electric vehicles. This modular power pack allows schools to operate essential devices such as computers, tablets, projectors, and hotspots, addressing the critical issue of unreliable electricity in these regions. By repurposing lithium-ion batteries from electric vehicles, Totus Power not only enhances access to technology-based learning but also promotes environmentally responsible practices by capturing the value of these batteries before they are recycled. The Jupiter6 power pack is maintenance-free, safe for classroom use, and provides high-capacity power, making it an effective solution for fostering educational growth in underserved areas.

Swift

Seed Round in 2014
MSwift is a mobile application that provides all the benefits of a bank without all the hassle and fees. They offer savings solutions and intelligent suggestions on how to improve financial well-being.

Guard Llama

Seed Round in 2014
Guard Llama is a Chicago-based company founded in 2013 that specializes in personal security solutions for students. The company has developed a GPS-based wireless handheld remote designed to enhance safety by allowing users to quickly alert authorities in emergencies. When activated, the remote communicates with a mobile application on the user's smartphone, transmitting GPS location, a security profile, and relevant personal information to a 24/7 dispatch center that is UL Listed and Federally Certified. This system aims to provide a rapid response in critical situations, ensuring that help is dispatched promptly.

HabitNu

Seed Round in 2014
HabitNu employs technology and social connections to promote healthy habits, focusing on preventing type 2 diabetes. Its platform enables phone-based tracking of key health parameters and leverages patients' personal support networks for better outcomes.

Civic Artworks

Seed Round in 2014
Civic ArtWorks, LLC is an online platform dedicated to community planning and design, enabling citizens to actively participate in the development of civic projects. Founded in 2006 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, the company allows the public to suggest and provide feedback on new initiatives from conception to realization. By equipping individuals with the necessary tools, Civic ArtWorks empowers communities to influence the future of their neighborhoods effectively.

ZeroPercent.us

Seed Round in 2014
Zero Percent is an online food donation marketplace that helps businesses move surplus, edible food to nearby soup kitchens and shelters, reducing both hunger and waste.

Smart Gardener

Seed Round in 2014
Smart Gardener, Inc. is a technology company based in Healdsburg, California, that offers an online platform for individuals and community gardeners to effectively plan, grow, manage, and harvest their own food. The company's personalized vegetable garden planner assists users in scheduling various gardening activities, from preparation to harvesting, while providing timely reminders through weekly emails. By analyzing historical temperature data and considering regional conditions, Smart Gardener helps users select the appropriate plants for their specific environments. Additionally, the platform includes a garden planner journal that allows users to track their gardening activities, collect data, and share their experiences with others.

Meal Sharing

Seed Round in 2014
Meal Sharing LLC operates an online platform that connects travelers with locals for home-cooked meals, fostering community and cultural exchange. Based in Chicago, Illinois, the company facilitates interactions between hosts and guests, allowing travelers to enjoy authentic local cuisine while also providing locals with the opportunity to share their culinary traditions. This innovative service not only promotes healthier eating habits but also enhances the travel experience by creating meaningful connections through food. By bridging the gap between visitors and residents, Meal Sharing encourages a sense of belonging and understanding among diverse cultures.

Youtopia

Seed Round in 2014
Youtopia is a multifaceted company headquartered in Lakewood, Colorado, founded in 2011. It operates a student engagement platform that offers gamification tools aimed at enhancing student involvement in educational environments and community activities. In addition, Youtopia has developed a healthcare application that assists individuals in optimizing their health through precision nourishment. This application provides personalized guidance and insights to help users achieve vibrant health and longevity, making the complexities of health management more accessible. By focusing on both educational and health-related initiatives, Youtopia aims to create engaging experiences that promote active participation and informed wellness choices.

Pangea Money Transfer

Seed Round in 2013
Pangea Money Transfer is a mobile-centric money transfer platform founded in 2012 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. The company enables users to send money from the United States to 15 countries across Latin America and Asia in under 30 seconds for a low flat fee. The platform offers features such as automatic transfers, international bill payments, and remittance integration, ensuring fast, secure, and convenient transactions. Recipients can collect cash at thousands of retail locations or have funds directly deposited into a bank account or onto a debit card, making money movement accessible and efficient for users on the go.

Azadi

Seed Round in 2012
Azadi gives women in rural India an alternate women-led retail channel to access essential female healthcare and lifestyle products which are specifically designed to meet their affordability, quality and design needs. Along with leveraging trusted relationships between women, Azadi uses traditional media tools such as wall paintings, loudspeaker vans and street plays to effectively integrate itself within the community and position itself as the rural woman's chosen retail solution.

Raise5

Seed Round in 2012
Raise5 is a fundraising platform that enables charities and non-profit organizations to raise money by engaging supporters who can offer goods and services to the public in exchange for contributions. The platform supports peer-to-peer campaigns, allowing individuals to create personal profiles, start campaigns, and solicit donations from the general public, thereby connecting communities to charitable causes. By combining consumption with donation, Raise5 aims to make giving more accessible and engaging while helping charities pool resources for their missions. The company was founded in 2011 and is based in Chicago.

Portapure

Seed Round in 2012
Portapure, LLC is based in Chicago, Illinois, and was founded in 2010 with a focus on designing and developing innovative water filtration devices for households and micro-businesses. The company offers products like PureLives, which utilize patented filter technology to purify water by removing sediment, bacteria, viruses, heavy metals, and other contaminants. Portapure aims to make clean water accessible to anyone, anywhere, at any time, particularly in underdeveloped regions. By providing affordable and effective water filtration solutions, Portapure empowers families to secure safe drinking water and supports the establishment of clean water micro businesses within their communities, all without the need for chemicals, electricity, or complex components.

Light Up Africa

Seed Round in 2012
Light Up Africa, Inc. is a Chicago-based company focused on providing innovative energy solutions to address light poverty in Kenya, where a significant portion of the population lacks reliable access to electricity. The company has developed a mobile power technology called Taapoa, which enables users to generate energy through their everyday movements. This portable device can be attached to bicycles, motorbikes, livestock, and boats, allowing individuals to produce and store electricity for personal use. By harnessing kinetic motion, Light Up Africa empowers users to charge mobile devices and power lights, thereby improving their quality of life and fostering economic stability in their communities. The company's mission is to transform the energy landscape for those affected by light poverty, promoting sustainable energy generation in developing regions.

Piece

Seed Round in 2012
Piece & Co. is a marketplace that connects retail brands with artisans in developing countries, specializing in fashionable, story-driven products. Founded in 2011 and based in Chicago, Illinois, the company facilitates collaborations that provide sustainable livelihoods to underserved populations, particularly focusing on empowering female artisans. By leveraging technology solutions, Piece & Co. enables users to design custom artisan products, manage production orders, and ensure timely delivery. The company's platform fosters the creation of unique, socially impactful products, allowing retail brands to offer culturally rich and sustainable goods while supporting ongoing employment for impoverished women.

Effortless Energy

Seed Round in 2012
Effortless Energy Inc. is a Chicago-based company founded in 2012 that specializes in providing energy-saving services for residential properties. The company employs a unique approach by sending energy experts to clients' homes to identify cost-effective upgrades that can enhance energy efficiency. Effortless Energy handles the installation and financing of these upgrades, ensuring that they are both accessible and attractive for homeowners. By utilizing technology, the company acts as a facilitator between homeowners, energy auditors, contractors, and financial resources, making the process of improving home energy efficiency straightforward and beneficial. Their services not only aim to reduce monthly utility bills but also enhance the overall value, comfort, and health of the home.

ThinkCERCA

Seed Round in 2012
ThinkCERCA is an educational technology company that offers a personalized literacy platform aimed at enhancing students' reading, writing, and critical thinking skills through argumentative writing. The platform enables educators to design, share, deliver, and assess lessons while tracking real-time progress in reading and writing. It fosters collaborative discussions and debates in classrooms, allowing students to engage with various subjects through the process of argumentation. With a presence in all 50 states and 130 countries, ThinkCERCA has partnered with notable education leaders and has received recognition for its innovative approach, including being a finalist for the SIAA CODiE Awards and being featured by The Atlantic and EdSurge. The company has also been acknowledged by Common Sense’s Graphite as one of the best tools in educational technology.
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