MGV

MGV is an early-stage venture capital fund that focuses on opportunistic investments in North America, Latin America, and Israel. The fund backs a limited number of founders per year in order to provide the highest level of counsel and advocacy. MGV brings unmatched, scalable sales support with genuine mentorship and guidance to early-stage startups, with the unique-to-seed intention that the portfolio companies realize their full potential. MGV looks for founders with infinite drive, humility, the capacity for leadership, and most importantly, the energy that motivates the people around them.

David Jee

Principal

Marc Steven Schroeder

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

38 past transactions

Samos

Corporate Round in 2022
Samos Insurance operates a specialized platform for surgery insurance, focusing on providing coverage that ensures a death benefit for the insured's family and estate in the event of unforeseen circumstances during elective surgical procedures. Their offerings include insurance for various planned surgeries, such as cesarean sections, joint surgeries, heart surgeries, and cancer diagnostic surgeries. By emphasizing accessibility and affordability, Samos Insurance aims to deliver on-demand insurance solutions that support customers throughout their surgical experiences.

Mappy

Seed Round in 2022
Mappy provides operational maps and developer tools for mobile apps to venues. The company's advanced mapping engine is designed to enhance the guest experience by providing the ability to find friends, family, and amenities on venue-specific, interactive 2D/3D maps (along with advanced GIS functionality of indoor/outdoor navigation and AR). The underlying data analytics platform provides information on guest movement patterns and visualization tools to inform data-driven decisions.

Epoch

Seed Round in 2022
Epoch is a software company established in 2018 and based in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. It specializes in developing an employee engagement application that automates both virtual and in-person internal events. The platform aims to enhance employee experiences by facilitating connections among staff and fostering a strong organizational culture. By consolidating social impact events in a single location, Epoch's application enables companies to increase awareness and participation while effectively tracking engagement, feedback, and participation metrics. This helps organizations attract and meaningfully engage talent, contributing to a more impactful workplace environment.

Ascend

Seed Round in 2021
Ascend is a modern payments solution specifically designed for the insurance industry, aimed at automating insurance payment processes from start to finish. The platform facilitates various functions, including online customer payments, premium financing, and the distribution of commissions and payables. By streamlining operations and reducing payment friction, Ascend enables digital distributors to enhance their sales capabilities and provide a seamless online checkout experience for customers. This comprehensive approach not only simplifies insurance transactions but also supports the growth of client businesses by eliminating labor-intensive processes.

Covie

Venture Round in 2021
Covie is a technology company that has developed a platform to connect businesses with insurance data in real-time. By retrieving and validating insurance records directly from the issuing carriers, Covie simplifies access to crucial information through a single integration. Its user-friendly interface allows businesses to efficiently transact policies and gain insights into risk exposure across various markets. Founded by experts from the software and insurance industries, Covie aims to enhance the accessibility and usability of insurance data, empowering innovative businesses to improve customer experiences, eliminate inefficiencies, and manage risks more effectively.

Prodigal

Series A in 2021
Prodigal is a leader in consumer finance intelligence, specializing in enhancing communication within loan servicing, collections, auto finance, banking, and healthcare revenue cycle management. The company’s platform utilizes artificial intelligence to provide real-time assistance to agents, automate note-taking, and perform quality assurance analysis. These innovations help lenders and collection agencies streamline operations, reduce costs, and minimize compliance risks. Prodigal’s technology has facilitated over 300 million conversations, impacting nearly one in five borrowers in the United States. By improving communication and providing context, Prodigal aims to elevate the overall experience for all participants in the loan lifecycle.

Juniper Behavioral Health

Seed Round in 2021
We're building behavioral health practice management software that solves the logistical pain points many clinics have today and helps them scale in the future. Essentially, our solution is an IT backbone that seamlessly integrates everything from patient onboarding to billing and everything in between, with an emphasis on integration with 3rd-party apps -- replacing the manual effort that clinicians waste time on today.

Safehub

Series A in 2021
Safehub Inc. is a technology company that specializes in structural health monitoring and risk management services for property-related activities. Based in San Francisco, California, Safehub offers the Safehub Global Platform, which utilizes physics-based technology, sensors, and artificial intelligence to assist corporations in managing catastrophe risk. The platform provides real-time, building-specific data that delivers critical risk information, enabling users to refine and evaluate their insurance and risk reduction programs. Additionally, it facilitates faster emergency response and recovery efforts immediately following catastrophic events. Established in 2015, Safehub aims to enhance the understanding and management of risk in the built environment.

Percent

Series A in 2021
Percent is a fintech company that has developed a modern credit marketplace to enhance the efficiency of private credit transactions. Founded in 2018, Percent's technology streamlines the processes of sourcing, structuring, syndicating, and servicing private credit deals, thereby providing public market efficiencies to this traditionally analog sector. The platform serves investors, borrowers, and underwriters, facilitating transactions with increased speed and reduced costs. With over $1.2 billion in transaction volume, Percent is positioning itself as a standard in asset-based and corporate lending within the expansive private credit industry.

Epoch

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Epoch is a software company established in 2018 and based in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. It specializes in developing an employee engagement application that automates both virtual and in-person internal events. The platform aims to enhance employee experiences by facilitating connections among staff and fostering a strong organizational culture. By consolidating social impact events in a single location, Epoch's application enables companies to increase awareness and participation while effectively tracking engagement, feedback, and participation metrics. This helps organizations attract and meaningfully engage talent, contributing to a more impactful workplace environment.

Salut

Seed Round in 2020
Salut is a social video platform focused on fitness, designed to assist individuals in maintaining their health from home. The application offers a range of live workout videos and provides users with access to trainers for personalized fitness solutions. By enabling trainers to schedule, stream, and monetize virtual fitness classes, Salut fosters a community where users can engage with fitness professionals and connect with others sharing similar health goals. This platform aims to enhance the fitness experience by combining live interaction with convenient access to expert guidance.

Mate Fertility

Venture Round in 2020
Mate Fertility is a California-based company that operates tech-enabled fertility clinics, founded in 2020 and headquartered in Los Angeles. The company aims to make parenthood more accessible by providing affordable fertility services. It offers a platform that connects patients to various fertility clinics and telemedicine options for treatments and therapies. Additionally, Mate Fertility provides comprehensive fertility services, including expert advice and treatment from qualified doctors, ensuring patients receive both support and guidance throughout their fertility journey.

Mate Fertility

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Mate Fertility is a California-based company that operates tech-enabled fertility clinics, founded in 2020 and headquartered in Los Angeles. The company aims to make parenthood more accessible by providing affordable fertility services. It offers a platform that connects patients to various fertility clinics and telemedicine options for treatments and therapies. Additionally, Mate Fertility provides comprehensive fertility services, including expert advice and treatment from qualified doctors, ensuring patients receive both support and guidance throughout their fertility journey.

OfficeTogether

Seed Round in 2020
OfficeTogether, Inc. is a software-as-a-service company founded in 2020 and headquartered in San Francisco, California. It specializes in developing desk reservation and team scheduling solutions tailored for hybrid work environments. The software enables employees to manage their time between the office and home effectively, facilitating capacity management and facilities planning. Users can view colleagues' schedules in a centralized platform, allowing them to see who will be in the office on any given day and make arrangements for in-person collaboration. Additionally, the solution incorporates social features that enhance communication among team members, promoting a flexible work culture while ensuring efficient management of office resources.

Recora Health

Seed Round in 2020
Recora Health is a healthcare platform that offers cardiac recovery at home for other adults. It helps people recover confidence, community, and motivation following a cardiac event through coaching, guided exercise, and personalized care. The company's mission is to integrate exercise, wellness, and care for those who need it most - such as older adults who have had a recent hospitalization or medical event. Recora Health was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in New York, USA.

Safehub

Seed Round in 2020
Safehub Inc. is a technology company that specializes in structural health monitoring and risk management services for property-related activities. Based in San Francisco, California, Safehub offers the Safehub Global Platform, which utilizes physics-based technology, sensors, and artificial intelligence to assist corporations in managing catastrophe risk. The platform provides real-time, building-specific data that delivers critical risk information, enabling users to refine and evaluate their insurance and risk reduction programs. Additionally, it facilitates faster emergency response and recovery efforts immediately following catastrophic events. Established in 2015, Safehub aims to enhance the understanding and management of risk in the built environment.

Kolors

Seed Round in 2020
Kolors is a technological platform that focuses on providing intelligent intercity mobility of bus transportation in the region.

KarmaCheck

Seed Round in 2020
KarmaCheck, Inc. is a technology-driven company based in San Francisco, California, specializing in offline and online background screening services. Established in 2018, it offers a comprehensive range of solutions, including criminal checks, employment and education verifications, motor vehicle reports, reference checks, and drug testing. Utilizing an API-first platform, KarmaCheck ensures a mobile-friendly candidate experience and rapid response times, delivering accurate background checks more efficiently. The company's innovative use of artificial intelligence and blockchain technology allows for real-time, actionable insights, helping businesses streamline their hiring processes and improve employee retention.

Layr

Seed Round in 2020
Layr is a cloud-based insurance platform that leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning to streamline the process of sourcing, purchasing, and managing business insurance. The platform automates traditional insurance tasks, enabling business owners to find suitable insurance policies tailored to their specific needs while predicting pricing from various carriers. Its fully online application allows users to handle common insurance-related tasks through a self-service portal, with expert brokers available for assistance. Additionally, Layr offers flexible payment options, allowing businesses to pay monthly instead of annually and to utilize credit cards for purchases. This approach simplifies the insurance buying process, enabling business owners to focus on their core operations.

Percent

Seed Round in 2020
Percent is a fintech company that has developed a modern credit marketplace to enhance the efficiency of private credit transactions. Founded in 2018, Percent's technology streamlines the processes of sourcing, structuring, syndicating, and servicing private credit deals, thereby providing public market efficiencies to this traditionally analog sector. The platform serves investors, borrowers, and underwriters, facilitating transactions with increased speed and reduced costs. With over $1.2 billion in transaction volume, Percent is positioning itself as a standard in asset-based and corporate lending within the expansive private credit industry.

Strongsuit

Seed Round in 2020
Strongsuit operates as a personal task management service designed to assist busy professionals in balancing their careers with their personal lives. By combining technology with a human touch, Strongsuit offers a platform that anticipates users' needs and helps manage their responsibilities outside the workplace. This service aims to alleviate the mental burden associated with juggling various tasks, enabling individuals to focus on both their professional and personal commitments. By streamlining task management, Strongsuit not only helps users clear their to-do lists but also serves as a valuable tool for employers looking to enhance employee retention and productivity.

Ender

Seed Round in 2019
Ender is a real estate company that helps owners of rental homes to more efficiently handle day-to-day operations of property management. Its platform aims at streamlining the rental property management process. The company uses a technology to streamline the leasing process that involves automating responses to tenant inquiries, providing access to secure self-showings, bringing the application process, and rent paying online. Ender was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.

Origin

Seed Round in 2019
Origin was founded on the belief that financial planning should be accessible to everyone at every stage of life. Origin is the first comprehensive employee financial wellness platform for the modern workforce. Its integrated solution helps employees manage compensation, benefits, and personal finances in a single place – side-by-side with financial professionals. Origin is the first platform that combines human financial planners with cutting-edge financial technology that both educates employees and allows them to create, execute, and track their personalized financial plans.

Postmoda

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Postmoda operates an online rental platform that facilitates collaboration between brands and companies to offer new and customer-returned apparel. The platform focuses on fashion circularity and aims to redefine quality, value, and sustainability within the retail sector. By providing a revolutionary shopping experience, Postmoda empowers both clients and customers, enabling them to engage in sustainable and convenient luxury renting.

Globe

Seed Round in 2019
Globe provides a real estate platform that allows people to live more comfortably. The company's platform offers short stays instead in people's homes or noisy coffee shops when people need privacy in between meetings or after a flight, without any advance booking. Globe was founded on 2019 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Genus AI

Seed Round in 2019
Genus AI is a London-based company that operates a generative artificial intelligence platform designed for direct-to-consumer and e-commerce brands. Founded in 2016, the platform assists businesses in engaging customers with emotionally intelligent marketing strategies. It generates product catalog images, audience segments, advertising copy, and videos to enhance brand growth across social media channels such as Facebook, Instagram, TikTok, Pinterest, and X. In 2023, the platform produced 10 million product images, reflecting its widespread adoption among leading global brands. Genus AI's offerings are structured into three main components: Creative Hub, Audience Hub, and Reporting Hub, which collectively simplify access to advanced AI solutions for marketers, enabling them to improve key performance metrics effectively.

Downstream

Venture Round in 2019
Downstream Impact Inc. is a Seattle-based company that specializes in developing software solutions aimed at helping brands enhance their presence and performance on Amazon. Founded in 2017, Downstream offers a comprehensive suite of services that includes paid search advertising, analytics, and catalog optimization. Its platform leverages machine learning to automate and optimize advertising campaigns, facilitating direct access to major advertisement exchanges. By simplifying and streamlining the e-commerce marketing process, Downstream enables businesses to effectively manage their advertising efforts, increase market share, and scale profitably in the competitive online marketplace.

Origin

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Origin was founded on the belief that financial planning should be accessible to everyone at every stage of life. Origin is the first comprehensive employee financial wellness platform for the modern workforce. Its integrated solution helps employees manage compensation, benefits, and personal finances in a single place – side-by-side with financial professionals. Origin is the first platform that combines human financial planners with cutting-edge financial technology that both educates employees and allows them to create, execute, and track their personalized financial plans.

Leap

Seed Round in 2018
Leap Services, Inc. operates a retail-as-a-service platform designed to enhance the retail sector. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, Leap enables brands to establish retail stores in optimal locations under favorable terms. The platform encompasses all facets of store development and operations, including physical space management, staffing, and technological infrastructure. This comprehensive approach allows consumer brands to accelerate growth and enhance customer engagement through a seamless omnichannel experience. Leap operates retail stores in major cities such as New York City, San Francisco, Chicago, and Miami, positioning itself as a vital partner for high-growth brands seeking to thrive in the evolving retail landscape.

Prodigal

Seed Round in 2018
Prodigal is a leader in consumer finance intelligence, specializing in enhancing communication within loan servicing, collections, auto finance, banking, and healthcare revenue cycle management. The company’s platform utilizes artificial intelligence to provide real-time assistance to agents, automate note-taking, and perform quality assurance analysis. These innovations help lenders and collection agencies streamline operations, reduce costs, and minimize compliance risks. Prodigal’s technology has facilitated over 300 million conversations, impacting nearly one in five borrowers in the United States. By improving communication and providing context, Prodigal aims to elevate the overall experience for all participants in the loan lifecycle.

HeyDoctor

Seed Round in 2018
HeyDoctor offers online prescription services designed to provide affordable medical care for common health issues. The company allows users to initiate a consultation from their mobile devices, enabling quick and efficient healthcare without the need for insurance. Services provided include testing and treatment for conditions such as urinary tract infections, acne, cold sores, and erectile dysfunction, as well as birth control and smoking cessation assistance. Users can communicate with healthcare professionals at their convenience, making it easier to access necessary treatments through text messaging.

Prodigal

Seed Round in 2018
Prodigal is a leader in consumer finance intelligence, specializing in enhancing communication within loan servicing, collections, auto finance, banking, and healthcare revenue cycle management. The company’s platform utilizes artificial intelligence to provide real-time assistance to agents, automate note-taking, and perform quality assurance analysis. These innovations help lenders and collection agencies streamline operations, reduce costs, and minimize compliance risks. Prodigal’s technology has facilitated over 300 million conversations, impacting nearly one in five borrowers in the United States. By improving communication and providing context, Prodigal aims to elevate the overall experience for all participants in the loan lifecycle.

Tomorrow Ideas

Seed Round in 2018
Tomorrow Ideas develops an application that helps in protecting family’s financial future. Its application includes last will and testament for the family and the laws of the state, a revocable living trust, guardianship for children and pets, net worth and life insurance calculator, term life insurance comparison, and a complimentary insurance policy. Tomorrow Ideas' application can be downloaded from iOS and Android. David Hanley, Erik Berg, Joshua Heckathorn, and Wayne Rambo founded it in 2015, with its headquarters in Seattle in Washington.

Modern Health

Seed Round in 2018
Modern Health is a mental well-being platform designed for companies that aims to enhance employee wellness through a comprehensive approach. The platform provides a range of services, including one-on-one therapy, group sessions, and self-guided digital resources that address various aspects of well-being, such as emotional, professional, social, financial, and physical health. By integrating these offerings into a single app, Modern Health makes mental health support more accessible and destigmatizes the conversation around mental wellness. The platform features a WHO well-being assessment, self-service wellness kits, and a network of certified coaches and licensed therapists who communicate in 35 languages, thereby promoting a holistic understanding of health that values mental well-being equally with physical health.

Observe.AI

Seed Round in 2018
Observe.AI specializes in enhancing contact center performance through its advanced conversation intelligence platform. The company employs a highly accurate artificial intelligence engine to analyze 100% of customer interactions across various channels, including voice, email, and chat. By transforming these conversations into actionable insights, Observe.AI enables businesses to improve their frontline team performance through coaching and workflow automation. This real-time intelligence allows companies to respond swiftly and effectively, leading to increased sales conversions and improved customer retention. Notable clients, such as Bill.com, Public Storage, and Accolade, collaborate with Observe.AI to drive better outcomes across their operations.

Glide

Seed Round in 2018
Glide Labs, Inc. specializes in developing software solutions for real estate disclosure forms, enabling users to efficiently prepare essential documents such as the TDS, SPQ, and AVID through a user-friendly online interface. Founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, California, Glide employs advanced wizard technology to gather information from clients, facilitating the generation of documents, triggering of workflows, and updates to various systems. The company's software streamlines transaction coordination for real estate professionals by automating paperwork, monitoring status, and integrating with service providers. This approach offers a guided, TurboTax-style experience for both real estate agents and consumers, significantly reducing the risks associated with traditional PDF and paper-based methods while enhancing the overall convenience and efficiency of real estate transactions.

Runa

Seed Round in 2018
Runa is a payroll, HR, and benefits solution tailored for small to medium-sized businesses in Latin America. The company has developed a comprehensive payroll management platform that automates pay calculations and manages employee data. This cloud-based software integrates with various systems, including fingerprint recognition, bank accounts, calendars, and emails. Runa's platform provides businesses with the tools to efficiently handle payroll processing, human resources management, time tracking, performance evaluation, and reporting, all within a single interface.

Tomorrow Ideas

Seed Round in 2018
Tomorrow Ideas develops an application that helps in protecting family’s financial future. Its application includes last will and testament for the family and the laws of the state, a revocable living trust, guardianship for children and pets, net worth and life insurance calculator, term life insurance comparison, and a complimentary insurance policy. Tomorrow Ideas' application can be downloaded from iOS and Android. David Hanley, Erik Berg, Joshua Heckathorn, and Wayne Rambo founded it in 2015, with its headquarters in Seattle in Washington.
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