Maan Ventures

Maan Ventures is a venture capital firm based in Reston, Virginia, founded in 2014. The firm specializes in early-stage investments, focusing on startups within the hardware security and medical devices sectors. Maan Ventures aims to support innovative companies that are developing technologies to address critical challenges in these fields. By providing financial backing and strategic guidance, the firm seeks to foster the growth of its portfolio companies, helping them navigate the complexities of early-stage development and commercialization. Maan Ventures is committed to identifying and investing in transformative ideas that have the potential to make significant impacts in their respective industries.

Jack Abramowitz

Senior Associate

David Beisel

Co-Founder & Partner

Robert Go

Co-Founder & Partner

Rachel Hodes

Director of Platform

Lee Hower

Co-Founder & Partner

Melody Koh

Partner

Stephanie Palmeri

Partner

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Kahani

Seed Round in 2022
Kahani is a mobile-first storytelling platform founded in 2021 and based in Saint Louis, Missouri. It aims to enhance e-commerce websites by providing mobile engagement features that facilitate customer interaction. The platform allows users to organize social media posts, generate content, and integrate various site assets to create engaging narratives. This approach helps clients connect with customers more effectively, ultimately encouraging product purchases and driving revenue growth. By focusing on immersive storytelling, Kahani enables businesses to streamline the shopping experience for visitors, making it easier for them to discover and buy products.

Zitara

Series A in 2022
Developer of cloud and embedded battery management software designed for enterprises with large deployments. The company's platform has the unique ability to offer battery analytics like simulation and planning, and real-time operations for grid-scale and residential storage, enabling companies to provide safety and improve longevity.

Red Leader

Series A in 2022
Red Leader Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Palo Alto, California.

The Browser Company

Series A in 2022
The Browser Company is a software platform that enables users to get a better way of using the internet. It was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in New York, NY, USA.

Pebble Finance

Seed Round in 2022
As investors, we want our hard earned dollars to grow... we want those dollars to be safe... and we want those dollars to reflect us in their journey. Our goal with Pebble is to make safe investing both extremely easy and deeply personal at the same time.

Flyp

Series A in 2022
Got used clothes? Let a Pro sell it for you.

Tive

Series B in 2022
Tive is a Boston-based startup that provides a sensor-driven tracking platform aimed at enhancing supply chain visibility. By offering a combination of cellular-connected trackers and cloud-based software, Tive enables companies to monitor their products in real-time as they move through the supply chain. The platform delivers customized alerts, reporting, and analysis on inbound and outbound shipments across various transport modes, helping businesses improve efficiency, reduce logistics costs, and minimize manufacturing disruptions. Tive's solution is designed to help companies navigate the complexities of supply chain management while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.

Nuw (The Nu Wardrobe LTD)

Seed Round in 2022
The Nu Wardrobe are redefining what it means to wear something ‘new’. The Nu Wardrobe is a platform that lets users bring their wardrobe online so they can share their clothes with others. As a community, The Nu Wardrobe extends the life cycle of people’s clothes and significantly reduces garment waste, without compromising on style.

New Era ADR

Seed Round in 2022
Disputes and litigation are a massive distraction and waste of money and time for you and your business. At least $200B is spent on litigation-related costs each year. New Era solves this. With our fully-digital platform and process, organizations and individuals get access to the most experienced arbitrators and mediators in the U.S. The result is fair, high-quality, and fast resolutions of your disputes, saving you up to 90% in legal fees and time, so you can focus on the things that matter in your life and your business.

Influencer Direct

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Influencer Direct is the trusted business partner for social media influencers. Leveraging our expertise, technology, and world-class operations, we enable influencers to launch their own successful brands and eCommerce businesses. We take care of all the messy backend, so influencers can focus on their bread and butter.

Fetch

Series A in 2022
Fetch was born out of the frustration of trying to rent other trucks. They hated the long lines, hidden charges for mileage and insurance, and anxiety in remembering to refill the gas tank. They just wanted to get their job done as quickly as possible. They're changing the model. Instead of quoting one price, but charging for every small add-on, they provide everything in one simple hourly price. Instead of having to travel to a rental center, they'll deliver your Fetch rental to you. Instead of outdated, hard-to-drive trucks, their vans are modern, safe, and easy to drive. You're their partner; not just a customer. Transportation should be convenient and fast. You have a job to do, and Fetch helps you get it done.

Reforge

Series B in 2022
Reforge mission is to help experienced professionals fulfill their potential. Professional development and masters level education is a lifelong endeavor but there is a growing gap of what professionals want/need and the existing options available.

Caesar

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Developer of a cloud-based software application designed to digitize and centralize data collection for sustainability reporting. The company offers a comprehensive ESG data collection and management technology to centralize the workflows and data storage for ESG reporting and provides real-time metric progress updates including the company's current progress towards completing various third-party questionnaires, assessments and requests for information, enabling organizations to report sustainability data in a simplified way.

Poplin

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Poplin develops a fertility planning platform to help couples take control of their fertility and to optimize the health trajectory of their children. It accumulates the process of getting pregnant and supports nutrition and lifestyle tools to help couples.

Expressable

Series A in 2022
Expressable is an online speech therapy practice that addresses communication disorders for both children and adults. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, the company has developed a parent-focused care model that leverages technology and education to integrate speech therapy techniques into everyday life. The platform offers a range of services, including accent modification, aphasia, apraxia of speech, and support for autism spectrum disorder, among others. By providing weekly practice activities, Expressable aims to enhance speech and language outcomes, enabling individuals to improve their communication skills effectively.

SamaCare

Series A in 2022
SamaCare, Inc. is a technology company based in San Francisco, California, founded in 2017. It specializes in developing software solutions that assist healthcare providers and pharmaceutical manufacturers in streamlining the prior authorization process for medically administered products. SamaCare's platform aims to reduce the challenges associated with prior authorization, such as portal exhaustion, by allowing users to build and submit requests for injectable and infusible medications directly through the tool. Furthermore, the software enables monitoring of approval and rejection statuses, ensuring compliance throughout the process.

kencko

Series A in 2022
kencko foods, inc. produces and sells organic fruit and vegetable products in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. The company offers sachet-based drink, including ten pack, thirty pack, and sixty pack. kencko foods, inc. was founded in 2017 and is based in New York, New York with a processing facility in Lisbon, Portugal.

KarmaCheck

Series A in 2022
KarmaCheck is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in providing innovative background check services tailored for employment needs. Founded in 2018, the company leverages artificial intelligence and blockchain technology to deliver real-time, actionable background checks, which include comprehensive criminal checks, employment verification, education verification, and other related services. Its mobile-first platform is designed to be user-friendly, reliable, and compliant, allowing employers to make informed hiring decisions more efficiently. By streamlining the background check process, KarmaCheck helps businesses achieve faster turnaround times and enhance employee retention.

Level

Seed Round in 2021
Level Builds financial services for the new economy. They collectively have decades of experience designing and delivering innovative financial services designed around specific needs. With complementary skills and knowledge, they have built Level technology to support an outstanding customer experience and provide the banking services you deserve.

Constructor

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Constructor is a develop workflow tracking platform.

Plannery

Seed Round in 2021
Plannery is a financial planning app targeting the 65% of Americans who have no/limited access to financial planning. Financial anxiety is the # 1 reason for stress in America. Financial planning has proven to help but access is limited to the high net worth audience. With Plannery, we are changing that.

Jambb

Seed Round in 2021
Own best-in-class content, merchandise, and performances from your favorite comedians and entertainers. Share, sell, or rent your assets across the world.

Devoted Health

Series D in 2021
Devoted Health is a new healthcare company serving seniors. Aiming to launch Medicare Advantage plans in 2019, their mission is to build a healthcare solution good enough for Mom. They will be devoted to the health and wellness of their members by helping them navigate the health care system with personal guides, by utilizing world-class technology to enable a simplified experience, and by partnering with top providers for better health outcomes.

Devoted Health

Series D in 2021
Devoted Health is a new healthcare company serving seniors. Aiming to launch Medicare Advantage plans in 2019, their mission is to build a healthcare solution good enough for Mom. They will be devoted to the health and wellness of their members by helping them navigate the health care system with personal guides, by utilizing world-class technology to enable a simplified experience, and by partnering with top providers for better health outcomes.

Carrot

Seed Round in 2021
Carrot Cart is a plug-in that saves the stuff you’ve put in your cart and automatically categorizes it, keeping all the products you want to buy just one click away.

Dispense

Seed Round in 2021
Dispense powers best-in-class online ordering and pickup scheduling for both medical and recreational cannabis retailers while offering several technical integrations. Fast, intuitive, and easy to use, Dispense provides dispensaries with key insights to determine who their customers are and what their purchasing habits look like, enabling them to deliver exceptional, highly-personalized service each and every time. Key features include: • Online Ordering • Pickup Scheduling • Safe & Secure • Loyalty Program Integration • POS Integration • Customer Chat • Printing • Customer CRM • Performance & Reporting • Staff Management • Onboarding & Support • Mobile Apps

Code Climate

Series C in 2021
Code Climate Inc. develops an engineering intelligence application that delivers data-driven insights to software engineering organizations. It offers Velocity that analyzes all the data from GitHub repos and provides heads-up displays, real-time analytics, and custom reports to give a perspective on how engineering team is working. The company also provides Quality that provides automated code review for test coverage, maintainability, and more to save time and merge. It offers its products for managers, engineers, executives, and product leaders. Code Climate Inc. was founded in 2011 and is based in New York, New York.

WHOOP

Series F in 2021
WHOOP, Inc. specializes in manufacturing wearable fitness sensors designed to monitor heart rate and movement during workouts. The company's primary product, the WHOOP Strap 3.0, tracks recovery, training, and sleep patterns, providing athletes, coaches, and trainers with valuable insights into their physical performance. By delivering continuous data on strain and recovery, WHOOP helps users optimize their training regimens, reduce the risk of injuries, and enhance overall performance. In addition to its core fitness tracking devices, WHOOP offers a variety of apparel and accessories, including bands, tops, and joggers, all available for purchase online. Founded in 2012 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, WHOOP was initially known as Bobo Analytics, Inc. before rebranding in December 2013. The company's mission is to empower individuals and teams to achieve their peak performance through a comprehensive understanding of their bodies and daily activities.

Hologram

Series B in 2021
Hologram, Inc. specializes in cloud-based Internet connectivity solutions for Internet of Things (IoT) device management and network connectivity. The company offers a platform that enables makers, OEMs, and systems integrators to create devices that connect to the Internet using cellular technology. Hologram's Konekt cloud acts as a data broker and database for both cellular and non-cellular devices, facilitating the routing and storage of generated data. This enables users to build and maintain necessary infrastructure efficiently. Additionally, Hologram provides a machine-to-machine (M2M) Short Messaging Service (SMS) that supports notifications and system integrations for Internet-connected devices. Founded in 2013 and based in Chicago, Illinois, Hologram aims to simplify the process of building connected hardware, offering a flexible platform that supports scalability and instant connectivity without minimum requirements.

Hologram

Series B in 2021
Hologram, Inc. specializes in cloud-based Internet connectivity solutions for Internet of Things (IoT) device management and network connectivity. The company offers a platform that enables makers, OEMs, and systems integrators to create devices that connect to the Internet using cellular technology. Hologram's Konekt cloud acts as a data broker and database for both cellular and non-cellular devices, facilitating the routing and storage of generated data. This enables users to build and maintain necessary infrastructure efficiently. Additionally, Hologram provides a machine-to-machine (M2M) Short Messaging Service (SMS) that supports notifications and system integrations for Internet-connected devices. Founded in 2013 and based in Chicago, Illinois, Hologram aims to simplify the process of building connected hardware, offering a flexible platform that supports scalability and instant connectivity without minimum requirements.

YAA

Seed Round in 2021
YAA develops automobile data and information management tools for people to understand the vehicle purchasing and ownership experience. It promotes market price reports, dashboards, templates, price calculators and estimators, and other related features. In addition, the tools provide records on add-on offers, sales prices, lease terms, guarantee duration, car dealership news, negotiating tips, and other related information about the vehicles. YAA was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Kensington, Maryland.

Lula

Series A in 2021
Lula operates a peer-to-peer marketplace that connects vehicle owners with individuals seeking to rent those vehicles. It allows vehicle owners to list their vehicles for rent and facilitates direct communication and transactions between owners and renters. Lula does not own or manage the vehicles and does not engage in the contracts formed between owners and renters. Additionally, Lula provides insurance technology solutions tailored for various sectors, including car rental companies and logistics firms. Their offerings include policy management, risk assessment tools, and claims handling services, which help clients streamline their insurance processes and reduce operational costs.

Ten Little

Seed Round in 2021
Ten Little, Inc. is a Brooklyn-based company that specializes in manufacturing children's shoes designed to promote healthy development and movement. Established in 2019, Ten Little offers a range of vegan shoes that are cruelty-free and approved by PETA, ensuring that no animal products or by-products are used in their production. The shoe uppers are crafted from PVC- and phthalate-free PU vegan leather, while the outsoles are made from natural rubber sourced from the Hevea tree. The insoles incorporate recycled rubber, and the linings are composed of cotton, reflecting the company's commitment to sustainable materials. Ten Little's products are sold exclusively online, providing convenient access for customers.

Pesto

Seed Round in 2021
Pragli, Inc. is a company that offers a virtual office platform designed specifically for remote teams. Founded in 2020 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Pragli provides features that facilitate seamless communication and collaboration among remote workers. Its platform includes a virtual water cooler for informal interactions, avatars that help users create a distinct digital identity, and audio channels that allow for quick, spontaneous conversations. The product aims to enhance the remote work experience by addressing challenges associated with building relationships and maintaining presence within teams, which traditional tools like Slack and Zoom often fail to resolve. Pragli was developed after extensive collaboration with remote teams to ensure it effectively meets their needs for daily communication and connection.

ShelfLife

Seed Round in 2021
ShelfLife is an ordering platform connecting food and beverage brands with prominent packaging suppliers. For both brands and suppliers, ShelfLife's technology drastically reduces the time spent placing and managing orders of routine packaging materials. By bringing together a community of like-minded brands, ShelfLife actively negotiates volume-based pricing contracts with supply partners. With ShelfLife, food and beverage brands can place and track orders in minutes, chat with their supply partners, and gain new insights to develop a more resilient packaging supply chain.

Somewhere Good

Seed Round in 2021
Somewhere Good is a social platform centered around identity and community.

Carewell

Venture Round in 2021
Carewell is a Charlotte-based, family-founded e-commerce company with a mission to improve the lives of caregivers and their loved ones. Carewell’s story began in 2015 when its founders were among the 20% of Americans who act as informal caregivers. They were unable to find the guidance and selection they needed in one place, so they formed Carewell to be a source of support for independent caregivers seeking proactive service, compelling content, and expert-vetted products.

Expressable

Seed Round in 2021
Expressable is an online speech therapy practice that addresses communication disorders for both children and adults. Founded in 2019 and headquartered in Austin, Texas, the company has developed a parent-focused care model that leverages technology and education to integrate speech therapy techniques into everyday life. The platform offers a range of services, including accent modification, aphasia, apraxia of speech, and support for autism spectrum disorder, among others. By providing weekly practice activities, Expressable aims to enhance speech and language outcomes, enabling individuals to improve their communication skills effectively.

Fam

Series A in 2021
Fam is the best way to socialize on your phone in a way that's most similar to interacting in real life. We’re a social network that helps you connect with friends and new people through live video chat. We believe that the way people socially interact on their phones is fundamentally broken, and causing widespread anxiety, insecurity, and loneliness - and we have the foundation to solve that for an entire generation.

Form Health

Series A in 2021
Form Health is a telemedical weight loss company dedicated to assisting individuals struggling with obesity. The company provides a medically supervised environment for weight loss, offering services that include virtual doctor visits, consultations with registered dietitians, group support, and meal tracking. These services are delivered discreetly through a user-friendly application, allowing patients to manage their weight and improve their health conveniently from home. Form Health aims to create a supportive framework that empowers individuals to achieve their weight loss goals effectively.

Impact Biosystems

Seed Round in 2021
Impact Biosystems is a developer and creator of adaptive hardware and software solutions for people in the health and fitness space. The company offers hardware connected recovery platform that makes users feel better with custom measurements of their body and make the gamifying and socializing experience adapted to them, thereby enabling athletes of all varieties to uniquely feel better, perform at their peak, and help them live longer. Impact Biosystems' goal is to make athletes of all varieties uniquely feel better, perform at their peak and help them live longer. It was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Allay Health

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Allay Health is a digital health company that provides comprehensive care for chronic gastrointestinal ailments. It specializes in providing personalized inflammatory bowel disease care, navigating social and lifestyle situations, psychological help, and health coaching. The company was founded in 2021 and is based in Seattle, Washington.

Comet Healthcare

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Comet Healthcare is building a digital women's health rehabilitation platform that gives women access to pelvic floor physical therapy.

Datapeople

Venture Round in 2021
Datapeople organizes and augments your recruiting data to help you improve key parts of your hiring process, from the job description candidates first see to the reports you share with your company.

Queenly

Seed Round in 2021
Queenly is a dedicated marketplace and search engine for the formalwear industry. Queenly is the best way to help women find the exact dress they are looking for. They have now captured the largest formal dress inventory in the US by surpassing that of Macy’s, Rent the Runway & Nordstrom, since launching less than 2 years ago. Queenly is tackling the highly underserved prom, pageant, quinceañera, and wedding industry (and more!). They cater to this massive community of dress enthusiasts for this high priced & low usage inventory, similar to how GOAT and StockX has built a platform for the sneaker and streetwear community. While dresses and formal wear inventory have existed on other platforms for years, these businesses are missing out on solving the unique shopping challenges for this unique inventory. When a consumer desires “the perfect dress”, they have strict purchase requirements in the product’s fabric, hemline, neckline, sleeves, silhouettes, designer, color, body measurements, and price range. The company has made meaningful progress in solving that problem with their software solutions: the team has built a recommendations engine, a custom NLP search engine, and computer vision categorization system. They have managed to cut down the time spent shopping for high-priced formal dresses by 85%. Alongside their technology, they’ve also managed to hone in on fostering a sense of community for women, where Queenly serves as a way for women to help one another find their dream dress.

Dragonfly

Series A in 2021
Dragonfly engages in acquiring and developing e-commerce businesses. It is a venture-backed business run by versatile pros who’ve founded and managed global operations, dynamic startups, and $60M+ Amazon FBA businesses. The firm was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Carefull

Seed Round in 2021
An estimated 45 million of us are financial caregivers — adult children responsible for the financial well-being of our aging parents. We pay bills, haggle with utilities, plan for their future, and pay for things they need — all while managing our own financial and family life. Carefull is a new company building digital services for financial caregivers. Our goal is to make it easier to support our aging parents and to help families make better financial decisions together. Visit us at getcarefull.com to learn more.

Level

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Level Builds financial services for the new economy. They collectively have decades of experience designing and delivering innovative financial services designed around specific needs. With complementary skills and knowledge, they have built Level technology to support an outstanding customer experience and provide the banking services you deserve.

Level

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Level Builds financial services for the new economy. They collectively have decades of experience designing and delivering innovative financial services designed around specific needs. With complementary skills and knowledge, they have built Level technology to support an outstanding customer experience and provide the banking services you deserve.

Level

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Level Builds financial services for the new economy. They collectively have decades of experience designing and delivering innovative financial services designed around specific needs. With complementary skills and knowledge, they have built Level technology to support an outstanding customer experience and provide the banking services you deserve.

Tive

Series A in 2020
Tive is a Boston-based startup that provides a sensor-driven tracking platform aimed at enhancing supply chain visibility. By offering a combination of cellular-connected trackers and cloud-based software, Tive enables companies to monitor their products in real-time as they move through the supply chain. The platform delivers customized alerts, reporting, and analysis on inbound and outbound shipments across various transport modes, helping businesses improve efficiency, reduce logistics costs, and minimize manufacturing disruptions. Tive's solution is designed to help companies navigate the complexities of supply chain management while ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.

Parsec

Series B in 2020
Parsec empowers people to connect to their work, games, and friends from anywhere, on any device. Parsec for Teams lets artists, animators, developers, and designers across the creative industries use their powerful PCs and VMs from anywhere, across any device. Our silky smooth, 60FPS+, 4K interactive remote access tools are used by leaders in games, animation, film, broadcast, architecture, and more. Millions of people use Parsec to access their games on the go. Share a link and you’re playing with friends and family.

Grove Collaborative

Venture Round in 2020
Grove Collaborative, Inc. is an online retailer based in San Francisco, California, specializing in natural home and personal care products. Founded in 2012, the company provides a wide range of items, including household cleaners, personal care products, and baby and pet supplies. Its product offerings encompass laundry detergents, dish soaps, deodorants, shampoos, hand sanitizers, and various other essential items designed to enhance everyday living. Grove Collaborative aims to simplify the shopping experience for consumers seeking eco-friendly options for their homes and families. Originally established as ePantry LLC, the company rebranded to its current name in April 2016.

Forge

Seed Round in 2020
Forge is a contractor that delivers a unique customer experience enabled by our ability to serve multiple trades needs under one roof.

Paceline

Seed Round in 2020
Paceline is a fitness rewards platform that integrates financial incentives with physical activity, aiming to enhance consumer engagement in the wellness sector. Founded in 2019 and based in San Francisco, the company has developed a retail wellness ecosystem that connects users' health and fitness activities to their credit cards. By doing so, it offers tailored rewards related to brands and purchases that users already make, encouraging individuals to achieve their fitness goals while enjoying financial benefits. Paceline's innovative approach seeks to transform the financial landscape by making it more technology-driven and consumer-focused.

WHOOP

Series E in 2020
WHOOP, Inc. specializes in manufacturing wearable fitness sensors designed to monitor heart rate and movement during workouts. The company's primary product, the WHOOP Strap 3.0, tracks recovery, training, and sleep patterns, providing athletes, coaches, and trainers with valuable insights into their physical performance. By delivering continuous data on strain and recovery, WHOOP helps users optimize their training regimens, reduce the risk of injuries, and enhance overall performance. In addition to its core fitness tracking devices, WHOOP offers a variety of apparel and accessories, including bands, tops, and joggers, all available for purchase online. Founded in 2012 and based in Boston, Massachusetts, WHOOP was initially known as Bobo Analytics, Inc. before rebranding in December 2013. The company's mission is to empower individuals and teams to achieve their peak performance through a comprehensive understanding of their bodies and daily activities.

TruckMap

Seed Round in 2020
TruckMap Inc. is a Chicago-based company that specializes in providing a mobile application designed specifically for truck drivers. Founded in 2016, TruckMap offers truck-specific routing and directions, addressing the unique needs of commercial vehicle operators. The application features essential information such as diesel fuel prices, parking availability, and community-driven reviews, allowing drivers to make informed decisions about their routes. Additionally, TruckMap's platform includes mapping and GPS navigation services, enhancing the overall driving experience for truckers. By focusing on the specific requirements of the trucking industry, TruckMap aims to simplify route planning and improve operational efficiency for its users.

Attentive

Series D in 2020
Attentive Mobile, Inc. is a personalized mobile messaging platform that enables companies to effectively acquire, retain, and engage with their mobile audiences. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York, the company serves a diverse range of industries, including e-commerce, retail, food and beverage, travel, hospitality, entertainment, media, publishing, education, and non-profit sectors. By leveraging real-time behavioral data, Attentive automates the delivery of tailored text messages throughout the customer lifecycle, which includes product recommendations, special promotions, payment notifications, and real-time customer service. With over 2,000 clients, including well-known brands like Sephora and Urban Outfitters, Attentive has demonstrated significant effectiveness, achieving impressive metrics such as over 30% click-through rates and more than 25 times return on investment.

Carewell

Seed Round in 2020
Carewell is a Charlotte-based, family-founded e-commerce company with a mission to improve the lives of caregivers and their loved ones. Carewell’s story began in 2015 when its founders were among the 20% of Americans who act as informal caregivers. They were unable to find the guidance and selection they needed in one place, so they formed Carewell to be a source of support for independent caregivers seeking proactive service, compelling content, and expert-vetted products.

The Nudge

Seed Round in 2020
The Nudge is a company that develops a mobile application designed to help individuals explore their cities. Founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, California, the platform sends personalized text messages to subscribers featuring handwritten suggestions for activities, such as brunch ideas, hiking plans, or details about local coffee venues. By providing these curated recommendations, The Nudge encourages users, particularly younger individuals, to engage with their surroundings and discover new experiences in their urban environment.

Datapeople

Seed Round in 2020
Datapeople organizes and augments your recruiting data to help you improve key parts of your hiring process, from the job description candidates first see to the reports you share with your company.

Opus

Seed Round in 2020
Opus offers a training solution that meets frontline workers where they are. It provides companies with a single engagement platform designed to deliver frictionless, accessible, engaging training for frontline workers so that they are more productive, happier, and increase their work value. It was founded in 2018 and headquartered in New York, United States.

Mighty Health

Seed Round in 2020
Mighty Technologies, Inc. is a company that specializes in developing a nutrition and fitness wellness application designed specifically for older adults, particularly those experiencing issues such as joint pain. Founded in 2018 and based in San Francisco, California, the company connects users with personal coaches who assist them in establishing healthier habits related to nutrition and overall lifestyle. In addition to its focus on general wellness, the application also emphasizes personalized heart health coaching, catering to the unique needs of its older demographic.

Macro

Seed Round in 2020
Marlo, Inc. develops an application that employs the Zoom software development kit (SDK) to add depth and analysis to daily work meetings. It offers Macro that enables customization to Zoom meetings and automatically add text to a Google Doc and formats it into a shareable document. Its platform enables users to customize Zoom's interface for any type of meeting. The company’s platform is used by product teams and engineering teams. Marlo, Inc. was founded in 2018 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

KarmaCheck

Seed Round in 2020
KarmaCheck is a San Francisco-based company that specializes in providing innovative background check services tailored for employment needs. Founded in 2018, the company leverages artificial intelligence and blockchain technology to deliver real-time, actionable background checks, which include comprehensive criminal checks, employment verification, education verification, and other related services. Its mobile-first platform is designed to be user-friendly, reliable, and compliant, allowing employers to make informed hiring decisions more efficiently. By streamlining the background check process, KarmaCheck helps businesses achieve faster turnaround times and enhance employee retention.

Jumbo Privacy

Series A in 2020
Jumbo Privacy is a mobile application available on iOS and Android that assists users in managing their online privacy and security. The app provides a universal interface, allowing individuals to oversee their privacy across various social media platforms and internet services from a single location. Jumbo Privacy empowers users to take control of their personal information, reinforcing the belief that data ownership belongs to the user. By offering tools for enhanced privacy management, Jumbo Privacy aims to protect users' sensitive information and facilitate a safer online experience.

Searchable.ai

Seed Round in 2020
Searchable.ai is a software developer that focuses on creating a personalized semantic search engine aimed at enhancing workplace productivity. Founded in 2019 and based in San Francisco, California, the company offers a platform that allows enterprises to efficiently search for documents and information across various sources, including emails, chats, cloud content, and traditional files. Utilizing its advanced Neural Indexing technology, Searchable.ai transforms work documents into highly searchable resources, streamlining access to information for users.

Higher

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Higher is a startup studio that helps in modernizing local commerce and rebuilding social infrastructure.

ShelfLife

Pre Seed Round in 2020
ShelfLife is an ordering platform connecting food and beverage brands with prominent packaging suppliers. For both brands and suppliers, ShelfLife's technology drastically reduces the time spent placing and managing orders of routine packaging materials. By bringing together a community of like-minded brands, ShelfLife actively negotiates volume-based pricing contracts with supply partners. With ShelfLife, food and beverage brands can place and track orders in minutes, chat with their supply partners, and gain new insights to develop a more resilient packaging supply chain.

DearBrightly

Seed Round in 2020
DearBrightly offers prescription strength retinoids and a variety of other skincare essentials because we believe everyone deserves access to amazing skincare. DearBrightly's mission is to educate and get people access to the most effective, dermatologist vetted prescription skincare products, using technology.

Parsec

Series A in 2020
Parsec empowers people to connect to their work, games, and friends from anywhere, on any device. Parsec for Teams lets artists, animators, developers, and designers across the creative industries use their powerful PCs and VMs from anywhere, across any device. Our silky smooth, 60FPS+, 4K interactive remote access tools are used by leaders in games, animation, film, broadcast, architecture, and more. Millions of people use Parsec to access their games on the go. Share a link and you’re playing with friends and family.

Monument

Seed Round in 2020
Monument is an alcohol addiction treatment platform for those looking to change their relationship with alcohol. The company includes leading experts in the addiction field who have built research-based treatment plans, which include access to an anonymous community of peers, virtual therapist-moderated support groups, and options for one-on-one video therapy and physician-prescribed medication. They provide a medical solution to a medical problem, entirely online. Monument was founded by Michael Russell and Amit Klein and is based in New York, USA.

Code Climate

Series B in 2020
Code Climate Inc. develops an engineering intelligence application that delivers data-driven insights to software engineering organizations. It offers Velocity that analyzes all the data from GitHub repos and provides heads-up displays, real-time analytics, and custom reports to give a perspective on how engineering team is working. The company also provides Quality that provides automated code review for test coverage, maintainability, and more to save time and merge. It offers its products for managers, engineers, executives, and product leaders. Code Climate Inc. was founded in 2011 and is based in New York, New York.

Benchmark Labs

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Benchmark Labs provides asset-specific weather forecasting for the agricultural sector, and beyond. Benchmark Labs is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Red Leader

Seed Round in 2020
Red Leader Technologies, Inc. was incorporated in 2018 and is based in Palo Alto, California.

Dexai Robotics

Seed Round in 2020
Dexai Robotics is a company focused on automating tasks in commercial kitchens and the broader food industry. Founded in 2018 and based in Somerville, Massachusetts, Dexai specializes in the development of customized robots that streamline operations in quick-serve restaurants. Utilizing artificial intelligence, their robots automate food assembly processes by accurately scooping or picking ingredients to prepare various dishes, such as salads, without altering recipes. This technology enhances operational efficiency for restaurant businesses, allowing them to conduct daily activities with greater ease and precision.

Attentive

Series C in 2020
Attentive Mobile, Inc. is a personalized mobile messaging platform that enables companies to effectively acquire, retain, and engage with their mobile audiences. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York, the company serves a diverse range of industries, including e-commerce, retail, food and beverage, travel, hospitality, entertainment, media, publishing, education, and non-profit sectors. By leveraging real-time behavioral data, Attentive automates the delivery of tailored text messages throughout the customer lifecycle, which includes product recommendations, special promotions, payment notifications, and real-time customer service. With over 2,000 clients, including well-known brands like Sephora and Urban Outfitters, Attentive has demonstrated significant effectiveness, achieving impressive metrics such as over 30% click-through rates and more than 25 times return on investment.

Kindred

Seed Round in 2020
Kindred is a professional network aimed at equipping executives for the future of socially responsible business. Founded in 2020, the organization focuses on issues such as diversity, equity, inclusion, sustainability, and mental health, helping members bridge the gap between intention and action. Kindred provides access to a collaborative network of peers, renowned experts, and essential resources, empowering leaders to make informed decisions that positively impact society and the environment. The network has attracted a diverse membership from prominent companies, including Allbirds, B Lab, Chobani, and LinkedIn. Additionally, Kindred Events, LLC, the company's event organizing arm, specializes in facilitating business transformation events for corporate, nonprofit, and cultural leaders, further enhancing its mission to foster purpose-driven leadership.

Ten Little

Seed Round in 2019
Ten Little, Inc. is a Brooklyn-based company that specializes in manufacturing children's shoes designed to promote healthy development and movement. Established in 2019, Ten Little offers a range of vegan shoes that are cruelty-free and approved by PETA, ensuring that no animal products or by-products are used in their production. The shoe uppers are crafted from PVC- and phthalate-free PU vegan leather, while the outsoles are made from natural rubber sourced from the Hevea tree. The insoles incorporate recycled rubber, and the linings are composed of cotton, reflecting the company's commitment to sustainable materials. Ten Little's products are sold exclusively online, providing convenient access for customers.

Ten Little

Seed Round in 2019
Ten Little, Inc. is a Brooklyn-based company that specializes in manufacturing children's shoes designed to promote healthy development and movement. Established in 2019, Ten Little offers a range of vegan shoes that are cruelty-free and approved by PETA, ensuring that no animal products or by-products are used in their production. The shoe uppers are crafted from PVC- and phthalate-free PU vegan leather, while the outsoles are made from natural rubber sourced from the Hevea tree. The insoles incorporate recycled rubber, and the linings are composed of cotton, reflecting the company's commitment to sustainable materials. Ten Little's products are sold exclusively online, providing convenient access for customers.

Otis

Series A in 2019
Otis Wealth, Inc. provides s a marketplace for alternative assets, such as collectibles, fine art, and physical spaces. It acquires high-quality assets, fractionalize them into smaller shares, and offer them as equity investments. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in New York, New York.

Summer​

Series A in 2019
Summer combines innovative technology and policy expertise to serve student loan borrowers across the country. Founded in partnership with Yale University, we’re registered as a public benefit corp (PBC) as part of our commitment to helping all borrowers improve their financial health through smart repayment strategies.

Grove Collaborative

Series D in 2019
Grove Collaborative, Inc. is an online retailer based in San Francisco, California, specializing in natural home and personal care products. Founded in 2012, the company provides a wide range of items, including household cleaners, personal care products, and baby and pet supplies. Its product offerings encompass laundry detergents, dish soaps, deodorants, shampoos, hand sanitizers, and various other essential items designed to enhance everyday living. Grove Collaborative aims to simplify the shopping experience for consumers seeking eco-friendly options for their homes and families. Originally established as ePantry LLC, the company rebranded to its current name in April 2016.

Attentive

Series B in 2019
Attentive Mobile, Inc. is a personalized mobile messaging platform that enables companies to effectively acquire, retain, and engage with their mobile audiences. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York, the company serves a diverse range of industries, including e-commerce, retail, food and beverage, travel, hospitality, entertainment, media, publishing, education, and non-profit sectors. By leveraging real-time behavioral data, Attentive automates the delivery of tailored text messages throughout the customer lifecycle, which includes product recommendations, special promotions, payment notifications, and real-time customer service. With over 2,000 clients, including well-known brands like Sephora and Urban Outfitters, Attentive has demonstrated significant effectiveness, achieving impressive metrics such as over 30% click-through rates and more than 25 times return on investment.

Pattern

Series A in 2019
Pattern operates an online marketplace focused on home products, aiming to create a family of consumer goods brands united by a common mission. The company offers a range of items, including storage boxes, kitchen tools, and serving trays, all made from sustainable materials. By curating product selections tailored to specific rooms such as bedrooms, kitchens, and bathrooms, Pattern enables customers to easily find and purchase eco-friendly products that enhance their living spaces. The brand emphasizes building personal relationships with consumers to better understand and meet their needs.

kencko

Seed Round in 2019
kencko foods, inc. produces and sells organic fruit and vegetable products in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Canada. The company offers sachet-based drink, including ten pack, thirty pack, and sixty pack. kencko foods, inc. was founded in 2017 and is based in New York, New York with a processing facility in Lisbon, Portugal.

Hatch

Seed Round in 2019
Hatch is an SMS Texting Platform that helps small and medium-size businesses harness the power of two-way SMS messaging. It also helps sales teams connect with their customers with a click of a button. The platform combines two-way text, email, and voice in one collaborative workspace to increase close rates, shorten sales cycles, and boost 5-star reviews.

CozyKin

Series A in 2019
CozyKin, inc. provides nanny services for new or expecting parents. It provides childcare services. The company was founded in 2016 and is based in Allston, Massachusetts with an additional office in New York, New York. As of March 12, 2020, CozyKin, inc. operates as a subsidiary of Higher Ground Education Inc.

Macro

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Marlo, Inc. develops an application that employs the Zoom software development kit (SDK) to add depth and analysis to daily work meetings. It offers Macro that enables customization to Zoom meetings and automatically add text to a Google Doc and formats it into a shareable document. Its platform enables users to customize Zoom's interface for any type of meeting. The company’s platform is used by product teams and engineering teams. Marlo, Inc. was founded in 2018 and is based in Boston, Massachusetts.

Mint House

Series A in 2019
Mint House is a start-up hospitality company that disrupts the traditional hotel model. The company offers rentals with spacious units with full-service kitchens, pre-arrival fridge stocking, and no-hassle keyless entry, among other features, enabling business travelers to book affordable homes in prime locations. It provides a unique experience that offers the feel of a high-end hotel, with all the comforts and conveniences of a home, all packaged and delivered via technology. Financed and advised by seasoned hospitality executives including the former CEO of Starwood Hotels, President of St. Regis, and CEO of Travelocity, Mint House is in hyper-growth mode expanding around the country and opening new markets every several months. The company is headquartered in New York and operates in multiple locations across the United States. It was founded in January 2017.

Alcove

Seed Round in 2019
Alcove is a shared living community that provides per-room leases in furnished properties. Founded in 1999 and based in Durham, North Carolina, the company utilizes technology to match individuals to available bedrooms according to their budget, location, and timing preferences. Alcove enhances the living experience by equipping its properties with essential amenities, including furnishings, Wi-Fi, utilities, and housekeeping services. Additionally, it fosters a sense of community by organizing events for residents. This model aims to simplify the process of finding suitable rental accommodations and roommates.

Zippia

Series A in 2019
Zippia, Inc. operates a Website that provides career information and tools for professionals across various industries. It offers Career Map, a visual map covering workers’ career decisions, including which career paths pay the best, the skills it takes to get hired and promoted, how long people typically hold each job, companies that hire the most, and where in the country companies hire. The company’s Website also provides best places for jobs, tips to get the jobs, rankings, videos, video games, jobs, and guides. Zippia, Inc. was founded in 2015 and is based in San Francisco, California.

Otis

Seed Round in 2019
Otis Wealth, Inc. provides s a marketplace for alternative assets, such as collectibles, fine art, and physical spaces. It acquires high-quality assets, fractionalize them into smaller shares, and offer them as equity investments. The company was incorporated in 2018 and is based in New York, New York.

Tap

Seed Round in 2018
Tap Projects Inc. develops an online platform to find water refill stations around the world. The platform connects partners, public refill stations, including water fountains and water bottle refill stations, water ATMs, and natural springs that have access to clean drinking water to users seeking to drink from or refill their water bottles with clean drinking water. The company was founded in 2018 and is based in Los Angeles, California.
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