Right Side Capital Management

Right Side Capital Management is a San Francisco based venture capital firm that backs early-stage technology startups with a focus on pre-seed rounds. It makes about 75-100 investments per year in capital-efficient companies seeking to reach product-market fit, typically in rounds of 50k to 500k and pre-money valuations of 1M to 3M. The firm pursues opportunities outside the San Francisco Bay Area and New York City, and it invests across the United States, Canada, Israel, Australia, New Zealand, and Western Europe, with a portfolio spanning many states and roughly two hundred prior investments since its early operations.

Kevin Dick

Managing Partner

John Eng

Principal

Dave Lambert

Managing Director

David Lambert

Founder and Managing Director

Jeff Pomeranz

Managing Director

Paul Swiencicki

Partner

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Mili Llama

Pre Seed Round in 2024
Mili Llama is a Colorado-based business that connects qualified college students and community members with K-12 schools for substitute teaching assignments. Its platform offers teachers a variety of job opportunities, including full-day, half-day, and long-term positions, as well as the chance to earn digital badges for professional development courses, potentially increasing their earning potential and career advancement.

Simbiosis

Grant in 2024
Simbiosis is an AI-powered recruitment marketplace that connects US-based tech startups with software development agencies in Latin America, enabling on-demand access to vetted engineers across multiple technologies within aligned time zones. The platform supports scalable team growth by facilitating rapid sourcing of specialized talent, assessing potential performance, and enabling startups to hire engineers from regional agencies for diverse projects.

SelectFew

Pre Seed Round in 2023
SelectFew is a B2B SaaS platform that revolutionizes modern marketing operations. It matches businesses with vetted top-tier marketing talent and tools using AI, ensuring cost-efficient growth strategies tailored to each company's unique needs.

Transition

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Transition operates a career service platform that connects employers with pre-qualified Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) candidates from top schools. The platform addresses the national CNA shortage by bridging vocational training and employment opportunities, benefiting both recruiters and students.

TheHRsoft

Seed Round in 2022
TheHRsoft is a provider of a cloud-based human resources platform designed to simplify and enhance HR services. The platform serves as a comprehensive solution for employers, job seekers, and staffing agencies, facilitating efficient hiring processes and streamlined job application tracking. By enabling managers to hire more effectively and allowing job seekers to apply for positions from any location, TheHRsoft helps to reduce time and costs associated with recruitment. This innovative approach improves the overall quality and efficiency of HR operations, making it a valuable resource in the staffing and employment sector.

PT Nurse

Pre Seed Round in 2021
PT Nurse is a mobile application dedicated to nurse recruiting and healthcare facility staffing solutions. The platform streamlines the process of sourcing qualified healthcare professionals, allowing hospitals and facilities to efficiently fill staffing needs with experienced staff. Key features include easy shift scheduling, integrated support, real-time shift updates, custom billing options, and verified clock-in functionalities, all designed to enhance operational efficiency for healthcare providers. By facilitating convenient access to qualified nursing personnel, PT Nurse addresses critical staffing challenges in the healthcare sector.

HireMe Healthcare

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Founded in North Carolina in 2017, HireMe Healthcare is a tech-driven platform addressing the nursing staffing crisis. It offers a proprietary tool for permanent placement healthcare jobs, connecting licensed professionals with hospitals and other providers at no cost.

extern

Seed Round in 2021
Extern is a company that has pioneered the concept of remote Externships, offering an innovative platform that facilitates real work experiences for students. By partnering with various organizations, Extern creates a supply of these work experiences, making them accessible to individuals eager to develop their careers. The platform enables companies to seamlessly manage and implement Externships, allowing employees to collaborate with students on projects while enhancing their employer branding through meaningful engagement. Extern aims to democratize access to professional experiences, regardless of background or socioeconomic status, and envisions a future where work experience serves as a vital form of education. The company has garnered the trust of numerous prestigious brands, positioning itself as a key player in reshaping work, education, and credentialing for upcoming generations.

Goldfish Social

Seed Round in 2021
Cohley is a content generation and performance analytics platform that enables brands and agencies to create diverse, actionable content efficiently. Operating as a marketplace, it allows clients to post campaigns that are visible to vetted content creators and photographers who align with their goals. Creators apply to these campaigns with a clear understanding of timelines, deliverables, content guidelines, and compensation. Brands then utilize Cohley’s guided selection process to choose creators, resulting in the collection of thousands of rights-approved videos, photos, and text reviews organized in Content Libraries. This streamlined process facilitates the activation of assets across various digital channels, empowering brands to scale their content strategies while significantly reducing costs. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York, Cohley continues to support brands in generating the content they need through a data-informed approach.

Qualifi

Pre Seed Round in 2021
Qualifi streamlines recruitment by offering an on-demand phone interview platform. It enables recruiters to efficiently screen candidates while maintaining a personal touch, reducing the hiring process from typical 16-24 days to just one day for most responses.

Neuroute

Convertible Note in 2021
Neuroute is an AI-driven platform designed to streamline clinical trial patient recruitment. It employs artificial intelligence to create targeted recruitment strategies and campaigns, connecting healthcare professionals with patients more efficiently.

Goldfish Social

Seed Round in 2020
Cohley is a content generation and performance analytics platform that enables brands and agencies to create diverse, actionable content efficiently. Operating as a marketplace, it allows clients to post campaigns that are visible to vetted content creators and photographers who align with their goals. Creators apply to these campaigns with a clear understanding of timelines, deliverables, content guidelines, and compensation. Brands then utilize Cohley’s guided selection process to choose creators, resulting in the collection of thousands of rights-approved videos, photos, and text reviews organized in Content Libraries. This streamlined process facilitates the activation of assets across various digital channels, empowering brands to scale their content strategies while significantly reducing costs. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York, Cohley continues to support brands in generating the content they need through a data-informed approach.

Kamana

Seed Round in 2019
Kamana Inc. is a technology company that operates a platform designed for healthcare staffing agencies and professionals. Founded in 2018 and headquartered in Richmond, Virginia, Kamana focuses on streamlining the management of healthcare credentials, onboarding processes, and job placements. The platform offers healthcare professionals, particularly nurses and allied health workers, a universal credential management system that facilitates the sharing of profiles with potential employers. By automating workflows and enhancing collaboration, Kamana helps staffing agencies and healthcare providers reduce hiring times and administrative burdens, thereby improving efficiency in the temporary healthcare staffing market. The company generates revenue through subscription fees charged to staffing agencies and transactional fees for successful placements.

Pruuvn

Convertible Note in 2019
Pruuvn is a credentialing and data management company that focuses on enhancing the gig economy through innovative tools powered by blockchain technology. The company has developed a background tracking platform aimed at assisting employers in efficiently verifying and screening the credentials and identities of potential gig workers. By streamlining the hiring process, Pruuvn's platform accelerates the verification of credentials based on pre-verified skills, work histories, and backgrounds. This approach not only lowers the costs associated with finding and retaining workers for human resource departments but also empowers gig workers by allowing them to verify, store, and share their work profiles effectively.

Boldly

Convertible Note in 2019
BOLDLY is the worlds largest marketplace of screened, qualified professional coaches. BOLDLY enables hyper-personalised staff development, impacting performance and wellness for all career stages. Organisations use BOLDLY to search and match career coaches for employees - we have coaches in all geographies and languages - if we don't have the coach you need, we'll find them for you! We have: -The largest global database of Professional Coaches -Pre-populated coaching and mentoring resources -Coaching bots and advanced analytics for reporting -Clear procurement, legal, and professional insurance for Coach management

Symba

Pre Seed Round in 2019
Symba develops a platform that enables companies to efficiently manage internships. It offers services such as training, project management, performance tracking, and engagement tools. Founded in 2017, Symba is headquartered in Fountain Hills, Arizona.

Instant Teams

Seed Round in 2018
Instant Teams is a technology-enabled company based in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware, specializing in providing remote workforce solutions. Founded in 2016, the company offers Arti, a platform that helps hiring managers define talent needs and matches pre-qualified, native English-speaking team members to projects. Instant Teams focuses on building high-quality customer support and operational teams, with a particular emphasis on military spouses and underserved talent communities, enabling 24/7 global support. The company's management platform handles payroll, compliance, time tracking, and reporting, making it a comprehensive solution for scaling and managing support operations. Notable customers include Walmart, Amazon, CrowdStrike, Assurance, and SeeSaw.

Yobs

Convertible Note in 2018
Yobs Technologies, Inc. is a company that specializes in artificial intelligence-driven human capital management solutions, offering a voice and video platform to analyze behavioral intelligence and soft skills. Founded in 2016 and based in Los Angeles, California, Yobs enables organizations to enhance their hiring processes by instantly recording, transcribing, and analyzing interviews conducted via video conferencing platforms. Their technology transforms audio and video content into actionable insights, providing valuable data on candidates' behavior, personality, and cultural fit. By integrating seamlessly with applicant tracking and human resource information systems, Yobs facilitates a more efficient and effective hiring experience, allowing companies to reduce time and costs associated with traditional assessment methods while achieving robust, scalable results.

Goldfish Social

Pre Seed Round in 2018
Cohley is a content generation and performance analytics platform that enables brands and agencies to create diverse, actionable content efficiently. Operating as a marketplace, it allows clients to post campaigns that are visible to vetted content creators and photographers who align with their goals. Creators apply to these campaigns with a clear understanding of timelines, deliverables, content guidelines, and compensation. Brands then utilize Cohley’s guided selection process to choose creators, resulting in the collection of thousands of rights-approved videos, photos, and text reviews organized in Content Libraries. This streamlined process facilitates the activation of assets across various digital channels, empowering brands to scale their content strategies while significantly reducing costs. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in New York, Cohley continues to support brands in generating the content they need through a data-informed approach.

unboXt

Convertible Note in 2018
unboXt is a software company that provides tools to enhance hiring and team performance. Its platform includes dynamic matching between hiring teams and candidates to improve selection fit, and a leadership development toolkit that helps managers build more effective teams. The software collects data on employee sentiment, motivation, morale, performance, and team norms, then uses analytics to identify trends and generate actionable recommendations. By turning team data into insights, it supports managers in assessing motivation and engagement, boosting loyalty, aligning individuals with broader goals, and enabling teams to operate with greater trust and coordination. The solution aims to help organizations improve hiring outcomes and develop leaders who can foster motivated, high-performing teams.

unboXt

Pre Seed Round in 2018
unboXt is a software company that provides tools to enhance hiring and team performance. Its platform includes dynamic matching between hiring teams and candidates to improve selection fit, and a leadership development toolkit that helps managers build more effective teams. The software collects data on employee sentiment, motivation, morale, performance, and team norms, then uses analytics to identify trends and generate actionable recommendations. By turning team data into insights, it supports managers in assessing motivation and engagement, boosting loyalty, aligning individuals with broader goals, and enabling teams to operate with greater trust and coordination. The solution aims to help organizations improve hiring outcomes and develop leaders who can foster motivated, high-performing teams.

Filtered

Convertible Note in 2018
Filtered is a software company that develops an online recruitment platform for technically skilled roles. The platform combines engineering interview templates and coding tasks to assess a candidate’s coding ability, and it includes video interviews and candidate authentication to support scalable screening. Leveraging artificial intelligence, Filtered helps teams identify, evaluate, and hire engineers based on both technical capability and cultural fit, while automating tech screening and enabling search and filtering of candidate data for web, iOS, and Android. The solution supports templates and custom interviews, aims to reduce time-to-fill and cost per hire, and promotes skills-based hiring with reduced unconscious bias. Founded in 2016, Filtered is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.

Altru

Convertible Note in 2018
Altru Labs Inc. is a New York-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in a mobile-first platform designed to enhance employer branding and improve the candidate experience through employee-generated content. The platform enables businesses to create authentic content at scale by leveraging their employees, allowing organizations to attract, convert, and retain talent effectively. Altru's solutions include features that facilitate communication between candidates and current employees, enabling potential hires to gain insights into the company culture before interviews. Additionally, the platform supports training and onboarding through interactive video sessions and social distribution of content. As a subsidiary of iCIMS, Inc., Altru is committed to transforming the recruitment process by providing a personalized digital experience for candidates, ultimately helping businesses tell their unique stories through the voices of their employees.

Paddle HR

Convertible Note in 2017
Paddle HR operates a career development platform that uses machine learning algorithms to analyze HR data and identify internal candidates best suited for open roles. By facilitating internal mobility, Paddle helps companies retain talent and reduce turnover.

TeacherTalent

Convertible Note in 2017
TeacherTalent is a United States-based company that operates an online job matching platform aimed at enhancing the recruitment process for school districts. The company leverages big data analytics and artificial intelligence to streamline hiring by collecting and analyzing data from various sources. TeacherTalent's platform screens resumes, predicts teacher effectiveness, and matches qualified educators with schools that require their specific skills. By simplifying the hiring process, TeacherTalent enables educational institutions to connect with the best teachers, ultimately improving the quality of education provided. Since December 2018, TeacherTalent has functioned as a subsidiary of EBQuickstart LLC.

NexusEdge Education

Pre Seed Round in 2017
NexusEdge Education Inc. operates an AI-powered education-to-career platform that helps students explore career options and enables employers to build targeted candidate pipelines. The platform provides mentoring networks, micro-credentials, digital badges, a job board, and built-in video chat with industry mentors. It supports learning management system integration and automatic issuance of micro-credentials upon assessment success, while offering pathways to interview opportunities. The company serves high schools, community colleges, universities, and alumni, focusing on partnerships with employers to align classroom training with market needs. Founded in 2016 and based in Los Angeles, California, NexusEdge aims to connect education to employment by tailoring skills development to individual strengths and labor-market demands.

Ask Lorem

Seed Round in 2017
Lorem Technologies, Inc., established in 2016 and headquartered in New York, operates an on-demand freelance marketplace called Lorem. This platform connects non-technical business owners with skilled web developers and designers globally, facilitating swift project collaborations within 10 minutes. The company's mission is to empower business owners and promote freelancing as the future of work.

Rainmakers

Convertible Note in 2017
Rainmakers is a specialized recruiting platform designed to assist companies in hiring top sales talent. The platform connects sales candidates with organizations, allowing candidates to showcase their skills and sales achievements. Through this innovative approach, companies can bid for candidates, facilitating a matching process that aligns the needs of employers with the qualifications of job seekers. By focusing exclusively on the sales domain, Rainmakers aims to streamline the recruitment process and enhance the quality of hires in this critical area.

Mediarails

Convertible Note in 2017
Mediarails Inc. is a software development company based in Bellevue, Washington, incorporated in 2016. It specializes in customer relationship management and growth solutions, particularly in the digital media sector. Mediarails provides a platform that facilitates the discovery and recruitment of new digital media partners while automating various tasks associated with managing these relationships. This enables users to efficiently engage with both large and small partners, enhancing their ability to run affiliate programs and influencer campaigns. By streamlining tedious processes, Mediarails allows businesses to focus on building and deepening partner relationships, ultimately driving revenue growth. The company operates as a subsidiary of Impact Tech, Inc. as of September 2018.

Getro

Pre Seed Round in 2017
Getro is a rapidly growing startup that develops white-label job boards and talent networks for venture capital funds and startup accelerators worldwide. Its platform enables customers to efficiently connect portfolio companies with professionals in their networks, saving time on high-value introductions. Operating remotely across seven countries, Getro fosters autonomy, clear communication, and discipline within its team.

Unique.ai

Convertible Note in 2017
Unique.ai offers a conversational technology platform that facilitates immediate and personalized engagement between job candidates and employers. It manages the applicant pipeline, allowing recruiters to focus on their most qualified candidates.

Joonko

Seed Round in 2016
Joonko offers an AI-driven diversity and inclusion platform for businesses. It integrates with applicant tracking systems to connect organizations with over 12,000 active, qualified, diverse candidates in the US, reducing hiring cycles by up to 17%. The platform analyzes real-time decisions and provides insights to mitigate unconscious workplace bias.

Boon

Seed Round in 2016
Boon Company, Inc. operates a referral marketplace designed to connect job seekers and employers through a unique engagement network. Established in 2014 and based in Culver City, California, Boon's platform allows job seekers to create online portfolios, integrate with LinkedIn, apply for jobs, and track their applications. For employers, it facilitates posting job openings, identifying candidates, and streamlining the hiring process. Boon utilizes social and psychological engagement techniques alongside data science to enhance its referral recruiting engine, which significantly increases the number of referred candidates. Its powerful matching algorithms identify suitable candidates and engage employees effectively, while custom rewards and gamification encourage participation. Additionally, the platform provides deep integrations and analytics dashboards, making referral recruiting a cost-effective strategy for companies seeking to hire top talent from their networks.

Glassbreakers

Convertible Note in 2015
Glassbreakers, Inc. is an enterprise software company that specializes in providing a peer-mentoring platform aimed at enhancing diversity and inclusion within organizations. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Oakland, California, the company offers data-driven mentorship and talent development tools designed to support companies in retaining and promoting women. Glassbreakers' solutions focus on managing employee resource groups effectively, enabling large organizations to improve their diversity initiatives, enhance recruitment and retention efforts, and foster leadership development. By integrating inclusivity into business practices, Glassbreakers aims to help companies achieve greater productivity and better overall performance.

UniqueSound

Convertible Note in 2015
UniqueSound is a Paris-based company founded in 2014 that operates the largest platform for sound creatives, including composers and sound designers, to showcase their work and connect with clients. Through its online platform, sound professionals can create portfolios to display their talents and secure direct hiring opportunities from various clients, such as global brands, advertising agencies, and production companies. UniqueSound has built a worldwide network of sound creatives, facilitating collaborations and enabling clients to find suitable professionals for their projects. The company aims to create an engaging environment for both composers and clients, enhancing the visibility and accessibility of musical talent in the industry.

Kalo

Convertible Note in 2014
Kalo is a company established in 2015 that specializes in streamlining the onboarding, management, communication, and payment processes for external workers. The platform offers businesses a user-friendly solution to eliminate the complexities of spreadsheets and invoice emails, facilitating seamless collaboration with freelancers and vendors. Kalo's clientele includes notable organizations across various industries, such as technology and fashion, allowing them to enhance their operational efficiency and improve the overall experience of working with external teams.

Bidvine

Convertible Note in 2014
Bidvine Limited is an online platform based in London, United Kingdom, that connects customers with local service professionals for various projects, including events, health, home care, learning, and wellness. Established in 2014, the company operates as a marketplace where users can find suitable professionals by answering service-specific questions. Utilizing artificial intelligence, Bidvine matches clients' needs with the right service providers, allowing them to compare multiple bids and select professionals that align with their requirements, budget, and timelines. The platform aims to streamline the hiring process and facilitate the completion of diverse tasks for its users.

Outro

Seed Round in 2014
Outro is a referral automation platform that helps organizations unlock the value of relationships by automating referrals and introductions for sales, recruiting, and partnerships. The platform identifies and connects employees, customers, advisors, partners, and others to new prospects within a company’s network and the broader Outro community. It uses a Triple Opt-in process in which the connector, the prospect, and the requested match pre-approve each introduction before it is made. Organizations create a Request specifying target introductions; the system surfaces matching Prospects for Connectors to approve, followed by the Prospect’s consent and the introduction. Key capabilities include unlimited user licenses, unlimited referrals within internal and extended networks, CRM integration, team management and reports, data import/export, and a built-in thank-you and rewards program. Use cases span lead generation, employee referrals, sales referrals, investor and advisor introductions, volunteer recruitment, and driving traffic to apps or websites.

Wellhire

Convertible Note in 2014
Wellhire is a Boulder, Colorado-based company founded in 2013 that operates an online job search platform designed to streamline the hiring process for employers and job seekers. The platform simplifies the recruitment process by allowing employers to assess job candidates directly from job postings, without initial meetings. Wellhire's tools evaluate candidates' knowledge and skills, conduct social media checks, and facilitate comparisons between applicants, ultimately reducing the time, cost, and effort involved in finding suitable hires. By helping job seekers identify appropriate job opportunities, Wellhire aims to make the hiring decision process more efficient for employers and improve overall employment outcomes.

Planted

Convertible Note in 2014
Planted Inc., based in New York, is a recruitment platform dedicated to connecting recent graduates with non-technical roles at high-growth companies. The company operates as a talent community, focusing on positions such as customer service, sales, operations, admin/office management, business development, marketing, recruiting, analytics, and other non-technical functions. Planted aims to provide meaningful job opportunities for young professionals while helping top companies build their teams with the best fits. The platform is designed to support long-term career growth by offering curated opportunities that positively impact graduates' lives over extended periods.

Cangrade

Convertible Note in 2014
Cangrade, Inc. is a talent management technology company based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, established in 2011. It specializes in developing AI-driven tools designed to enhance the recruitment, retention, development, and promotion of employees within organizations. The company offers a range of pre-employment solutions, including assessments and structured interview guides, which leverage advanced data analytics to provide accurate predictions of candidate suitability. Additionally, Cangrade's post-hire solutions focus on measuring workforce engagement, facilitating remote onboarding and upskilling, and assessing employee fit for promotions and team placements. By integrating data science and predictive analytics, Cangrade aims to optimize the entire talent management lifecycle for its clients, making hiring processes more efficient and effective.

CareSimply

Seed Round in 2012
CareSimply is a website that helps families find, hire, and manage local in-home caregivers. CareSimply's directory lists caregivers with whom the company has conducted interviews and performed background checks; families can search this list to find the appropriate provider for their loved ones. Caregiver profiles provide families with information on expertise, educational background, work experience, professional licenses, and patient reviews. Families can also interview and hire caregivers with CareSimply by scheduling and paying for services directly through the website. CareSimply assists families by taking care of paperwork, contracts, insurance, and taxes. CareSimply was founded in 2012 by Anthony Wijnen and Matthew Larson, and is backed by venture capital firm and startup foundry Sandbox Industries.

Good&Co

Convertible Note in 2012
Good&Co Labs Inc. is a developer of a self-discovery engine and social networking application aimed at helping professionals find fulfillment in their careers and personal lives. The company offers tools such as Culture Fit Jobs, which assists users in understanding their strengths and preferences through quizzes, and Good&Co Teamwork, which provides personality assessments to enhance collaboration among coworkers. Founded in 2012 and based in San Francisco, California, with additional offices in Boston, London, and Lviv, Good&Co has amassed a significant user base, boasting over 1.5 million profiles and an extensive psychometric database. This platform combines engaging user experiences with scientific assessment to address challenges in employee retention and hiring by ensuring cultural compatibility between individuals and organizations.

Home Health Pro

Home Health Pro provides a platform for scheduling and staffing in home healthcare.

PeerExchanges

PeerExchanges is an IT company that has developed an online platform aimed at college students seeking career opportunities. The platform serves as a community where students can engage with one another, share experiences, and seek advice from successful professionals. By fostering a supportive network, PeerExchanges provides valuable insights and strategies, empowering students to navigate their career paths with greater confidence. The company focuses on creating an environment that encourages collaboration and knowledge-sharing among aspiring professionals.

Brokee

Brokee is a platform developer specializing in DevOps skills testing. Its solution creates live infrastructure simulations for practical assessments, helping IT companies and recruitment agencies make informed hiring decisions while reducing time and risk.

CliniSpan Health

CliniSpan Health is a software platform focused on enhancing and diversifying the recruitment process for clinical trials. It aims to engage communities in clinical trial education and patient recruitment by fostering connections between organizations and potential participants. By increasing enrollment in clinical studies, CliniSpan Health supports nonprofit organizations through its socially responsible fundraising platform. This approach enables a broader and more diverse pool of participants in medical research, ultimately contributing to the improvement of healthcare outcomes.

ArchSlate

Zenoya operates a talent management and productivity platform designed specifically for the architecture, engineering, and construction sectors. It provides a two-sided marketplace that connects a vast pool of job seekers to companies seeking talent, streamlining the hiring process through a one-click application system. By eliminating intermediaries and recruitment fees, Zenoya enhances resource optimization and automates workflows for its clients, ultimately supporting their profitability. The platform aims to facilitate direct connections between employers and candidates, allowing companies to efficiently find the right talent for their projects.

Golden Egg Talent

Golden Egg Talent is a recruitment company that provides job opportunities for employees and talent acquisition services for companies.
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