SimpliFed
Seed Round in 2025
SimpliFed is a telehealth company that offers virtual breastfeeding support and broader maternal care services to new and pregnant parents. Founded in 2020, it addresses challenges such as sleep deprivation, uncertainty, and complex infant nutrition questions. The company builds trusted relationships with parents and partners with healthcare payers and providers to deliver a comprehensive maternal health operating system covering pregnancy, postpartum, and baby feeding.
RollCredits
Seed Round in 2024
RollCredits offers a suite of software solutions designed to enhance the productivity of creative professionals. The platform focuses on streamlining content creation processes, enabling users to efficiently manage budgets, track expenses, and handle invoices with features like petty cash cards that offer 1% cashback. Aimed at simplifying the administrative side of content production, RollCredits provides tools to compare actual spending against budgets, ensuring financial oversight and saving users both time and money. The service emphasizes secure data handling, with measures such as automatic HTTPS for web applications, to protect sensitive information during online transactions.
MaxRetail
Venture Round in 2024
MaxRetail is a company that assists independent retailers and brands in managing their unsold inventory through a comprehensive market network that encompasses business-to-business (B2B), business-to-consumer (B2C), and liquidation channels. Its platform is designed to address inventory challenges by optimizing stock levels, accelerating inventory turnover, and enhancing sell-through rates. MaxRetail provides a secure environment for authorized retailers to buy, sell, and exchange new, unsold merchandise, facilitating quicker liquidation of excess stock. This approach not only aids retailers in overcoming inventory issues but also fosters a collaborative marketplace for brands and retailers.
Gemist
Venture Round in 2024
Gemist is a Los Angeles-based jewelry company established in 2018. It specializes in designing and manufacturing customizable rings and other accessories, with a focus on millennial consumers. Gemist's unique business model allows customers to design their pieces online, receive free replicas for trial at home before purchasing.
Builders Patch
Seed Round in 2024
Builders Patch is a company that specializes in providing a data analytics and due diligence workflow tool tailored for construction management. The platform facilitates efficient management of construction financing, particularly for affordable housing projects, by streamlining processes such as underwriting memos, document collection, task management, and portfolio analytics. By automating repetitive tasks and offering real-time access to information and analytics, Builders Patch enhances collaboration among partners involved in the construction deal from acquisition to financing. The company's services aim to simplify and improve the efficiency of raising construction finance through its integrated marketplace.
DRESSX
Venture Round in 2023
DressX is a pioneering platform for digital garments, addressing the significant environmental impact of the traditional fashion industry. By offering a sustainable alternative, DressX enables the creation and consumption of fashion without generating waste, carbon emissions, or harmful chemicals. The platform integrates advanced 3D technology to allow users to wear digital clothing across various online environments, promoting a fun and innovative shopping experience. Additionally, DressX supports fashion influencers and designers, providing them with resources for distribution, retail development, and creative direction, thereby fostering growth in the digital fashion sector. The company is committed to shaping the future of fashion through its digital offerings.
Hello Divorce
Seed Round in 2022
Hello Divorce is an online platform streamlining the divorce process. It offers self-service tools and expert assistance, utilizing AI-powered software to guide users through proceedings, reducing time and cost by up to a third and tenfold respectively.
Founded in 2016, CNote is a women-led impact investment platform dedicated to fostering economic inclusion. It offers innovative financial products, such as CNote Savings, which provides competitive returns while investing in female-led businesses, affordable housing, and underserved communities across America.
HopSkipDrive
Series D in 2022
HopSkipDrive, Inc. is a transportation service provider that specializes in ridesharing for children aged five and older. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California, the company offers a platform that allows parents to pre-schedule rides for their children with vetted drivers, ensuring safe and reliable transportation to schools and activities. HopSkipDrive serves a diverse clientele, including families, schools, and government agencies, and has established contracts with over 400 school districts. The company operates in 21 major markets across 12 states, having successfully transported 2 million riders to more than 16,000 schools while covering over 20 million miles. Its focus on child safety and dependable service distinguishes it in the transportation sector.
MaxRetail
Funding Round in 2022
MaxRetail is a company that assists independent retailers and brands in managing their unsold inventory through a comprehensive market network that encompasses business-to-business (B2B), business-to-consumer (B2C), and liquidation channels. Its platform is designed to address inventory challenges by optimizing stock levels, accelerating inventory turnover, and enhancing sell-through rates. MaxRetail provides a secure environment for authorized retailers to buy, sell, and exchange new, unsold merchandise, facilitating quicker liquidation of excess stock. This approach not only aids retailers in overcoming inventory issues but also fosters a collaborative marketplace for brands and retailers.
Naborforce
Series A in 2022
Naborforce is a platform that connects older adults to a network of vetted helpers for caregiving, companionship, errands, transportation, and home assistance, supporting aging in place and addressing isolation. The service enables independent living while providing backup and peace of mind for family caregivers and offering flexible employment opportunities for Nabors who provide the assistance. Founded in 2018 and based in Richmond, Virginia, Naborforce aims to promote engaged, connected aging by delivering reliable, on-demand support through its network.
Payverse
Seed Round in 2022
Payverse is a payments processor that enables global commerce through a scalable platform and a direct UnionPay International connection, enabling UnionPay card acceptance for U.S. merchants across debit, credit, and prepaid cards. The platform provides end-to-end lifecycle management for payments, including sales, onboarding, risk management, transaction processing, funding, statements, and reporting, with an API-friendly turnkey option or a white-label full-scale operations solution. It serves a broad ecosystem that includes UnionPay International members, payment processors, direct merchants, ISV/tech partners, ISO agents, and wholesale ISOs, and it is expanding offerings beyond UnionPay to include B2B payments, remittance, BNPL, and cryptocurrency processing.
DressX is a pioneering platform for digital garments, addressing the significant environmental impact of the traditional fashion industry. By offering a sustainable alternative, DressX enables the creation and consumption of fashion without generating waste, carbon emissions, or harmful chemicals. The platform integrates advanced 3D technology to allow users to wear digital clothing across various online environments, promoting a fun and innovative shopping experience. Additionally, DressX supports fashion influencers and designers, providing them with resources for distribution, retail development, and creative direction, thereby fostering growth in the digital fashion sector. The company is committed to shaping the future of fashion through its digital offerings.
Fundid is a financial advisory platform founded by Stefanie Sample in 2021, designed to assist entrepreneurs in navigating the complexities of business finance and accessing capital. The company focuses on simplifying the process of securing grant and incentive funding by matching business owners with appropriate resources. Fundid aims to empower entrepreneurs, particularly female business owners, by providing them with the necessary tools and information to establish and expand their operations effectively. Through its innovative platform, Fundid facilitates growth journeys for various businesses by enhancing their access to vital financial support.
Upgrade Boutique
Seed Round in 2022
Upgrade Boutique is a managed marketplace that provides beauty products and services. The company connects with consumers that seek custom wigs, extensions, and curated beauty products with a network of stylists and colorists.
Upgrade Boutique was founded in 2019 by Britney Winters and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Green Room
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Green Room is a software application designed specifically for the music industry, focusing on business and tour management for traveling artists and entertainers. It provides an all-in-one mobile solution that streamlines event scheduling, coordination, and finance tracking. With features that allow users to manage live shows, team members, and event finances, Green Room serves as a centralized dashboard for essential show details. This eliminates the need for musicians and their teams to navigate through various communication platforms and spreadsheets, ultimately saving time and enhancing organizational efficiency. The platform is aimed at independent artists and local venues, helping them to manage gig payments while ensuring compliance with financial obligations.
Goodfynd
Seed Round in 2022
Goodfynd is an on-demand marketplace that specializes in connecting customers with food trucks and local vendors. The platform allows users to discover and order food from a variety of food trucks and farmer's markets in their vicinity. By providing features such as food truck schedules, menu browsing, and options for saving and sharing their favorite vendors, Goodfynd enhances the food ordering experience. This innovative approach enables customers to easily locate and enjoy diverse culinary offerings from local food vendors.
Supermassiv
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Supermassiv is an online commerce and social platform designed to facilitate direct connections between artists and their fans. It enables musicians to sell a variety of exclusive content, including videos, tracks, artwork, NFTs, and merchandise. By providing these services, Supermassiv fosters a closer relationship between artists and their communities, allowing for meaningful interactions and transactions in the digital space. The platform empowers creators to monetize their work while engaging with their audience in a more personal manner.
The Host
Seed Round in 2022
The Host Co. is a travel technology company that transforms short-term rental experiences by enabling guests to purchase items directly from their accommodations. By offering a platform that includes a mini-bar, concierge services, and a gift shop, The Host connects guests with products and services ranging from snacks and art to alcohol delivery and in-home massages. This innovative approach enhances the guest experience with hotel-like amenities while providing hosts with an opportunity to increase their earnings from each booking. Founded by Annie Sloan and Mikel Hubbard, the company has successfully launched a beta program in select Airbnb rentals, where 40% of guests have made purchases and 97% have engaged with the available shopping options. With a public launch scheduled for July 1 and a growing community of 8,000 hosts, The Host aims to redefine the short-term rental market through its unique offerings.
Fundid is a financial advisory platform founded by Stefanie Sample in 2021, designed to assist entrepreneurs in navigating the complexities of business finance and accessing capital. The company focuses on simplifying the process of securing grant and incentive funding by matching business owners with appropriate resources. Fundid aims to empower entrepreneurs, particularly female business owners, by providing them with the necessary tools and information to establish and expand their operations effectively. Through its innovative platform, Fundid facilitates growth journeys for various businesses by enhancing their access to vital financial support.
UNest is a financial technology company based in North Hollywood, California, founded by Ksenia Yudina in 2018. The company specializes in providing an accessible digital investing platform aimed at helping families build a secure financial future for their children. UNest allows parents to open a UTMA account quickly and easily through its app, with no paperwork required. The platform offers advisor-guided investment plans, a simple gifting feature, and the ability to set up recurring contributions. Additionally, users can earn rewards through UNest Rewards.
DressX is a pioneering platform for digital garments, addressing the significant environmental impact of the traditional fashion industry. By offering a sustainable alternative, DressX enables the creation and consumption of fashion without generating waste, carbon emissions, or harmful chemicals. The platform integrates advanced 3D technology to allow users to wear digital clothing across various online environments, promoting a fun and innovative shopping experience. Additionally, DressX supports fashion influencers and designers, providing them with resources for distribution, retail development, and creative direction, thereby fostering growth in the digital fashion sector. The company is committed to shaping the future of fashion through its digital offerings.
Naborforce
Seed Round in 2021
Naborforce is a platform that connects older adults to a network of vetted helpers for caregiving, companionship, errands, transportation, and home assistance, supporting aging in place and addressing isolation. The service enables independent living while providing backup and peace of mind for family caregivers and offering flexible employment opportunities for Nabors who provide the assistance. Founded in 2018 and based in Richmond, Virginia, Naborforce aims to promote engaged, connected aging by delivering reliable, on-demand support through its network.
Paloma is a technology company that specializes in a direct message-commerce platform, enabling brands to enhance e-commerce through messaging channels. The platform allows businesses to manage inventory, create personalized shopping experiences, and facilitate direct-to-checkout processes. By integrating catalog management and performance tracking, Paloma empowers clients to convert customer interactions into sales effectively. The company’s solution is designed to drive significantly higher conversion rates compared to traditional websites, while also collecting valuable customer data that provides insights back to the brands. Through its comprehensive software-as-a-service offering, Paloma supports businesses in building sustainable growth funnels and optimizing their overall sales strategies.
Upgrade Boutique
Seed Round in 2021
Upgrade Boutique is a managed marketplace that provides beauty products and services. The company connects with consumers that seek custom wigs, extensions, and curated beauty products with a network of stylists and colorists.
Upgrade Boutique was founded in 2019 by Britney Winters and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Reel is a platform for debt-free shopping that makes it simple to pay for what you want in installment savings. From a new pair of shoes to an Apple Watch, we help you save a little every day, while by giving you inspiration and price alerts.
Work & Mother
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Work & Mother provides lactation suites in commercial buildings and a supportive app for working mothers. These suites offer hospital-grade equipment, cleaning services, refrigeration, and additional resources via the app, helping employers meet legal obligations and promoting workplace wellbeing.
GoodMylk
Venture Round in 2021
GoodMylk is a producer of plant-based beverages focused on raw, organic, homemade milk and creamers. The company offers frozen concentrate and powder products made from real food ingredients that enable consumers to make almond and hemp-based milk by simply adding water. Its offerings include almond and hemp flavors designed to deliver thick, creamy textures suitable for beverages and latte art, without chemicals, binders, fillers, gums, or preservatives. Based in Marina del Rey, California.
Goodfynd
Seed Round in 2020
Goodfynd is an on-demand marketplace that specializes in connecting customers with food trucks and local vendors. The platform allows users to discover and order food from a variety of food trucks and farmer's markets in their vicinity. By providing features such as food truck schedules, menu browsing, and options for saving and sharing their favorite vendors, Goodfynd enhances the food ordering experience. This innovative approach enables customers to easily locate and enjoy diverse culinary offerings from local food vendors.
Tempest, Inc. is a digital recovery program that provides online courses and resources for individuals seeking to quit alcohol. Founded in 2014 and based in New York, the company offers a comprehensive virtual curriculum that includes an eight-week course, counseling sessions, and workshops designed to address the challenges of alcohol addiction. Tempest emphasizes the development of purpose, meaning, and creativity as essential components of a sober lifestyle. The program aims to support participants in overcoming negativity and mental health challenges associated with substance use, ultimately helping them lead healthier and more fulfilling lives. Originally established as Hip Sobriety, Inc., the company rebranded to Tempest, Inc. in May 2019.
Founded in 2016, CNote is a women-led impact investment platform dedicated to fostering economic inclusion. It offers innovative financial products, such as CNote Savings, which provides competitive returns while investing in female-led businesses, affordable housing, and underserved communities across America.
GoodMylk
Seed Round in 2020
GoodMylk is a producer of plant-based beverages focused on raw, organic, homemade milk and creamers. The company offers frozen concentrate and powder products made from real food ingredients that enable consumers to make almond and hemp-based milk by simply adding water. Its offerings include almond and hemp flavors designed to deliver thick, creamy textures suitable for beverages and latte art, without chemicals, binders, fillers, gums, or preservatives. Based in Marina del Rey, California.
UNest is a financial technology company based in North Hollywood, California, founded by Ksenia Yudina in 2018. The company specializes in providing an accessible digital investing platform aimed at helping families build a secure financial future for their children. UNest allows parents to open a UTMA account quickly and easily through its app, with no paperwork required. The platform offers advisor-guided investment plans, a simple gifting feature, and the ability to set up recurring contributions. Additionally, users can earn rewards through UNest Rewards.
HopSkipDrive
Venture Round in 2020
HopSkipDrive, Inc. is a transportation service provider that specializes in ridesharing for children aged five and older. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Los Angeles, California, the company offers a platform that allows parents to pre-schedule rides for their children with vetted drivers, ensuring safe and reliable transportation to schools and activities. HopSkipDrive serves a diverse clientele, including families, schools, and government agencies, and has established contracts with over 400 school districts. The company operates in 21 major markets across 12 states, having successfully transported 2 million riders to more than 16,000 schools while covering over 20 million miles. Its focus on child safety and dependable service distinguishes it in the transportation sector.
UNest is a financial technology company based in North Hollywood, California, founded by Ksenia Yudina in 2018. The company specializes in providing an accessible digital investing platform aimed at helping families build a secure financial future for their children. UNest allows parents to open a UTMA account quickly and easily through its app, with no paperwork required. The platform offers advisor-guided investment plans, a simple gifting feature, and the ability to set up recurring contributions. Additionally, users can earn rewards through UNest Rewards.