Careerist
Series A in 2023
Careerist is an ed-fintech platform that specializes in training job seekers for careers in technology, including fields such as Quality Assurance, Sales, and Support. The platform offers both live and self-paced training delivered by third-party tutors, while its adaptive learning software prepares candidates for tech interviews. Careerist addresses the growing demand for specific skill acquisition over traditional education, offering fast training programs that are completed in months rather than years. In addition to training, Careerist automates the job application process, helping candidates secure employment more effectively. The platform also provides essential services such as resume building, interview question preparation, and salary negotiation support, aiming to empower underserved communities that often lack access to traditional credit products and career advancement opportunities.
Chaldal Limited is an online grocery and delivery service based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, with operations extending to Chattogram and Jashore. Founded in 2013, the company aims to provide customers with a wide selection of daily essentials, including groceries, beauty and health care products, baby care items, and home necessities. Chaldal stocks over 4,000 products across its warehouses and leverages a cloud-based inventory system, allowing customers to view real-time product availability. The company prioritizes convenience by offering delivery within an hour, mimicking the experience of shopping in a large retail store, which is often limited in local markets.
Cooper Pet Care
Seed Round in 2022
Cooper Pet Care is a mobile pet care platform based in Amsterdam, Netherlands, that offers a wide range of healthcare services for cats and dogs. Launched in 2022, the platform allows pet owners to schedule video consultations with certified veterinarians seven days a week, providing faster access than traditional vet clinics. It features an intelligent symptom checker designed to assess pets' health issues, determine their severity, and advise whether a veterinary visit is necessary. Cooper Pet Care aims to deliver efficient and transparent veterinary care, along with pet insurance options, to help pet owners ensure the well-being and sustainability of their pets' lives.
Mirai Flight
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Mirai Flights is a UK-based service that offers an instant booking platform for charter flights, focusing on price transparency and convenience across the UK, Europe, the Middle East, and the CIS states. Founded in 2021, the company connects clients to private jets, allowing them to select their preferred departure time and location, aircraft class, passenger count, and comfort level. The platform enables users to make a payment of up to €300,000 with a single click, ensuring a guaranteed fixed price calculated at the moment of booking. Mirai Flights aims to transform the way clients book private air travel, saving time and enhancing the overall experience through its user-friendly approach.
Truv is a technology company that provides a streamlined solution for employment and income verifications through its innovative javascript widget. This tool enables users to easily connect their payroll accounts, allowing for instant access to crucial information needed for various verification processes. By simplifying the verification of employment and income, Truv enhances the efficiency of rental applications and loan processes. The platform facilitates actions such as switching direct deposits and managing loan payoffs directly from payroll data. Truv's approach aims to deliver a faster and more cost-effective alternative to traditional manual verification methods.
Kurios is a Y Combinator-backed company that specializes in delivering cohort-based online courses focused on digital business skills for professionals and companies in Latin America. The company offers training programs in areas such as Product Management, Growth, and Digital Management, instructed by experts from leading global tech firms. Kurios serves major enterprises in the region, including Walmart Mexico, Femsa, Coppel, Bancolombia, BCP, and Alicorp. By providing flexible and interactive training, Kurios aims to equip clients with the necessary skills to thrive in the digital landscape and achieve significant business outcomes.
Educate Online
Venture Round in 2021
Educate Online is an online educational platform that connects international students with UK, US, and Canadian schools, allowing them to study remotely from ages 4 to 18. The platform offers part-time and full-time options, enabling students to earn diplomas equivalent to those received through traditional schooling. This approach not only makes high-quality education accessible to children worldwide, regardless of their social status or location, but it also significantly reduces the cost, with tuition fees ranging from $5,000 to $10,000—20 to 30 times lower than traditional full-time education in the US, UK, or Canada. Educate Online collaborates with over 90 universities globally, providing students with guaranteed enrollment opportunities in higher education institutions. The platform aims to ensure that every child has access to quality education and the possibility of attending top universities around the world.
Longevica
Venture Round in 2021
Longevica is a life science company founded with the goal to identify mechanisms of life extension and age-related diseases prevention and bring to the market therapies and products with this potential. Started by a team of scientists and philanthropists, Longevica is guided by indisputable scientific data derived from fundamental experiments and comprehensive models. Longevica conducted the largest life extension study on long-lived mice in the history of science and tested 1033 pharmacological compounds on 20,000 long-lived female mice and found five compounds extending their lifespan. The mission of Longevica’s team is to bring the knowledge and products for healthy longevity to billions of people around the world through dietary supplements, drugs and healthy food products.
Qure.Finance
Seed Round in 2021
A sleek and user-friendly interface brings the social-media era to investing, engaging Gen Z who are tired of the mainstream finance industry by giving them the ability to effectively invest in their futures. Users can become finfluencers, uploading their own trading insights and recommendations to the Qure news feed using jargon-free and accessible language. Investors can follow thousands of these insights, using them to gain financial knowledge and inform their own investment strategy. We’re breaking down the Wall Street barrier to bring financial advice to a new generation. More than 140,000 people trust Qure’s team is supported by advisers and investors who previously worked at Robinhood, eTrade, Morgan Stanley, Disney, Drivewealth, Stocktwits and Degiro
Yasno.live
Series A in 2021
Yasno is an online therapy service that provides networked peer-to-peer video sessions. Their psychotherapists conduct individual and confidential video consultations with employees, organize team workshops, and resolve psychological problems.
Open Mineral
Series C in 2021
Open Mineral AG operates a cloud-based platform that connects buyers and sellers of physical commodities, specifically focusing on base and precious metals. Established in 2017 and headquartered in Baar, Switzerland, the platform facilitates direct trading between mining companies and smelters, eliminating intermediaries and streamlining the trading process. It provides users with essential tools such as trade execution services, an interactive calculator, and access to financing, price insurance, and real-time communication. Additionally, Open Mineral offers services crucial for smooth trade execution, including freight, surveying, and insurance. Through its innovative approach, the company aims to enhance profitability and efficiency for its users by enabling them to secure optimal deals and optimize all stages of metal concentrate trading.
Chaldal Limited is an online grocery and delivery service based in Dhaka, Bangladesh, with operations extending to Chattogram and Jashore. Founded in 2013, the company aims to provide customers with a wide selection of daily essentials, including groceries, beauty and health care products, baby care items, and home necessities. Chaldal stocks over 4,000 products across its warehouses and leverages a cloud-based inventory system, allowing customers to view real-time product availability. The company prioritizes convenience by offering delivery within an hour, mimicking the experience of shopping in a large retail store, which is often limited in local markets.
Educate Online
Venture Round in 2021
Educate Online is an online educational platform that connects international students with UK, US, and Canadian schools, allowing them to study remotely from ages 4 to 18. The platform offers part-time and full-time options, enabling students to earn diplomas equivalent to those received through traditional schooling. This approach not only makes high-quality education accessible to children worldwide, regardless of their social status or location, but it also significantly reduces the cost, with tuition fees ranging from $5,000 to $10,000—20 to 30 times lower than traditional full-time education in the US, UK, or Canada. Educate Online collaborates with over 90 universities globally, providing students with guaranteed enrollment opportunities in higher education institutions. The platform aims to ensure that every child has access to quality education and the possibility of attending top universities around the world.
NovaKid Inc. is an online English school based in San Francisco, California, specializing in teaching English as a Second Language to children aged 4 to 12. Since its inception in 2017, the company has delivered over 14 million English lessons, utilizing a methodology centered on full language immersion through engaging games and activities. NovaKid offers both one-to-one and group lessons with qualified native-speaking teachers, providing children with personalized attention and collaborative learning experiences. The platform aims to complement traditional school learning by creating a safe environment for real-life English speaking practice, essential for future academic and career success. Recognized for its innovative approach, NovaKid has received multiple awards, including the Best Digital Language Learning Product of the Year in 2023 and a place on the Inc 5000 list. The company aspires to build a global community of young English learners, fostering meaningful connections across different cultures.
Quicko
Pre Seed Round in 2021
Quicko is an online marketplace in Australia, focusing on groceries, with future plans to expand to other business lines. Offering a “Personal Shopper” experience, who's shopping on customer behalf from local stores, and deliver it to the customer, with no integration efforts or operational cost on the store. QX is the Operational Arm for Quicko, offering on-demand last-mile delivery services to Quicko, and any other 3rd party merchants. Quicko's mission is to raise the bar for customers’ price, selection and delivery speed expectations, by pioneering the on-demand delivery experience, and empowering offline businesses & local stores. Adding value, not overhead.
Tough Commerce
Seed Round in 2021
Tough Commerce is a developer of a coding-free e-commerce platform specifically tailored for construction suppliers. The platform enables suppliers to create their own branded app or web storefront, facilitating the transition of their operations online. It offers comprehensive features including order management, dispatching logistics, and real-time delivery, allowing suppliers to handle both phone-in and digital orders with ease. Additionally, Tough Commerce integrates financial and operational ERP systems, providing the flexibility to operate as a standalone solution or alongside other integrated products. This empowers construction suppliers with greater autonomy and efficiency in managing their sales processes.
Naym is a business-to-business platform for firms that prioritize working remotely. It keeps tech development safe and swift. On a single platform, select from 15,000+ verified contractors and hundreds of development agencies to hire and manage outstanding remote talent.
Muver is a mobile application designed for rideshare and delivery drivers, enabling them to manage multiple services such as Uber, Lyft, Uber Eats, DoorDash, Grubhub, and Instacart from a single platform. The application automates the process of switching between different services, allowing drivers to accept trips seamlessly while minimizing idle time. By optimizing their workflow, Muver helps drivers enhance their productivity and potentially increase their earnings by up to 30%. This streamlined approach reduces distractions from manual app switching, enabling drivers to focus on their work and maximize their income.
Myos, founded in 2018 in Berlin by seasoned e-commerce and financial professionals, is a fintech company focused on transforming working capital solutions for merchants globally. The company specializes in asset-based financing services that support businesses in expanding their inventory, orders, and product launches. By utilizing big data and machine learning, Myos assesses risks and collateral in innovative ways, drawing on the vast data available from e-commerce platforms like Amazon. This approach allows Myos to base financing decisions on the future sales potential of retail products, thereby facilitating the digital and flexible growth of retailers worldwide.
Educate Online
Seed Round in 2020
Educate Online is an online educational platform that connects international students with UK, US, and Canadian schools, allowing them to study remotely from ages 4 to 18. The platform offers part-time and full-time options, enabling students to earn diplomas equivalent to those received through traditional schooling. This approach not only makes high-quality education accessible to children worldwide, regardless of their social status or location, but it also significantly reduces the cost, with tuition fees ranging from $5,000 to $10,000—20 to 30 times lower than traditional full-time education in the US, UK, or Canada. Educate Online collaborates with over 90 universities globally, providing students with guaranteed enrollment opportunities in higher education institutions. The platform aims to ensure that every child has access to quality education and the possibility of attending top universities around the world.
NovaKid Inc. is an online English school based in San Francisco, California, specializing in teaching English as a Second Language to children aged 4 to 12. Since its inception in 2017, the company has delivered over 14 million English lessons, utilizing a methodology centered on full language immersion through engaging games and activities. NovaKid offers both one-to-one and group lessons with qualified native-speaking teachers, providing children with personalized attention and collaborative learning experiences. The platform aims to complement traditional school learning by creating a safe environment for real-life English speaking practice, essential for future academic and career success. Recognized for its innovative approach, NovaKid has received multiple awards, including the Best Digital Language Learning Product of the Year in 2023 and a place on the Inc 5000 list. The company aspires to build a global community of young English learners, fostering meaningful connections across different cultures.
ARNA Genomics
Series A in 2020
ARNA Genomics is a biotechnology company founded in 2013 and headquartered in Moscow City. The company focuses on developing fluid biopsy technologies aimed at early cancer detection. Its genetic tests analyze free-circulating DNA found in blood plasma, allowing for timely diagnosis and treatment initiation for cancer. By providing these innovative diagnostic solutions, ARNA Genomics aims to improve patient outcomes and increase the chances of successful treatment through early intervention.
Inkitt GmbH operates an online community that connects writers and readers, facilitating the sharing and promotion of stories across various genres, including horror, romance, and sci-fi. Founded in 2013 and based in Berlin, the company publishes books using crowd wisdom and data-driven insights to predict future bestsellers. Its core platform, Inkitt, allows authors to share their works in progress and receive feedback from readers, who can access these manuscripts for free for a limited time. In addition to Inkitt, the company also operates Galatea, which sells optimized stories in a chapter-by-chapter format, and GalateaTV, which adapts successful e-books into short-form television series. Inkitt's proprietary ReadRank algorithm identifies high-potential stories, enhancing the overall user experience and driving its publishing success. The company aims to leverage AI for hyper-personalization, tailoring stories to individual reader preferences across multiple media formats.
Open Mineral
Series B in 2018
Open Mineral AG operates a cloud-based platform that connects buyers and sellers of physical commodities, specifically focusing on base and precious metals. Established in 2017 and headquartered in Baar, Switzerland, the platform facilitates direct trading between mining companies and smelters, eliminating intermediaries and streamlining the trading process. It provides users with essential tools such as trade execution services, an interactive calculator, and access to financing, price insurance, and real-time communication. Additionally, Open Mineral offers services crucial for smooth trade execution, including freight, surveying, and insurance. Through its innovative approach, the company aims to enhance profitability and efficiency for its users by enabling them to secure optimal deals and optimize all stages of metal concentrate trading.
Lozi operates an e-commerce platform, Loship, that provides a diverse range of one-hour delivery services in Vietnam. Designed to meet the demands of modern urban life, Loship offers services such as food and grocery delivery, ride-hailing, laundry, medicine, beauty products, flower delivery, and B2B supply delivery. With a fleet of over 70,000 drivers and partnerships with 200,000 merchants, Lozi serves nearly 2 million customers in major cities including Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Da Nang, and Can Tho. The platform aims to facilitate quick and efficient connections between buyers and sellers, catering to the growing preference for immediate delivery in the e-commerce landscape.
Farmy.ch
Venture Round in 2016
Farmy.ch is an online marketplace based in Zurich, Switzerland, specializing in local and organic food products sourced directly from farmers and food makers. Founded in June 2014, the company emphasizes quality and transparency in its selection of over 10,000 products from more than 1,000 authentic producers. Its offerings include a wide variety of items such as fruits, vegetables, cheeses from Swiss dairies, meats, baked goods, and pantry essentials. Farmy.ch utilizes smart logistics and an eco-friendly fleet of e-mobiles to deliver fresh goods efficiently and sustainably to customers' doorsteps. The focus on fresh, regional products and the commitment to responsible sourcing distinguish Farmy.ch in the online retail landscape.