Led · Seed · Apr 2026

Clera builds a hiring platform that replaces applications with intros by talking to both candidates and hiring teams to understand needs and then connecting them directly. The company reported having 80,000 candidates and 600+ roles from startups on the platform. Cofounder Alexander Farr announced the product is live on Product Hunt and that sign-ups are free at getclera.com. Clera’s founding team includes Farr and cofounders Sebastian and Daniel. The announcement highlights early backing from investors including 1984, Deel, and angels and scouts tied to a16z, Sequoia, EQT, LinkedIn, and OpenAI. The company framed its approach as remedying inefficiencies in standard applications to surface better-fit hires.

Participated · Seed · Apr 2026

Hobbes is an AI-powered conversational agent that runs personalized, self-improving product demos 24/7, allowing buyers to explore a product on their own schedule while helping sales teams start warmer conversations and close deals faster

Led · Seed · Mar 2026

Understood Care offers an AI-native patient advocacy platform that pairs dedicated human advocates (with backgrounds like nursing, healthcare administration, and social work) with an AI co-pilot called Ava to handle administrative tasks and surface relevant resources. The platform helps patients schedule appointments, access benefits, complete applications, coordinate care, and resolve barriers such as transportation, housing, and medication affordability. Understood Care launched patient care in March 2025 and expanded across all 50 states within eight months, supporting thousands of patients and establishing relationships with three major Medicare Advantage plans. Active patients contact advocates about five times per month on average, while advocates proactively reach out about 11 times per month. The company bills through CMS-recognized advocacy codes and is building a proprietary multimodal dataset from interactions to improve its AI and workflows. Founded by Sam Wu and Kevin Bailey and based in New York, Understood Care plans to use new funding to accelerate Ava's development and deepen partnerships with providers, payers, and community organizations.

Led · Seed · Feb 2026

Orange Slice builds an AI tool that lets salespeople and sales engineers generate prospecting spreadsheets simply by typing natural-language prompts. The software pulls real-time data from across the web to surface high-value leads, addressing what the founders see as sales’ core pain point: knowing whom to contact, not what to say. The product is sold on a subscription basis and is already in use by fellow Y Combinator companies Novoflow and Pirros. Cofounded by recent University of Michigan graduates Vihaar Nandigala (CEO) and Kishan Sripada (CTO), Orange Slice emerged from Y Combinator’s startup program. With fresh capital in hand, the company plans to expand its engineering team to accelerate product development. The company recently secured $5.3 million in seed funding, providing a meaningful runway for growth and customer acquisition.

Participated · Series A · Jan 2026

Winter Park-based Statusphere provides an AI-driven platform that automates every stage of large-scale creator campaigns, from influencer sourcing and vetting to product fulfillment, compliance, performance tracking, and rights management. The software enables brands such as Parlux, Kendo Brands, Express, and LG H&H to activate thousands of micro-creators with less than an hour of setup while maintaining brand-safety and compliance standards. In the past year, the company powered more than 50,000 creator collaborations that generated over half a billion engagements and video views, demonstrating strong market traction. Statusphere’s technology also supports social SEO and generative engine optimization (GEO) to improve product discovery across emerging AI-driven search experiences. With the new capital, the team plans to expand its social SEO, GEO, and reporting capabilities and to build next-generation tools for creators. Total funding now stands at $27 million, providing resources to fuel continued platform development and customer growth.