Led · Seed · Oct 2024

Zive AI offers an AI-powered, end-to-end suite of VC fund management and administration products. Its solution includes AI-powered fund administration, automated verification of fund accounting accuracy, instant generation of capital statements, tax and K-1 filings reports, fund performance reports, and Limited Partner (LP) management. The company positions its technology to automate and streamline back-office operations for venture capital funds. Zive AI plans to use recently raised capital to accelerate development of automated solutions that reduce costs and enhance operational efficiency for VC funds. The company completed a seed funding round in October 2024. The raise signals early-stage financing to expand product development and go-to-market efforts.

Participated · Seed · Jul 2022

Nada is a financial technology company focused on giving homeowners flexible, non-debt access to their home equity. Its flagship product, the Home Equity Agreement (HEA), allows owners to convert a portion of their equity into cash in exchange for a share of the home’s future appreciation, eliminating the need for monthly payments or interest. The company currently operates in 14 states and plans to expand into additional markets nationwide. Nada supplements the HEA with an integrated homeowner finance platform designed to support equity management across every stage of homeownership. With U.S. households holding more than $35 trillion in tappable equity, the firm positions itself as a scalable alternative to traditional home-equity loans and cash-out refinancing. Nada is backed by investors including LiveOak Ventures, Interlock Partners, and Nomura Strategic Ventures, providing additional strategic support for its growth. The recent institutional partnership with Medalist Partners further bolsters its capital base, enabling accelerated origination of HEAs.

Participated · Series A · Apr 2022

Crafty provides services and technology to manage pantry, catering, cafes, and supply needs for workplaces. The company serves in-office, remote, and hybrid teams and operates in 27 markets worldwide. Since its 2015 launch, Crafty manages over 260 customer offices and serves more than 300,000 employees per month. Clients include Yelp, PayPal, Duolingo, Upwork, Brex, Sprout Social, and NextRoll. The company intends to use new funds to invest in growth, with a focus on recruiting key hires for its technology, product, and sales teams. Financially, Crafty announced a $10M Series A and has raised over $15M to date from multiple investors.

Led · Seed · Apr 2022

Kwant AI provides a platform that deploys smart-wearable badges and equipment trackers to monitor tradespeople, materials, and equipment across construction, mining, manufacturing, and critical infrastructure sites. The company uses deep learning to deliver accurate x, y, and z positioning of workers and assets and applies AI to group unstructured data and detect patterns across thousands of project data sets. Those insights are used to generate quality recommendations for road mapping and project execution. Kwant supports customers and partners including Delta, DPR, Walbridge, Moretenson, Gilbane, Paric, McCarthy, Alberici, Comcast, and Wesco, serving projects with a portfolio value of over $60bn. The solution is proven in large deployments such as new airports and EV factories, with more than 10,000 construction workers using the technology daily. The company raised $3.9M in seed funding and intends to use the proceeds to facilitate customer expansion, scale the platform, and hire staff.

Participated · Equity · Feb 2022

Place builds a unified software platform that combines revenue lifecycle management with financial forecasting, cash management, workforce planning and scenario modeling for early-stage SaaS companies. By embedding these tools into the operating systems sales, marketing and support teams use, the product aims to speed subscription and usage-based revenue generation and improve capital efficiency. Founded in late 2018 by Brandon Metcalf and Kabe VanderBaan, the Austin-based company targets SMB and mid-market customers that need more agile decision-making. The firm recently released its Revenue Lifecycle Management product, which it says has fundamentally changed how customers scale. With nearly $10 million in total invested capital, Place is expanding its senior leadership team and actively hiring a VP of Marketing and a VP of Engagement to support growth. The new funding will be directed toward product development, customer success programs and broader innovation initiatives.