Participated · Equity · Oct 2024

Toothio is a digital staffing marketplace that connects private dental practices and Dental Service Organizations (DSOs) with credentialed dental hygienists, assistants, and receptionists via a proprietary matching algorithm. It maintains a vetted pool of over 30,000 dental professionals and reports a 97% fill rate for open shifts. The platform added more than 15,000 professionals in 2024 and has driven 300% year-over-year growth since founding. Toothio’s product focuses on on-demand shift matching to streamline operations and maintain patient care quality while offering dental professionals flexible work. The company announced expansion into eight additional U.S. markets—Chicago, Los Angeles, San Jose, Portland, Seattle, Baltimore, Charlotte, and Orlando—to unlock access to thousands of practices and professionals. Founded in 2021, Toothio positions itself as a class-leading labor option for the dental industry. Toothio operates an on-demand staffing platform that gives dental practices quick access to hygienists and assistants to boost office production and patient support. Led by CEO Ian Prendergast, the company has facilitated thousands of completed shifts and expanded into Phoenix, Denver, Dallas, and Austin since founding in 2021. Toothio plans to enter three additional U.S. markets by the end of 2023 to increase access for practices, professionals, and DSOs. The company intends to use new capital to enhance its technology, grow its network of dental professionals, expand into key U.S. markets, and scale its sales team. To advance commercialization and scaling, Toothio appointed Keith Clements as Chief Commercial Officer to lead commercial expansion. The business model centers on alleviating staffing challenges for dentists through on-demand staffing solutions.

Participated · Seed · Jan 2024

VMocion develops motion‑stimulation technologies—VMocion 3V and WAIV—that create a virtually stimulated sense of physical motion matched to on‑screen movement and raise vestibular thresholds to mitigate visual‑vestibular mismatch. 3V enables users to feel the motion they see, providing an all‑sensory experience and reducing VR sickness, while WAIV reduces the brain's perception of vestibular motion to prevent motion sickness for most afflicted users. The technologies are positioned to increase engagement and session length across VR, AR, XR, HMDs and broader consumer and commercial uses including 2D/3D gaming, entertainment, travel (planes, trains, automobiles, marine), amusement parks, EV/AV, flight simulation, pilot training and military applications. VMocion holds an exclusive license to select Mayo Clinic‑patented technologies that have been validated as safe and effective through human studies and aim to avoid pharmaceutical or invasive treatments for motion sickness. The company recently announced a $3 million seed round from AZ Crown and Mayo Clinic, and Eric Crown of Insight Enterprises has joined the board. Mayo Clinic will use any revenue it receives from the license to support its not‑for‑profit mission in patient care, education, and research.

Led · Seed · Jul 2019

Coplex is a venture builder that partners with industry experts, entrepreneurs, and corporate innovators to found and accelerate high-growth tech companies. The firm has helped start over 300 tech companies with an aggregate market value of more than $4.5 billion, and its portfolio companies have raised over $1.5 billion in venture capital. Coplex operates from Phoenix with additional locations in Seattle, Denver, and Los Angeles and merged with AZCrown Ventures LLC about a year before its latest round. With a recently closed $2.5 million Series Seed, the company plans to expand its market presence and build infrastructure to support the creation of more ventures. It aims to support starting over 60 high-growth tech companies in 2019 and is launching a Corporate Venture Builder Program for enterprises seeking to spin out tech businesses. Leadership emphasizes scaling to start hundreds of companies annually and leveraging its network of seasoned entrepreneurs and industry veterans to accelerate venture formation.