The Venture Codex

Participated · Seed · Mar 2022

Wing Assistant provides businesses with dedicated remote assistants who perform recurring work such as research, data entry, social media management, marketing and sales assistance, and executive support. The offering combines a mobile app and software platform with tools for communication (chat, video recordings, Slack integration), task management (kanban board, task IDs, calendar), file and password management, and quality assurance (an AI algorithm that flags negative sentiment). Each client is assigned a dedicated customer success manager and typically receives a new hire within a week. The company operates on a subscription model in which the monthly fee covers the cost of the employee plus access to the software suite. The Wing team is distributed globally with staff and sourcing across the Philippines, India, Mexico, Canada, Hong Kong, Europe and the U.S. Since 2020 the platform has signed more than 1,000 customers and handled over 255,000 tasks.

Led · Series A · Aug 2021

Bluetail provides a cloud-based, FAA-compliant SaaS platform that digitizes and manages aircraft logbooks, documents, and history for private aviation. Led by CEO Roberto Guerrieri, the platform enables aircraft owners, operators, and flight departments to move away from paper-based records and to digitize, organize, search, and share records from a device. Records are professionally scanned, indexed, and secured on Bluetail’s platform. The company raised an additional $2.2M in Series A funding led by AZ-VC. Bluetail intends to use the funds to expand and scale its market presence, introduce products and integrations, and add further automation enhancements to its solution. The product targets customers seeking FAA-compliant digitization and secure access to aircraft history. Bluetail provides a digital aircraft records platform that allows owners, flight departments, lenders, brokers, MROs and operators to store, search and share aircraft data. The platform helps users maintain all aircraft records and logbooks in one secure, collaborative system. It supports building and organizing logbooks, timelines, manuals, maintenance documents, and privately sharing records. The company is led by Roberto Guerrieri and Stuart Illian. Bluetail raised over $2.1M in a Series A funding round. The proceeds will be used to introduce new products and integrations, grow the team, and further enhance its digital aircraft records scanning, storing, and searching capabilities.