Participated · Equity · Oct 2018

Lensabl builds a business that puts prescription lenses into any style of glasses frame, offering about 400 different lens permutations and 20 tint colors. The company says it can match what a customer gets at a LensCrafters at up to 70 percent cheaper than traditional providers. Lensabl is based in Los Angeles and has an agreement to be the preferred prescription provider of Snapchat Spectacles. It is pursuing partnerships with brands to start and scale their prescription operations while also scaling its direct-to-consumer lens business. Lensabl raised $3.7 million in a new round of funding to power that effort. The company points to an addressable U.S. market of roughly 188.7 million people who wear corrective eyewear or contact lenses.

Participated · Equity · Jun 2018

InvolveSoft is a SaaS-based employee community platform that streamlines corporate engagement including volunteering, team activities, leadership and training, and diversity & inclusion. The company launched its flagship Corporate Volunteer platform in early 2017 and claims access to almost 200,000 volunteer events at any time. It has added Corporate Event Management and enhanced Business Intelligence tools and offers resources for integration into existing HR applications. InvolveSoft reports strong sales traction driven by millennial engagement and targets enterprise customers with Volunteer Time Off programs to raise participation while reducing administrative overhead. The company will use the $2.5M in new funding to build on its SaaS application technology, expand sales channels, and grow its volume of volunteer event content. Leadership includes co-founders Gaurav Bhattacharya and Saumya Bhatnagar and senior talent with HR solutions and high-growth SaaS experience.