• Sami

  Participated · Equity · Jun 2023

  Sami operates employer-focused health plans that combine technology with a primary-care health team (family doctor, coordinator and nurse) and a predominantly virtual care model. The company was founded in 2018 by Guilherme Berardo and Dr. Vitor Asseituno and began operations in 2020. Sami reports more than 18,000 active members and expects to surpass 27,000 members this year, while shifting from a direct-online sales model to a multichannel approach that now includes brokers. Operational metrics cited include 95% of primary-care services delivered online, a 95% customer satisfaction (CSAT) with the health team, case resolution above 80%, hospitalization frequency 39% lower than large insurers and an average claims ratio (siniestralidad) of 71% versus roughly 85% for conventional operators. Financially, Sami closed 2022 with annualized revenues of R$60 million and targets R$120 million this year, and the company says it is aiming for breakeven within the next year. Sami plans to use the new capital to deploy and improve technological tools, optimize operations and reinforce expansion strategies in the corporate market.

• GO

  Participated · Equity · Mar 2023

  Go operates a digital car-ordering platform that allows consumers to order a car with no down payment and without interacting with car salespeople. The company was founded by Michael Beauchamp and is based in Ardmore, PA. Its service is available in Atlanta, Charlotte, Dallas-Fort Worth, Houston, Miami–Ft. Lauderdale, Northern New Jersey, Orlando, Philadelphia and Tampa. Go raised $6M in funding to advance operations. The company says it will use the capital to prepare the business toward a Series A in 2023. No revenue or user metrics were disclosed in the article. GO operates a car subscription service that allows customers in available markets to order a car online with no down payment and a fully virtual process. Led by founder and CEO Michael Beauchamp, the service positions itself as an alternative to traditional auto lease and finance. The company is currently live in four states: Pennsylvania, Florida, New Jersey, and Delaware. GO intends to use the new funds to grow its fleet substantially and expand service nationally, with plans to announce additional markets later in the year. The company secured $41M in financing to support those growth plans. GO is based in Philadelphia, PA.

• myInterview

  Participated · Series A · Jan 2023

  myInterview is a Tel Aviv-based provider of asynchronous video interviewing software that uses AI to encourage candidates to express themselves and help hiring managers identify the best hires. The platform offers an automated, AI-augmented interviewing framework with team collaboration, workflow management, reporting, enterprise-grade security, and integrations with applicant tracking systems and other HR applications. Employers can leverage the solution to continually identify and attract qualified staff and reduce time-to-hire cycles by up to 70%. myInterview's platform is used by more than 10,000 companies, including 7-Eleven, Ocado, Facebook, Six Flags and Chick-fil-A. Led by co-CEOs Benjamin Gillman and Amalia Bercot, the company plans to use the funding to expand its product offering to meet growing demand from brands for recruiting solutions. The company recently raised $11M in a Series A round. myInterview is a video-based recruitment platform that allows candidates to upload video responses to prompted questions while giving recruiters transcripts and tagging to sort submissions. The platform includes myInterview Intelligence, machine-learning tools that analyze responses for keywords, phrases and tone and apply the Big Five Personality Model to generate shortlists. The company says it has been used by more than 2,000 companies, mostly in the United States and United Kingdom, and more than two million candidates have used the platform. Notable clients include Ocado, B&M and P&O Ferries; myInterview has worked with Facebook Career Connections and maintains a strategic partnership with reed.co.uk. Founded in 2016, the company started with products to integrate into existing recruitment systems and launched a standalone platform in early 2019. The startup plans to use new funding to expand its sales, product and research and development teams and aims to reach tens of millions of job seekers while working to mitigate bias via diverse training data and behavioral psychologist audits. myInterview provides a video-based recruitment platform that lets candidates attach video cover letters and complete video interviews to showcase personality and fit. The company plans to invest in machine-learning research to analyse videos for signals such as emotion and tone and to surface trends from successful candidate interviews. The platform is already used by employers including Pandora and Catch Group, and is also being adopted by insurance providers and universities. myInterview was launched in 2014 by Guy Abelsohn and Benjamin Gillman (Gillman is now based in Tel Aviv). The startup recently raised $1.6 million to fund expansion in the UK and US and to support its R&D roadmap. Leadership says the product aims to reduce unconscious bias from written resumes and help recruiters select better candidates more quickly and cost-effectively.

• Allocations

  Participated · Equity · Sep 2022

  Founded in 2019, Miami-based Allocations offers software and APIs that automate the formation and administration of special purpose vehicles and other private funds, helping managers lower minimum check sizes and speed up deal execution. The platform has surpassed $1 billion in assets under administration and is used by family offices, angel groups, and venture funds such as Backstage Capital and Vitalize Venture Group, collectively serving over 10,000 private-wealth clients. Allocations generated a $6.25 million revenue run rate in July 2022, up from $4.6 million the previous June. By streamlining workflows that were previously handled by legacy systems, the company lets managers run thousands of SPVs per year with greater automation. Management plans to double down on its API suite and add deeper fund-customization features. Allocations is also exploring blockchain-based fund administration to unlock liquidity and efficiency across the alternative assets market, which it notes could grow from $13 trillion to $23 trillion by 2026.

• Adsum

  Led · Equity · May 2022

  Adsum, founded in 2020 and based in London, provides cashflow solutions that calculate and advance funding for UK tax receivables including VAT, Creative Industries and R&D tax credits. The company uses an in-house technological solution to auto-calculate VAT, R&D and creative industries tax credits and refunds, removing the need for tax consultant work. After calculating entitlements, Adsum offers a credit line that customers can draw against and that is repaid by their tax credits and refunds. The company can provide capital in as little as twenty-four hours, enabling users to grow quickly. Founders Justina Tartilaite and Freddie Digby built the business with early additions Ben Rodgers and Shreeya Arora to develop the technical and product teams. Financially, Adsum raised $5m in funding and had established institutional credit facilities at the end of 2021.

No current team members are available.