Participated · Seed · Apr 2023

Innovare offers Inno™, a web-based application that aggregates siloed K-12 data—student information systems, standardized assessments, attendance, reading and math ed‑tech programs, and spreadsheets—into a single personalized dashboard. The platform enables school leadership teams to develop data-driven strategies, build a continuous improvement culture, and measure real-time impact using synthesized data. Nonprofit users including executive directors and boards use Inno to visualize impact data, manage key initiatives, and measure program ROI. Founded in July 2017 by AJ DeLeón, the founding team also includes Chief Growth Officer Nicholas Freeman and Chief Product Officer Fernando DeLeón. Innovare plans to use new funding to scale its impact on education leadership, expand across the largest U.S. education markets, and launch an edtech marketplace to match educators with vetted solutions. The company has raised $5M to date following the additional seed financing. Innovare is a Chicago-based EdTech company founded in July 2017 that offers Inno™, a cloud-based strategy and analytics platform aggregating K-12 data into a personalized dashboard for school and nonprofit leaders. Its web application synthesizes student information systems, assessments, attendance, ed‑tech program data, and spreadsheets to help leadership teams develop strategies, measure impact, and manage initiatives. The platform is used by executive directors, boards, and education administrators to visualize multi-year data and reduce administrative burden. Innovare’s team includes experienced education and product leaders, with former Chicago Public Schools staff and ex-Google and Accenture product professionals. The company raised $3MM in an oversubscribed seed round to scale impact and expand its user base domestically and internationally. Planned uses of capital include enhancing proprietary IP with machine learning, building a mobile version of Inno™, and launching a marketplace for vetted education and nonprofit solutions.

Participated · Seed · Dec 2020

Mozper offers a Visa debit card and companion app designed to modernize weekly allowances and provide hands-on financial education for children in Latin America. Parents can give allowances, set spending rules, assign chores and create and track savings goals through the platform. The company launched a closed beta in Mexico with 500 families, retained over 90% of those users, and saw consistent growth of 20% week over week after a public launch. Mozper launched in Mexico three months before the announced raise and is currently available there. The company plans to deepen product functionality, scale the organization and expand into Brazil in 2021. Founders Pablo Klestorny, Yael Israeli and Gabriel Roizner began building Mozper in January 2020. Mozper provides a debit card and companion app that parents and children can both access, aiming to teach financial education to Latin American families. The product will be fee-based for card access and mirrors U.S./European offerings like Greenlight and GoHenry. The company launched its initial market in Mexico in late July, uses Toka as its sponsor bank, and is working to obtain a fintech license from the Mexican government. Mozper has partnered with Visa for card processing services. The founding team includes Yael Israeli (former Lehman Brothers and Barclays banker), serial entrepreneur Gabriel Roizner, and CTO Pablo Klestorny. The startup is part of Y Combinator’s latest cohort and has raised capital to support its launch.