Led · Seed · Apr 2026

Prism Layer is developing an AI-native platform intended to produce auditable, defensible enterprise risk analysis by encoding risk frameworks, regulatory context, and institutional knowledge into a governed execution layer. The company says its platform enables early users to complete enterprise risk assessments in days instead of months, aiming to reconcile business velocity with rigorous risk governance. The founding team—Simone Garreau, Daniel Nolan, and Chandra Bradley—brings experience operating risk programs at Block, Visa, Robinhood, Remitly, and Western Union. Prism Layer is currently onboarding its first enterprise customers and has one remaining design partnership available for teams under active AI mandates. Financially, the company announced a $1M pre-seed raise led by Fenway Summer with participation from Plural VC and operators.

Led · Seed · Jul 2025

Occupi provides an AI-driven payment and screening platform that offers seamless payment options, including traditional methods and digital cash wallets, to reduce operational friction for property managers. The company focuses on affordable and student housing markets and aims to cover multiple housing markets across the U.S. Occupi completed an oversubscribed seed funding round, raising $3.105 million. Investors include Fenway Summer and Assurant Ventures (co-leads), social impact firms Halcyon Venture Partners and Sorenson Impact Foundation, and various private investors. With the new funding, Occupi plans to hire experienced engineers in payments and proptech and roll out new product features. The company is also partnering with the Alabama Power Foundation to address affordable housing assistance programs as it scales.

Participated · Equity · Apr 2024

Summer provides an end-to-end workplace student loan solution that partners with employers to deliver benefits for saving for education, managing student loans, finding forgiveness options, and lowering monthly payments. The company is led by CEO Will Sealy and is a Certified B Corporation. Summer has partnered with over 800 employers, financial institutions, unions, and government leaders and reports generating over $1.6 billion in savings for borrowers. The company intends to use the new funding to expand its leadership team, grow its Advisory Board, and further enhance its tech-based solution. Summer focuses on making it simple for employers to implement a range of student loan and education assistance benefits. The company is based in New York City. Summer provides a digital, employer- and institution-facing platform that helps individuals plan for college costs, reduce student loan burdens, and optimize retirement savings through products like Summer Secure for SECURE 2.0 retirement matching. The company offers an API suite and operational expertise to turn complex student loan policies into high-adoption workplace solutions, and it combines technology with human support. Summer has expanded partnerships with retirement recordkeepers, payroll providers, Fidelity Investments (2022), Credit Karma, and the American Federation of Teachers to reach large populations (the AFT partnership supports 1.7 million teachers, government employees, and healthcare workers). The firm has hired Leigh Gross as Chief Revenue Officer to lead partnerships with recordkeepers and financial institutions. Summer says it has delivered and surpassed $1 billion in total projected savings for borrowers. Founded in 2017 and operating as a certified B Corporation, the company plans to use new funding to expand its platform and accelerate growth of its student debt and education assistance offering. Summer offers a 360-degree software platform that helps borrowers understand their student loans and identify repayment paths, including eligibility for loan forgiveness. The company builds support for 120 loan forgiveness programs and tracks more than a hundred state-level proposals. Summer does not charge end users; it sells its product through employers and associations as an employee benefit. Launched in 2017 by founders who started the company at Yale, the team later migrated to New York City and has grown to about 13 employees. CEO Will Sealy previously worked at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau in the Office of Students. To date Summer has helped 10,000 borrowers and saved users roughly $8 million this year.

Led · Seed · Feb 2024

Parlay’s core product is a SaaS Loan Intelligence System (LIS) that complements existing Loan Origination Systems to streamline digital customer onboarding, information verification, and AI-powered decision management for SBA and small business loans. The LIS expedites eligibility verification and identifies best-fit loan products for applicants, aiming to unlock legacy bottlenecks that have limited community lenders. The company says its platform enables lenders to increase loan volume, improve operational efficiency, and maximize profitability without increasing risk. Parlay positions its technology as a way for community banks and credit unions to better compete and serve local businesses in the $1.4 trillion small business lending market. The company plans to expand product development, deepen integrations with existing systems of record, and grow its network of community lenders and mission-driven financial institutions. Stephen Schroder will join Parlay’s board as the company continues to scale and deepen partnerships with JAM FINTOP network banks. Parlay is an Alexandria, VA-based embedded fintech software company that provides a small-business loan readiness platform for community banks and credit unions. Its platform helps small businesses maximize their eligibility for loan products while increasing loan quality, throughput, and efficiency for lenders. The company partners with community banks and credit unions to extend more loans to small businesses. Parlay raised $1.3M in a Pre-Seed round. CEO Alex Mcleod said the pre-seed funding enables the company to continue fulfilling its mission of partnering with community banks and credit unions to extend more loans to small businesses.

Participated · Series B · Oct 2023

Matic operates a digital insurance marketplace that integrates insurance into the home and auto ownership journey and partners with carriers and distributors to embed coverage in consumer workflows. Founded in 2014, the company works with more than 70 carrier partners and over 100 distribution partners across mortgage origination and servicing, banking, real estate, and personal finance. Matic recently acquired Policygenius’s property and casualty book of nearly 30,000 policies, adding scale to its personal-lines footprint and onboarding those customers to its carrier marketplace and dedicated customer service team. With a new minority investment from Primus Capital, Matic plans to invest in its proprietary platform, broaden its embedded partnerships, and pursue additional acquisitions. The company’s current financial details and valuation were not disclosed in the reporting.