Participated · Series A · Mar 2026

Nectir builds secure AI infrastructure purpose-built for schools, colleges, and universities that enables institutions to deploy custom AI assistants integrated with institutional knowledge and learning management systems. The platform offers 24/7 personalized learning support grounded in course content and supports students, faculty, and administrators. Nectir is used by more than 80,000 students across over 100 campuses, including Stanford University and multiple community colleges. The company was founded by Kavitta Ghai and Jordan Long and is based in San Francisco. Following its March 2026 $12.5 million Series A led by Rethink Impact with participation from Gingerbread Capital and Strada, Nectir plans to use the funding to scale its AI infrastructure and expand deployments across educational institutions. The business focuses on secure, institution-specific deployments that integrate with existing LMS platforms.

Participated · Series A · Dec 2025

Clarity Pediatrics operates a tech-enabled virtual clinic that delivers American Academy of Pediatrics–aligned specialty care for chronic pediatric conditions such as ADHD and anxiety. More than 1,600 pediatricians in California and Texas already refer both commercial and Medicaid patients to the service, which integrates medical oversight, behavioral therapy, and parent coaching, all covered by insurance. Outcomes to date are encouraging: 89% of participating parents report a ‘large’ impact on their lives and 75% see improvement in child behaviors after eight weeks. The company plans to launch obesity care in early 2026, broadening its multi-specialty offering to address one of the fastest-growing pediatric health issues. Funding will also support continued development of its virtual platform and geographic expansion across the United States. Clarity’s model emphasizes family-centered group care delivered by pediatricians and specialists working at the top of their licenses. The company is headquartered in San Francisco and is backed by several prominent venture investors.

Participated · Equity · Jul 2025

Nara Organics produces an organic, whole-milk powdered infant formula that it says contains the highest percentage of milk fat and the lowest percentage of plant-based oils of any formula sold in the U.S. The formula is free from palm oil, soy, corn syrup, maltodextrin and GMOs and meets both European and U.S. safety standards; the company is FDA-registered and USDA-certified. Nara chose to manufacture in Germany with a partner whose process seals cans in an oxygen-free chamber, a capability the company says reduces contamination risk and improves shelf life. The product is sold direct-to-consumer on its website and mobile app, with a starter bundle (2 cans) priced at $36 and subscription options of 4 cans for $136 or 6 cans for $243 every four weeks; each can makes about 25 four-ounce bottles. Founder Esther Hallam developed the formula over seven years with scientists and pediatric nutritionists and launched a companion mobile app in 2018 to help parents track feeding and care. As part of its launch the company is donating over 1,400 cans to the Good+ Foundation.

Participated · Series A · Jun 2025

AllSpice provides a collaboration layer for electrical hardware teams, enabling engineers to comment on PCB and electronic CAD files and tie work into existing CAD, PLM, and workflow tools. The product was built to sit between—not replace—teams’ integral tools and act as a centralized home base for electronics teams. Founders Valentina Ratner (CEO) and Kyle Dumont (CTO) drew on prior experience at Amazon and iRobot and launched the first version of the product in 2022 focused on small businesses. The company later pivoted toward enterprise demand and has landed customers including Blue Origin, Bose, and Tools for Humanity. AllSpice is rolling out an AI agent in closed beta to validate designs and catch engineering mistakes, emphasizing accuracy before broader release. The startup raised a $15 million Series A and plans to use the capital for hiring and further product development. AllSpice provides a git-like platform and collaboration tools specifically for hardware development, including component library management, CAD file support, CI/CD "Actions," and supply‑chain component availability aggregation. The company shifted its go-to-market toward enterprise customers while retaining strong organic growth from individual engineers who introduce the tool inside larger organizations. Over the past year AllSpice’s user base and revenue each grew 10x, with most growth coming from individual accounts and high engagement (over 100 interactions per week per user; top cohorts spend about 37 hours a month). Typical adoption patterns show one engineer adopting the tool leading to hundreds of coworkers using it within four to six months. Founders Valentina Ratner and Kyle Dumont plan to invest in product development, customer acquisition, and team growth in go-to-market and engineering. The company is rolling out Actions more broadly in early 2024 to expand automation and stakeholder workflows. AllSpice builds a developer-focused collaboration platform for hardware teams, positioning itself as a 'GitHub for hardware' that centralizes revisions, reviews, and releases. The tool is compatible with software version-control platforms like GitHub, GitLab and Bitbucket and aims to serve as a home base for engineering-driven project management. AllSpice plans to expand integrations with additional CAD tools to appeal to a wide range of companies and make hardware workflows more digital and asynchronous. The company emphasizes a developer-first, product-led approach and intends to use new capital to hire engineering and marketing staff focused on continuous integration and continuous delivery. Operational traction from its private beta included hundreds of user comments, over 30 projects, and hundreds of project repositories created. Financially, AllSpice raised a 2020 pre-seed and recently closed a $3.2 million seed round, bringing total funding to $3.8 million.

Participated · Series B · Jun 2025

WorkWhile is an AI-powered staffing platform that matches businesses with vetted, reliable hourly workers across industries such as logistics, event services, food production, and hospitality. The company uses machine learning to enhance worker productivity, satisfaction, and financial health and to enable scalable staffing based on demand and seasonality. It matches roles like warehouse associates, delivery drivers, and cooks and provides comprehensive staffing services including scheduling, payroll, and performance analytics. Based in San Francisco, WorkWhile raised $23.0M in a Series B in June 2025. The company will use the funds to accelerate growth, support new hires and double its headcount while expanding its AI-driven platform that connects businesses with reliable hourly workers. WorkWhile is an hourly-work marketplace that connects workers to open shifts and offers benefits including next-day pay, telehealth services, and pay transparency. Founded in 2019 by Jarah Euston and Amol Jain and based in the San Francisco Bay Area, the company is live in 13 markets including Los Angeles, Atlanta, Miami, Northern New Jersey, Seattle, Houston and the NYC metro. The platform does not charge workers; it generates revenue by charging employers a percentage fee based on the rate paid to the worker. WorkWhile emphasizes schedule predictability and worker stability, using onboarding orientations and a behavioral test to build profiles and signal reliability. Operational metrics cited include a 5% no-show rate, 76% accuracy predicting shift attendance, 80% of users seeking more than 30 hours per week (60% seek 40+ hours), and about 28% of users owning crypto; the company says 80% of optional survey respondents identify as POC. Future product ideas include prioritizing higher-rated workers for new shifts and adding supports such as carpool options for workers predicted to have trouble reaching job sites. WorkWhile operates a marketplace that lets employers post open shifts and hourly workers claim the hours they want, aiming to reduce turnover and absenteeism. The platform screens applicants via one-on-one interviews, background checks and cognitive-science-based tests to identify reliable workers. Employers pay a service fee while the platform is free for workers. The company plans to provide worker benefits, beginning with sick-leave credits earned when employees work and next-day debit‑card payments. WorkWhile has launched in the San Francisco Bay Area, Los Angeles, Orange County and Dallas–Fort Worth and counts customers such as Cheetah, Thistle and Ansel & Ivy. The startup has raised seed funding to support growth and operations.