Participated · Series A · Dec 2021

Clasp applies a military-inspired ROTC model to healthcare by enabling employers to commit to clinicians before graduation and repay student loans over time in exchange for tenure. Its Loan-Linked Hiring approach replaces transactional sign-on bonuses with retention-based student loan repayment that vests with tenure; Clasp reports retention rates 2.5x higher than traditional hiring models. Across its network, employers have committed more than $130M in student loan repayment across thousands of programs, and customers include Boston Children’s Hospital, Memorial Sloan Kettering, MyEyeDr., Northwestern Medicine, Novant Health, OhioHealth, VCA Animal Hospitals, and others. The company plans to use the Series B proceeds to expand across health systems nationwide, deepen university partnerships, and scale the infrastructure that connects employers, schools, students, and financial institutions. Clasp was founded by Tess Michaels in 2018 and is based in Boston. The company positions student loan repayment as workforce infrastructure to reduce clinician turnover and support longer tenures.

Led · Equity · Nov 2017

Intersection produces obelisk-like Link kiosks that deliver free wireless internet, localized content, government communications, and advertising; its deployments include LinkNYC, InLinkUK, and LinkPHL. The company’s devices have been installed across New York and London and in transit networks such as New York’s subways and SEPTA trains. Intersection was founded in 2015 through the merger of Titan Outdoor and Control Group by a consortium that included Sidewalk Labs. The business seeks to be a core component of smart-city initiatives by offering connectivity, data, and monitoring tools to municipalities, brands, and consumers. The rollout has drawn privacy scrutiny—early beacons that could track users were removed from New York kiosks after reports. Intersection plans a major hiring push and expanded installations across multiple U.S. cities and London while accelerating digitization of outdoor ad inventory and development of its technological capabilities.

Participated · Series B · May 2017

WinView is a second-screen mobile platform that synchronizes with live televised sports to deliver skill-based prediction games and prizes. The WinView app syncs with television programming and commercials, rewarding sports fans who answer in-game questions while competing with friends in real time. It focuses on free mobile two-screen games across professional sports, including MLB, NBA and NFL. The company says it will use the new funds to further develop and market its skill-based mobile app across those sports. Launched in 2014, WinView is led by founder and CEO David Lockton and Executive Chairman Tom Rogers and is based in San Francisco and New York. Financially, the company previously raised $8m and has now completed a $12m Series B. WinView provides an app called WinView Games that lets users play along in real time with live televised sports to compete and win prizes. The games are produced in a live studio environment by game producers who react to what is happening on the playing field. The company operates an advertising-supported business model. Led by founder and CEO Dave Lockton, WinView intends to use the new funds to complete development and launch the WinView Games app. The company is based in San Francisco and has raised a total of $6.5M to date. WinView's core product, WinView Games, is a real-time synchronized two-screen sports app that enables fans to play skill-based, in-game competitions and proposition-style contests during live televised sports for cash rewards and prizes using a freemium model. The company plans to complete development and launch the app with the 2015 football season. WinView positions the product between fantasy sports and live in-play betting, targeting a broad spectrum of fans—citing over 180 million casual professional sports fans, 41 million fantasy players, and large in-play betting markets internationally. The service is free to play and described as legal across the U.S. and Canada. WinView highlights its intellectual property position with 18 issued and 19 pending patents related to TV-second-screen synchronization and multiplayer contests. Financially, the company has completed a $1.15 million second round of financing and previously raised $2.0 million in its first round; investors in the new round are predominantly senior executives from the consumer packaged-goods industry.

Led · Series A · Jun 2015

HomeHero operates an online marketplace that connects families with experienced, non-medical in‑home caregivers via high-definition video profiles, rigorous background checks, references, liability insurance, and scheduling and payment tools. The service covers tasks including shopping, meal preparation, exercise, light housekeeping, companionship and personal care. Since launching in January 2014, HomeHero has provided 1 million hours of care in the greater Los Angeles area and has onboarded more than 1,500 caregivers; the company has 18 employees and is based in Santa Monica, CA. The company plans to expand beyond Los Angeles into San Diego and San Francisco and to roll out new products and operational capabilities to support that growth. Proceeds from the recent financing will fund market expansion, product and operations development, and key hires to scale the business. Leadership includes CEO and co‑founder Kyle Hill.

Participated · Series B · Aug 2014

D2L builds Brightspace, a cloud-based integrated learning platform with features for predictive modelling and data visualization, an adaptive learning engine, an eTextbook platform, and a game-based learning engine. The company plans to use the new funds to scale globally, continue developing its technology, and expand services. D2L's platform is used by more than 1,100 clients and 15 million learners across higher education, K-12, healthcare, government, and enterprise (including Fortune 1000 companies). It has operations in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, Brazil, and Singapore. The company is led by John Baker, President and CEO. Financially, D2L raised $85M in a Series B, bringing total capital raised to $165M to date. Desire2Learn offers a cloud-based learning platform with full mobile and tablet support, digital content discovery and distribution, learning analytics, and open API integration. The company provides an open and extensible SaaS platform to more than 700 clients across higher education, K-12, healthcare, government and the corporate sector. It maintains offices in the United States, Canada, Europe, Australia, Brazil and Singapore. Led by President and CEO John Baker, Desire2Learn focuses on expanding its cloud infrastructure and customer service. The company announced plans to use recent capital to support global growth and accelerate development of education technologies. The business model centers on recurring cloud software deployments for large institutional and enterprise customers.