Led · Equity · Jan 2026

CyberNut offers a cybersecurity awareness platform that combines behavior-based intelligence and artificial intelligence to spot human risk indicators such as susceptibility to phishing and social-engineering attacks. The software integrates directly with school email clients, allowing teachers, administrators, and students to report and automatically remove suspicious messages across an entire district. Today the product is deployed by more than 350 school districts and serves over 400,000 educators, administrators, and students. With its latest funding, the company plans to accelerate product development and expand distribution to additional K-12 institutions. The focus remains on enhancing AI-driven threat detection capabilities and broadening the scope of training content. The recent capital injection underscores CyberNut’s position as a specialized solution provider in the growing education-security market.

Led · Series A · Aug 2025

TeamLinkt is a Saskatoon, Canada–based sports management SaaS platform founded by Dale Lemke and Jay Maharaj. Its core product is an all-in-one sports administration platform that handles registration, scheduling, communication, roster management, and website content for teams, leagues, associations, and clubs. The company recently launched an AI assistant, Emi, which helps create registration forms, schedules, rosters, automated communications, and news and web content. TeamLinkt serves over 3,000 organizations and three million users globally. Financially, the company completed a Series A round of $6.0M in July 2025. The funding will be used to advance AI capabilities, enhance digital fundraising, improve payment automation and analytics, and expand the team and go-to-market efforts across North America.

Participated · Equity · Jun 2023

ECFX is a Venice, CA–based provider of electronic court notice management solutions for law firms and corporate legal teams. Its core product, ECFX Notice, automates downloading, profiling, storing, and distribution of court documents from ECF notices for state and federal courts. The automation is said to save firms hundreds of hours a week while helping them gain control, mitigate risk, and improve visibility. Its solutions are used by firms of all sizes, including Am Law 100 firms such as DLA Piper LLP (US), Dentons US LLP, Cooley LLP, and Cole Scott & Kissane, P.A. The company plans to use the funds to expand its platform and further its leadership position in the market. ECFX was founded by Dan O’Day and Nelson Quintero.

Participated · Series A · Mar 2017

Pear Deck provides a SaaS real-time classroom engagement platform that enables K-12 teachers, schools, and districts to engage students and collect real-time responses via text, drawings, and other interactive strategies. Teachers can see student responses immediately during lessons, improving engagement and the teacher experience. Founded in 2014 and based in Iowa City, Iowa, Pear Deck has customers in over 40 states, including some of the country’s largest school districts. The company raised $4M in equity financing to accelerate growth, invest in product development, and expand go-to-market efforts. Backers include Growth Street Partners, Village Capital, Hyde Park Venture Partners, and AOL co-founder Steve Case, with new board appointments from Growth Street and Village Capital. Pear Deck has developed an interactive presentation application designed to eliminate boring classroom lectures by enabling teachers to plan and build interactive lessons directly from Google Drive. The platform promotes active learning by letting students interact with lessons while providing instructors with real-time data to adapt teaching. Pear Deck's tool is used in over 4,500 schools. The company intends to use new funding to hire people and grow the platform. Founded in January 2014, Pear Deck focuses on improving classroom engagement and instructor responsiveness through its software. The article reports a $500,000 seed financing to support these plans.