• Tango

  Participated · Seed · Aug 2021

  Tango is a Chrome extension that auto-captures workflow best practices by recording users’ actions, links, URLs and screenshots and turning them into step-by-step documentation with video. The product targets roles like customer success and sales enablement and aims to recover as much as 20% of employees’ workweek spent searching for information. Its technology runs in the background to create a workflow dataset for enterprises and to integrate with existing knowledge systems such as wikis. Founded in March 2020 by Ken Babcock, Dan Giovacchini and Brian Shultz after leaving Harvard Business School, the Los Angeles-based company was previously bootstrapped. Tango has 13 employees, has secured 10 pilots to refine its capabilities, and plans a public launch in September. The company will offer free, premium and enterprise tiers and intends to pursue a product-led growth strategy by expanding product and growth teams and investing in product development.

• Tynker

  Participated · Seed · Mar 2014

  Tynker builds gamified coding apps and curricula for children, integrating with toys and devices so coding connects to real-world projects. In three years the company has reached millions of students at tens of thousands of schools and expanded onto home computers and tablets. It has partnerships with makers such as Mattel and Parrot to tie physical devices into its lessons. The company operates a freemium model that has converted parents and schools to subscribers. Tynker reported being cash positive in 2015 after raising just over $3M in angel funding in 2013. Future plans described by management include international expansion and substantial investment in developers, sales, marketing and support, plus localization and integration with partner student information systems. Tynker provides a web-based, visual programming platform and game-like lessons that teach coding concepts to children for both in-class and at-home use. The platform uses JavaScript, HTML5 and block-based visual programming inspired by Scratch to teach sequencing, repetition, conditional logic, debugging and algorithmic thinking. Tynker’s content is free for schools while parents can purchase lessons for $30–$50; the company has also launched an iPad app with story-based puzzles and in-app purchases priced at $1.99 and $2.99 and plans to add additional paid “adventures.” To support early growth, the company raised $3.25 million in seed funding last year from venture firms and angel investors. The product has been adopted by over 8,000 schools and has helped more than six million kids begin programming. Tynker was founded in 2012 and is based in Silicon Valley.

• rSmart

  Participated · Series B · Aug 2012

  rSmart provides education technology solutions built on the community-developed open-source Sakai and Kuali platforms. The company leverages a community development model, engaging colleges and universities worldwide to develop and support enterprise software for teaching, learning, research, and administration. rSmart intends to use new capital to grow in three areas: cloud infrastructure expansion, accelerated platform development, and expanded professional services capacity. The company raised $10.75M in a Series B round from ASAHI Net, GSV Advisors and private investors. Led by CEO Chris Coppola, rSmart currently has 79 employees and plans to grow to 100 by the end of the year.

No current team members are available.