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Homeward Ventures

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Overview

Early-stage venture firm investing in exceptional entrepreneurs who seek to build category-defining companies.

Total investments
6
Lead investments
0
Investments · 12mo
0
Active investors
2
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Investment portfolio

  • HeyRitual

    Participated · Seed · Oct 2022

    HeyRitual offers a modern alternative to traditional couples therapy by combining weekly 1:1 sessions with relationship experts and a suite of in-app tools. The product includes customized digital skill-building journeys of bite-sized video and audio clips, guided self-reflection exercises, and a digital skill toolkit. The company emphasizes clinically backed approaches that the team says have worked for thousands of couples. HeyRitual tested its product with users across the U.S. over the past six months. The service has emerged from beta and the app is now available to the general public. Founders are David Pruwer (CEO), Nir Shtern (CPO) and Gilad Meir (CTO).

  • Sensi.Ai

    Participated · Series A · Jan 2022

    Sensi.AI has built an audio-based Care Intelligence platform that equips home-care agencies and family caregivers with real-time insights into a senior’s physical, cognitive and emotional status. The system’s Care Agent passively monitors the home environment, detects and predicts care events, and offers in-the-moment guidance; complementary Growth and Ops Agents automate demand management and administrative workflows for agencies. The technology is fueled by one of the largest in-home care datasets, allowing its AI models to improve accuracy and breadth of insights over time. Sensi partners with renowned dementia expert Teepa Snow to deliver personalized coaching through the platform. With its latest financing, the company plans to accelerate product innovation and intensify go-to-market expansion. Headquartered in Palo Alto, Sensi.AI has now secured more than $98 million in total funding, underscoring investor confidence in its approach to aging-in-place.

  • XTEND

    Participated · Series A · Nov 2021

    Founded in 2018 by Aviv Shapira, Matteo Shapira, Rubi Liani and Adir Tubi, XTEND builds next-generation autonomous platforms that allow operators to remotely control aerial, ground and maritime drones through its proprietary XOS operating system. The technology is designed to keep personnel out of harm’s way while executing complex, dynamic tasks for defense, public safety and private security customers. XTEND’s field-proven systems are already deployed and the company plans to scale NDAA-compliant domestic manufacturing at its Tampa, Florida facility. Proceeds from its latest transaction will fund accelerated delivery to customers in the United States, NATO member states and Asia. XTEND operates in Israel, the United States and Singapore and will rebrand as XTEND AI Robotics when it lists on Nasdaq. The forthcoming public listing values the company at $1.5 billion. Roughly six months before this deal, XTEND closed a $70 million round jointly led by Protego Ventures and Aliya Capital.

  • XED Beverage

    Participated · Seed · Jul 2021

    Founded by Zeke Bronfman and Nate Medow, Xed Beverage Company sells SESH, a ready-to-drink cocktail-meets-seltzer made with zero sugar and all-natural ingredients. SESH is available on shelves in New York, New Jersey, Illinois and Ohio and direct-to-consumer across 36 states via drinksesh.com. The company plans to use new capital to grow its flagship SESH brand and to launch a second brand that is currently in stealth mode. Xed recently expanded its Board of Directors and advisory roster, adding industry and consumer-focused executives. The product positioning emphasizes convenience and cleaner-ingredient cocktails for retail and DTC channels. The company is New York-based and focused on expanding distribution and brand portfolio.

  • Magical

    Participated · Seed · Feb 2021

    Magical provides a browser‑centered automation tool that functions like an advanced text expander, letting users insert snippets and auto‑populate fields across web pages, sheets and forms via custom shortcuts. The product currently supports Chrome and detects and “remembers” webpage elements to personalize shortcuts and automate data transfer. Magical says keystrokes do not leave a user’s computer; the company stores metadata and encrypted shortcut data (with daily backups retained for 14 days) but not the underlying moved data. The startup reports more than 450,000 users and over 10,000 businesses using the product, and it currently does not charge users while planning paid premium plans in the future. Magical was founded in 2020 and is led by co‑founder Harpaul Sambhi alongside Rosie Chopra, Zach Piepmeyer and Prashant Viswanathan. The company plans to expand beyond Chrome, add support for more desktop and mobile browsers, enable team collaboration and shareable automations, and grow headcount from 18 to 35 by year‑end. Magical is a Tel Aviv-based startup aiming to reinvent the calendar as a team collaboration tool rather than a personal time-management app. The company was founded by CEO Tommy Barav, who developed the idea from feedback on Supertools and consulting with Fortune 500 clients. Magical is still in private beta and plans to integrate AI scheduling and automation tools while turning calendars into a central repository for collaborative meeting notes. The product roadmap includes integrations with services such as Zoom, Slack, Salesforce and Notion so team members can follow meetings without attending. The company has raised a $3.3M seed round to support its early-stage growth.

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