Participated · Equity · Sep 2025

PlayMaker is an AI-infused platform that helps rights holders and brands manage sponsor relationships and streamline deliverables. Its sponsorship operating system houses components of sponsorship agreements — contracts and assets — and uses AI to extract obligations and partner expectations from those files. The platform converts that information into activation roadmaps to guide sponsorship execution. PlayMaker was co-founded by former Anheuser-Busch sports partnership veteran Hannah Sorkin (CEO) and software developer Sameer Mehra (CTO) and is headquartered in N.Y., having been founded late last year. Current clients include Poppi, RCX Sports, The Bay Golf Club, Leones de Ponce, and the World Police & Fire Games. The company has closed a $1M funding round to support growth. Proceeds will be used to hire more engineers and expand the customer base.

Participated · Seed · Aug 2025

TurnStay builds payment infrastructure for Africa’s tourism sector using a merchant-of-record model and stablecoin-based payouts to process payments in a traveller’s home country while settling funds locally. Its platform aims to cut cross-border payment fees by up to 70% and accelerate settlement times. The company was founded by fintech veterans Alon Stern and James Hedley. Since its $300K pre-seed in 2024, TurnStay has processed over ZAR 250M in transactions and secured key industry partnerships. With the new funding, TurnStay plans to scale across Africa, offering travel operators an alternative to global booking platforms. The product is positioned to boost operator margins and enable direct bookings. TurnStay provides a localized payments solution for the African travel and tourism sector, charging customers in their home currency and using familiar payment methods. The platform applies techniques used by major booking companies to lower card billing costs by up to 70% and has halved unnecessary failed transactions, boosting checkout conversion rates. TurnStay enables merchants to capture more direct bookings, reducing commissions paid to online travel agencies. The company has processed more than ZAR50 million (about US$2.8 million) in transactions to date. TurnStay will use the US$300,000 funding to expand quickly into additional African markets. Founders James Hedley (co-founder of Quicket) and Alon Stern (co-founder of Slide Financial) lead the business, and investors view the team as well-suited to scale across the continent.

Participated · Seed · May 2025

Moddule offers supply-chain software that sits on top of any logistics management stack, integrating transportation, freight, warehouse, and e-commerce systems so providers and their customers can track shipments, manage orders, and view global inventory in one place. The Seattle-based startup’s carrier-agnostic approach eliminates data silos and costly inefficiencies for logistics service providers of all sizes. Since September 2024, Moddule’s revenue has expanded 6×, and customers often see contract values rise up to 11× within three to six months of adoption—metrics that highlight strong product-market fit. The founders—CEO Hans Elmegaard, Head of Customer Success Kasper Hansen, and Head of Sales Ben Jones—bring more than 50 years of combined logistics experience to the venture. With fresh capital, the company plans to streamline onboarding, deepen user customization, and embed AI-powered integrations while scaling its customer success and sales functions. These initiatives aim to broaden Moddule’s footprint and solidify its position in the $23 billion supply-chain management market.

Participated · Equity · Oct 2024

Luna is a London-based health and well-being app for teen girls that lets users ask anonymous questions to medical and wellness experts and track periods, moods, skin, sleep and daily habits. The app surfaces expert content in a 'Learn' section and uses AI to automatically field repeat questions so clinicians can focus on new or complex queries. Users receive monthly reports with insights based on their logs and the app nudges healthy habits and prompts medical follow-up when appropriate. Luna operates a freemium model with capped free access and an unlimited plan for €2.99 per month. Since launching a simple version in November 2022, the platform has grown to roughly 100,000 members and nearly 45,000 questions asked. The founders, Jas Schembri-Stothart and Jo Goodall, developed the idea during their MBA at Oxford, presented at TechCrunch Disrupt 2024, and plan to launch in the United States next year.

Participated · Seed · May 2023

Founded in 2021, Pear Suite offers an AI-enabled software platform and wrap-around services that equip community health workers (CHWs), community-based organizations, and health plans with tools for care coordination, reimbursement, and data insights. The product lets CHWs use their lived experience to close care gaps and address social determinants of health while unlocking sustainable Medicaid and Medicare payments. Beyond software, Pear Suite is building a national provider network that already connects more than 300 provider organizations with over 25 health plans. The company has empowered 2,500+ CHWs, promotores, doulas, and other frontline workers to deliver trust-based interventions. With its new funding, management plans to increase the size of this provider network tenfold, deepen Medicaid relationships, and expand aggressively into Medicare contracts. The ultimate goal is to cement CHWs as a foundational part of U.S. healthcare by supplying the contracting, clinical, and claims infrastructure they need to thrive. While the company has not disclosed revenue figures, it recently strengthened its balance sheet with a $7.6 million Series A round.