Participated · Series A · Apr 2026

Zócalo Health organizes care around community health workers (promotoras de salud) embedded in communities and integrates those teams with primary care providers, behavioral health clinicians, and care coordinators to drive sustained engagement for high-need members. Its model emphasizes proactive outreach, frequent touchpoints, and trust-based relationships to improve retention, reduce avoidable utilization, and address medical, behavioral, and social needs together. The company pairs its community workforce with a technology platform that leverages AI to extend frontline capacity, help members navigate coverage and eligibility, and support care coordination. Zócalo partners with Medicaid managed care organizations, including Anthem Blue Cross and Health Net, and aligns with state initiatives such as CalAIM in California. Operationally, the company reported roughly 4x year-over-year revenue growth and expanded from two health plan partnerships in 2024 to more than a dozen in 2025, while maintaining high member retention and patient satisfaction that exceed industry benchmarks. Zócalo plans to use new capital to scale geographically and grow its community-based teams. The company is based in Kenmore, Wash.

Participated · Equity · May 2023

Kinnos's core product, Highlight, is a patented, hospital-grade color additive platform that temporarily colors disinfectant wipes and solutions to provide staff with an instantaneous visual cue to improve disinfection quality. Highlight is Star Registered by the Global Biorisk Advisory Council and recognized by the World Health Organization; a peer-reviewed study in the American Journal of Infection Prevention found it improved disinfection quality by as much as 70%. Highlight is already in use by hospitals, first responders, and transit agencies around the world and the company positions the product as a way to raise the standard of care for cleanliness and infection prevention. Kinnos was founded in 2015 during the Ebola outbreak and is headquartered in Brooklyn, NY. The company announced a $15 million financing to meet growing healthcare industry demand and to scale commercial deployment. It also named healthcare veteran Steve Fanning as CEO to lead rapid growth and commercialization. Kinnos is a New York–based startup that makes colorized disinfectant additives to ensure surfaces are covered. Its core products are Highlight powder, a patented additive dissolved into bulk bleach that colors solutions blue and fades after a few minutes, and Highlight wipes, which impregnate wipes at point of use. The company primarily targets hospitals and healthcare settings and has sold to humanitarian organizations deployed to Liberia, Guinea, Haiti, DR Congo and Uganda, with recent shipments to China amid the coronavirus outbreak. Kinnos is a five-person company founded six years ago and conducts third‑party testing to ensure its additive does not reduce disinfectant potency. The additive lasts about five hours in a bucket of bleach and fades on surfaces in about three minutes. After establishing a foothold in hospitals, the company is considering a consumer offering. Kinnos developed Highlight, a patent-pending additive for disinfectants designed to improve visibility, coverage, and end-user compliance. The product was created in response to the Ebola crisis in West Africa and has been field-tested in Liberia, Guinea, and Haiti. Highlight is used by the Fire Department of New York and Kinnos was a grantee of the USAID Fighting Ebola Grand Challenge. The company has received recognition including the Lemelson-MIT Student Prize, Collegiate Inventors Competition, and Columbia Venture Competition, and has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, Scientific American, and Forbes 30 Under 30 in Healthcare. Kinnos is led by CEO Jason Kang. Financially, Kinnos recently closed a $1M seed round led by Georgica Advisors with participation from New York Angels, VentureWell, and other strategic angel investors.

Led · Equity · Feb 2023

Bitwise Industries provides scalable digital solutions, including Salesforce managed services, DocuSign implementations, and custom SaaS offerings, staffed by a representative workforce. The company focuses on building tech economies in underestimated cities and uses its services to create local employment and skills pathways. Bitwise plans to use new funding to expand in current and new locations and to further develop its managed services and SaaS products. It has partnered with the Comer Science & Education Foundation to support expansion to Chicago’s South Side and to strengthen local workforce connections. The company is led by CEO Jake Soberal and is based in Fresno, CA. Financially, Bitwise recently completed a substantial funding round to support its growth initiatives. Bitwise Industries operates paid tech apprenticeship programs and builds buildings to house tech work in underserved cities, leveraging public-private partnerships. The company runs the Digital New Deal (DND) initiative, which has trained over 5,000 individuals. Bitwise connects apprentices to tech opportunities and has expanded its model to serve five cities: Fresno, Bakersfield, Merced, Oakland, and Toledo. Leadership is led by Irma Olguin Jr. and Jake Soberal. The company intends to use the new funding to grow into multiple new markets across the country, beginning with Toledo, Ohio. Financially, Bitwise completed a $50M Series B to support that expansion. Bitwise Industries creates a tech ecosystem focused on activating human potential to elevate underdog cities. It operates three lines of business: Geekwise Academy, which trains people to code with a focus on marginalized groups; commercial real estate that provides workspace for technologists and mission-aligned employers that hire from Geekwise; and Shift3 Technologies, a custom software development shop that pairs senior talent with entry-level programmers from Geekwise Academy. The company uses its integrated model to train talent and supply clients with software services while anchoring local tech hubs. Bitwise intends to use new funding to continue growth in Fresno and to expand to other cities, beginning with Bakersfield, Calif. The company was founded in 2013 by Irma L. Olguin, Jr. and Jake A. Soberal.

Participated · Equity · Feb 2023

Bitwise operates a three‑pronged model: a coding bootcamp (Geekwise Academy), a software development and managed‑services business (Shift3 Technologies) and commercial real‑estate redevelopment that creates coworking, restaurants and cultural space. The firm generates the bulk of its revenue from partnering with organizations to design, build and deploy digital solutions, including Salesforce and DocuSign implementations, custom apps, websites and contract developer pools. Bitwise reports over 500 customers across 15 states, more than 500 employees across 10 locations (triple the headcount from three years prior) and Forbes estimated revenue of $40 million in 2020. The company says it has renovated over one million square feet of real estate, supported skilling for more than 10,000 people and helped create 15,000 jobs in one city. Recent strategic acquisitions include Esor Consulting Group, Techtonic, DocuSign partner Stria and the Array School. Leadership says the business is profitable and intends to expand into Chicago and ultimately scale the model into 40 cities nationwide.

Led · Seed · Jan 2023

Spill is a social media platform founded and led by Alphonzo Terrell, the former global head of editorial at Twitter, that focuses on live video conversations called “Tea Parties” and community-driven features. The app has added social gaming — a live, multiplayer Spades game that averages about 30 minutes per game — which has materially improved user retention. Spill has been building an advertising business and has closed test campaigns with entertainment partners like Paramount+; average ad spend per campaign on the platform has increased by 400%. The company reported roughly 200,000 users around the time it raised a $2 million seed extension last year. Management says Spill is on track to cross $1 million in annualized revenue next year and is continuing to develop additional products and innovations. The platform positions itself as a safer, community-centered space for Black, Brown, and LGBTQIA users to discuss cultural and civic issues. Spill is a social networking app built to center Black, queer, women and non-binary communities, and it emphasizes community-driven experiences over algorithmic engagement. The app is still in invite-only beta and has grown to roughly 200,000 users since its June beta launch. Its product includes features like Tea Party, a live-hosted experience similar to Instagram Live, which has featured celebrity hosts such as Kerry Washington. Spill has attracted advertising partners including Netflix, Lionsgate, VH1, Showtime and Sony Pictures, and says it has not paid for user acquisition to date. The company plans to exit beta and open to the public next year and has stated intentions to pay creators for cultural contributions on the platform. Spill’s leadership includes founder and CEO Alphonzo Terrell, who started the company after being laid off from Twitter and built the initial pitch with former colleague DeVaris Brown. Spill is building a social feed where users post short messages called “spills” and can host in-app and IRL events called “tea parties.” The app emphasizes meme culture with easy tools for adding text to images and GIFs, and plans to surface and credit creators who start trends using blockchain technology (explicitly not paying out in crypto). The team is small—fewer than 10 employees—and includes three strategic advisors: Dantley Davis, April Reign, and DeRay Mckesson. CTO DeVaris Brown is developing an AI moderation model designed to understand Black dialects and reduce false offensive flags. Spill has accrued 60,000 handle reservations since its December reveal and plans an alpha launch in the first quarter of the year. The company will use funding to expand the team and hire for engineering and community management roles.