Participated · Seed · Oct 2020

Welcome Homes was founded in May 2020 by DigitalOcean co‑founders Alec Hartman, Mitch Wainer and Ben Uretsky to let customers design and buy new homes online. The company pivoted from fully custom builds to offering curated, move‑in‑ready home models (launched March 2021) and emphasizes "guaranteed pricing" and a streamlined process from land selection to financing to construction. Welcome operates a capital‑light, "neo‑builder" three‑sided managed marketplace linking buyers, builders and banks and does not hold land or unsold homes on its balance sheet. The service is available in New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Maryland and Pennsylvania, with construction costs (excluding land) ranging from $596,000 to $1.75 million. Welcome said it "6xed" home sales in 2022 and today has about 40 employees. The company plans to use recent funding to grow headcount, develop proprietary land technology, design new home models and expand into additional U.S. markets. Welcome Homes operates an online home-building, customization and purchasing platform that manages the entire process from land selection to financing and construction. The company’s service promises buyers a brand-new, modern home and claims the ability to complete purchase and move-in within six months. It is currently available in the Tri-State area, including Westchester County, NY, Greenwich, CT, and Bergen and Morris Counties, NJ. Welcome Homes plans to expand into additional U.S. markets. The company is led by CEO and founder Alec Hartman and operates as an online-only residential real estate platform. It raised seed financing to support market expansion and to bolster product, sales and marketing initiatives.

Participated · Seed · Aug 2019

Sheets & Giggles sells eucalyptus-based lyocell sheets marketed for higher softness, breathability, moisture management, and sustainability compared with cotton. The company was founded in 2018 and is described as a one-year-old retailer that has rapidly grown its community and online presence, including Amazon exposure. S&G reports nearly 90% of customers leave 5-star reviews on Amazon and says it plants a tree for every order. The brand is expanding production capacity, growing its Denver team, and preparing to roll out new textile categories, beginning with an ultra-soft eucalyptus throw blanket. Operational traction includes being on pace to quadruple sales in its second year and doubling revenue quarter-over-quarter in 2019. The company also highlighted adoption of the Candor Clause in its funding documents to promote gender-equality disclosure.

Participated · Equity · May 2019

Geospiza offers an intuitive software platform that empowers emergency managers, first responders, and program managers with data-driven insights to improve results, ROI, reduce risk, and enhance resilience in communities of all sizes. The company plans to use the recently raised funds to enable mapping and data modeling capabilities. It will also allocate proceeds to expand its sales and customer success teams. Geospiza closed $1M in seed funding to support these efforts. Founded in 2017 and led by CEO Sarah Tuneberg, the company is a 2018 Techstars Accelerator graduate. Andy Boyd, an experienced disaster recovery industry leader, will represent shareholders on the board.

Participated · Seed · Dec 2017

Radar Relay operates a wallet-to-wallet order-book trading platform that relays peer orders for Ethereum-based tokens and never holds assets in custody. Users connect their own wallets with no accounts, sign-ups, deposits, or withdrawal limits. Since launching in October 2017, the platform has attracted thousands of users from 150 countries, onboarded 170 tokens, and facilitated over $150 million in trading volume. The team has grown to almost 30 employees. Radar Relay says the new funding will support new product research, strategic hiring, and global expansion, and management highlights an upcoming product roadmap. The product emphasis is on mainstream adoption of token trading via a non-custodial, peer-to-peer exchange architecture. Radar Relay is a decentralized token exchange built atop the 0x protocol for ERC-20 tokens on the Ethereum network. The platform is currently in beta and requires access via Brave or MetaMask. CEO Alan Curtis said the company has 15 employees and will use new funding to expand the team. The funds are earmarked for platform expansion, talent acquisition, and building an integrations team. 0xtracker shows recent daily trading volume of roughly $60,000–$70,000. Radar Relay expects to exit beta in the first quarter of 2018; the 0x protocol’s ICO raised $24 million earlier that year.