Led · Seed · Aug 2024

Feeling Great builds an AI-powered therapy app based on psychiatrist Dr. David Burns’ T.E.A.M. approach, offering interactive courses and a conversational chatbot to practice techniques for managing emotions. The app combines an empathy-focused AI model and an evaluation framework to assess whether the AI understands users. It launched out of beta with roughly 3,000 users, is available on Android and iOS, and will be offered to U.S. customers with a seven-day free trial then $99 per year. The company has 14 employees and plans to use new funding to accelerate product development and marketing. Future product plans include voice-based AI, long-term memory, an anonymous mode, and eventually pursuing a clinical offering and FDA approval.

Participated · Seed · Jul 2024

OurRitual is a digital platform offering couples access to more than 50 trained relationship experts combined with technology that provides tailored recommendations and progress monitoring. Its core product blends short (20–40 minute) impactful video sessions with professionals and a suite of digital support tools to enable skill practice between sessions. The company emphasizes bitesize sessions and personalized content to accelerate change versus traditional weekly 50-minute sessions. Leadership includes co-founder and CEO David Pruwer and Chief Clinical Officer Dr. Orna Guralnik. The business will use the new funding to expand services and invest in a broader range of products. Financially, OurRitual raised a $5.2M seed and, together with an earlier $2M pre-seed, has $7.2M in total funding.

Led · Equity · Jun 2024

Emergence builds agent-based generative-AI systems with an initial product, an orchestrator agent that routes tasks to first- and third-party models (including GPT-4o) and stitches models into verified workflows. The company is developing a broader project called Agent-E to automate tasks like form-filling, product search and media navigation, while maintaining an R&D lab focused on planning, reasoning and agent self-improvement. Emergence emphasizes an open-core business model with paid, hosted premium services accessed via an API. It has strategic partnerships with Samsung and Newline Interactive and says tens of thousands of people are using early versions of its services. The team is roughly 50 people, and many engineers and researchers come from Google, Meta, Microsoft, Amazon and the Allen Institute for AI. Emergence plans to monetize the orchestrator with a premium hosted API in the coming weeks and build additional enterprise automation integrations (CRM, claims, IT systems) on top of its research.

Led · Seed · Apr 2024

Superintelligent is an NYC-based platform that teaches people to use artificial intelligence for work and fun through practical videos and hands-on tutorials. Led by CEO and founder Nathaniel Whittemore, the product focuses on practical, applied AI skills for individuals. The service went live in beta in December 2023 and has attracted 1,500+ paying subscribers. The company intends to use the funds to expand operations and broaden its business reach. Financially, Superintelligent has just closed a $2M pre-seed funding round led by Learn Capital. The platform emphasizes economic and personal empowerment by providing accessible AI education.

Participated · Series A · Apr 2024

Modal is a San Mateo, CA-based skills development platform for data and analytics professionals. Founded by Darren Shimkus and Dennis Yang, the former President and CEO of Udemy respectively, the platform combines courses, projects, labs, 1-1 expert coaching, and community to teach the technical 'why' and 'how' for data teams. Modal leverages job-simulated projects and one-on-one coaching to drive education for those who work with data. The company recently launched Organizational Development Plans (ODP) to help companies connect goals to specific skills and accelerate data-driven transformation. Modal plans to use the $25M Series A to enhance its platform, expand go-to-market capabilities, and continue recruiting talent. Modal is a cohort-based learning platform founded by former Udemy executives Darren Shimkus and Dennis Yang that launches publicly to sell curated upskilling programs to enterprises. Its first product targets data literacy at startups, grouping employees into 30–40 person cohorts for eight-week experiences that combine asynchronous projects and live events. Modal develops and owns all curriculum internally rather than relying on user-generated courses. The company monetizes via a classic enterprise B2B sales model. Modal declined to share revenue targets, customer names, or customer counts. Founders position the product as an alternative to large MOOC-style offerings, with future courses planned in subjects such as natural language processing, Python, and data storytelling.