Participated · Equity · Nov 2025

OptimHire offers an end-to-end AI hiring platform featuring an AI Recruiter applicant-tracking system, outcome-based pricing in which businesses pay only for successful interviews, and Job Copilot, an AI assistant that autonomously searches and applies to jobs for candidates. The company claims its system enables clients to hire in an average of 12 days while cutting recruitment costs by up to 80%. In 2024, OptimHire filled more than 8,000 positions for companies such as Amazon, Google and Dropbox and expanded its candidate database to over 220 million professionals. Its risk-free pricing includes either a 6% flat recruitment fee or about $300 per month for a full-time AI recruiter. Recent partnerships with Monster, CareerBuilder and Nexxt extend the service across multiple industry verticals. Looking ahead, OptimHire plans to launch self-service hiring for SMBs and further automate its AI-to-AI hiring model to create a near-autonomous recruiting ecosystem. The company is funding this growth with a recently closed $6 million investment round.

Participated · Seed · Jun 2024

LOST iN is a travel-media site built on an existing 10-year-old publisher and focused on disrupting the travel-media business with content from prominent online travel creators. The new owners acquired guidebooks for 25 countries that are distributed in about 50. The company will produce ad-supported digital video and partner with established travel-focused creators to generate additional material. Leadership consists of former Jukin executives Jon and Mike Skogmo and Anton Reut (Jon Skogmo is CEO, Mike Skogmo chief marketing officer, and Reut COO). LOST iN plans to target younger, online-savvy travelers seeking “premium economy” experiences and to diversify revenue through events, memberships and other initiatives alongside direct-to-consumer guidebook sales. Financially, the company has completed a $4 million seed round to support these efforts.

Participated · Seed · Oct 2022

Hello Divorce offers a proprietary online divorce platform founded by family law attorney Erin Levine that combines self-service tools, legal and financial resources, and access to integrated experts such as financial advisors, mediators, and lawyers. The company’s modular platform is designed to guide customers through the complete divorce process digitally while allowing expert intervention when needed. Hello Divorce is live in California, Colorado, New York, Texas, and Utah, with plans to expand into additional key states. The company intends to use new funding to further expand nationally and to develop its modular platform to scale to a broader range of customers. Since its founding in 2018, Hello Divorce’s revenue has grown 100 percent year over year, with record growth in the third quarter of 2022. The team emphasizes scaling its tech and geographic footprint to capture more of the divorce services market. Hello Divorce provides software and accessible legal services to make divorce more affordable and quicker, offering a do-it-yourself option starting at $99 and guided legal help averaging $2,000. Founded in 2018 by family law attorney Erin Levine and based in Oakland, California, the service is completely remote and available in California, Colorado, Texas and Utah. The company reports 100% year-over-year growth, is already profitable, and achieves a 95% divorce success rate for users who start the process on the platform. Hello Divorce handled roughly 2,000 pandemic-related inquiries about cohabitation, divorce timing and co-parenting during lockdown. The company plans to scale legal filing options across the U.S., improve its product, and expand content and services to better educate users. Upcoming expansions include New York and Florida, where the company will launch a bilingual offering.

Participated · Seed · Apr 2022

Cartwheel provides delivery management software built for on-demand optimization, supporting in-house, outsourced, and hybrid delivery models to help operators maintain control over the customer experience while balancing costs and resources. Led by co-founder and CEO Alex Vasiklin, the company’s technology aims to make every delivery profitable through route and resource optimization. Cartwheel has tripled its overall customer base in the past year and expanded into regulated cannabis and alcohol industries; its tools are now available to more than 8,000 establishments nationwide. The platform has powered deliveries for brands including Portillo’s, P.F. Chang’s, Charleys Philly Steaks, and Taco del Mar. Cartwheel has signed more than a dozen partnerships and integrations, including ChowNow and Nash, bringing Hybrid Delivery availability to small and mid-market businesses, courier services, and restaurant chains. The company plans to use the new funding for further product development, partner integrations, and expansion. Cartwheel (formerly GR Dispatch) provides an on-demand delivery management platform for restaurants and beyond, offering a driver app, dispatch tools for managers, and customer interaction functionality. The company powers in-house delivery operations and has worked with brands including P.F. Chang’s, Charleys Philly Steaks and Taco del Mar. Founded in 2012 and led by CEO Alex Vasilkin, Cartwheel serves restaurant clients and retailers seeking to run their own delivery fleets. The company raised $1M in seed funding and plans to use the proceeds for product development, partnership integrations and team expansion. No operating metrics were disclosed in the article.