Participated · Series C · Feb 2023

Spiffy is an on-demand car care, technology, and services company delivering mobile automotive maintenance and dealer-facing hardware and software. Since launching in 2014, Spiffy has completed over 2 million mobile services and currently performs 3,000–4,000 services daily across more than 45 markets. The company operates over 350 vans staffed by more than 500 W2 technicians and ASE-certified mechanics. Spiffy offers wash and detail, oil changes, tires, brakes, and other maintenance solutions performed onsite using its Spiffy Green system. In 2020 Spiffy introduced Digital Servicing, a private-label van upfit plus a comprehensive software suite (consumer apps, technician app, and manager/dashboard) for dealers. With back-to-back years of more than 90% growth, Spiffy plans to expand via new franchise markets, roll out Spiffy Tires and Spiffy Brakes, and introduce medium- and heavy-duty fleet services nationwide. Spiffy provides on-site car washing, detailing, and maintenance services through a mobile app that enables scheduling in under two minutes. The company recently introduced Fleet Management as a Service (FMaaS) to manage fleets across the entire vehicle lifecycle, including in-fleeting, preventive maintenance, and de-fleeting. Spiffy serves consumers, rental and commercial fleets, auctions, and car-sharing services, and its offering is designed to be EV/AV and connected-car friendly. It operates a fleet of over 100 vans in 11 cities and employs more than 150 W-2 trained technicians. Spiffy has partnerships with companies such as Lyft and a recent Ford connected-car partnership. The company plans to expand FMaaS into six additional markets and roll the service out in existing markets including Atlanta, Charlotte, Dallas–Fort Worth, Los Angeles, and Raleigh–Durham. Spiffy is an on-demand car cleaning, technology, and services company that lets customers schedule, track, and pay for mobile washes and details via an app or website. The company operates in Raleigh and Charlotte, North Carolina; Atlanta, Georgia; and Los Angeles, California. Spiffy’s vans bring their own water and equipment and offer waterless and multiple detail service tiers, all using the Spiffy Green environmentally friendly system. The business reported over 150% growth from 2015 to 2016. With the Series A proceeds the company plans to expand into new markets, invest in technology, and explore additional services. Concurrently Spiffy expanded to Los Angeles through the acquisition of Squeegy’s operations, gaining access to more than 14,000 residential and commercial relationships.

Participated · Series C · Feb 2023

Get Spiffy operates an on-demand mobile car care service and a private-label hardware and software-as-a-service offering called Digital Servicing. The company performs wash & detail, oil change, tires, brakes, and other maintenance services onsite for fleets, office parks, and residences. Since launching in 2014, Spiffy has delivered over 2 million mobile automotive services and currently completes between 3,000 and 4,000 services daily across 45+ markets. The company employs over 500 W2 technicians and ASE-certified mechanics operating from 350+ vans nationwide. Spiffy reported back-to-back years of 90%+ growth. With Digital Servicing (introduced in 2020), Spiffy provides dealer-branded van upfits, a consumer app suite, technician app, and manager/customer dashboards to support dealer partners. Get Spiffy operates an on-demand car care, technology and services business centered on a Fleet Management as a Service (FMaaS) platform. Led by CEO Scot Wingo and based in Research Triangle Park, N.C., the platform enables rental car fleets, automotive auctions, midsize fleets and car-sharing services to manage vehicle in-fleeting, preventative maintenance and de-fleeting. Fleet managers use an app to schedule, track, rate and pay for services including pre-delivery inspections, reconditioning (wash/detail), preventative maintenance (oil change, tire rotation) and de-fleeting (de-fueling, label removal). The company is available in metro areas including Atlanta, Charlotte, Dallas‑Fort Worth, Los Angeles and Raleigh‑Durham, and lists Denver, New York, Phoenix, Seattle, Tampa and Washington, DC among planned expansion targets. Get Spiffy raised $10M in funding and said it will use the proceeds to expand into those new cities and further roll out in existing markets. No revenue or user metrics were disclosed in the article. Get Spiffy is an on-demand car care, technology, and services company that lets customers schedule mobile washes, detailing, and oil changes via its app. The service uses a green, environmentally-friendly system and the company’s technology enables clients to track and pay for services at their chosen time and location. Led by CEO Scot Wingo, Spiffy operates in Raleigh and Charlotte, North Carolina, Atlanta, Georgia, Los Angeles, California and Dallas, Texas. The company closed a $9M funding round in July 2018. Management intends to use the proceeds to broaden car care services, expand into additional geographies, and develop new channels. The business combines field operations with a consumer-facing app and service logistics technology. Get Spiffy, led by CEO Scot Wingo, offers an app-based platform that lets users schedule, track and pay for mobile car washing and detailing services using an environmentally-friendly cleaning system. The company is Research Triangle Park, NC–based and currently operates in Raleigh and Charlotte, North Carolina, Atlanta, Georgia and Los Angeles, California. Spiffy provides on-demand services to both residential and commercial customers and announced the acquisition of ongoing operations from Squeegy, adding over 14,000 residential and commercial relationships. The business intends to use the new capital to expand into new markets, invest in its technology and explore additional services. Financially, the company closed a $5m Series A to support those growth plans.

Participated · Series C · Sep 2021

Hungry operates a food-tech marketplace that sells business food solutions and hosts live and virtual experiences from local chefs and restaurants. The company was founded in 2017 by Eman Pahlavani, Shy Pahlevani and Jeff Grass and is based in Washington, DC. Hungry runs operations across numerous U.S. cities including Atlanta, Austin, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, New York, Los Angeles, Oakland, Philadelphia, Salt Lake City, San Francisco and San Jose. The company recently acquired snacks brand NatureBox. Hungry is valued at $270m and says it will use new funding to drive continued growth and achieve full operational profitability. The product mix centers on marketplace transactions and experiential offerings from local food providers. Hungry is a technology-enabled marketplace that offers curated experiences to groups and businesses across the U.S. Its offerings include catering, chef pop-ups, snack packs, virtual cooking experiences, and food delivery services. The company operates in Philadelphia, Atlanta, Boston, New York City, Austin, Dallas and Los Angeles. Hungry closed a $21M Series C to fund expansion. Management intends to use the capital to accelerate geographic and service-based expansion, beginning with launches in Los Angeles and the San Francisco Bay Area in September. The company positions itself at the intersection of food service and experience-driven corporate offerings. HUNGRY operates a technology-enabled marketplace focused on the $60 billion business and events catering market, offering curated experiences for groups and companies across catering, chef pop-ups, snack packs, virtual cooking and delivery. The company emphasizes diversity, equity and inclusion across its staff and chef network, reporting approximately 73% more minority workers and 111% more minority managers than the average U.S. business; women make up 52% of staff and ~45% of its chef network, with minorities accounting for nearly 64% of that network. HUNGRY says it will leverage new capital from its recent investment to improve hiring and training practices so employees can develop skills and execute at a higher level. The company has donated more than half a million meals and runs Food Solutions programs to reduce waste. HUNGRY has received recognition on lists including Forbes' "America's Best Startup Employers of 2021," Fast Company's "Most Innovative Companies 2021," and Forward Fooding's "FoodTech 500." Founded in 2017, HUNGRY is headquartered in Washington, D.C., with operations in Philadelphia, Atlanta, Boston, New York City, Austin and Dallas. Hungry operates a marketplace that connects businesses with screened independent chefs who cook out of ghost kitchens and have food delivered by Hungry's team. The company has built a network of chefs in Washington, D.C., Philadelphia, Boston, New York and Atlanta and serves customers including Amazon, E-Trade, Microsoft and BCG. Hungry emphasizes a lower cost structure than restaurants while maintaining high-quality dishes produced by top chefs. The startup also runs a charitable program that donates one meal for every two sold and has donated nearly 500,000 meals to date. CEO Jeff Grass and co-founders Eman Pahlavani (COO) and Shy Pahlavani (president) launched the business after working together at their prior startup LiveSafe. The company plans to use new funding to expand into additional markets and aims to be in 23 cities by the end of 2021. Hungry operates a digital marketplace and logistics platform that enables independent chefs to sell cuisines directly to corporate customers and event clients, targeting the $25 billion business and events catering market. The platform features chefs including former White House chefs, Chopped champions, Food Network chefs, and celebrity personal chefs. The company plans to use the new funding to continue investing in its digital marketplace and logistics capabilities and to accelerate expansion into new U.S. markets. Founded in late 2016 by Eman Pahlevani and Shy Pahlevani and led by CEO Jeff Grass, Hungry currently operates in Washington, D.C., and Philadelphia. The company has raised a total of $12.5M to date and intends to deploy capital to drive growth and market penetration.

Led · Equity · Feb 2018

HomeCare.com operates a marketplace where consumers and health care providers find and hire experienced private-duty caregivers. Led by founder and CEO Todd Walrath, the platform has more than 80,000 providers on its network and enables families and health care providers to interview, hire, and manage fully credentialed, insured, and bonded caregivers. The company uses mobile technology to receive and accept referrals, perform time tracking, verify visits, and enable electronic payments. HomeCare.com closed an $11M funding round to support growth. It intends to use the funds to expand geographically and add new product offerings. In conjunction with the funding, a 3TS partner joined the company’s board of directors.