• Thesis

  Participated · Series A · May 2023

  Thesis formulates customized nootropic supplements that target specific cognitive states using blends such as Energy, Clarity and Motivation. Its products use clinically studied active ingredients with high bioavailability and are manufactured to FDA cGMP standards. The brand emphasizes a digital-first, education-focused model and positions customization as its core differentiator in the wellness category. Founder and CEO Dan Freed developed the approach to help people optimize cognitive performance. Thesis has raised over $13.5M to date, including a recent $8.4M Series A and a prior $5.1M seed. The new capital will be used for key executive hires, product expansion and clinical trials.

• The Good Face Project

  Participated · Seed · Aug 2022

  The Good Face Project provides a formulation and regulatory platform for cosmetics that supports the full innovation cycle by infusing scientific ingredient-level data and insights. The company has built a centralized INCI-level database that aggregates up-to-date scientific research along with worldwide regulatory and sustainability parameters. Its cloud-based Good Face Formulator enables efficacious product creation and lets brands and manufacturers grade formulations against global regulatory compliance requirements. Customers include brands such as The Honey Pot Company and Amika, manufacturers like Best Formulations and Dynamic Blending, retailers including Target and CosBar, and global Fortune 50 cosmetics companies. Led by co-founder and CEO Iva Teixeira, the company raised $5.65M in seed funding to expand the product experience, accelerate customer adoption, and scale the team. The raise supports planned product and go-to-market acceleration efforts described by the company.

• Bravo Sierra

  Participated · Series B · Aug 2022

  BRAVO SIERRA develops clean, high-performance personal care products designed with and for the U.S. military community. Its formulas are paraben-free, sulfate-free, phthalate-free, phenoxyethanol-free, vegan, cruelty-free and made in the USA. The brand operates a proprietary community called BATTALION of roughly 2,500 Special Operations, active service members and veterans who field-test products, and it donates 5% of sales through a partnership with Department of Defense military exchanges. Since launching in 2019 the company says revenue has doubled year-over-year, it has amassed more than 10,000 five-star reviews, and its deodorant reached #8 on Amazon after six months. Products are sold across military exchanges and nationwide at Walmart, Target, Amazon, HEB, GNC, Ulta and bravosierra.com. The company has surpassed six-figure contributions to the DoD exchanges and positions itself for further retail and product innovation growth. Bravo Sierra is a NYC-based non-traditional defense contractor that engineers performance consumer products for military and civilian patrons. The company launched personal care products exclusively within the Department of Defense’s Army, Air Force, Navy and Marine Corps exchanges globally. It has developed a proprietary software platform that enables field testing by over 1,000 U.S. active duty service members, allowing product development iteration based on real-time feedback. Led by co-CEOs Justin Guilbert and Benjamin Bernet, Bravo Sierra focuses on performance-focused personal care and is expanding product development into new categories. The company plans to use the new capital to launch omni-channel distribution, accelerate product development into new categories, and deploy its social manufacturing technology platform at scale. It closed a $12M Series A to fund these strategic initiatives.

• Culina Health

  Participated · Seed · May 2022

  Culina Health, founded in 2020 by dietitians Vanessa Rissetto and Tamar Samuels, provides virtual access to registered dietitians for chronic disease prevention, wellness, and weight-loss counseling using its Culina Health Method. The company emphasizes culturally-affirming, nonjudgmental care and increasing diversity among nutrition providers. Culina already works with insurance companies and Medicare and says at least 70% of the U.S. can access its platform. The startup has served more than 10,000 patients to date. With the new funding it plans to expand and enhance its nutrition counseling, implement AI platforms to improve care efficiency and reduce clinician burden, and strengthen its leadership team with key hires. The company positions itself as offering personalized, clinically rigorous nutrition care rather than one-size-fits-all solutions. Culina Health operates a personalized nutrition platform that delivers clinical-level care exclusively through registered dietitians. The company has grown for 18 months via bootstrapping to a 20-practitioner practice and has delivered over 18,000 sessions to date. Culina is covered by most major insurance plans and works alongside existing care providers and insurers to make nutrition more affordable and accessible. The platform positions registered dietitians at the center of preventive and chronic-care nutrition, targeting broad demand for clinical nutrition services. Culina is based in Hoboken, NJ and serves patients across the United States. Funds from the announced round will support continued product development, technology investment, and geographic and service expansion.

• Bitpanda

  Participated · Series C · Aug 2021

  Bitpanda is a Europe-focused trading platform founded in 2014 that began with crypto and has expanded to offer commission-free investing in precious metals and stocks. The platform reports roughly 3 million users and says it is on track for 6x customer growth year-over-year, with revenues projected to increase sevenfold in 2021 versus the prior year. Stocks trading is still in beta and crypto remains the preferred product for its users. In June the company expanded into B2B with a white-label platform allowing other fintechs and banks to offer trading to their customers. Bitpanda operates offices and tech hubs in eight European cities, including Vienna, Barcelona, Berlin, Krakow, London, Madrid, Milan and Paris, and has a headcount of 500+. The company says Series C proceeds will be used for international expansion, hiring, and to bolster tech and product as it scales. Bitpanda is a Vienna, Austria–based fintech that operates as a retail broker for cryptocurrencies, precious metals and other assets. The platform is used by over 2 million people. The company raised a €10M extension of its Series B round after completing a $170M Series B in March that valued the business at $1.2bn. Bitpanda said it will use the new funds to bring in extensive know-how to strengthen its institutional offering in Europe, covering referral solutions through to custom-built tech integrations. Services are intended to be integrated into apps so users can invest across fintechs, multi-bank setups, robo-advisors, traditional banks and online platforms. The company is led by co-founder and CEO Eric Demuth. Bitpanda is a Vienna-based neobroker that operates a trading platform primarily for cryptocurrency but expanding into stocks, gold and other established assets. The company says it is shifting to become a pan-investment platform rather than just a crypto broker and plans to add ETFs and fractional trades in April. Bitpanda is live in Austria, France, Spain, Turkey, Italy and Poland, and plans further expansion this year with hubs in Madrid, Barcelona, London, Paris and Berlin. Since its Series A six months ago the company reports that revenue and customer numbers have grown roughly 10x and it has added about 700,000 users. Bitpanda says it has been profitable for four years and expects to very soon cross €100 million revenue for the first few months of this year, which annualizes to roughly €300–400 million. Its “Pro” tier trading volume for companies rose from about $2 million daily in September to over $25 million now. Bitpanda is a Vienna-based centralized crypto assets platform that runs its own infrastructure rather than on a public blockchain. It supports trading of digital assets and the tokenization of precious metals. The company claims 1.3 million users and employs about 300 people. Bitpanda expanded into France, Spain and Turkey in 2020 and says it plans to enter additional European markets this year and next. The firm will use the new funding to accelerate its international expansion. The company is described as not yet very well known or widely used in the broader crypto world. Bitpanda is a Vienna-based fintech that operates a digital-asset trading platform and has launched the Bitpanda Global Exchange for experienced traders, professionals and institutions. Founded in 2014, the company reports more than 1 million users and around 120 team members. Bitpanda offers crypto-to-crypto trading worldwide and fiat-to-crypto trading in more than 54 countries, and supports Bitcoin, Ethereum, gold and over 20 other digital assets. The firm holds a PSD2 payment service provider license and highlights state-of-the-art security alongside a streamlined user experience. The Bitpanda Global Exchange was developed 100% in-house over two years and aims to offer some of the lowest maker and taker fees in the industry. Management says the company will use the €43.6 million raised with its BEST token IEO to drive expansion beyond Europe and cryptocurrencies.

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