Participated · Series C · Apr 2026

Kashable offers employer-offered personal loans and financial wellness programs integrated with HR and payroll systems, enabling payroll-deduction repayments and lower default rates. Its services include low-cost loans, credit monitoring, and financial coaching, and are available to over 4 million employees at more than 600 employers. Customers include governments, large nonprofits, universities, hospitals, school districts, and companies such as Kraft Heinz, Amazon, Stanley Black & Decker, UPS, IKEA, Cigna, Kohler, the State of Illinois, Temple University and San Mateo County. Since launching in 2013, Kashable has funded nearly $2 billion in loans and expects to surpass $500 million in loan volume in 2026 alone. The company reported more than 40% year-over-year growth so far in 2026 and has been profitable for several years. Kashable’s revenue model is driven by interest and fees on loans and administrative fees from employers for customized programs.

Led · Series A · May 2025

Palla operates a platform that enables partners to embed real-time international payments into existing digital channels via APIs, white-label apps, and embeddable components. The product allows financial institutions to offer international payments directly within their native applications or via Palla’s hosted infrastructure. Palla has established partnerships with more than 30 financial institutions and distribution partners, and expects additional partners to launch before year-end representing a combined end-customer base of over 150 million individuals across LATAM and the Caribbean. The company announced a $14.5 million Series A and will use the funding to broaden existing payment corridors, expand into new sending and receiving corridors, and introduce additional product lines and money-movement mechanisms. Leadership changes tied to the round include the addition of David Golden and Heidi Miller to Palla’s board, supporting planned growth and global expansion.

Participated · Series A · Aug 2024

ProRata offers Gist Answers, an AI-as-a-service product that embeds custom AI search, summarization, and recommendation functionality directly into publishers' websites and other digital destinations. The company pairs Gist Answers with Gist Ads, which converts AI responses into native, conversational ad inventory to create incremental revenue for publishers. ProRata emphasizes an ethical, licensed model that ensures transparent attribution and proportional compensation for content creators rather than scraping. The product launched with early-access partners representing over 100 publications, and the company reports more than 700 high-quality publications participating in its Gist network. Management says the offering is designed to deepen engagement, extend reach via content licensing to third-party destinations, and open new monetization paths for publishers. ProRata positions itself as infrastructure for an AI-native search economy that fairly compensates journalists and creators. ProRata.ai develops technology that analyzes generative AI output, measures the value of contributing content, scores attribution and calculates proportional compensation to enable per‑use revenue sharing with content owners. The company says it holds several pending patents for this technology and plans to launch a subscription AI chatbot or 'AI answer engine' later this year to showcase its attribution system. ProRata has raised $25 million in a Series A and lists early investors including Revolution Ventures, Prime Movers Lab, Mayfield and Idealab Studio. Universal Music Group has reached a strategic agreement to help shape the company's efforts in the music category, and publishers including The Financial Times, Axel Springer, The Atlantic and Fortune have licensed content to ProRata. The startup says it is in advanced discussions with more global news publishers, media and entertainment companies and more than 100 'noted authors'. Leadership includes Bill Gross as CEO and senior executives and board members with prior roles at Microsoft, Google and Meta.

Led · Series B · Feb 2024

Oula is a modern maternity clinic that integrates midwifery and obstetrics to provide whole-person, evidence-based care. Its care model is technology-enabled and hybrid, powered by proprietary software that complements its electronic medical records. The software includes a patient portal to guide decision-making, enable messaging with care teams, and a care-management platform to coordinate patient needs across staff. Oula accepts insurance, including Medicaid, and operates multiple New York City clinics. Leadership includes CEO Adrianne Nickerson, COO Elaine Purcell, and Chief Experience Officer Joanne Schneider. The company recently raised funding and plans to expand its hybrid care approach to markets beyond New York City and to launch new services for people in their reproductive years. Oula is a New York-based maternity clinic that integrates midwifery and obstetrics to deliver personalized, evidence-based care across prenatal, delivery, and postpartum services. Its care model includes a collaborative medical team, a welcoming clinic environment, and a remote care platform. The company offers in-clinic services including sonography and plans to expand those capabilities alongside group support. Oula accepts all major insurances, including Medicaid; one in five patients use Medicaid, 54% of patients identify as non-white or Hispanic, and one in 10 patients are LGBTQ+. Financially, the company raised $19.1M in a Series A that brought total funding to $22.3M. Oula is led by CEO Adrianne Nickerson and COO Elaine Purcell. Oula combines obstetrics and midwifery care to treat birth as a natural life event, using medical interventions only when necessary. The company operates modern clinics supported by an experienced clinical team and a remote care platform that extends care into the home. Oula’s collaborative care model includes midwives and obstetricians alongside doulas, lactation consultants, therapists, and nutritionists. The startup offers virtual coaching and monitoring spanning preconception through postpartum care. It also runs event programming covering evidence-based topics to help guide informed decision-making. Using its new funding, Oula plans to open a prenatal clinic in Brooklyn Heights in early 2021 and to site a birth center in Manhattan later in 2021.

Led · Equity · Jun 2023

GoodBuy Gear operates an online resale marketplace for baby and kid gear that enables parents, brands and retailers to safely and sustainably recirculate quality-used products. It offers white-glove selling services in Denver, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., and New York City (and surrounding metro areas), and provides nationwide shopping and shipping. Led by CEO and co-founder Kristin Langenfeld and founded in 2016, the company has sold over 270,000 secondhand items and helped more than 12,000 families resell their items to date. In the first months of 2023 GoodBuy Gear expanded to sell pre-owned, quality-inspected car seats and doubled its base of brand and retail partners. The company raised $14M in funding to further scale its online marketplace and solidify its market position. Carl Sparks of Interlock Partners joined the company's board in conjunction with the financing. Good Buy Gear operates a recommerce marketplace for second‑hand and open‑box baby and children’s items, picking up sellers’ goods, performing quality checks, cleaning and listing them for resale. The company ships nationwide and offers local delivery in Denver and Dallas. Founded in 2016, it has grown rapidly (about four times since March) and has an 11-person workforce with plans to add five hires. Good Buy Gear has raised $8 million to date, including a $6 million Series A and prior $2.8 million in seed funding. The new capital will fund product evolution, strategic partnerships, and market expansion to provide pickup and delivery beyond Denver and Dallas. The company is pursuing partnerships with large retailers to access returns and open‑box inventory and is working with partners to improve sustainability and reduce waste. Good Buy Gear operates an online marketplace and consignment service for previously owned baby and kids’ products, including strollers, furniture and toys. The company manages the full transaction from pickup to payout, allowing parents to avoid consignment stores or meet-ups with strangers. It currently serves the Boulder and Denver metro areas and offers nationwide shipping on many items. Led by CEO Kristin Langenfeld and COO Jessica Crothers, Good Buy Gear secured seed financing to support growth. The company plans to use the funds to expand to more cities throughout the U.S. The financing reflects early-stage capital to accelerate its geographic expansion.