Participated · Equity · Sep 2019

NexHealth operates a healthcare infrastructure platform that connects providers and digital health tools; its systems now serve 89 million patients. The company says 81% of new AI healthcare startups are built on its infrastructure, indicating broad adoption among early-stage healthtech builders. In the seed phase it raised about $390k from professors and several customers, two of whom remain on the cap table and continue to use the product. Early financial strain was severe—founders reported having roughly $4,000 in the bank and a maxed-out credit card at one point. The available articles do not disclose institutional investors, valuation, founding year, or location.

Led · Series A · May 2019

Confiant provides an always-on anti-malware platform that protects publishers’ and platforms’ reputations, revenue and resources for desktop, mobile and video ads. The company says its technology safeguarded billions of programmatic impressions in 2018 and gives it visibility into the threat and attack landscape. Confiant works with publishers and platforms including Tribune Media, Internet Brands, Vice Media and Topix. Co‑founded in 2013 by Louis‑David Mangin and Jerome Dangu, the company is based in New York City. It closed a $4.1M Series A in February 2019. Confiant plans to use the funds to invest in product innovation and to hire additional talent.

Participated · Series A · Nov 2018

Easyship provides a plug-in service that adds international shipping options at checkout, letting retailers offer overseas delivery by connecting to 250+ services from more than 50 couriers. Its platform integrates with marketplaces and storefronts including Amazon, Shopify, eBay, Etsy and Magento. The company says it can cut shipping costs by up to 60%, and its base of about 40,000 SMBs have seen overall sales rise roughly 40% on average. Easyship employs more than 50 people across offices in New York, Singapore, the Netherlands, Australia and Hong Kong. The founders plan to use new funding to develop the company’s routing and cost-optimization technology, add more shipment and logistics partners, and expand customer acquisition efforts—particularly in the U.S. market.

Participated · Series B · Aug 2018

Nylas is a communications API platform that enables developers to integrate email, calendaring, scheduling and other productivity tools into applications with a few lines of code. Its product set includes email integrations for major providers (including IMAP), scheduling and calendaring APIs, a neural API for sentiment analysis and workflow automation, and security integrations to streamline OAuth reviews. The company processes roughly 1.2 billion API requests per day, moving about 20 terabytes of data daily, and reports 80,000 developers using its platform. Revenue growth has tripled in the past 12 months, though the company is not disclosing a valuation for this round. Nylas plans to use the new funding to expand the types of APIs it offers, with a particular focus on AI and automation to drive more workflow efficiency. The platform targets businesses seeking to reduce the time and complexity of building integrations between siloed productivity tools and their own applications. Nylas offers a universal communications API platform that lets developers connect applications to every email, calendar, and contacts provider and process unstructured communications data in days. The company says its solution saves customers an average of 16 months and $2M in up-front development costs and provides SOC 2 certified, GDPR compliant, Privacy Shield certified, and HIPAA- and FINRA-ready integrations. Over 40,000 developers use Nylas to process more than 1.2 billion API requests and sync 15TB of data daily, and the company serves over 450 customers including Comcast, Hyundai, Realtor.com, Dialpad, Freshworks, Pipedrive, Qualia, and Clio. Nylas recently acquired June.ai and is integrating its AI-powered productivity tools to expand the platform into intelligent workflow automation. The company plans to use new funding to scale sales and marketing and accelerate product innovation. Nylas also plans to double its workforce over the next 12 months and is hiring across San Francisco, New York City, and Denver while building a dedicated engineering team in Toronto. Nylas offers an API that lets developers connect to email, calendar and contact information from services like Gmail, Microsoft Exchange and IMAP providers. The company builds adapters for native protocols and backend providers (Google, GoDaddy, Yahoo) to simplify access to mailbox data. Its product is used to pull data for use cases such as CRM integration and multi-person meeting coordination. Nylas has been around for five years and operates with offices in New York and San Francisco. The company currently has 35 employees, counts 200 customers and serves thousands of developers. With new funding, Nylas plans to double headcount by the end of the year and expand engineering, sales and marketing efforts to reach more corporate customers. Nylas provides APIs for email, calendars, and contacts that enable bi-directional email sync and send features in SaaS products. Its platform integrates with all email service providers and targets marketing, sales and recruiting professionals. The company has synced more than 100 terabytes of data from more than 15 billion emails. Nylas' APIs power features across CRM, marketing automation, recruiting, scheduling, legal and real estate platforms. Founded in 2013 by Gleb Polyakov (CEO) and Christine Spang (CTO), the company is based in San Francisco, CA. Nylas plans to use the funds to grow its team, expand its reach, and further invest in the Nylas API products.

Participated · Seed · Apr 2018

Carpe develops dermatologist-tested products that manage sweating across the entire body, including hand lotion, underarm antiperspirant, sweat-proof cosmetics, hair care, and sweat-absorbing products for areas such as the breast, thigh, groin, and scalp. The brand began as a cult favorite solution for excessively sweaty hands and has expanded into a full product suite developed with medical advisors. Carpe sells direct-to-consumer through its own website and e-commerce marketplaces. The company emphasizes proprietary, time-tested formulas that prioritize efficacy, scent, and comfort, and highlights a strong personal connection between its founders and customers. Carpe positions itself as the #1 dermatologist-recommended antiperspirant brand for whole-body sweat protection. The company aims to accelerate growth and reach more customers worldwide with strategic support from its new partner. Carpe offers an antiperspirant lotion designed to reduce hand and foot sweat, with a particular focus on patients with hyperhidrosis. The company was founded in 2015 by lifelong hyperhidrosis sufferers David Spratte (UNC ’17) and Kasper Kubica (Duke ’17). Based in Durham, NC, Carpe’s product targets palm and sole sweating that existing products may not adequately address. The startup plans to use recently raised seed funding to continue expanding its business reach. Seth Radwell, the former CEO of Proactiv, invested in the round and will join Carpe’s board of directors, bringing industry experience. The article does not report operating metrics such as revenue or user counts.