The Venture Codex

Participated · Series A · Jan 2026

Salvo Health offers brick-and-mortar gastrointestinal (GI) clinics a continuous virtual care platform that connects patients with a specialized, gut-focused care team. Users gain direct, ongoing access to registered dietitians, behavioral-health professionals, and nurses, helping clinics save time, boost revenue, and improve outcomes. In 2025 the company reported 800% year-over-year growth in both patients and revenue and expanded enterprise agreements with GI doctors by more than 1,000%, reaching 801 signed GI partners. Led by CEO Jeffrey Glueck, COO Marin Rothenberg, and CMO Dr. Erin Hendriks, the company is now building an AI-driven product roadmap. The new funding will finance engineering expansion and nationwide hiring of additional clinical staff to meet rising demand. Salvo Health positions itself at the intersection of virtual specialty care and chronic condition management, with ambitions to scale its platform nationally.

Participated · Seed · Jun 2025

Gemist offers a white-labelled, full-stack SaaS platform with a proprietary 3D visualisation engine that renders photorealistic custom jewellery in real time. The product supports real-time 3D styling, dynamic pricing, and a fully brandable interface across web, tablet, and mobile that integrates with existing e-commerce stacks. The company plans to expand product development into dynamic pricing, advanced rendering, and omnichannel commerce integrations. Gemist reports customers design more than 14,000 custom pieces weekly and says partner brands can accelerate sales cycles by up to 400% and increase average order value by 300%. The company has raised $9M to date, including a $6M seed round led by Entrada Ventures with participation from The Artemis Fund and Collide Capital. Gemist was founded in 2021 and is headquartered in Los Angeles. Gemist is a vertical SaaS solution for the jewelry industry that licenses technology to allow jewelry brands to engage consumers in a more personal buying experience. Its Customize, Stack, and Try-On SaaS solutions have generated increased consumer engagement, higher conversion rates, larger average order values, and improved final-mile sales, and can be integrated into existing websites and branding. Founder Madeline Fraser built Gemist to make online jewelry shopping more visual, engaging, and fun while helping independent jewelers stay competitive. The company targets a large market: the global jewelry market was worth $300B in 2023 and is projected to reach $340B by 2025, with independent jewelers driving 70% of 2023 value and 85% of jewelers being SMBs. Consumer research cited in the articles shows 62% of consumers made online jewelry purchases in the past year, though many still prefer in-person purchases and often begin their journeys online. Gemist recently closed a $3M priced seed round to support its mission to disrupt the jewelry industry and help SMB jewelers access industry-specific digital solutions. Gemist is a U.S.-based fine jewelry brand and digital platform that combines design technology with a try-on-at-home model to let consumers customize and test jewelry before buying. The platform provides complimentary replicas for customers to evaluate fit and style prior to purchase. All pieces are handmade in Los Angeles using responsibly sourced materials and ethical practices. Gemist emphasizes personalization and aims to change consumer shopping behavior in the fine jewelry market. The company is led by Founder and CEO Madeline Fraser and has strategic partnerships with industry players such as De Beers Group Ventures. The recent financing will support scaling Gemist’s growth as an experiential digital jewelry platform.

Participated · Equity · Feb 2025

SimpliFed offers virtual breastfeeding and baby feeding support and broader maternal health care from pregnancy through the postpartum period via a secure, HIPAA-compliant telehealth platform. The company connects parents with a network of baby feeding experts and maternal health specialists and operates a proprietary Maternal Health operating system designed for collaboration with healthcare partners. Its platform uses interoperable infrastructure and API-driven technology to integrate with health plans, providers, partners and health systems for secure data exchange and streamlined workflows. SimpliFed intends to expand those partnerships and scale use of its Maternal Health OS following its Series A. The company is led by founder and CEO Andrea Ippolito and is based in New York City. The recent Series A raised over $10M to support platform growth and partner activation.

Participated · Series A · May 2024

Max Retail operates a marketplace that connects independent retailers and brands with a global network of online marketplace partners to sell excess inventory. Led by CEO Melodie van der Baan, the company enables small retail businesses to become fulfillment partners for major online retailers, reaching over 400 million consumers. The platform is designed to help retailers maximize cash recuperation by matching unsold inventory supply to global demand and providing SKU-level visibility. Over the last twelve months Max Retail increased seller payouts threefold and grew gross merchandise value sold through the marketplace fourfold year‑over‑year; 89% of active sellers sold inventory every month of Q1. The company plans to use new funding to more than double its sellers—focusing on specialty retailers and brands—and to introduce innovations including an AI-powered pricing and allocating engine and SKU-level insights. It intends to expand its sales channel network and broaden the excess-inventory solution to support the full product lifecycle and improve inventory turns for independent retailers.

Led · 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.