• UNLISTED

  Participated · Seed · Jan 2025

  Unlisted is an NYC-based AI-powered real estate technology company that uses machine learning to surface off-market and private home-sale opportunities. Its platform is designed to create more dynamic, efficient market opportunities for buyers, sellers, and real estate professionals. The service is free for homeowners and charges a nominal fee to buyers who want to start a conversation with a homeowner. Led by CEO Katie Hill, the company says it will use the new funding to create more opportunities for homeowners, home buyers, and their agents. The product combines ML-driven discovery with commercial partnerships to surface private listings that might otherwise be missed. UNLISTED operates a cloud-based platform that leverages AI and machine learning to reveal and align previously untapped real estate opportunities for buyers, sellers, real estate agents, and the industry as a whole. The company positions itself as making off-market inventory accessible where "off-market is no longer off-limits." Its product targets multiple stakeholders across real estate—buyers, sellers and agents—by identifying opportunities not visible through traditional channels. Following its Pitch HearstLab New York presentation, UNLISTED won a $100,000 investment from HearstLab and will receive hands-on support from the Lab. HearstLab indicated it will plug UNLISTED into its broader network to help scale the business. For more information the article directs readers to https://unlistedhomes.com.

• SocialCrowd

  Participated · Seed · Nov 2024

  Described by its CEO as a "Fitbit but for work," SocialCrowd provides a platform that lets companies set measurable goals for employees and issue rewards when those expectations are met. The product has been used by restaurants — one example paid $1 for every five daily specials sold and reportedly drove a 490% sales increase in 90 days — and the company has expanded into retail, manufacturing and other hourly blue-collar workforces. SocialCrowd positions itself as performance-based rather than sentiment-based rewards and focuses exclusively on frontline and shift workers. The company reports average growth of 20% month-over-month, though the CEO declined to share revenue metrics. SocialCrowd plans to use new funding to expand engineering, customer success and sales teams and to broaden its vertical coverage. The company also has plans to expand into AI as part of future product development. Launched in 2022, SocialCrowd is a SaaS platform for performance management that lets companies set incentive campaigns, tracks employee performance in real time by connecting to existing productivity apps, and issues reminders to help staff hit targets. When goals are achieved, employees earn points they can redeem for gift cards or custom rewards such as time off. The product is positioned as a “Fitbit for work,” aiming to drive employee retention and productivity, particularly for large blue-collar shift teams that could not transition to remote work. The company has seen increased attention as customers seek tools to manage hybrid and frontline workforces. SocialCrowd plans to use new funding to expand its team and focus on customer acquisition. Co-founders Raphael Akinsipe and Paul Doran have prior startup experience together; Akinsipe has worked at Google and at Casetabs, which sold to Bain Capital. The founders envision evolving the platform into a broader tool for employee growth and business insight. SocialCrowd operates an automated employee incentive platform it calls the “digital Fitbit for work,” connecting to work applications such as Salesforce, Square and Jira to track employee progress toward goals. The platform sends periodic reminders and instantly rewards employees with points redeemable for gift cards, time off, and other rewards. Led by CEO Raphael Akinsipe, the company targets managers who want to boost worker performance through automated incentive programs. Early customers include Sonic Drive‑in franchise locations and Motorola Solutions. SocialCrowd is based in southern California and is currently a five‑person startup planning to double its headcount over the next year. The company says it will use the funding to scale the team, enhance its product offering, and continue its expansion.

• IN BOLD PRINT.

  Led · Seed · Oct 2024

  IN BOLD PRINT offers an intuitive carbon management platform that generates exportable dashboards, reports, and recommendations to help SMBs calculate and share emissions data. The platform is designed to be easy to use—operating much like leading consumer accounting software—while maintaining accuracy and automation. Its customer base spans CPG and retail, and includes named customers and strategic partners Schreiber Foods and Palermo’s Pizza. Founded in 2021, the company targets small-to-midsized vendors that must comply with evolving emissions disclosure requirements and Scope 3 reporting. The business plans to move its product to a full self-service model and expand go-to-market and engineering teams as its customer base grows. IN BOLD PRINT estimates a total addressable market of $17.5 billion.

• TEAMology

  Led · Seed · Aug 2024

  TEAMology develops TEAMtalk, an AI + human technology that connects K-8 students with six interactive characters designed to provide personalized social-emotional and mental health support. The company emerged from Penn State’s Invent Penn State commercialization ecosystem in 2016 and is led by CEO and founder Linsey Covert. TEAMology has partnerships with Penn State and public media company WQED to help expand its reach. The company plans to use its new funding to accelerate growth, invest in TEAMtalk product marketing, and expand talent within the K-8 edtech space. No revenue or user metrics were disclosed in the article.

• EVEN

  Participated · Seed · Apr 2023

  EVEN is a creative platform that lets artists sell music and offer exclusive content and experiences directly to fans, positioning itself as a first stop before releases hit streaming services. The product is built on blockchain to provide greater transparency for transactions and currently operates in beta as a free, ad-free service. EVEN generates revenue by charging transaction fees and plans to use its new seed funding for hiring and business growth. Founder and CEO Mag Rodriguez began building the platform last February to help Black and brown artists retain equity and receive proper credit and compensation. The company plans partnerships with artists such as French Montana and is experimenting with features like in-app chat to enable artist-fan communication. EVEN hopes to launch later this year with more than 600 artists and currently has a waitlist topping 4,000 creators.

No current team members are available.