Led · Series B · Sep 2022

Monos is a travel and lifestyle brand led by CEO Victor Tam that designs and sells suitcases, bags and accessories. The company is based in Vancouver, BC. It raised USD $30M in a Series B to support growth initiatives. Monos plans to use the funds to grow consumer demand, develop new products, recruit additional talent and expand beyond existing channels. The company recently added former Samsonite, Louis Vuitton and Pandora CEO Marcello Bottoli to its board. Bottoli brings decades of experience in fashion and lifestyle brands and was a key investor and leader in the turnaround of Samsonite with other investors noted in the article. Monos designs premium, timeless suitcases, bags, and accessories with a ‘less is more’ aesthetic and products thoughtfully designed in Canada using high-quality parts sourced globally. Its luggage undergoes forty durability tests and the brand has won accolades, including an A’ Design award for its signature carry-on. Monos is Climate Neutral Certified and donates 1% of revenue as a member of 1% for the Planet. The company pivoted during the COVID-19 slowdown to launch the CleanPod UVC Sterilizer within six weeks, gaining unpaid media coverage. Monos reported 400% year-over-year revenue growth in 2020 and continued growth and profitability in 2021. With new capital it plans to expand its offline presence, recruit talent, and build a more robust product development pipeline.

Participated · Seed · Sep 2022

Millie operates a hybrid maternity clinic model that combines in-person care at its clinics with virtual visits, remote monitoring, and a proprietary app. The company offers maternity and gynecology care as well as postpartum coaching, mental health support, and nutrition counseling. Millie works with all major insurance companies and provides both in-person and virtual support through a tech platform with patient monitoring tools. Founder Anu Sharma launched Millie in 2022 after experiencing pregnancy complications and identifying gaps in care. The company describes its model as capital efficient and increasingly powered by AI-enabled workflows in collaboration with payors and health system partners. Millie competes with other maternal-care providers such as Quilted Health and Oula and plans to expand its physical footprint and technology services across California. Millie is a Berkeley, CA-based maternity clinic and app-enabled care provider that guides patients from 48 hours after a positive pregnancy test through one year postpartum. The service pairs each patient with a care team including an OB-GYN, a midwife, and a doula, delivering coordinated clinical and nonclinical support. Millie's offerings combine proactive medical insight, virtual and in-clinic monitoring, and at-home monitoring tools such as blood pressure cuffs. Its digital app provides around-the-clock messaging with providers, a social network, mental health support, nutrition counseling, lactation support, and digital health checks. The company conducts three visits with patients, the first occurring at the patient's home within one week postpartum, and emphasizes accessible, patient-centered care. Millie recently closed a $4M seed round and plans to open a physical clinic next to the Alta Bates Campus in Berkeley on September 26.

Participated · Series A · Jun 2021

Rebelstork (branded as REBEL) provides a technology platform and marketplace that processes, quality-checks, and resells returned, never-used inventory for retail partners, turning costly returns into recovered revenue while offering consumers steep discounts. Its proprietary returns recommerce system has processed more than one million products as of August 2025, reflecting 2,640% growth in three years. The service diverts significant waste from landfills and is projected to keep over 25 million pounds of goods out of landfills by year-end 2025. Having started in the baby category, the company expanded into home goods earlier in 2025 and is now moving into higher-ticket outdoor and sporting goods—including water and winter sports, camping, and athletic gear—through existing retail partnerships. REBEL’s marketplace gives shoppers savings of up to 70% off while helping retailers meet sustainability goals and recapture value from returned merchandise. Certified as a B-Corp, the company positions circular retail at the core of its mission and branding. Rapid retailer adoption and consumer demand underscore its traction and support ongoing vertical expansion.

Led · Series A · Jun 2021

Diggs designs and sells premium pet products, engineering items that take cues from baby-product standards and interior design trends. The company is best known for its award-winning Revol Dog Crate and a growing assortment engineered for pets of all sizes. Diggs was launched in 2016 by Zel Crampton, a McKinsey veteran with an engineering background who founded the company after adopting a dog. The brand experienced rapid consumer adoption, achieving 400% growth in 2020 as pet adoption and spending increased. Diggs plans to use new capital to develop additional products, diversify marketing channels, recruit talent across business functions, and build a product design and development facility in Long Island City. This raise marks the company’s first institutional financing as it scales product and go-to-market efforts.