Participated · Series A · Jul 2026

EdVisorly provides an admissions and enrollment automation platform called EddyAI that automates workflows such as transcript processing, transfer credit mapping, and GPA recalculations for colleges and universities. Institutions using the platform have reported reductions in manual processing of up to 85% and more than a 6x increase in admissions data processing productivity. EdVisorly partners with over 100 colleges, universities, and higher education systems, including the University of Connecticut, California State Polytechnic University, Pomona, University of Massachusetts, and Carnegie Mellon University. The company plans to continue investing in product and engineering, expand partner success and implementation teams, and build onboarding and adoption resources to scale institutional deployments. EdVisorly was founded by Manny Smith, an Air Force veteran and officer who attended the U.S. Air Force Academy and UC Berkeley's Haas School of Business.

Participated · Seed · Apr 2026

Debbie builds a consumer rewards program that shifts rewards toward lower-income users by tying points and cash back to every dollar of debt payoff, every dollar of savings, and improved financial decisions. The company launched Rewards 2.0 to operationalize that approach and reported having more than 200,000 users on its platform. Debbie is led by founders Frida Leibowitz and Rachel Lauren. The startup is based in New York. Debbie recently raised a $5.3 million seed round to support its current user base and to scale toward millions of users. The article frames the company as addressing inequities in the traditional credit card rewards ecosystem.

Participated · Series B · Apr 2026

Humanly.io builds AI-driven automation for high-volume hiring, including candidate screening, interview scheduling, automated communication, and reference checks. The company is shifting toward delivering pre-vetted, ready-to-hire candidates via a continuously refreshed talent database and a “service-as-a-software” model. It is launching a job seeker-facing product that offers AI-powered coaching for interview preparation, resume writing, and salary negotiation to establish direct relationships with candidates. Humanly has partnerships to scale candidate access, including taking over CareerBuilder’s talent marketplace and working with Microsoft on a neurodiversity hiring program. The company counts more than 120 customers—including Microsoft, Domino’s, Massage Envy, Worldwide Flight Services, and MGM Resorts and Casinos—and conducts about 9,000 interviews per day. Founded in 2018 and based in Bellevue, Wash., Humanly employs roughly 50 people and reported revenue growth of 3.9x over the past seven months.

Led · Seed · Mar 2026

Flourish Care, founded in 2020, operates a maternal healthcare platform that matches families with credentialed doulas and delivers a hybrid model of in-person and virtual support. The platform powers referrals, care coordination, and insurance reimbursement and integrates into workflows for health plans, obstetrics, hospitals, FQHCs, and community organizations. Flourish Care reports it has supported thousands of families and is available to more than 20 million covered lives through commercial plans and Medicaid. The company is building an AI-driven risk-prediction engine using clinical and community-reported data to identify patients who may benefit from additional support earlier in pregnancy. Flourish Care positions its model as improving maternal outcomes, reducing unnecessary interventions, and lowering costs as states expand reimbursement for doula care.

Led · Seed · Mar 2026

Understood Care offers an AI-native patient advocacy platform that pairs dedicated human advocates (with backgrounds like nursing, healthcare administration, and social work) with an AI co-pilot called Ava to handle administrative tasks and surface relevant resources. The platform helps patients schedule appointments, access benefits, complete applications, coordinate care, and resolve barriers such as transportation, housing, and medication affordability. Understood Care launched patient care in March 2025 and expanded across all 50 states within eight months, supporting thousands of patients and establishing relationships with three major Medicare Advantage plans. Active patients contact advocates about five times per month on average, while advocates proactively reach out about 11 times per month. The company bills through CMS-recognized advocacy codes and is building a proprietary multimodal dataset from interactions to improve its AI and workflows. Founded by Sam Wu and Kevin Bailey and based in New York, Understood Care plans to use new funding to accelerate Ava's development and deepen partnerships with providers, payers, and community organizations.