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Why We Invested in Layer

Why We Invested in Layer

Our portfolio company Layer just raised a 6.6M seed round led by Emergence! Over the years, we’ve spent a bunch of time thinking about how to disrupt Quickbooks (if such a thing was possible). QuickBooks owns small-business accounting in the US and would be a $100B business on

Why We Invested in Ponte

Why We Invested in Ponte

We are thrilled to announce our investment in Ponte! Ponte is unleashing the professional potential of Hispanic immigrants in the U.S. There is an unprecedented labor shortage in the U.S., with over 10 million open jobs and not enough workers to fill them. Most of these are frontline

Why We Invested in Stay

Why We Invested in Stay

I’m thrilled to announce our investment in Stay! The Brazilian retirement savings system is fraught with problems. Rather than 401ks like we have in the US, pretty standard benefits of full-time employment, they have pension plans, and those are primarily only offered by the largest employers. Fewer than 15%

Why We Invested in Deck

Why We Invested in Deck

⬅️Originally published on JC's LinkedIn here. Excited to Announce Our Investment in Deck! We are thrilled to partner with YG, Fred, JB, and Bruno, the founders of Deck, who previously built Flinks, an open banking platform in Canada. After Flinks was acquired by the National Bank of Canada

Why We Invested in Permanent

Why We Invested in Permanent

🚀 We're thrilled to announce our investment in Permanent! 🍃 🚜 Today, the biggest challenge for farmers is selling more. Above all, they need to find buyers for their products. Most smaller farms lack the resources for transportation or logistics, which limits their ability to work with mid-sized and larger buyers.

Why We Invested in InScope

Why We Invested in InScope

⬅️Originally published by JC on LinkedIn here. Excited to announce our investment in InScope! It was a real privilege to have Mary Antony and Kelsey Gootnick, CPA join us for the first cohort of our pre-seed program, The Mint. InScope is automating the generation of GAAP-compliant financial statements, footnotes, and