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Thrilled to see THREE of our portfolio companies featured on IVP's Vertical AI Market Map as “companies leading the charge!” Congratulations to PermitFlow, Syrup Tech, and Topline Pro! We're proud to have been early investors in each of these companies and are excited to see how they continue transforming their respective industries. → PermitFlow is simplifying and speeding up the construction permitting process for builders nationwide → Syrup Tech is leveraging AI to empower businesses with smarter inventory management. Their technology reduces costs, optimizes stock levels, and enhances overall operational efficiency → Topline Pro is giving millions of home services entrepreneurs the tools they need to improve online visibility, foster customer trust, and scale bookings more efficiently ?? ?? IVP's post: https://lnkd.in/erqQ-iG2 -- At Phoenix Fund, we invest in pre/seed stage startups founded by students and alumni of Harvard and HBS. Please share a note!

We're proud of our portfolio company, Topline Pro, for being named to Notable Capital's #SMBTech50 List! Determined by 30+ top VC firms, this list honors the 50 most innovative and impactful companies serving small and medium-sized businesses ?? Congratulations, Nick Ornitz, Shannon Kay, & the Topline Pro team!

Congratulations to M7 Health for their $4M seed round led by First Round Capital. We are proud to have backed Ilana Borkenstein RN, MBA (HBS) and Eric Gruskin (HBS) during their pre-seed! M7 Health is on a mission to modernize nursing workforce management. View M7's blog post and job openings below: Blog post: https://lnkd.in/eykQ6EaG Jobs: https://lnkd.in/e2jXdWNf

Reforged Labs (YC W22) has raised $3.9 million in seed funding to transform gaming ads with GenAI. Player acquisition is crucial for game studios but has always been challenging and costly. Marketing is a major hurdle, with video ads being key but difficult to manage due to ad fatigue, rising costs, and complex testing. Founded by Robert Huynh and Oscar Xing Luo, Reforge Labs launched in February to address this problem with an AI-powered platform that simplifies and speeds up ad creation and optimization. Reforge helps studios produce high-quality video ads quickly by automating ideation, storyboarding, and development, allowing developers to create new ads in minutes rather than days or weeks. Pilot customers have already seen significant improvements in ad creation speed, reduced feedback loops, and increased click-through rates and returns on ad spend. The company plans to expand its technology to support more game companies and enhance its AI capabilities, aiming to be an essential tool for game marketing. Congrats Robert, Oscar, and team on the round! https://lnkd.in/gS7MhPa4

Congratulations to Robert Huynh (HBS, 2022), Oscar Xing Luo and the Reforged Labs (YC W22) team for their $3.9M Seed Round! We are proud pre-seed investors in Reforged Labs (YC W22) along their journey to build cutting-edge, self-teaching GenAI models that help game studios all over the globe produce eye-catching video ads and grow their player bases at superhuman speed and scale. Read more about their story: https://lnkd.in/gwDHt5tq -- Phoenix Fund is a pre-seed and seed-stage venture capital firm investing in startups founded by students and alumni of Harvard and HBS.

For any Harvard/HBS students or alumni thinking of applying to Y Combinator's first ever Fall Batch, send us a note! Our team at Phoenix is happy to provide free coaching, advice, and prep. Over the last 3 years, we have invested in 65 YC-backed Harvard founders and have had the pleasure of supporting several in gaining acceptance to YC batches. You'll be glad to work with Anthony Valente (Co-Founder & Managing Partner, Phoenix Fund) who is YC-backed with a successful exit to a public company. Please share with any Harvard/HBS founders who may be interested! cc: Devon Triplett, Anthony Valente, Chloe Breider -- [email protected] https://lnkd.in/ej2UNeCN

We are proud partners with OnRamp who recently announced $14.2M in seed and Series A funding! Ross Lerner and Paul Holder have spent the past few years building an incredible team and product to deliver seamless customer onboarding by automating and streamlining the post-sales process. To book a demo with OnRamp, visit:?www.onramp.us https://lnkd.in/g6DU4Wfz

Huge congratulations to?Francis,?Samuel, and their team at?PermitFlow?for their $31M Series A fundraise led by?Kleiner Perkins! We are proud pre-seed investors in PermitFlow along their mission to make the process of obtaining construction permits faster and more reliable, ultimately making the cost of housing more affordable. It has been incredible to watch the quick growth from pre-seed until now. https://lnkd.in/dFEEbnVd

Very proud of what James Theuerkauf and the Syrup Tech team are accomplishing! Check out their Bloomberg feature below.

Harvard / HBS produces how many unicorns a year? The findings are quite remarkable. Find our latest research below. Consider subscribing and/or sharing. At Phoenix Fund Research, we share weekly data, insights, and stories from Harvard’s startup and venture ecosystem. -- https://lnkd.in/dhDZARq2