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We are excited to share our latest investment in TEAMology! Led by the brilliant Linsey Covert, this company is paving the way to better mental health support for our kids. We were impressed by the depth of EdTech experience on the team and a differentiated, character-based product which can alert teachers to wellness challenges faced by students within their classrooms. Congratulations to Linsey and the rest of the team at TEAMology, LLC. VC 414 is proud to have your back. You can find more detail on their website: https://www.teamology.team

Who doesn't love beauty? Exciting news for Meg Pryde and our VC 414 portfolio company Brandefy App! If you aren't already using their tool to compare products or haven't tried their dupes, you should check them out. They are committed to making luxury products more accessible to all beauty lovers!

Check out this recent thought leadership from our portfolio company Pruuvn. They have built an end-to-end platform for companies to manage onboarding, compliance, trust, verification, and safety when it uses contractors and gig workers.

We were excited to see our VC 414 portfolio company EVEN featured in Billboard a couple weeks back! Also, that CEO Mag Rodriguez was nominated by his peers as a Billboard 2024 R&B/Hip Hop power player! You can read about that here: https://lnkd.in/eEbKABMV This is the future of music. #BuyTheArtFromTheArtist #LetsGetEVEN https://lnkd.in/e6GBfSPb

VC 414 is celebrating Women’s Entrepreneurship Week in Wisconsin by attending the movie Show Her The Money on Friday morning. Tickets are still available!? Later that day, our firm is co-hosting an exclusive women's happy hour with our favorite mental health crusaders at zant and a special guest...the film’s producer Catherine Gray! DM us for a happy hour invitation. https://lnkd.in/gvR8GSeR

We may not have grown up here but it is where our VC 414 team met and where we call home. Happy 414 Day to all of our fellow Milwaukeeans!!! #414Day #Milwaukee #VC414

Congratulations to our portfolio company RequestFOIA, INC and CEO Herbert Myers on being selected by CIC (Cambridge Innovation Center) for the Massachusetts Social Impact Program! Government technology innovation is often overlooked in venture capital despite being a huge $48B market opportunity in the US.

Congratulations to our portfolio company SocialCrowd on expanding their pre-seed round by an additional $1m! We are excited that Bread and Butter Ventures and Serac Ventures joined us and another early supporter, Gala Capital Partners on this journey. Thank you to Dominic-Madori Davis at TechCrunch for covering the scoop. This software improves employee performance through automated incentives and makes employees feel more valued by tracking goals and rewarding them instantly. Since we met CEO Raphael Akinsipe a year ago, we have been charmed by his exceptionally cool manner, creativity, and overall business savvy. We invested because of the potential to invigorate areas of the workforce that often feel undervalued which makes attracting and retaining motivated employees challenging for employers. DM us if you are interested in learning about his product or meeting Raphael when he visits Milwaukee in March. #vc414 #goodvibesonly https://lnkd.in/dP3zRJDa

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Congrats SocialCrowd !!