Our Mission
At Teamworthy Ventures, our mission is to partner with outstanding entrepreneurial teams to build companies of purpose, integrity, and enduring value.
We strive to be worthy partners with helpful introductions to new customers, partners, and team members.
Our Focus
We focus our investments on outstanding entrepreneurial teams building software and software-enabled services companies.
Stage: With our focus on outstanding teams, we invest flexibly and creatively at the pre-seed, seed, early, and growth stages. We often lead new rounds of funding, including at the pre-seed and seed stages.
Geography: We invest across America with a strong commitment to supporting entrepreneurs in emerging entrepreneurial ecosystems, with portfolio companies in Austin, Atlanta, Bay Area, Boston, Bozeman, Chicago, Columbus, Dallas, Denver, Miami, Nashville, New York, Phoenix, Raleigh-Durham, Greater Salt Lake City, and Washington, D.C.-Northern Virginia.
Themes and Verticals: We recognize that innovation always comes as a surprise and often in categories that have yet to be created. That said, we focus much of our work on vertical companies, marketplaces and networks, and horizontal companies serving key functional roles within enterprises. We do significant work in the following verticals: Healthcare, Life Sciences, Education, Financial Services, Government and Defense, Culture and Hospitality, Professional Services, Home Services, Transportation / Logistics.
Our Teams
A sample of the pre-seed, seed, early, and growth stage companies that Teamworthy Ventures and principals have invested in and supported include:
Academia.edu
Academia.edu is a platform for academics to share research papers. The company's mission is to accelerate the world's research.
Adaptly
Adaptly helps their customers navigate the increasingly complex social media ecosystem and provide them with solutions to optimize large-scale advertising campaigns.
Acquired by Accenture
Affinity
Affinity is a relationship management platform that powers relationship-driven industries and applications.
Bark
Bark keeps millions of children across the U.S. safe online with their award-winning apps for parents and schools.
Better Agency
Better Agency is the easiest to use insurance management software combining your AMS and CRM.
CampusLogic
CampusLogic transforms the way more than 500 colleges and universities deliver financial aid with the first and only student finance platform.
Acquired by Ellucian
Capsule
Capsule is a better, smarter, faster, kinder pharmacy.
Carta
Carta helps private companies, public companies, investors, and employees manage their cap tables, valuations, portfolio investments, and equity plans.
Certify
Certify is your company’s ideal expense report and expense management solution.
Acquired by Emburse
ClassPass
ClassPass helps you access thousands of gyms, fitness studios and wellness centers with one easy-to-use app.
Datasembly
Datasembly provides brands, CPGs & retailers with unmatched market intelligence - real-time data from every product, every store, every day.
Dendi
Dendi provides a cloud-based laboratory information system, informatics solutions, and integration services for clinical diagnostic laboratories.
Everlance
Everlance is a leading mobile app that automatically tracks mileage & expenses.
ExecOnline
ExecOnline delivers online leadership development programs that solve organizations’ business needs.
Factual
Factual is the location data company powering innovation in product development, mobile marketing and real world analytics.
Merged with Foursquare
FirstDue
First Due reimagines Public Safety for agencies protecting the lives of millions of people across the US.
Flo Recruit
Flo Recruit helps students land BigLaw jobs, while enabling BigLaw firms to hire the best talent for their firms.
G2
G2’s mission is to provide the insights business professionals need to gain confidence in their buying decisions and become more successful in their jobs.
Galvanize
Galvanize is a technology ecosystem for learners, entrepreneurs, startups, and established companies that meets the needs of the rapidly changing digital world.
Acquired by K12
Gerson Lehrman Group
GLG is the world’s leading platform connecting business to insight.
Grata
Grata is the leading private company intelligence platform.
Greenhouse
Greenhouse is an applicant tracking system and recruiting software designed to optimize your entire recruiting process.
Hallow
Hallow is the #1 Catholic App for Prayer, Meditation, Music, and Sleep.
Hunt Club
Hunt Club is a new category of search firm that leverages the power of relationships and referrals to find you the best talent.
Ibotta
Ibotta is transforming the shopping experience by making it easy for consumers to earn cash back on everyday purchases through a single smartphone app.
IPO, NYSE: IBTA
Imagen
Imagen is applying AI to medical image analysis to make leading diagnostic care available to the world.
LASSO
LASSO is a workforce management software company dedicated to helping event and entertainment companies manage their contingent, project-based, and mobile talent.
Lithic
Lithic helps developers create configurable cards and approve transactions in real-time as easily as any other tech.
Lively HSA
Lively’s Health Savings Account (HSA) enables individuals to optimize their healthcare spending, maximize their savings, and better their livelihood.
MealPal
MealPal offers lunch and dinner subscriptions giving you access to the best restaurants for less than $6 per meal.
Medontix
Medontix seeks to streamline workflow and enhance clinical trial enrollment by giving research coordinators and investigators convenient access to a wide range of tools and resources at home and at the bedside.
Mixmax
Mixmax is the #1 Sales Engagement Platform for Gmail
Nested Knowledge
Nested Knowledge offers a comprehensive software platform for systematic literature review and meta-analysis.
Ocrolus
Ocrolus builds human-in-the-loop infrastructure to automate back-office tasks with precision.
OpenGov
OpenGov is a digital cloud software provider that helps local governments and state agencies run government operations.
Acquired by Cox Enterprises
Parry Labs
Parry Labs is the industry leader in software operating environments and edge compute hardware for the modern battlespace.
People Data Labs
People Data Labs is the largest, most developer friendly, single source of people data.
Perch
Perch helps pro, college, and amateur athletes train smarter with digital imaging, 3D cameras, and sports performance software.
Perry Weather
The modern weather safety platform for schools, athletics, parks & rec, golf, and others facing disruptive weather.
Quantek Systems
Empowering radiation oncology directors, oncologists, physicists, dosimetrists, therapists and nurses to focus on what they do best by streamlining workflows and communication.
Quartzy
Quartzy is the world’s leading solution for consolidating lab supply ordering, purchasing, and inventory tracking.
Quiq
Quiq is real-time collaborative documents, spreadsheets, and chat embedded inside Salesforce to transform any business process.
RaiseMe
RaiseMe partners with universities to offer students scholarships for their achievements during high school and community college.
Acquired by CampusLogic
Reliable Robotics
Reliable Robotics is building a highly reliable robotic aviation system to make air transportation safer, more available, and more affordable.
Remind
Remind is a platform for communication and learning that reaches students and families where they are. Built for education with mobile-first messaging that supports learning wherever it happens, Remind connects the people and resources that help give every student the opportunity to succeed.
RoadSync
RoadSync is on a mission to modernize and simplify payments across the entire logistics industry.
SeatGeek
SeatGeek is the leading mobile-focused ticket platform that enables fans to buy and sell tickets for sports, concert, and theater events.
7Shifts
7Shifts helps restaurant managers schedule, evaluate, and communicate with their workforce.
Shift5
Shift5 is a cybersecurity company that provides hardware and software solutions to defend operational technology (OT) platforms.
SidelineSwap
SidelineSwap connects athletes so they can buy, sell, and learn about new and used sports gear.
Slice
Slice is the leading marketplace connecting customers to the local pizza shops they love.
Summus
Summus is the leading virtual specialist platform offering expert medical advice for any health question.
Swell
Swell is the easiest to use growth platform for local businesses.
Teamworks
Teamworks is the leading athlete engagement software helping thousands of teams around the world connect and collaborate.
Toast
Toast is the fastest-growing restaurant management platform in the U.S.
IPO, NYSE: TOST
Trim
Trim is a financial health company on a mission is to solve your financial problems so that you can live the life you want.
Acquired by OneMain Financial
Typeform
Typeform is the conversational customer interaction platform
Uncountable
The Uncountable Platform is an Enterprise-class cloud solution helping global R&D organizations unify data across their entire laboratory workflows.
UserInterviews
UserInterviews is the fastest way to recruit user research participants.
Vetcove
Vetcove makes ordering veterinary supplies quick, easy, and frustration-free by shopping every vendor at once.
Vestwell
Vestwell is the leading digital 401(k) recordkeeping platform
Virtru
Virtru enables companies to protect, control, and audit sensitive information, with industry-leading usability and design.
Weave
Weave modernizes the way businesses interact with their customers, unifying their data and all channels of communication onto one smart platform.
IPO, NYSE: WEAV
Worksmith
Worksmith is a store experience management platform that lets you find, schedule, manage, and pay local service providers all in one place.
Zelus Analytics
Zelus Analytics provides a world-leading sports intelligence platform for the professional teams in our exclusive partner network.
Acquired by Teamworks
Meet Our Team
Our team is dedicated to helping our entrepreneurs and their companies.
Thomas D. Lehrman, Managing Partner
Thomas D. Lehrman is Managing Partner of Teamworthy Ventures. Mr. Lehrman was formerly co-founder and former Co-Chief Executive Officer of Gerson Lehrman Group (GLG) and has been involved as a founding or seed investor in numerous early stage ventures. Mr. Lehrman previously served as a Director of the Office of WMD Terrorism at the U.S. Department of State and as a member of the professional staff on the President’s WMD Commission. Earlier in his career, he worked as a financial analyst at Tiger Management. Mr. Lehrman has been a Board Member of several educational institutions including KIPP NYC Public Charter Schools, Brooklyn Excelsior Charter School, and Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory. Mr. Lehrman graduated from Duke University and Yale Law School and his writings have appeared in the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times.
Stephen Schmalhofer, Partner
Stephen is a Partner at Teamworthy Ventures and serves on the boards of UserInterviews, Hunt Club, and Better Agency. He leads the firm’s Summer Associate Program. He began his career at Swiss Re Capital Markets and Odyssey Re (a Fairfax Financial subsidiary). Stephen graduated from Yale College with a B.A. in History and an Ivy League football championship. He lives in Connecticut with his wife and their four daughters.
Justin Hintz, Vice President of Product & Technology
Justin leads our internal product and development teams, and brings 10+ years of product management and entrepreneurial experience. Prior to Teamworthy, he was a senior product owner at Revolut where he built their cross-border payments business, as well as helped Revolut launch and scale in the US. Prior to Revolut, while still an undergraduate, he co-founded a company facilitating cross-border payments from the US to Latin America. He graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a B.S. in Computer Science. He is passionate about entrepreneurship and organizational and leadership dynamics. He lives in New York City.
Brian Cashin, Vice President and Director of the Teamworthy Founder Fellowship
Brian is a Vice President on our investment team. Previously, Brian was a Senior Associate with Teamworthy Ventures after joining our team as a Summer Associate. Before Teamworthy, Brian worked as a software engineer on the Yale ITS Technology and Development Team. He graduated from Yale College with a B.A. as a double major in Economics and History where he was also President of the Yale Political Union and Editor-in-Chief of the Yale Socially Responsible Investments Journal. He is an accomplished violinist. He lives in New York City.
Kyle Limpic, Vice President
Kyle is a Vice President on our investment team. Previously, Kyle was a Summer Associate with Teamworthy Ventures before joining our team as a full-time Associate. Prior to Teamworthy, he worked as a research assistant in the tissue engineering laboratory of Dr. Donald Griffin at the University of Virginia, and interned at RRA Capital, a nationwide commercial real estate bridge lender. He graduated from UVA with a B.S. in Biomedical Engineering and a minor in Engineering Business where he was also the President of Engineers Going Global, a student-run project incubator. Kyle is originally from Phoenix, AZ and is a proud Arizona sports fan. He lives in New York City.
Emma Barrett, Senior Associate
Emma is a Senior Associate on our investment team. Previously, she was a Summer Associate with Teamworthy Ventures. Prior to joining Teamworthy, she interned in D.C. for Senator Todd Young and for the Ethics and Public Policy Center. She graduated from the University of Notre Dame with a B.A. in the Program of Liberal Studies and minors in Constitutional Studies and Business Economics. She is originally from South Bend, Indiana. She lives in New York City.
Will Thompson, Senior Associate
Will is a Senior Associate on our investment team. Previously, he was a Summer Associate as well as a Software Engineering Associate with Teamworthy Ventures. Previously, he spent summers at Numinar Analytics and Teamworks on the software and strategy teams, respectively. After graduating with a B.A. in Statistics from Harvard, he spent several months working as a policy fellow in his home state of Virginia's Governor's Office with a focus on K-12 and higher education. Will enjoys spending his free time in the great outdoors whether that be biking, surfing, fishing, or golfing. He currently lives in Stamford, Connecticut.
Josiah Meadows, Associate
Josiah joins our investment team as an Associate. Previously, he was a Summer Associate with Teamworthy Ventures. Prior to Teamworthy, he worked as an intern at The White House and on Capitol Hill. He graduated from Harvard with a B.A. in Government, a minor in Economics, and a language citation in Latin, and he delivered the Latin Salutatory Address at the University’s Commencement. He lives in Stamford, Connecticut.
David Vega, Associate
David is an Associate on our investment team, previously serving as a Summer Associate with Teamworthy Ventures. Prior, David was a writer for Fox News as well as a staffer on Capitol Hill working in defense and technology legislation. David has past experience in both videography and media data analysis from his experience traveling the country, shooting and selling film of American landscapes. David is a graduate of Harvard College with an A.B. in Classics and Philosophy. He lives in Connecticut.
Nicole Baumann, Associate (WorthySchools)
Nicole is an Associate on the WorthySchools research team, an education technology project from Teamworthy Ventures. Prior to Teamworthy, she worked with STEM-based schools for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. She graduated from the University of Notre Dame where she studied Marketing and Constitutional Studies and was involved with Notre Dame Student Government. She is originally from St. Paul, MN. She currently lives in New York City.
Melanie Ashmore, Head of Investor Relations, Executive Assistant
Melanie is Head of Investor Relations and Executive Assistant to the Managing Partner, Thomas Lehrman, at Teamworthy Ventures. She previously worked as Head of Investor Relations and Executive Assistant at Zimmer Partners, LP and Zimmer Lucas Capital, LLC. Prior to that she was Research Assistant at Bear Stearns in the Equity Research group. She also worked at Sanford C. Bernstein & Co, LLC (now Alliance Bernstein, L.P.) in multiple roles. Her early career includes the corporate real estate division at Citibank and the Americas region at Det Norske Veritas. Melanie graduated from Trinity College Dublin, Ireland with a B.A. and M.A. in Management Science & Information Systems Studies and has an additional undergraduate associate degree in Occupational Studies. She works remotely and lives in Miami, Florida.
Talia Furchak, Executive Assistant
Talia is an Executive Assistant to the Partners at Teamworthy Ventures. Talia has a background in Recruiting, Human Resources, and Legal Services. Prior to Teamworthy, she was a Senior Recruiting and Research Coordinator at KCO Resource Management. She began her career as a Paralegal at Martin, Harding, and Mazzotti, LLP before transitioning to Recruiting. Talia graduated from the University at Albany with a B.A. in Sociology and Criminal Justice. She works remotely and lives in Upstate New York with her daughter.
Evan Kaye, Venture Partner
Evan is a Venture Partner with Teamworthy Ventures. He previously co-founded Interscan Medical, and Boliven, an intellectual property search engine. Prior to that he was Managing Director at Gerson Lehrman Group in Healthcare Research, Product Development and Engineering. He is a licensed physician, having trained at University of Cape Town, and Tufts Medical Center. Evan is also a lifelong software developer, has been awarded numerous patents, and is a CFA charterholder. He lives in New York City with his two sons.
Dacia Toll, Venture Partner
Dacia is a Venture Partner with Teamworthy Ventures. She is the founder and former CEO of Achievement First, a non-profit charter management organization which she grew from one school in New Haven, CT, to 41 schools across three states. Achievement First is regularly recognized as one of the top charter networks in the country – having been named four times as finalist for the Broad Foundation Prize for Charter Excellent (finalists are the top three charter networks in the country). Dacia launched AF Accelerate six years ago to support non-AF schools and networks across the country to build their own teacher and leader capacity. Between AF Core and AF Accelerate, Achievement First serves more than 65,000 students. Dacia led the founding team and served for six years (1999-2005) as the principal of the first Achievement First school, Amistad Academy, which posted the greatest achievement gains of any middle school in the state and was the subject of a nationally-televised PBS documentary, “Closing the Achievement Gap.” Dacia currently serves on the boards of Relay Graduate School of Education, 50CAN, and Together Education. After graduating from the University of North Carolina, Dacia received a Rhodes Scholarship and a degree from Oxford University. She also received a teaching certificate and law degree from Yale University.
Corbett Ourso, Vice President of Talent and Recruiting
Corbett is the Vice President of Talent and Recruiting at Teamworthy. He has experience recruiting for companies ranging from start-ups to the Fortune 500, including most recently for Oscar Health. Before starting his recruiting career, Corbett worked as a FOCUS missionary at Benedictine College in Kansas. A native of Louisiana, he graduated from the University of Louisiana at Lafayette with a B.S. in Management, a minor in Psychology, a Master of Business Administration, and ran Track and Cross Country for four years. Corbett lives in St. Louis, Missouri with his wife and son.
Kateri Allen, Recruiter
Kateri is a Recruiter at Teamworthy. Before joining Teamworthy she was a recruiter at True Search, placing executives at tech companies. Prior to her recruiting work, Kateri spent seven years working in private higher education at Franciscan University of Steubenville and Ave Maria University, and a year and a half in sales and event planning for Legatus International. Kateri graduated with a B.A. from Franciscan University of Steubenville with a double major in Humanities and Theology. Kateri lives in Warner Robins, GA with her husband and their three sons.