Hiring Resources, 22 Investor Databases, and Common Fundraising Mistakes
A newsletter for founders & friends (5th edition)
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Welcome to the 5th edition of Re:Vitalize, a newsletter with tactics, strategies, and stories on building companies plus cool things weāre seeing in the future of work.
IāmĀ Justin, the Director of Marketing atĀ VitalizeĀ and host of our show,Ā The Vitalize Podcast.
For those who donāt knowĀ Gale,Ā Caroline, Larissa, and the rest ofĀ our team, weāre a venture capital firm andĀ 300+ member angel communityĀ investing in the future of work. Founders interesting in working with us can pitch usĀ here.
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š Future of Work Reads
Future of Work: CEOsā new role as āarmchair epidemiologistsā means more flexible plans (The Washington Post)
The future of employee perks in the post-pandemic workplace (VentureBeat)
Top 3 Tweets
š„ 22 Investor Databases
š„ Common Fundraising Mistakes
š„ Welfare ā Becoming a Millionaire by 28
Resources
The best predictors of startup success
A community of current and future founders who are exploring or building their next big thing
The best hiring resources from Twitter
Perspective on blocking and tackling
How to operate at peak performance
The World of Vitalize
This week,Ā The Vitalize PodcastĀ featured Bo Ren, an Angel Investor and Director of Early Stage Startups at Silicon Valley Bank
We had 4 more amazing founders pitch our Vitalize Angels community this week and launched a new platform for members
Gale gave a presentation on the best practices for portfolio monitoring & reporting
February 22nd-25th -Ā Gale and Caroline are visiting Los Angeles
Vitalize portfolio companyĀ open jobs
Future of Work Funding Rounds
Check raised a $75M Series C
Check Technologies is a payroll infrastructure startup that offers software development services.
Top Investors: Stripe, Index Ventures, Thrive Capital, Contrary, Bedrock Capital
Mystery raised an $18.5M Series A
Mystery is the all-in-one tool to maintain and enhance corp culture and morale through team events, employee rewards, and measured results.
Top Investors: Endeavor, Gaingels, Liquid 2 Ventures, Greylock, Moving Capital
Eyrus raised a $12M Series A
Eyrus provides real-time workforce progress and updates for large-scale commercial construction projects.
Top Investors: Autodesk, Motley Fool Ventures, Fuel Venture Capital, Spring Mountain Capital, Temerity Capital Partners
Neo.Tax raised a $10M Series A
Neo.Tax builds a tax filing and automation software for businesses to claim the R&D tax credit.
Top Investors: Lux Capital, GV, Uncork Capital, Liquid 2 Ventures, Acrew Capital
Haul raised a $10M Seed
Haul is an online employment platform for CDL drivers.
Top Investors: Will Redd, B Capital Group, Global Founders Capital, FJ Labs, Next Coast Ventures
Written byĀ Justin Gordon, Director of Marketing atĀ Vitalize, a venture capital firm and 300+ memberĀ angel investing community for everyoneĀ investing in U.S.-based B2B software founders in the future of work.Ā Find us onĀ Twitter,Ā LinkedIn, andĀ YouTube.