How to Raise a Seed Round, the Future of VC, & Handling Bad News
A newsletter for founders & friends (11th edition)
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Welcome to the 11th edition of Re:Vitalize, a newsletter with tactics, strategies, and stories on building companies plus cool things we’re seeing in the future of work.
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Resources
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How to craft a tagline for your business
A quick tweet on promoting employees
23 tactical company building lessons
Future of Work Reads
For Gen Z, the future of work must be flexible (Fast Company)
How Remote Work Has Changed How Workers Perceive Their Workplaces (Inc.)
The Future Is Uncertain. Here’s How to Ensure Your Team Can Adapt (HBR)
The Four Essential Dynamics of Hybrid Work (Gallup)
Cisco’s Hybrid-Work Vibe Check: Here’s What Employees Are Feeling About The Future Work Style (Forbes)
What web3 means for the future of work (Fast Company)
The World of Vitalize
Jessica Chang, Co-Founder of WeeCare (Vitalize Portfolio Company), shared her story with PledgeLA in honor of Women’s History Month
This week, The Vitalize Podcast featured Jennifer Smith, Co-Founder and CEO at Scribe, a software tool that makes it easy to learn from your most productive people without slowing them down by automatically generating step-by-step tutorials for any task, while they work
Gale graduated from the Kauffman Fellows program!
Open jobs at Vitalize portfolio companies
Future of Work Funding Rounds
Osso VR raised a $66M Series C
Osso VR is a training and assessment platform focused on surgical virtual reality.
Top Investors: Tiger Global Management, GSR Ventures, SignalFire, Oak HC/FT, Kaiser Permanente Ventures
Firstbase raised a $50M Series B
Firstbase is a remote work platform that enables companies to track and manage physical equipment assets.
Top Investors: Andreessen Horowitz, Kleiner Perkins, Alpaca VC, Forum Ventures
Mosaic.tech raised a $25M Series B
Mosaic.tech is a finance platform that provides predictive reporting capabilities to assist with financial strategy and planning to get all departments within a company talking about finance.
Top Investors: General Catalyst, Founders Fund, Village Global, Felicis Ventures, XYZ Venture Capital
Zesty.ai raised $23M in Venture Debt
Zesty.ai uses AI to deliver real-time assessments of climate risks associated with real estate assets and portfolios. The company’s technology considers a wide range of climate risks, including wildfires, wind and hail storms, floods, and other catastrophic events, to help insurance companies underwrite and rate homeowners and commercial lines policies.
Top Investors: Brex Venture Debt, Plug and Play Tech Center, Blamar
Skiff raised a $10.5M Series A
Skiff is a privacy-first collaboration platform with expiring links, secure workspaces, and password protection.
Top Investors: Sequoia Capital, SV Angel, Jerry Yang, Charlie Songhurst, Kevin Hartz
Written by Justin Gordon, Director of Marketing at Vitalize, a venture capital firm and 300+ member angel investing community for everyone investing in U.S.-based B2B software founders in the future of work. Find us on Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube.