Investor Day 05

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Welcome to another edition of Investor Day, where I share selected startups that are still in the early stages of their journey and/or are fundraising!

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This week

Benefits

Geography: US

Description: Benefits is an all-in-one rewards infrastructure for SMEs and startups: create, run, manage, and pay any rewards in one place, worldwide.

• No-code development platform

• Easy to use: web and mobile

• Pay-as-you-go pricing

Founder(s): Vagan (ex-Founder & CEO @ inapp, Puzzle, Jincor) & Khasan (ex-CPO @ inapp, Manifest, Jincor, S Invest)

Raise details: Raising $500k pre-seed @ $5m cap, 50% committed

Rollfi

Geography: US

Description: Rollfi is a payroll and HR platform for the modern workforce. Rollfi enables businesses to seamlessly pay their teams in both cash and crypto, and the company doesn't need to have any crypto to make it happen.

Payroll today is built on top of traditional banking rails, meaning it is rife with inefficiencies, barriers to entry and high cost. One benefit of getting your pay in cryptocurrency is that it can be converted into any currency internationally. With companies looking at recruiting more employees to work remotely, crypto could be a great way to pay staff equally and then have them convert it into their native currency.

Founder(s): Kirubha (ex-VC @ Florida Funders), Hakim (ex-Ecommerce Specialist @ Daytona Apparel Group) & Perumal (ex-Director @ Capgemini)

Backed by: Circle Ventures, GD1 Crypto, Greenlights Ventures, DNX Ventures, 305 Ventures, Brickyard, ODX, Launchpad Capital, Adapt Ventures, CYPHR, Active Capital & Rarebreed Ventures

Parkday

Geography: US

Description: Parkday builds software that structures foodservice and delivery offerings to personalize the experience for end consumers. Through data science and machine learning, Parkday anticipates customer demand and automates offerings, generating higher satisfaction scores, less time to checkout, and less waste.

Founder(s): Michael (ex-Founder @ Umama, Alternative Data Specialist @ YipitData & AlternativeData.org) & Melvin (ex-COO @ Ripe → acquired by HUNGRY)

Raised $$ / backed by (public source): Raised $620,000 pre-seed from Techstars, Groove Capital, Innovatemap Ventures, Tiny Capital & Beyond the Bounds Ventures

Camber

Geography: US

Description: Camber is a travel recommendations app that helps you discover places locally, globally, and interpersonally.

When it comes to planning and taking a vacation, travelers rely on their smartphones more than ever. There are plenty of apps to help with everything from day-of hotel bookings and last-minute flight changes, as well as those that serve as guidebooks and foreign-language dictionaries that fit in your hand. But there isn't a true place to share our favorite places or to discover the favorite places of our favorite people. That’s where Camber comes in. It's a corner of the internet for people to share their favorite spots, to plan their next adventure, and to discover new places near or far.

Founder(s): Mady (previously Brand and Marketing @ StoryFile) & Lauren (previously Client Strategy & Analytics @ Bliss Point Media)

Raised $$ / backed by: N/A

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If you are a new reader, check out the amazing startups that have been featured in the past!

→ Investor Day 04 / Investor Day 03

Thank you for reading this far and, as always, if you ever have any questions please don’t hesitate to reach out.Kenneth