Jack Abraham

Peoplepath x Mana Tech Scaling Startups Starts with Scaling Talent Miami founders, you showed UP. Vision. Courage. Fire. And one shared question: “How do I build a recruiting model that actually scales with me?” Here’s the truth we anchored in this week at Scale2Miami: Your talent engine IS your growth engine. Your next milestone, product, and breakthrough, all built by your people. That’s why Peoplepath loves and partners with ManaTech to support founders with exactly what they need in their earliest (and craziest) stages: 🔥 A scalable recruiting model 🔥 A hiring strategy tied to your runway + milestones 🔥 A process that adapts fast, pivots fast, and always aligns to your vision 🔥 Access to top talent, globally From zero-to-one hires to building out GTM, tech, ops, and customer-facing teams across LATAM, the US, and Europe, we’ve lived this journey 100+ times. And we’re bringing it straight into the Miami ecosystem. Thank you, scale2miami founders. Your grit, your ambition, your clarity, this is what builds cities, industries, and movements. And Miami… you’re becoming the talent capital of the world. More to come. 🚀

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ESOPs are a retention tool that most startups design too loosely at the start. Vesting schedules, cliff periods, exercise prices, pool size relative to the cap table each of these decisions has downstream implications for hiring, fundraising, and eventual exits. Founders who build their ESOP policy before they need it rarely have to undo a bad one mid-round. The best time to get the structure right is before the first grant goes out. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gKcsbPNM #ESOPStructuring #StartupEquity #EmployeeStock #AbhijithPremanAndCo #APCALLP

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I’m thrilled to officially announce our $3M seed investment in Propel People, a company we built inside the 1848 Ventures studio to tackle one of the biggest challenges facing the #construction industry today: the skilled #labor shortage. For small and medium-sized contractors, hiring isn't just a challenge. It's the number one threat to their growth, profitability, and safety. With 94% of contractors struggling to find qualified workers, it’s clear that traditional hiring methods aren't built for the trades. That’s why we built Propel People. It’s a mobile-first, AI-powered hiring platform designed for how construction actually works: in the field. By leveraging smart candidate ranking, instant #SMS-based screening, and a fully #bilingual interface, Propel helps contractors build great crews faster and more efficiently. I’m also thrilled to formally announce that industry veteran Dexter Bachelder is at the helm as CEO. Having worked with Dexter and the team over the last few months, we've already seen the impact of his leadership. His 25 years of experience scaling construction tech companies will be instrumental as Propel People enters this initial stage of growth. This investment reinforces our core thesis at 1848 Ventures: building AI-native companies that solve fundamental pain points for the #SMBs that form the backbone of our economy. A huge congratulations to Dexter and the entire Propel People team on this milestone. We are incredibly proud to partner with you to support the people who build our world. Read the full announcement below. #constructiontech #venturecapital #seedfunding #ai #skilledtrades #smb

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Great founders don’t just build companies—they build ownership. On the latest First Builders, Alessandro Chesser (Co-Founder & CEO, GetDynasty.com; early Carta leader) breaks down what he learned helping scale Carta to $300M ARR and how he’s now democratizing wealth tools like Nevada trusts and QSBS stacking. We cover: – Lessons from Carta’s earliest days – How Dynasty is simplifying complex trust structures – The risk and reward of going after hard, regulated problems – Why compassion might be a founder’s most underrated edge 🎙 Hosted by Amber Illig & Rachel Tsui 🎧 Now streaming on Apple, Spotify, and YouTube 🔗 Link in comments #FirstBuilders #StartupLife #FounderJourney #Carta #Dynasty #QSBS #WealthTech #FounderPlaybook

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Founders are often optimistic about growth. Sometimes, that confidence leads to funding ideas that don't fully pan out. Royalty-based growth capital is structured to limit downside risk compared to traditional venture-backed paths. Vik Thapar of Cypress Growth Capital explains that, even if outcomes fall short of early expectations, founders often still exit with meaningful results because they retain the majority of ownership. 🎙️ Tune into the Private Equity Value Creation Podcast: https://lnkd.in/gxkEsH3Z 👇🏽 Find Us Here https://lnkd.in/gTdPMk8P #privateequity #privateequitypodcast #privateequityvaluecreation

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Most startups are built to be acquired. Designed for a 3-year exit. Optimized for metrics that look good in a deck. Built to someone else's timeline. That's not a criticism. It's just not what we're doing. Viren Holdings exists to build technology that outlasts trends. Platforms that are still relevant in a decade because they were designed from first principles — not market pressure. The ventures we incubate aren't chasing funding rounds. They're solving problems that don't have clean solutions yet, in spaces where patience is a competitive advantage. Short-term startup culture rewards speed. We respect that. We're betting on depth.

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Dono Raises $6.5M to Scale the Property Records Platform That Works the Way You Do. Dono secured a $6.5M Seed round led by Link Ventures, with participation from lool ventures VC and Alumni Ventures, bringing total funding to $10.2M. The investment will accelerate geographic expansion to cover 50% of the U.S. population by year-end. The AI-powered platform turns fragmented county records into usable ownership data via UI and API. By automating data extraction and underwriting, Dono helps title agencies, lenders, and investors achieve 80% faster turnaround times. The team is led by co-founders Tali Gross (CEO), Eyal Stern (COO), and Ron Likvornik (CTO). These founders are leveraging their backgrounds in law, business, and machine learning to modernize the $50 trillion U.S. real estate market. Follow Who Got Funded Israel for more funding updates shaping the future of Israeli startups.

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At Renew VC, we believe strong companies are built by founders who stay close to the problem—and even closer to their users. In this clip from Founded on Purpose, Yana Welinder shares the product philosophy that guided Kraftful from early traction through acquisition by Amplitude. The throughline: - Build what users love - Let real signals — not noise — drive decisions - Stay grounded in product craft as you scale A thoughtful watch for software founders building with intention. 🎧 Full episode: https://lnkd.in/eEJvpVpD

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Today we officially kick off our $2M pre seed round for Salubrum (Backed by Forum Ventures), supported by Forum Ventures, Coeus Collective Ventures, and Draper House Americas. Healthcare companies spend over $30B a year trying to acquire patients. The problem is not media. The problem is timing. Every time a patient approaches a healthcare decision a moment opens. Which doctor to see. Which procedure to pursue. Which treatment to start. For the companies involved in that decision, knowing that moment exists is incredibly valuable. Salubrum (Backed by Forum Ventures) is building the intelligence layer that maps those decision moments across the U.S. patient population. Our system aggregates large healthcare datasets covering 300M+ patient identities and uses them to predict when individuals are approaching important healthcare decisions. That signal can then be used by providers, pharma companies, payers, and other healthcare organizations trying to reach patients at the right time. Our first wedge is patient acquisition for healthcare providers and brands, but the underlying intelligence layer has much broader applications wherever patient behavior influences economic decisions. Over the past months we have quietly built the foundation. • Early pilots validating our patient intent scoring system • Distribution partnerships forming across healthcare platforms • Backed by Forum Ventures, Coeus Collective Ventures, Draper House Americas, NEXT Canada and Metta World Peace Starting tomorrow we will be meeting investors as part of the Forum Ventures showcase. If you are an investor interested in building with us get in touch. Calendly: https://lnkd.in/e5j-VvGC Investor Memo: https://lnkd.in/e5HyemAp

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💡 Second Time’s the Charm? More than half of HealthTech startups are now led by serial founders. But does experience actually lead to better outcomes? We dug into the data from 8,600+ companies and the results tell a clear story. 👉 Swipe through to see: - Who’s really getting funded - How much experience matters (and when it stops helping) - What separates startups that scale from those that stall 📥 Want to see how your startup compares? Download the full Startup Nation 2025 report: https://lnkd.in/d-qA7p6 (Scroll to the middle of the page) #HealthTech #Startups #DigitalHealth #SerialFounders #StartupNation2025 #R2GConnect

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Plaid is built to make it easier for businesses to build and scale financial products that people trust. That trust starts with knowing who you’re working with. As Plaid helps platforms onboard and support millions of businesses, verifying business identity accurately and efficiently is foundational. That’s why Plaid partners with Middesk to automate business verification during onboarding — confirming core business details, reducing manual review, and helping teams make confident risk decisions without slowing down the customer experience. Together, we help Plaid deliver faster onboarding, stronger compliance, and a more durable foundation for growth across the financial ecosystem they power. We’re proud to support Plaid as they help teams move fast while maintaining trust at scale. #KYB #KYC #AML #BEV #businessverification #financialservices #onboarding #compliance #smallbusiness #SMBs

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Scaling your startup but operations feel like chaos? A fractional COO for startups might be the strategic multiplier you need—without the $370K+ full-time price tag. Brandon Martini breaks down how the fractional model amplifies your speed, innovation, and agility while building the operational maturity you need to scale without burnout. One takeaway: A SaaS founder saved $500K by asking the right question at the right time. Read the full breakdown 👇 https://lnkd.in/g-nEngCM #FractionalCOO #StartupScaling #OperationalExcellence #StartupGrowth #ScaleUpStrategy #StartupOperations

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