Seeking Capital: Kushae is seeking $750K in funding to scale our physician-driven direct-to-consumer acquisition model, expand retail partnerships, and develop field-ready feminine health solutions for women in military environments.
The Project: Kushae, based in South Florida, is the first and only OB/GYN-developed, clinically tested, and non-toxic feminine health brand. Our portfolio of 9 products, powered by over 90 natural ingredients, addresses the most common over-the-counter feminine health challenges such as BV, yeast infections, dryness, odor, and irritation. What sets us apart is our physician-powered referral engine, which introduces Kushae directly at the point of care, driving consumers to purchase via Amazon, retail, or Kushae.com—a scalable, first-to-market approach in the $132B feminine health space.
Impact: Our broader mission is to redefine feminine health globally, ensuring women have access to safe, effective, and preventative solutions that reduce unnecessary antibiotic use, combat antimicrobial resistance (AMR), and improve quality of life. By equipping OB/GYNs and, ultimately, the U.S. military with deployable, self-managed feminine health solutions, Kushae is addressing both an urgent public health issue and a critical gap in women's operational readiness.
Led By: Kimba Williams, CEO and Co-Founder, is an award-winning former pharmaceutical executive turned femtech entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience in women's and cardiovascular health. She is one of fewer than 100 Black women to raise over $1M in venture capital and has been recognized by Forbes, Vogue, Essence, Black Enterprise, and NBC News. Known widely as The PitchPro, she has won more than 15 business pitch competitions and successfully scaled Kushae into national retailers like Whole Foods and Wegmans.
She is joined by Dr. Barbara McLaren, Co-Founder and CMO, a Board-Certified OB/GYN with over 23 years of clinical expertise in women's health. Together, they combine commercial acumen and deep medical authority to lead Kushae's next phase of impact and growth.
Mike Dannheim is the founder and CEO of Sensie, where he pioneered a patented sensing technology that uses smartphone sensors to make mental health measurable. On just a $650K pre-seed raise, Mike led Sensie to:
Previously, Mike helped lead two venture-backed startups — one backed by Y Combinator and one by Rocket Internet — including a company that reached a $13 billion IPO. He has led teams from 2 to over 1,000 employees, specializing in turnarounds, leadership transitions, and the deployment of innovative operational strategies to drive non-linear growth.
Sensie was named one of "America's Top Healthcare Technologies" by the American Psychiatric Association. One of MIT's leading researchers described Sensie as "potentially the biggest breakthrough in psychology since Sigmund Freud."
Vassilis Kertsikoff is a seasoned entrepreneur and international investor with over 30 years of leadership across finance, hospitality & leisure, and real estate. He is the visionary behind Angsana Corfu Resort & Spa, a world-class destination perched above the Ionian Sea, situated near two Blue Zone regions — Sardinia and Ikaria — areas renowned for longevity, vitality, and natural beauty.
Currently seeking $100 million in total funding to recapitalize and buy out existing partners, complete expansion plans, enhance global marketing, and scale the resort's signature wellness and longevity offerings. This next phase of growth will position Angsana Corfu as Europe's premier destination for regenerative travel, long-stay wellness residencies, and transformational retreats.
Angsana Corfu blends five-star luxury with deep wellness programming, featuring:
Vassilis has overseen global capital projects, built multi-generational businesses, and advised family offices on high-impact investments. He blends old-world hospitality with modern vision—bringing a unique ability to unite investors, creatives, and wellness innovators around projects that drive both financial returns and cultural transformation. Angsana Corfu reflects his ethos: refined, regenerative, and rooted in meaning.
More than a resort, Angsana Corfu is a living model of sustainable tourism designed to foster human flourishing and planetary well-being. Guests return not only restored, but inspired—awakening to what's possible when luxury, legacy, and lifestyle align with purpose.
Seeking Capital: Lichen Ventures is a $5 million target Venture Capital Fund, with $1 million currently committed and availability to oversubscribe.
The Project: Lichen Ventures is a Washington D.C.-based venture capital investment firm focused on US Climate-Hard-Tech companies. Its distinction lies in the partner's deep technical background and proven investing track record, with 86 angel investments in the sector, including two 5x and an 11x markup in less than four years. This is further bolstered by a wider support network of venture partners: Mel provides expert marketing, Julie serves as an operating partner, Victor is a biomanufacturing guru, and JP brings veteran climate finance expertise, activating a comprehensive support system for portfolio companies.
Impact Vision: Lichen Ventures envisions a future built where progress doesn't come at the planet's expense. The next era belongs to a future shaped by hard-tech, ventures bold enough to challenge what's broken and those brave enough to change it. Lichen Ventures backs founders working at the edge of climate hard tech in sectors ripe for disruption.
Investment Focus: Lichen Ventures invests in climate-tech ready to scale today with unit economics that undercut legacy polluting inputs to our economy while providing better products with:
Leadership: Justin Brodie-Kommit, Ph.D., the founding managing partner of Lichen Ventures, is a Climate-Hard-Tech early-stage investor dedicated to a global-scale impact on our climate crisis. His expertise in strategically allocating capital and supporting deeply motivated, capable climate-tech founders is forged from the deep research and cross-functional team leadership developed during his Johns Hopkins Cell and Molecular Biology PhD, seamlessly integrated with his experience as a battery material founder, angel investor, and 2.5 years in climate-tech venture capital.
Beyond investment, he is a driving force in building a vibrant climate-tech ecosystem in the Mid-Atlantic, as evidenced by his leadership in DC Climate Week and his co-founding of the Baltimore Climate Tech Meetup and Climate Funders community.
Paul Rahilly is an experienced mechanical engineer and entrepreneur with over 35 years in industrial maintenance, facilities management, and project management. His career spans from pioneering virtual and augmented reality for industrial systems to co-founding Mtell to develop AI-driven prescriptive maintenance software, with a current focus on applying his expertise to combat deforestation in the Brazilian Amazon.
Early Career & Foundation: As a mechanical engineer, Paul learned the industrial maintenance craft at Midland Malting's (Guinness supplier) in Ireland. His experience as a commercial fisherman in Alaska (one season) taught him that mechanical breakdowns often lead to life-or-death situations and that reliable operation of equipment is an essential pillar of industry. Paul joined the project management team for the construction of the Venetian Hotel Casino, Las Vegas in the late 90's.
Entrepreneurial Journey: Paul founded "Interactive Facilities Corporation" to pioneer the use of virtual reality and augmented reality in the early 2000's for facilities management and industrial maintenance systems. He also led a multitude of large Industrial IT / automation implementations for energy infrastructure projects in San Diego, LA, Louisiana and Baja California for Sempra Global.
Breakthrough Innovation: Paul co-founded Mtell in 2006 (now Emerson / Aspen Mtell) to deliver breakthrough Prescriptive Maintenance software using embedded AI. This award-winning software transformed old maintenance practices to prescriptions of precise maintenance intervention, under its mission to "Create a World that doesn't Breakdown".
Current Mission: Paul's goal is to bring his prescriptive approach to problem solving to stopping biodiversity loss in the Brazilian Amazon. His current venture, New Hope Project Amazon, is seeking funding to develop solutions that address one of the most critical environmental challenges of our time, drawing on his decades of experience in industrial systems, maintenance optimization, and technological innovation.
Paul's unique combination of mechanical engineering expertise, entrepreneurial success, and commitment to environmental conservation positions him as a visionary leader in the fight against deforestation, applying proven industrial and technological solutions to protect the Amazon's biodiversity through his New Hope Project Amazon initiative.
Seeking Capital: Pat Boze scored 75/100 on Impact Accelerator's investor readiness assessment and seeks growth capital to scale BonTerra Wellness, an AI-powered wellness platform that generated revenue from day one with a network of 25 Austin healers.
The Project: BonTerra Wellness solves a critical market problem: authentic healers struggle financially while wellness seekers encounter predatory materialism and confusion about who can give them true healing. Pat's AI platform matches healers with clients seeking genuine transformation, using technology to amplify rather than replace human connection. Building on twenty years studying healing modalities across North America, Pat identified this gap and created the bridge.
Impact: BonTerra creates sustainable healing ecosystems where authentic practitioners thrive while clients find genuine transformation. The platform generates multiple revenue streams: provider subscriptions, client matching fees, and integrated wellness packages. As healers and clients journey together, new communities of tomorrow form organically around shared healing experiences, built on a powerful framework designed for rapid scaling across multiple verticals and markets, to address society's larger loneliness epidemic.
Led by: Pat Boze is a 7-foot tall phenomenon: business coach turned social entrepreneur who has founded four nonprofits for at-risk youth, and now focuses on building this revenue-generating wellness technology to support entrepreneurs that seek to heal others. A board-certified addiction professional and self-taught programmer, Pat combines ancient Native American wisdom with cutting-edge AI development. Known as the "Bounce Back King" for resilience through decades of challenges, Pat honors his ancestors while building technology that serves spirit.
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Seeking Capital: $3 million in growth capital to accelerate sales and marketing for Bemodo AI's revolutionary Avatar Intelligence System, complementing our $8 million non-dilutive R&D grant for continued development and scaling.
The Project: Bemodo AI democratizes Fortune 500-level revenue intelligence systems for entrepreneurs and mid-market companies. While most businesses chase more customers, the smart money builds intelligence systems—the same data-driven frameworks that billion-dollar companies use to predict customer behavior, optimize pricing, and automate million-dollar decisions. Our proprietary Avatar system transforms businesses from reactive vendors into predictive revenue optimization engines, delivering enterprise-grade insights without the need for an enterprise budget or a data science team.
Impact: We've cracked the code on the "Intelligence Gap" that keeps entrepreneurs stuck at low revenue while big business dominates their niche. Our battlefield-tested MVP will evolve to generate millions in additional revenue for clients, dramatically increase project value, and reduce sales cycles. Our Always-on Avatars will uncover missed opportunities and drive revenue-making activities. We're transforming entrepreneurs from time-trading burnouts into strategic thinkers driving profit and returns.
Led By: Jeffery Boyle has over 20 years of experience as an entrepreneur and consultant, with over $1 billion in revenue from his multinational startups and consulting. After personally investing over $1 million in R&D to validate these breakthrough methodologies for Bemodo AI, Jeffery has systematized what separates low-income entrepreneurs and small business owners from multi-million/year professionals. Jeffery has a career built on helping entrepreneurs and small business owners thrive in North and South America, Europe, and Asia.
Seeking Capital: True REST raising $4M at $40M cap
The Project: True REST is the largest float therapy brand in the world, headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona. With more than 50 locations open and 30 sold nationwide, True REST has pioneered flotation therapy as a mainstream wellness experience, delivering over one million floats to date.
What sets True REST apart is its commitment to innovation and integration. Beyond leading the category in flotation, the company is expanding into advanced wellness and mental health solutions, including the Journey Method, a proprietary ketamine-assisted therapy protocol supported by coaching, community, and complementary services like unlimited flotation and vitality suites.
By combining proven relaxation therapies with cutting-edge mental wellness practices, True REST is building the first scalable, franchise-based model that addresses both physical recovery and mental fitness. This positions the brand not only as a market leader in float therapy, but as a platform for the future of integrated wellness. True REST is helping people recharge, realign, and unlock their highest potential.
Impact: True REST exists to help people reconnect with themselves, restore balance, and unlock their fullest potential. In a world increasingly defined by stress, disconnection, and burnout, our mission is to make proven, science-backed wellness experiences accessible at scale.
Led By: Nick Janicki is a seasoned entrepreneur with nearly two decades of experience at the intersection of wellness, franchising, and technology. He is the Founder of True REST, the largest float therapy brand in the world, with more than 50 locations open, 80 sold, and $16.5M in annual revenue. Under his leadership, True REST has delivered over one million floats, pioneered flotation as a mainstream therapy, and established the category's most successful franchise system.
What makes Nick uniquely qualified to lead this venture is his rare combination of vision and execution. He not only understands how to introduce breakthrough wellness technologies to the public, but also how to systematize, franchise, and scale them into nationally recognized brands. His background in both entrepreneurship and emerging technology positions him to drive True REST into its next phase: 350–400 locations worldwide, redefining wellness as accessible, profitable, and transformative.
Seeking Capital: Hozhoni Capital - $10 million total to invest in startups and early-stage companies
The Project: Hozhoni Capital invests in transformative businesses that align with the whispers of their Founders' hearts, helping Founders live their best life. At our core, we seek to break the cycle of generational poverty by helping Founders bring their dreams to life powerfully.
Our focus industries include Residential Real Estate, Health and Wellness, Service-Based SMBs, and Tech-based businesses that deliver real-world value. We work with founders whose vision aligns with our commitment to honoring life, family, community, and ending generational poverty. Our investments prioritize ventures that can demonstrate life-changing impact, scalability, and financial viability for all involved.
Impact: Our trifecta of impact operates in three key areas:
Led By: Paul D'Souza is a revenue-focused strategist, executive advisor, and CEO with over two decades of experience helping founders close more deals, align their teams, and scale their businesses with precision. Since 2003, Paul has had a proven track record of helping small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) scale their operations, often assuming leadership roles.
He served as the interim CEO at a spectrophotometer manufacturer in Athens, GA (www.olisweb.com), and also held the position of interim CEO at a third-party logistics (3PL) company in Silicon Valley (www.SourceSelect.com). Additionally, he has frequently worked as an interim VP of Sales and as a Sales Strategy consultant, successfully implementing growth strategies that have generated multiple seven- and eight-figure revenue increases by addressing complex business challenges.
Paul is skilled in Go-To-Market Strategy, building scalable sales systems, and leadership. He is also a certified OpenExO.com consultant and ran sales for the organization with Salim Ismail, and is very familiar with their 11 attributes that support a company to experience exponential growth. Paul will be leveraging this approach with every business that he invests in and helps grow.
Given his life experiences, Paul believes now is the time to align with an Investment firm and partner with them to access funds and launch his Fund so he can have control over HOW and WHY he supports companies to scale exponentially. He is very open to and seeks to be mentored by more experienced investors that whom he partners to help him succeed.
Seeking Capital: $1.5-3M to scale Alstrum AI, the next-generation institutional grade AI trading platform for stocks, options, and crypto. The raise will support cloud infrastructure, compliance, and go-to-market scaling.
The Project: Alstrum is building a multi-asset AI trading platform that integrates cutting edge machine learning, reinforcement learning, and explainable AI into a single seamless system. From advanced market screeners (Volt) and execution engines (Stryk) to its AI research studio (Alari) and LLM powered explanation layer (Trace), Alstrum empowers traders and institutions with the tools typically reserved for hedge funds.
Impact: Alstrum exists to democratize institutional AI trading intelligence. In today's fragmented markets, retail and emerging institutions are at a disadvantage compared to the resources of large hedge funds. Alstrum bridges that gap by providing enterprise-grade tools, transparency through explainable AI, and multi-asset execution power to a broader market, enabling financial independence and creating access to advanced trading infrastructure that was once gated.
Led by: Francis Kaijuka is a founder-CEO who combines a technical background in network engineering with deep, hands-on experience in capital markets. Having navigated the trading world firsthand, Francis understands both the challenges and opportunities facing modern traders. Under his leadership, Alstrum has established partnerships with leading data providers (Kaiko, FMP, QuiverQuant, Databento), incorporated as a Delaware C-Corp, and begun engaging early customers and investors. His mission is to merge robust technology and market insight into a platform that democratizes access to institutional-grade trading intelligence.
Seeking Capital: $1M to directly support work with Top 5 Cancer Center (approved project) and a $5M follow-up round in June 2026. Thrive Genetics is a precision health company that uses genetic and behavioral data to calculate addiction risk before pain medication is prescribed.
The Project: Thrive Genetics uses clinically validated insights to help providers plan, monitor, and adjust pain management in real time, powered by AI models. With over 10 years of proven clinical work by Co-Founder Dr. Danielle Dick, the company has exclusive Rutgers IP licensed, validated platform with customers, and secured pilots with Top-5 Cancer Center and major Midwest health systems.
Impact: Thrive's mission is to make addiction detection a standard part of pain care—a true gap in healthcare. The opioid crisis has caused 600K+ deaths in the U.S., with 55% of high-pain patients under-treated due to addiction risk concerns. Hospitals face ~$2.3B annual CMS penalties, while untreated OUD costs ~$35B/year. Thrive mitigates both clinical and financial risk through proactive prevention, creating measurable, mission-driven change that benefits underserved communities disproportionately affected by OUD.
Led by: James J. Piacentino is a founder-operator with 25+ years of senior-level experience across pharma and hospital systems. Northwestern Kellogg MBA and former SAP Global Vice President with $350M+ P&L responsibility. Co-founded with Dr. Danielle Dick, internationally recognized behavioral geneticist and Founding Director of the Rutgers Addiction Research Center. James leads IP strategy, productization, and commercialization, having previously launched and scaled life-sciences tech startups that exited twice. Award-winning startup since Summer 2024, featured in Venture Beat, CEO Times, and Yahoo Finance.
Seeking Capital: $1.7M to finalize the Hivenator 1247 prototype with Davis Design, support early market adoption, and cover strategic growth including legal and operational structuring. Evolutionary Mining is revolutionizing underground mining safety and sustainability through AI-powered continuous mining and methane purification systems.
The Project: The Hivenator 1247 is a patented AI-powered continuous mining and methane purification system featuring 360-degree cutting, self-leveling, and real-time air purification. Backed by partnerships with WVU LaunchLab for R&D, Davis Design for prototyping, and industry leaders like Bill Kendall of J.H. Fletcher & Co., the technology has potential applications from underground mines to above-ground facilities, setting a new standard in industrial safety and sustainability.
Impact: Evolutionary Mining is about saving lives and protecting communities. Mining has powered our nation for generations but at a heavy cost—too many miners suffer from black lung disease, chronic respiratory issues, or fatal accidents. The Hivenator 1247 neutralizes explosive gases and eliminates coal dust, preventing tragedies, reducing healthcare burdens, and preserving the dignity of those who fuel our economy. This technology reshapes an industry to create a legacy of safety and sustainability for future generations.
Led by: Brandon Hives is a seasoned coal miner turned inventor with over a decade of hands-on underground experience. His career began at the coal face, where he witnessed firsthand the dangers of methane buildup and coal dust exposure. Brandon has personally invested over $100,000 in developing the Hivenator 1247, securing a full utility patent. His work has attracted support from West Virginia University's LaunchLab, Davis Design for prototyping, and industry leaders including Senator Chris Rose of West Virginia. Brandon's unique blend of practical mining experience and innovative vision drives his mission to make mining safer for all workers.
Seeking Capital: $5M to build Scorpion Creek Ranch, a nonprofit based in Eugene, Oregon, creating a new model for how communities respond to homeless teenagers under 18. The pilot ranch will serve as proof of concept, creating a replicable blueprint any community can adopt to break cycles of trauma and poverty.
The Project: Scorpion Creek Ranch doesn't believe in short-term fixes like shelter beds. Instead, we provide what these kids have been denied: stability, healing, education, and life skills. Our model focuses on creating lasting change rather than patching the system, designing a replicable approach that strengthens both vulnerable youth and the communities around them. The ranch serves as a blueprint for communities nationwide to shift from short-term fixes to lasting transformation.
Impact: Our mission is to transform how society responds to homeless youth, treating them as people of value worthy of the same care, protection, and investment we give our own children. By providing stability, trauma-informed healing, education, and life skills, we create a foundation for long-term success rather than temporary survival. The broader impact extends beyond Eugene—our replicable model breaks cycles of trauma and poverty, reduces systemic costs, and strengthens families and communities nationwide.
Led by: Katie Brown is a serial entrepreneur with over two decades of experience building ventures in culinary, fashion, and nonprofit sectors. She has launched restaurants, created clothing lines focused on Slow Food and Slow Fashion, and served on entrepreneurial boards while mentoring founders and business students at the University of Oregon for over a decade. What makes Katie uniquely qualified is her lived experience—for thirty years she fought for her sister's life as she battled schizophrenia and bipolar disorder in a broken mental health system. This personal struggle, combined with her entrepreneurial skills and deep community networks, has shaped her conviction to build a scalable model that addresses youth homelessness with dignity, healing, and opportunity.
Seeking Capital: $7.5M in growth capital to build an integrative wellness hub in the Hudson Valley, NY. This capital will fund land acquisition, construction, and expansion of a model that merges psychotherapy and holistic healing practices into a new standard of wellness for generations to come.
The Project: Based in Kingston, NY, EPHH has already proven its model with a thriving psychotherapy and wellness practice generating nearly $1M annually from just six clinicians. The vision is to scale into a 10,000 sq ft, trauma-informed hub with capacity for 15 clinicians, dedicated retreat spaces, healing gardens, and overnight accommodations. This expansion will triple therapy capacity to ~$2.25M annually while adding high-margin retreats, events, and memberships worth ~$1M+ annually, creating a franchise-ready model replicable in communities globally.
Impact: EPHH exists to redefine health itself, envisioning a world where mental health, movement, soul connection, and community are integral to treatment. Our model serves clients with holistic, community-supported connection and insurance-supported access to therapy and retreats; provides clinicians with sustainable livelihoods and protection from burnout; creates community hubs of connection and resilience; and offers a replicable model that can shift insurance standards nationwide, ensuring holistic wellness is recognized, covered, and accessible.
Led by: Molly McCarthy Tweedy, LCSW-R, CASAC, CD, is a seasoned clinician and integrative healer with 25+ years of clinical practice. Co-founded with Tiffany Schrepf, LMHC-D, CSC, NCC, they bring decades of combined experience in trauma treatment, somatics, expressive arts, and holistic healing. Molly is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Credentialed Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselor, and Certified Doula with advanced training in AF-EMDR, yoga, trauma treatment, Aroma Freedom Technique, and music. Together, they have built a profitable psychotherapy practice over four years, witnessing firsthand the systemic gaps and clinician burnout in current mental health models. Their unique positioning enables them to scale EPHH into a transformational hub that redefines mental health and wellness for generations to come.
Seeking Capital: $7.5M in growth capital to build an integrative wellness hub in the Hudson Valley, NY. This capital will fund land acquisition, construction, and expansion of a model that merges psychotherapy and holistic healing practices into a new standard of wellness for generations to come.
The Project: Based in Kingston, NY, EPHH has already proven its model with a thriving psychotherapy and wellness practice generating nearly $1M annually from just six clinicians. The vision is to scale into a 10,000 sq ft, trauma-informed hub with capacity for 15 clinicians, dedicated retreat spaces, healing gardens, and overnight accommodations. This expansion will triple therapy capacity to ~$2.25M annually while adding high-margin retreats, events, and memberships worth ~$1M+ annually, creating a franchise-ready model replicable in communities nationwide and globally.
Impact: EPHH exists to redefine health itself, envisioning a world where mental health, movement, soul connection, and community are integral to treatment. Our model serves clients with holistic, community-centered connection and insurance-supported access to therapy and retreats; provides clinicians with sustainable livelihoods and protection from burnout; creates community hubs of connection and resilience; and offers a replicable model that can shift insurance standards nationwide, ensuring holistic wellness is recognized, covered, and accessible.
Led by: Tiffany Schrepf, LMHC-D, CSC, NCC, is a Licensed Mental Health Counselor, Certified School Counselor, and Nationally Certified Counselor with over a decade of clinical practice specializing in somatics and expressive arts. Co-founded with Molly McCarthy Tweedy, LCSW-R, CASAC, CD, they bring decades of combined experience in trauma treatment and holistic healing. Tiffany has advanced training in Internal Family Systems (IFS), Somatic IFS, Somatic Experiencing, AF-EMDR (Level III), DBT, and trauma-informed creative art therapies. Together, they have built a profitable psychotherapy practice over four years, witnessing firsthand the systemic gaps and clinician burnout in current mental health models. Their unique positioning enables them to scale EPHH into a transformational hub that redefines mental health and wellness for generations to come.