Verras is a venture capital firm that invests in B2B SaaS, B2C, and marketplace startups in various sectors including proptech, fintech, martech, wellness, HR tech, and mobility.

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Verras Capital LP

🚀🚀🚀Congrats to our portfolio company Approveit | Techstars '23 on closing their $1M funding round! 
Approveit | Techstars '23 automates workflows with a focus on approvals around the finance and HR functions of mid-market companies. 
Shoutout to the founders Serge Gusev and Dmitry Matveev on reaching this important milestone!
#workflowautomation #b2bsaas

Julia Pisarska, the CEO and founder of GoFunlo (our recent investment) is in Cyprus next week. GoFunlo is a marketlace for kids summer camps and a B2B SaaS for short school trips. DM to book a meeting.

👷♂️ 👩💼 👩🏭  Over 100 jobs are available across our portfolio startups. Here’s who is hiring.
🚀 Whizz is looking for 50 roles in sales, finance, marketing, mechanics and architecture all over the world https://lnkd.in/eRDvkYdd 
🚀 NEWHOMESMATE has 30 vacancies in the US and Ukraine in software engineering, customer support, operations, and partnerships.
🚀 Competera Pricing Platform has 6 vacancies across the US and Ukraine in data science, software engineering, project management and customer support.

Also, respond.io is looking for HR, QA, marketing, sales and finance roles - all in Malasia; Elatra is looking for great coaches all over the world; Cardoo wants to hire a head of collections, amma pregnancy tracker is looking for a systems administration in Georgia; MEDvidi is hiring telehealth healthcare providers and QA across the US. 

Contact us for details.
#vacancies #startupgrowth #portfoliocompanies

With two investment deals signed in July and August, Verras Capital LP is proud to announce that our portfolio now includes 20 innovative startups. Here's an overview of our dynamic portfolio:
- 17 startups are founded by immigrants
- 6 startups have female founders
- Key locations: 3 in New York, 3 in California, 2 in London, 4 in Warsaw, and 3 in Cyprus
- Industries represented: PropTech, FinTech, HealthTech, and Consumer sectors
- 7 startups have undergone successful re-evaluations
We are excited about the continued growth and impact of these startups!

🚀🚀 Verras Capital LP is thrilled to announce our latest investment in GoFunlo, an innovative #marketplace for kids' summer camps led by its founder Julia Pisarska. GoFunLo is transforming how parents discover and book summer camps, offering a wide variety of options from adventure camps to coding boot camps, ensuring there’s something for every child.
But that’s not all! GoFunLo is also developing a groundbreaking booking system for school trips, aiming to make the planning process seamless for educators. 🎒✈️
Our investment will help GoFunLo enhance their technology, expand their team, and launch marketing campaigns to reach more families. We’re excited about their plans for expansion from their current base in Poland into the UK and US markets, bringing this fantastic service to even more parents and schools. 🌍
Julia Pisarska, Founder of GoFunLo, expressed her enthusiasm about the future: "We are incredibly excited about the opportunity to expand into the UK and US markets. Our goal is to provide an unparalleled experience for parents and educators worldwide, making it easier than ever to plan unforgettable camps and school trips. With the support of Verras Capital, we are confident in our ability to bring our vision to life."
Stay tuned for more updates as GoFunLo continues to grow and bring smiles to families worldwide! 😊
#VerrasCapital #Investment #GoFunLo #SummerCamps #SchoolTrips #Innovation #Expansion #UK #US #Poland #TechForGood

🦄🦄🦄Verras Capital LP is thrilled to congratulate our friend and advisor Andrei Kouzel on officially becoming a “co-founder of a unicorn”.  Flo Health Inc. is now a freshly minted unicorn https://lnkd.in/e5KMpn39
🚀🚀🚀Now Andrei Kouzel is focusing on helping other startups achieve new heights as a growth and strategy advisor. Reach out to him to get a stronger wind in your startup’s sails!

🚀🚀🚀 Hey everyone! We at Verras Capital LP are super excited to announce our investment in Cardoo!
Cardoo is shaking up the fintech scene with their game-changing solutions for the car rental and real estate industries. Founded in February 2021, they’re on a mission to create a “DepositFree” world by getting rid of security deposits. How cool is that? Their virtual and physical credit cards make rental transactions smoother, helping companies boost customer loyalty, streamline operations, and increase profits.

Here’s why we love Cardoo:

DepositFree Service: Cardoo’s unique service lets car rental and real estate companies say goodbye to security deposits. They provide a Cardoo credit card for each rental, covering potential damages or fines with a small daily fee (just 0.8% of the deposit amount for short-term rentals).

Partnership and Integration: Cardoo partners with businesses, offering all the tools and support needed to roll out the DepositFree service. This includes credit cards (virtual or physical), marketing materials, and integration support for online booking systems.

Global Reach: Operating in regions like Europe, Africa, the Middle East, Asia, and the Americas, Cardoo works with over 250 car rental companies across 27 countries. They’re truly going global!

Business Benefits: Car rental companies using Cardoo see higher order values, lower operational costs, and happier customers thanks to a hassle-free rental experience. Real estate companies enjoy faster occupancy rates, stronger landlord-tenant relationships, and more financial freedom for tenants.

A huge shoutout to the amazing team: ALISHER MURTAZAEV, Dan Ivanov, Astislav Bozhevolnov, and Stanislav Pushtorskiy! Wishing you all tremendous success!

#fintech #mobility #carrental

💡 “You are our most valuable investor”. Coming from a successful second-time founder starting a new round this week, these words are worth a lot. It is somewhat counterintuitive, too, because as a boutique, light-touch fund, Verras Capital LP rarely has the biggest check and never actually aims to be “the most” valuable investor. We adhere though to those five principles in communicating with our founders: 

💲 Respecting Founders' Time: We’re extremely conscious of a founder's time. We only schedule meetings when there's a specific topic to discuss or a challenge to tackle. No unnecessary check-ins!
💲 Always Asking: How Can We Help? Every interaction with a founder starts or ends with this question. It's our way of ensuring we're always focused on providing tangible support.
💲 Valuable Introductions: We make a lot (and we mean a lot!) of meaningful introductions to other founders with relevant experience, industry experts, and potential investors. We only make introductions when we see a clear benefit for both parties. So far, dozens of business relationships and investments have blossomed from these connections.
💲 Regular, Value-Driven Communication: We maintain regular communication with founders, always with a specific purpose in mind. We’re not about cluttering inboxes but about adding real value.
💲 Never Force-Feeding Advice: We understand that not all advice is good advice. We never push our suggestions on founders. Instead, we offer help and insights when asked and step back when needed.

🥂 Plenty of updates from Verras Capital LP portfolio companies 

🥂 Whizz is now an official partner of Grubhub delivery partners 
https://lnkd.in/g3eTZE8R
Whizz has also opened a new store in New Jersey Mike Peregudov Alex Mironov Ksenia Proka

🥂 NEWHOMESMATE obtained a Mortgage Loan Originator License. This is huge - this enables NEWHOMESMATE to originate loans directly and to educate buyers about financial products for purchasing new construction homes Dan Hnatkovskyy

🥂 Approveit | Techstars '23 acquired #SOC2 Type 1 certification. This is a big boost considering that they handle thousands of sensitive budget-related activities for their customers on a monthly basis 
https://lnkd.in/gqzhJmqf Serge Gusev Dmitry Matveev

🥂 Competera Pricing Platform pocketed another award - for the second consecutive year, Competera has been named the Best Retail Insights Solution at the VIP Awards by Vendors In Partnership Awards in partnerships awards 
https://lnkd.in/gT5Ezj3h Alex Galkin ✪ 

🥂 Finally, Rainbow Weather created a song - yes, a song, based on the feedback of one of their users 
https://lnkd.in/gc3vvxTe Alexander Matveenko

Our portfolio companies are hiring massively; over 80 vacancies are available.
👩💼 👨💼 👩💼 NEWHOMESMATE is looking for about 30 new roles in marketing, builder partnerships, sales https://lnkd.in/gEeeaE2S 
👷♀️ 👷♂️ 👷♀️ Whizz needs to staff around 40 roles in services, marketing, sales, and finance https://lnkd.in/efsER9pT 
👩💼 👨💼 👩💼 respond.io wants to hire a head of marketing and an account executive in Latam https://lnkd.in/gaemMPyr
👷♀️ 👷♂️ 👷♀️ Homebound needs a business development manager https://lnkd.in/e6fca6UC , Narrative BI.bi is looking for a content manager; Competera Pricing Platform is hiring for 5 roles in software engineering; Elatra is looking for a
Manager, coaching services https://lnkd.in/eq3c8ZrM

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