Enjoy The Work Adds 17 New Companies in 2020
2020 has been a wild, difficult, and unexpected year, bringing massive challenges not only to us at Enjoy The Work, but to most businesses around the globe.
Despite the curveballs, we’re both proud and honored to share that the Enjoy The Work family has grown substantially since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic. So far in 2020, we’ve opened our doors up to 17 new portfolio companies, ranging widely in verticals, stages, and founder backgrounds. The common denominator? Good people doing great things.
In addition to our traditional work providing individual support to founders, this year we expanded our offering to include group workshops and training. We’ve received a tremendous amount of interest in our founder content from such distinguished firms as Berkeley SkyDeck, BDC Women in Technology Venture Fund, the Canadian Technology Accelerator (CTA), Spero Ventures, Google For Startups (GFS), and more. Special thanks to Caroline Winnet at SkyDeck, Michelle Scarbourough and Erika Kurczyn at BDC, Thierry Lu and Scott Giesbrecht at CTA, and Jason Scott at GFS.
“We had the privilege to participate in dozens of leadership meetings as our founders adjusted to a cascade of challenges – shelter in place, the pandemic, geo-political unrest, a divisive election, unprecedented job loss,” says Enjoy The Work founder, Jonathan Lowenhar. “It has been an honor to play a role in the process as our founders stayed committed and found ways to adapt and succeed.”
We wanted to take a moment to briefly recap the latest companies to join our community. While some are newer additions than others, we’re extending a big welcome to all of who have chosen to include us in their journeys in 2020.
An Introduction To Our 17 New Companies
Renewable Properties
Renewable Properties is a team of solar project development professionals that make solar projects happen. Their solar project development team boasts an extensive track record of performance and has the capital and ability to transact quickly, reacting to time-sensitive deals in short order. Learn more here: https://www.renewprop.com/
OTO
It’s not just the words that matter. OTO works with contact centers, processing millions of customer conversations to help businesses unlock valuable data from voice interactions. Learn more here: https://www.oto.ai/product
Cover
Protect what you care about with just a click from your phone. Cover, a mobile insurance technology company, allows consumers to take a picture of the property they wish to insure (cars, homes, pets, jewelry etc.) and connects them with insurance partners that provide the best prices and coverage. Learn more here: https://cover.com/
Spectrum Labs
As a guardian against online hate speech and toxicity, Spectrum Labs provides contextual AI, automation, and services to help consumer brands recognize and respond to toxic behavior. The platform identifies 40+ behaviors across all languages enabling Trust & Safety teams to deal with harmful issues in real-time. Spectrum Labs’ mission is to unite the power of data and community to rebuild trust in the Internet, making it a safer and more valuable place for all. Learn more here: https://www.spectrumlabsai.com/
Bus.com
The OS for bus operations, Bus.com removes the friction involved in bringing a group of people to an event or experience. The company’s web app makes it easy to organize, book, join and enjoy bus trips. Founded by travel industry veterans and built with startup hustle, they get you where you want to go, with people you love, while having a blast. Learn more here: https://www.bus.com/
Fleq
Fleq makes homeownership attainable, affordable, flexible, portable, sustainable, and easy. The company’s shared equity approach offers the opportunity to combine security and stability to build wealth associated with homeownership. Learn more here: https://fleq.com/
Involve.ai
Involve.ai is an early warning system to predict customer churn and expansion. The company applies modern AI technology to unify data from your CRM, emails, CS platforms, and other digital channels to create a real-time customer health dashboard. With this data, Involve generates new insights to reduce customer churn and improve expansion opportunities. Learn more here: https://www.involvesoft.com/
Beehive
Beehive AI is the first of its kind mass dialogue platform. What people do on websites (views/clicks/purchases) represents only part of the story needed to develop true customer intimacy (motivations/preferences/biases). And intimacy is the secret to sustainable loyalty. Learn more here: https://www.beehive.ai/
Clarity Movement
Clarity is tackling the global air pollution crisis. The company brings air sensing technology, IoT devices, and data analytics to create solutions that improve quality of life. Learn more here: https://www.clarity.io/
ZiZo Technologies
Labor management enhancement through systematic gamification. Data alone won’t change employee behavior, but when data fuels dynamic game experience complete with rewards and punishments, work turns into a contest to be won or lost. Learn more here: https://playzizo.com/#about
Paper
An infinitely scalable school in the cloud, Paper provides a tutor to any student who wants one, at any time. : Paper is the first comprehensive Educational Support System (ESS) working with North America’s largest school districts. Learn more here: https://paper.co/
Timechain
Moving money rapidly, cheaply and compliantly across borders has never been easier. Timechain is the only service that confirms the use of funds across borders by connecting to third-party banking APIs such as Flinks and Quickbooks. Timechain does this all in one application saving Wealth Manager time and money. Learn more here: https://timechain.com/#/
Sparrow
Enterprise corporate communications – the right message to the right employee on the right channel at the right time (all with comprehensive analytics). Transforming the way companies engage their employees and measure communication effectiveness. Learn more here: https://www.sparrowapp.io/
Flow
Imagine a design that instantly is translated into code. Flow translates animations & Sketch designs to code that developers can easily read and integrate. Better design through automated code. Learn more here: https://createwithflow.com/
Shapeshift 3D
The most important equipment should be custom fitted. Shapeshift 3D makes that possible. Shapeshift 3D’s patented software allows for bespoke manufacturing at scale. Shapeshift’s platform is being used in projects led by the NFL and Canadian Armed Forces to automate customization. Learn more here: https://www.shapeshift3d.com/
