In this episode of Taking Notes with NextGen, host and Managing Partner Dan Mindus interviews Marissa Pittard & Chris Olmanson, Co-Founders of Beaming Health, where NextGen Venture Partners is a proud investor. Beaming Health helps families find appropriate, expert care for children with developmental issues. Today they focus on autism care, but Chris and Marissa have plans to expand beyond that. Disclaimers: The information contained in this podcast is for informational purposes only, and is not an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to purchase any securities. Past performance is not indicative of future results. Any performance or projections contained herein may be significantly affected by future events. Any opinions, assumptions, assessments, statements or the like regarding future events, or which are forward looking constitute only subjective views and beliefs should not be relied on and are subject to change due to a variety of factors including fluctuating market conditions and economic factors.

Our guest for this podcast is Mike Hanlon, Founder and CEO of Abett. Abett helps employers, who pay about a trillion dollars a year for healthcare on behalf of employees, to gain control over their healthcare data and become more savvy consumers of healthcare. Abett works with some of the biggest employers in the country and this helps them dramatically reduce healthcare expenses. NextGen Venture Partners is a proud investor in Abett.

In this episode of Taking Notes with NextGen, host and Managing Partner Dan Mindus interviews David Lokshin, Co-Founder and CEO of Trace, where NextGen Venture Partners is a proud investor. Trace is in the business of memories. More specifically, Trace places cameras at youth sports games and then automatically sends each player a personalized video with heir key moments in the game. Over time, Trace plans to capture video from vacations and other memorable times/places to again, automatically send individuals their personalized video. David and Dan touch on several topics, including the culture David has built at Trace over the years.

In this episode of Taking Notes with NextGen, host and Managing Partner Dan Mindus interviews Frances Zelazny, Co-Founder and CEO of Anonybit, where NextGen Venture Partners is a proud investor. Anonybit keeps biometrics information secure. So that fingerprint that helps unlock your phone? Anonybit can help prevent that from being hacked. Frances and Dan discuss the state of the biometrics industry and the very big vision Anonybit has to secure personal information against hacking.

Michael Staton is an EdTech (education technology) entrepreneur and the Co-Founder and CEO of CoLearn. As a former EdTech venture capitalist, Michael asked himself the question, “What should school school look like in an era of remote work for adults, and with an explosion of digital learning resources for kids?” His answer is CoLearn. NextGen is a proud investor in CoLearn, and we’re excited by Michael’s vision for the future and it’s impact on how students learn.

Join Taking Notes with NextGen host, and NextGen Managing Partner, Dan Mindus and Obi Omile, Co-Founder and CEO at theCut, for a illuminating conversation. theCut is a platform for people to find barbers, and for barbers to manage their business with bookings, payments, CRM and more. Obi and Dan discuss the business of the barbershop, the culture of barbershops in communities of color, and the benefits of bringing a new technology solution into the equation.

Andrew Platt is a NextGen Venture Partner, and the Co-Founder and CEO of Statt. NextGen is an investor in Statt, which is a tool that automates the gathering and analysis of public policy information. In this episode, Andrew sits down with NextGen Managing Partner Dan Mindus to discuss his time as a state legislator, a congressional staffer and the head of policy at a venture-backed startup. Andrew and Dan also discuss the challenges Andrew faced by not having a tool like Statt.

Ben Doherty is the Co-Founder and CEO of Sunroom Rentals, which helps renters lease apartments without brokers and assist real estate owners and investors to better manage leasing their properties. NextGen Venture Partners is a recent investor in the company. Ben sits down with NextGen Managing Partner Dan Mindus to discuss his journey from starting and selling food delivery company Favor to shifting into tech-enabling the process of renting a home. They also cover the growth of the real estate tech space broadly.

In the latest episode of Taking Notes with NextGen, host and Managing Partner Dan Mindus is joined by sisters Itziar Diez-Canedo and Maite Diez-Canedo who are the co-founders of Via.work. NextGen is a recent investor. Via helps remove the risk and complexity for employers setting up satellite offices abroad. Itziar and Maite share more about both the history and future of the company, why employers are increasingly setting up offices overseas and the virtues of moving towards a more global labor market.

Join Taking Notes with NextGen host, and NextGen Managing Partner, Dan Mindus and Joy Bhosai for a conversation about Joy’s company, Pluto Health (smart health assistant). NextGen is a recent investor. Pluto has built a mobile app that seeks to help patients with tasks such as storing health records, paying healthcare bills, tracking medications and sharing health data with providers. Dan and Joy discuss challenges around collecting patient health records, and the possibilities for personal and public health with improved information.