Originally posted on Linkedin, October 9, 2023 For decades, the health care system has embraced the philosophy of “manage what you measure.” Hospitals and health plans measure hospital admissions and length of stay. The public health community measures the rate of premature deaths, cancer rates and opioid overdoses. Though useful…

Originally posted by Business Insider, August 21, 2023 Milo is an AI assistant to help busy working parents manage their kids’ schedules. Milo’s founder, Avni Patel Thompson almost shut down the company before reaching out to Sam Altman. The AI startup was recently named by VCs as one of 2023’s…

We sat down with visionary thought leader Tina Sharkey to discuss the impact of AI and its promise for the future of families. Tina is an active angel investor, global keynote speaker, coach, and advisor to tech-enabled startups and scaled enterprises, and on the Faculty at USC’s Iovine and Young…

Originally posted in The Washington Post, May 16, 2023 Earlier this year, I made a dumb financial decision. I bought a car that was beyond our budget. We had just been through an eight-week stretch of demanding work schedules, kitchen renovations and checking-account fraud. Our daughter’s day-care center closed three…

We invested in Cocoon, employee leave software for modern employers, with conviction that the future of work includes solutions that create happier, healthier, and more productive places to work while driving competitive advantages and reduced costs for employers. Employee leave benefits are often a complicated morass that neither the employee…

Tina Beilinson is the Co-founder & CEO of Seven Starling, a Magnify portfolio company. Seven Starling is a digital platform making high-quality mental healthcare more accessible for new mothers and caregivers. With specialized therapy, peer support, and in-app exercises, Seven Starling uses the most effective, proven methods to treat common…

For millions of Americans and employers, the ongoing caregiving crisis highlights the need for and impact of family and caregiving-related benefits. An estimated one-in-five workers are active family caregivers. Millions of workers in the US are in the sandwich generation — caring for both a child and an aging family…

We welcomed remarkable new talent to our growing Magnify team in 2023. Pam Kostka, serial entrepreneur and former CEO of All Raise brings her world-class community building expertise to help raise our flag as the go-to venture firm for founders and co-investors in the Care Economy, while Associates Braylon Gurnell…

Originally posted in Forbes, January 27, 2023 C200 member Joanna Drake co-founded Magnify Ventures to partner with entrepreneurs who are boldly transforming how modern families and communities live, work and care for one another. She has advised and invested in other founders solving important problems with technology, as General Partner…