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…

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…

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…

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. …

Originally published by Los Angeles Times, January 19, 2023 Before the pandemic, many venture capitalists weren’t convinced that child care was a worthwhile investment. Is this really a problem? they’d ask founders in the industry. Aren’t people figuring it out? “It was frustrating as parents who were experiencing the problem…

Originally published by Forbes, October 13, 2022 What do Hispanics fear more than a friend arriving on time (or even worse, EARLY) to the party they are hosting? The answer: talking about mental illnesses! As much as Hispanics turn a blind eye to being “on time”, they close both eyes…

Even before the pandemic, employers were concerned about attrition due to childcare responsibilities, especially among female talent. Providing childcare benefits is a critical way to combat this attrition. Shadiah Sigala knew this firsthand. She is a cofounder of a fast-growing startup, HoneyBook, and was the first female employee to become…

The U.S. is facing a growing crisis in care, including childcare and care for the aging, which has worsened and become more visible in the pandemic. A steady stream of research and data has underscored this ongoing crisis: · The New York Times recently reported that while women’s participation in…

Going behind the scenes with MiSalud and The Holding Co. design sprint A key factor in Magnify Venture’s decision to join MiSalud Health’s seed investor syndicate was the proven product design talent of the founders. Co-Founders Bismarck Lepe and Wendy Johansson’s last start-up together was Wizeline, a global digital design…

Originally published by TechCrunch, June 7, 2022 Finding and affording child care is one of the biggest challenges parents face. Kinside makes the process easier by not only providing a marketplace of verified carers, but also helping parents tap into their flexible spending accounts (FSA) and other benefits to afford…

Originally published by Employee Benefit News, April 26, 2022 Earlier this year, Bruce Akins’ mom got her first smartphone, after more than a decade of life with a flip phone. Like any good son, Akins knew the 87-year-old would need some one-on-one assistance in learning to embrace the tech tool…

Originally published by The Business Journals, January 20, 2022 Editor note: In our 2022 Startups to Watch feature, the Silicon Valley Business Journal and San Francisco Business Times present startups and founders doing unique things in the San Francisco Bay Area. Cocoon is one of 20 that we have profiled. …

Published by Benzinga, Dec 14, 2021 By Taylor Burton, Founder, Till Financial The use of financial apps and technology exploded last year. These days, we do a lot more than pay our bills online: online shopping is the default, contactless payments are incredibly popular, and adults of all ages are…

Published by SuperParent, December 2, 2021 Families have access to a variety of digital tools. By Taylor Burton, Founder of Till Financial In a world where so much is facilitated by apps, it should be expected that there would be countless options aimed at helping adults with finances. However, what…

Published by Forbes, November 2021 Andrew Parker’s grandfather needed help, but he didn’t need a doctor. He needed someone to help him with groceries and take him to doctor appointments. “Who wants to be a pal to my Papa?” Parker wrote in a Facebook post. More than a quarter of…

We’re thrilled to join forces with Index Ventures, First Round Capital, and other investors in backing Cocoon — a pioneering company transforming the paid leave experience for employers and employees. The San Francisco-based company announced a $20 million Series A funding round today. The Cocoon platform launched across all 50…

Published by PR Newswire, September 21, 2021 NEW YORK, Sept. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Seven Starling — a platform that supports parents from pregnancy to parenthood — announced its public launch, with $2.9 million in seed funding led by Pear VC, Expa, and Magnify Ventures. …

Published by The Fintech Times, April 28, 2021 Till Financial, a collaborative family financial tool that empowers children to become smarter spenders, has been made available to all families. Till’s banking platform directly serves the 50 million pre-banked young people that represent over $400billion in buying power. Till’s mission is to make family finance conversational and collaborative by encouraging open and honest discussions between parents and their children. With a real bank account, digital and physical debit card, and goal-based savings, Till prepares young people for entry into the modern economy with the knowledge they need to be successful.