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Check out my interview with Sameer Dhar Founder and CEO of Nia Health. A very exciting Canadian health tech venture with impressive traction "Be your best self, for longer - next-gen health checkups powered by advanced diagnostics and expert guidance" https://www.niahealth.co/

🚀 Headout has skyrocketed 180+ spots to land at #160 on Forbes America's Best Startup Employers list for 2025! Across 20 countries, our team is shaping the future of experiences—and having a damn good time doing it. So, what’s driving this momentum? 1. We listen, and act: Employee feedback isn’t just a survey; it drives real change. 2. Great leadership = great teams: Our manager eNPS insights help us level up managers, making Headout an even better place to grow. 3. Inclusion isn’t just a value: Through initiatives like Women at Headout, a community focused on mentorship, support, and growth for women in our team, along with equitable hiring and leadership opportunities, we’re building a workplace where everyone belongs and thrives. 4. Curiosity, ownership, and impact: The secret sauce behind our culture. And we’re just getting started. If you’re looking for a place to do your best work (and actually enjoy Mondays), we’re hiring! → headout.com/careers/. 💜 More details in the comments. 👇

Your business just added 2.5 million new customers, almost overnight ... and your phone lines are already maxed. So now what do you do? This was the challenge faced by digital bank Neo Financial, one of the fastest-growing fintechs in the world. After a recent partnership with HBC, they introduced millions of new customers into their ecosystem — along with increased demand on their customer support operations. At the time, 80% of customer inquiries came through voice support, requiring manual authentication and extended handling times. They knew these traditional support channels wouldn’t cut it. By introducing their AI agent through ada, Neo transformed its customer support: ✅ 5X faster response times — from nearly 10 minutes to under 2 minutes ✅ 50% reduction in agent workload, freeing up teams for more complex inquiries ✅ Shifted from 80% voice support to a 50/50 chat-to-voice balance ✅ Higher CSAT scores for AI interactions compared to traditional chatbots These aren’t just efficiency gains — they’re real improvements in customer experience. Neo’s approach shows that automation isn’t about replacing human interaction but making it faster, more seamless, and far more scalable. Thanks to Shannon Burch and the team for sharing their insights! We're proud to work alongside them as they transform digital banking for Canadians.

It's now been just over a month since I joined Boris Wertz and Angela Tran at Version One Ventures, so I thought I'd share some observations after 5 years away: https://lnkd.in/du7TifYq

Looking back at Q1 for the Version One Ventures portfolio: - new 💰: Moment Energy, Bolt.Earth - new 📈: ada, Jam.dev - new 📣 : Coinbase & Uniswap Labs, Groupthink, Tenderly, Flow, Jam.dev full blog post in the comments 👇

Great reflections by our new V1 venture partner Josh Nussbaum about how the VC ecosystem has changed over the past decade (and what has stayed the same) https://lnkd.in/g3_n4rMW

Yesterday was Headout's best day ever, smashing our previous all-time high from Dec 27, '24. In all our years of doing this, no Eid weekend has ever beaten the preceding new year weekend - until now.

Big news at Outreach! 🚀 Today we announced our AI Agents— let our AI do the repetitive and mundane tasks for you, so you don't have to.   Checkout the AI Prospecting Agent and see how you can leverage it today. Watch out for a slew of prebuilt AI agents that's coming soon - for researching, meeting follow ups, competitive intel, deal updates, forecasting, and more. Our Outreach AI Engine uses insights that's synthesized from customer interactions, CRM, and 3rd party data in the Outreach Data Cloud, to drive sales execution workflows, autonomously! Make every rep your very best rep, with Outreach AI Agents.

Startup Handbook: The Blueprint for Founders 🚀 This guide walks you through the essentials of scaling a company from post-seed to pre-Series B: - Hiring & Culture – How to attract the right talent and build a strong team. - Operations & Growth – Running a startup efficiently and setting the right metrics. - Fundraising & Investors – Securing capital and managing investor relationships. Every founder needs this roadmap. Dive in below! 👇🏻 Angela Tran, Boris Wertz, Version One Ventures, All Chance

Trailer 𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐮𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 are heavily demoed at #ProMat2025 this year. This solution from Pickle Robot Company specifically caught my eye, as they intentionally knocked down all the boxes before the robot started picking. In November of 2024, Pickle raised an additional $50 million in Series B funding, bringing their total to almost $100 million in raised equity. To date the company states to have unloaded almost 1.5 million pounds of product. Also, don't let the green color fool you. Those are KUKA robots with a special paint job! #themanufacturingmillennial #robotics #roboticautomation #robot #engineering #technology #automation #warehouseautomation