Douglas Lee

Strategist | Investor | Author | Embracing the Future!

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 4 investments📅 4 years investing🗓 Last invested Feb 2024
VC🌍 United States
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4y
Years active

Portfolio

4 investments · sorted by recency
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Investor
Feb 2024
Cariina is a software platform that unlocks organizational excellence for schools. By unifying non-instructional processes into one cohesive user experience, partner schools consistently provide top-tier learning environments and create an institutional memory.
Advisor and Investor
May 2023
PawFred (Woof) is the smart pet management solution for communities—a seamless, automated system that enhances safety, ensures compliance, strengthens pet-friendly policies, and streamlines pet governance. PawFreds system simplifies the management of all pet-related matters, from dog bites to disease prevention, while also empowering pet parents to provide better care for their animals. Our mission is to redefine pet-human wellness by fostering stronger connections and creating healthier, happier lives for pets and their families. With operations in the U.S., Brazil, and the UAE, Woof has secured agreements with leading property managers and companies, expanding its presence in key markets and driving innovation in pet care and community living. Powered by AI and a sophisticated data model, PawFred (Woof) has gained global recognition, earning multiple awards and being featured twice by Google as one of the most innovative software-driven pet care solutions in the world.
Advisor and Investor
Jan 2023
CentSai is a financial education provider with a suite of SaaS solutions for financial services firms, educational institutions and the workplace. Lack of sustainable engagement with financial planning platforms is a global problem. Many men and women find it hard to interact with financial information on various websites because they are often hard to understand and esoteric. CentSai takes the fear out of finance by using personal story-telling, quizzes, trivia game in combination with smart software that allows institutions to license financial-education-as-a-service for a monthly subscription. CentSaiOne combines a bilingual (English and Spanish) library of articles, videos and quizzes with capability to send emails and social media campaigns. CentSai Education comes with a learning management system for schools with courses in line with the Council of Economic Education standards. CentSai Education, along with its partner Seedlyng, has recently been named approved vendor in multiple school districts in Texas. CentSai Mykademy, in partnership with European education technology company Olive Group, brings a series of financial wellness courses in the form of original short videos in a learning management system that comes with live video chat, live classes, analytics dashboard and ability to create private groups. CentSai Trivia combines a trivia platform, leaderboard and a dashboard that can be linked to rewards. Any financial institution can use this to gamify financial education.
late stageE-learning
Advisor and Investor
2022
At Next Gen HQ, were on a mission to empower every young person, regardless of their background or skill level, to unlock their full potential. We offer learning tools and community that help young people develop an entrepreneurial mindset through our proprietary mobile app and in-person experiences.
Experience · 5 entries
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Investments (4)
2024
Investor
Feb 2024
Cariina is a software platform that unlocks organizational excellence for schools. By unifying non-instructional processes into one cohesive user experience, partner schools consistently provide top-tier learning environments and create an institutional memory.
2023
Advisor and Investor
May 2023
PawFred (Woof) is the smart pet management solution for communities—a seamless, automated system that enhances safety, ensures compliance, strengthens pet-friendly policies, and streamlines pet governance. PawFreds system simplifies the management of all pet-related matters, from dog bites to disease prevention, while also empowering pet parents to provide better care for their animals. Our mission is to redefine pet-human wellness by fostering stronger connections and creating healthier, happier lives for pets and their families. With operations in the U.S., Brazil, and the UAE, Woof has secured agreements with leading property managers and companies, expanding its presence in key markets and driving innovation in pet care and community living. Powered by AI and a sophisticated data model, PawFred (Woof) has gained global recognition, earning multiple awards and being featured twice by Google as one of the most innovative software-driven pet care solutions in the world.
Advisor and Investor
Jan 2023
CentSai is a financial education provider with a suite of SaaS solutions for financial services firms, educational institutions and the workplace. Lack of sustainable engagement with financial planning platforms is a global problem. Many men and women find it hard to interact with financial information on various websites because they are often hard to understand and esoteric. CentSai takes the fear out of finance by using personal story-telling, quizzes, trivia game in combination with smart software that allows institutions to license financial-education-as-a-service for a monthly subscription. CentSaiOne combines a bilingual (English and Spanish) library of articles, videos and quizzes with capability to send emails and social media campaigns. CentSai Education comes with a learning management system for schools with courses in line with the Council of Economic Education standards. CentSai Education, along with its partner Seedlyng, has recently been named approved vendor in multiple school districts in Texas. CentSai Mykademy, in partnership with European education technology company Olive Group, brings a series of financial wellness courses in the form of original short videos in a learning management system that comes with live video chat, live classes, analytics dashboard and ability to create private groups. CentSai Trivia combines a trivia platform, leaderboard and a dashboard that can be linked to rewards. Any financial institution can use this to gamify financial education.
late stageE-learning
2022
Advisor and Investor
2022
At Next Gen HQ, were on a mission to empower every young person, regardless of their background or skill level, to unlock their full potential. We offer learning tools and community that help young people develop an entrepreneurial mindset through our proprietary mobile app and in-person experiences.
2017
Head of Investment Promotion
Sep 2017
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Investment activity
2022–2024 · 4 investments
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