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Board Observer
May 2022
Narmi offers state of the art digital banking and digital account opening platforms to financial institutions. The platform – built for the enterprise – allows financial institutions to open accounts in less than 2.5 minutes, and then grow that relationship over a lifetime through intuitive mobile and online channels. Every single product at Narmi integrates with leading core banking systems.
Financial institutions using Narmi have experienced:
- 20% increase in NPS
- 55% increase in new account applications from non-account holders
- 50% decrease in support volume
- 63% improvement in support response time
- 137% increase in app store rating
- 65% Reduction in time from application start to application submission
Narmi’s founding team previously served as leaders of a financial institution and quickly became frustrated by digital technology available to them.
Today, Narmi is almost entirely headquartered in New York City and is focused on building lasting digital experiences for financial institutions.
Board Observer
Aug 2021
At FrankieOne, we believe verification and onboarding should be fast, flexible and frictionless. Were a trusted compliance, identity and fraud detection engine that helps banks, fintechs and other companies onboard and protect their customers.
Our platform is optimised to verify customers safely and securely, minimising risk and maximising your opportunity. Simply put, we’re helping companies balance regulatory compliance with a positive customer experience, every time.
As the gateway to the global ecosystem of compliance, identity and fraud detection tools, FrankieOne is the best way to unlock more customers quickly and detect suspicious activity fast, for true scalability and security.
Our platform includes KYC (know your customer), Biometrics, IDV (identity verification), KYB (know your business), AML/CTF (anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing) compliance, transaction monitoring and fraud prevention.
Board Observer
Dec 2020
MyCarrier empowers LTL/FTL shippers to connect directly to their carriers through an intuitive web platform for all shipping needs, from checking rates and availability to quoting, dispatching, tracking, and reporting. The MyCarrier platform streamlines the shipping process, allowing shippers to capture the best rates while increasing visibility, accuracy, and trust.
Board Observer
Aug 2020
Archer is designing and developing electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft for use in urban air mobility networks. Archer’s mission is to unlock the skies, freeing everyone to reimagine how they move and spend time. Archers team is based in Santa Clara, CA. To learn more, visit www.archer.com.
Board Observer
Jan 2020
SmartHop is a cutting-edge tech company that is revolutionizing the trucking industry. Our AI-powered platform provides fleets with valuable insights and recommendations, empowering them to make informed decisions that drive their businesses forward. At SmartHop, were passionate about uplifting truckers, and our goal is to transform the industry by enabling healthier and more successful businesses.
Established in 2018, SmartHop is a global remote company headquartered in Miami, with additional offices in New York and Colombia. Our series B funding, which raised $30 million at the beginning of 2022, has brought our total funding to over $46 million.
We pride ourselves on our diverse and talented team, and we value fresh perspectives and innovative thinking. At SmartHop, we foster a culture of employee empowerment, where each team member is encouraged to contribute their unique skills and ideas to keep us at the forefront of modern technology. Join us in shaping the future of the trucking industry.
Board Observer
Jun 2019
Pryon provides a trusted, safe, and proven path to implementing generative AI in enterprises.
Pryons best-in-class ingestion and retrieval engines can be paired with generative LLMs to implement retrieval-augmented generation and securely provide accurate, instant, and verifiable answers at enterprise scale.
Using industry-leading retrieval technology, Pryon RAG Suite securely extracts answers from all forms of content, including audio, images, text, and video, stored in a myriad of sources. Pryon’s products are intuitive to use, accessible via API from any system, and can be deployed in a matter of weeks in the cloud or on-premises.
Created by the AI pioneers instrumental in developing Alexa, Siri, and Watson, Pryon is trusted by leading enterprises and government agencies. By reducing the distance between people and answers, Pryon builds high-performing, resilient, and responsive organizations.
For more information, or to request a demo, visit https://pryon.com/.
Board Observer
Feb 2018
Red Balloon Security is a leading security provider and research firm committed to defending embedded devices across a range of critical industries and shaping the future of the embedded security industry. Our expert team has pioneered foundational technologies, such as Symbiote and OFRAK, that help secure millions of embedded devices currently in service. Today, we continue to research, develop, and commercialize new capabilities to protect embedded systems manufactured globally. Additionally, our R&D team consists of world-class researchers and developers who publish seminal research papers in the fields of embedded security and intrusion detection. Red Balloon has led research activities funded by the U.S. Government including DARPA, Department of Homeland Security, Air Force, and Navy.
Red Balloon Security raised a Series A in 2018 led by Bain Capital Ventures and also received funding from Greycroft, American Family Ventures and Abstract Ventures. The company’s total financing to date is $23.5 million.
Board Observer
Dec 2017
Yieldstreet is the leading private market investment platform helping people dive into alternative investing with confidence and ease. From real estate, venture capital, private equity, art, short term notes and more, Yieldstreet investors gain exclusive access to a wide range of opportunities. All Yieldstreet offerings are curated and vetted by top-tier investment managers.
Looking to join a global team with colleagues in over 8 countries who speak over 17 different languages? Do you have an entrepreneurial spirit and a passion for FinTech? Join our growing family and take part in a hybrid work model with a diverse and inclusive work culture. Together, we can help make alternative investments a fundamental part of the modern-day portfolio. For more information, check out our job listings.
Board Observer
Aug 2016
Immuta is The Data Provisioning Company, helping organizations safely and intelligently deliver governed data access to every consumer, human or AI. Since 2015, we’ve helped Fortune 500 companies and government agencies automate data provisioning at enterprise scale. As data demand surges and AI adoption accelerates, manual ticketing systems can’t keep up. Immuta removes these bottlenecks by automating the entire access lifecycle, from policy enforcement to request handling, delivery, audit, and recertification.
What Immuta Does
- Automates data provisioning by policy (birthright) and by request (governed self-service).
- Writes policies once, enforces everywhere with native integrations across warehouses, storage, BI, and catalogs.
- Delivers secure access in minutes, not months while maintaining continuous compliance.
- Supports humans and AI agents that need governed data at machine speed.
How We Help
- Faster time-to-data: Reduce access delays from weeks to minutes with automated approvals and birthright access.
- Less manual governance: Eliminate repetitive policy work and ticket triage for IT, stewards, and data owners.
- Continuous compliance: Unified audit + automated recertification keep access accurate over time.
- AI-ready provisioning: Governed access for LLMs, agents, and machine-driven workflows.
Core Provisioning Workflows
- Policy Authoring: Write once, enforce everywhere. Go from weeks of engineering to minutes.
- Data Identification & Classification: Auto-detect and tag sensitive data to drive decisions.
- Access Request Management: Governed self-service with automated approvals.
- Behavior Monitoring: Detect unusual or risky access patterns in real time.
- Unified Audit: See who accessed what, when, and why, in minutes, not days.
The Outcome
Organizations unlock data faster, reduce risk, and scale AI safely, with governed access delivered at the speed of need.
Board Observer
Dec 2015
Salesforce Maps (FKA MapAnything), offers the industry’s leading Location Intelligence solutions that leverage mapping and optimization technologies. We enable our customers to maximize the productivity of their sales and service resources.
The only global Enterprise Platform that allows the user to go from Territory Design and Planning, through to Field Execution and Visualization of results, we enable customers to design optimal territories, create optimal schedules, and map optimal routes enabling field reps to service more accounts in less time. This helps companies to maximize resources, drive productivity and revenue, and increase territory control and visibility, all while reducing expenses.
Salesforce Maps answers five questions critical for every company: How many people do we need (in the field)? Where should we put them? How do I make them as productive as possible? What did they actually do? And what did we learn?
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2024
Partner
Mar 2024
B2R is a New York City based investment fund that provides growth capital to emerging software and technology-enabled services companies.
2022
Board Observer
May 2022
Narmi offers state of the art digital banking and digital account opening platforms to financial institutions. The platform – built for the enterprise – allows financial institutions to open accounts in less than 2.5 minutes, and then grow that relationship over a lifetime through intuitive mobile and online channels. Every single product at Narmi integrates with leading core banking systems.
Financial institutions using Narmi have experienced:
- 20% increase in NPS
- 55% increase in new account applications from non-account holders
- 50% decrease in support volume
- 63% improvement in support response time
- 137% increase in app store rating
- 65% Reduction in time from application start to application submission
Narmi’s founding team previously served as leaders of a financial institution and quickly became frustrated by digital technology available to them.
Today, Narmi is almost entirely headquartered in New York City and is focused on building lasting digital experiences for financial institutions.
2021
Board Observer
Aug 2021
At FrankieOne, we believe verification and onboarding should be fast, flexible and frictionless. Were a trusted compliance, identity and fraud detection engine that helps banks, fintechs and other companies onboard and protect their customers.
Our platform is optimised to verify customers safely and securely, minimising risk and maximising your opportunity. Simply put, we’re helping companies balance regulatory compliance with a positive customer experience, every time.
As the gateway to the global ecosystem of compliance, identity and fraud detection tools, FrankieOne is the best way to unlock more customers quickly and detect suspicious activity fast, for true scalability and security.
Our platform includes KYC (know your customer), Biometrics, IDV (identity verification), KYB (know your business), AML/CTF (anti-money laundering and counter terrorism financing) compliance, transaction monitoring and fraud prevention.
2020
Board Observer
Dec 2020
MyCarrier empowers LTL/FTL shippers to connect directly to their carriers through an intuitive web platform for all shipping needs, from checking rates and availability to quoting, dispatching, tracking, and reporting. The MyCarrier platform streamlines the shipping process, allowing shippers to capture the best rates while increasing visibility, accuracy, and trust.
Board Observer
Aug 2020
Archer is designing and developing electric vertical takeoff and landing aircraft for use in urban air mobility networks. Archer’s mission is to unlock the skies, freeing everyone to reimagine how they move and spend time. Archers team is based in Santa Clara, CA. To learn more, visit www.archer.com.
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