Equal Opportunity Ventures
Venture capitalCambridge · Pre-Seed–Series A · 10 people tracked
Also known as EQUAL OPPORTUNITY VENTURES MANAGER LP
Investment thesis
Equal Opportunity Ventures invests in founders building businesses that expand economic mobility in America. Rather than following market hype cycles, the firm bases its focus areas on long-standing quantitative research into the forces shaping economic mobility. It concentrates on public sector and safety technology that modernizes government and justice systems, AI and data infrastructure that makes these systems smarter and more scalable, healthcare companies improving access, quality, and affordability, education and workforce tools that move people into higher-wage careers, and fintech products that help families manage risk and build long-term wealth. EO partners with founders from the earliest stages.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 11, 2026.
Team · 10 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 16 of 21 portfolio companiesSaaS ×6Healthtech ×5AI & Machine Learning ×4EdTech ×4Data & Infrastructure ×3HR Tech ×3Consumer ×2Fintech ×2
HQs:United States×11Canada×1
Investments · 21 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 12021 · 12019 · 13 dated
New York, US
Alessandra Henderson(Executive Officer, Director)Jannine Versi(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardMonica Jain(Director)Kathryn Heffernan(Director)
Board seatRoland Fryer· per SEC Form D · $5.8M raise · filed Feb 2025
RethincWork provides employee experience analytics that give companies real-time data on workplace satisfaction, engagement, and cultural tensions broken down by level and demographic.
Future of WorkHR TechSaaSNew York, US
Kate Gerson(Executive Officer, Director)Samantha Hoare(Executive Officer)
Board seatRoland Fryer· per SEC Form D
IntusCare provides a technology platform for PACE (Programs of All-Inclusive Care for the Elderly) organizations, including tools like CareHub for operations and compliance, PRISM for population health and utilization management, and IRIS for risk adjustment.
Digital HealthHealthtechSaaS
Forage builds payment infrastructure that connects merchants, shoppers, and the U.S. government to enable acceptance of SNAP EBT and EBT Cash payments.
FintechGovTechRetail TechSaaSSan Francisco, US
Victor E. Fimbres(Founder)in
Fresh Food Generation is a restaurant, food truck, and catering company combining New England ingredients with Caribbean and Southern flavors, with house-made marinades and dressings sourced from regional family farms.
ConsumerFoodTechBoston, US
Candidly provides a platform of AI tools and benefit solutions to help people manage student debt, savings, and related financial decisions, offered as an employee benefit.
AI & Machine LearningFintechHR Tech
Marketing TechPropTechBerkeley, US
Dan Kimerling(Director)Caroline Caselli(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
HealthtechProvidence, US
John Robert Felton(Executive Officer, Director)Evan Jackson(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardWilliam Helman(Director)Gilbert Addo(Director)David Feinberg(Director)
Manta is a no-code data analysis platform that lets decision-makers ask questions in plain language and automatically runs data science tasks—cleaning data, identifying patterns, testing hypotheses, and running regressions—to generate statistically sound insights.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureSaaS
KaiPod Learning operates a network of microschools that provide personalized, small-group education tailored to individual student needs.
EdTechBoston, US
Amar Kumar(Founder)in
Matidor provides location-intelligent project management software that combines GIS mapping with field operations coordination for environmental consulting and oil and gas teams.
Construction TechEnergyEnterprise SoftwareFuture of WorkSaaSVancouver, CA
Vincent Lam(Founder)inSean Huang(Founder)in
Sigma Squared analyzes an organization's own historical data to identify the signals that predict outcomes, builds a success profile by role and domain, and embeds that intelligence into existing tools for real-time decisions.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureHR Tech
Reconstruction provides supplemental, culturally-relevant curriculum centered on the Black experience for K-12 schools and organizations.
EdTech
Unite Us provides a software and data infrastructure platform for coordinating whole-person care across healthcare, government, and community-based organizations, enabling need identification, service delivery coordination, and outcomes measurement at scale.
Data & InfrastructureGovTechHealthtechNew York, US
Daniel M. Brillman(Executive Officer)
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesStepful · alleycorp.substack.com · Jul 15, 2026
Forage · pulse2.com · Jun 8, 2026
KaiPod Learning · kaipodlearning.com · Dec 31, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Equal Opportunity Ventures invest at?
- Equal Opportunity Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What is Equal Opportunity Ventures's typical check size?
- Equal Opportunity Ventures typically writes checks of $2M.
- What sectors does Equal Opportunity Ventures focus on?
- Equal Opportunity Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Data & Infrastructure, EdTech, Enterprise Software, Fintech, FoodTech, Future of Work, GovTech, Healthtech, HR Tech, Impact & Social Good.
- Where is Equal Opportunity Ventures located?
- Equal Opportunity Ventures is headquartered in Cambridge, US.
- Does Equal Opportunity Ventures lead rounds?
- Yes, Equal Opportunity Ventures leads investment rounds.
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