BoxGroup

Founded in 2009 and based in New York City, BoxGroup is an early-stage investment fund focusing on pre-seed to Series A rounds. It invests globally, with a primary focus on New York City, Silicon Valley, and Los Angeles. The firm typically allocates between $50,000 and $250,000 per investment across various sectors including consumer, enterprise, fintech, healthcare, life science, marketplace, synthetic biology, and climate.

Brian Aledort

CFO

Adina Davis

Investor

Disha Karale

Investor

Nimi Katragadda

Partner

Greg Rosen

Partner

Past deals in Young Adults

lowercase.digital

Pre Seed Round in 2020
Our first app, HAGS: Yearbook Signatures, let let tens of thousands of students sign their yearbooks through Snapchat. HAGS will be relaunching as an entirely new space for high school students to interact with their class. Based in New York.

HAGS

Seed Round in 2020
HAGS is a digital platform designed for high school students, leveraging the popularity of Snapchat to create engaging experiences tailored for Gen-Z. The company collaborates with over 200 high school ambassadors across the United States to develop products and offerings that resonate with this demographic. HAGS is set to launch its innovative digital classrooms in beta at six high schools in California, allowing students to interact with their peers in a virtual school environment. The platform also enables students to sign friends' yearbooks digitally, enhancing the social experience within the school day through creative and fun interfaces.

Studs

Seed Round in 2019
Studs is a piercing studio established in 2019 by Anna Harman and Lisa Bubbers, headquartered in New York, United States. The company caters to a conscious millennial and Gen-Z clientele, aiming to modernize the traditional mall piercing experience through both online and offline retail operations. Studs specializes in providing safe and healthy ear piercing services, emphasizing a prioritized customer experience. By combining a contemporary approach with a focus on safety and hygiene, Studs has positioned itself as a leader in the ear piercing industry.

Dandy

Seed Round in 2019
Dandy is a live dating app that builts to solve the problem of immense time and effort required by existing online dating experiences. It allows USC students to virtually connect through instant messages, without needing to meet in person. The live dating app emulates raw human behavior, as it gives students a convenient way to connect, by addressing issues of unreliability and privacy on current dating apps

WayUp

Series B in 2017
WayUp is an online job marketplace that connects students and recent graduates with various job and internship opportunities. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York, the platform allows businesses to post job listings targeted specifically at students from colleges across the United States. Users can create personalized profiles to receive tailored job recommendations and access career advice from industry experts. This service not only helps students find part-time, summer, and full-time job opportunities but also enables employers to effectively reach and recruit the millennial workforce. Through its curated approach, WayUp simplifies the job search process for students while enhancing recruitment efforts for businesses.

Spoon University

Seed Round in 2015
Spoon University is an online food publication platform founded in 2013 and headquartered in New York, specifically designed to address the needs of college students. The platform serves as a daily food resource, offering a variety of simple recipes, local restaurant reviews, and food-related news tailored for millennials. By providing localized content and lifestyle stories, Spoon University enables college students to discover and share culinary experiences and knowledge, fostering a community centered around food.

WayUp

Series A in 2015
WayUp is an online job marketplace that connects students and recent graduates with various job and internship opportunities. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York, the platform allows businesses to post job listings targeted specifically at students from colleges across the United States. Users can create personalized profiles to receive tailored job recommendations and access career advice from industry experts. This service not only helps students find part-time, summer, and full-time job opportunities but also enables employers to effectively reach and recruit the millennial workforce. Through its curated approach, WayUp simplifies the job search process for students while enhancing recruitment efforts for businesses.

WayUp

Seed Round in 2014
WayUp is an online job marketplace that connects students and recent graduates with various job and internship opportunities. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in New York, the platform allows businesses to post job listings targeted specifically at students from colleges across the United States. Users can create personalized profiles to receive tailored job recommendations and access career advice from industry experts. This service not only helps students find part-time, summer, and full-time job opportunities but also enables employers to effectively reach and recruit the millennial workforce. Through its curated approach, WayUp simplifies the job search process for students while enhancing recruitment efforts for businesses.
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