Dear SJF Friend,

We are excited to share news of SJF's recent investments in Tradeverifyd, a supply chain risk management company, and Lovu, a maternal health platform, in addition to updates from the rest of the portfolio.

Warmly,
The SJF Ventures Team

SJF Invests in Tradeverifyd

Last month, SJF announced a $4 million investment in Tradeverifyd, a supply chain risk management platform designed to help enterprises identify, assess, and mitigate risks before they impact operations. Tradeverifyd uses open-source intelligence and first-party data to illuminate supply chains from final product back to their raw materials, then deploys agentic AI technology and real-time monitoring to inform enterprises of potential risks. "Global supply chains are experiencing significant disruption due to tariffs, increased regulatory scrutiny, and environmental events... This investment presents a tremendous opportunity to help businesses navigating trade chaos — and we see enormous growth ahead," said SJF Managing Director David Griest.

SJF Invests in Lovu

In May, SJF led the Series A financing for Lovu Health, a digital maternal wellness platform that supports obstetricians by serving as an extension of their office to provide care to mothers in between traditional prenatal and postpartum office visits. Lovu pairs this service with access to a curated, best-in-breed marketplace of third-party digital vendors for specialty care needs (e.g., behavioral health, lactation consultants, pelvic floor rehab, etc.) to create a unique and scalable end-to-end platform offering.

Learn more.

Authorium and California Department of Finance Launch GenAI Effort

The California state Department of Finance has selected Authorium as the technology vendor for a new project leveraging generative AI for legislative analysis of proposed bills and their expected budget impacts. “By exploring the use of Generative AI in legislative workflows, we’re laying the foundation for smarter, faster, and more transparent government services," said State Chief Information Officer Liana Bailey-Crimmins.

Ellipsis Raises $45 Million to Scale AI Care Manager

Ellipsis Health has raised $45 million to expand access to its AI care manager product, Sage. The company trained its voice agent on millions of clinical conversations, with the goal to "extend human capabilities in healthcare without losing the empathy that defines great care." The funding round was led by Salesforce, Khosla Ventures and CVS Health Ventures.

Tive CEO Wins EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award

In June, Tive's CEO Krenar Komoni was named an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award winner for New England. Since Komoni founded Tive in 2015, the company has shipped more than 2.5 million trackers, logged over 8 billion miles, and built a team of 250 people working toward improved supply chain visibility.

Solera Health Releases Digital Health AI Governance Framework

Earlier this month, Solera Health announced the launch of its Enhanced AI Governance Framework, which aims to "ensure the responsible, transparent and ethical use of artificial intelligence (AI) across [Solera's] partner ecosystem." The framework is built on three core pillars: Governance and Oversight, Privacy and Protection, and Security and Training. Solera plans to roll out AI maturity scoring capabilities for its digital health delivery partners next year.

Respondology Raises $5 Million in Funding to Accelerate Growth

In April, Respondology announced the close of its $5 million Series A-1 funding round. Respondology's Comment Activation Platform operates in over 100 languages and provides two flagship products: Moderate, which protects from toxic comments, abuse, spam, and bots; and Discover, which analyzes comment trends and sentiment.

Revalue Documents Tanzania Wilderness Project in Video Series

Revalue has produced a video series documenting the history and biodiversity of the Ruvuma Wilderness area in Tanzania, as well as the technology Revalue is using to protect over 1 million hectares of woodland in the area and produce high-quality carbon credits. The five-part video series can be found on LinkedIn.

Clean Energy Policy Letter

SJF, the Builders Fund, and Impact Capital Managers convened more than 70 energy investors to co-sign a letter today in the Wall Street Journal aiming to improve the Reconciliation Bill, in an effort to preserve jobs and businesses providing affordable, clean, resilient energy:

Investors and relevant businesses are creating American jobs, using American steel, building American-made inverters, and generating more energy security, not less. They are producing resilient, affordable power in red and blue states alike and a grid capable of supporting both our industrial economy and our national defense. We need to give them the tools to keep going, not slow them down.

Read the full letter here.

SJF Thought Leadership

See below for recent thought leadership pieces from SJF team members:

Four Key Takeaways from our New York Tech Week Panel on Healthcare

Opportunity Amid Uncertainty: Takeaways from New Private Markets' 2025 Impact Investor Global Summit

Protecting Public Service and Digital Safety is More Important Than Ever. GovTech Startups are Stepping In.

Cybersecurity for vulnerable populations: an overlooked opportunity for impact

SJF Team Updates

We are pleased to share news of two internal promotions.

Joey Barrick has been promoted to Principal at SJF. Joey joined the team in 2022 as an Associate based in SJF's Durham, NC office. He has been instrumental in our Energy, Carbon and Climate Resilience investments, serving as a Board Observer at Terabase Energy, ENTOUCH, AstroMind, and Voltaiq.

Anna Rumer has been promoted to Senior Associate, Portfolio Acceleration. Anna joined as an Analyst in 2022 and has focused on impact measurement and management, platform support for portfolio companies, and SJF's marketing and thought leadership efforts.

Congratulations, Joey and Anna!

SJF Events

Earlier this month, during NYC Tech Week, SJF co-hosted a healthcare panel and networking breakfast with Dria Ventures and Visible Hands. SJF's Elizabeth Roberts summarized the key takeaways from the panel discussion in the June edition of our monthly Field Notes newsletter.

Also in June, SJF Managing Director Dan Geballe moderated a panel on the future of govtech at the Yale Innovation Summit. The panel featured John Kelly, the founder of Graphika, alongside speakers from the State of Connecticut, Barclays and New Media Ventures.

Members from the SJF team plan to attend multiple conferences and industry events over the next few months, including Stanford's AI for Good Summit, Aspen Ideas: Climate Chicago, Evergreen's Co_Invest Climate, RE+ in Las Vegas, and New York Climate Week. If you are also registered for any of these events, please feel free to reach out to us as we would appreciate the opportunity to connect in person.

Job Opportunities

Select open positions are highlighted below; visit the SJF jobs board for a full list of the approximately 970 open roles across the portfolio.

Take Command Health is hiring a Director of Strategy (Dallas or Austin, TX)

Authorium is hiring a Director of Customer Delivery (San Francisco / Remote)

SchooLinks is hiring an Account Executive (Remote)

Respondology is hiring a VP of Engineering (Boulder, CO)

Carrum Health is hiring a VP of Enterprise Sales (Remote)