Paul Strasma
Play Money · Portfolio
Est. 2024

Paul Strasma

27 investments · 24 sectors · 25 with a why · first check 2024
No. 01 · Where to start
FAMILY · 2026

Moxi

Unlocking flexible childcare for millions of families and growing childcare center revenue with technology.

Why Paul wrote the check
Building a childcare business model that is robust at providing quality care with schedule flexibility is parent-friendly innovation.

The portfolio

26 more · 25 in Paul's words
No. 02It's Electric
ENERGY · 2026

Solving the biggest barriers cities face in the deployment of public EV charging

“It’s Electric directly addresses my frustrations using public charging, and as a potential public charging provider. This is the future of metered parking.”
It's ElectricNo. 02
No. 03Vamo Delivery
LOGISTICS · 2026

Better delivery for businesses, for free.

“Vamo is profitably and sustainably solving a key issue with home delivery.”
Vamo DeliveryNo. 03
No. 04Aquaria
WATER PURIFICATION · 2025
“Brian and team have evolved their product from a novel water cooler to a must-have appliance for water-stressed households. And they've gone all-in knocking on doors to sell it. Looking forward to seeing the next product evolutions as the team scales solutions to serve various target markets.”
AquariaNo. 04
No. 05LUWI
SEX INDUSTRY · 2025
“Jo had me at "physics scales, where chemistry do not"”
Mothership MaterialsNo. 06
No. 07Gaia
EDTECH · 2025

The OS for the school nutrition value chain

“Loved Nate's quote "we're actually building the right technologies that meet these teams where they are instead of actually meeting to teach them how to learn a new software. We hear very often that it's like we've gotten in their heads and that we've actually built exact workflows for them." And schools serve 10x the of meals that McDonalds does...”
GaiaNo. 07
No. 08Bairitone
MEDICAL DEVICE · 2025
“Meagan has nailed the regulatory risk reduction pathway and demonstrates a good understanding of industry dynamics. Changing medicine is hard, but there is great potential for rapid adoption when novel diagnostic tools like Baritone emerge that effectively solve unmet clinical needs.”
BairitoneNo. 08
No. 09Edited Capital
VENTURE CAPITAL · 2025
“Owning stakes in thriving technology-enabled businesses not held to power-law return expectations sounds like a modern take on Warren Buffet's recipe for getting rich slowly.”
Edited CapitalNo. 09
No. 10Wave Bye
HEALTH CARE · 2025

First science-backed solution that stops period pain before it starts

“This is a "Physician, heal thyself" solution taken to scale.”
Wave ByeNo. 10
No. 11Tikal Industries
GREENTECH · 2025

Net neutral cement from industrial waste, at a fraction of the typical cost.

“Tikal nails the Cradle to Cradle design philosophy”
Tikal IndustriesNo. 11
No. 12SideBy Care
MENTAL HEALTH · 2025

First AI-powered virtual care service for GI practices for patients with disorders of Gut-Brain Interaction

“The gut-brain link is powerful. Eager to see how SideBy evolves and scales this therapy.”
SideBy CareNo. 12
No. 13Hello Divorce
LEGAL TECH · 2025

The first tech platform radically simplifying the legal, financial, and emotional complexity of divorce

“County-level legal solution with customer testimonials referencing compassion”
Hello DivorceNo. 13
No. 14Packsmith
LOGISTICS · 2025
“Was intrigued by the accountability focus and the global fulfillment solution porential”
PacksmithNo. 14
No. 15Carbon Bridge
GREENTECH · 2025
No. 16LymeAlert
HEALTH DIAGNOSTICS · 2025

The MIT Team Crushing Lyme disease one tick at a time with the first ever home tick testing kit

“A bit of guerrilla marketing increased the $10K top prize in the 2025 MIT Female Founders Pitch Competition to over $100K of funding. Glad to contribute to crushing Lyme disease.”
LymeAlertNo. 16
No. 17Cannaprints
CANNABIS · 2025

Premium Printed THC Products

“Intrigued that CannaPrints is deploying pharmaceutical-grade manufacturing technology to produce precisely-dosed formulations.Their portfolio of printed products offers the sort of marketing innovation that could enable this market to move from early adopters towards the early majority.”
CannaprintsNo. 17
No. 18Hera
BIOPHARMA · 2025

AI-powered diagnostics platform for indications that uniquely impact women

“Science+Reimbursement+Portfolio”
HeraNo. 18
No. 19PartnerSlate
FOOD AND BEVERAGE · 2025

Bumble for CPG Brands in search of Food Manufacturers

“Vertical marketplaces seem ripe for reinvention.”
PartnerSlateNo. 19
No. 20TenYour
INSURTECH · 2025

Helping middle class professionals build and sustain generational wealth

“This is a promising experiment that deserves to be scaled.”
TenYourNo. 20
No. 21Chuck Waste
WASTE MANAGEMENT · 2025

Turning wood waste into biomass energy for Fortune 500 companies

“Solves a real-world problem for companies working towards sustainability by redirecting waste streams.”
Chuck WasteNo. 21
No. 22EVmatch
CHARGING INFRASTRUCTURE · 2025
“EV Match’s focus on scheduling and incentivizing shared use resolves a key facility rollout and end user adoption barrier. This was the earned insight behind ZipCar. Will be recommending the EV Match solution for a facility at which I serve on the board.”
EVmatchNo. 22
No. 23Redwood
FILM · 2025

An original musical written for and starring Idina Menzel - Opening Feb 13th to $2M in ticket presales.

“Subscribed for the insider perspective on theater production and financing.”
RedwoodNo. 23
No. 24Play Money
ANGEL INVESTMENT · 2024
“Cheryl and Jill changed my perception of what angel investing could be. I'd sworn off traditional angel groups after my experience syndicating a deal then struggling with governance issues at every subsequent round thru to acquisition. Play money offers a founder-friendly SPV attractive to entrepreneurs, angel-friendly deal discovery, and a rational economic thesis on how we can do well while doing good by inclusively funding entrepreneurs.”
Play MoneyNo. 24
No. 25RubyWell
HOME HEALTH CARE · 2024

RubyWell is the platform that helps 38M family caregivers get paid.

“Three unexpected episodes of caregiving these past two years meant on-the-fly learning about mystifying aspects of our healthcare system. I love that RubyWell is providing training and finding compensation that recognizes the valuable role informal caregivers play and optimizes the economic impact they can have on systemic healthcare costs.”
RubyWellNo. 25
No. 26Dyme Medical
MEDICAL DEVICE · 2024
“Chris and I crossed paths frequently in the insulin delivery space with his prior company Perikinetics and my company Capillary Biomedical (acquired by Tandem Diabetes Care). This is the original wearable category being disrupted by a new FDA regulatory framework that enables plug and play tech. Image my surprise when Chris de-cloaked Dyme from stealth to share what he'd learned about the insulin delivery market and whom he'd recruited. Let's make life simpler for people living with diabetes!”
Dyme MedicalNo. 26
No. 27Wild.AI
WELLNESS · 2024

The API turning any tech into Femtech and finally making every app and wearable in the $B health and fitness industry accurate for women.

“Abbott and Dexcom recently announced over-the-counter glucose sensors providing next-level physiology data that would benefit from an understanding of gender-specific hormone cycles. The wearable R&D sensor pipeline includes new analytes such as lactate and ketones. So Wild.AI has a rich metabolic data set that is only going to get richer. So this is a story I'm interested in following as a cheerleader.”
Wild.AINo. 27