Connetic Ventures – an early-stage venture capital firm that utilizes data and AI to invest in the highest potential founders – recently announced a new investment in Harmony. This digital platform uses AI to personalize communication in the workplace. Connetic is investing pre-revenue.
With generative AI, Harmony was designed to harmonize the workforce by identifying different communication styles and modifying written communication to fit the needs of the recipient, eliminating the risk of miscommunication. And Harmony integrates with native workflows and common workplace platforms, which is trained on interpersonal communication strategies and secures data as it never leaves the platform.
Harmony was noticed by Connetic’s proprietary AI bot Wendal. Wendal unites data and industrial psychology to the world of venture capital by analyzing founders and their teams, enabling Connetic to conduct in-depth quantitative diligence on the people running the company and invest in private market opportunities earlier than any other investors. And Harmony scored in the top 3% of companies in the Wendal database, while the founders Zach Gunderson and David Barta were identified as the perfect “Dynamic Duo” (Disruptor + Traditionalist).
Connetic’s investment in Harmony is a testament to the potential of AI and industrial psychology in revolutionizing workplace communication. And through this investment, Harmony is poised to make a significant impact.
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“Harmony had one of the highest scores we have ever seen, primarily driven by the co-founders, and supporting team. We likely would have done the deal, regardless of what they were building. The fact that they are leveraging AI and industrial psychology to reinvent workplace communication was just a cherry on top!”
— Chris Hjelm, Fund Manager at Connetic Ventures
“As a first-time founder from flyover country during an extremely dry season for raising capital, traditional VCs were using a tired old formula to evaluate (and pass) on our company. In reality, they will soon find out what they missed on. Connetic’s process is modern. It’s Moneyball for Venture Capital, truly based on science. Not only that, but they have also been an incredible partner. Flexible, helpful, non-intrusive, and fast. The Wendal tools for team building and evaluation are also absolutely clutch.”
— Harmony’s CEO Zach Gunderson
“Working with Connetic has been excellent. Their questions went as deep into the founders and our team as they did on the product, which was a telling difference from other VC’s we’ve interacted with. The process was efficient, they knew exactly the data points they needed to get to a decision.”
— Harmony founder David Barta
