Helpful Capital

About Helpful Capital

Our Founder Jacob Brody Founding Managing Partner Jacob is the Founding Managing Partner at Helpful Capital
He's the Co-Founder and CEO at Accomplish Health, a virtual metabolic health clinic
He is a Partner at Chaotic Capital, a pre-seed/seed/early stage rolling fund
He is a Venture Partner at Expanding Capital, and an Advisor at Cantos Ventures and Vast Ventures
Jacob previously co-founded Benny, a freelancer back-office and insurance startup backed by Google Ventures
Before that he was a Founding Partner at MESA Ventures, the strategic seed/early stage venture arm of the investment bank MESA
Across his career as a venture capitalist and angel investor he has backed ~40 technology companies in consumer services, healthcare, advertising, financial services, insurance, shipping & logistics, internet of things, agriculture and enterprise software
Portfolio investments include Clover Health (Nasdaq: CLOV), Triple Lift (majority stake acq
by Vista Equity Partners for $1
4 billion), Tala, Easypost, MParticle, Ethyca, Flieber, Sure Insurance, Vence, Miggos Fitstar (acquired by Fitbit), Abra, and Grand St (acquired by Etsy)
In a previous life Jacob was a reporter at Venturebeat and founded a non-profit helping entrepreneurs
He is a born and bred New Yorker, just like his wife Lauren and four year old son Bowie
Lauren Romine Managing Partner Lauren is a Managing Partner at Helpful Capital, where she is in charge of operations and finance
She has deep experience in operations across numerous startups including NewsCred (now Welcome), ChatID and Benny
She also previously worked as a private investigator
Lauren earned a Bachelors Degree in Italian from Columbia University and a Masters Degree in Learning Analytics from Columbia Teachers College
She speaks five languages and is an avid baker and knitter
Lauren is a born and bred New Yorker, just like her husband Jacob and four year old son Bowie

Jacob is the Founding Managing Partner at Helpful Capital He's the Co-Founder and CEO at Accomplish Health, a virtual metabolic health clinic He is a Partner at Chaotic Capital, a pre-seed/seed/early stage rolling fund He is a Venture Partner at Expanding Capital, and an Advisor at Cantos Ventures and Vast Ventures

Jacob previously co-founded Benny, a freelancer back-office and insurance startup backed by Google Ventures Before that he was a Founding Partner at MESA Ventures, the strategic seed/early stage venture arm of the investment bank MESA Across his career as a venture capitalist and angel investor he has backed ~40 technology companies in consumer services, healthcare, advertising, financial services, insurance, shipping & logistics, internet of things, agriculture and enterprise software Portfolio investments include Clover Health (Nasdaq: CLOV), Triple Lift (majority stake acq by Vista Equity Partners for $1 4 billion), Tala, Easypost, MParticle, Ethyca, Flieber, Sure Insurance, Vence, Miggos Fitstar (acquired by Fitbit), Abra, and Grand St (acquired by Etsy)

In a previous life Jacob was a reporter at Venturebeat and founded a non-profit helping entrepreneurs He is a born and bred New Yorker, just like his wife Lauren and four year old son Bowie

Lauren is a Managing Partner at Helpful Capital, where she is in charge of operations and finance She has deep experience in operations across numerous startups including NewsCred (now Welcome), ChatID and Benny She also previously worked as a private investigator

Lauren earned a Bachelors Degree in Italian from Columbia University and a Masters Degree in Learning Analytics from Columbia Teachers College She speaks five languages and is an avid baker and knitter Lauren is a born and bred New Yorker, just like her husband Jacob and four year old son Bowie