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May 14, 2026 - Deals
Martha Stewart Co-Founders Hint Raises $10 Million Seed Round From Multiple Investors
Hint, a new AI-native home management platform co-founded by Martha Stewart alongside CEO Yih-Han Ma and CTO Kyle Rush, launched with a $10 million seed round led by Slow Ventures, with participation from Montauk Capital (which incubated the company), Tusk Venture Partners, Amplo, Energy Impact Partners, Hannah Grey VC, and investor Brian Kelly. The company is building an AI-driven, always-on home management platform designed to help homeowners manage costs, tasks, and long-term home value through a single trusted interface that blends expert guidance with real-time AI insights.
FOUNDERS: Yih-Han Ma & Kyle Rush
INVESTORS: Slow Ventures, Montauk Capital, Tusk Venture Partners, Amplo, Energy Impact Partners, Hannah Grey VC & Brian Kelly
ROUND: Seed
AMOUNT: $10,000,000
HQ: San Francisco, California
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View AllPuppy Sphere Secures Seed Round Of $24 Million From Strategic Investors Including The School Of Hard KnocksPuppy Sphere (@ThePuppySphere), a New York-based wellness brand centered on the human-animal bond, has raised a Seed round from a group of strategic investors including The School of Hard Knocks, Tobi Oluwole, Jake Fleshner, Torch Collective, former Massage Envy CEO David Humphrey, and other founders and operators. Founded by Francesca Albo and Lea Burbidge Izquierdo, Puppy Sphere has scaled its puppy yoga concept into a broader experiential wellness platform with 13 studios, corporate wellness programs, brand partnerships, and live activations, serving more than 450,000 customers and partnering with companies including Google, Amazon, Netflix, TikTok, and the NBA.
FUN FACT: Puppy Sphere was born from two Canadian founders’ own mental health journeys and has since grown into 13 studios across North America, $14M+ in cumulative revenue, and 450,000+ customers, all without outside capital. Along the way, the brand has welcomed names like Sabrina Carpenter, Simu Liu, Trevor Noah and Alessia Cara, while building a broader wellness platform around the gentle power of puppy therapy. Now Puppy Sphere is opening its cap table for the first time through a strategic angel round, bringing together leaders across media, consumer growth and wellness, including The School of Hard Knocks, former Massage Envy CEO David Humphrey, growth entrepreneur Tobi Oluwole, and Nucleus Network co-founder Jake Fleshner, alongside a broader group of strategic founders and operators. The vision: bring the gentle power of puppy therapy across the globe.
FOUNDERS: Francesca Albo (@FrancescaaAlbo), Lea Burbidge Izquierdo (@LeaburbIz)
INVESTORS: The School of Hard Knocks (@TheSchoolofHardKnockz), Tobi Oluwole (@TheTobiOluwole), Jake Fleshner (@JakeFleshner) Torch Collective, Heather Stark, Will Bodewes, Craig Zingerline & more
ROUND: Seed
VALUATION CAP: $24,000,000
HQ: New York, New York
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