Isabelle Tashima

Growth equity investor at @volitioncapital.

[Volition Capital @volitioncapital]

Big news: we've made a $40M minority investment in Keynes — the leading performance advertising platform for Connected TV.

CTV is evolving from a brand channel into a measurable performance medium. Keynes is the platform making that shift real for advertisers.

Full announcement👇

https://t.co/CS13p0OZa7

[Volition Capital @volitioncapital]

Volition Capital led a $25M Series A in Kombo!

As HR, payroll, recruiting & IT stacks grow, people data gets fragmented fast. Kombo is building the infrastructure layer that makes workforce data move seamlessly — from hire to retire.

Excited to partner with Alex Kuebel & team as they scale globally!

https://t.co/RDadT85aEW

[Isabelle Tashima @IsabelleTashima]

The intersection of the creator economy & financial services has been an area I’ve been interested in for a long time… creators are becoming businesses, but are still treated like individuals by the financial system. This mismatch creates massive opportunity.

[MrBeast @MrBeast]

I'm so excited to share that we are acquiring the financial services app, @step

Nobody taught me about investing, building credit, or managing money when I was growing up. That's exactly why we’re joining forces with Step! I want to give millions of young people the financial foundation I never had. Lots to share soon :D

[Volition Capital @volitioncapital]

Honored to be named a Top Software Investor of 2025 by @GrowthCapCo.

Thank you to the founders and teams who trust us as long-term partners everyday.
https://t.co/MuOTaCgvJr

[Isabelle Tashima @IsabelleTashima]

Primary medical care for free 24/7? The future of digital health is changing fast…

[KJ Dhaliwal @kjdhaliwal]

100M Americans don’t have a primary care doctor, so we built @lotus, the first AI doctor powered by real doctors

able to refer, diagnose and prescribe

not generic AI advice, treatment by licensed clinicians

free & available anytime

leading investors just backed us with $41M

[Isabelle Tashima @IsabelleTashima]

Statusphere is building the infrastructure for the next era of influencer marketing where authenticity and measurable ROI actually win. We're seeing commercial power shifting to smaller creators - trust is more distributed now, and engagement within curated communities is meaningful.

[Volition Capital @volitioncapital]

EXCLUSIVE from @wwd: Micro-influencer Marketing Platform @JoinStatus Secures $18M in Funding from @volitioncapital

https://t.co/wQqmbCzAYp

[Larry Cheng @larryvc]

It’s time for @volitioncapital to expand…

[Isabelle Tashima @IsabelleTashima]

@dynatodd Super impressive - would love to chat if you'd be open to it.

[Isabelle Tashima @IsabelleTashima]

Curbside SOS - As someone who has personally wondered if it's worth it to pay for a AAA membership, @CurbsideSOS makes a lot of sense to me. The platform makes accessing roadside assistance simpler (mobile-first interface), faster (connects you to the nearest roadside provider), and less expensive (pay-as-you-go). And the customer sentiment seems to speak for itself...

[Isabelle Tashima @IsabelleTashima]

@mediaking Hey Matt - Super impressive story. Would love to chat if you're open to it! We work largely with bootstrapped founders and would love to hear more about Marketbeat.

[Isabelle Tashima @IsabelleTashima]

@daylightScott @_ButterflyMX @haasalert Interesting - what's that company called?

[Isabelle Tashima @IsabelleTashima]

Interesting article written by Tomy Han, a Partner on our Software team, about hardware-enabled SaaS businesses and the importance of retaining and leveraging data at scale. Examples of companies that fall under this thesis in our portfolio: @_ButterflyMX, @haasalert, @HALOSbodycams, Revi, and @RTSGreen.

https://t.co/mFomR2LGwr

[Isabelle Tashima @IsabelleTashima]

Jump - A fan experience platform that is disrupting the traditional ticketing market for sports. Jump provides a brand-embedded engagement system of record for sports teams to grow, monetize and engage their fan bases. Legacy ticketing platforms all focus on pure volume and provide limited visibility into teams' fan bases with a very commoditized experience...

Really excited to watch this one scale.

https://t.co/IcXG0JHjkC

[Isabelle Tashima @IsabelleTashima]

Augment designed an AI assistant specifically for shippers, brokers and carriers to optimize logistics operations. Have seen countless AI agents, especially recently... For me, the interesting ones are extremely vertically-focused within markets that experience shared pain points across repetitive and complex tasks that require coordination / time. The value prop is essentially a no brainer at that point.

https://t.co/KOtRp9cXDl

[Isabelle Tashima @IsabelleTashima]

Flagship - I am a believer that leveraging creators is one of the most compelling ways for DTC brands to optimize unit economics. Flagship does just that - they enable creators to become next-gen sales channels in a way that both feels authentic for creators and provides a more measurable & consistent ROI for brands. Instead of creators getting paid upfront for a campaign that is priced entirely off of historical views/followers, creators are paid directly on a rev share of the sales they generate. The creators don't have to link coupon codes or push people to separate buying windows - the transaction is completed all within a creator's flagship store.

[Isabelle Tashima @IsabelleTashima]

Lovable - @lovable is getting a lot of attention for being the fastest growing startup in Europe, hitting $17.5M ARR in 3 months. They are adding $2.1M ARR every single week, and they just announced a $20M Series A to continue accelerating that. Their platform acts as your own personal full-stack product engineer that turns plain text descriptions of ideas into fully operational apps... pretty incredible.

[Isabelle Tashima @IsabelleTashima]

Arena Club - @ArenaClub is a marketplace for buying, selling, and trading sports cards. Unlike other platforms that rely largely on one-time grading fees or third-party grading solutions, Arena Club leverages a multi-pronged revenue model with their own in-house grading algorithm. As the physical collectibles market continues to grow, I think there is interesting upside to expand into digital collectibles (like NFTs) as well.

[Isabelle Tashima @IsabelleTashima]

Worldpackers - @Worldpackers is a subscription-based travel platform that connects travelers with hosts around the world for short-term volunteer experiences in exchange for free lodging. A great example of a company with a mission-led approach that leverages brand power (>1M followers across social platforms) to help mitigate the more one-time nature of their business model.

[Isabelle Tashima @IsabelleTashima]

Rune Technologies - Earlier today, Rune announced a $6M seed to tackle military logistics. They're building a logistics operating system that integrates with existing military systems to automate and predict supply planning. A giant legacy market, a mission-critical operation, and a very verticalized platform to address it. Interested to follow along as they come to market...

[Isabelle Tashima @IsabelleTashima]

Lula - @lulamaintenance recently announced their Series A. The platform provides direct visibility into maintenance needs at the property level, integrating with existing property management solutions to streamline maintenance coordination for regional / smaller SFR property managers who have high pain points.