Pocketed secures $1M for its founder-funding marketplace

The round was led by WUTIF Capital with participation from more than a dozen investors including Hustle Fund, Women’s Equity Lab and New Avenue Capital.

Pocketed CEO Brianna Blaney

It was the spring of 2020, and Brianna Blaney and Aria Hahn were building a predictive hiring and retention platform for restaurants and retailers. But then their worlds were upended. Of course, it wasn’t just theirs — all of ours were. The COVID-19 pandemic didn’t just impact legacy businesses. In the case of Blaney and Hahn’…