# 1440 Foundation

> 1440 Foundation is a VC fund in Saratoga backing Fitness and Database. See 2 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Saratoga, United States
- Total investments: 2
- Last investment: Sep 2023
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/company/1440-foundation
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/1440foundation
- Website: https://www.1440foundation.org/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/1440Foundation

1440 Foundation is a VC fund in Saratoga focused on Fitness and Database. 1440 Foundation’s mission is to support programs and best practices that cultivate authentic relationship skills in education, wellness and the workplace.The value of education has long been widely acknowledged, and perhaps never more so than in this age of information and global connectivity, where education, knowledge, and the intellectualfitness they bring, make life better.Throughout much of the world, the importance of physical fitness has become widely accepted as well. They know that they will live better if they exercise, eat right, sleep well, and make healthy choices in their everyday lives.They seek to add to the focus on a fit mind and body the additional definition of “inner fitness,” meaning the awareness of the self inside that mind and body, and “relational fitness,” representing the life skills to build trusted relationships with others in authentic and meaningful ways. They define inner fitness as being self aware and having the self knowledge to make sound and informed decisions that enable us to be the best people they can be. With that foundation, they add relational fitness – the social awareness and the authentic relationship skills to offer support and strength to others, to listen deeply, and to enter into dialogue that unlocks the potential within each of us as individuals and community members.This vision of inner and relational fitness defines the two wings of their purpose at 1440 – the belief that, with practice and support, they can build richer and more meaningful lives based on a commitment to fitness within, throughout, and across theirselves. They are excited by the further belief that this is not mystical or abstract, but achievable in very practical terms, teachable and realizable with support and practice. The importance of such whole person fitness is equal to the importance they ascribe to physical fitness today and, in their experience, it is easier to do!

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fitness | 1 | 50% |
| Database | 1 | 50% |
| Hardware | 1 | 50% |
| Software | 1 | 50% |
| Product Design | 1 | 50% |

6 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 50% |
| Series A | 1 | 50% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| William Hoos | Cancer Collaboration Lead | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/william-hoos |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Beckley Waves | Beckley Waves funds, supports, and mentors the emerging leaders, entrepreneurs, and partnerships working to create the operational infrastructure of a global psychedelic ecosystem. | $3.3M | Seed | Sep 13, 2023 |  |
| Muse | Muse has developed brainwave-controlled computing technology and applications that converts brainwaves into digital signals. They have created a hardware and software platform technology that converts brainwaves into digital signals that are fed into a computer. InteraXon then provides consumers with applications that use these brainwaves toperform activities such as meditation, gaming, ADHD assistance, and many others to come.The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Toronto, Ontario. | $6M | Series A | Aug 15, 2013 |  |

2 of 2 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Bridge Builders Collaborative](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bridge-builder-collaborative) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [A-Grade Investments](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/a-grade-investments) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Evolve Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evolve-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Felicis](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/felicis-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [ff Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ff-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [FJ Labs](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fj-labs) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does 1440 Foundation invest in?

1440 Foundation invests primarily in Fitness, Database and Hardware startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Canada. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact 1440 Foundation?

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### Who are the partners at 1440 Foundation?

The team at 1440 Foundation includes William Hoos (Cancer Collaboration Lead). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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