Tomo Raises $5M in Seed Funding Led by Bain Capital Ventures (BCV)

The round also saw participation from Accel, Align Fund, Basis Set Ventures, Conviction, Pear VC, and strategic angel investors.

The company plans to use the funding to grow its product engineering team and speed up development of its newly launched mobile companion app.

Tomo is an AI assistant that works through a simple phone number you can text. It learns your goals, remembers what matters to you, and helps you make better daily decisions that support your long-term plans.

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While operating in stealth and growing mainly through word of mouth, Tomo attracted more than 10,000 paying customers. Users text Tomo about 20 days each month for reminders, motivation, and guidance to stay on track with their goals.

Users rely on Tomo for a wide range of everyday tasks, such as tracking calories from food photos, managing budgets from bank statement screenshots, and staying accountable with screen time reports. Tomo can also join group chats, send reminders, watch videos, edit photos, and connect with tools like calendars, email, Notion, and Google Drive. Instead of focusing on one task, Tomo learns each user's goals and provides personalized support.

Tomo recently launched a companion app for its most active users. The app automatically creates personalized tools based on each person's goals. For example, it can generate a workout tracker for someone training for a marathon, a savings tracker for someone buying a car, or a morning game to help users wake up on time. As Tomo learns more about a user's habits, it updates these experiences automatically without requiring manual setup.

The company's long-term goal is to build a trusted AI assistant for consumers. Tomo is designed to understand users, knowing when to offer help, when to stay in the background and how to support people in reaching their personal goals.

As Tomo learns more about each user, it aims to provide more proactive support, create personalized experiences, and even complete tasks on a user's behalf. The company believes the future of consumer software is AI that can automatically build the right tools, interfaces, and workflows for each individual.

“Justin and Raymond have a rare gift for products and experiences - they understand what it takes to win user trust at scale,” said Ryan Kim, Partner at Bain Capital Ventures. “They’ve built one of the few consumer products where what keeps people coming back and what's good for them are the same thing.”

“We started Tomo because the best way to live a more meaningful life is to take a bet on yourself and focus on what matters,” said Justin Quan, co-founder and CEO of Tomo. “We make it easy and simple to find that focus. Tomo is like a future version of yourself that already learned the lessons you’re still figuring out.”

About Tomo

Founded by Justin Quan and based in San Francisco, Tomo is a personal AI assistant that helps people build better habits, and stay accountable to their goals. Tomo works through text messages, making it easy for users to stay on track and follow through on their plans without needing to use another app.

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