Samwise is the workflow OS for EPA process-safety compliance in ammonia refrigeration — turning a forced-spend line item at food processors into a vertical SaaS surface. The wedge is fourteen product modules mapped one-to-one onto EPA audit requirements, sold into food processing plants that use ammonia as a refrigerant and are stuck running compliance, SOPs, emergency response plans, and maintenance records out of binders and spreadsheets.
The go-to-market lean is real: the founders run an existing PSM services business that supplies warm leads and live product feedback. Company was founded in October 2025 and has roughly $1M in capital raised to date. On 2026-06-09 founder Matt Jeffryes emailed Josh to flag they are pulling the seed round forward to chase adjacent markets sooner than originally planned. SH would invest from Fund II; size, vehicle, and terms TBD pending the call.
Core product is a workflow management system for food processing plants that use ammonia as a refrigerant — an EPA-regulated toxic substance that requires extensive compliance documentation. Fourteen modules correspond directly to EPA audit requirements, covering scheduling and task tracking for regulatory processes, SOP and safety-document management, emergency response plans, and maintenance / audit-trail recordkeeping.
Distribution leans on the founders’ existing PSM services business for warm intros and live product feedback — rare for a pre-seed company entering an industrial vertical.
Founder Matt Jeffryes emailed Josh to flag that Samwise is starting a seed round now, citing an opportunity to grow into adjacent markets sooner than originally planned, and asked if StoryHouse is interested in a follow-up call.