Sharp Performance provides confidential performance coaching to first responders from the academy through retirement. Sharp has announced an $18 million Series A led by Hidden Variable, with participation from Andreessen Horowitz, Commonweal Ventures, Wolfson Group, FJ Labs, and the Ford Foundation.

Sharp Performance brings the coaching model behind special operations teams and elite athletes to the police officers, firefighters and paramedics who answer the call every day. Every member gets a confidential, one-on-one coach for their entire career: a former cop, firefighter, medic, Navy SEAL or Green Beret who works outside the department. Co-founded by CEO Ben Curley and former Green Beret Andrew Sakmar, Sharp partners with more than 110 departments across 18 states and is backed by Hidden Variable and Andreessen Horowitz.