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Our Tools

Concepts, demos, and utilities we've built along the way.

Utility Tool · Concept

Workout Converter

Ever wonder how a 5-mile run compares to a 45-minute swim? Workout Converter translates any exercise distance or duration into its caloric equivalent across 8 sports, accounting for your age, heart rate zone, and pace. Cross-training, made sensible.

Multi-sport Heart Rate Zones Caloric Equivalency Pace Estimation
🏃
8
Sports Supported
❤️
5
HR Zones
Instant
Conversion
📏
4
Distance Units
WORKOUT CONVERTER
Translate Your Effort
Source Activity
🏃 Run
🏊 Swim
🚴 Bike
🚣 Row
⛷️ Ski
Distance
5.0
Unit
miles
Duration
42:30
Intensity Zone
1
Recovery
2
Steady
3
Moderate
4
Threshold
5
Sprint
🏊 Swim
2.1
miles · ⏱ 58:20
≈ same effort as 5.0 mi Run
🚴 Bike
14.8
miles · ⏱ 44:50
≈ same effort as 5.0 mi Run
🚣 Row
4.6
miles · ⏱ 39:10
≈ same effort as 5.0 mi Run
Utility Tool · Concept

Splitboard

A competitive pace tracker for runners and their crew. Log your times, compare splits across distances, and see exactly how you stack up against friends on a live leaderboard. Think Strava meets a race results board: minimal, fast, and competitive.

Team Leaderboard Pace Comparison Multi-Distance Run Logging
🏆
Live
Leaderboard
Split
Tracking
👥
Team
Profiles
📈
PR
History
SPLITBOARD
Team Pace Tracker
+ ADD RUN
+ ATHLETE
Leaderboard
Athletes
Run Log
Analytics
ALL
5K
10K
HALF
MARATHON
#
ATHLETE
TIME
PACE
vs BEST
DATE
1
M
Marcus R.
12 runs logged
1:32:14
7:03/mi
PR ↑
Mar 15
2
A
Agustin P.
9 runs logged
1:35:47
7:19/mi
+3:33
Mar 18
3
J
Jordan K.
7 runs logged
1:41:02
7:42/mi
+8:48
Mar 12
4
S
Sara T.
15 runs logged
1:44:30
7:59/mi
PR ↑
Mar 19
4
ATHLETES
43
RUNS LOGGED
1:32:14
TEAM BEST
2
NEW PR'S
More Coming

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Where Experience Becomes Equity.

Palu Ventures is a privately held firm where seasoned professionals come together to build meaningful businesses. We invest our time, expertise, and capital into opportunities we believe can create significant value. A small team with backgrounds in finance, actuarial science, and software engineering, each bringing deep discipline to ventures we build together. Rather than stepping away from our careers, we operate as an active partnership, growing professionally while identifying and building new opportunities.

Our Principles
🔍
Institutional Rigor
We don't cut corners on the methodology. If something is worth building, it should work the way a professional would expect it to.
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Accessible by Default
Price shouldn't be the reason someone can't access a good tool. We build things that are useful without the price tag that usually comes with them.
Speed & Clarity
Good analysis should tell you something. We focus on making the output clear enough that you actually know what to do with it.
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Practical Problem-Solving
We believe in the practical application of expertise to solve real problems. If a gap exists and the solution adds genuine value, that's worth building.

Our Team

A small team with backgrounds across finance, actuarial science, and software engineering, brought together to build something worth building.

Agustin Parraguez-Huisman

Agustin Parraguez-Huisman

Founder & CFO
Agustin's interest in financial analysis began as a sophomore at Calvin University, where coursework in corporate finance required building financial models by hand. That process reinforced a belief he carries into everything he builds: that rigorous analysis, done well, changes how you see opportunity. He has spent years in financial services developing a practitioner's understanding of how individuals actually make financial decisions and where the tools available to them fall short. He handles financial modeling, research, and product direction at Palu Ventures.
Shelby Ripley

Shelby Ripley

Co-Founder & Chief Risk Officer
Shelby is a seasoned actuary and Hillsdale College graduate in History and Latin, a background that reflects an analytical discipline rooted in rigorous thinking rather than rote technical training. As an Advisor and Actuary at Priority Health, he applies probabilistic modeling, long-term risk analysis, and statistical validation to complex financial datasets. At Palu Ventures, he brings that same discipline to everything we build, leading methodology validation and ensuring every output meets institutional standards.
Henri Prudhomme

Henri Prudhomme

Co-Founder & Lead Software Engineer
Henri is a Staff Software Engineer at Stryker with over seven years of experience building production medical device software. He holds a BS in Computer Science from Calvin University and a Master's degree in Robotics and Autonomous Systems from Johns Hopkins University. He began his research career at KAMSC applying machine learning models to clinical datasets and went on to design satellite structures for the Air Force Research Laboratory through Western Aerospace Launch Initiative. Henri brings mission-critical engineering discipline to the platform architecture at Palu Ventures.
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Kaleb Molina

Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer
Kaleb is a healthcare technology leader with a Biology degree from Hillsdale College and over five years at Telemetrix RPM, where he currently serves as Director of Azure and Integrations. He has architected multi-health-system cloud platforms from the ground up, navigating HIPAA compliance, SOC 2 certification, Kubernetes orchestration, and Epic EHR integration. His fluency in cloud infrastructure, data exchange, and enterprise-scale system design gives Palu Ventures a technical foundation built for security, reliability, and scale.

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← Back to Home | Workout Converter · Demo Preview In Development
Workout Converter
Translate Your Effort

How does a 5-mile run compare to a swim? Enter any workout and instantly see the equivalent effort across every sport, with heart rate zone, pace, and duration breakdown.

Source Activity
🏃 Run
🏊 Swim
🚴 Bike
🚣 Row
⛷️ Ski
🏋️ Lift
Distance
5.0
Unit
miles
Time
42:30
Intensity Zone
1
Recovery
2
Steady
3
Moderate
4
Threshold
5
Sprint
Equivalent Effort In Other Sports
🏊 Swim
2.1
miles · ⏱ 58:20
≈ same effort as 5.0 mi Run
🚴 Bike
14.8
miles · ⏱ 44:50
≈ same effort as 5.0 mi Run
🚣 Row
4.6
miles · ⏱ 39:10
≈ same effort as 5.0 mi Run
🚧 Full App Coming Soon

This is a static preview of the Workout Converter interface. The full interactive version is in development. Get notified when it launches →

← BACK TO HOME | SPLITBOARD IN DEVELOPMENT
Leaderboard
My Runs
Team
Log Run
Distance
Half Marathon
5K
10K
Marathon
#
Athlete
Time
Pace
vs. #1
Date
1
M
Marcus R.
12 runs logged
1:32:14
7:03/mi
PR ↑
Mar 15
2
A
Agustin P.
9 runs logged
1:35:47
7:19/mi
+3:33
Mar 18
3
J
Jordan K.
7 runs logged
1:41:02
7:42/mi
+8:48
Mar 12
4
S
Sara T.
15 runs logged
1:44:30
7:59/mi
PR ↑
Mar 19
4
ATHLETES
43
RUNS LOGGED
1:32:14
TEAM BEST
2
NEW PR'S
🚧 Full App Coming Soon

This is a static preview of Splitboard. The full version with live run logging, team invites, and push notifications is in development. Get notified →

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Contents
I. Regulatory Status II. Algorithmic Methodology III. Employer Non-Affiliation IV. Accuracy & Liability V. Professional Consultation VI. Eligibility & Age VII. Intellectual Property VIII. Prohibited Conduct IX. Changes to Terms X. Indemnification XI. Governing Law XII. Acceptance of Terms
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