Alumni Ventures Group
Alumni Ventures Group is a venture capital firm based in Manchester, New Hampshire, with offices across North America. It provides access to venture investing for individual accredited investors, particularly alumni networks, by offering diversified portfolios of venture opportunities and allowing members to invest alongside fellow alumni in ventures led by peers. The firm backs early-stage and later-stage opportunities across technology, consumer, healthcare, financial services, and other sectors, with a sector- and geography-agnostic approach. It typically invests between $10,000 and $3 million per deal and emphasizes the involvement of alumni connections and an institutional lead investor in opportunities. Alumni Ventures also offers focused funds to broaden participation, enabling accredited investors to access venture portfolios diversified by type, sector, stage, and geography. The model aims to democratize access to venture capital while maintaining rigorous selection standards through alumni networks.
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Past deals in Computer Vision
SportsVisio
Seed Round in 2024
Founded in Boston in 2021, SportsVisio offers an AI-powered mobile platform that uses computer vision to generate real-time player statistics and automated highlights from games recorded on any camera or device.
Modicus Prime
Seed Round in 2024
Modicus Prime is a developer of advanced computer vision software and self-service artificial intelligence tools focused on the life sciences sector. The company’s innovative platform automates biologics image analysis, addressing critical challenges such as cost, legal, and waste liabilities associated with product quality failures in research and development as well as manufacturing. By integrating heterogeneous life sciences data, Modicus Prime facilitates anomaly detection and monitoring, enhancing decision-making for its clients. The platform empowers users to conduct cutting-edge research, train proprietary algorithms on specific datasets, and utilize self-service tools to derive actionable insights, thereby addressing emerging data challenges in the industry, including continuous manufacturing and smart monitoring.
ZeroEyes
Series B in 2024
ZeroEyes, Inc. is an artificial intelligence security company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, founded in 2018. The company has developed a sophisticated platform that focuses on firearm detection by analyzing over three billion images daily from security camera feeds. ZeroEyes aims to enhance safety in various environments, including schools, corporate settings, healthcare facilities, and public spaces, by providing real-time alerts to authorities in the event of potential gun-related threats. Its technology is designed to prevent and respond to active shooter incidents, improving situational awareness and reducing response times for first responders. Through its innovative solutions, ZeroEyes strives to combat mass shootings and gun-related violence, ultimately creating safer environments for individuals and communities.
Shape
Seed Round in 2024
Shape specializes in developing a 3D body scanning system that allows users to digitally measure and visualize their body composition in photorealistic detail. Utilizing advanced technologies such as artificial intelligence and computer vision, Shape provides accurate assessments of body metrics that traditional methods cannot capture, including regional volume and changes in body composition. The system offers personalized insights and guidance based on individual user data, helping users track fat loss and muscle gains in an engaging manner. By delivering fast and gamified feedback, Shape aims to transform how individuals approach their health and fitness goals, enhancing motivation and progress tracking.
Altera
Seed Round in 2024
Altera, established in 2018, specializes in developing advanced artificial intelligence systems. The company focuses on creating AI agents that mimic fundamental human qualities, aiming to enhance AI capabilities and make them more relatable. Altera's team, comprising computational neuroscientists, AI researchers, and engineers, drives this innovation through applied research.
Truleo
Seed Round in 2024
Truleo uses AI to analyze police body camera footage nationwide. It automatically detects critical events like use-of-force incidents and reviews officer language, enabling supervisors to provide targeted coaching or praise.
NeuReality
Venture Round in 2024
NeuReality is a semiconductor start-up that specializes in designing AI-as-a-service infrastructure to meet the needs of the rapidly expanding AI landscape across cloud, edge, and fog systems. The company develops purpose-built AI-centric architecture, focusing on server-on-chip solutions that reconfigure inference technologies, including computer vision, natural language processing, and recommendation engines. This innovative approach simplifies the implementation of advanced AI functionalities for organizations with limited technical expertise, allowing clients to reduce costs and energy consumption by moving away from traditional CPU-centric models. NeuReality aims to facilitate the adoption of AI technologies across various sectors, making them more accessible and efficient.
Piction Health
Seed Round in 2024
Piction Health is a company focused on enhancing access to dermatology care for patients experiencing skin, hair, or nail issues. The company offers a dermatology care application that allows patients to receive expert consultations from dermatologists within two days, including a diagnosis and personalized care plan. By leveraging artificial intelligence, Piction Health streamlines the diagnostic process for both patients and primary care providers, enabling quicker assessments of complex skin conditions. The application provides immediate second opinions, allowing primary care providers to efficiently address challenging skin diseases, thereby saving time and reducing costs associated with unnecessary repeat visits and ineffective treatments. Piction Health aims to ensure that high-quality dermatological care is accessible from the comfort of home, ultimately improving patient outcomes.
Altera
Pre Seed Round in 2024
Altera, established in 2018, specializes in developing advanced artificial intelligence systems. The company focuses on creating AI agents that mimic fundamental human qualities, aiming to enhance AI capabilities and make them more relatable. Altera's team, comprising computational neuroscientists, AI researchers, and engineers, drives this innovation through applied research.
SpexAI
Seed Round in 2023
SpexAI is a precision farming company catering to large-scale cannabis producers by providing real-time, actionable insights based on spectral data. The company develops advanced multispectral sensors and spectral imaging devices that monitor cannabis plants throughout their growth cycle. By leveraging artificial intelligence, SpexAI's technology delivers critical information on cannabinoid levels, disease detection, and pest identification. This enables cannabis growers to optimize their cultivation processes, enhance the consistency of their harvests, and reduce waste and costs associated with production.
Hayden AI
Series B in 2023
Hayden AI develops artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies for automated enforcement in dedicated bus lanes and stops. Their platform aims to enhance public transit efficiency, improve street safety, and promote sustainable urban mobility.
Chef Robotics
Funding Round in 2023
Chef Robotics is a robotics and artificial intelligence company serving the food industry, founded in 2019 and headquartered in San Francisco. It develops AI-enabled robotic automation for food manufacturing, integrating modular hardware and adaptive software with computer vision to handle variability in food products, automate assembly processes, and optimize labor productivity. Its solutions aim to reduce waste, improve consistency, and address workforce shortages through intelligent automation.
Chef Robotics
Seed Round in 2023
Chef Robotics is a robotics and artificial intelligence company serving the food industry, founded in 2019 and headquartered in San Francisco. It develops AI-enabled robotic automation for food manufacturing, integrating modular hardware and adaptive software with computer vision to handle variability in food products, automate assembly processes, and optimize labor productivity. Its solutions aim to reduce waste, improve consistency, and address workforce shortages through intelligent automation.
Chef Robotics
Seed Round in 2023
Chef Robotics is a robotics and artificial intelligence company serving the food industry, founded in 2019 and headquartered in San Francisco. It develops AI-enabled robotic automation for food manufacturing, integrating modular hardware and adaptive software with computer vision to handle variability in food products, automate assembly processes, and optimize labor productivity. Its solutions aim to reduce waste, improve consistency, and address workforce shortages through intelligent automation.
Dextrous Robotics
Venture Round in 2023
Dextrous Robotics is a robotics company founded in 2019 and based in Memphis, Tennessee. The company specializes in developing artificial intelligence-enabled robots designed for warehouse operations. Its robots are capable of managing various logistics tasks, including loading and unloading pallets, trucks, and containers, as well as material picking, sorting, and storage. By providing automation solutions, Dextrous Robotics aims to enhance operational efficiency in warehouses, enabling clients to optimize their logistics processes.
Modicus Prime
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Modicus Prime is a developer of advanced computer vision software and self-service artificial intelligence tools focused on the life sciences sector. The company’s innovative platform automates biologics image analysis, addressing critical challenges such as cost, legal, and waste liabilities associated with product quality failures in research and development as well as manufacturing. By integrating heterogeneous life sciences data, Modicus Prime facilitates anomaly detection and monitoring, enhancing decision-making for its clients. The platform empowers users to conduct cutting-edge research, train proprietary algorithms on specific datasets, and utilize self-service tools to derive actionable insights, thereby addressing emerging data challenges in the industry, including continuous manufacturing and smart monitoring.
R-Go Robotics
Series A in 2022
R-Go Robotics develops artificial perception technology that enables mobile robots to understand complex surroundings and operate autonomously. The company partners with robotics manufacturers to deliver real-world automation solutions, with a focus on logistics, manufacturing, and consumer markets. Its technology combines patent-pending computer vision and AI to form a perception engine that runs on ultra-low-cost, low-power hardware, enabling reliable, unfettered automation in real-world environments. The team comprises leaders with strong academic and industry backgrounds, supporting the translation of innovation into scalable robotic applications.
Skyline Robotics
Seed Round in 2022
Skyline Robotics Ltd is a technology company focused on automating real estate maintenance through its innovative window cleaning robot, Ozmo. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel, with an additional office in New York, the company combines artificial intelligence, machine learning, and advanced robotics to create a system that efficiently cleans the windows of high-rise buildings. Ozmo employs sensors and computer vision to navigate complex architectural features, allowing it to operate without the need for additional infrastructure. This automation significantly reduces the risk of employee accidents and helps clients lower their operational costs. Skyline Robotics aims to revolutionize maintenance work at heights, enhancing safety and efficiency in the real estate sector.
Activ Surgical
Series B in 2022
Activ Surgical is a Boston-based digital surgery company developing a surgical imaging and software platform that uses computer vision, artificial intelligence, analytics, and machine learning to assist surgeons in complex procedures, enhance intraoperative decision-making, improve efficiency and accuracy, and reduce unintended complications. The platform supports augmented reality-based guidance and AI-driven surgery, and its robotic initiatives include the Smart Tissue Autonomous Robot, a system designed to automate aspects of tissue manipulation during surgery.
Refraction AI
Seed Round in 2022
Refraction AI, Inc. is an autonomous delivery robot company based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, founded in 2017. The company specializes in developing and deploying robotic platforms that facilitate last-mile goods delivery in urban environments. Its flagship product, the REV-1, is designed to autonomously navigate through city streets using an array of cameras, radar, and ultrasonic sensors, allowing it to pick up goods from restaurants, pharmacies, and grocery stores and deliver them directly to customers' homes. Refraction AI's technology is engineered to operate in various climates and can be monitored and operated remotely, ensuring efficient and reliable service. By enhancing the delivery process, Refraction AI aims to meet the increasing demand for faster, safer, and more cost-effective delivery solutions.
Overview.ai
Series A in 2022
Overview’s inspection systems are built with Deep Learning technology which allows us to find mistakes more consistently and in a wider variety of situations.
Pixm
Seed Round in 2022
Founded in 2015, Pixm specializes in cybersecurity, offering real-time phishing detection using artificial intelligence. Its platform safeguards against zero-day attacks and brand impersonations without relying on whitelists.
Lincode
Venture Round in 2022
Lincode is an AI-driven technology company specializing in advanced machine vision and defect detection for manufacturing. Its platform uses pre-trained models and a no-code interface to deliver real-time quality inspections and defect identification across materials such as plastics, fabric, semiconductors, and metals, supporting applications from visual inspection to reporting and analytics. The system can be deployed on premises with edge AI for low latency processing and integrates with existing machine vision setups to serve automotive, aerospace, electronics, packaging, and related industries. By enabling configurable defect tolerances per defect or camera, it supports both automated and manual inspection workflows, helping manufacturers reduce waste, improve productivity, and lower costs. Lincode was established in 2018 and is based in Menlo Park, California, with an additional office in Bengaluru, India.
Point One Navigation
Series A in 2021
Point One Navigation, Inc. is a technology company that specializes in developing precise location services for autonomous systems, including self-driving vehicles, commercial drones, and various robotic applications. Founded in 2016 and based in San Francisco, California, the company aims to provide localization solutions that achieve accuracy within a few centimeters at a significantly reduced cost compared to existing offerings. Point One Navigation combines Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), inertial measurement, and computer vision technologies through proprietary algorithms to create high-performance navigation systems. These systems are designed to support a range of applications, enabling users to enhance the safety and efficiency of vehicles, drones, and other automated devices.
Hayden AI
Series A in 2021
Hayden AI develops artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies for automated enforcement in dedicated bus lanes and stops. Their platform aims to enhance public transit efficiency, improve street safety, and promote sustainable urban mobility.
Inkbit
Series B in 2021
Inkbit Corporation, founded in 2017 and based in Medford, Massachusetts, specializes in the research, development, and manufacturing of advanced 3D printers. The company has created a next-generation additive manufacturing platform that integrates machine vision and multi-material jetting technologies. By leveraging expertise from MIT-trained scientists and engineers, Inkbit aims to address the challenges of mass-market additive manufacturing. Its innovative approach enables rapid, on-demand production of polymer 3D printed parts, effectively bridging the gap between prototyping and full-scale manufacturing. This capability caters to the needs of industries requiring high precision and speed for complex, multi-material end-use products.
Algolux
Series B in 2021
Algolux is a Canadian AI software company specializing in advanced perception solutions for a variety of applications, including automotive advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS), autonomous vehicles, and video security. Founded on innovative research at the intersection of deep learning, computer vision, and computational imaging, the company provides robust and scalable tools that enhance image quality and optimize camera architectures. Algolux utilizes machine learning and deep perception technology to deliver cloud-based video analytics and embedded software, enabling clients to achieve superior results under diverse conditions, such as extreme lighting and adverse weather. The company's focus on safety and efficiency positions it as a leader in the development of solutions for both existing camera systems and new designs.
Constru
Series A in 2021
Constru employs cutting-edge computer vision technology to enhance construction efficiency. Its platform offers precise project status tracking for early defect detection and optimized scheduling. Combined with Project Brain AI, Constru OS empowers owners, developers, and contractors to complete projects ahead of schedule and under budget. Global clients have reported average cost reductions of 2-4%.
Zendar
Venture Round in 2021
Zendar Inc. is a manufacturer of advanced radar systems specifically designed for autonomous vehicles. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Berkeley, California, the company focuses on developing high-definition radar technology that integrates the advantages of traditional radar—such as long-range detection and all-weather functionality—with the high resolution typically associated with lidar systems. Zendar's radar solutions enable self-driving cars to operate safely in adverse weather conditions, providing high-resolution imaging that enhances situational awareness and overall safety for autonomous driving.
Mythic
Series C in 2021
Founded in 2012, Mythic specializes in designing and manufacturing AI-driven silicon chips and inference processors. Its innovative technology brings desktop GPU compute capabilities and neural networks to compact, energy-efficient devices, enabling AI deployment across various industries such as consumer electronics, wearables, and autonomous systems.
Refraction AI
Seed Round in 2021
Refraction AI, Inc. is an autonomous delivery robot company based in Ann Arbor, Michigan, founded in 2017. The company specializes in developing and deploying robotic platforms that facilitate last-mile goods delivery in urban environments. Its flagship product, the REV-1, is designed to autonomously navigate through city streets using an array of cameras, radar, and ultrasonic sensors, allowing it to pick up goods from restaurants, pharmacies, and grocery stores and deliver them directly to customers' homes. Refraction AI's technology is engineered to operate in various climates and can be monitored and operated remotely, ensuring efficient and reliable service. By enhancing the delivery process, Refraction AI aims to meet the increasing demand for faster, safer, and more cost-effective delivery solutions.
Hayden AI
Seed Round in 2021
Hayden AI develops artificial intelligence and machine learning technologies for automated enforcement in dedicated bus lanes and stops. Their platform aims to enhance public transit efficiency, improve street safety, and promote sustainable urban mobility.
NeuReality
Seed Round in 2020
NeuReality is a semiconductor start-up that specializes in designing AI-as-a-service infrastructure to meet the needs of the rapidly expanding AI landscape across cloud, edge, and fog systems. The company develops purpose-built AI-centric architecture, focusing on server-on-chip solutions that reconfigure inference technologies, including computer vision, natural language processing, and recommendation engines. This innovative approach simplifies the implementation of advanced AI functionalities for organizations with limited technical expertise, allowing clients to reduce costs and energy consumption by moving away from traditional CPU-centric models. NeuReality aims to facilitate the adoption of AI technologies across various sectors, making them more accessible and efficient.
NavTrac
Seed Round in 2020
NavTrac is an innovative company specializing in an artificial intelligence-powered yard management system that utilizes computer vision to enhance yard operations. The platform automates various processes, enabling businesses to optimize their operations through data-driven insights. Key features include an Automated Gate System that improves data quality, detects damage, and streamlines inventory management, all while reducing the need for security personnel. By focusing on safety, environmental sustainability, and productivity, NavTrac serves a diverse clientele, including Fortune 500 companies, and aims to transform traditional yard management practices into more efficient, automated solutions.
Chooch
Series A in 2020
Chooch specializes in generative AI technology that integrates computer vision and language understanding to create intelligent camera systems. Their AI Vision platform analyzes video streams in real-time, detecting visuals and actions, comprehending their significance, and triggering pre-programmed responses swiftly. This technology is designed to process a wide range of visual data, from infrared radiation sensors and x-rays to various applications, tagging objects of interest. Chooch's solutions aim to enhance efficiencies and ensure quality results for clients across different industries.
TuMeke Ergonomics
Seed Round in 2020
TuMeke Ergonomics is a company based in San Mateo, California, founded in 2019, that specializes in providing an ergonomic assessment platform aimed at reducing workplace musculoskeletal injuries. The platform features both a mobile and web application that facilitate collaboration among teams across different locations. It offers automatic recommendations on postures that require attention and includes a dashboard for tracking safety performance over time. Utilizing advanced computer vision joint tracking technology, TuMeke's platform identifies hazardous tasks and assesses various safety risk factors, allowing businesses to predict the likelihood of injuries. This approach enables organizations to effectively measure and monitor employee safety without disrupting productivity.
Illumix
Seed Round in 2020
Illumix specializes in developing augmented reality (AR) technologies and creating AR gaming experiences. Their integrated studio combines advanced computer vision research, gaming practices, and performance to enable dynamic AR games that interact with the environment in real-time.
RIOS
Venture Round in 2020
RIOS, founded in 2018, is a technology company helping global customers automate their factories, warehouses, and supply chain operations by deploying a new class of dexterous AI-powered robots. RIOS robots handle hard-to-automate tasks, typically requiring human-level dexterity, in unstructured environments. RIOS is headquartered in Palo Alto, CA and has a pilot facility in San Carlos, CA. More information is available at www.rios.ai.
Aquabyte
Venture Round in 2020
Founded in 2017, Aquabyte specializes in developing smart camera systems and machine learning models for aquaculture. Its solutions include real-time sea lice counting, biomass monitoring, appetite detection, and feed optimization, aiming to enhance fish farm efficiency, sustainability, and profitability.
AI.Reverie
Venture Round in 2020
AI.Reverie, Inc. is a San Jose, California-based company that specializes in developing a simulation platform for generating synthetic data and simulations. Founded in 2016, AI.Reverie provides a suite of synthetic data and vision application programming interfaces (APIs) to assist businesses in training and retraining their machine learning algorithms and artificial intelligence applications. The platform is designed to cater to various industries, enabling clients to create customized virtual environments that facilitate the training of AI systems. By focusing on applications relevant to smart cities, sustainable farms, and smart homes, AI.Reverie aims to enhance the effectiveness of AI technologies, ultimately contributing to improved safety, sustainability, and efficiency in everyday life.
Dexai Robotics
Seed Round in 2020
Dexai Robotics, Inc. is a company based in Somerville, Massachusetts, focused on designing and developing artificial intelligence-driven robotics for the automation of commercial kitchens and the broader food industry. Founded in 2018, Dexai specializes in creating customized robots that simplify operations in quick-serve restaurants and other food service environments. The company's robots leverage advanced technologies such as machine vision and machine learning to automate food assembly tasks. This includes the precise use of utensils to scoop or pick ingredients, allowing for the preparation of salads and other dishes without altering recipes. By streamlining these processes, Dexai Robotics enables restaurant businesses to operate more efficiently in their daily activities.
MEDIVIS
Venture Round in 2020
Medivis is a developer of advanced medical imaging technology that utilizes augmented reality and artificial intelligence to enhance surgical operations. The company's innovative platform enables physicians to overlay holographic images directly onto patients during procedures, facilitating precise decision-making in the operating room. By integrating these technologies, Medivis aims to improve surgical outcomes and streamline the workflow for healthcare professionals, ultimately advancing the field of surgical navigation.
AI.Reverie
Venture Round in 2020
AI.Reverie, Inc. is a San Jose, California-based company that specializes in developing a simulation platform for generating synthetic data and simulations. Founded in 2016, AI.Reverie provides a suite of synthetic data and vision application programming interfaces (APIs) to assist businesses in training and retraining their machine learning algorithms and artificial intelligence applications. The platform is designed to cater to various industries, enabling clients to create customized virtual environments that facilitate the training of AI systems. By focusing on applications relevant to smart cities, sustainable farms, and smart homes, AI.Reverie aims to enhance the effectiveness of AI technologies, ultimately contributing to improved safety, sustainability, and efficiency in everyday life.
6D.ai
Venture Round in 2019
6D.ai is a technology company specializing in the development of application programming interfaces for the augmented reality (AR) industry. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, the company focuses on creating a robust AR cloud platform that enables real-time, three-dimensional mapping of the environment using data sourced from standard smartphone cameras and mobile sensors. Its technology facilitates the construction of dense, interactive 3D meshes, allowing for multi-user AR experiences and enhancing spatial computing capabilities. By leveraging crowdsourced data, 6D.ai's solutions empower developers to create applications that seamlessly integrate with the physical world, thereby enriching user engagement and interaction. As of March 2020, 6D.ai operates as a subsidiary of Niantic, Inc.
Sense Photonics
Series A in 2019
Sense Photonics, Inc. is a technology company specializing in the development of light detection and ranging (LiDAR) solutions for various applications, including autonomous vehicles, drones, and industrial automation. Founded in 2016 and based in Durham, North Carolina, Sense Photonics focuses on producing advanced solid-state LiDAR sensors that utilize proprietary laser arrays and 3D depth-sensing technologies. These sensors are designed to create detailed 3D maps of a vehicle's surroundings in diverse environmental conditions, ensuring high performance and reliability without moving parts. The company's innovative approach is supported by a robust portfolio of over 200 patents, positioning it to meet the demands of the automotive sector and drive advancements in autonomous driving and robotics.
Optimus Ride
Venture Round in 2019
Optimus Ride is a self-driving vehicle company located in Boston, Massachusetts, focused on developing technologies that promote efficient, sustainable, and equitable mobility systems. As a spinoff from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the company leverages over 30 years of interdisciplinary research in self-driving technologies, electric vehicles, and Mobility-on-Demand Systems. Optimus Ride specializes in creating self-driving technology systems tailored for geofenced environments, utilizing innovations in complex sensor fusion, mapping, computer vision, and machine learning. The company's expertise is further enhanced by a team with extensive industrial and entrepreneurial experience in manufacturing robots, urban design, and shared vehicle fleet management, allowing it to offer versatile transportation solutions that range from commercial vessel operations to transit options.
Vyrill
Seed Round in 2018
Vyrill is a technology company that builds an AI‑powered platform for discovering, analyzing, and leveraging user‑generated video content. Its core product enables brands, retailers, and solution providers to search inside any video on the web or mobile, index and rank video moments, and embed interactive widgets that drive customer acquisition, engagement, and conversion. The platform aggregates videos such as demos, unboxing, reviews, and installation guides from multiple sites, provides analytics and licensing tools, and generates marketing assets like hashtags and product recommendations. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in San Francisco, Vyrill helps businesses turn authentic video experiences into measurable growth.
Kognition
Seed Round in 2018
Kognition LLC is a developer of enterprise software solutions focused on enhancing safety and security for real estate property managers and security operators. Established in 2017 and based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the company leverages artificial intelligence and machine learning to create an intelligent platform that enables buildings to autonomously respond to various operational challenges, including security threats, environmental conditions, and maintenance issues. Kognition's offerings include the SuperGuard solution, which integrates live security camera footage with sensor data to identify potential risks. By connecting cameras, sensors, and smart devices into a cohesive ecosystem, Kognition aims to reduce false alarms and provide real-time alerts that address critical threats, thereby fostering safer environments across sectors such as healthcare, financial services, and commercial real estate.
FØCAL
Venture Round in 2018
FØCAL, LLC is a company that specializes in web-based image analytics and automation solutions for developing computer vision systems. Founded in 2015 and based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, FØCAL's offerings include advanced computer vision algorithms designed to enhance workflows across various sectors, including medical diagnostics, life sciences, security, and manufacturing quality control. The company emerged from DARPA-funded research and has collaborated with leading organizations, leveraging expertise from institutions like MIT and Boston University. FØCAL's solutions serve as a foundational framework for computer vision applications in the cloud, catering to a diverse clientele ranging from startups to large enterprises.
PreNav
Series A in 2017
PreNav develops autonomous drone-based inspection systems for infrastructure. Its solution combines a commercial drone, a ground-based guidance robot, and mission planning and data analysis software to assess complex assets such as cell towers, wind turbines, bridges, and buildings with centimeter-level precision. The platform enables automated capture of photos and measurements from targeted locations to create accurate 3D models and identify structural damage, wear, and key components like nuts, bolts, and cables. Founded in 2013 and based in San Carlos, California, PreNav has expanded its offerings to perform inspections on large industrial sites, including wind turbines, and uses computer vision and machine learning to automate localization, planning, and analysis, reducing the need for manual rope-access inspections and enabling data-driven asset management.
Newmetrix
Series A in 2017
Newmetrix is a technology company that specializes in a cloud-based video management platform aimed at reducing risks on construction sites through the integration of human and artificial intelligence. The platform employs machine learning to analyze images and videos from construction projects, categorizing them with construction-specific tags. This functionality addresses key challenges related to the management, collaboration, search, and analysis of industrial visual content, thereby enhancing safety and operational efficiency for clients in the construction industry.
Vantage Robotics
Seed Round in 2017
Vantage Robotics, LLC, founded in 2013 and headquartered in San Leandro, California, specializes in the development and manufacturing of camera drones. The company's flagship product, Snap, is a flying camera designed to capture high-quality photos and videos with advanced smart tracking capabilities. Vantage Robotics has distinguished itself in the competitive $7 billion camera drone market by addressing key challenges related to ease of use. Snap has achieved significant pre-sales and received a notable FAA waiver for commercial use near people, positioning it uniquely within the industry. The company has garnered interest from major players, including Apple and Amazon, and has strategic backing from prominent investors in the drone sector. Using innovative gimbal control techniques and precise motors, their drones offer enhanced durability and functionality tailored for commercial and government applications.
Cognitive Operational Systems
Seed Round in 2017
Cognitive Operational Systems, LLC is an information technology company based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, specializing in inventory management solutions for the retail sector. Established in 2012, the company utilizes advanced robotics powered by computer vision and artificial intelligence to navigate retail environments. Its technology not only manages inventory and ensures compliance with planograms and promotions but also provides indoor localization and turn-by-turn navigation. Additionally, Cognitive Operational Systems maps retail layouts and architecture, integrating university research to develop practical industry applications in machine perception and software as a service.
Hyprsense
Seed Round in 2016
Hyprsense is a technology company specializing in real-time facial motion capture solutions aimed at enhancing the animation of 3D avatars and digital humans. Its offerings include comprehensive face detection, facial landmark tracking, and expression value tracking, which are applicable across various advanced fields such as artificial intelligence interaction, smart speakers, robotics, and automobile infotainment systems. By providing clients with the tools to create immersive experiences, Hyprsense enables the integration of real-time 3D characters, augmented reality filters, and virtual reality avatars, capturing nuanced expressions with precision. This technology supports innovative applications that enrich user interaction and engagement in digital environments.
BinaryVR
Convertible Note in 2016
BinaryVR, Inc. is a technology company based in Burlingame, California, that specializes in developing facial expression tracking technology for virtual reality and mobile applications. Established in 2015, the company focuses on enabling users to create personalized 3D representations of their faces using 2D facial photos, which allows for real-time tracking and retargeting of facial animations on various computer-generated characters or avatars. By operating at the intersection of research and development and product innovation, BinaryVR is committed to advancing the field of computer vision and enhancing interactions between artificial intelligence and everyday life. In 2020, BinaryVR became a subsidiary of Epic Games, further positioning it within the rapidly evolving technology landscape.
BinaryVR
Seed Round in 2015
BinaryVR, Inc. is a technology company based in Burlingame, California, that specializes in developing facial expression tracking technology for virtual reality and mobile applications. Established in 2015, the company focuses on enabling users to create personalized 3D representations of their faces using 2D facial photos, which allows for real-time tracking and retargeting of facial animations on various computer-generated characters or avatars. By operating at the intersection of research and development and product innovation, BinaryVR is committed to advancing the field of computer vision and enhancing interactions between artificial intelligence and everyday life. In 2020, BinaryVR became a subsidiary of Epic Games, further positioning it within the rapidly evolving technology landscape.
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