Williams Racing
Funding Round in 2024
Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited, founded by Frank Williams and Patrick Head in 1977, operates within the realm of Formula One racing and provides technology and engineering services. Based in Grove, Oxfordshire, the company initially began in a small warehouse and has since evolved into a prominent team in motorsport, winning 16 FIA Formula One World Championships, including nine constructors' titles and seven drivers' championships. Notable drivers such as Alan Jones, Nigel Mansell, and Damon Hill have achieved significant successes with the team. Williams is recognized for its engineering excellence, having nurtured talented individuals in both driving and design roles. Its unique business model distinguishes it from other teams, as it operates independently without ties to multinational corporations, focusing solely on racing and creating commercial partnerships that deliver value. The team's advanced engineering division, Williams Advanced Engineering, specializes in innovative solutions across various sectors, including automotive and energy, emphasizing energy efficiency and sustainability. With a workforce exceeding 600, Williams continues to uphold its legacy of performance and technical achievement in the competitive landscape of Formula One.
BLACKBIRD.AI
Series B in 2023
BLACKBIRD.AI is a technology company specializing in narrative and risk intelligence through its advanced AI-powered solutions. It offers the Blackbird Constellation Platform™, which is designed to detect and analyze information-driven attacks, narrative manipulation, and the evolution of threats in a rapidly changing adversarial landscape. The platform serves various stakeholders, including journalists, media organizations, governments, and concerned citizens, by identifying misinformation and surfacing deception and propaganda within the digital media ecosystem. By understanding discourse on the internet, BLACKBIRD.AI enables organizations to enhance decision-making processes and implement automated countermeasures against misinformation.
Williams Racing
Venture Round in 2023
Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited, founded by Frank Williams and Patrick Head in 1977, operates within the realm of Formula One racing and provides technology and engineering services. Based in Grove, Oxfordshire, the company initially began in a small warehouse and has since evolved into a prominent team in motorsport, winning 16 FIA Formula One World Championships, including nine constructors' titles and seven drivers' championships. Notable drivers such as Alan Jones, Nigel Mansell, and Damon Hill have achieved significant successes with the team. Williams is recognized for its engineering excellence, having nurtured talented individuals in both driving and design roles. Its unique business model distinguishes it from other teams, as it operates independently without ties to multinational corporations, focusing solely on racing and creating commercial partnerships that deliver value. The team's advanced engineering division, Williams Advanced Engineering, specializes in innovative solutions across various sectors, including automotive and energy, emphasizing energy efficiency and sustainability. With a workforce exceeding 600, Williams continues to uphold its legacy of performance and technical achievement in the competitive landscape of Formula One.
Tidelift is a company that enhances the use of open source software by providing a subscription service that offers proactively managed components and professional assurances. By partnering directly with open source maintainers, Tidelift ensures that these components are secure, well-maintained, and compliant with licensing requirements. This approach allows businesses to leverage high-quality open source projects while minimizing risks associated with security and maintenance. Ultimately, Tidelift aims to foster a thriving ecosystem for open source development, enabling organizations to create software more efficiently and effectively.
Post Acute Analytics
Series C in 2022
Post Acute Analytics, Inc. is a healthcare technology company based in Lewisville, Texas, founded in 2018 by Saqib Akhter. The company specializes in developing solutions that facilitate real-time tracking of patients throughout the continuum of post-acute care. Its Continuum of Care Suite includes tools such as the Total Patient Tracker, which provides actionable insights regarding patient locations and conditions, and the Care Pathway Agent, which automates the creation of care pathways and monitors patient progress. Additionally, Post Acute Analytics offers the Partner Monitor, a tool that supports data-driven discussions among care teams to ensure consistent positive patient outcomes. The company's platform integrates seamlessly with major electronic medical records, allowing healthcare providers to achieve total transparency in patient journeys and improve care quality while managing costs.
Ursa Space Systems
Series C in 2022
Ursa Space Systems Inc. is a geospatial services company that specializes in providing aerial and space-based data products to enhance geographic mapping and location-based information services. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Ithaca, New York, the company delivers imagery and information products that support market and weather forecasting, agricultural yield optimization, disaster response, and military intelligence. Ursa's offerings include the Ursa Global Oil Storage Monitoring solution, which tracks global oil storage for clients such as hedge funds, commodities traders, banks, and oil companies. The company serves various sectors, including precision agriculture, business intelligence, humanitarian relief, and civil protection, as well as mapping and traffic applications. By utilizing data from radar satellites, Ursa Space Systems aims to bring transparency to global markets, enabling traders and analysts in the finance and energy industries to make more informed decisions.
CausaLens
Series A in 2022
CausaLens Ltd. is a London-based company founded in 2017 that specializes in developing predictive technology applications designed to enhance decision-making through artificial intelligence and machine learning. Its flagship product, the CausaLens Predictive Unit (CLPU), utilizes real-time data cleaning and adapts to changing conditions across various sectors, including energy, asset management, food production, insurance, oil and gas, healthcare, and transport logistics. The company’s innovative platform enables organizations to create AI data scientists tailored to specific business contexts, allowing teams to collaborate effectively while ensuring human oversight. This approach democratizes data science, making it accessible to individuals at all levels within an organization, from analysts to executives. By facilitating the rapid creation and deployment of customized data science agents, CausaLens empowers businesses to gain insights and drive action in an increasingly data-driven world.
BLACKBIRD.AI
Series A in 2021
BLACKBIRD.AI is a technology company specializing in narrative and risk intelligence through its advanced AI-powered solutions. It offers the Blackbird Constellation Platform™, which is designed to detect and analyze information-driven attacks, narrative manipulation, and the evolution of threats in a rapidly changing adversarial landscape. The platform serves various stakeholders, including journalists, media organizations, governments, and concerned citizens, by identifying misinformation and surfacing deception and propaganda within the digital media ecosystem. By understanding discourse on the internet, BLACKBIRD.AI enables organizations to enhance decision-making processes and implement automated countermeasures against misinformation.
Tortuga logic, Inc. dba Cycuity
Series A in 2021
Tortuga Logic, Inc. is a cybersecurity company based in San Jose, California, specializing in hardware threat detection. Founded in 2013, the company provides innovative solutions to identify and prevent security vulnerabilities in semiconductor designs. Its flagship products, Radix-STM and Radix-M, are designed to enhance the security verification process by enabling design teams to detect system-wide exploits related to hardware roots of trust and to perform security validation of firmware in complex system-on-chip designs. By facilitating a Secure Development Lifecycle (SDL), Tortuga Logic's offerings help ensure that vulnerabilities are addressed from the initial stages of chip design through to runtime, thereby enhancing overall hardware security.
JuliaHub is a platform that facilitates modeling, simulation, and the development of user-built applications. Founded by Viral Shah in Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 2015, JuliaHub provides scientists, engineers, and innovators with comprehensive high-performance computing resources. The platform enables users to discover, search for, build, and share packages while offering effortless parallel computing without the challenges of infrastructure management. JuliaHub specializes in open-source language software designed to simplify deployment, usability, and scalability for various applications, including data science, machine learning, and scientific computing. Its offerings support a range of functions such as research, backtesting, trading, and contract modeling, combining intuitive syntax with robust speed and performance to enhance data processing capabilities.
HawkEye 360
Series C in 2021
HawkEye 360, Inc. is a data analytics company specializing in radio frequency (RF) mapping through its commercial satellite constellation. Founded in 2015 and headquartered in Herndon, Virginia, the company focuses on identifying, processing, and geolocating a wide range of RF signals. Its offerings include maritime domain awareness and spectrum mapping and monitoring, which are crucial for tracking global transportation networks and supporting emergency response efforts. By leveraging satellite tracking technology, HawkEye 360 provides clients in sectors such as maritime, intelligence, and telecommunications with analytical products designed to address complex challenges. The company has established a strategic partnership with Ursa to enhance its capabilities in RF data analytics.
Post Acute Analytics
Series B in 2021
Post Acute Analytics, Inc. is a healthcare technology company based in Lewisville, Texas, founded in 2018 by Saqib Akhter. The company specializes in developing solutions that facilitate real-time tracking of patients throughout the continuum of post-acute care. Its Continuum of Care Suite includes tools such as the Total Patient Tracker, which provides actionable insights regarding patient locations and conditions, and the Care Pathway Agent, which automates the creation of care pathways and monitors patient progress. Additionally, Post Acute Analytics offers the Partner Monitor, a tool that supports data-driven discussions among care teams to ensure consistent positive patient outcomes. The company's platform integrates seamlessly with major electronic medical records, allowing healthcare providers to achieve total transparency in patient journeys and improve care quality while managing costs.
Williams Racing
Acquisition in 2020
Williams Grand Prix Engineering Limited, founded by Frank Williams and Patrick Head in 1977, operates within the realm of Formula One racing and provides technology and engineering services. Based in Grove, Oxfordshire, the company initially began in a small warehouse and has since evolved into a prominent team in motorsport, winning 16 FIA Formula One World Championships, including nine constructors' titles and seven drivers' championships. Notable drivers such as Alan Jones, Nigel Mansell, and Damon Hill have achieved significant successes with the team. Williams is recognized for its engineering excellence, having nurtured talented individuals in both driving and design roles. Its unique business model distinguishes it from other teams, as it operates independently without ties to multinational corporations, focusing solely on racing and creating commercial partnerships that deliver value. The team's advanced engineering division, Williams Advanced Engineering, specializes in innovative solutions across various sectors, including automotive and energy, emphasizing energy efficiency and sustainability. With a workforce exceeding 600, Williams continues to uphold its legacy of performance and technical achievement in the competitive landscape of Formula One.
MEI Rigging & Crating
Acquisition in 2019
MEI Rigging & Crating is a company that specializes in rigging, machinery moving, millwrighting, and mechanical installation services. It offers comprehensive solutions for industries such as data centers, general manufacturing, mining, and automotive sectors. The company is also involved in industrial storage, warehousing, crating, and export packing, enabling clients to efficiently relocate entire factories and heavy equipment. With a focus on meeting the diverse needs of its clients, MEI Rigging & Crating provides a range of services designed to facilitate the safe and effective transport and installation of industrial machinery.
AUT Solutions
Private Equity Round in 2018
AUT Solutions Group, LLC, established in 2007 and headquartered in Fulshear, Texas, specializes in designing and manufacturing automated corrosion mapping equipment and flaw detection inspection systems. Their product portfolio includes the AccuTrak and AccuScan automated ultrasonic scanners, catering to the petrochemical, power generation, and aerospace industries. The company's offerings enable clients to efficiently and accurately assess and mitigate corrosion and flaws in critical infrastructure, ensuring safety and reliability.
Midwest Cooling Tower Services
Acquisition in 2014
Midwest Cooling Tower Services is a comprehensive cooling tower repair and rebuild company catering primarily to the oil refinery and industrial sectors. The firm specializes in various services, including inspections, emergency repairs, basin cleaning, and system upgrades. To ensure uninterrupted operations during maintenance, Midwest also offers rental mobile cooling tower units, which can replace or enhance existing cooling capacity. Additionally, the company distributes cooling tower parts to original equipment manufacturers and other service providers, supporting a wide range of cooling tower needs in the industry.
Western Energy Support & Technology
Acquisition in 2014
Western Energy Support & Technology is a holding company based in Loveland, Colorado, that specializes in the fluid flow measurement industry. Through its subsidiaries, the company offers a range of services including calibration, sampling, consulting, communication, and manufacturing. With a focus on enabling clients to enhance their fluid management capabilities, Western Energy Support & Technology leverages its industry expertise to provide high-quality solutions tailored to the needs of its customers.
Island Abbey Foods
Private Equity Round in 2012
Island Abbey Foods is a specialty food science company recognized for perfecting a unique manufacturing technology that transforms honey into a solid form. Operating under the Honibe brand, the company offers a variety of honey-based food products designed to address health concerns and promote wellness. Its range includes specialty honey products, such as gummy vitamins and supplements, which leverage botanical science and raw natural ingredients to deliver real health benefits. In addition to its proprietary offerings, Island Abbey Foods engages in select partnerships for co-branded and private label products, expanding its presence in the health and wellness market.
Traditions Health
Acquisition in 2011
Traditions Health specializes in providing home health care and nursing services that prioritize patient-focused, compassion-driven care. The company delivers a comprehensive approach to treatment that addresses medical, social, emotional, and spiritual needs, ensuring that patients receive holistic support in the comfort of their own homes. Traditions Health offers a range of services, including certified home health aides and physical and occupational therapy, enabling patients to maintain a high quality of life while remaining close to their loved ones.
National Heat Exchange
Acquisition in 2011
National Heat Exchange Cleaning Corporation specializes in providing a comprehensive range of cleaning and maintenance services for heat exchangers and coolers. Serving diverse sectors such as power generation, petrochemicals, food and beverage, and data centers, the company offers specialized services including chemical foam cleaning, condenser cleaning, enclosed mobile bundle cleaning, and high-pressure lancing. Additionally, National Heat Exchange provides epoxy coating and re-tubing services, allowing clients to maintain and optimize the performance of various types and sizes of condensers and turbochargers. The company's expertise enables it to cater to the specific needs of its clients, ensuring efficient and reliable service delivery across multiple industries.
VERSA Integrity Group
Acquisition in 2010
Versa Integrity Group specializes in inspection, maintenance, and repair services for industrial applications, particularly within the oil and gas, refining, and chemical sectors. The company focuses on mechanical integrity inspections of piping and vessels in facilities such as refineries, chemical plants, and compressor stations, as well as performing visual inspections of structural packages and vendor surveillance in manufacturing environments. Versa also conducts nondestructive examinations of newly fabricated weldments and components in various settings, including machine shops and pressure vessel shops. Additionally, the company provides elevated inspection and light maintenance services, ensuring the integrity and safety of assets. Its offerings extend to offshore inspections of platforms, mobile drilling units, and related structures, reinforcing the reliability and operational safety of its clients’ assets across multiple industries.
Graftel
Acquisition in 2010
Graftel, LLC is an engineering company based in Chicago, Illinois, specializing in support services for the nuclear community and various private sector industries. The company designs, manufactures, and calibrates high-accuracy testing instrumentation products, including modern flow meters, calibrated orifices, and nuclear rubber seals. Graftel provides comprehensive services such as flow meter calibration, heat exchanger performance testing, and containment leak rate testing. The company also offers on-site calibration and repair services for gas and liquid flow systems, ensuring that clients meet quality assurance requirements while minimizing costs and downtime. With a focus on precision and reliability, Graftel serves a diverse clientele across sectors like pharmaceuticals, power generation, and aerospace.