Cercano Management
Cercano Management is a private investment firm based in Bellevue, Washington, established in 2022. The firm focuses on investments across all stages of corporate development, targeting a diverse range of sectors including healthcare, software, media, data intelligence, mobile networks, semiconductors, alternative energy, infrastructure, energy and natural resources, education, consumer goods, financial services, and telecommunications. Additionally, Cercano Management manages a venture capital fund, Cercano Zambezi Asia, which is based in Singapore and specifically invests in the Asian market. The firm’s executive management team oversees the assets of the fund, ensuring strategic allocation and support for portfolio companies.
Groopit is the SaaS solution for collecting real-time data and organizing people who don’t work directly for you. Visit www.groopit.co to learn more. Groopit has a strong team, deep subject matter expertise, a product in-market and early customer traction. They closed a friends and family round in 2018 led by early LinkedIn, PayPal, 23&Me, and Microsoft investors. They are raising a pre-seed round now (August 2019).
Blokable, Inc. manufactures pre-fabricated steel frame modular housing units for developers in the United States. Its units are used for residential, retail, and mixed-use projects. Blokable, Inc. was formerly known as Bloakable, Inc. The company was incorporated in 2016 and is based in Seattle, Washington.
Rebellyous Foods is a food manufacturing technology and production company defined solely to catapult meat alternative production toward price parity with animal-based meat. Rebellyous Foods implements novel food manufacturing equipment and processes in large-scale production to produce low-cost plant-based meat at high volumes. These goals are achieved through uniquely designed food products, the use of high-throughput manufacturing automation and ‘smart’ production centers, and the development and utilization of new innovative low-energy manufacturing tools. Working closely with industry partners, Rebellyous Foods makes plant-based meat sustainable, affordable, and widely available.
Monod Bio develops biosensors intended for protein and other analyte detection. The company's state-of-the-art technology combines binding, transduction, and amplification to detect a wide range of target molecules, enabling the development of simple, powerful biosensors for biotechnology and medicine.
Ozette is a life sciences data startup company that develops an artificial intelligence-enabled immune monitoring platform. It empowers scientists to quickly extract reliable insights from single-cell data across instruments, experiments, and disease states, with a focus on cancer patients. The data can be used by doctors to diagnose and prescribe medication with greater accuracy. In 2020, co-founders Raphael Gottardo, Greg Finak, Ali Ansary, and Evan Greene headquartered the life science company in Seattle, Washington.
Kevala, Inc. is a Seattle-based company that provides a platform for healthcare organizations to hire contract nurses according to their shift requirements. Founded in 2020, Kevala focuses on creating a robust network of healthcare professionals, offering a suite of clinical scheduling and compliance tools to facilitate the assignment of healthcare workers. The company's goal is to streamline the hiring process and enhance workforce management within the healthcare sector.
Pendulum is an AI/ML-powered platform for companies and government organizations to detect and understand harmful narratives on social media platforms.