Prophetic
Seed Round in 2025
Prophetic Software provides real estate development tools designed to help users analyze zoning maps, property data, FEMA flood zones, wetlands, and more. Their AI-powered technology, known as "SiteAi," generates site plans and calculates the maximum yield for parcels, streamlining the development research process.
Coreshell Technologies
Series A in 2025
Founded in 2017, Coreshell Technologies specializes in advanced materials engineering for lithium-ion batteries. The company focuses on enhancing battery performance and lifespan through its proprietary nanolayer thin-film coating technology, catering primarily to the electric vehicle and grid storage markets.
Kapta Space
Seed Round in 2025
Kapta Space specializes in developing electrically steerable radar imaging technology for space applications, focusing on synthetic aperture radar (SAR) and Earth observation.
Oso Semiconductor
Seed Round in 2025
Oso Semiconductor specializes in developing power-efficient chipsets for next-generation wireless communication and sensing applications. Their platform features ultralow-loss beamforming technology, reduced power consumption, and enhanced interference resilience, catering to markets such as SATCOM, defense, and radar, enabling cost-effective, high-performance antenna systems.
Pseudolithic
Seed Round in 2025
Pseudolithic specializes in developing semiconductor chipmaking processes for the growing RF and mm-Wave technology market. Its core offering is a heterogeneous integration process that combines diverse materials and functionalities onto single chips, enhancing clients' access to superior silicon chips.
Wald.ai
Seed Round in 2024
Wald.ai is a technology company that specializes in developing AI-driven platforms for secure and efficient data management. Their primary product is a regulatory compliance management system that leverages AI assistants to prevent data leaks. These AI assistants can securely handle tasks such as querying data, generating code, or uploading documents, ensuring comprehensive data security and protecting clients' privacy and trade secrets. The company's mission is to enhance productivity, foster team collaboration, and ultimately improve financial outcomes for its clients.
Nectir AI is an innovative platform designed for the education sector, enabling educators to develop customizable, FERPA-compliant AI Assistants integrated within Learning Management Systems (LMS). The platform aims to enhance the learning experience by providing students with 24/7 personalized support, thereby improving student outcomes while alleviating the workload of faculty and staff. In addition, Nectir fosters collaborative learning by connecting students enrolled in the same classes, offering tools that facilitate communication and engagement among peers and faculty. This approach not only strengthens relationships within the student body but also promotes a more cohesive educational environment.
The Futures App
Seed Round in 2024
The Futures App (TFA) is a technology company specializing in sports performance enhancement. It provides a comprehensive, customizable coaching platform for sports organizations, particularly baseball teams. TFA's platform offers a suite of tools including professional drills, workout routines, video analysis, strength and conditioning calendars, and remote coaching features. These tools enable organizations to create tailored coaching environments, helping players improve skills and performance through structured, data-driven training.
Billy
Venture Round in 2024
Billy is a construction insurance platform that enables users to verify vendors' insurance coverage and purchase coverage in one place. It also offers a compliance solution to collect, verify, and report on vendors' insurance policies, helping property developers and subcontractors track adherence, reduce risk, and improve project efficiency.
Quintessent
Seed Round in 2024
Quintessent Inc., incorporated in 2019 and headquartered in Santa Barbara, California, is a technology company focused on the commercialization of quantum dot-based lasers and photonic integrated circuits. The company develops advanced optical connectivity solutions that utilize the unique properties of quantum dot gain media, combined with co-designed architectures. This innovation enables high-bandwidth communication channels essential for optical networking, large-scale computing systems, and deep learning applications. By leveraging advanced semiconductor materials and laser architectures, Quintessent aims to facilitate the growth of next-generation optical networks and enhance capabilities in sensing and deep learning systems.
OpenTug
Seed Round in 2024
OpenTug operates a digital platform that connects shipping customers with marine service providers. It facilitates bookings, offers tracking tools, and provides automated quoting services to improve efficiency and reduce losses for both shippers and operators.
Kipu Quantum
Seed Round in 2023
Kipu Quantum develops application-specific quantum computing solutions tailored to immediate industrial use. It operates at the intersection of software layers, hardware platforms, and customer needs, creating quantum computing platforms that solve real-world problems across various business domains.
The Futures App
Seed Round in 2023
The Futures App (TFA) is a technology company specializing in sports performance enhancement. It provides a comprehensive, customizable coaching platform for sports organizations, particularly baseball teams. TFA's platform offers a suite of tools including professional drills, workout routines, video analysis, strength and conditioning calendars, and remote coaching features. These tools enable organizations to create tailored coaching environments, helping players improve skills and performance through structured, data-driven training.
Billy is a construction insurance platform that enables users to verify vendors' insurance coverage and purchase coverage in one place. It also offers a compliance solution to collect, verify, and report on vendors' insurance policies, helping property developers and subcontractors track adherence, reduce risk, and improve project efficiency.
Live Data Technologies
Series A in 2023
Live Data Technologies, Inc. is a company that specializes in developing and operating an online platform focused on providing real-time B2B contact information. Established in 2019 and headquartered in Santa Barbara, California, the company utilizes a continuous data stream from the open web to create, curate, and regularly update its database. Its platform serves as an organic reference source for B2B data, employing advanced tools and processes to intelligently extract and validate information. This approach allows organizations to access self-reported and accurate data efficiently, making it a vital resource for businesses seeking to confirm their professional interests and needs.
Anari AI
Venture Round in 2022
Anari AI develops tools for data analysis and decision-making. The tools enable users to process and interpret data. They provide insights that assist in various operational tasks. Anari AI serves sectors such as finance, healthcare, and logistics.
Kipu Quantum
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Kipu Quantum develops application-specific quantum computing solutions tailored to immediate industrial use. It operates at the intersection of software layers, hardware platforms, and customer needs, creating quantum computing platforms that solve real-world problems across various business domains.
D-Matrix is a computing platform dedicated to enhancing artificial intelligence inferencing workloads within data centers. The company aims to create and implement the world's first brain-inspired AI compute engine, catering to a diverse range of inferencing tasks in the expansive cloud and infrastructure edge markets. D-Matrix's innovative approach leverages in-memory computing techniques and addresses the challenges of memory-compute integration through a combination of mixed-signal and digital signal processing methods. This focus on efficiency enables clients to optimize their computing capabilities, particularly in the realms of generative artificial intelligence and large language models.
MixMode provides network visibility and predictive threat detection for cybersecurity. It offers the MixMode platform, an AI-based solution for real-time detection of known and unknown threats across cloud, hybrid, and on-premise environments. The platform self-learns network baselines, operates without predefined rules or extensive tuning, and enables autonomous threat detection, rapid investigation, and incident response. Deployable in minutes, it streamlines security operations and reduces alert fatigue. MixMode serves large enterprises, financial services, critical infrastructure, and government sectors, with headquarters in Santa Barbara, California and an office in San Diego.
Coreshell Technologies
Series A in 2022
Founded in 2017, Coreshell Technologies specializes in advanced materials engineering for lithium-ion batteries. The company focuses on enhancing battery performance and lifespan through its proprietary nanolayer thin-film coating technology, catering primarily to the electric vehicle and grid storage markets.
Gemist is a Los Angeles-based jewelry company established in 2018. It specializes in designing and manufacturing customizable rings and other accessories, with a focus on millennial consumers. Gemist's unique business model allows customers to design their pieces online, receive free replicas for trial at home before purchasing.
Nectir AI is an innovative platform designed for the education sector, enabling educators to develop customizable, FERPA-compliant AI Assistants integrated within Learning Management Systems (LMS). The platform aims to enhance the learning experience by providing students with 24/7 personalized support, thereby improving student outcomes while alleviating the workload of faculty and staff. In addition, Nectir fosters collaborative learning by connecting students enrolled in the same classes, offering tools that facilitate communication and engagement among peers and faculty. This approach not only strengthens relationships within the student body but also promotes a more cohesive educational environment.
LightDeck Diagnostics
Series B in 2020
MBio Diagnostics, Inc., operating as LightDeck Diagnostics, specializes in developing rapid clinical diagnostics and sample testing products that provide immediate results for various diseases, including HIV, hepatitis, COVID-19, and influenza. The company offers innovative solutions such as the MBio multiplex analyzers and disposable cartridges, which are applicable in medical, veterinary, environmental, food, agricultural, and military sectors. Their flagship product, the LightDeck device, delivers lab-quality results within minutes, making it suitable for diverse settings, from emergency departments and nursing homes to pharmacies and workplaces. Additionally, MBio array systems enable the simultaneous measurement of multiple analytes from a single sample through multiplexed fluorescence immunoassays. Founded in 2009 and headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, MBio Diagnostics is committed to advancing point-of-care testing with its proprietary technology that combines advanced laser waveguides and novel materials.
Coreshell Technologies
Seed Round in 2020
Founded in 2017, Coreshell Technologies specializes in advanced materials engineering for lithium-ion batteries. The company focuses on enhancing battery performance and lifespan through its proprietary nanolayer thin-film coating technology, catering primarily to the electric vehicle and grid storage markets.
MixMode provides network visibility and predictive threat detection for cybersecurity. It offers the MixMode platform, an AI-based solution for real-time detection of known and unknown threats across cloud, hybrid, and on-premise environments. The platform self-learns network baselines, operates without predefined rules or extensive tuning, and enables autonomous threat detection, rapid investigation, and incident response. Deployable in minutes, it streamlines security operations and reduces alert fatigue. MixMode serves large enterprises, financial services, critical infrastructure, and government sectors, with headquarters in Santa Barbara, California and an office in San Diego.
Wildnote
Seed Round in 2020
Wildnote is a cloud-based platform for environmental data collection, management, and reporting. The company provides a cross-platform solution consisting of a mobile app for iOS and Android, a web interface, and a library of prebuilt, agency-ready forms that support field surveys, photo management, and quick reporting in standard formats. The platform enables customizable forms, offline data capture, and efficient data workflows to help environmental consultants, utilities, and construction firms comply with regulatory requirements while improving productivity and data quality. It covers environmental compliance, monitoring, ecological restoration, wetlands delineation, remediation, and cultural resource management. By centralizing data collection, storage, and reporting, Wildnote aims to reduce errors and save time and money, achieving a favorable cost-to-savings ratio for projects that involve complex environmental regulations. The company was established in 2017 and is based in San Luis Obispo, California.
Pashion Footwear
Seed Round in 2020
Founded in 2016, Pashion Footwear specializes in the manufacture and distribution of innovative footwear designed specifically for women. The company's flagship product is a convertible heel-to-flat shoe, offering comfort and versatility while maintaining classic styles. With patent-pending technology available in over 30 countries, Pashion aims to empower women by providing practical and fashionable footwear solutions.
Live Data Technologies
Seed Round in 2020
Live Data Technologies, Inc. is a company that specializes in developing and operating an online platform focused on providing real-time B2B contact information. Established in 2019 and headquartered in Santa Barbara, California, the company utilizes a continuous data stream from the open web to create, curate, and regularly update its database. Its platform serves as an organic reference source for B2B data, employing advanced tools and processes to intelligently extract and validate information. This approach allows organizations to access self-reported and accurate data efficiently, making it a vital resource for businesses seeking to confirm their professional interests and needs.
Shine Bathroom
Seed Round in 2019
Shine Bathroom Technologies, Inc., established in 2018 and based in Santa Barbara, California, specializes in manufacturing and distributing innovative, automatic toilet cleaning and maintenance devices. Their flagship product automates bathroom cleaning and maintenance, offering chemical-free cleaning and automatic deodorization, enhancing overall bathroom hygiene and user experience.
Live Data Technologies
Seed Round in 2019
Live Data Technologies, Inc. is a company that specializes in developing and operating an online platform focused on providing real-time B2B contact information. Established in 2019 and headquartered in Santa Barbara, California, the company utilizes a continuous data stream from the open web to create, curate, and regularly update its database. Its platform serves as an organic reference source for B2B data, employing advanced tools and processes to intelligently extract and validate information. This approach allows organizations to access self-reported and accurate data efficiently, making it a vital resource for businesses seeking to confirm their professional interests and needs.
Pashion Footwear
Seed Round in 2019
Founded in 2016, Pashion Footwear specializes in the manufacture and distribution of innovative footwear designed specifically for women. The company's flagship product is a convertible heel-to-flat shoe, offering comfort and versatility while maintaining classic styles. With patent-pending technology available in over 30 countries, Pashion aims to empower women by providing practical and fashionable footwear solutions.