Taavet Hinrikus

Co-Founder

23 past transactions

IXI

Series A in 2025
IXI is a company focused on advancing optical eyeglasses technology to enhance vision. It specializes in innovative lenses designed to offer a wide and clear field of view for both near and intermediate distances, effectively addressing the shortcomings of conventional progressive lenses. By providing a farsighted eyeglass prescription, IXI enables users to read and work with optimal vision without the need for multifocal lenses or constant switching of eyeglasses. The company aims to modernize traditional eyeglass optics, ensuring that individuals can experience vision as nature intended.

Relay

Series A in 2025
Relay is a technology-enabled delivery network that enables businesses to expand and improve their e-commerce operations.

Robeaute

Series A in 2025
Robeaute is a research and development agency that develops neurosurgical microrobots that can adapt to different types of medical evidence.

The Exploration Company

Series B in 2024
The Exploration Company specializes in the development, manufacturing, and operation of modular and reusable spacecraft known as Nyx, which are intended for use in orbit around Earth and the Moon. These vehicles are designed to be refueled in space and incorporate environmentally friendly propellants. By offering an open-source operating system for Nyx, the company aims to democratize space exploration, making it more accessible to new entrants in the field. The Exploration Company focuses on providing cost-effective solutions for in-space experiments, allowing participants to engage in space exploration at a fraction of the cost associated with traditional platforms like the International Space Station.

Oriole Networks

Series A in 2024
Oriole Networks is a company focused on improving the performance of artificial intelligence systems and enhancing the efficiency of data centers. By leveraging advanced optimization techniques and resource utilization strategies, Oriole Networks aims to accelerate machine learning processes while significantly reducing energy consumption. This commitment to innovation not only enhances AI performance but also promotes sustainable practices across various industries, contributing to a more environmentally friendly future.

VSPARTICLE

Series A in 2024
VSPARTICLE is a company that specializes in the development of nanoparticle generators for a wide range of applications, including sensors, batteries, catalysis, solar cells, healthcare, and additive manufacturing. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Delft, The Netherlands, VSPARTICLE's technology allows for the on-site production of nanoparticles, facilitating their immediate integration into final products. This capability supports researchers and industries in creating sustainable materials and innovative applications by providing essential building blocks for various sectors. By streamlining the production process, VSPARTICLE enables faster development cycles and promotes the advancement of new technologies.

Feather

Series A in 2024
Feather is a Berlin-based company that offers personalized insurance advice to customers in Germany. Founded in 2018, it specializes in recommending various insurance policies, including liability, car, renter’s, life, disability, and savings. Feather has developed a digital insurance platform that ensures transparency throughout the customer experience, from policy selection to claims processing and termination. The platform is designed to provide clients with honest and straightforward guidance, enabling them to make informed decisions about their insurance needs.

Proxima Fusion

Seed Round in 2024
Proxima Fusion develops innovative power plants utilizing optimized stellarators to create magnetic cages for high-energy particles. The company focuses on the first generation of fusion power plants designed to produce abundant and emissions-free electricity through the fusion of atomic nuclei. By harnessing this advanced technology, Proxima Fusion aims to provide clean, renewable energy solutions, enabling businesses to generate safe and sustainable power.

Sano Genetics

Series A in 2024
Sano Genetics Limited is a health technology company based in Cambridge, United Kingdom, that operates a user-centric genetic data-sharing platform. Founded in 2017, the company enables individuals to contribute their genetic and health data for research purposes, thereby advancing personalized medicine and scientific understanding. It provides researchers with tools to analyze user-consented data, facilitating recruitment for studies and clinical trials. The platform supports research on a variety of genetic conditions and human traits, including common disorders such as eczema, diabetes, and depression, as well as rare diseases like muscular dystrophy. By allowing participants to share their genetic information, Sano Genetics aims to enhance the development of new treatments and cures in the field of medicine.

Robin AI

Series B in 2024
Robin AI is a legal infrastructure business that rethinks how contracts are drafted, negotiated, and used. Robin AI caters to a broad spectrum of clients, ranging from large multinational corporations to SMEs and scale-ups. Its self-serve software enables SMEs to streamline contract processing with greater speed and cost efficiency. For larger enterprises, advanced AI features facilitate the efficient editing and querying of high-volume contracts, complemented by specialized support from the company's 45 in-house legal professionals.

Arbonics

Seed Round in 2023
Arbonics is a tech-based carbon and ecosystem platform for forest and landowners in Europe.

Unitary

Series A in 2023
Unitary Ltd is a company based in Cambridge, United Kingdom, founded in 2019, that develops artificial intelligence software using graph-based technology to enhance online safety. The company's AI software focuses on context-aware analysis, employing multimodal machine learning to interpret videos and other visual content uploaded to the Internet. By accurately and efficiently detecting inappropriate material, Unitary aims to enable users to take proactive measures to protect their communities. Their innovative computer vision models are designed to analyze content at scale, providing a comprehensive understanding of online information and helping to create a safer digital environment.

VSPARTICLE

Venture Round in 2023
VSPARTICLE is a company that specializes in the development of nanoparticle generators for a wide range of applications, including sensors, batteries, catalysis, solar cells, healthcare, and additive manufacturing. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Delft, The Netherlands, VSPARTICLE's technology allows for the on-site production of nanoparticles, facilitating their immediate integration into final products. This capability supports researchers and industries in creating sustainable materials and innovative applications by providing essential building blocks for various sectors. By streamlining the production process, VSPARTICLE enables faster development cycles and promotes the advancement of new technologies.

Proxima Fusion

Pre Seed Round in 2023
Proxima Fusion develops innovative power plants utilizing optimized stellarators to create magnetic cages for high-energy particles. The company focuses on the first generation of fusion power plants designed to produce abundant and emissions-free electricity through the fusion of atomic nuclei. By harnessing this advanced technology, Proxima Fusion aims to provide clean, renewable energy solutions, enabling businesses to generate safe and sustainable power.

Pesto

Series A in 2023
Pesto is a fintech startup that offers Pesto Mastercard, an asset-backed secured credit card. Pesto Mastercard is making credit more affordable, even if you don’t have an excellent credit history or a good credit score.

Teton

Seed Round in 2023
Teton is a Danish AI company specializing in the healthcare sector, focused on enhancing the nursing experience through innovative technology. The company develops advanced deep learning and computer vision products that empower caregivers to operate more efficiently, alleviating the burdens of being overworked and handling tedious administrative tasks. Teton's flagship product is a contactless patient monitoring tool designed to assist care staff in delivering effective patient care. This tool employs predictive algorithms to provide insights into patient conditions, helping healthcare providers monitor their wards effectively and prevent potential complications or accidents. By streamlining these processes, Teton aims to reignite nurses' passion for patient care, fostering a more supportive and efficient healthcare environment.

Unearthly Materials

Seed Round in 2023
Unearthly Materials is a transformative materials company developing superconducting technology. Superconductors will have an impact on every aspect of our lives in the future. We discovered the first superconducting material at room temperature and hope to bring its benefits to everyone.

Karman+

Seed Round in 2023
Asteroid mining has lived at the intersection of scientific research and popular culture for decades, with as many academic papers published as there are books, TV shows and movies about it. Access to resources, with its finite nature and disparate distribution of resources, plays an essential part in the geopolitical web of power and wealth. It has defined economic growth to such an extent that we have been using them as primary demarcation lines and identifiers in our history, from the stone to bronze and iron age to our current silicon age. But our resources-driven growth faces a massive existential challenge, with climate change, ecosystem degradation and resource depletion demanding a complete reset. Humanity needs to shift global transportation, manufacturing, construction and energy onto a sustainable path. Expanding beyond the Kármán line is where we believe transformative future growth and innovation will be found. Recent missions by NASA (OSIRIS-REx & DART) and JAXA (Hayabusa2) have firmly pushed the idea of using space resources from academic research into commercial opportunity. We believe the Regolith Age, powered by abundant space resources, is an inevitability that we can accelerate.

Robin AI

Series A in 2023
Robin AI is a legal infrastructure business that rethinks how contracts are drafted, negotiated, and used. Robin AI caters to a broad spectrum of clients, ranging from large multinational corporations to SMEs and scale-ups. Its self-serve software enables SMEs to streamline contract processing with greater speed and cost efficiency. For larger enterprises, advanced AI features facilitate the efficient editing and querying of high-volume contracts, complemented by specialized support from the company's 45 in-house legal professionals.

Conjecture

Seed Round in 2022
Conjecture is an AI safety startup based in London, founded by Connor Leahy, Gabriel Alfour, and Sid Black. The company focuses on applied and scalable AI alignment research, aiming to enhance the understanding and control of current AI models. Leveraging their expertise in building large language models, Conjecture is also creating a range of products designed to help businesses optimize various aspects of their workflows.

Arbonics

Pre Seed Round in 2022
Arbonics is a tech-based carbon and ecosystem platform for forest and landowners in Europe.

Hubble

Venture Round in 2022
Hubble operates an online marketplace designed to connect businesses seeking flexible office space with landlords and commercial space providers in London. The platform simplifies the process of renting office space by allowing users to search for various options, including co-working, shared offices, and private serviced offices. Hubble streamlines the entire transaction process, enabling clients to pay rent, sign contracts, and fulfill their office needs with just a few clicks. By reducing administrative burdens, Hubble adds value for both tenants and office providers, facilitating a quicker and more efficient match between those needing space and those offering it. This approach helps businesses find the right balance between office and remote work, supporting their operational needs and team productivity.

Field

Venture Round in 2022
Field is a renewable energy company aiming to accelerate the build-out of renewable infrastructure needed to reach net zero. The company creates the renewable energy infrastructure and trading company of the future
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