Prolific Machines
Series B in 2024
Founded in 2020, Prolific Machines is a San Francisco-based biotech company dedicated to revolutionizing cell production for a sustainable future. It combines advanced technologies to enable large-scale cell manufacturing, aiming to improve therapeutic protein production for biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies.
Cedar is the operator of a platform designed to shorten the time between land acquisition and permitting. The web-based explorer of the company simplifies property search, site analysis, zoning, code compliance, and financial modeling, allowing clients to select the best design options for the site.
Hypervolt
Series A in 2023
Hypervolt is a vertically integrated energy transition company focused on advancing grid management technologies and facilitating the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs) while promoting the decarbonization of transportation in the mobility sector. The company operates electric charging networks that allow EVs to be charged conveniently and efficiently at any time and place. Hypervolt's technology employs cloud-based software and Internet of Things communication networking, offering a smart charging solution that includes a specialized charging cable and device equipped with artificial intelligence for vehicle recognition and electrical safety. This innovation enables customers to access affordable and reliable smart charging services.
SiPhox Health
Series A in 2023
SiPhox Health, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, specializes in designing and manufacturing innovative diagnostic solutions. The company develops next-generation diagnostics infrastructure, including at-home test kits and central lab systems. Their flagship product is a disposable biosensor cartridge that assesses 17 blood biomarkers, providing insights into inflammation, hormonal health, metabolic fitness, and cardiovascular health. SiPhox Health's platform merges biochemistry, photonic chip technology, integrated photonics, electronics, and microfluidics to enable sensitive readouts of immunoassays and nucleic acid tests, facilitating point-of-need and at-home diagnostics.
Type One Energy
Seed Round in 2023
Founded in 2019 by renowned fusion scientists and business leaders, Type One Energy is dedicated to delivering sustainable and affordable fusion power globally. The company employs advanced manufacturing methods, computational physics, and high-field superconducting magnets to develop its optimized stellarator fusion energy system. Its FusionDirect program aims for a low-risk, efficient path to a fusion power plant within the next decade.
Kodama Systems
Seed Round in 2022
Kodama Systems is a technology company focused on forest management, aiming to enhance forest resilience and carbon sequestration. Its innovative solutions streamline in-field operations through a comprehensive approach that improves productivity in forest thinning. The company's technology leverages simulation, teleoperation, and equipment integration to provide valuable feedback and insights. By addressing the challenges posed by wildfires and carbon emissions, Kodama Systems supports the construction and mining industries in their efforts to mitigate climate impacts while promoting sustainable forestry practices.
Any Distance
Pre Seed Round in 2022
Any Distance operates an online fitness platform that enables users to share their workout experiences via customizable story templates. It prioritizes privacy, is compatible with popular fitness apps, offers goal tracking, achievement medals, and fosters an active social network.
Charma
Venture Round in 2022
Charma is a company that offers a people management application platform aimed at enhancing team communication and accountability within organizations. The platform facilitates effective work relationships by guiding interactions between managers and employees. It provides structured processes for one-on-one meetings, continuous feedback, employee recognition, goal setting, and performance evaluations. Through these features, Charma seeks to improve team performance and support the development of human capital in the workplace, ultimately helping organizations unlock their full potential.
Neutral is a carbon-neutral food company building a sustainable carbon-neutral food ecosystem, starting with dairy products such as milk and half-and-half. Founded in 2018 and based in Portland, Oregon, the company seeks to reduce the carbon footprint of the food system by producing dairy and meat products through carbon-neutral processes, including organic milk from pasture-raised cows. The portfolio emphasizes nutritional quality, with products that deliver omega-3 and conjugated linoleic acid, aiming to offer healthier dairy and meat options while advancing greener emissions reductions.
Emerge
Venture Round in 2022
Emerge, Inc. is a consumer technology company founded in 2015 and based in Mountain View, California. The company specializes in developing a multi-sensory communication platform designed to enhance virtual interactions by integrating touch, sight, sound, and emotional connectivity. Emerge's flagship product line, the Wave-series, utilizes patented technology to create ultrasonic forcefields that users can physically feel, enabling experiences such as a "virtual high five" or the sensation of holding hands across distances, all without the need for gloves or controllers. This innovation aims to address the widespread feelings of disconnection experienced by over two billion people globally, focusing on fostering emotional connections in communications. Emerge boasts a diverse team of industry veterans and former entrepreneurs with expertise in consumer electronics, augmented reality, gaming, and brain-computer interfaces.
Emerge, Inc. is a consumer technology company founded in 2015 and based in Mountain View, California. The company specializes in developing a multi-sensory communication platform designed to enhance virtual interactions by integrating touch, sight, sound, and emotional connectivity. Emerge's flagship product line, the Wave-series, utilizes patented technology to create ultrasonic forcefields that users can physically feel, enabling experiences such as a "virtual high five" or the sensation of holding hands across distances, all without the need for gloves or controllers. This innovation aims to address the widespread feelings of disconnection experienced by over two billion people globally, focusing on fostering emotional connections in communications. Emerge boasts a diverse team of industry veterans and former entrepreneurs with expertise in consumer electronics, augmented reality, gaming, and brain-computer interfaces.