• Refine

  Participated · Seed · May 2024

  Refine provides open-source solutions that accelerate the build of internal tools, admin panels and B2B web applications by eliminating repetitive CRUD tasks using a React-based stack. The company was founded in 2022 by Civan Özseyhan, Ömer Aplak and Eren Erkalkan and is part of Y Combinator. Refine reports monthly usage by some 15,000 developers and says it supports more than 5,000 companies and over 10,000 projects. It recently launched an Enterprise Edition targeted at corporate customers needing comprehensive security, support and official integrations with enterprise identity providers and relational databases. The startup says the new funding will be used to develop new products and contribute to innovation and transformation in the software space. Product focus remains on enabling teams to build better web applications with fewer resources and in less time.

• Stellar Sleep

  Participated · Seed · Feb 2024

  Stellar Sleep offers a mobile app that delivers a personalized, interactive program combining cognitive behavioral therapy, acceptance and commitment therapy, and motivational interviewing to treat chronic insomnia. Users complete an onboarding assessment and can connect wearables; the program adapts over time based on sleep statistics. The company charges a $60-per-month subscription and a clinical assessment of 500 users found the app to be 50% more effective than sleeping pills. Founders George Wang and Edrei Chua developed the product after experiencing long clinician wait times and seeking a therapy-first approach. Stellar Sleep plans to use new capital to expand app content and curriculum, grow clinician partnerships for greater personalization, and scale distribution to reach more people.

• Giga ML

  Participated · Seed · Dec 2023

  Giga ML develops a foundational AI infrastructure layer that allows enterprises to deploy emotionally intelligent agents capable of reasoning, acting, and resolving customer issues in real time. Its platform employs retrieval-augmented generation and contextual reasoning to deliver policy-safe conversations across high-compliance sectors such as e-commerce, financial services, healthcare, and telecommunications. The system already manages millions of voice calls every month for customers including DoorDash, Postman, and Capital.com, slashing wait times and reducing escalations. At DoorDash, Giga ML’s deployment accelerated resolution speed and improved operational efficiency across teams serving nearly 50 million monthly users. Founded by IIT Kharagpur graduates and Forbes 30 Under 30 honorees Varun Vummadi (CEO) and Esha Manideep (CTO), the company positions itself as a replacement for traditional, human-heavy call centers. The newly raised capital will be used to expand the technical team, speed up go-to-market efforts, and scale deployments with the world’s largest enterprises. Prior investor commentary highlights the startup’s ambition to become a transformational AI company in customer support.

No current team members are available.