Led · Seed · Jul 2026

EELI Technology develops modular, field-deployable electrochemical systems designed to recover lithium and other critical minerals from low-grade or chemically complex sources. The team, led by founder Mert Akin, Ph.D., has its technology roots in programs such as Activate and Cyclotron Road at Berkeley Lab. EELI recently closed an oversubscribed $2 million pre-seed round to accelerate commercialization and expand operations. Over the next 18 months the company plans to build commercial-scale pilot systems, expand its Hayward, California technology development and manufacturing facility, and prepare for initial U.S. customer-site deployments. EELI has also received support from the California Energy Commission and the U.S. Department of Energy as it moves from research to commercial pilots.

Led · Seed · May 2026

Mindtail is building next-generation hybrid casual puzzle games using an AI-native production model. The studio was founded by R. Tamer Özgen, Umut Yıldız, Sarper Karabağ and Doğuşcan Öztürk, whose backgrounds include roles at Dream Games, King, Tactile, Ace Games and Codeway; Art Director Ece Özgüle is part of the team. Mindtail aims to accelerate prototyping and lower per-iteration costs by using its AI-focused pipeline, targeting the output of a 20-person studio with a core seven-person team. The company plans to triple its headcount shortly and has established an option pool to align founders and employees. Mindtail recently raised $2 million in a pre-seed round to fund hiring, infrastructure development and marketing tests, and expects to announce its first game soon.

Participated · Seed · Feb 2026

Cendra is building an AI-driven operations layer for hospitality that embeds pre-trained, domain-specific autonomous agents into everyday property management workflows. These agents handle triage, decision-making, task creation, follow-ups and standard-operating-procedure enforcement across guest communications, property tasks and vendor coordination, escalating only true exceptions to humans. By connecting knowledge, decisions and execution, the platform helps hotel and short-term-rental operators scale portfolios without adding operational chaos. The product turns routine work into agent-run workflows that provide guardrails for consistency, safety and auditability. Looking ahead to 2026, Cendra plans to introduce AI-assisted cleaning and inspection workflows, deepen smart-home integrations with locks, thermostats and sensors, and evolve its UI into a review layer focused on activity timelines and exception management. The company has secured $1 million in seed funding to accelerate these integrations and increase the share of operational work completed end-to-end without human involvement. No additional revenue or user metrics were disclosed in the fundraising announcement.

Participated · Seed · Jan 2026

Flowla is a London-based startup that turns the traditional digital sales room into a unified, branded workspace that spans the entire customer journey from proposal to onboarding. Its no-code platform lets revenue teams build predefined buyer journeys with templates, AI-generated content, and automated communication rules that trigger follow-ups based on real-time buyer behaviour. For example, when a prospect views pricing, Flowla can detect their role, draft a tailored email, alert the sales rep, and queue the message for review. Founded by CEO Erdem Gelal and CTO Oguz Gelal, the company targets the persistent manual gaps that slow complex B2B deals and cause misalignment between Sales and Customer Success. By automating stakeholder coordination and follow-ups, Flowla aims to create more predictable, repeatable revenue execution. The firm has raised a $2.5 million seed round and plans to invest the proceeds in expanding its automation engine, enhancing AI-driven content capabilities, and building a dedicated U.S. go-to-market team.

Participated · Equity · Dec 2025

Founded in 2022 by Güven Bölükbaşı, Gökmen Güven and Mehmet Kıral, Buluttan builds AI-driven weather intelligence solutions. Its platform produces location-specific, high temporal and geographic resolution numerical forecasts and machine-learning models. The SaaS suite underpins decision-support systems for air, land and sea transportation as well as logistics operations, while also delivering production forecasts and market analytics to wind, solar and hydroelectric power plants. Buluttan is a member of the Horizon WeatherGenerator consortium, collaborating with leading European national meteorology agencies to create a foundational AI atmospheric model. To date the company has raised $2 million in equity funding. The latest capital will accelerate growth in Turkey and support expansion into European and Middle Eastern markets.