Participated · Series A · Aug 2026

Princeton Critical Minerals develops and commercializes an integrated technology platform for extracting lithium from brine, including products named Lilypad™, SmartPond™, and E-LiTE™. The company is operating field deployments that produce validation data under industrial conditions. With the new financing, PCM plans to scale manufacturing and expand commercial deployments while building U.S.-based production capabilities. The firm aims to continue advancing its core extraction technologies toward full commercial execution. The company also reported growth in its team as it prepares to execute on upcoming milestones.

Participated · Seed · Jan 2026

Transition Metal Solutions is a mining-tech startup that creates low-cost, mostly inorganic additives designed to elevate entire microbial communities inside copper heap leaches rather than targeting single strains. In laboratory tests, its proprietary cocktail has lifted copper extraction to 90% versus the 60% achieved with conventional processes, and the team anticipates commercial recovery rates of 50-70% compared with today’s 30-60%. Each mine receives a tailored formulation following microbial assays, and the company aims to build predictive models that recommend treatments in advance. Management believes the technology can materially narrow the looming global copper supply gap by increasing output 20–30% from existing operations. Near-term plans include third-party validation by a respected metallurgy laboratory and a demonstration heap containing tens of thousands of tons of ore. The recently raised seed financing will fund these milestones and support further data collection to accelerate commercialization. The company has not yet disclosed revenue or customer figures.

Participated · Seed · Oct 2023

Gozen makes Lunaform, a microbial cellulose biomaterial produced by microorganisms during a 10-day fermentation process; the company says the material is vegan, plastic-free and contains no toxic chemicals. Lunaform is presented as a singular, fully formed sheetable material with customizable thickness and texture, currently produced in 13-square-foot sheets and as thin as 0.2 mm. Gozen says the material delivers strength and flexibility superior to composite plant-based leathers and was unveiled at Balenciaga’s Summer 24 show during Paris Fashion Week. The startup plans to target both the fashion and automotive industries and is applying for patents in multiple countries after securing patents in Turkey. Gozen, originally from Turkey and now ported to San Francisco, plans a production facility in Turkey with capacity of up to 1 million square feet. The company has raised seed funding to support scaling but no revenue or user metrics were disclosed in the article.

Participated · Series A · Aug 2022

Bounty Media operates a Zero Party Data platform that empowers consumers to control their personal data and be rewarded for sharing it with advertisers and publishers. The company serves advertisers and publishers across news networks, telcos, games and OTT partners, and counts three of the world’s seven largest advertisers — including Procter & Gamble — as clients in Southeast Asia. Bounty launched in Indonesia in 2021 and has expanded into Thailand, Malaysia and the Philippines while expanding its team in Singapore. Its partners (Viu, Vidio, dtac, Indosat) serve a collective audience of 187 million; the company plans to reach a 1 billion person audience by the end of 2023. Bounty says it is building the foundation of a marketplace for consumers to sell their data for $1 a day and will continue rollout across Southeast Asia and the rest of APAC through 2022 and 2023. The company was founded in November 2019 in Singapore.

Participated · Series A · Oct 2021

Adcount Technologies operates SupplyNote with three business verticals: a SaaS inventory‑management product for large restaurants, fulfillment services, and a marketplace (Vyap) for small restaurants. Founded in 2019, the company serves roughly 5,000 outlets across 86 cities and manages goods and procurement across its verticals. Its SaaS vertical facilitates about $100M in annual purchases in India; Vyap enables approximately $2.25M in procurement in Noida and Greater Noida, and SupplyLink manages $5M in goods across 42 cities. The company aims to expand to 30,000 F&B outlets globally by the end of fiscal 2025 and targets facilitating $1.2B in purchases, achieving $25M ARR for Vyap, and distributing $150M through SupplyLink. Adcount has raised a total of $5M to date, including the recent $2.25M Series A. The latest funding will be used to support initial international expansion focused on the MENA region and Southeast Asia. SupplyNote (Adcount Technologies Private Limited) offers a combined SaaS and e-commerce stack to solve procurement for restaurants and other HoReCa businesses. Its platform helps restaurants understand purchasing trends, plan production, anticipate stock-outs, set low-stock alerts and auto-create purchase orders. The product’s USP is simplifying how restaurants order from vendors and enabling faster, simpler communication with vendors on the platform. SupplyNote reported 800% growth during FY20–21 and is present in 41 cities across 3 countries. The company intends to use new funding to hire, upgrade its technology stack, scale its HoReCa marketplace, extend credit options via partners, enable easier transactions between restaurants and suppliers, and reinforce its fulfillment service. It is also pursuing strategic partnerships with POS, payments and loyalty companies. Supplynote operates a supply chain automation platform focused on digitising supply chains in the food & beverage industry. The company is described as the second platform launched by parent company Adcount Technologies in the direction of supply-chain digitisation. It is headquartered in Noida. In October 2020 Supplynote completed a $600,000 bridge financing. The round included participation from strategic and angel investors, and was led by SOSV and Artesian Ventures. The article does not disclose operating metrics, valuation, or specific use of proceeds.