Participated · Seed · Aug 2026

Dirac Labs is developing navigation technologies aimed at enabling positioning and access beneath the Earth's surface and underwater. The company intends to apply its recent pre-seed funding to accelerate development and deployment of those systems to operate where GPS does not reach. Dirac has supplemented venture backing with public grants and accelerator support from NOAA via gener8tor, the Mercatus Center, the Indo-U.S. Science and Technology Forum, and the Wisconsin Entrepreneurship Hub in partnership with the University of Wisconsin–Madison. The team includes founders Akshit Goyal, Sanket Deshpande and Aishwarya Das, and the company emphasizes early product-building progress. No revenue, user, or valuation figures were disclosed in the announcement.

Participated · Seed · Feb 2026

Brilliant Harvest is a Calgary-based technology company focused on the heavy equipment industry. Its core product is an AI customer experience platform that converts complex service and parts data into immediate guidance for dealership service, parts, and aftermarket teams, increasing wrench time and overall service efficiency. Deployed at dealership groups across North America, the platform aims to reduce downtime and streamline customer interactions. The solution leverages artificial intelligence to surface precise answers from technical documentation, manuals, and historical service records. Led by founder and CEO Remi Schmaltz, the company plans to use newly raised capital to expand operations and accelerate product development. While no specific revenue or user metrics were disclosed, the company’s growing customer base in North America signals early market traction.

Participated · Series A · Oct 2025

EPIC is a Dallas-based financial technology company focused on modernizing how automotive dealers, lenders, and insurers handle loan payoff and title release transactions. Its cloud platform connects the industry’s largest network of financial institutions, replacing manual, error-prone steps with a secure, fully digital process that accelerates vehicle movement and lowers holding costs. Current customers include automotive dealers, vehicle lenders, and automobile insurers across the United States. The company claims its system reduces delays, cuts processing errors, and saves dealerships thousands of dollars each month. With fresh capital, EPIC intends to broaden its partner network and enhance its infrastructure for even faster, more reliable transactions. The roadmap also includes expanding the solution into adjacent verticals such as powersports and RV markets. The recent Series A financing strengthens the company’s balance sheet and funds continued product innovation and market expansion.

Participated · Seed · Apr 2025

EVident Battery develops rapid, non-destructive EV battery pack inspection solutions powered by AI that execute in less than two minutes. The company’s diagnostics target non-cell failures and structural integrity issues that are undetectable without teardown, aiming to improve pack longevity, manufacturing quality control, and secondary-market transparency. EVident has launched a pilot product to validate performance, refine its AI models, and begin real-world deployment. The company plans to standardize EV battery service and inspection and to build a centralized EV battery database for full transparency. EVident will use newly raised capital to expand R&D, enhance manufacturing capabilities, form strategic partnerships, and hire engineering, manufacturing, and business development staff. It recently closed a $3.2 million seed round to finance these initiatives.

Led · Seed · Dec 2024

EvenFlow AI is an Atlanta-based company that provides AI-powered capacity management and revenue optimization solutions for automotive dealership service departments. Its platform uses data-driven algorithms to optimize service scheduling, increase lane utilization, and enhance customer satisfaction. These improvements are intended to boost profitability for dealership partners. Founded by CEO Dave Anderson, the company raised $1.5M in seed funding in December 2024. The round was led by Automotive Ventures and FM Capital. EvenFlow AI says it will use the proceeds to expand operations and accelerate development and product efforts.