• Queue

  Participated · Seed · Jun 2026

  Queue has developed a fully autonomous robotic pharmacy system that takes sealed wholesale pill bottles in one end and produces filled, verified prescription vials out the other. The platform currently supports 250 of the most prescribed medications in the United States and the company says it can deliver medications at up to 96% lower cost than traditional pharmacy operations. Queue has deployed a working prototype and has secured a major national pharmacy chain as a customer, providing early commercial validation. The company was co-founded by CEO Nick Desai and CTO Josh Liu; Desai previously founded Heal and Liu’s experience includes roles at Tesla and Zipline. Queue currently has a team of 20 engineers in Silicon Valley and is actively hiring across robotics, hardware, software and pharmacy operations. The company is positioning its autonomous fulfillment system for deployment across retail locations, hospitals, rural communities and other care settings facing pharmacy access and labor challenges.

• Taste Labs

  Participated · Seed · Jun 2026

  Taste Labs is building data and infrastructure aimed at enabling AI models and agents to make better subjective judgments, with an initial focus on design. The company says it has collaborated with leading frontier model labs to develop post-training datasets and reinforcement-learning environments to improve model behavior. It has also worked with application-layer companies to create context and verification tools for agents to produce more on-brand and creative outputs. Taste Labs announced its launch out of stealth alongside an $18.5M seed round co-led by Amplify Partners and CRV and supported by multiple institutional and angel investors. The company framed its long-term ambition as making AI outputs not just technically correct but feeling "right." No revenue, user metrics, valuation, or founding year were disclosed in the articles.

• Podium Automation

  Participated · Series A · Jun 2026

  Podium Automation builds and ships UL 508A certified industrial control panels using a software-driven end-to-end design and manufacturing process. Its proprietary software connects customer requirements, eCAD design tools, and shop floor instructions to automate component selection and generate validated assembly instructions. The company says it can design and deliver panels in less than four weeks versus legacy lead times that often exceed 12 weeks. Podium emphasizes manufacturability and component availability to reduce errors and speed delivery, serving customers from scale-ups to Fortune 500 manufacturers. It operates a UL 508A certified facility and plans to expand manufacturing capacity and grow engineering and operations teams. Podium was founded in 2024 and is headquartered in Brooklyn, New York; it has raised $18 million in Series A funding, bringing total capital raised to over $23 million.

• LightTable

  Participated · Series A · May 2026

  LightTable develops an AI-powered platform that performs peer review of real estate development documents. Its system processes PDFs including architectural plans and engineering specifications and delivers coordinated reviews covering constructability, mechanical, electrical, plumbing (MEP), accessibility, and fire and life safety. The platform generates a list of potential issues that could lead to change orders or construction delays. LightTable serves developers, architects, engineers, and general contractors. The company raised $6M in seed funding and intends to use the proceeds to expand operations and broaden its business reach. LightTable was founded in October 2024.

• Barnwell Bio

  Participated · Seed · Jan 2026

  Barnwell Bio delivers a metagenomic biosurveillance platform that captures the entire microbial fingerprint of poultry barns, turning hundreds of thousands of data points into actionable dashboards for veterinarians and producers. By identifying pathogen spikes before clinical symptoms appear, the system lets managers shift from reactive treatment to proactive flock management. The New York–headquartered startup was founded by the team that built the U.S. COVID-19 wastewater monitoring infrastructure and is already working with partners such as Mississippi State University, West Liberty Foods, and Vital Farms. Rising USDA/FDA pressure to reduce routine antibiotics and costly outbreaks like Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza position Barnwell’s data layer as a must-have for the $315 billion global poultry market. The company plans to use newly raised funds to expand throughout the Midwest and Southeast poultry belt and to strengthen its proprietary insights engine. Significant investment will go toward hiring bioinformatics, data science, and AI/ML talent to deepen predictive capabilities. No revenue or user numbers have been disclosed.

No current team members are available.