Participated · Equity · Mar 2026

KEWAZO builds robotics and AI solutions for heavy-industry material movement, with its flagship product LIFTBOT designed to replace cranes and manual handling. LIFTBOT is deployed at more than 20 sites across North America and Europe, including refineries, petrochemical plants, chemical facilities, and power plants. The company leverages operational deployments to collect structured data and is developing a broader Physical AI platform to drive further automation and transparency across industrial workflows. KEWAZO positions its technology to improve safety, increase efficiency, and enhance schedule predictability for maintenance, turnaround, and capital projects. The company has raised a total of $35 million in funding and plans to use the new capital to expand deployment capacity, extend into additional workflows, and deepen customer integrations. KEWAZO operates from Munich and Houston and counts both traditional venture investors and strategic corporate investors among its backers.

Participated · Series A · Jan 2026

Fleetzero is a marine technology company that sells Leviathan™ electric and hybrid propulsion systems that can be retrofitted onto existing ships or installed on new builds. The system is marketed as cheaper, safer and cleaner than traditional marine powertrains, delivering maintenance and fuel savings while enabling future autonomous operations. The firm is also developing unmanned cargo vessel technology, positioning electrification as a key enabler for marine autonomy. Fleetzero recently opened a Houston, Texas headquarters that houses manufacturing, an R&D center and a marine robotics lab. The first production line has an annual capacity of 300 MWh of marine energy-storage systems, with plans to scale to 3 GWh per year within five years. The company believes its high-volume manufacturing approach can help revive U.S. and European shipbuilding. Commercial deployments of the Leviathan™ system are already underway with global vessel operators.

Led · Seed · Oct 2025

Civilized AI is a New Orleans–based “gov-tech” startup founded in 2023 by serial entrepreneur Matt Wisdom after his $75 million exit from TurboSquid. The company builds AI agents that integrate with city websites, databases, and communication channels—chat, text, email, and more—to let residents request services and help governments manage workflows. Its debut product, ChatNOLA, launched in February and has already enabled a single power user to submit 222 service requests through the city’s 311 system, illustrating early traction. Civilized AI positions its platform as a step beyond conventional 311 portals, offering content management, controlled knowledge bases, and complex workflow automation for comprehensive municipal operations. The startup intends to scale its technology to cities nationwide, addressing aging infrastructure and long-standing inefficiencies in local governments. To finance product development and hiring, the company has secured a $2 million seed round, placing it in the top 17 % of Southeast seed deals over the last year, according to PitchBook data.

Participated · Series A · Nov 2023

Inclusively's core product is Retain, a workplace personalization platform that merges advanced AI with a framework to centralize accommodations and help employees tailor their work environment. Retain automates over 60% of the accommodation process, provides data and analytics for continuous learning, and offers a transparent, confidential experience for employees. The company cites a $4,000 cost savings each time an existing employee discloses accommodations, and gives the example that 1% disclosure at a 1,000-person company yields $1 million in annual savings. Inclusively serves over 50 enterprise clients, including Delta, Pfizer, Accenture, Charles Schwab, and Edward Jones, and provides integrated access to one million diverse candidates. With the new funding, the company plans to expand Retain to address individual needs across underserved demographics such as caregivers, veterans, and immigrants. Inclusively has active partnerships with the Saints and Pelicans, which have engaged approximately 10% of their full-time employees since the start of the partnership.