Led · Series D · Jun 2026

Suno builds AI models that generate music and has grown to rank near the top of the App Store music charts. At the time of its Series C, company materials indicated users were generating over 7 million songs per day. Financially, Suno raised a $400 million Series D at a $5.4 billion valuation, up from a roughly $2.45 billion valuation about seven months earlier. The company has attracted participation from both traditional venture firms and music-industry participants, though it did not name specific artists. Suno faces significant legal challenges: it has acknowledged training its models on copyrighted songs and argues that its use falls under fair use, while major labels including Sony and Universal have sued and expanded their allegations; Warner reached a licensing settlement. The company has not publicly detailed specific future product plans or precise use of the new funds in the announcement.

Participated · Seed · Apr 2026

Ineffable Intelligence is a startup that was the subject of media coverage after announcing a $1.1 billion Seed round at a $5.1 billion valuation. The raise was characterized as historic in size for a seed-stage financing. Public reporting did not describe the company's products, services, or core technology. The articles also did not provide operating metrics such as revenue or user counts. No information about the company's founding year, location, or future plans was included in the coverage.

Participated · Series C · Jun 2025

Kalshi operates a prediction market exchange where users trade "event contracts" on outcomes of real-world events such as elections, award shows, and sports. The platform is a federally regulated financial exchange overseen by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC). Founded in 2018 and based in New York City, Kalshi has raised a large Series E round that initially amounted to $1.0B at an $11B valuation and recently received an additional $4.7M. The company has attracted a broad set of investors, including sports and entertainment figures and family offices. Management has stated the new capital will be used to expand operations and support development efforts.

Participated · Series C · Mar 2025

BuildOps, founded in 2018 and based in Los Angeles, builds field service management SaaS that helps commercial contractors in the U.S. and Canada with project management, service, dispatching, and invoicing via AI-powered automation. Its per-user annual-contract pricing serves HVAC, plumbing, mechanical, electrical, and fire and life safety contractors and the platform claims to boost efficiency, reduce errors and downtime, and increase profitability. The company reports over 1,000 commercial contractor customers and about 375 employees, up roughly 50% year over year. Chanani declined to disclose hard revenue figures but said the company launched its platform in 2020, surpassed seven figures in its first year, tripled that figure in 2021 and 2022, and then doubled revenue in 2023 and 2024. BuildOps is not yet profitable as it prioritizes aggressive scaling and investment in product and technology. It plans to use the new capital to expand headcount, invest in products and its API architecture, and pursue strategic acquisitions. BuildOps provides a SaaS platform for commercial service and project-oriented trade contractors to manage workflows and operational tasks. The purpose-built technology integrates scheduling, dispatching, inventory management, contracts, workflow, purchasing, and invoicing into a single software suite. It serves commercial contractors of all sizes, from a dozen employees to several thousand. The platform is designed to address industry challenges such as supply chain delays and the skilled labor shortage. BuildOps is led by CEO and founder Alok Chanani and is based in Los Angeles, CA. The company raised $50M in a round that brought total funding to $100M and plans to use the proceeds to accelerate growth and cement its market position. BuildOps is a SaaS technology platform that integrates scheduling, dispatching, inventory management, contracts, workflow, and accounting into a single software suite for commercial contractors. The product is built specifically for modern commercial contractors with staff ranging from a dozen to thousands of employees. The company plans to use the funds to expand operations and its business reach. BuildOps was founded in 2018 by co-founders Alok Chanani, Steve Chew, and Neeraj Mittal and is based in Los Angeles, California. The article frames the company as an all-in-one management solution for the commercial contracting market. BuildOps sells an integrated software platform that combines scheduling, dispatching, inventory management, contracts, workflow and accounting into a single package for commercial real estate contractors. The product targets subcontractors with staffs ranging from a few dozen to several hundred employees. The company plans to use the new financing to support continued growth. BuildOps positions itself against fragmented tech adoption in the subcontractor segment of the commercial construction market. The company cites industry context that commercial construction spending grew from $626 billion to $807 billion over the past three years. The founding team includes former ServiceTitan developer Neeraj Mittal, Steve Chew, and Alok Chanani.

Participated · Series A · Nov 2024

Physical Intelligence develops pi, a vision-language-action foundation model intended to control diverse robot bodies and perform dexterous manipulation tasks. The company open-sourced pi-0's weights and has showcased demos such as folding laundry, bagging groceries, and making coffee. Founded in 2024 in San Francisco, the team is deliberately small (about 50–100 people) and includes academics and former industry researchers like Karol Hausman, Sergey Levine, and Chelsea Finn. It has raised roughly $2.1 billion to date but reports no revenue and no fixed commercialization timeline, prioritizing research. The company's thesis is that a single general robot brain can generalize across hardware, and its fundraising has attracted major investors including Jeff Bezos, OpenAI, CapitalG, Founders Fund, and Lightspeed.