Participated · Equity · Aug 2026

River Technologies provides AI-native engineering and software development services to major financial institutions. The company reported surpassing seven figures in revenue with a lean team of five. It has raised a total of $9.5M to date, including a seed round led by Founders Fund and a subsequent $3.5M raise. River is actively hiring across its engineering team, offering base salaries of $250k–$400k plus 0.5–2% equity. The company operates from an office in New York City and positions itself to support financial firms in their transition to AI-native software development.

Led · Series A · Jul 2026

Discern provides an automated legal entity management system of record that digitizes U.S. government filings across jurisdictions. Its platform offers automated annual report filings, Secretary of State services, entity payment processing, and digital Service of Process (SOP) delivery. The company serves more than 800 clients across technology, finance, and healthcare, including Vestwell, Accolade Partners, and IA Ventures. Led by CEO Raj Patel and based in Dover, DE, Discern plans to use its Series A proceeds to expand operations and engineering teams and to build new features for its Registered Agent service. Financially, the company has raised $10M in this Series A, bringing total funding to $17.5M.

Participated · Seed · Jul 2026

Founded in 2023, Besty AI began as a communications tool and expanded into AI-driven automation across guest communications, operations and revenue management for short-term rental providers. Its platform integrates with major property management systems such as Guesty, OwnerRez, Hostaway and Hospitable, and includes an agentic conversational upselling engine that targets orphan nights and ancillary upgrades like early/late checkout. Besty serves roughly 300 customers and manages 30,000 properties across 25 countries. Over the past year the company scaled its team from eight to 22 employees and is continuing to hire. Management plans to grow the enterprise segment while using the recent seed funding to further develop the product and support sales and marketing efforts.

Participated · Seed · Jun 2025

Audos provides AI-powered business-development tools and AI agents that help non-technical founders build products in natural language and test customer acquisition quickly. The studio also assists with distribution, primarily via paid social advertising, and uses its systems to validate sustainable customer acquisition costs. Audos offers founders up to $25,000 in funding and does not take equity; instead it takes a 15% revenue share that continues indefinitely. Since its beta launch the company has helped launch the "low hundreds" of businesses and currently employs five people. Founders using Audos include one- and two-person teams offering services from virtual coaching to niche logistics. The team says it intends to scale from launching tens of startups a year toward hundreds of thousands, with ambitions to enable mass entrepreneurship.

Led · Series B · Sep 2024

Daisy provides national home and small-business technology installation and services, including custom audio/visual, shades, control systems, home security and smart lighting design and installation, plus ongoing support and recurring services. The company operates via franchise locations and has invested in acquisitions to grow its branch operations and market presence. Daisy allocates half of each dollar raised to acquire new businesses and half to build systems that support integration, recruiting, retention, marketing, sales, and its tech stack. In its first year, Daisy has completed its 10th acquisition and opened its seventh franchise location, with leading market positions in California and Florida and additional locations in Connecticut, Colorado, Virginia and Arizona. The company emphasizes servicing clients and franchise partners through long-term support and tools to enhance local-branch operations and customer experience. Daisy provides recurring, consistent home-technology installation and services, including audio/video, security systems, smart lighting, automated shades, home networking, and control systems. The company positions itself as the first national smart-home servicing company and has expanded coast-to-coast with nine locations across five states. It has grown through acquisitions and by onboarding franchise locations in multiple regions. Daisy plans to use new funding to expand its support team, branches, and an innovative branch support center, and to continue M&A and franchising. Financially the company is debt-free, reports a $35 million revenue run rate, and has long-term investment partners. Total invested capital to date is over $20 million in its first year. Daisy provides installation and support services for smart home and small business technology, offering personalized business coaching, dedicated technician support, a 24/7 call center, training tools, marketing support, and recurring service offerings. Led by CEO and founder Hagan Kappler, the company supports integrators across setup and operations and has expanded via franchise conversions and acquisitions. Earlier this year Daisy announced franchising availability and converted Brilliant AV in Southern California and Digital Homes in the Tampa Bay area. The company has acquired integration firms serving Connecticut, Northern California, and South Florida and says it is operating coast-to-coast. Daisy aims to be in at least 16 markets this year with plans for nationwide coverage by 2025. The firm raised new capital to support partner onboarding and to develop its branch support center. Daisy provides home automation products, services, and software designed to help individuals and families use technology in their homes. The company partners with home automation companies, entrepreneurs and technicians to deliver its offerings. Daisy says it is building the first national brand in home automation with clear, simple solutions. Its platform aims to connect families, remote workers, and business owners to one another, best practices, and coaching. The company is led by CEO and founder Hagan Kappler and is based in Newport Beach, CA. Daisy intends to use its Seed funding to expand operations and broaden its business reach.