Participated · Seed · Jul 2026

Founded seven months ago by Kofi Asante, Bluecore Energy develops small modular reactors (SMRs) installed on floating barges intended to supply clean power to ports and nearby communities. The reactors heat water to produce steam that drives a turbine; the system is water-cooled in a closed loop and the company says refueling would be required only once every few years. Bluecore’s barges are designed to be relocatable by ship and can connect to the grid via subsea cables, with targets including powering the equivalent of approximately 15,000 homes or scaling to meet a major port’s needs. The startup has secured a port terminal, a barge and a test reactor pressure vessel to validate flow and cooling, and is combining hardware and software testing to verify its designs. The company is working with regulators and emphasizes multiple layers of safety and redundancy, including uranium clad in a thick steel pressure vessel with concrete shielding and steel lining. Financially, Bluecore announced a $10 million pre-seed raise led by Slauson & Co. to fund deployment and testing.

Participated · Seed · Jul 2026

Librari provides a contract intelligence platform that surfaces agreements across drives, email, and e-signature tools, makes contract terms searchable in plain English, and automatically tracks key dates and renewals. The platform is SOC 2 Type II aligned, does not move customer files, and does not train on customer data. Co-founded by T.J. Clark (CEO) and Doug Squires (CTO), the company aims to help businesses cut costs, protect revenue, reduce risk, and save time. Following its $1.75M pre-seed raise, Librari plans to deepen its product and expand its go-to-market team. The company intends to use the new capital to broaden adoption among growing businesses. No revenue or user metrics were disclosed in the reporting.

Participated · Seed · Jun 2026

Founded in 2022 and based in Austin, Artis builds connected intelligence about residential design and construction practices to manage their brand presence across social media, websites, and AI search. The company serves more than 60 firms, including McALPINE, Kligerman AD, Schafer & Company, Cravotta Interiors, and Foursquare Builders. Artis centralizes each client’s voice, standards, and project decisions into underlying intelligence that feeds every surface it runs, with work that compounds over the life of the partnership. The company plans to expand its product from social media into websites and generative-engine optimization (GEO) and will launch websites and AI-search discoverability in the coming months. Artis has also made senior hires—Melissa Fodo as Head of Brand & Marketing and David Moon as Head of Client Partnerships—to support its growth.

Participated · Seed · Jun 2026

Intellectible offers AI-powered proposal writing software that supports advanced AI workflows to complete complex proposal actions. The company is based in Austin, Texas. In June 2026 it raised $3 million in a Seed round backed by Anorak Ventures, Capital Factory, Circadian Ventures, Plug and Play Tech Center, and Techstars. The articles emphasize the platform's capabilities around advanced proposal workflows but do not disclose revenue, user metrics, or other operating KPIs. No specific future product plans or detailed use of funds were reported. The funding was noted as another sign of growth in Austin's artificial intelligence ecosystem.

Participated · Seed · May 2026

Casimir is commercializing the MicroSparc chip, which the company says harvests energy directly from quantum vacuum fields to provide continuous power without batteries or charging cycles. The technology and fabrication work referenced DARPA-supported nanofabrication and was recently described in a peer-reviewed paper in Physical Review Research. The project is led by Harold “Sonny” White, a physicist formerly with NASA. Casimir announced an oversubscribed $12 million seed round to fund efforts to bring the chip to market. The company has positioned this financing as seed equity and disclosed a wide group of participating investors but did not report revenue, users, or a prior valuation in the article.