• Alcatraz AI

  Led · Series B · Apr 2026

  Alcatraz develops the Rock™, an AI-driven physical access control solution that authenticates people as they walk past entry points without taking photographs or storing biometric images. The company positions its technology as privacy-first facial authentication (not surveillance), designed to meet GDPR, CCPA, BIPA, and other compliance requirements. Its customers include leading AI data centers, major U.S. airports, energy companies, Fortune 100 enterprises, NFL teams, and top universities. In 2025 the company reported rapid adoption metrics: more than 300% year-over-year growth in data center adoption, 200% growth in new enterprise customers, and a fivefold expansion across Fortune 500 deployments. Alcatraz has raised over $100 million in total capital and plans to use the new funding to expand into new verticals and international markets and to grow its team.

• Finom

  Participated · Series C · Jun 2025

  Finom is an Amsterdam-headquartered fintech startup developing a unified mobile-first financial platform for businesses that combines banking functionality, invoicing, accounting and financial management. Its platform includes invoicing today and a growing set of features such as AI-supported accounting. The company reports expansion into key European markets including Germany, France, the Netherlands, Italy and Spain. Finom has raised approximately $346 million in total capital following a €115 million Series C and an earlier $105 million growth round involving General Catalyst. The business emphasizes simplifying financial operations for entrepreneurs and building scalable, regulatory-aware financial infrastructure. No public revenue or user metrics were disclosed in the provided articles.

• Ramp Network

  Participated · Series B · Nov 2022

  Ramp Network, founded in 2018 and based in London, offers payment infrastructure to bridge crypto and traditional finance. Its product allows users to buy crypto without leaving their dApp or wallet and helps companies increase conversion. The company plans to invest the new capital into its product line, add local fiat currencies and payment methods, expand into new territories, and continue hiring talent. Ramp raised $70M in a Series B that brought its total fundraising to $122.7m over the past 12 months. The business was founded by Sypniewicz and Przemek Kowalczyk. Ramp provides a non-custodial, full-stack payment infrastructure that lets businesses embed crypto on- and off-ramps via a simple SDK, avoiding the need to route users through exchanges. The platform is designed to shorten onboarding and reduce verification friction, enabling users to move between Ramp-powered services more quickly. Ramp has partnered with more than 400 developers, including Mozilla, Browser, Dapper Labs, and DeFi apps such as Aave, Argent, Trust Wallet and Zerion, and is the exclusive on-ramping partner for Sorare and Flow. Integrations include Opera browser top-ups and usage by games like Axie Infinity, which cut onboarding time from hours to minutes. The company has regulatory approvals from the U.K. Financial Conduct Authority and U.S. FinCEN, and in 2020 received an open banking license from Poland’s KNF. Ramp has raised a total of $63 million to date and aims to ultimately enable banks and financial institutions to offer crypto transactions inside their banking apps. Ramp builds a non-custodial, full-stack payment infrastructure and SDK that enables brands and partners to offer crypto-enabled services without needing their own licenses. The platform is registered with the UK Financial Conduct Authority as a cryptoasset business and with Poland’s KNF as an open banking business. Ramp’s technology is embedded by more than 200 developers and partners, including Mozilla, Opera Labs, Dapper Labs, Sorare, Aave, Argent and Zerion. Use cases today include wallet top-ups inside the Opera browser and in-game NFT transactions on Sorare; the company says it could expand into bank apps and other mainstream financial services. Ramp has worked with Alior Bank to learn cooperation with a major bank and plans to expand into new regions, add registrations and licences, and further develop its platform. The company intends to grow its partner network and triple its team by the end of 2021.

• SWTCH

  Participated · Equity · Aug 2020

  SWTCH Energy builds and supplies EV charging units and management software (SWTCH Cortex) aimed at multifamily buildings and commercial properties. The company is pursuing North American expansion, targeting larger commercial opportunities and faster project deployments. Recent financing is being used to boost inventory levels and provide working capital to accelerate rollouts. SWTCH is also investing in AI-driven network monitoring for its charging solutions. The company was selected to supply EV charging infrastructure and software to the city of Richmond, Virginia, demonstrating commercial traction in municipal contracts. Its current financial position includes a new credit facility plus a recent strategic investment to support growth and technology development. Swtch Energy provides EV charging solutions and an advanced charging product called Swtch Cortex, targeting multifamily, commercial, and workplace properties. The company leverages existing grid infrastructure and a partnership network to help building owners and operators deploy charging in multi-tenant buildings. It plans to use recent funding to accelerate AI-driven network monitoring, load management, and continued development of Swtch Cortex. Swtch was recently selected by Greystar to manage 2,500 charging stations across 136 Greystar properties in Washington state. The company is led by CEO Carter Li and operates from Toronto, Canada. Its Series B has been expanded to $31.2M following the latest investment. SWTCH Energy builds EV charging solutions for multi-tenant and multifamily buildings across North America. Its core offering combines turnkey EV charging hardware with integrated energy management software, notably SWTCH Control, which provides visibility into building electrical loads and lets owners install and manage up to ten times more chargers on existing infrastructure. The company targets deployment challenges including upfront costs, limited electrical capacity, and charger reliability for new and aging multifamily properties. SWTCH has grown its charging network tenfold since its Series A and is headquartered in Toronto with offices in Brooklyn and Boston. With new capital, SWTCH plans to accelerate deployments in multi-tenant buildings, advance SWTCH Control using machine learning and AI, and expand integrations with industry software to improve experiences for property managers and tenants. The company is positioning itself to meet growing demand as EV sales rise and building codes increasingly require properties to be EV-ready. SWTCH delivers EV charging hardware, software-based energy management, and a charging-as-a-service offering tailored to multi-family buildings, lowering financial and technical barriers to charging where hardware upgrades can be costly. The company integrates clean fuel standard credits, charging infrastructure incentives, and ancillary service market participation into its core offering to reduce operational costs and eliminate upfront capital requirements for property owners. SWTCH reports charging systems installed in 200 multi-family buildings (about 75% of its stations deployed in multi-family locations and roughly 50% of sites classified as low-to-moderate income). By the end of 2022 the company expects to manage 5,000 charging ports in over 900 locations across all 50 U.S. states and 10 Canadian provinces, with over half of those ports in low-to-moderate income multi-family buildings. Headquartered in Toronto with offices in Brooklyn and Boston, SWTCH is participating in the Clean Fight accelerator and is working with partners to deploy chargers in LMI communities. The company aims to scale deployments across North America to accelerate equitable EV adoption in market-rate and low-to-moderate income communities. SWTCH Energy develops open standards-based EV charging hardware and software combined with distributed energy resource aggregation to improve grid efficiency. Its platform includes scheduling and reservation systems to optimize charger usage and revenue, vision-AI enforcement to prevent loitering in EV spaces, and battery energy storage integration with load management to minimize infrastructure upgrade costs. The company targets urban multi-family settings and sells to real estate developers, building operators, and property managers. SWTCH plans to expand its product and service offerings to metropolitan areas across North America following the financing. As of this round the company has raised C$3.5M in equity, grants, and non-dilutive funding. SWTCH was founded in 2016 and is a MaRS Cleantech company and graduate of CSI Climate Solutions, Communitech Fierce Founders, and the DMZ Sales Accelerator.

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