Participated · Series A · Jun 2026

Return Helper builds in-house products including a SaaS returns management platform with merchant and buyer portals, a proprietary warehouse management system with mobile apps, and FlexForward, its forward logistics service for cross-border shipping and fulfilment. The company integrates AI across operations to improve efficiency, shorten processing times, and raise service quality, which it credits for driving over 60% revenue growth in 2025 and achieving profitability in the second half of that year. Return Helper operates more than 20 overseas warehouses, partners with over 30 logistics and carrier providers, and supports marketplaces such as Shopify, Amazon, TikTok, and eBay. Europe has emerged as a major growth engine: EU revenue grew 215% in 2025 and nearly 100 European merchant partners work with the company, with first‑quarter 2026 performance pointing to continued triple‑digit growth. Planned use of recent funding includes international expansion (notably deeper Europe penetration), development of next‑generation AI agents for returns operations, and scaling recommerce to recapture value from returned inventory.

Participated · Equity · Feb 2026

ALL in provides an online marketplace that lists more than 2,500 partnering funeral halls nationwide, allowing families to compare plans and book one-day or family-focused funerals with transparency on cost and services. The platform’s proprietary “vacancy utilization model” fills unused time slots and rooms at partner venues, enabling lower prices without sacrificing quality. Users benefit from an easy comparison experience, while funeral homes boost occupancy and revenue, driving a reported 96 % customer satisfaction rate. Capitalizing on demographic shifts such as smaller households and declining attendee numbers, ALL in aims to modernize the life-ending industry through digital transformation. The company plans to enhance product features, broaden service offerings, and create additional value-add solutions in the broader death-care sector. Proceeds will also fund the hiring of sales, planning, and corporate talent—including a future CFO—as it looks ahead to potential public listing. No revenue figures were disclosed in the articles.

Participated · Series A · Sep 2022

Aesop Technology is a Taiwan- and US-based digital health startup that develops AI-powered clinical decision support and medical coding products. Its RxPrime product detects wrong-drug errors and provides real-time, patient-specific recommendations without disrupting clinical consultations. DxCode acts like a virtual data scientist, mining medical records to identify proper codes and speed inpatient coding workflows. Aesop spun out of Taipei Medical University and builds on a decade of work by Professor Yu Chuan (Jack) Li to reduce medication errors. The company moved its headquarters to San Francisco, launched two apps in the Epic App Market, was accepted into Mayo Clinic Platform_Accelerate, and published a paper with Harvard demonstrating portability of its model at U.S. hospitals. It plans to use the new funding to expand into the U.S. market and strengthen its tech team.

Led · Series B · May 2022

Rael offers a line of personal care products centered on clean period care and broader women’s wellness, using natural and sustainable materials. Its products are manufactured using South Korean manufacturing technology and designed by a development team based in South Korea. The company sells direct-to-consumer at getrael.com and through major retailers including Amazon, Target, Walmart, CVS, and Walgreens. Led by CEO Yanghee Paik, Rael positions itself as a 360° holistic solution for modern women. The company has raised $59M in total funding since its 2017 founding and plans to continue product innovation, expand its women’s wellness offerings, accelerate retail growth, invest in brand and trade marketing, and advance global expansion. Rael is a women’s personal-care brand founded in 2016 in the U.S. by three Korean women, known for ranking No.1 on Amazon in the sanitary-pad category. The company expanded to South Korea in 2018 and has since entered 15 markets. In 2018 Rael raised a Series A of 200억원 (KRW 20 billion) from investors including SoftBank Ventures, a GS Retail–Mirae Asset joint fund, and Lotte Shopping. Last year Rael recorded 200% year‑over‑year revenue growth. The company recently secured a new investment from Unilever Ventures and plans to accelerate distribution expansion into China and Latin America. Rael sells primarily through e-commerce and retail channels as it scales its international footprint. Rael produces organic cotton pads and pantyliners (both #1 Amazon Best Sellers in their categories), biodegradable cardboard and non-applicator tampons, and a "Period Beauty" line of facial sheet masks and acne healing patches. Launched in 2017 and based in Orange County, CA, the company was founded by three female co‑founders: Aness An, Binna Won, and CEO Yanghee Paik. Rael positions itself around healthier, chemical‑free alternatives to conventional feminine care products and consumer education. The company emphasizes comfort and performance while expanding its product assortment beyond period basics. Rael plans to use new funding to grow its DTC site GetRael.com, pursue global expansion, and explore partnerships with major brick‑and‑mortar retailers. The article does not disclose revenue or user metrics. Rael develops feminine hygiene and feminine care products. The company is based in Buena Park. Rael disclosed it raised $2.1M in a pre-Series A funding round. The funding came from SoftBank Ventures Korea and Thrive Market Ventures. Thrive Market Ventures is the venture capital investment arm of Los Angeles-based Thrive Market, which has been making investments in companies related to its organic food and products. Thrive Market's first investment was in March in organic snacks maker Square Organics.

Participated · Series B · Oct 2021

Admix builds an "In-Play" advertising platform that places programmatic, non-intrusive ads inside games, e-sports, virtual reality and augmented reality environments. The company is focused on providing infrastructure to automate ad serving and enable creators to monetize real-time 3D content. Admix says its tech scales across 300+ games and hundreds of advertisers, with roughly 90% of advertisers self-onboarding over the last two years. It has signed In-Play campaigns with brands including Calvin Klein, Schuh, Movember and Sky. The team positions the product for upcoming metaverse platforms and broader Web 3.0-style real-time 3D interactions. Admix competes with firms like Bidstack, Adverty, Anzu and Frameplay but emphasizes infrastructure and automation as its differentiators. Admix builds an SDK that enables developers to place programmatic ads inside games, esports, virtual reality and augmented reality. The SDK supports Unity and Unreal and allows developers to drag and drop ad formats such as billboards, posters and 3D spaces into their games. Admix emphasizes scalability, letting advertisers bid programmatically through traditional ad-buying platforms rather than relying on an ad-agency model. The company works with more than 200 developers and runs campaigns from more than 500 advertisers each month, with past advertisers including National Geographic, Uber and State Farm. Financially, Admix announced a $7M Series A and previously raised $2.1M; the company later added $1.5M to the Series A. Founders Samuel Huber (CEO) and Joe Bachle-Morris (COO) bring backgrounds in indie game development and the ad agency world, respectively. Admix provides a monetisation platform for AR and VR developers that enables placement of non-intrusive programmatic ads inside applications. The company positions its product as an alternative to intrusive ads that are poorly adapted to immersive formats. Admix recently partnered with Oath, the parent company of Yahoo and AOL, to broaden its media and advertising reach. Founded in 2017, the company operates from offices in London and San Francisco and employs 15 people. Management plans to double headcount within the next year. The startup has just raised $2.1 million to support its growth and product deployment.