• Ora Computing

  Led · Seed · Jun 2026

  Ora Computing builds software and algorithms to compress and optimise AI foundation models, claiming up to 80% model size reduction and up to fourfold inference speedups while typically keeping accuracy losses between 0 and 5%. Its technology integrates with standard inference frameworks and operates across hardware platforms without requiring custom software layers, infrastructure changes, or capital-intensive retraining. The company demonstrated compressing a 70-billion-parameter model within hours at a compute cost below $1,000, and estimates that 1% market penetration could save over 50,000 tonnes of CO₂ annually. Ora targets cloud inference providers and organisations deploying AI at the edge, and plans to use the new funding to expand the team, extend compression capabilities for the largest models, and launch a commercial product. Stefan Sack is cited as CEO and co-founder.

• Investbanq

  Participated · Equity · May 2026

  Investbanq is an AI-native WealthTech company building an AI Wealth Operating System to digitize processes for wealth and asset management. The company is based in Singapore, focuses on Southeast Asian markets, and counts large banking institutions in Asia among its clients. Founded in 2022, Investbanq positions itself as an AI-first player within wealth management and emphasizes deep digitalization rather than payments-focused FinTech. The founding team has prior exits and capital-markets experience, which the company cites as a competitive advantage in product and fundraising. Investbanq has closed two funding rounds of $3.0M each (Seed and Pre-Series A) and has used systematic outreach and offline founder meetings to secure institutional investors and anchor cases. The company highlights product traction with anchor clients and a growing pipeline in the region as it scales.

• Newo.ai

  Participated · Series A · Feb 2026

  Newo builds an artificial-intelligence platform that creates human-sounding voice and text agents capable of answering, routing, and resolving customer inquiries across channels such as phone calls, SMS, web chat, and WhatsApp. Tailored for managed service providers, VoIP providers, software companies, and agencies serving small-to-medium businesses, the system is designed for production-grade use rather than experimentation. Partners can white-label and customize agents to engage SMB customers in sectors from dental practices and restaurants to home delivery and cleaning services. More than 15,000 AI agents have already been created on the platform, demonstrating early traction. The company plans to accelerate product development, grow its partner ecosystem, and scale go-to-market activities to meet rising demand. Newo has raised roughly $32 million to date through angel, seed, SAFE, and Series A financings, providing a solid capital base for expansion. The firm was founded by David Yang and Luba Ovtsinnikova and operates out of San Francisco, California.

• vitrealab

  Participated · Series A · Jan 2026

  Vitrealab is a Vienna-based spin-off from the Quantum Group at the University of Vienna that is building and manufacturing display components for AR glasses. Its core product, the Quantum Light Chip (QLC), is a photonic integrated circuit that houses hundreds of low-loss optical waveguides paired with nano-imprinted micro-optics and multiple RGB laser diodes to generate uniform, collimated light. This micro-scale light engine is intended to dramatically improve brightness and efficiency in AR displays. With its proprietary chip architecture, the company targets partnerships with AR headset manufacturers and other optical component suppliers. The firm plans to use newly raised funds to accelerate QLC development, broaden market reach, and deepen collaborations with industry partners. Founded in 2018 by Chiara Greganti, Jonas Zeuner, and Nobel laureate Anton Zeilinger, Vitrealab is currently led by CEO Ronny Timmreck. Financial details beyond the latest capital injection were not disclosed in the article.

• Lumai

  Led · Equity · Apr 2025

  Lumai develops optical processing hardware that performs core AI arithmetic operations inside optical beams travelling through 3D space, aiming to bypass the limits of silicon GPUs and integrated photonics. Its PCIe-form-factor design uses low-cost optical components to enable cost-effective, high-performance AI inference. Lumai says its architecture can deliver roughly 50× the performance of silicon-only accelerators while using about 10% of the power consumed by conventional data-center AI hardware. The company has overcome scalability challenges in optical computing and positions itself as an enabler for next-generation large-language-model inference. Lumai secured more than $10 million in investment to support the next stage of growth. It plans to use the funds to advance product development, double headcount, and expand its US presence. Company leadership and technical founders have received external recognition, including participation in the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Shott Accelerator and inclusion on the Photonics 100 list.

No current team members are available.