Participated · Seed · Jul 2025

LeadStory provides an AI video search and on-demand news streaming service that answers user queries with licensed broadcast news clips to reduce AI hallucinations. The product, LeadStory ASK, surfaces exact points in broadcast stories from trusted publishers to deliver verifiable, multi-sourced video answers. The company partners with outlets including CBS, CNBC, Reuters, and Euronews to power its AI functionality. LeadStory reports a 10 million-strong global audience and operates FAST channels in a dozen markets on Samsung TV Plus and in North America on VIZIO. The startup was selected by Mercedes-Benz to power an in-car video news experience, and it plans to use new funding to roll out and expand its AI capabilities. Founded in 2021, the company announced the funding from New York.

Participated · Series A · Jul 2022

Ensuredit is a Gurugram, India–based InsurTech PaaS founded in 2019 that provides an AI-driven platform for brokers, corporate agents, insurance marketing firms, and insurers to enhance revenue generation. Its core offerings include digital onboarding, an end-to-end sales suite, multiple payment mechanisms, policy issuance, and post-sales management across general, life, and commercial/SME insurance. The platform uses AI/ML and computer vision to enable and empower end customers and intermediaries for a transformational customer experience. In July 2022 Ensuredit raised $4.2M in a pre-Series A round led by Cover Genius. The company plans to use the funds to grow the product offering and expand its technology team, deploying more context-relevant AI/ML and computer-vision products to simplify customer journeys and optimize onboarding. It also intends to add in-depth business analytics capabilities and prevent leakage in financial reconciliation. Ensuredit Technologies provides an integrated API platform that offers agent on-boarding, quote generation, payment processing, policy insurance comparison, cross-sell and upsell identification, and proposal creation. The platform is aimed at brokers, corporate agents, insurance marketing firms, and insurers to help boost their revenue. Ensuredit was founded last year by Amit Boni, Rohit Sadhu, and Vikas Ranga. Amit Boni is the founder and CEO and previously held senior roles at Motorola and Smartron; Sadhu was a director at EY and Ranga is an IIT Roorkee graduate and co-founder of docment.ai. The company said it will use the fresh capital to expand its technology team and marketing. Financially, the startup completed a Rs 2.5 crore pre-Series A raise (about $338,100).

Participated · Seed · Nov 2021

Ahura AI operates an AI learning experience platform and a proprietary talent development platform that the company says scales from private companies to nations. The product aims to retrain workers and create 'skills-ready' workforces as intelligent and autonomous systems redefine the future of work. The company states its vision is to embolden human purpose by creating technology to educate and position 10 times more of the world's population for the fourth industrial revolution, and it emphasizes team diversity and a global disposition. In January 2023 Ahura AI extended its seed+ investment round, bringing the total of the round to $5.6M. The company said the funds will support product development and sales activity. Ahura AI is based in San Francisco and is led by CEO & co-founder Bryan Talebi. Ahura AI develops an AI-powered one-to-one learning platform aimed at making e-learning more efficient and accessible. The company was founded in 2018 to help learners and workforces build skills as automation spreads. Its product focuses on personalized, skills-driven learning for professionals. In November 2021 Ahura AI closed a $3.0M seed funding round intended to support that mission. The round was oversubscribed and named participation from CP Ventures, 2.12 Ventures and other firms. Recent hires include Alex Tsado as COO and De Kai Wu as CTA. No operating metrics (revenue/users) were disclosed in the articles.

Participated · Seed · Aug 2021

Quantum Brilliance develops room-temperature synthetic-diamond quantum hardware, software and emulation tools aimed at edge quantum acceleration. Its 19-inch Quantum Development Kit operates at room temperature, currently contains two qubits, and is designed to integrate with classical systems without cryogenics or vacuum chambers. The company also offers a Software Development Kit and a high-performance Quantum Emulator to help users develop and validate edge quantum applications. Founded in 2019 as an Australian National University spin-off, the business has grown to over 90 people across Australia and Germany and established a Research Hub for Diamond Quantum Materials in Victoria. Future plans described in the article include launching several software products in 2023, conducting hardware field trials, expanding the research hub, and pursuing collaborations such as its pact with Nvidia to build a hybrid quantum-classical platform. The company has invested over $3 million into the research hub (matched by government funding) and recently completed an $18 million fundraise to advance its development and commercialization efforts. Quantum Brilliance develops diamond-based quantum accelerators that do not require near‑absolute‑zero temperatures or complex laser systems, enabling on-site deployment. The company provides a full stack of software and application tools to support its hardware and customer co-development. Spun out of the Australian National University in 2019, it is a venture-backed Australian‑German startup with international partnerships across North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific. Quantum Brilliance is actively hiring for about 20 roles to support research, development, engineering, and production. Its roadmap targets lunchbox-sized accelerators with over 50 qubits by 2025 to enable edge deployments in satellites, vehicles, hospitals, and robotic systems. The company announced a seed financing to advance R&D and deployment of its diamond quantum accelerator technology.

Participated · Equity · Aug 2021

MGA Thermal has developed Miscibility Gaps Alloy (MGA) Blocks that store thermal energy generated from renewable electricity and release it as industrial heat. The company is transitioning from pilot deployments toward full commercial rollout and plans to scale manufacturing and expand commercial operations. CEO Mark Croudace described the company as entering a period of rapid scale‑up focused on staffing, manufacturing growth and delivering customer projects. MGA Thermal is headquartered in the Hunter Valley. Financially, the business has now raised about $50 million in total capital, including a $14.15 million pre‑Series B round in 2024 and a $17 million financing led by IP Group Australia. The company positions its technology as a solution for reliable, low‑cost, industrial‑scale thermal storage to support decarbonization of industrial heat.