Participated · Seed · Jun 2026

Ornn develops infrastructure for the compute capacity market, including OCPI, a transaction-based index intended to provide a unified, trusted pricing benchmark for compute. The company also launched Ornn Compute, which aggregates dedicated GPU capacity from multiple neoclouds into a single platform with unified access, secondary transfer markets, and on-demand subleasing. Ornn says its approach enables operators to underwrite diversified demand through a single underwriting contract while buyers can view booked cluster site, hardware configuration, and terms. The OCPI index is intended to support risk-transfer products such as futures and options and has been referenced by partners including ICE. The articles do not report revenue, user metrics, founding year, valuation, or prior financing rounds.

Led · Seed · May 2026

Shatterdome Energy aggregates renewable generation, battery storage, and flexible industrial demand into a coordinated virtual power plant (VPP) network and uses AI-driven forecasting and dispatch to decide when to produce, store, or sell energy. Founded by quantitative trader Amann Shariff and announced from San Francisco, the company applies quantitative risk modeling and systematic trading techniques to convert physical energy infrastructure into structured, tradable instruments. Since launch, Shatterdome says it has deployed its core platform, moved 200 mWh of power in three months, and has 1.5 GW of assets in the pipeline. The startup intends to scale VPP integrations and expand across North America and Europe to capitalize on deregulated markets and growing industrial battery deployments. Its stated goal is to enable energy assets to participate dynamically in modern power markets by programmatically executing trades based on real-time grid data.

Participated · Seed · Apr 2026

Pillar builds an AI-driven platform that ingests and parses data from client contracts, cash flows, inventories, ERP systems, spreadsheets, and messaging to continuously analyze exposure across commodities, FX, and freight. The platform can build and manage hedge portfolios, execute trades, and automatically adjust positions based on market conditions, volatility, and client risk tolerance while keeping humans in the loop for approvals and complex situations. Pillar serves commodity-driven businesses and lists clients including Shibuya Sakura Industries, Sigma Recycling, and United Metal Solutions Group. The company was founded in 2023 by Harsha Ramesh and Chinmay Deshpande; Ramesh previously managed large derivative trading books. Pillar has raised $23 million to date following the $20 million seed led by Andreessen Horowitz.

Participated · Series A · Jan 2026

Standard Nuclear manufactures TRi-structural ISOtropic particle (TRISO) nuclear fuel, a ceramic- and carbon-coated uranium pellet designed to be more meltdown-resistant than conventional fuel. The company arose from the bankruptcy of Ultra Safe Nuclear Corporation (USNC) after Decisive Point’s founder acquired USNC’s fuel assets for $28 million. Standard Nuclear reports roughly $100 million in non-binding TRISO fuel orders slated for 2027 from customers such as Radiant Energy and Nano Nuclear Energy, both developers of advanced reactors. Management argues that, as more AI-driven electricity demand pushes small modular reactor deployment, reliable TRISO suppliers will be critical. The company believes its inherited know-how and early start position it to meet that demand ahead of other contenders. However, execution risk remains high because its fortunes are tied to customers successfully scaling reactor manufacturing. Prior to the present raise, the firm had secured $42 million in seed funding when it emerged from stealth seven months ago.

Participated · Seed · Dec 2025

Aravolta is a data center software company founded in 2024, headquartered in San Francisco, and part of Y Combinator's Spring 2025 batch, led by CEO Margarita Groisman, CTO Jack Sutton, and COO Pietro Sette. Its platform brings DCIM, EPMS, BMS, SCADA, and network operations into one interface, and the Aravolta Node acts as a virtual PLC that connects to any building, electrical, or IT device across protocols including Modbus TCP, BACnet/IP, OPC UA, SNMP, Redfish, and IPMI. A patent-pending auto-discovery engine configures a facility in under 48 hours from a library of more than 25,000 device templates, supporting branch circuit monitoring, tenant power billing, visual floor planning, and a white-label tenant portal. Customers span colocation providers, chip manufacturers, edge data centers, and emerging neoclouds, including OpenColo, Flexnode, DataCrunch, and Centra. The platform is available cloud-hosted, on-premises, or hybrid, and is SOC 2 Type II certified, ISO 27001 compliant, and HIPAA compliant. Financially, Aravolta has raised $5.1 million to date.