Participated · Seed · Jul 2026

Founded in 2025 and based in London, geoSurge builds a Corpus Engineering platform aimed at shaping how generative AI models process and represent brand entities. The company positions its product as an auditable, data-science-driven alternative to traditional SEO for managing brand representation in LLMs. GeoSurge sells software that helps businesses influence how models learn, retain and represent their brands. Following a $12M Seed raise, the company plans to expand its research and engineering teams and accelerate development of its proprietary platform. The financing includes both institutional seed capital and strategic angel participation from AI practitioners. The article did not disclose revenue, user metrics, or prior funding rounds.

Participated · Equity · Apr 2026

GetWhys provides a platform that treats buyer research and go-to-market (GTM) work as a single motion, grounding GTM decisions, messaging, and customer conversations in verified buyer intelligence. Its product is built on a proprietary database of in-depth B2B buyer interviews and a data foundation that compounds with each contributing customer. The company serves product marketing and GTM teams at mid-market and enterprise B2B companies and counts customers such as Intel, Verizon, and CDW. Over the past year GetWhys doubled headcount to 16, grew revenue more than 10x, and expanded its customer base more than 20x. The recent funding will support accelerating go-to-market efforts, continued product development, and advancement of its proprietary dataset. GetWhys is headquartered in Boise, Idaho, with offices in Portland, OR, New York, NY, and Bozeman, MT.

Participated · Seed · Feb 2026

Derapi builds the connective software infrastructure that allows distributed energy resources (DERs) to plug into grid programs through a single, standardized API. Its platform offers secure data access, device control, and authorization, turning fragmented devices into coordinated grid-scale assets for utilities, virtual power plant operators, and energy software providers. The company is led by veterans from EnergyHub, Enphase, AutoGrid, and Proterra who aim to eliminate integration complexity in the rapidly expanding DER ecosystem. Customer feedback, including from Uplight, indicates that Derapi dramatically shortens the time required to onboard new battery partners. With electricity demand rising and grid reliability under pressure, Derapi positions itself as the trusted interoperability layer that unlocks flexibility and resilience. The newly secured funding will expand the team and support connectivity for millions of smart energy devices across the United States. Although the company has not disclosed revenue or user numbers, its focus is on scaling adoption of its universal integration layer among energy innovators.

Participated · Seed · Dec 2025

Founded in 2023, Corma offers specialized agents that automatically collect data on license renewal terms, authorized users, and real-time usage across a company’s software stack. This insight enables customers to cut total software spend by up to 20 % and reclaim hundreds of hours typically lost to provisioning and access reviews. The platform targets small- and mid-sized enterprises contending with rapidly expanding application portfolios—an average growth from 8 apps in 2015 to 112 in 2023. Corma currently serves clients such as Brevo, Owkin, Mobilexpense, Skello, Hack The Box, and Brut, and maintains a 4.8/5 customer satisfaction score on Gartner. The company was the youngest entrant in Gartner’s Magic Quadrant for SaaS Management and was recognized for the fastest feature-shipping cadence. New funding will be directed toward further product development, AI capabilities, and commercial expansion. Although revenue figures were not disclosed, the fresh capital positions Corma to accelerate growth in the face of mounting software sprawl and Shadow AI risks.

Participated · Seed · Oct 2025

Milvus Advanced is an Oxford-based deep-tech startup that designs nanoalloy materials capable of matching or exceeding the properties of platinum-group and other critical metals. Its proprietary, independently validated alloys offer superior durability and performance in electrochemical and optoelectronic systems while relying only on abundant elements. Operating on a B2B model, the company targets sectors such as clean energy, transport, chemical manufacturing and electronics, where cost, performance and sustainability intersect. By removing dependence on geopolitically fragile and expensive raw materials, Milvus aims to stabilize supply chains and lower environmental impact. Early pilots are underway with global electrolyser OEMs and chemical manufacturers, showing initial commercial traction. Armed with fresh capital, the firm intends to scale production, grow its team, enter the U.S. market for manufacturing and partnerships, and expand R&D into additional material systems. No revenue or user metrics have yet been disclosed, but management positions Milvus at the forefront of a new materials revolution that underpins the energy transition.