Participated · Seed · Mar 2026

Thunder Compute has developed a GPU virtualization layer over four years and has run it in its own cloud with over 10,000 users. The software aims to increase GPU utilization by enabling multiple workloads to share a single GPU rather than assigning one workload per GPU. The company is a small San Francisco-based team publicly led by Carl Peterson and Brian Model. With the newly raised capital, Thunder plans to partner with enterprises and cloud providers to scale virtualization across larger GPU fleets. The announcement did not disclose revenue, valuation, or additional operating metrics.

Participated · Seed · Jan 2026

Founded in 2023 and headquartered in Hanoi, Panthera Global operates across the full mobile-game lifecycle, specializing in mid-core action RPG (ARPG) and open-world RPG experiences. The studio has already published three titles that have collectively surpassed 7.5 million downloads, demonstrating strong user-acquisition efficiency, retention, and monetisation metrics. Panthera aims to create durable intellectual property that keeps players engaged over long periods. With its newly raised capital, the company plans to expand its core development and live-operations teams, push multiple mid-core RPG projects from production into global soft-launch and live environments, and invest in data, analytics, and content systems to support scalable IP growth. Management believes these investments will position Panthera to lead Vietnam’s transition toward sophisticated, long-term gaming IP on a global stage.

Participated · Series B · Dec 2025

Smooth operates a fintech platform that breaks up the hefty upfront costs of renting—such as security deposits, key money, and brokerage fees—into manageable installment payments. The service is delivered via LINE and features an AI-driven credit screening that can render a decision in as little as 15 seconds. It is popular with cash-constrained customers like new graduates and job-changers, and had more than 430,000 LINE registrants as of December 2025. Real-estate agencies benefit because the product reduces tenant drop-off and boosts contract conversion, leading to a three-fold year-over-year increase in participating stores nationwide. Smooth monetizes by financing the initial rental outlays and recouping them over time from users, and it is now expanding its product suite to adjacent financial services. The fresh capital will fund product enhancements, operational scale-up, and further development of new financial offerings. The company is also exploring diversified financing structures to support the growing volume of upfront rental advances.

Led · Seed · Oct 2025

Cataris centers its offering on a “Material Profiling AI platform” that cross-analyzes material databases, academic literature and patent information. The company’s AI agent automatically proposes novel use cases and improvement pathways, shifting what was traditionally an experience-based, manually driven process to a data-driven workflow. Proprietary property-prediction tools and ontology technology enable the platform to mechanically process the largely unstructured “Material to Market” last mile. In proof-of-concept tests covering roughly ten materials, Cataris identified new applications in about half the conventional development and proposal time. The newly raised capital will be used to increase agent accuracy, expand the profiling platform and make key hires, including a VPoE to reinforce the engineering team. Management also plans to roll out multiple AI products that span research, development and sales functions within the chemical sector. The article did not disclose revenue or user figures, but positions the company at a seed-stage financial footing with ¥50 million in fresh funding.

Participated · Equity · Sep 2025

Thirdverse is an XR game studio that plans, develops, sells, and operates XR games for global markets. The company states a vision of creating a new virtual world used by one billion people and has offices in Tokyo and San Francisco. Thirdverse was founded on May 1, 2023, and is headquartered in Nakano, Tokyo. It recently announced a social VR title with Sanrio, "Hello Kitty Skyland," and plans further large Japanese IP social VR expansions. The studio intends to leverage industry networks and celebrity and Hollywood collaborations as part of its international push. The company completed a ¥200 million financing to support these product and IP expansion plans. Thirdverse develops multiplayer VR games and is focused on combining virtual reality with blockchain technologies. The company aims to build a virtual reality world where anyone can create online communities. Its notable titles include Swords of Gargantua and Frostpoint VR: Proving Grounds. Thirdverse concentrates on the production and development of VR game content and multiplayer experiences. Recently the company secured outside capital through a strategic investment. The funding underscores ongoing efforts to expand its VR and blockchain ambitions. Thirdverse is a VR game developer focused on multiplayer experiences and the production of VR titles. The company aims to combine virtual reality with blockchain and to build a virtual reality world where anyone can create online communities. Thirdverse is dedicated to the creation and development of VR games and experiences. Its notable titles include Swords of Gargantua and Frostpoint VR: Proving Grounds. The company recently completed new financing to support its continued development and product roadmap. No operating metrics or founding year were disclosed in the article. Thirdverse develops virtual reality games, including Swords of Gargantua, and is building multiplayer VR experiences that integrate gaming, blockchain and NFTs. The company employs about 60 people and is focused on creating a ‘‘third place’’ in the metaverse where players can socialize and play. It has two VR titles in development and plans to use recent funding to bring those games to market. Thirdverse emphasizes NFTs and blockchain as ways to enable in-game economies and cross-game ownership of digital items. The company has seen renewed traction since the launch of lower-cost wireless headsets such as Oculus Quest 2, which boosted sales of Swords of Gargantua. Leadership is being reinforced by Hironao Kunimitsu, who recently left Gumi to lead Thirdverse full time and accelerate its metaverse strategy. Thirdverse is a Tokyo-based studio building multiplayer virtual reality games, best known for Swords of Gargantua. The company relaunched as Thirdverse in June after starting four years earlier as Yomuneco, aligning around a mission to build a “Third Place inside the Metaverse.” Its current product focus is multiplayer VR games, while its longer-term plan is to combine VR with blockchain to create VR worlds and online communities. Thirdverse has seen sales and active users increase since late March, with most current users located in America and many using Oculus Quest headsets. The company is preparing to release Frostpoint VR: Proving Grounds, a multiplayer shooter due later this year for Oculus Rift, HTC Vive and Valve Index. Funding will be used for hiring, according to co-founder Masaru Ohnogi.