Participated · Seed · May 2025

Verdi raised CAD$6.5M in seed funding to expand its irrigation automation offerings. The company, led by CEO Arthur Chen and based in Vancouver, provides modern automation tools and patented retrofit devices that automate irrigation and maintenance on existing farm infrastructure. Verdi says its technology helps farmers save labor, reduce inputs and increase yields and is used by the largest food producers. The company plans to use the funds to expand into new regions, advance its AI-powered platform and deepen relationships with major agribusinesses. Management frames these initiatives as driving automation at scale and building infrastructure for a more climate-resilient food system. The seed brings Verdi's total funding to CAD$9.5M. Verdi builds a scalable platform for farm automation and personalized plant healthcare, using intelligent devices that transform existing irrigation equipment into AI-powered systems. Its technology enables automated operations that boost crop and workforce productivity while reducing technology adoption costs. Verdi counts customers among the world’s largest food brands and in 2023 saved its customers over 30 million liters of water. Founded in 2020 by Canadian entrepreneurs Arthur Chen and Roman Kozak, the company is focused on scaling internationally. Verdi plans to enhance its AI capabilities and expand geographic reach through a strategic collaboration with NEC X and integration with NEC’s CropScope initiative. Entry into NEC X’s Elev X! Boost program is intended to provide capital, strategic partnerships and integrations with NEC’s tech ecosystem to accelerate growth.

Participated · Series A · Feb 2025

Cambium operates a supply‑chain technology platform that connects tree care services, sawmills, manufacturers, and logistics to transform salvaged wood into Carbon Smart™ Wood products, millwork, and now mass timber. The company digitizes and streamlines the traditionally fragmented wood industry with chain‑of‑custody tracking, inventory and logistics tools, POS, e‑commerce, and AI/LLM‑driven efficiency solutions. Cambium is manufacturing cross‑laminated timber (CLT) from salvaged wood through partnerships with CLT producers and is expanding mass timber offerings to substitute steel and concrete in buildings. It has moved over 8 million board feet of wood, sequestered more than 10,000 tonnes of CO2e, and built a network of 350+ tree care companies, sawmills, and trucking partners. Recent strategy includes scaling distribution of Carbon Smart™ Wood, broadening logistics via the Mill Market acquisition (July 2024), and pursuing additional M&A to bolster supply‑chain infrastructure. The company intends to use new capital to deploy AI across the $788B wood products industry, grow the team, and scale operations to meet rising demand for traceable, low‑carbon building materials. Cambium Carbon operates Traece, a SaaS platform that connects trees to local sawyers and millers to turn them into durable products that store carbon and fund community tree planting. The platform enables a supplier network through which real estate developers, tech companies, and furniture manufacturers purchase Carbon‑Smart Wood. Traece has moved $3.7M of wood to date. The company raised $3.2M in seed funding to scale operations. Cambium plans to use the funds to grow its team, expand platform user‑ship, divert 2,500 tons of wood waste, and plant 10,000 high‑impact trees in partnership with communities. It was founded by Ben Christensen, Marisa Repka and Theo Hooker.

Led · Seed · May 2024

Hydrosonics is commercializing a novel electrolyzer architecture spun out of Los Alamos National Laboratory under Dr. Luis Chavez. The company uses proprietary external stimulation to control electrode chemistry, aiming to halve the capital required for alkaline electrolyzers while increasing efficiency and enabling direct integration with renewable energy. Hydrosonics has proven the technology at the bench and is now scaling up demonstrations to enable small-scale, on-site hydrogen production fully integrated with renewable electricity. The team was incubated at Roadrunner Venture Studios and is positioning the product toward broad deployment in the hydrogen economy. Financially, the company has completed early funding milestones to advance scale-up and will pursue a full Seed round later this year. The company’s stated mission is to create the world’s cheapest clean hydrogen.

Participated · Seed · Apr 2023

Sensate developed a patented hardware relaxation device paired with a subscription app that uses infrasonic therapy to activate the body’s natural ability to self-regulate and recover from daily stresses. The product combines a physical device and software to deliver relaxation sessions aimed at reducing stress via nervous-system modulation. Sensate is sold direct via getsensate.com and through retailers including Harrods, Selfridges and Amazon. Led by CEO Anna Gudmundson, the company intends to use new financing to expand operations, grow its user base, and extend its business reach. The company raised seed funding in March 2023 to support those expansion plans.