Participated · Seed · Jul 2026

Sentient develops a decentralized AI infrastructure called GRID that connects more than 100 models, data sources and reasoning agents to enable compositional multi-model responses. Built products include Dobby (a family of open-source LLMs tuned for community-aligned values), Sentient Chat (an agent-aggregation interface) and Open Deep Search, which the team says outperformed closed alternatives on the FRAMES benchmark. The project issues the SENT token for staking, governance, service payments and contributor rewards to coordinate a distributed community of developers, data providers and infrastructure operators. Sentient was founded in January 2024 by Sandeep Nailwal, Pramod Viswanath and Himanshu Tyagi and has secured an $85M seed round plus a $42M grants/investment program for open AGI research, bringing total committed capital above $125M. The team emphasizes keeping advanced models and agents openly available and auditable rather than proprietary. Following a listing of SENT on a major exchange, the token jumped about 20% on July 9, 2026, an event the coverage characterizes as liquidity-driven and highlights execution and adoption risk as key determinants of long-term value.

Led · Equity · Apr 2026

Cluster Protocol develops Web3 infrastructure and an AI-driven, browser-native EVM development environment called CodeXero that translates natural-language requirements into smart contracts, DeFi logic, and token economic models. CodeXero runs on Cluster’s self-developed decentralized computing power and an AI engine trained on over 200 audited contract paradigms. The company reports that CodeXero has connected to over 300,000 wallets, processed more than 3 billion AI token calls, and deployed over 25,000 dApps. Following the $5 million raise led by DAO5, Cluster’s total funding stands at $7.75 million. Cluster plans to use the new capital to accelerate CodeXero’s development, expand its engineering team, strengthen AI workflows, and grow ecosystem partnerships.

Participated · Equity · Nov 2025

Seismic is building a privacy-preserving blockchain infrastructure tailored for fintech applications, enabling institutions to move value on crypto rails while keeping user information confidential. Founded by Lyron Co Ting Keh, the platform already supports partners such as Brookwell, which offers stable-coin cash accounts, and Cred, a private credit service. By masking sensitive data while retaining the openness of public chains, Seismic aims to overcome one of the primary barriers to fintech crypto adoption. The company plans to add fiat on- and off-ramps as well as card programs to broaden its utility. Seismic expects to begin generating revenue early next year via per-transaction fees. Including its latest raise, the startup has secured $17 million in total funding to date, giving it capital to scale product development and partner integrations.

Participated · Equity · Oct 2025

Berachain is building a layer-one blockchain whose core innovation, dubbed “Proof of Liquidity,” compensates participants that generate real economic activity within its ecosystem. The network’s native BERA token functions as the fee and reward currency, and the project intends for BERA to accrue revenue derived from applications deployed on the chain. The team is launching an initiative called “BeraStrategy” to position BERA as the primary treasury asset supporting future development and liquidity. A newly appointed Chief Investment Officer, Ben Isenberg, will oversee this treasury program. Financially, the company has just secured a large capital infusion (split between cash and tokens) to seed its treasury, signaling strong institutional interest. Although specific revenue, user, or adoption metrics were not disclosed, the scale and investor profile of the raise highlight expectations for meaningful future growth.

Participated · Seed · Feb 2025

Fluent Labs is a Dover, DE-based company building a blended execution network that unifies Wasm, EVM and SVM apps on an Ethereum L2. The network enables programs written for different virtual machines to interoperate within a single execution environment. For users, Fluent offers access to applications from different VM ecosystems in one place without switching wallets. The company plans to parallelize the blended environment to deliver high-performance, low-cost app usage across supported VMs. There are currently over 60 projects in the Fluent ecosystem across DeFi, infrastructure, consumer and gaming. Fluent raised $8M in funding and intends to sue the funds to expand operations and its development efforts.