Participated · Seed · Apr 2025

Series is building an AI-native social experience that operates inside the iMessage messaging surface rather than as a standalone app. The founders, Nathaneo Johnson and Sean Hargrow, position the product to leverage default messaging as distribution for Gen Z and young professionals. The company reports early traction across more than 750 college campuses and an 82% Day 30 retention rate among activated users. Series has raised $5.1 million in pre-seed capital from a mix of venture and angel investors. The startup is headquartered in New York, New York. No revenue figures or other financial metrics were disclosed in the coverage.

Participated · Seed · Jul 2024

Bima Labs is developing USBD, a universal stablecoin backed by restaked Bitcoin that is intended to be chain-agnostic. The platform lets users across Bitcoin L2s and side chains stake Bitcoin as collateral and restake corresponding liquid staking and staking tokens into a vault to mint USBD. USBD is designed for lending, borrowing, swapping, and as credit against staked Bitcoin, and operates across multiple blockchains. Collateral will be accepted from EVMs, Bitcoin L2s, Solana, STX, Runes, Ordinals, Arch Network, Bitcoin L1, and more. The company is led by CEO Siddarth Sridhar and plans to use new capital to expand operations and accelerate development. No operating metrics were disclosed in the article.