Participated · Seed · Dec 2025

BoodleBox offers a single, secure interface that aggregates leading AI models such as GPT-5.1, Claude, Gemini, Perplexity, and LLAMA, enabling responsible, multi-user collaboration. Its proprietary token-reduction technology can lower AI operating costs and environmental impact by up to 96 % while maintaining enterprise-grade security and FERPA compliance. Launched in Q4 2024, the platform is already used at more than 1,200 higher-education institutions and over 100 workforce teams, with 80 institutions deploying BoodleBox’s AI infrastructure to serve 70,000+ faculty, staff, and students. Key features include custom bot building, AI coaching, team collaboration, and data portability that lets graduates retain their AI-assisted work. The company addresses the widening AI-skills gap by providing affordable access to tools that 66 % of employers now require, yet only 24 % of low-income students can reach. With fresh capital, BoodleBox plans to deepen its higher-ed presence, enhance product capabilities, and enter sectors such as corporate training, public sector, and specialized industries. It will also relocate its headquarters to Colorado Springs, Colorado, to capitalize on a favorable business environment and tech talent pool.

Participated · Equity · Oct 2024

Founded in 2020, Backflip offers an all-in-one platform that combines deal-analysis software, market data and purpose-built financing products for residential real-estate investors. The company originates and services residential transition loans through its subsidiary Double Backflip, LLC, and recently formed Backflip Asset Management, LLC to manage loan assets in-house. By controlling origination, servicing and asset management, Backflip claims superior data integrity and a differentiated borrower experience. Its vertically integrated model has enabled the firm to tap institutional capital markets, most recently through an inaugural securitization, to lower its cost of funds and expand lending capacity. The platform supports entrepreneurs investing in single-family homes, thereby aiming to refresh housing supply in local communities. The new securitization structure provides up to $300 million of revolving lending capacity, positioning Backflip to scale nationwide. Backflip’s mobile app is available on iOS and Android, further extending its reach to individual investors.

Participated · Equity · Mar 2024

Metablox develops DePIN solutions focused on simplifying access to public WiFi through its Roam protocol. Roam enables users to traverse public WiFi networks using decentralized identifiers (DIDs) and verifiable credentials (VCs), creating a unified global WiFi OpenRoaming network. The protocol interlinks distinct WiFi networks to remove repeated log-ins, reconnecting, password sharing and redundant registrations during local or international travel. The company said it will use new funding to enhance operational capabilities, broaden market presence and accelerate adoption of its DePIN solutions. Metablox is based in Vancouver, BC, Canada and is a portfolio company of NFT Technologies Inc. MetaBlox is described in the article as a DePIN project. The company completed a $5 million financing round at the end of 2023. That round was led by Anagram and Volt Capital, with participation from Comma3 Ventures, ECMC Group, Awesome People Ventures, Stratified Capital, DePIN Labs, Future 3 Campus, IoTeX, ZC Capital and JDI. Earlier angel investors Synergis and SNZ continued to invest in the strategic round. The article does not provide details on MetaBlox's core product, future plans, operating metrics, valuation, or the specific financing instrument.

Participated · Series A · Dec 2023

Kyron Learning offers an interactive video platform that lets students respond to lessons by text or voice and uses conversational AI to select relevant pre-recorded teacher responses. The company, founded in 2022 by Rajen Sheth and Enis Konuk, builds on NLU-based dialog modeling and generative AI with proprietary technology and reports roughly 95% natural language processing accuracy. It currently provides fourth-grade math lessons (and Spanish lessons) and is offering the technology free to 35 pilot schools for the 2023–2024 school year. With new capital and a Gates Foundation grant, Kyron plans to build out K–12 math curriculum—adding third- and fifth-grade content—and further develop its generative AI capabilities to trigger AI-powered responses when students need extra help. The platform is being opened to organizations and learning solution providers, and the company already works with universities, tutoring companies, curriculum providers, and employee training programs. Kyron is preparing a self-service creator tool to let creators and organizations publish content on the platform early next year.

Participated · Series B · May 2023

Acadeum operates a course-sharing platform that enables higher-education institutions to create academic partnerships and place students in online courses. More than 460 colleges and universities use its network to provide access to needed courses. The platform supports a wide range of learners, including high school students and full-time workers, to help them stay on track for timely graduation. Acadeum’s technology also supports sharing across national and regional consortia, including CIC, League for Innovation in the Community College, and the Southern Regional Education Board’s HBCU‑MSI consortium. The company has partnered with Coursera to expand institutions’ offerings of professional certificates aligned with workforce needs. Acadeum is led by CEO David Daniels and is based in Austin, TX. Acadeum operates Course Share, a marketplace that enables colleges and universities to form course-sharing consortia and allow students to access online courses from other institutions. The platform provides a global catalog of more than 40,000 online courses and powers consortia created by associations including the Council of Independent Colleges, the League for Innovation, the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities, and the Digital Higher Education Consortium of Texas. More than 300 colleges and universities use Acadeum’s cross-enrollment platform and over 14,000 students have taken courses shared through it. Founded in 2016 and led by CEO Josh Pierce, the company is based in Austin, Texas. In March 2021 Acadeum raised $5M in funding. Backers named in the raise included Rethink Education, Socratic Ventures, Lumina Foundation and LearnStart. Acadeum develops the Academic Sharing Platform™, a consortial course‑sharing system that lets faculty review and select courses from participating institutions that count toward graduation, GPA, and financial aid. The platform facilitates exchange of academic resources, student and enrollment data, and financial payments among member colleges and universities. Founded in 2016 and based in Austin, Texas, Acadeum supports formation of consortia including the Council of Independent Colleges, the Council for Christian Colleges & Universities, and Digitex. To date the platform has powered more than 150 separate consortia and enabled 5,000 students to complete courses. Institutions using the model have collectively generated over $10 million in additional revenue and used the approach to advance retention and graduation solutions. The company plans to use the new funding to grow and strengthen communities of course‑sharing institutions and expand use of best practices through the consortial model.