• Overwatch Imaging

  Participated · Equity · Jul 2025

  Overwatch Imaging develops airborne imaging systems and intelligence automation software, centered on its AI-powered Automated Sensor Operator (ASO) and purpose-built Smart Sensors. ASO enables real-time autonomy for EO/IR video systems, offering intelligent sensor control, automated data analysis, and mission-specific outputs that reduce operator workload and improve detection. Smart Sensors pair multispectral imaging hardware with ASO for applications including wildfire detection, maritime domain awareness, border security, and infrastructure inspection. The company’s systems are deployed globally on both piloted aircraft and drones and serve national security and emergency management customers. Over the past year Overwatch operated cash-flow positive, collected substantial unique image data, and invested heavily in R&D to develop ASO for partner imaging systems and its own sensors. The company plans to expand go-to-market efforts, scale partner-driven customer adoption, grow its team, and broaden partnerships to deliver ASO to more missions and customers worldwide. Overwatch Imaging, based in Hood River, OR, designs and manufactures precision airborne imaging systems for piloted aircraft and drones. Its systems include custom onboard AI software intended for large-scale, time-critical special mission and civil applications. The company says its precision imaging systems help organizations quickly find what they are looking for from the air so they can focus less on the search and more on the best response. Specific uses of Overwatch Imaging systems include automated land surveillance, maritime patrol and search, and linear infrastructure inspection. Overwatch announced the close of an $11.15 million Series A round co-led by Squadra Ventures and Shield Capital, with strategic participation from L3Harris Technologies, Bridger Aerospace and the Portland Seed Fund.

• XpertSea

  Participated · Series B · Aug 2021

  XpertSea builds technology and financial solutions to transform how seafood is farmed and traded by operating a data-driven marketplace that links shrimp farmers with vetted buyers. Its smartphone app uses computer vision and AI to capture reliable crop data, produce certified forecasts, and underpin underwriting for financial services. The platform enables same-day payments, improving farmers' cash flow and de-risking operations for underbanked producers. XpertSea reports customers in over 50 countries and has experienced 1000%+ year-over-year revenue growth. The company plans to accelerate expansion into new markets, broaden its financial services, and invest in new product development. It is hiring across Toronto, Quebec City and international markets to support that growth. XpertSea provides a precision aquaculture platform that uses AI and computer vision to count and size early‑stage aquatic organisms, paired with an XpertCount IoT device that uploads data to a customer portal. The platform targets hatcheries and producers to reduce costly manual hand‑counting, which the article says leads to average feed overspend of 20% and survival rates as low as 50%. As of 2017, XpertSea’s customers across 48 countries had counted more than 17 billion organisms and uploaded over 100,000 counting sessions to the data portal. The company plans to use the new funding to build its team and expand product offerings, and is hiring in Quebec City, Montreal and its international markets. Leadership includes CEO and co‑founder Valerie Robitaille, who framed the product as driving profits for producers and environmental benefits. The product positioning emphasizes transparency and standardized practices across the aquaculture value chain. XpertSea develops inventory-management solutions for aquaculture producers centered on XperCount, a device that rapidly counts tiny aquatic organisms. Founded in 2009 by Cody Andrews and Valerie Robitaille and based in Quebec City, the company targets customers from aquariums to large seafood cultivators globally. XperCount, now in its second generation, uses diffused light to count organisms and pairs with a mobile app to organize and track data. The waterproof, battery-operated device resembles a bucket with an attached tablet and the company claims it can instantly count crustaceans, fish, echinoderms, live feed and microalgae. XpertSea positions the product as a replacement for manual spoon-counting, aiming to save substantial time at industrial scales. Financially, the company announced a $1.3 million seed round from Real Ventures.

• Goodfood

  Led · Equity · Apr 2016

  Goodfood is a Montreal-based dinner subscription service that uses an in-house culinary team to create weekly menus delivered in refrigerated packages with cooking instructions. Users set dietary preferences and selections are delivered weekly for free; meals can be prepared in about 30 minutes. The company has partnered with local schools and charities and pledged to donate one meal to a child for every box purchased, expecting to deliver an estimated 75,000 donated meals in 2016. In the past year Goodfood grew to 50 employees and served over 150,000 meals in Ontario and Quebec. CEO Jonathan Ferrari emphasized the social mission that every child should have access to nutritious and tasty meals.

No current team members are available.