Participated · Seed · Jul 2026

BrandRank.AI provides an Answer Engine Optimization (AEO) SaaS platform focused on measuring brand visibility, vulnerability, and content readiness in AI-generated answers. The company combines automated recommendations across content, search, reputation, product claims, and advertising strategy with hands-on client support and has expanded into AI-assisted content creation through its acquisition of Averi. Its roadmap includes capabilities for accuracy verification, anti-hallucination monitoring, brand risk alerts, a Brand Health Index, and enterprise trust analytics geared toward agentic AI systems. In just over two years the company has worked with nearly 100 brands and organizations, joined the NVIDIA Inception Program, and was named Nestlé Canada's 2026 Startup of the Year; it was also named a Representative Vendor in Gartner's 2026 Market Guide for Answer Engine Visibility Tools. Key customers cited include Nestlé, Procter & Gamble, Goodwill International, National Public Media, Kroger, Mars, the American Medical Association, and Better Business Bureau chapters. The company intends to use the new seed proceeds to accelerate enterprise growth, expand delivery and vertical solutions, and integrate Averi to move customers from insight to execution across AI answer engines.

Participated · Series A · Sep 2025

AdPipe provides an AI-driven video platform that turns existing enterprise footage into brand-compliant, personalized content pipelines. The software aims to reduce the cost per video, boost output, and improve utilization by automating editing, localization, and distribution while preserving brand authenticity. Early customer data show cost per video dropping 88 percent, video output rising 10×, utilization climbing more than 80 percent, and conversions increasing up to 600 percent. Founded by two filmmakers who recognized the waste in unused footage, the company targets the projected $48 billion enterprise video market. Its product is designed for enterprise-grade speed, security, and compliance, enabling teams across healthcare, hospitality, and manufacturing to produce on-brand video quickly. With fresh capital, AdPipe plans to accelerate AI personalization features, expand engineering and go-to-market teams, and open a new headquarters in South Downtown Atlanta. The firm will showcase upcoming capabilities at the Modular AI Summit on October 22, 2025. The recent Series A raise brings its total funding to at least $12 million, though no prior rounds were disclosed.

Led · Series A · Apr 2025

HeroWear develops the Apex 2 occupational exosuit, which uses elastic bands to act as an extra set of back muscles and reduce strain by 20–40%. The company says the Apex 2 is one of the most scientifically and academically validated exosuits on the market, citing a study covering more than 281,000 hours of work that showed back injuries reduced to zero. Additional study results reported an 8% improvement in worker productivity, a 30% decrease in work-related discomfort, and a 40% reduction in fatigue. Born in Vanderbilt University labs and founded in 2019, HeroWear serves industries including logistics, manufacturing, warehousing, food & beverage, and retail. The company has experienced rapid growth with revenue doubling each year and was recognized on Inc.’s 2024 Best in Business list for innovation and technology. HeroWear plans to use new capital to advance product development, expand its team, and continue onsite training and client services for its growing install base.

Participated · Equity · Nov 2023

Evolv AI (legally Evolv Technology Solutions) offers Ascend, a SaaS platform that uses artificial intelligence to automate and accelerate multivariate testing across digital properties. The technology enables marketers to run thousands of concurrent experiments, quickly identifying the best-performing combinations to boost conversion and engagement metrics while reducing manual effort. Enterprise customers such as Verizon, Celebrity Cruises, Eagle Retailing, and Innogy rely on the product across e-commerce, travel, financial services, telecommunications, and automotive sectors. Evolv recently acquired Sentient Ascend, the spin-off it previously licensed, consolidating ownership of the core technology. With offices in Austin, Amsterdam, Tokyo, Seoul, and Brisbane—and partnerships with firms like Cognizant and Rakuten Marketing—the company serves a global client base. Proceeds from its latest funding will be used to scale engineering and data-science teams and expand sales and customer-success capacity. No revenue, user, or other financial performance figures were disclosed in the article.

Participated · Equity · Sep 2023

Canvs AI offers an insights platform that transforms open-ended consumer and employee feedback into actionable business intelligence using advanced AI text analysis. The solution combines patented natural-language algorithms with a generative AI co-pilot, AI Story Assist™, to surface automated narratives and critical insights from unstructured feedback. The platform ingests data from surveys, social media and online comments and analyzed over 850 million pieces of open-ended text in the last year. Fortune 500 customers including CVS, Disney, Church & Dwight, ABInbev and Netflix use the platform daily. Led by founder and CEO Jared Feldman, the company plans to use the funds to accelerate product development, customer success and go-to-market expansion. Canvs AI is based in New York City.