Participated · Equity · Jul 2026

Kanurra is building routing and administrative infrastructure aimed at reducing drug costs for small and midsize employers. The company was founded by Semih Gultekin after he left Aviary Health. Kanurra has attracted early demand from brokers, third-party administrators and captives and says its first customers are ready to start on the platform. It is hiring for a pharmacist to lead clinical work, operators for implementation and service, sales and go-to-market staff, and engineers. Financially, the company has raised $6.35 million in its announced seed financing to fund product development and hiring. The articles do not report revenue, user counts, or prior funding rounds.

Participated · Seed · Apr 2026

Crewline AI builds a hardware‑autonomy stack that retrofits standard vibratory rollers into autonomous machines that perform soil and asphalt compaction within geo‑fenced zones. The company has completed site deployments with contractors such as Dynamic Site Solutions and Watts Services, reporting significant reductions in site downtime and doubling productive hours during initial 30‑day trials. Crewline is led by CEO Frederik Filz‑Reiterdank and CTO Mohamed Sadek and is based in San Francisco, California. The startup raised $7.1M in a seed round led by Initialized Capital and Nebular, with participation from Ford Street Ventures, Cocoa, Begin, Entrepreneurs First (EF), Transpose, and various angel investors. Crewline plans to use the seed capital to scale its fleet of self‑driving rollers and aims to deploy 100 units on earthwork jobs within the current year. The company targets retrofitting existing construction machinery rather than replacing fleets wholesale.

Participated · Series A · May 2025

Persist AI offers an AI-driven robotics platform and Cloud Lab that lets pharmaceutical scientists remotely predict, build, and test formulations using miniaturized, automated laboratory facilities. Its AI models generate formulation recipes and the robotic systems execute high-throughput experiments, dramatically reducing material use and timelines. In a recent engagement, Persist identified an optimal long-acting injectable in two months by building and testing 700 formulations, versus an industry standard of roughly 10–15 formulations per month. The Cloud Lab supports modalities including peptides, small molecules, antibodies, and antisense oligonucleotides, and serves multiple top-10 pharmaceutical clients as well as smaller biotechs. Persist plans to expand its robotic lab, broaden the range of formulations its models can predict and test, and build comprehensive datasets to improve its AI. The company is Y Combinator–backed (graduated 2023) and recently closed a $12 million Series A to fund these efforts. Persist AI is an AI-driven drug formulation company based in Woodland, CA. The company has developed robotics that enable automated development of long-acting injectable formulations. Coupled with AI models, their technology rapidly predicts which formulations will release drugs in the body for an extended period and reduce the number of injections patients need. Led by CEO Karthik Raman, Persist AI completed YCombinator and subsequently raised $4M in seed financing. The round was led by 2048 Ventures with participation from Innospark Ventures, Fellows Fund, YCombinator, Pioneer Fund and others. Persist AI intends to use the funds to expand operations and further its development efforts.

Participated · Seed · Jun 2024

Tristar AI builds AI-powered computer vision systems that monitor and analyze human motions in real time to identify errors and anomalies in production, quality, and maintenance. Its systems deliver actionable insights and immediate alerts to operators and team leaders to avert costly production delays and financial losses. In its first operational year the company deployed technology at over 30 facilities nationwide across the plastics and automotive industries, reducing defects and unplanned downtime. Tristar AI’s models are designed for rapid deployment and scaling and integrate with existing MES and ERP systems to streamline adoption. The company has closed $3.15M in seed funding to support growth. Tristar AI plans to expand its technological capabilities and broaden its market reach.

Participated · Series A · May 2024

Aerodome is an LA-based startup operating in the Drone-As-First-Responder (DFR) space, using drones to provide first views of crimes, medical emergencies, and fires. Its system is triggered by 911 calls and can send a drone to a location in less than three minutes from decentralized launch facilities; the company reports an average arrival time of 85 seconds. Aerodome partners with hardware manufacturers rather than building drones itself and will work with DJI if clients require it, while noting differences in long-distance imaging performance. The company is prioritizing police customers and currently works with four cities in Los Angeles County plus customers in the Bay Area, New Mexico, and other states. Aerodome emphasizes automated flights with a human supervisor in the loop to satisfy FAA requirements. The startup plans to use new funding to expand coverage and grow headcount, which currently sits around 30 people. Financially, Aerodome announced a $21.5 million Series A and has raised $28 million in total to date. Aerodome builds an all-in-one automated drone response system designed to dispatch drones to 911 calls for police and fire departments. After seven months in stealth the company closed a $6.5 million seed round to fund its rollout. Aerodome says it will deploy its system to five police departments over the coming months. The product aims to replace costly and slow helicopter-based air support programs and can also be used to detect wildfires minutes after smoke appears. Founders Rahul Sidhu and Kenaniah Cerny previously started SPIDR Tech; Sidhu is a reserve police officer and draws product insight from field experience. Competitors such as Motorola, Dronesense, and Skydio focus more on software, while Aerodome emphasizes an end-to-end hardware-plus-software package.