Participated · Seed · Jun 2022

Impossible Mining builds responsible seabed mining and refining technology with a focus on deep‑sea robotics and Bio‑Extraction. Based in San Jose and a graduate of Y Combinator's W22 batch, the company is developing a four‑mile‑deep robotic collection system to selectively recover battery metals from the seafloor. It is also developing Bio‑Extraction refining technology intended to process recovered materials in an environmentally responsible way. The team says its approach aims to preserve the seafloor environment compared with dredge‑based methods. Impossible Mining closed an additional $10.1 million in seed funding to fund development and testing of its deep‑sea robotics and to continue advancing its extraction technology. Leadership has emphasized the strategic importance of securing independent access to critical battery metals amid rising lithium‑ion battery demand.

Led · Seed · Feb 2022

PropBidder provides a web-based, SaaS-enabled online bidding marketplace for homes and condos, designed for real estate agents, realtors and brokers to plan, manage and participate in online bidding. The platform includes a patent-protected automated offer scoring feature that gives buyers and buyer’s agents real-time feedback on offers based on cash amount, financing, contingencies and other terms to speed negotiations. Since launching in 2020, PropBidder has onboarded customers and active users including listing agents, buyer’s agents and buyers, and has established relationships with enterprise brokerage partners such as Compass, eXP Realty, Coldwell Banker, Century 21, RE/MAX, Keller Williams and Sotheby’s. The company is based in Denver, Colorado, with offices in Orange County and San Francisco, California. PropBidder raised $1M in Seed funding and intends to use the proceeds to accelerate customer acquisition and to scale its team and enterprise residential brokerage partnerships across new and existing US metros.