Participated · Seed · Aug 2026

Shelfmark builds a fully managed Physical AI platform that combines in-line industrial cameras, spatial sensing and proprietary deep-learning vision models to inspect high-speed continuous materials in real time. The platform fuses sensor data and embeds causal AI to link defect events with dynamic environmental and process inputs, enabling root-cause identification, prediction and guided corrective actions. Shelfmark reports 99.5% defect-detection accuracy in customer deployments, has halved inspection labor costs, generated returns up to 7x versus manual inspection, and achieved a 90% pilot conversion rate. Developed alongside operators in roughly 40 manufacturing facilities and built in Pittsburgh, the company serves initial markets including industrial films, decorated apparel, webbing and structured building components. With this funding Shelfmark plans to expand deployments, grow its sales and marketing team, and advance its roadmap from detection toward more autonomous production.

Participated · Seed · Jul 2026

Founded in 2023, Besty AI began as a communications tool and expanded into AI-driven automation across guest communications, operations and revenue management for short-term rental providers. Its platform integrates with major property management systems such as Guesty, OwnerRez, Hostaway and Hospitable, and includes an agentic conversational upselling engine that targets orphan nights and ancillary upgrades like early/late checkout. Besty serves roughly 300 customers and manages 30,000 properties across 25 countries. Over the past year the company scaled its team from eight to 22 employees and is continuing to hire. Management plans to grow the enterprise segment while using the recent seed funding to further develop the product and support sales and marketing efforts.

Participated · Equity · Mar 2026

Digit, headquartered in Atlanta and led by CEO Dan Koukol, provides an AI-native operating system designed for manufacturing and distribution businesses. The platform embeds artificial intelligence to help operators identify revenue opportunities, improve margins, and increase throughput across operations. Digit positions itself as an alternative to legacy ERP systems and is supporting a growing number of manufacturers transitioning away from those systems. The company plans to use the new funding to expand engineering and product development, accelerate platform capabilities, and scale go-to-market efforts. Digit has raised a total of $6.3M to date following the $3.0M financing announced in March 2026. No revenue, user, or valuation figures were disclosed in the article.

Participated · Seed · Nov 2025

Scorbit operates a platform that connects vintage, offline and modern arcade machines to the internet, enabling real-time scoring, competition, payments, and community features through its mobile app and cloud software. The company is also developing the Scorbit Console, a B2B hardware and software solution aimed at arcade venues and other locations that host machines. Seed-stage beta tests are already live and providing early market validation, though no specific revenue or user numbers were disclosed. With the newly raised capital, Scorbit plans to expand its team, finalize its minimum viable product, and invest in R&D for both new hardware and expanded app capabilities covering payments, competitions, and global gameplay support. Co-founded by serial entrepreneurs Jay Adelson and Ron Richards, the Ann Arbor–based startup intends to pursue a Series A round in 2026 to fuel partnership expansion and nationwide scale.

Led · Seed · Oct 2025

Piere’s mobile and web platform plugs into users’ bank, Venmo, and CashApp accounts, then uses its proprietary MyPlan AI engine to analyse goals, habits, and blind spots and autonomously move money—shifting idle cash to higher-yield accounts, paying down high-interest debt, or investing when appropriate. The company pairs this direct-to-consumer app with white-label and co-branded solutions for banks, credit unions, insurers, and counselling organisations, positioning itself as underlying infrastructure for automated personal finance. In 2025 the startup tripled its user base and quadrupled paid subscribers, and users now open the app an average of four times per day. Current strategic partners include the National Foundation for Credit Counselling and Progressive Insurance, giving Piere access to large, financially diverse customer segments. Fresh capital will fund product development, additional engineering and growth hires, and deeper integrations with financial institutions as the firm pursues its goal of becoming the default financial operating system for Millennials and Gen Z. The female-founded company is led by CEO Yuval Shmul Shuminer alongside a lean team covering product, marketing, and engineering. To date the company has raised $2.1 million in outside capital.