Participated · Equity · Apr 2026

Founded in 2020 and based in Berlin, Patronus builds a digital safety and companion solution for older adults centered on a smartwatch and a family mobile app. The wristwatch-style device provides mobile connectivity and a one-press connection to an emergency call centre, removing the need for dedicated home infrastructure. The companion app keeps family members informed and connected without intrusive monitoring. Patronus reports tens of thousands of users and higher daily usage rates than traditional emergency devices, and its platform has handled a substantial number of emergency responses. The company plans to scale across Europe and to expand product features, including development of an AI-powered companion and additional family-focused wellbeing capabilities.

Participated · Equity · Apr 2026

XO Life develops "Brite," a global meta-platform that consolidates digital product and therapy support so pharma and medtech companies can provide patient information, monitoring and engagement in a single infrastructure. The company emphasizes scalability by enabling many therapies and markets to use one platform instead of separate apps for each medication. XO Life works with more than 40 pharmaceutical companies, including three of the world's top ten, and plans to position Brite as a consolidated offering in early 2025. It intends to invest the new funding in AI capabilities and in processes to simplify and speed pharma onboarding across entire portfolios. XO Life focuses on B2B relationships at the interface of patients, medical professionals and the pharmaceutical industry, where long sales cycles and regulatory requirements are prominent. The company is headquartered in Munich and is using successive funding rounds to move from platform build-out to international scaling across Europe.

Participated · Series A · Jul 2025

Q.ANT is building photonic AI infrastructure, a technology stack that leverages photonics to accelerate artificial intelligence workloads. The company focuses on integrating quantum-inspired photonics with AI processing to increase computational speed and energy efficiency. Its platform aims to serve research institutions and commercial customers requiring high-performance AI capabilities. Q.ANT recently added $80 million through a second Series A tranche, underscoring investor confidence in its technology roadmap. The infusion of capital will support further product development and potential scaling of manufacturing capacity. Specific operating metrics such as revenue, user base, or customer count were not disclosed in the article.

Participated · Equity · Mar 2025

Vytal Global operates a digital reusable-packaging network and licenses its technology platform while running wholly owned subsidiaries across Europe and beyond. The company offers smart, data-enabled reusable packaging solutions aimed at hospitality, events, and consumer brands to reduce single-use waste. It has grown rapidly since its 2020 founding, reporting that revenue more than doubled over the past year and that its network now includes over 7,000 partners across 24 countries. Vytal recently launched a dedicated business serving global consumer brands and the event and entertainment industry, securing clients such as Pepsi, UEFA Euro 2024 Fanzones, Hyrox, and Live Nation’s Insomniac Festival Group. The new funding is earmarked to enhance its technology-driven solutions, unlock brand partnerships and consumer engagement, and make reusable packaging more seamless and cost-efficient. A significant portion of the proceeds will support expansion into the U.S. while reinforcing its position in Europe. Vytal provides software-enabled reusable packaging solutions that leverage software and data analytics to reduce single-use packaging. The company partners with more than 7,000 partners across 17 countries to deploy its reusable systems. It has launched VyEES (VYTAL Events & Entertainment Solutions GmbH), a wholly owned subsidiary to extend reusable packaging into the events and entertainment sector. VyEES counts customers such as the Berlinale, the OMR Festival and the Cruilla Music Festival in Barcelona. Vytal intends to use the newly raised funds to expand its business reach and further develop its software and data-driven offerings. The company emphasizes sustainability and operational efficiency in its products and services.

Participated · Series B · Feb 2025

Lumotive pioneers programmable optics with its patented Light Control Metasurface (LCM™) platform, which turns photonics into a digital, software‑defined solution for sensing, switching, and communication. Its LCM technology is powering compact, solid‑state LiDAR and intelligent perception systems for autonomy, robotics, manufacturing, and smart infrastructure. The company says it holds more than 200 patents and is gaining commercial traction. Recent investments are intended to accelerate product deployments in industrial applications and expand its global market presence. Lumotive positions its semiconductor beamforming chips as a replacement for bulky mechanical optical components, enabling compact, software‑defined sensing for factories, robots, and logistics networks. Headquartered in Redmond, Washington, Lumotive is backed by a broad investor base that the company says will support scaling and commercialization efforts. Lumotive develops programmable optical semiconductors built around its patented light control metasurface (LCM™) chip, a software-defined photonic beamforming solid-state technology. The company says its technology improves perception, increases computing power, and enables reliable high-speed communication across multiple industries. Lumotive highlights applications including 3D sensing and AI computing. Led by CEO Sam Heidari, the company plans to accelerate sales growth of its LCM technology. Lumotive has identified three strategic areas for investment: global market expansion, data center AI infrastructure, and aerospace and defense. Lumotive develops Light Control Metasurface (LCM™) beam‑steering optical semiconductors that enable 3D sensing and software‑defined lidar. Its patented beam‑steering technology is intended to provide advanced perception capabilities for consumer, mobility, and industrial markets. Led by CEO Dr. Sam Heidari and based in Seattle, WA, the company produces optical semiconductor devices and chips. Lumotive raised $13M in a strategic funding round led by Samsung Ventures with participation from new investors USAA and Uniquest. The company will use the proceeds to accelerate development and customer delivery of optical semiconductor devices that enable next‑generation lidar sensors. The new investment brings the company’s total capital raised to more than $56M to date. Lumotive has developed a metamaterials-based lidar system that enables electronic beam steering to improve responsiveness, targeted illumination, and sensitivity compared with mechanically steered systems. The company’s chips are silicon-based, designed for fabrication with standard processes, and operate with ubiquitous 905nm lasers; devices can be sized or shaped for different platforms. In normal sweep mode the system can offer roughly a 20Hz frame rate with a 120×25° field of view and about 1000×256 resolution, while concentrating beam time on small regions for higher temporal and spatial fidelity. Lumotive emerged from Intellectual Ventures’ incubator and holds an exclusive license to IV’s metamaterials IP; its team includes CEO and co‑founder Bill Colleran. The product is currently in prototype but is showable as Lumotive pursues partnerships with automotive and tech firms. Financially, the company has run on a 2017 seed round funded by Bill Gates and Intellectual Ventures and is now seeking additional investment.