Participated · Series D · Oct 2025

Founded in 2018 in Santa Clara, xMEMS Labs has built a monolithic piezoelectric MEMS (piezoMEMS) platform that replaces traditional coil-based speakers and fans with fully solid-state silicon components. Its Sycamore loudspeaker is marketed as the world’s thinnest and lightest high-fidelity MEMS speaker for ultra-slim products such as AI glasses, headphones, and smartwatches. Complementing this is µCooling, the industry’s first chip-scale, vibration-free active thermal management solution aimed at smartphones, SSDs, and other space-constrained electronics. The company holds more than 250 granted patents and has earned accolades including Best MEMS Solution and Startup of the Year at Sensors Converge 2025. Major consumer OEMs are now engaging with xMEMS to integrate these technologies into next-generation edge-AI hardware. Proceeds from its latest funding will be used to ramp mass production, expand manufacturing partnerships, and fuel additional R&D on audio, thermal, and other piezoMEMS applications. The recently closed $21 million Series D round provides the capital required to support these scale-up efforts.

Participated · Series B · Mar 2025

Graid Technology develops SupremeRAID™, a GPU-based RAID solution that optimizes NVMe SSD performance for enterprise customers. SupremeRAID is designed to deliver high speed, efficiency, and scalability for AI, machine learning, media, and high-performance computing workloads. The company partners with OEMs and global technology providers and maintains an R&D center in Taipei, Taiwan. Led by CEO and founder Leander Yu, Graid targets enterprise and OEM markets that require accelerated NVMe storage performance. The company intends to use its Series B proceeds to drive global expansion, product innovation, and strategic partnerships. Graid recently raised $30M in a Series B financing to fund these initiatives. GRAID Technology develops SupremeRAID™, an NVMe and NVMe-over-Fabrics (NVMeoF) RAID card and software suite intended to disaggregate storage while preserving performance and low latency. The company positions SupremeRAID as foundational SCI technology for private and hybrid cloud solutions and to handle emerging data-center workloads. GRAID highlights SupremeRAID performance of a single card delivering up to 16 million IOPS and 110 GB/s of throughput. It targets OEM and enterprise customers with data protection products and has received recognition including CRN's Ten Hottest Data Storage Startups of 2021 and a CES 2022 Innovation Award. GRAID is headquartered in Silicon Valley, with an office in Ontario, CA and an R&D center in Taipei, Taiwan. The announced financing is intended to accelerate growth and continued delivery of its storage and data protection solutions.

Participated · Series A · Jan 2023

Profet AI builds AutoML software that lets manufacturers create prediction models and industrial AI applications even with only basic machine learning knowledge. Its flagship products are the AutoML Virtual Data Scientist Platform, a no-code development program for designing enterprise AI applications, and Ready To Go Applications, which are industry-specific AI apps deployable in public cloud or on-premise. The company targets semiconductor, electronics, chemicals and textile manufacturing clients and lists customers including Foxconn, Advantech and ASE Group. Founded in 2018 and based in Taiwan, Profet AI said it doubled its revenue in 2022. The recently announced funding will support expansion in Japan, Southeast Asia and China and plans to sign joint ventures with overseas partners. Profet AI emphasizes quick deployment for production and digitalization use cases through its no-code platform and prebuilt applications.

Led · Series C · Jul 2019

4th & Heart is a Marina del Rey, CA-based maker of Ayurvedic ghee butter and related kitchen essentials, including flavored spreads and oils. Its products are sold nationwide in over 12,000 stores, including Whole Foods, Kroger, Albertsons, Publix, Wegmans, Walmart, and on Amazon in the U.S. The company positions its ghee products as kitchen staples and continues to expand retail distribution. 4th & Heart received a minority investment from Aterian, which company leadership says will fuel growth in current and emerging markets. Aterian invested approximately $0.2 million in cash and approximately 145,000 shares of Aterian common stock as part of the transaction. No other terms of the transaction were disclosed. 4th & Heart is built around grass-fed ghee and offers a portfolio of flavored ghee butter spreads, pourable oils, sprays and chocolate spreads. Founded in 2015 and based in Venice, CA, the company positions itself as the North American ghee category leader. It currently carries 21 SKUs and is available in over 10,000 stores nationwide including Amazon, Whole Foods, Kroger, Sprouts and Gelson’s. The brand is expanding into mass retail with a Target roll-out (SuperTarget and PFresh) and is adding new items at existing retailers such as Sprouts and Whole Foods. Product roadmap includes the upcoming WOKE line of grass-fed collagen ghee protein and energy bars. Management says it will use new capital to bolster innovation and distribution to grow household penetration and reach. Fourth & Heart is a Los Angeles-based premium artisanal ghee company led by founder and CEO Raquel Tavares Gunsagar. It produces flavored, grass-fed, pasture-raised, glyphosate-free ghee in gourmet varieties including White Truffle Salt, Himalayan Pink Salt, California Garlic, Madagascar Vanilla Bean and Original Recipe. The brand is sold in over 3,500 stores nationwide — including Whole Foods Market, Kroger and Sprouts — and is available online at Thrive Market and Amazon. The company planned to launch an e-commerce section on FourthandHeart.com and aimed to be in 6,000 stores by the end of the year. Fourth & Heart closed a $1M Series A on the CircleUp platform from an undisclosed individual. The company intends to use the funds to develop new innovative food products.

Led · Series A · Apr 2019

Cora (LYV Life, Inc.) is a national modern women’s wellness brand offering a suite of natural and organic products for periods, bladder leaks, and body care. The company pairs its period-care offerings with a social impact model, having provided five million pads to girls in India and Kenya and 100,000 products to women in the U.S. Founded in 2016 and led by CEO Morgen Newman, Cora maintains an omnichannel presence with products sold online and through a brick-and-mortar retail distribution network of approximately 1,800 doors across mass channels. The company received an investment from Balance Point Capital and its affiliated funds; the amount and instrument were not disclosed. Cora intends to use the funds to support its continued growth trajectory. No revenue or user metrics were provided in the article. Cora develops and sells organic tampons, pads and other personal-care products with a subscription model. The company prices subscriptions from $8/month for six tampons to $16/month for 24. It follows a TOMS-style give-back model, donating a month’s supply for every month’s supply sold and has donated 5 million pads to girls in India and Kenya plus 100,000 products to women in the U.S. The three-year-old startup reports 400% year-over-year growth and expects to sustain that trajectory with new funding. Cora emphasizes organic, hypoallergenic and compostable materials alongside millennial-focused branding and unboxing experience. It plans to use the capital to place more items in Target and to expand its product portfolio.