Participated · Seed · Jun 2026

Queue has developed a fully autonomous robotic pharmacy system that takes sealed wholesale pill bottles in one end and produces filled, verified prescription vials out the other. The platform currently supports 250 of the most prescribed medications in the United States and the company says it can deliver medications at up to 96% lower cost than traditional pharmacy operations. Queue has deployed a working prototype and has secured a major national pharmacy chain as a customer, providing early commercial validation. The company was co-founded by CEO Nick Desai and CTO Josh Liu; Desai previously founded Heal and Liu’s experience includes roles at Tesla and Zipline. Queue currently has a team of 20 engineers in Silicon Valley and is actively hiring across robotics, hardware, software and pharmacy operations. The company is positioning its autonomous fulfillment system for deployment across retail locations, hospitals, rural communities and other care settings facing pharmacy access and labor challenges.

Participated · Series B · May 2026

Amca combines engineering, qualification testing, technical data development, and certified manufacturing into an integrated platform called RAPID that it applies across its factory network. The company operates multiple critical component factories across California, Iowa, and New York and states it runs over 123,000 square feet of online qualified production capacity; a later section of the release notes the company operates seven factories nationwide. RAPID is an AI-powered product development workflow Amca says reduces time to move production-grade hardware from development to deployment by over 67% versus industry-standard lead times. Amca supplies components to major aerospace and defense customers including Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Airbus, Embraer, Honeywell, and Raytheon and is working on parts for platforms such as the F-35 and various commercial aircraft. Following the Series B, the company is accelerating expansion of RAPID across its network and plans to create and acquire additional factories to increase domestic capacity and shorten lead times.

Participated · Equity · Feb 2026

Night Media began as a talent management agency that represents some of the internet’s most prominent digital creators. The firm partners with online personalities to help them produce content, monetize intellectual property, and expand into new verticals such as music, sports, and live events. Founder and CEO Reed Duchscher believes that the next generation of writers, producers, and directors is emerging from social platforms and will wield greater control over the IP they originate. Night’s strategy is to leverage its deep understanding of internet culture and attention dynamics to build the largest internet-native media company. The company invests directly in creators, helps launch new businesses around them, and aims to retain creator leverage over IP. With fresh capital in hand, Night plans to scale its operations and broaden its creator investment portfolio, positioning itself at the forefront of the shift from traditional entertainment to creator-led media.

Participated · Seed · Apr 2022

Ghost Financial’s core offering is a 1% cash-back credit card for food and beverage inventory plus data-driven underwriting to provide expansion loans and card credit limits for ghost kitchens. The company is building API integrations with point-of-sale systems like Toast and delivery apps like DoorDash to pull metrics (hourly/daily sales, prep times, ratings/reviews) to assess operational health and make instant loan decisions. Ghost Financial collects roughly 2% in card interchange fees, returning about half to operators as cash back. Founder John Meyer launched the business after operating a ghost kitchen and seeing financing gaps in the industry. The $2.5 million pre-seed is being used to build engineering and marketing teams and to develop the first two products. The company expects to launch the tools later this year and reports about $27 million in committed minimum spending, which it says is likely to triple or quadruple as the card rolls out. Future product plans include restaurant insurance (product three) and an optimized payroll system (product four) to become a one-stop finance and business platform for ghost kitchens and restaurants.

Participated · Seed · May 2017

Boxbot develops a three-dimensional conveyor system designed to increase storage density for parcels inside a significantly smaller footprint. The product shares DNA with systems like Attabotics and Autostore but is tailored specifically for parcel handling. The company pivoted from autonomous last-mile delivery (including a branded van) to warehouse-focused parcel storage after strong customer interest in its package retrieval technology. Boxbot has piloted the system with customers and identified multiple sites for testing across last-mile delivery centers, bonded storage warehouses, and customer pickup locations. Its roadmap for the next year includes deploying production-level systems into real-world operating environments and then scaling across multiple facilities and additional customers. The Alameda-based startup has about 20 employees, is hiring, and will use recent funding to accelerate go-to-market efforts. Boxbot is developing self-driving delivery vehicles that combine robotics and autonomous systems to tackle last-mile logistics. The company was co-founded in 2016 by Austin Oehlerking and Mark Godwin and is based in Oakland, CA. Its team includes engineers with experience at Tesla, Uber, Amazon, Getaround and Northrop Grumman. Boxbot raised $7.5M in a seed round led by Artiman Ventures. With this round the company has raised a total of $9.0M to date. The company previously raised $1.5M in pre-seed funding from Pear Ventures, Afore Capital, The House Fund, The Graduate Syndicate and angel investors. Boxbot is a stealth startup building a last-mile delivery solution that the founders suggest could combine aspects of autonomy and drones. The company was founded by Austin Oehlerking and Mark Godwin, who have backgrounds at Tesla, Uber and in academic robotics research. Boxbot won the Pear Berkeley Challenge and received a $250,000 equity commitment from Pear VC. At the same time it secured seed investments from House Capital, Afore Capital and The Graduate Syndicate. Pear’s $250,000 award includes a provision gifting 10% of Pear’s equity stake back to UC Berkeley. Beyond the prize and seed backers, Boxbot has not disclosed additional product details or financial metrics while remaining in stealth.