Participated · Series C · Jul 2026

Whale builds an AI Operating System (AIOS) for enterprise operations based on its proprietary Business World Model (BWM), which interprets camera, sensor, and audio signals similar to how LLMs process text. Its product suite includes SpaceSight (physical space intelligence), Echo (voice and audio intelligence), Lume (content distribution), Alivia (workflow automation and intelligent agents), Harbor (knowledge management and compliance), and Novus (AI infrastructure and governance). Whale serves more than 1,600 enterprises in 45+ countries and manages over 600,000 edge AI nodes globally across industries including retail, automotive, F&B, manufacturing, and financial services. Headquartered in Singapore, the company is scaling deployments across North America and APAC with plans for MENA and Europe. Whale recently raised a Series C round that now totals $100 million, which it says will fund global expansion, team growth, deeper partnerships, and expanded platform integrations.

Participated · Series C · Apr 2026

Founded in 2020 and headquartered in South Korea, Upstage builds large language models (including its SOLAR LLM) and a document processing solution called Document PATH. Its product suite focuses on converting unstructured data into actionable insights through document parsing and information extraction to automate enterprise workflows. The company targets industries such as insurance, healthcare, and finance. Following the Series C, Upstage achieved a valuation above 1 trillion won and plans to expand GPU infrastructure and hire global AI talent. It also intends to scale operations internationally, particularly across the U.S. and Japan. The article did not disclose revenue, user counts, or other operating metrics.

Participated · Series A · Sep 2025

Genomines is a Paris-based metal extraction company pioneering plant-based "phytomining" to produce battery-grade nickel. Its proprietary platform engineers hyperaccumulator plants that absorb and concentrate nickel from soil, after which the biomass is processed into high-purity metal. This approach promises faster production cycles, cost reductions, and dramatically lower carbon emissions compared with conventional mining. Early commercial partners include Hyundai Motor Group and Jaguar Land Rover, underscoring industrial demand for cleaner nickel. With the new capital, the team plans full-scale field demonstrations of nickel production and the negotiation of large offtake contracts to secure long-term revenue streams. To date, Genomines has raised $62 million, comprising a $5 million seed round, $12 million in non-dilutive funding from BPI France programs, and the latest $45 million Series A.

Participated · Series A · Sep 2025

CuspAI builds AI systems that search for and design new materials tailored to specified properties, serving customers including ASML and Meta. The company counts AI researchers Yann LeCun and Geoffrey Hinton as advisers. It plans to expand geographically across the US, APAC and Europe and to deploy an “AI Materials Foundry,” a global network of data, labs, compute and scientific expertise with founding partners such as Nvidia, Meta, Samsung and Hyundai and more than 40 other companies. Financially, CuspAI is a two-year-old startup that has raised over $670M to date, including a $450M Series B that values it at $2.6B. The firm says its platform addresses materials discovery bottlenecks across industries including energy, semiconductors, manufacturing, water treatment and carbon capture.

Participated · Series A · Mar 2025

Capture6 develops integrated carbon dioxide removal and brine-to-freshwater recovery technology that captures atmospheric CO2 emissions, converts brine waste into usable freshwater, and produces green chemicals. Its Monarch project, currently in demonstration in Palmdale, California in partnership with the Palmdale Water District, is designed to process brine from a 0.68 MGD purification plant. Once scaled in Phase 2, Monarch is expected to remove about 25,000 tons of CO2 per year and recover roughly 400,000 m³ of freshwater annually, while lowering regional brine disposal costs by up to 40%. The company has secured project-level, non-recourse financing to advance Phase 2 and previously raised $27.5 million in earlier funding. Beyond Monarch, Capture6 is pursuing a global pipeline of projects including sites in Western Australia, South Korea, the U.S. Midwest, and the United Arab Emirates. The company positions its offerings to address both climate targets and regional water stress through commercial deployments.