Participated · Equity · Mar 2026

Founded in 2023, Archimetis creates an artificial-intelligence decision-making system designed for refineries and other heavy-industry plants. The software aggregates scattered operational data and delivers real-time recommendations, helping plant teams overcome complex production decisions. By targeting the energy and chemical sectors, the company aims to unlock significant efficiency gains and cost savings. Archimetis differentiates itself through the Google-honed AI expertise of founder Paul Manwell. The fresh capital will be used to enhance the product and expand deployments across additional industrial facilities. No revenue, customer count, or other operating metrics were disclosed in the article.

Participated · Series A · May 2025

Replenysh is a Los Angeles, CA-based recycling logistics startup led by CEO Mark Armen. The company provides a materials system that enables brands to create resilient circular supply chains at scale by identifying, generating, and verifying new sources of materials. Its platform turns everyday locations — such as amphitheaters, hotels, bars and restaurants, and warehouses — into intelligent material collection hubs and connects them directly with processors and brands. Consumer brands use the system to secure material inputs and gain visibility into their circular material programs. Replenysh intends to use the Series A proceeds to expand operations and development efforts. Replenysh offers a software dashboard for U.S. recycling centers to discover rates, gain price transparency, automate workflows, and schedule shipments while providing buyer-side tools for brands to find and secure recycled materials. The company says it already has relationships with hundreds of recycling centers and connects them with buyers from large retailers and brands (buyer names not disclosed). Replenysh began pilots in 2016 and incorporated last year; the team is lean, with eight employees and one intern. The startup’s product targets the fiscal inefficiencies of recycling—where recycling can be up to three times more expensive than landfilling a ton of material—and aims to build a new digital supply chain to make reuse more economical. The company plans to further build out its technologies and its network to support brands' commitments to adopt recycled materials and to scale material circulation through its platform.

Led · Seed · Oct 2024

HomeBoost offers a home energy platform led by CEO Selina Tobaccowala, with an initial product called BoostBox, a DIY home energy assessment kit. BoostBox includes a thermal camera that plugs into an iPhone and a blacklight, and is paired with a free mobile app on the Apple App Store that walks homeowners through assessments. The company uses an AI and computer-vision engine to turn homeowner inputs into detailed reports with recommendations for product upgrades, DIY maintenance, and contractor-led projects. HomeBoost intends to use recent funding to accelerate customer growth, advance technological development, and expand the team. Financially, the company completed a $4M Seed funding round to support those plans.

Participated · Equity · Oct 2024

Carbon Ridge, based in Los Angeles, is focused on designing modular onboard carbon capture and storage (OCCS) systems that can be retro-fitted into vessel exhaust lines. The technology is engineered to cut carbon dioxide and other greenhouse-gas emissions from ships by up to 95% while shrinking equipment size and volume by as much as 75% compared with conventional CCS approaches. In addition to the capture hardware, the company offers an end-to-end service stack that covers CO₂ transportation, permanent sequestration, and credit monetization. Carbon Ridge positions its OCCS platform as a low-cost, near-term route for maritime decarbonization that avoids operational disruption for ship owners. The firm plans to use its latest capital infusion to complete development and launch an onboard pilot in 2023. Prior to the recent raise, no other funding figures were disclosed in the article, leaving the company at an early stage of commercialization.

Participated · Series A · Nov 2023

Aigen develops the Element robotic fleet, autonomous solar- and wind-powered vehicles that navigate row crops to weed and analyze fields without chemicals or diesel. The robots combine LTE connectivity with AI, machine learning, solar and battery technology and are offered as a service. Aigen says its vehicles reduce farmers’ workload, cut reliance on fossil fuels, and improve crop and soil health. The company plans to scale its fleet and launch on farms in spring 2024, with an Element service debuting on over 20,000 acres in April 2024. Aigen is building a 7,500 sq ft manufacturing and R&D facility to produce its solar-powered robotic fleet. Founders are Rich Wurden and Kenny Lee; the company is described in the article as Kirkland, Washington, DC-based. Aigen develops solar-powered autonomous robots equipped with multiple cameras, onboard AI and two robot arms to identify and either remove or propagate plants. Its first product focuses on mechanical weed removal and can cover up to three acres per day. The company emphasizes lighter robots to avoid soil compaction and reduce reliance on heavy machinery, diesel, tilling and chemical usage. Aigen collects image data in the field to improve its plant-identification models and expand functionality beyond weeding over time. Leadership frames the weed-picking robot as an initial commercial product on a longer-term mission to push agriculture toward carbon neutrality or negativity.