Participated · Seed · Feb 2026

Flock AI offers an AI-driven creative co-pilot that helps fashion and retail brands produce realistic, on-brand visuals at scale. Its platform trains custom models that capture more than 200 visual attributes, enabling hyper-accurate representation across ecommerce, editorial and video channels. Through reinforcement learning that incorporates creative feedback and conversion data, the system continually improves the imagery it generates. Customers report up to 90% cost savings compared with traditional photo shoots and over 30% lifts in conversion rates thanks to the increased variety and representation of content. The solution also supports one-to-one commerce by depicting diverse body types, skin tones and ages that typical budgets cannot achieve. Founded by former Bloomingdale's and Walmart merchandising executive Manvitha Mallela with computer-vision veteran Malavika Reddy, the New York-based company plans to use new capital to accelerate product development and go-to-market activities as enterprise demand grows.

Participated · Seed · Feb 2026

Founded in 2025, Seal Robotics builds robotics and AI-driven systems that replace manual, high-risk processes in terminal logistics, starting with twistlock and pin handling used to secure containers on ships and trains. These activities are among the most dangerous and time-critical steps in container handling, and the company’s solution is designed to improve occupational safety, reliability, and process predictability for terminal operators facing labor shortages. Leveraging expertise drawn from space robotics at the German Aerospace Center (DLR), the team is engineering hardware that can be remotely operated and function reliably in harsh maritime environments. With its newly raised capital, Seal Robotics plans to expand ongoing pilot projects in Northern Europe and Southeast Asia and to launch its first commercial robotic systems within the next year. Over the coming twelve months the company will also grow its engineering and operations teams and deepen partnerships with terminal operators worldwide. The pre-seed financing of approximately €1.8 million provides the resources to meet growing demand for container-handling automation and to harden the technology for full-scale deployment.

Participated · Seed · Nov 2025

Goodword is building an AI platform that serves as a copilot for professional networking, using large language models from OpenAI to surface timely reminders, facilitate introductions, and provide smart search across a user’s contacts. The service unifies data from LinkedIn, calendars, email, and soon note-taking apps, automatically organizing relationships and prompting follow-ups so users can focus on high-value connections. Its annual subscription is priced at roughly $200, with a free trial available and a monthly plan slated for future release. Launched in beta in October, the New York-based startup currently employs five full-time staffers and three contractors. Co-founders Caroline Dell and Chris Fischer, who joined forces in 2024, emphasize keeping “the human at the center” rather than fully automating networking. Recent seed financing will fund additional data integrations, offset large-language-model expenses, and expand the research and development team. Although still pre-revenue at scale, Goodword is targeting what it calls a $200 billion global opportunity among professionals overwhelmed by digital connections.

Participated · Seed · Nov 2025

Fit Collective is a London-based fashion technology startup founded by Savile Row-trained designer Phoebe Gormley. Its AI platform acts as a co-pilot for apparel brands by analysing historical returns, fabric behaviour and sales data before garments are produced, enabling designers to create better-fitting clothing. By tackling sizing issues upstream, the company targets an industry problem that drives an estimated $230 billion in annual losses from returns and lost sales. Early adopters include Rixo, Ro & Zo and Boden, which use the solution to reduce return rates, improve customer retention and lift margins. Nearly half of women’s-wear purchases are currently returned, and only one in three items bought are kept, underscoring the market need. Fit Collective positions itself as a scalable intelligence layer that can drive operational transformation across retail. The new capital will fund team expansion, accelerate product development and deepen integrations with additional global fashion brands.

Led · Seed · Sep 2025

RYE offers an energy intelligence solution tailored to multi-site hospitality and retail, combining on-site insights with forecasting models to deliver granular demand visibility and sharper predictions. The platform supports metering, management and maintenance, and provides smart meter provisioning, automated bill validation and dispute support, real-time usage tracking, and automated payments. By aggregating SME energy demand RYE boosts buy-side liquidity for off-market renewable solutions, enabling smarter procurement and more competitive pricing. RYE is already piloting its technology at 30+ UK locations. The company positions itself to address rising energy costs, inadequate metering and opaque billing that threaten multi-site hospitality. Its five-year vision is to become the go-to energy intelligence layer for multi-site businesses across Europe and to expand its product range to better service new and existing users.