Participated · Series C · Jun 2026

Beacon grows via a model of selectively acquiring mission-critical businesses and integrating them into a shared, AI-native operating platform. The company says it is acquiring businesses at a pace of roughly one per week and that its modernization approach produced more than +50% EBITDA growth over the last year. Beacon plans to use the new funding to accelerate development of its AI-native business operating system and to continue acquiring essential businesses. Beacon has expanded its executive team with Mark Schaaf joining as COO/CPO and Goutham Buchi as CTO and opened a San Francisco office. The company reported raising over half a billion dollars in the past year. The articles do not disclose founding year or a valuation.

Participated · Equity · Apr 2025

Lumai develops optical processing hardware that performs core AI arithmetic operations inside optical beams travelling through 3D space, aiming to bypass the limits of silicon GPUs and integrated photonics. Its PCIe-form-factor design uses low-cost optical components to enable cost-effective, high-performance AI inference. Lumai says its architecture can deliver roughly 50× the performance of silicon-only accelerators while using about 10% of the power consumed by conventional data-center AI hardware. The company has overcome scalability challenges in optical computing and positions itself as an enabler for next-generation large-language-model inference. Lumai secured more than $10 million in investment to support the next stage of growth. It plans to use the funds to advance product development, double headcount, and expand its US presence. Company leadership and technical founders have received external recognition, including participation in the Royal Academy of Engineering’s Shott Accelerator and inclusion on the Photonics 100 list.

Participated · Seed · May 2024

Liberty Pixel is a casual gaming company founded by Shay Hugi and Michal Rahamim Maor that develops mobile titles for iPhone and Android. Its flagship game, SkeeBoost, is a skill-based casual experience offering modes such as battle royale and classic 1v1. SkeeBoost launched in Q1 and has attracted thousands of players worldwide since release. The studio focuses on creating engaging, competitive match-based play for a broad mobile audience. Liberty Pixel intends to use new funding to expand its team and scale SkeeBoost. The company raised external capital in a Pre-Seed round to support those growth plans.

Participated · Series B · Aug 2020

Thriver (formerly Platterz) offers a workplace culture platform that extends corporate food solutions to virtual experiences, wellness initiatives, and professional development. Its offerings include Group Ordering for meals and catering, a reloadable Treat Card for remote perks, and Virtual Experiences delivered through a centralized platform with Slack integration. Over the past five years (as Platterz) it has served tens of thousands of daily meals at more than 2,000 companies, partnered with hundreds of restaurants, and processed over $100 million in food-related orders. The company rebranded to Thriver to reflect a move beyond food-centric services toward broader culture-driven programs. The funding will be used to expand into new markets, extend platform capabilities, and grow the team to support hybrid and remote work engagement needs. Platterz uses a proprietary 'predictive meal builder' to generate personalized quotes and menus by leveraging clients' headcount, budget parameters and dietary preferences. Led by co-founders Eran Henig (CEO) and Yishay Waxman (President), the platform connects companies to hundreds of local restaurants and caterers for lunches, meetings and events. The service aims to reduce companies' average time spent ordering food and is serving thousands of employees across Toronto and New York City. The company has more than 50 employees. Platterz closed a US$15m Series A and will use the funds to accelerate product development and pursue global expansion in 2018. The company added Jonathan Zabusky and Ran Makavy as advisors to its board. Platterz offers a corporate catering platform that uses proprietary machine learning to recommend custom menus for events and meetings. The platform launched in January 2016 and is routinely used by over 1,000 Toronto and Kitchener–Waterloo businesses, including Apple, Salesforce, LinkedIn, Deloitte, TD and Shopify. Platterz’s product simplifies ordering by automating menu recommendations and logistics for office meals. The company has a team of 25 and expects to double headcount over the next year. It intends to use new capital to expand market presence, accelerate product and machine-learning development, and amplify sales and marketing.

Participated · Series C · Mar 2019

Guesty offers a one-stop SaaS platform for accommodation managers, providing listing and booking management, analytics, accounting, multi-property management, and CRM features. It has added in-house payment services and capital advances, damage-protection services, website-building tools, and price-optimization integrations with dozens of listing interfaces. The company says its platform already covers “hundreds of thousands” of properties. Guesty is based in New York and has roots in Israel. Management plans to use new funding to expand the existing platform, move into medium-term stays beyond short-term lets, and pursue potential acquisitions. The company reported revenue growth of 5x over the last three years and expects to become profitable this year. Guesty provides a multi-channel property management platform that centralizes listing, calendar, guest communication, payments, accounting and analytics across major booking marketplaces. Its product today includes about 18 core features and roughly 130 third‑party integrations, and the company has acquired MyVR and Your Porter to broaden capabilities. Guesty is expanding toward greater automation and AI-based communication tools and plans to grow its fintech offerings (billing, credit lines, loans and risk management) to serve hosts as businesses. Leadership describes the company as moving beyond short‑term rentals into aparthotels, co‑living, glamping and other flexible accommodations and aims to offer an end‑to‑end platform for hospitality operators. The company reported 100% year‑on‑year growth, says revenue and listings under management have been doubling, and employs about 585 people. Guesty is not yet profitable but is aiming for profitability next year and is on course to surpass $100M in ARR in the first half of that year. Guesty builds a property-management platform for hosts on short-term rental marketplaces, and has expanded to support multi-unit listings and aparthotels. The company uses machine learning to classify and route roughly 80% of guest messages and plans to expand AI across its platform. It is building out a marketplace of third-party integrations and intends to continue investing in growth and technology. Guesty has been active on the M&A front, acquiring Y Combinator-backed MyVR and Your Porter to serve hosts ranging from small family-run businesses to enterprise-scale managers. Management says travel demand is rebounding, citing U.S. summer reservation volume up 282% versus summer 2020 (and 32% versus 2019) and U.K. reservations up 180% year-over-year (down 19% versus 2019). Guesty provides property managers and management companies an end-to-end platform to simplify short-term rentals. The platform lets users manage listings across multiple online travel agencies including Airbnb, Booking.com, Agoda and TripAdvisor and offers guest-centric tools such as a Unified Inbox, Automation Tools, 24/7 Guest Communication Services and Payment Processing. The company plans to use the funds to open new offices in key growth markets, enhance product capabilities and introduce AI and machine learning into the platform. It also intends to increase its presence in verticals adjacent to urban properties, including the vacation rental space, and to build out its Integrations Marketplace through additional third-party partnerships and integrations. Led by Co-Founder & CEO Amiad Soto, Guesty graduated from Y Combinator in 2014 and is utilized by property managers and management companies in more than 70 countries. Following the Series C, total funding stands at $60M. Guesty offers a vacation-rental management platform that acts like a CRM for property managers, helping track guest check-ins, revenue, and operational tasks. Its tools are designed to manage properties across multiple listing channels such as Airbnb and VRBO. The service aims to simplify running multiple properties as a business by centralizing listings and operations. The company positions itself to meet growing demand as marketplaces like Airbnb roll out more tiers and categories. Guesty was part of Y Combinator’s winter 2014 class and previously raised $3 million in May of the prior year. The company recently filed with the SEC that it raised $19.75 million in a new Series B round.