Participated · Series B · Mar 2025

Daupler's core product is the Response Management System (RMS), which uses the company's utility incident AI dataset to identify severity, triage incidents, and automate crew dispatch across electric, water, wastewater, and public works infrastructure. The platform emphasizes real-time automation, advanced analytics, integrations, and proactive customer communication to streamline field operations and dispatcher workflows. Daupler serves utilities in 38 U.S. states, Canada, and New Zealand and reports customer outcomes including up to a 50% reduction in response times and an 80% decrease in response costs. The company supported utilities during Hurricane Helene (September 2024), automating responses to thousands of events and accelerating restorations. Going forward, Daupler plans to expand product innovation for electric utilities and scale internationally into the UK and EU while enhancing AI-driven data analysis and field operations automation. The company positions itself as an end-to-end incident management solution to help critical infrastructure providers modernize emergency response and improve resilience. Daupler provides a software platform for cities, utilities and other service providers to manage operations and automate triage and response to emergencies reported in their networks. The technology lets reporting parties monitor the response in real time while providers see increased efficiency and quality assurance. The company currently serves customers in 26 U.S. states and is expanding throughout Canada and Brazil, having more than doubled its presence in 2020. Led by CEO and co-founder John Bertrand, Daupler intends to use new funding to strengthen its technical and commercial offering. The company plans to continue expanding operations and its business reach using the proceeds from the raise.

Participated · Seed · Feb 2025

Invary develops Runtime Integrity solutions that continuously measure and verify system behavior at runtime to protect against tampering, persistence, and hidden threats. Its patented technology is exclusively licensed from the U.S. National Security Agency and was researched in part under a CRADA with the NSA's Trusted Mechanisms group. The product suite covers Linux and Windows kernel Runtime Integrity, an upcoming eBPF Runtime Integrity offering, and attestation for Trusted Execution Environments such as AMD SEV-SNP. Invary's solutions are already deployed in high-assurance federal environments and are being adopted by commercial partners and customers. The company integrates its technology into partner offerings (for example Vibrint's HPC and Zero Trust solutions) and is positioned to extend federal-grade confidentiality to the commercial market. The recent seed funding will accelerate launches of the Windows Kernel and eBPF Runtime Integrity products. Invary develops operating system runtime validation and security technology that detects threats missed by other foundational defenses such as XDR, SIEM and CNAPP platforms. Its flagship offering, Runtime Integrity, is designed to expose malware, ransomware and other hidden, high-impact threats in operating systems before they cause downtime or broaden an attack’s blast radius. The technology is based on an IP grant from the NSA and has been deployed in real-world critical infrastructure. Invary offers a free Runtime Integrity Score (RISe) service to allow customers to spot-check system integrity and identify hidden malware. The company plans to use new funding to accelerate the launch of its Runtime Integrity offering, enhance its technology, and expand its reach in preventing data breaches and ransomware attacks. Leadership includes CEO Jason Rogers, with Dr. Perry Alexander and Dr. Wesley Peck serving on the team (Peck as CTO).

Participated · Series C · Apr 2024

Cariloop provides an employer‑sponsored, comprehensive caregiver support platform that pairs experienced Care Coaches with a digital suite of resources for finding, booking, and paying for care. The platform is designed to reduce employee stress and burnout while improving productivity and reducing absenteeism for employers. Cariloop serves customers including Procter & Gamble, KPMG, CAE, American Cancer Society, Arthur J. Gallagher, ASPCA, and Insperity. The company has seen nearly 300% revenue growth over the last three years, achieved net revenue retention near 120%, and maintains an NPS above 80. Cariloop plans to use new financing to expand market reach to more employers and caregivers and to invest in its digital and concierge‑level offerings to drive deeper member engagement. Cariloop provides a human-powered Caregiver Support Platform that combines on-demand care coaching services with a HIPAA-compliant, cloud-based application for families to manage health, financial, and legal documents. The platform pairs families with a dedicated Care Coach to guide planning and care coordination throughout short- and long-term caregiving journeys. The company graduated from the Health Wildcatters Accelerator program in 2013 and was an early mover in this category. Cariloop intends to use new capital to accelerate national distribution, expand employer and partner programs, and build additional tools and services for integration into corporate well-being offerings. The company plans to double its team from 30 to 60 employees over 12–18 months and to quadruple the number of caregivers and families with access to its platform. The financing comes amid increased demand during COVID-19 as more employees balance remote work with caregiving responsibilities. Cariloop offers a web-based search wizard and marketplace that matches seniors and their families to nine types of care facilities, from independent living to memory health and hospice. The service targets tech-savvy adult children who help make care decisions and is modeled on consumer comparison sites. A mobile app is in development and the platform is currently available only in Texas, with expansion contingent on demand. Cariloop launched a beta one year ago and went live within the past six months; it has 10–12 staff and has signed on about 250–300 providers with a long-term goal of 1,500. Its provider funding model charges providers only after Cariloop brings them customers. Michael Walsh is co-founder and CEO.

Participated · Series A · Sep 2023

Sailes is an AI company based in Kansas City, MO and New York City that builds patent-pending Sailebots and proprietary standalone infrastructure to automate all points in the prospecting lifecycle. The product deploys globally compliant, personalized AI agents to multiply enterprise sales reps and complete prospecting activities. The company reports adoption from Fortune 500 customers across commercial sectors including real estate, heavy equipment, financial services, environmental, social, and corporate governance, and manufacturing. Led by CEO and founder Nick Smith, Sailes positions its offering as sales with AI for enterprises rather than simple enablement. The company intends to use new funding to expand operations and broaden its business reach. Financial specifics in the article note a recent Series A plus total funding to date. Saile.ai provides a SaaS AI solution that automates the entire prospecting life cycle with Sailebots that perform Digital Labor sales tasks for mid-market and global enterprise businesses. Co-founded by enterprise sales veteran Nick Smith and technologist Clive Cadogan, MsC, the company serves Fortune 500 customers including Schneider Electric, LPL Financial Services, Finning Caterpillar, JLL Commercial Real Estate, and BrandSafway group. The company is based in Kansas City, MO and maintains offices in New York. Saile.ai intends to use recent funds to continue to expand operations and its business reach. The company raised seed financing in late 2022 as part of its current funding status.

Participated · Seed · Jun 2023

Outbound AI is a conversation AI platform built for healthcare that emerged from stealth last year. Its Conversation AI Cloud and AI-powered virtual agents automate administrative tasks and began in revenue cycle, with plans to support healthcare knowledge workers across functional areas, settings, and specialties. The company emphasizes human-agent teaming to elevate the human work experience, augmenting rather than replacing staff. Outbound’s virtual agents operate at up to four to five times the pace of human partners, run 24/7, scale on demand, and are reported to consistently generate a 3–5x return on investment. The company intentionally formed the base of its commercial team in Kansas City and cites support from KCRise Fund. Stead Burwell is founder and CEO and Jonathan Wiggs is co-founder and CTO.