• VIMOC Technologies

  Participated · Seed · Feb 2016

  Vimoc Technologies offers an open distributed computing platform that secures and manages smart infrastructure services and enables an "Understanding of Things (UoT)" to gather and correlate sensory intelligence. Its solution is designed for use by citizens, businesses, city officials and Infrastructure Service Providers to better manage resources and create operational efficiencies. The company’s services combine sensory data with additional sensor inputs and local computing resources to deliver new generations of applications. Vimoc is led by Co‑Founder and CEO Tarik Hammadou and is based in Mountain View, CA. It completed a $2.4M first close of its initial seed funding and expects the round to close within February. The company will use the proceeds to expand adoption of its products and services and to grow its product offerings.

• PointGrab

  Participated · Equity · Dec 2015

  PointGrab is a London-based machine learning and computer vision PropTech company led by CEO Doron Shachar. It provides a Smart Sensing Platform and smart sensors for building automation and facilities management customers. The platform tracks staff to keep workplaces COVID-safe and offers distancing alerts, cleaning capabilities and smart analytics. PointGrab aims to help workplaces reopen by monitoring occupancy and enforcing social distancing. In May 2021 the company raised £3.4M in funding led by EMV Capital, with ABB Ventures, Signify and various family offices participating, and plans to use the proceeds to accelerate rollout of its platform. The article does not provide operating metrics or specify the funding instrument. PointGrab develops CogniPoint™, an edge-analytics smart sensing solution that delivers occupant activity analytics for building space management. The solution embeds deep‑learning neural networks into cost‑effective, miniature connected optical sensors to detect occupant location, counts, and movements. Those analytics are designed to improve energy efficiency, optimize space utilization, and enhance safety and security. PointGrab says CogniPoint has been installed in numerous customer sites as part of collaboration projects. The company planned commercial availability of CogniPoint in early 2017. PointGrab is described as fast growing and is supported by partners including ABB, Philips Lighting, and EcoMachines Ventures. The business recently secured additional strategic capital to support its sensor technology. PointGrab develops optical sensing IoT devices that embed deep learning and object-tracking IP to provide detailed information about activity within buildings. Its products target energy-saving, facility management, occupant comfort and safety, security and access control, and business intelligence use cases. The company cites demand from HVAC and lighting control vendors and positions its technology for intelligent real-life video analytics. PointGrab reports an installed base of more than 27,000,000 installations on devices from Samsung, Lenovo, Fujitsu, Acer and others. The company is expanding into the $30 billion home and building-automation market. PointGrab’s leadership includes founders Saar Wilf, Haim Perski and Amir Kaplan and it is supported by strategic investors such as ABB and EcoMachines Ventures.

• OriginGPS

  Led · Equity · Sep 2015

  OriginGPS is a manufacturer and supplier of miniaturized GNSS modules (the "Spider" family), antenna modules (the "Hornet" family) and antenna solutions, incorporating proprietary Noise Free Zone technology for improved sensitivity and navigation stability. Drawing on a decade of experience, the company focuses on ultra-small, low-power GNSS modules targeted at the growing wearables market. OriginGPS highlights products such as the Multi Micro Hornet (a multi-GNSS module) and the Nano Spider, a GPS module measuring 4.1 x 4.1 x 2.1 mm. The company says its technology is well suited to next-generation devices designed and manufactured by partners like Flex. OriginGPS recently closed new funding to accelerate development of even smaller and more powerful modules. It also actively markets its products at industry events, including exhibiting at New Mobility World in Frankfurt.

• Mantis Vision

  Participated · Equity · Jun 2014

  Mantis Vision is a Petach Tikva, Israel-based provider of advanced 3D sensing, volumetric content acquisition and sharing technologies. Its product set includes 3D cameras for smartphones, industrial and professional 3D cameras/scanners, and live 3D volumetric studio solutions. Led by founder and CEO Gur Arie Bitan, the company serves both consumer and industrial applications. The company intends to use new funds to extend its technological edge, accelerate its go-to-market strategy, expand its international workforce and support external growth opportunities. As part of the financing Mantis Vision and lead investor Luenmei Quantum formed a joint venture, MantisVision Technologies, to strengthen growth in the Greater China market with operating offices in Beijing and Shanghai. At the time of the article the company had raised $83M in total funding after closing the $55M Series D. Mantis Vision, founded in 2005 in Israel, develops the MV4D motion-capable 3D range-imaging platform that uses light-pattern projection, depth sensors and proprietary light-processing algorithms to create depth maps. The company also provides post-processing software and an SDK-like application platform for editing and viewing captured 3D data on mobile devices. Mantis began with handheld 3D scanners and has miniaturized components to pivot toward integration in handheld mobile devices and OEM licensing. Google is publicly using Mantis technology for its Project Tango 3D-sensing smartphone. The company has previously raised more than $25 million in private funding since founding and says it will reorganize and use new capital to focus on licensing its core technology and further developing its software platform and products. Its strategy emphasizes enabling mobile content creation, sharing and manipulation through both core 3D engine work and developer-facing tools.

• Imprint Energy

  Participated · Series A · Jun 2014

  Imprint Energy develops ultrathin, flexible, printed batteries based on its proprietary ZincPoly chemistry for always-connected IoT products such as smart labels, health sensors, and flexible displays. The zinc polymer chemistry delivers higher energy density in thin formats, is environmentally safer, can be rechargeable or disposable, and offers low resistance to support power surges for long-distance wireless communication. Multiple manufacturing partners have successfully printed Imprint batteries on standard equipment, including surface-mount technology (SMT) lines and roll-to-roll screen printers, enabling a mass-print approach and direct integration with sensors, chips, and antennas to lower device costs. Imprint batteries are moving into field trials of IoT products and the company has designed cells specifically to power devices using Semtech’s LoRa technology; Semtech and its partners are early customers and technology partners. The company reports continued progress toward commercialization while advancing its process technology for high-volume, low-cost production. Imprint Energy is based in Alameda, Calif. Imprint Energy develops ultrathin, flexible, rechargeable batteries based on its proprietary ZincPoly chemistry, built on original research from UC Berkeley. The technology uses non-toxic, non-volatile materials and is designed for scalable, print-based manufacturing with high energy density. The company intends to use the $6M Series A to advance its technology and product development and to accelerate ZincPoly commercialization. Management is led by Dr. Devin MacKenzie (CEO) and Brooks Kincaid (President). In conjunction with the financing, Phoenix Venture Partners’ Dr. John Chen and Dr. Nobi Kambe will join the company’s board. Imprint Energy is targeting initial product design wins in the Wearable Electronics and Internet of Things markets. The addressable market already exceeds $1B and is expected to grow with new consumer, medical, and industrial devices.

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