• Palona AI

  Participated · Series A · Aug 2026

  Palona AI’s core product is a multimodal "capture, understand, act, learn" operating layer powered by a proprietary Interaction Model for Physical AI that combines vision AI and object detection to interpret spatial, temporal and semantic context in physical locations. It offers product suites including Revenue Expansion, Revenue Intelligence and Operations Intelligence, each with specialized autonomous agents such as ordering and catering agents and integrations into point-of-sale systems. The Operations Intelligence tool links to security cameras to monitor food safety, cleanliness and real-time incidents and sends alerts to managers. Palona has been deployed at the Cali BBQ restaurant chain, where it reported increasing Father’s Day revenue by more than 20% year-over-year and becoming the restaurant’s most valuable sales channel by capturing missed orders and catering opportunities. The company launched out of stealth in January 2025 after a $10M seed and subsequently raised a $20M Series A. Palona is initially focusing on restaurants as a proof-of-concept with plans to extend to other frontline physical businesses.

• Aboard

  Led · Series A · May 2026

  Aboard designs and builds integrated extended-range electric (EREV) travel trailers that combine energy, mobility, and living into a single platform. The company emphasizes automotive-grade engineering and manufacturing, including high-precision stamped body and door systems, and residential-style interiors in a compact form. Its first trailer is in advanced prototype and validation, with configurations starting at $80,000. Aboard plans to invest in production readiness and mass production refinements following its Pre-Series A financing. The company will publicly showcase the travel trailer at Outside Days in Denver on May 29. Aboard is headquartered in Southern California and was founded by Jiangtao Lyu.

No current team members are available.