Participated · Seed · Jul 2026

GroundedAI develops an AI platform aimed at tackling the complexity of underground infrastructure and related engineering challenges. The company’s founders include Shelby Yee and Stuart Bourne, who were highlighted in the funding announcement. Public commentary around the company situates its work against the $200B+ annual global spend on underground infrastructure and compares cost inefficiencies like NYC’s subway build costs. The platform is presented as designed to meet the complexity of those systems, though specific product details and metrics were not disclosed. GroundedAI recently raised a $2M Seed round announced with BoxOne Ventures and several participating investors.

Participated · Seed · Sep 2025

Founded in 2024 by Julien Emery and Dingyu Zhang, Superpanel offers law firms an AI-driven "digital teammate" that manages roughly half of the administrative work involved in onboarding new clients. The system engages potential plaintiffs across phone, text, email, and online forms, guiding them through storytelling and document collection while automatically classifying case type, jurisdiction, and required paperwork. When ambiguity arises, the workflow escalates to a human staff member, giving firms a unified, multi-channel process that mirrors a full-time employee. Emery, a former Hootsuite executive who previously exited his startup Allay to Novo Benefits, built Superpanel after experiencing the high cost and complexity of finding legal help. The company plans to deepen its capabilities specifically for plaintiff-side practices and continue hiring to support product expansion. Competitors in the rapidly evolving legal-tech landscape include Clio Grow, LegalClerk.ai, MyCase, and Whippy.ai. No revenue or user metrics were disclosed in the article.

Led · Seed · Oct 2024

Unified.to (Unified API Inc.) is a Toronto-based unified API platform that delivers real-time B2B customer data to AI-driven software companies. The platform provides hundreds of pre-built API integrations and supports integrations across 16 verticals, including HR, e-commerce, CRM, messaging, and payment systems. Unified.to cleans and normalizes customer data from multiple sources to help customers access and integrate real-time data. Founded by Roy Pereira and Alexey Adamsky, the company positions its product to help customers launch faster, broaden addressable markets, and differentiate in crowded SaaS markets. The company will use the funds to fuel product innovation, expand the team, and execute go-to-market strategies. Financially, Unified.to completed a CAD 1.1M pre-seed raise in October 2024.

Participated · Series A · Jul 2024

Haloo provides a trademark search solution powered by an in-house machine-learning model that enables users to perform efficient batch searches. The platform targets intellectual property teams, including lawyers and paralegals, and is also offered as a white-labeled API for domain registrars and other small-business service providers. The company recently shifted from its original Heirlume positioning to an enterprise SaaS model. Haloo was founded by Julie MacDonell and Sarah Ruest. With the new funding, the company plans to scale by expanding sales, marketing, and recruitment efforts. Headquartered in Toronto, Haloo focuses on serving small businesses and enterprise IP teams with automated trademark search workflows.

Participated · Seed · May 2024

Blossom Social mobilized a pre-qualified community to complete a $1.93 million Regulation A+ Tier 2 raise from 1,028 investors in roughly six hours. The company now holds $1.93 million in working capital and must comply with Tier 2 reporting obligations, including audited annual Form 1-K filings and semi-annual Form 1-U updates. The offering structure and FrontFundr’s platform processed subscriptions at scale, producing an average investor check size of about $1,877. The company’s capital structure post-offering includes 1,028 retail shareholders who will expect regular disclosure and updates. The raise leveraged Regulation A’s ability to accept unlimited accredited and non-accredited investors (subject to investment limits for non-accredited buyers) and used less than 3% of the $75 million Tier 2 maximum. Beyond the immediate proceeds, the article highlights that future fundraising and liquidity will be shaped by the company’s execution, reporting compliance, and investor relations obligations.