The Venture Codex

Led · Seed · Sep 2022

RiskSmith is a US-based app that offers a professional-grade portfolio toolkit for individual investors. Led by Co-Founder Dr. Richard Smith, the product delivers portfolio analysis and a metrics dashboard previously available only to hedge funds and institutional investors. The dashboard helps everyday users understand risk, manage portfolios like full-time analysts, pursue better returns, and reduce stress. RiskSmith's database tracks more than 10,000 crypto pairs, enabling users to view how crypto assets and equities work together in a portfolio. The app is currently available for free and open for registration at RiskSmith.com. The company says it will use the funding to accelerate product expansion and growth via strategic partnerships.

Participated · Seed · Jan 2021

Vesica Technologies develops SHIFT, a toolkit that provides traders a “front page view” of markets by surfacing directional information on daily movements, volatility, and major trades across asset classes. SHIFT uses customizable, drag-and-drop widgets to monitor equities and options data across all 16 U.S. stock and options exchanges in real time. The product is designed to simplify synthesis of ubiquitous market data and improve traders’ decision-making and workflow efficiency. Vesica says it will use the new financing to scale the platform and expand strategic partnerships. The company was founded by CEO Saad Hussain and CTO Dr. Alessandro Warth and is based in Los Angeles. Management positions SHIFT as a tool for both inexperienced day traders and seasoned market professionals to access actionable market color. Investors describe the platform as an innovative market insight tool that will fuel continued growth and development.