Participated · Series A · Jul 2026

Founded in 2024 and headquartered in Santa Clara, ChipAgents develops an AI-native platform that applies domain-specific autonomous agents to semiconductor design and verification. Its agents transform specifications and code into production-ready RTL and verification assets and perform automated root-cause analysis, claiming to reduce design cycles by over 50% and compress tasks that once took months into days or hours. The company reported rapid commercial adoption, with deployments at more than 120 semiconductor companies including MediaTek and Micron and 6x ARR growth in the first half of 2026. ChipAgents positions its technology as moving beyond AI copilots to agents that can independently plan and execute multi-step engineering workflows. The company plans to use recent funding to scale customer deployments, expand engineering and go-to-market headcount, and accelerate product development to meet rising global demand.

Participated · Equity · Mar 2026

Normal Computing develops Normal EDA, an AI platform that applies frontier techniques (including auto-formalization combining LLMs with formal logic) to accelerate semiconductor design and automate DV/RTL workflows. In parallel it advances the Carnot hardware program to produce physics-based ASICs aimed at dramatically improving energy efficiency; the company completed tape-out of CN101 in August 2025. Normal says it partners with more than half of the top ten semiconductor companies by revenue and has earned trust to drive production silicon. The company has raised over $85 million to date, including a $50 million strategic round led by Samsung Catalyst Fund in March 2026. Normal was founded in 2022 and is headquartered in New York, with offices in San Francisco, London, and Copenhagen, and receives programmatic support from ARIA for some of its work.

Participated · Series B · Apr 2025

nEye.ai builds reconfigurable optical interconnects centered on a proprietary Optical Circuit Switch (OCS) on-a-chip that fuses silicon photonics with MEMS and CMOS. The architecture targets ultra-low latency, very high bandwidth, and improved power efficiency for hyperscale AI data centers and composable infrastructure. The company emphasizes a foundry-compatible, wafer-scale process intended to reduce footprint and power relative to traditional mechanical switching assemblies. nEye positions its technology for pooling CPU, GPU, and memory resources across AI gigawatt factories and large-scale compute environments. The latest financing is intended to accelerate development and high-volume manufacturing and to meet rigorous performance standards demanded by customers. nEye is headquartered in Silicon Valley and has received venture funding from investors including Sutter Hill Ventures, CapitalG, M12, Socratic Partners, and Micron Technology.

Participated · Seed · Feb 2025

Verix provides an enterprise-focused authentication and verification platform powered by blockchain and generative AI that issues blockchain-backed certificates, badges, and authenticated assets with branding, video, and living updates. Key features include AI-assisted certificate creation, attachable content and community access, instant social sharing, living certificates that update with new achievements, and analytics for redemption and sharing. The platform is multi-chain and currently lives on Polygon and SKALE, and integrates with enterprise workflows such as Salesforce. Verix serves customers across sectors — including Netflix, Amdocs, Glider.ai, The Stevie Awards, and Room to Read — and has been adopted by over 200 enterprises and used by over 200,000 users in more than 100 countries. The company pivoted from creator monetization to an enterprise verification focus and invested in AI-powered design, enterprise compliance, analytics, and integrations. Future plans include expanding enterprise integrations, member-organization badging use cases, and several large confidential partnership initiatives.

Participated · Seed · Nov 2022

Virtualness is a mobile-first platform powered by generative AI and blockchain that enables users to create, mint, gift, share, and sell digital goods all in one place. Authenticated creators, brands, and sports and media organizations can design, mint, and showcase branded digital goods, share across social channels, directly interact with their communities, and unlock new monetization channels. The platform emphasizes education, personalization, discovery, integration with Web2 and Web3 platforms, and a mobile-first user experience. Virtualness announced Gratitude OnChain, a program inviting the community to express gratitude on-chain beginning World Gratitude Day (Sept 21, 2023) and running for 21 days through Oct 12; top creators will create, gift, and sell digital goods via the platform. Participating creators named in the activation include Leah Ibrahim Sams, Firoozeh Dumas, Shayamal Vallabhjee, Shira Lazar, Nathan Piland, Taylor Lorenz, Daya Burton, and Nuseir Yassin; participating organizations include HUG, Liftery, and 100 Girls In Blockch(AI)n. Financially, the company raised an $8M seed in late 2022 and recently closed an additional undisclosed financing that brought total funding to eight figures. Virtualness is a mobile-first platform that helps creators and brands navigate Web3. The platform enables authenticated creators and brands to design, mint, and showcase branded digital collectibles, share them across social channels, interact with fans and communities, and generate new monetization channels. Core product priorities include education, personalization, discovery, and integration with both Web2 and Web3 platforms, delivered via a mobile-first experience. The company plans to launch in early 2023. Virtualness intends to use the funds to hire engineering, product, and design staff across the United States, India, Singapore, and Dubai, expand platform support to additional blockchains, and integrate offline and online experiences. The company was founded by Saurabh Doshi and Kirthiga Reddy and is based in San Francisco, CA. It raised $8M in Seed funding.