Participated · Equity · Jul 2026

Ábaco is a Salvadoran fintech specializing in digital factoring for small and medium-sized enterprises (PYMEs). The company enables SMEs to access liquidity by digitizing and financing receivables. In its announced Seed round it raised $53 million in a mix of equity and debt, a notable capital infusion for an early-stage regional fintech. Reporting highlights the raise as a historic milestone for El Salvador and Central America, though specific operating metrics, revenue figures, or user counts were not disclosed. Details on future product plans or exact use of proceeds were not provided in the articles.

Led · Seed · Jun 2026

Founded in 2025 and led by co-CEOs Daniel Arenas and Ignacio Gamoneda and Borja Balle, Optiak has developed a modular operating system to help large enterprises integrate AI into core workflows. Its platform centralizes management of third-party AI applications and proprietary tools, aiming to reduce dependence on any single cloud or AI provider. The solution acts as an operational layer to optimize performance, guarantee data control, and ensure technological adaptability. Optiak plans to use the €4M Pre-Seed proceeds to expand operations and accelerate product development. The company is positioning its platform to make AI the strategic core of businesses by offering centralized governance and flexibility. The article does not disclose revenue, users, or other financial metrics.

Participated · Seed · Feb 2026

QuiverAI is building next-generation artificial intelligence models that create structured SVG code from the outset, allowing designers to generate, edit, refine and precisely control vector graphics such as icons, illustrations, diagrams, layouts, typography and animations. By treating vectors as code and leveraging language-model capabilities, the startup removes the editing and control limitations typical of pixel-based generative image systems. The company positions its technology as a new AI-first infrastructure layer for visual creation workflows. QuiverAI’s paradigm enables programmatic, iterative design processes that integrate seamlessly into modern development environments. The founding team believes its approach will define the future of controllable, programmable visual content creation. To fuel product development and category building, the company has secured $8.3 million in seed financing led by Andreessen Horowitz with participation from several venture funds and prominent industry angels.

Participated · Series E · Feb 2021

Enevate develops and licenses advanced silicon-dominant Li-ion battery technology that delivers extreme fast charging and high energy density for electric vehicles and other markets. The company markets a technology it says enables five-minute extreme fast charging, low-temperature operation, lower cost and safety advantages versus conventional batteries, and supports pouch and cylindrical cell formats. Its business model focuses on technology transfer and intellectual property licensing to automotive OEMs and EV battery manufacturers, enabling use of existing manufacturing infrastructure with minimal additional investment. Enevate holds a portfolio of more than 350 patents issued and pending and states its patents cover jurisdictions representing over 95% of EV sales worldwide, claiming the largest patent portfolio among silicon Li-ion startups. The Irvine, California–based company works with multiple OEMs and battery manufacturers and plans to expand a pre-production line to guide customers toward larger-scale manufacturing. It intends to use new funding to hire additional scientists and engineers and to scale commercialization. With the latest round, Enevate has raised $191 million to date. Enevate develops and licenses silicon-dominant Li-ion battery technology (HD-Energy®) that delivers extreme-fast charging—about five-minute charge times—alongside high energy density, strong low-temperature performance, lower cost, and safety advantages. The company licenses its HD-Energy technology to battery and EV automotive manufacturers and suppliers worldwide to accelerate production volume and adoption. Enevate emphasizes low-temperature operation for cold climates, long driving range, and rapid charging as core product benefits. Leadership projects a future where EV drivers can use drive-thru style charging stations and be back on the road in roughly five minutes. Enevate is headquartered in Irvine, Calif., and lists a group of strategic investors backing its technology. Bangchak, through its Bangchak Initiative and Innovation Center (BiiC), has recently invested in the company; the investment amount was not disclosed. Enevate Corporation, headquartered in California, develops and licenses silicon-dominant lithium-ion battery technology aimed at accelerating EV adoption. Its HD-Energy technology enables extreme fast charging, allowing cells to reach 75% capacity in five minutes while delivering higher energy density than many current long-range EV batteries. The technology also supports safe charging and discharging down to -40°C and captures more energy during regenerative braking, improving range in cold climates. Enevate offers a complete HD-Energy technology and licensing package to enable global EV automakers and battery manufacturers to reach production volumes and adopt next-generation features. The company announced that LG Chem participated in its recent funding, and its investor roster includes Mission Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Tsing Capital, Samsung, Lenovo, and others. Enevate plans to commercialize its technology through strategic partnerships with manufacturers and licensors to accelerate deployment worldwide. Enevate develops advanced Li‑ion batteries built on its HD‑Energy Technology, which uses silicon‑dominant composite anodes and novel cell designs. The company says this approach increases volumetric and gravimetric energy density by 25–50% versus conventional graphite anode cells. Its batteries enable thinner, lighter form factors for smartphones, tablets, ultra‑thin notebook PCs and drones with longer runtimes. Enevate characterizes the technology as representing over a decade of advancement relative to current Li‑ion improvement rates. The company is headquartered in Irvine, California, and lists investors including Mission Ventures, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, Tsing Capital, Infinite Potential Technologies, Presidio Ventures and CEC Capital. Management plans to use new funding to move products developed for its first strategic investors and customers into high‑volume mass production and to expand into applications such as drones. Enevate Corporation is an Irvine, California–based developer of advanced rechargeable lithium‑ion (Li‑ion) batteries. The company focuses on next‑generation Li‑ion batteries for smartphones, tablets, and ultra‑thin notebook PCs. Its HD‑Energy Technology utilizes silicon composite anodes in rechargeable Li‑ion polymer batteries to increase energy density over conventional graphite anode cells. Led by CEO Brian Wong, Enevate completed a $24M Series B financing. Backers include new investors CEC Capital, Tsing Capital, Presidio Ventures (a Sumitomo Corporation company), other strategic investors, and existing investors Mission Ventures and Draper Fisher Jurvetson. The company intends to use the funding to bring its first products to market.

Participated · Series B · Nov 2013

Alpine Data Labs offers a platform for advanced analytics for Big Data and Hadoop that enables data scientists and business analysts to work with large datasets, develop and refine models, and collaborate at scale without writing code or downloading software. Led by CEO Joe Otto, the company targets enterprise customers and its technology is implemented by firms including A.T. Kearney, Havas Media, Sony, Nike and Barclays. The company is based in San Francisco, CA. On November 22, 2013 Alpine Data Labs closed a $16M Series B financing. Backers included Sierra Ventures, Mission Ventures, UMC Capital and Robert Bosch Venture Capital. It intends to use the funds for product development, marketing and customer support. Alpine Data Labs develops big data predictive insight solutions designed to enable companies to achieve easier and less complex predictive insights from massive datasets. Led by CEO and co-founder Anderson Wong, the company builds tools focused on predictive analytics. Following a $7.5M funding round, Alpine plans to expand its development and sales efforts and increase staff in China and the US. The company is based in San Mateo, CA. Its board includes Tim Guleri (Sierra Ventures), Leo Spiegel (Mission Ventures) and Scott Yara (EMC/Greenplum). Investors in the round include Sierra Ventures, Mission Ventures and Sumitomo Corporation Equity Asia.