Participated · Seed · Jun 2026

Idilio produces vertical micronovelas with episodes of one to three minutes and seasons that can reach up to 80 chapters, aiming for strong hooks in the first three seconds. The company describes itself as data-first: it writes and produces initial chapters, publishes them in-app and on social, and uses rapid metrics to decide whether to rewrite or scale a story. Idilio reports roughly two million downloads in 120 countries and about 45 minutes of daily use per user, which the company says is double Netflix's mobile time by its metrics. Founder Gabriela Tafur, a Colombian lawyer, TV presenter and Stanford MBA, built the product after observing short-form dubbed dramas in mobile use. The company targets Latin American melodrama as a cultural differentiator versus Chinese-origin micro-series and aims to scale its audience internationally. The model emphasizes low-cost, fast production cycles but faces sector risks such as low retention and variable content quality.

Participated · Seed · Nov 2025

Hearvana is pioneering a platform that delivers real-time, on-device audio augmentation and comprehension, enabling machines and people to achieve superhuman listening abilities. The technology allows AI assistants, hearing aids, smart glasses and other voice-enabled products to detect intent and context accurately even in noisy, complex environments. Founded by Professor Shyam Gollakota together with embedded-systems and audio-AI experts Malek Itani and Tuochao Chen, the team previously introduced innovations such as Target Speech Hearing, Sound Bubble, Full-Duplex Dialogue Agents and Proactive Conversational Assistants. Their deep expertise in auditory computing, embedded intelligence and deep learning underpins a product roadmap that bridges cutting-edge research with scalable real-world use cases. Hearvana plans to deploy its new capital to grow engineering and go-to-market teams and to initiate commercial pilot programs with consumer-electronics and AI-ecosystem partners. The article provided no revenue, user or other operating metrics.

Participated · Seed · Jul 2024

Reset embeds earned wage access directly into a financial institution’s existing technology stack, enabling members to access earned wages daily and fee-free via a card issued by the credit union. The product is structured to grow direct deposit relationships and drive premium credit interchange revenue for partner institutions. Credit union case study data cited by Reset shows cardholders on average increase deposits by 27%, maintain checking balances 36% higher than prior levels, and generate 20% more in credit interchange revenue; post-launch member surveys reported 100% saying Reset improved their financial stability. Reset has signed multiple multi-year enterprise contracts, generates revenue from subscriptions, implementation services, and interchange sharing, and is piloting with six credit unions representing 1.2 million members and $17 billion in combined assets through FiLab. The company plans to use the new capital to expand sales and implementation capacity, deepen product development, and accelerate current deployments. Reset is led by a founding team with payments and fintech experience and is based in Menlo Park, California.

Led · Seed · Jul 2024

SoundHealth develops personalized, AI-enabled, non-invasive medical and wellness devices targeting breathing and sleep disorders. Its flagship FDA-cleared Sonu band has delivered more than 500,000 acoustic resonance treatment sessions for users ages 12 and up and is described as a leading steroid alternative for congestion due to allergic and non-allergic rhinitis. The company has built a craniofacial anatomical dataset used to personalize treatments and to underpin its Spatial Sleep product, which the company says is the world’s first clinically proven personalized sleep wellness device and has been shown to help users fall asleep faster and sleep longer. SoundHealth is recommended by more than 1,000 medical and dental professionals nationwide. Following the Series A, the company has $12.25 million in total funding to date to support further growth and commercialization.

Participated · Series A · Jun 2024

Molten Industries develops methane pyrolysis technology that converts natural gas into battery‑grade graphite and a clean hydrogen co‑product. The company produces drop‑in lithium‑ion battery grade graphite using renewable electricity and responsibly procured low‑emissions or waste methane feedstocks. Molten says its process creates no carbon dioxide and can deliver carbon‑neutral or carbon‑negative hydrogen and carbon when using certified sources. The company plans to build its first modular commercial reactor in Oakland and is seeking a site for a first commercial plant comprising roughly 20 modular reactors to produce about 15,000 tonnes of graphite and 5,000 tonnes of hydrogen per year. Molten aims to lower costs and enable domestic graphite supply chains to support scaled battery manufacturing while providing hydrogen to decarbonize chemical and steel industries. The company will use recently raised capital to fund reactor construction and advance commercialization. Molten Industries has developed next‑generation methane pyrolysis reactors that split methane with renewable electricity to produce gaseous hydrogen and solid carbon, avoiding CO2 emissions from steam methane reforming. The solid carbon coproduct can be sequestered or sold, enabling a carbon‑neutral or carbon‑negative hydrogen pathway. The company targets decarbonization of ammonia, plastics, steel, and concrete — large industrial markets that together represent a substantial portion of global CO2 emissions and a roughly $100B hydrogen market. Molten says its process can reach cost parity with existing steam methane reforming at under $1.50/kg H2. The team, led by Dr. Kevin Bush and Dr. Caleb Boyd, moved from garage prototypes to scaling efforts and is building a facility in Oakland, California while hiring engineers. Policy tailwinds such as the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (including a $3/kg hydrogen tax credit) and selection to Breakthrough Energy Fellows are cited as financial and commercial enablers.