Participated · Seed · Mar 2026

Rowan combines advanced AI systems with hands-on human Guides to help owner-run companies become buyer-ready by organizing financials, documenting operations, and improving cash flow and predictability. The platform connects aligned buyers and sellers while providing structured, transparent transition processes and Fortune 500–style capabilities to small businesses. Co-founders include CEO Steven Glod and Christopher Weaver, who describe the service as addressing a growing small-business succession gap as owners age. Rowan plans to expand its suite of proprietary AI tools and grow its team and infrastructure following the seed raise. The company intends to use its offerings to unlock more value for sellers and support smoother ownership transitions for buyers.

Participated · Seed · Dec 2025

Cyphlens delivers a novel layer of protection called visual encryption, converting sensitive data into on-screen ciphers that can only be read through a secure decoding lens. Its flagship product, Cyph-lens, extends zero-trust security to the 'last mile' where traditional encryption ends, thwarting AI-driven phishing, screen-scraping malware, credential theft, and insider threats. The technology is already being adopted in highly regulated sectors such as financial services, government, and healthcare. Cyphlens differentiates itself by focusing on data exposure at the point of view, an overlooked gap in existing identity-and-access-management solutions. The company plans to broaden its platform with forthcoming products like CypherFile, which applies visual encryption to shared documents, and CypherMFA, a low-friction multi-factor authentication system. Proceeds from its recent seed financing will fund deeper enterprise integrations, product expansion, and scaled go-to-market efforts as the firm grows its engineering and customer-success teams.

Led · Equity · Oct 2025

VeroSkills operates an AI-driven hiring engine that promises 48-hour placements and delivers retention rates two to three times higher than traditional staffing agencies. The platform screens candidates in 52 languages and provides access to millions of fully work-authorized laborers across the U.S., EU, and Canada, specifically targeting the severe blue-collar labor shortage. In the six weeks preceding its latest fundraise, the company booked $15 million in annual recurring revenue, showcasing strong early traction. Employers cite 93% satisfaction with retention outcomes, underscoring the product’s effectiveness. Headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama, VeroSkills focuses on small and medium-sized businesses that account for nearly half of U.S. hiring. The company’s AI enables scalable, cost-efficient matching that traditional agencies cannot replicate. With fresh capital, VeroSkills plans to accelerate growth and further scale its technology to meet rising demand.

Led · Seed · Jun 2025

Mahalo launched an end-to-end post-purchase experience (PPX) platform aimed at small and midsize manufacturers. The platform uses generative AI in a customer portal to troubleshoot product issues, answer usage questions, process warranty claims and registrations, and enable follow-on purchases. Mahalo centralizes and automates workflows to reduce unnecessary customer interactions, lower support costs, and increase repeat sales. The company emphasizes the scale of the warranty problem—over $50B paid out each year—and positions its product as a purpose-built solution to improve warranty processing and fulfillment. Co-founder and CEO Robert Lowe, who previously co-founded Wellspring Worldwide and PittPatt, leads the team. Mahalo says the platform will help make North American manufacturers more competitive through transparent processes, time-saving automations, and integrations.

Participated · Seed · Jun 2025

Obviant ingests and unifies thousands of sources—such as program documents, defense budget justification books, and Congressional reports—to deliver a coherent picture of DoD acquisition, contracting, and budgeting information. The platform combines open-source intelligence (OSINT) with customers’ own data and uses AI-driven context and reasoning to surface opportunities and trends. Data can be aggregated by missions or programs (for example contested logistics or Golden Dome) to highlight actionable opportunities across the defense procurement ecosystem. Customers include high-growth defense startups, primes, global investment firms, defense advisory firms, think tanks, and multiple government agencies navigating the $1 trillion+ U.S. defense market. Obviant’s tools aim to help companies and the DoD align capabilities with sources of funding, provide diligence-ready analysis and market sizing, visualize portfolios, and streamline technology transitions. After its recent funding, the company plans to expand its team, advance the AI capabilities of its platform, and broaden its customer base.