Led · Equity · Jul 2026

BRINC develops and manufactures drones and a connected ecosystem of tools for public safety agencies. Its product lineup includes Lemur 2 (an indoor-capable drone), Responder (market-leading in time on scene), and Guardian (a 911 response drone intended to replace helicopters). The company manufactures in the U.S., co-locates R&D and production, and is vertically integrated, controlling its supply chain. BRINC reported strong operational growth, having more than tripled revenue in 2025 and quintupled monthly production capacity, and it has secured contracts with agencies including the Los Angeles Fire Department and St. Louis Police Department. Over 900 public safety agencies and more than 20% of U.S. SWAT teams use its products. The company plans to expand domestic manufacturing capacity, bring new products to market, and scale deployment to U.S. police and fire stations.

Participated · Series B · Nov 2018

Syntiant provides purpose-built silicon and an edge-optimized data platform and training pipeline to enable always-on deep learning for voice, sensor, audio and image use cases. Its Neural Decision Processors™ and chip solutions combine deep learning with semiconductor design to produce ultra-low-power, high-performance processors for devices from earbuds and wearables to automobiles and other IoT systems. The company offers an end-to-end stack that includes chips, software and training tools to allow edge devices to hear, speak, see and feel. Syntiant plans to accelerate deployment of its third-generation Syntiant Core 3™ architecture and to enhance its software capabilities. Financially, the company raised $55M in the reported financing and has raised more than $100M since its founding in 2017. Leadership is headed by CEO Kurt Busch. Syntiant develops microwatt-power Neural Decision Processors (NDP100 and NDP101) that run deep learning inference for voice and sensor applications. Its NDPs are designed to extend battery life in edge devices such as smartphones, smart speakers, laptops and earbuds. The company reports it has shipped more than one million units of the NDP100 and NDP101 to customers globally. Syntiant positions its technology to deliver high performance at very low power and low cost for improved AI voice‑activation. Financially, the company completed a $35 million Series C to support continued development and growth. Investors named in the round include Sunstone Venture Capital Fund, Seraph Group, Microsoft and Applied Materials. Sunstone, based in Long Beach, previously invested in Syntiant’s Series A and B rounds and participated in this Series C. Syntiant develops analog neural-network semiconductors that enable on-device machine learning for always-on voice, sensor and image tasks in battery-powered devices such as smartphones, watches and speakers. The company combines innovations in deep learning and semiconductor design to expand AI capabilities at the edge with very low power consumption. Syntiant says it will commercialize its neural network technology for battery-powered devices and has expanded its board with the additions of Samir Kumar and Bret Johnsen to deepen guidance. Financially, Syntiant completed a $25 million Series B equity raise that included strategic technology and industrial investors. Participants in the Series B included Sunstone Venture Capital Fund, Seraph Group, Microsoft, Intel, Amazon, Robert Bosch, Applied Materials and Motorola. Sunstone had also participated in Syntiant’s Series A less than a year earlier and credited the company’s rapid advancement with increasing the value of its investment. Syntiant develops analog neural-network semiconductors called Neural Decision Processors (NDPs) that perform neural computation locally on edge devices. Its technology seeks to eliminate data-movement penalties to enable faster, lower-power ML inference than traditional CPU, GPU and DSP options. The NDPs use custom analog neural networks optimized at the transistor level to run deep-learning functions. The chips are positioned for voice, sensor and video applications across mobile phones, wearables, smart sensors and drones. Led by CEO Kurt Busch, the company says it will use new funding to further develop and commercialize its technology. The company is based in Irvine, CA.

Participated · Series B · Mar 2018

SeamlessDocs offers a cloud-based product suite (SeamlessGov) that enables governments to digitize and automate paper forms and workflows. The platform has processed submissions from over 27 million citizens. The company says its service has generated tens of millions of dollars in government processing cost savings. Founded in 2011 and led by CEO Jonathon Ende, SeamlessDocs is focused on continuing product investment and expanding its business reach. The firm completed a $7.5M funding round to support those plans and has now raised more than $18.5M in total capital. SeamlessDocs converts government PDF forms into clickable, interactive digital forms compatible with all platforms and screen sizes. The company integrates with local governments to digitize forms, allowing citizens to fill, sign, and complete transactions on a phone without printing, faxing, or mailing. It says it currently works with hundreds of local governments and generates revenue via a per-seat annual charge that provides unlimited form conversion. With the new funding, SeamlessDocs plans to target federal agencies and branches of government. The company will use proceeds to hire more engineers, sales staff, and customer-service representatives. Founder and CEO Jonathon Ende has framed the mission as making government interactions beautiful and easy. SeamlessDocs provides a document automation portal that moves traditionally offline government forms online and mobile by converting any PDF into a smart form. The product supports legal eSignatures, attachments, and payment integration to streamline citizen interactions. The company targets governments to reduce paperwork, data entry costs, and improve the user experience. SeamlessDocs has signed up hundreds of governments in almost every U.S. state, with the city of Los Angeles among its largest clients. Pricing runs in the thousands of dollars and varies by the population of the government customer. The company originally launched as Bizodo out of the ERA Accelerator and rebranded and refocused on government customers.

Participated · Equity · Sep 2017

OnBeep is a San Francisco–based startup developing “beautiful wearable communication devices” that let groups talk and collaborate without relying on smartphones. The hardware is designed to replace aging Push-to-Talk solutions and targets use cases such as music festivals, sporting events, vacations, and family outings. Co-founders Jesse Robbins, Greg Albrecht, and Roger Wood lead a 20-person team whose résumés include Apple, Google, Motorola, iRobot, and Amazon. The company has partnered with PCH International’s Access accelerator to move the product into production within the year and expects to unveil a public preview in the fall. Wood’s prior work on iDEN, often described as the first mobile social network, informs the product’s push-to-talk functionality. While the company has not yet shared revenue or user figures, the fresh capital will fund manufacturing and go-to-market efforts.

Participated · Equity · Sep 2016

Agent Video Intelligence (Agent Vi), founded in 2003 and led by CEO Itsik Kattan, provides a video analytics platform delivering customized analytics across safe city, infrastructure, transport, retail and other applications. Its solutions turn surveillance cameras into intelligent sensors that automatically analyze, detect and search massive volumes of video through a cloud interface. The company operates through hundreds of integrators and resellers. Agent Vi raised $4.3m in funding from backers including KuangChi Science Limited (via a $300m Global Community of Innovation fund) and Motorola Solutions. Motorola Solutions had first invested in Agent Vi in 2012. The company intends to use the funds to expand engineering, sales and management teams and to open local offices to serve clients in China, Southeast Asia and Europe. Agent Video Intelligence Ltd. (Agent Vi) is a Rosh Ha’ayin, Israel-based provider of video analytics solutions used worldwide. Led by CEO Itsik Kattan, the company provides analytics that operate with video surveillance networks to automatically analyze, alert and search for events of interest without user intervention. Its products also generate business insights through video analysis of customer traffic trends, with applications in retail and other mass-traffic markets. The company received an equity investment of an undisclosed amount co‑led by Motorola Solutions (through Motorola Solutions Venture Capital) and Indigo Strategic Partners. As part of the financing, Dorian Barak of Indigo and Chuck Hutzler, former vice president of product management for security products at Tyco International, joined Agent Vi’s board of directors. Agent Vi said it will use the capital to expand global sales and marketing, establish sales offices in North America and further invest in product development.