Participated · Seed · Jul 2026

Sentient develops a decentralized AI infrastructure called GRID that connects more than 100 models, data sources and reasoning agents to enable compositional multi-model responses. Built products include Dobby (a family of open-source LLMs tuned for community-aligned values), Sentient Chat (an agent-aggregation interface) and Open Deep Search, which the team says outperformed closed alternatives on the FRAMES benchmark. The project issues the SENT token for staking, governance, service payments and contributor rewards to coordinate a distributed community of developers, data providers and infrastructure operators. Sentient was founded in January 2024 by Sandeep Nailwal, Pramod Viswanath and Himanshu Tyagi and has secured an $85M seed round plus a $42M grants/investment program for open AGI research, bringing total committed capital above $125M. The team emphasizes keeping advanced models and agents openly available and auditable rather than proprietary. Following a listing of SENT on a major exchange, the token jumped about 20% on July 9, 2026, an event the coverage characterizes as liquidity-driven and highlights execution and adoption risk as key determinants of long-term value.

Participated · Seed · May 2025

Stackpack provides an AI-native platform built to manage the accelerating costs, risks, and complexity of third-party vendors, AI tools, and contractors. The platform gives finance and IT teams a single source of truth to control spend, manage renewals, and reduce compliance risk across the entire vendor lifecycle. Stackpack positions itself as an intelligent vendor stack management solution to help companies regain control over growing vendor networks. Just months after launch it is managing over 10,500 vendors and $510M in spend across more than 50 customers, including Every Man Jack, Rho, Density, HouseRx, Fexa, and ZeroEyes. Founded in 2023 by Sara Wyman, the company plans to use new funding to expand operations and its development efforts. The business has raised capital to support growth while scaling its customer base and spend-under-management.

Led · Seed · Feb 2025

WilsonAI is a generative AI platform that synthesizes legal documents and functions as an AI paralegal for in-house legal teams. The product automates routine legal tasks by triaging inquiries, providing instant answers, and automating workflows. It also offers knowledge management, information gathering, and automated reporting, enabling tracking of metrics such as query resolution times. By handling repetitive queries and tasks, WilsonAI aims to free legal teams to focus on higher-value work. With the new funding the company plans to enhance its AI capabilities, expand integrations with existing legal tech stacks, and accelerate customer onboarding across industries. WilsonAI has already deployed its AI paralegal with 10 technology companies.

Participated · Series A · May 2023

Pesto is a San Francisco, CA-based fintech that launched the Pesto Mastercard, an asset-backed secured credit card, in 2023. The card, issued by Continental Bank, allows consumers to send Pesto their assets and receive credit based on asset value regardless of credit score. It is designed to help users secure liquidity and build credit over time without selling assets, enabling many who don't qualify for unsecured cards to potentially improve their credit profiles. Pesto offers rates similar to existing credit cards, which the article notes are substantially lower than what pawn and payday loan clients typically pay. The company plans to use new funding to expand its customer base across the U.S., with an initial focus on Atlanta and Los Angeles. James Savoldelli is the founder and CEO.

Participated · Seed · Feb 2022

Encore provides a mobile-first platform and the Encore Studio App for artists to create and perform live in custom augmented‑reality environments from their phones and tablets. Fans engage through gamified microtransactions—a ten‑cent “clap”—to watch shows, chat, and interact, enabling direct payments to artists. The company launched its Studio App following a $9M seed raise led by Battery Ventures. While in private beta, hundreds of artists including SSGKobe, The Cool Kids, Too $hort, and DC the Don performed to tens of thousands of fans who have collectively clapped almost a million times. Encore was co‑founded in 2020 by Kid Cudi (Chief Creative Officer), Ian Edelman (President), and Jonathan Gray (CEO) and is headquartered in Los Angeles. The team says the product is aimed at democratizing the music industry by allowing artists to create personalized live experiences without a production budget and earn cash directly from fans. Encore is a mobile-first live music experience that lets artists drop new music, chat with fans and host live shows from anywhere. The app enables fans to interact and contribute content to communities centered around artists and shows, and to purchase unique artist experiences and merchandise. Its stated mission is to help more artists make a living from their music by encouraging collaboration and direct relationships with fans, addressing shortcomings of the streaming model. Co‑founders include Kid Cudi (Chief Creative Officer), Ian Edelman (President) and Jonathan Gray (CEO), combining creative and technical leadership. Encore is currently in private beta and is inviting artists and fans to sign up for access. Earlier this year it closed a $2M Seed round led by Battery Ventures, providing early financial backing as it develops and scales its product.