Participated · Series B · Jul 2026

Qolab develops a superconducting quantum computing platform aimed at utility-scale, fault-tolerant systems. The company combines physics and engineering expertise with strategic semiconductor partnerships to address manufacturing and scaling challenges. Qolab collaborates with Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory through the Quantum Systems Accelerator and with researchers at UC Santa Barbara. The company is led by co-founder and CEO Alan Ho and co-founder and CTO Dr. John Martinis, who was awarded the 2025 Nobel Prize in Physics. Qolab is headquartered in Santa Barbara, California. Financially, Qolab recently completed a financing that brought total new funding and convertible conversions to $54.2 million to accelerate development and partnerships.

Participated · Equity · Jan 2026

Lassen Peak is developing a fully integrated handheld radar system that uses submillimeter-wave Terahertz imaging to identify concealed weapons for law enforcement, military, and private security personnel. The device is designed to replace traditional invasive pat-down searches, aiming to reduce use-of-force incidents and increase trust between officers and the public. The company brings together experts in ultra-high-speed wireless, imaging radar, artificial intelligence, and geo-positioning to create this solution. Its advisory board includes former leaders from the ACLU, LAPD, National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives, and other public-safety bodies, underscoring its focus on both safety and civil rights. Proceeds from the current financing will fund completion of the charter product and support initial market introduction. While revenue and user figures have not yet been disclosed, management and investors position the company as a potential category-defining “unicorn.”

Participated · Seed · Sep 2024

Bounti offers the world’s first full-stack and funnel agentic AI teammate platform designed to increase efficiency and productivity for sales, marketing, and customer success teams. Its first teammate specializes in prospecting and automates research and personalization at scale, reducing time spent on mundane tasks and enabling more authentic customer engagement. The company pairs cutting-edge software with a human-in-the-loop services component to accelerate revenue outcomes and provide trained sales expertise alongside the product. Bounti emerged from stealth while building a strong enterprise customer pipeline and delivering application-layer value. The team says it will use new funding to expand capabilities across both the software platform and the human-in-the-loop services offering. Silicon Valley veteran Lew Cirne has been named the company’s first independent board member.

Participated · Seed · Sep 2024

Bounti builds a full-stack, full-funnel agentic AI teammate platform that automates research, personalization, and prospecting to augment sales, marketing, and customer success teams. Its first teammate specializes in prospecting and uses a research-first approach and a streaming LLM architecture to deliver up-to-date buyer identification and personalized outreach at scale. The product can research hundreds of companies in minutes (the company cites 500+ companies researched within ten minutes and hundreds within five minutes for one rep) and offers options to serve highly personalized outreach or fully outsource prospecting to Bounti’s trained sales professionals. Bounti emphasizes a human-in-the-loop model, pairing cutting-edge software with experienced sales practitioners rather than fully replacing human contributors. The company came out of stealth and reports a rapid development of an enterprise customer pipeline and delivery of tangible application-layer value. It plans to use the new funding to invest aggressively in expanding capabilities across both the software platform and its human-in-the-loop services component.

Led · Equity · Aug 2023

ZeroEyes announced a $10 million investment in the report cited. The article did not describe the company’s core product, services, or technology. The announcement included no information on how the funds will be used or on future plans. The report provided no historical funding details or financial metrics such as revenue or user counts. No founding year or headquarters location was included in the article. As published, the coverage focused solely on the investment announcement without operational context.