Participated · Seed · May 2026

Lithosquare develops a Geology AI platform that combines artificial intelligence with geological expertise to accelerate discovery of copper, rare earths, and other critical metals. The company validated its technology by operating alongside initial exploration partners before announcing its seed raise. Following the $25 million seed financing, Lithosquare plans a global deployment of the platform and is actively hiring engineers and geologists to scale operations. The startup positions its product as a way to shorten conventional, capital-intensive exploration cycles and to improve the economics of discovery. Financially, the company has secured seed equity backing from institutional VC investors led by World Fund. No revenue, user, or valuation metrics were disclosed in the announcement.

Led · Series B · Oct 2025

Caracol provides turnkey robotic manufacturing systems, branded Heron AM and Vipra AM, that integrate in-house hardware, advanced software and robotics to print large-scale parts in polymers and metals. The company has installed more than 100 robotic platforms worldwide and supports hundreds of customer projects, delivering outcomes such as 70 % cost savings for yacht builder Ferretti Group and 50 % lead-time reductions for composites specialist Duqueine. Headquartered in Milan with hubs in Austin and Dubai, Caracol employs over 100 people and maintains a footprint in 50-plus countries. Revenues have more than doubled year-over-year for the past five years, a trajectory that continued through the first half of 2025. Fresh capital will be used to fortify its leadership in Europe, the United States and the Middle East, expand into Asia-Pacific, and deepen its multi-process, multi-material platform with enhanced software, automation and AI-driven process control. The company also plans to accelerate its metal additive manufacturing offering for regulated industries while scaling its polymer solutions across transportation, construction and architecture. Recent strategic moves include expanding a Texas headquarters and acquiring the additive robotic IP of Germany’s Hans Weber Maschinenfabrik to bolster its European technology base.

Participated · Equity · Sep 2025

PeopleSpheres offers a cloud-based, modular HR platform that allows organizations to integrate, centralize and manage disparate HR applications through a single interface. The product focuses on interoperability, giving HR teams flexibility to plug in best-of-breed payroll, talent, time-tracking and benefits solutions without changing their existing systems. Following a €5.3 million capital raise completed this summer, the company has entered a new phase led by recently appointed CEO Arnaud Castille. Management is reorganizing internal structures and strengthening the executive committee to accelerate product innovation and commercial expansion. The fresh funds are earmarked for R&D, sales growth and solidifying PeopleSpheres’ position as a reference solution for HR interoperability. No operating metrics such as revenue or user counts were disclosed in the articles.

Participated · Equity · Jun 2025

Skynopy provides turnkey, high-speed, rapidly deployable ground station services and mission support for low Earth orbit satellite operators, enabling on-demand real-time data downlinks without heavy upfront CAPEX. The company combines third-party ground station integrations and strategic partnerships (AWS, Kinéis) with proprietary antennas and software orchestration, including virtualised modem technologies. Its hybrid economic model reduces revisit time to under 20 minutes and doubles data download volume per satellite pass, while halving costs for operators with smaller data volumes. In less than a year Skynopy has added more than 15 antennas to its network and successfully tested an operational download with Airbus from Pléiades Neo satellites, completing setup in under two weeks. Founded at the end of 2023 and based in Paris, the company completed a new €15 million funding round led by Alven with Expansion, Omnes, CNES (SpaceFounders) and Heartcore participating. The funding will accelerate commercial deployment, strengthen technical and marketing teams, and support development of the AKAR unified high-speed, real-time space network planned for 2028. Skynopy is a Paris-based space startup founded in October 2023 by former Loft Orbital directors Pierre Bertrand and Antonin Hirsch that provides simplified satellite connectivity. It offers an "as-a-service" hybrid ground-antenna network and universal connectors that let satellite operators send commands and receive data without managing complex ground-station infrastructure. The company positions itself as an "Airbnb of ground antennas," aiming to scale quickly and offer high-bandwidth links while limiting CAPEX through interfacing with existing ground station networks. In its first six months Skynopy signed and delivered contracts with French space players including HEMERA and CNES. Skynopy closed a $3.1M fundraising round in only three weeks a few months after its creation; the funds will accelerate commercial deployment and recruitment. Its business model focuses on removing technical and commercial complexity from satellite operators to provide a mobile-phone-like connectivity experience.

Participated · Series C · May 2025

Quantum Systems develops an interoperable family of unmanned platforms across air, land, and sea domains unified by its MOSAIC UXS tactical software command ecosystem. The company operates as a deep-tech defense prime and has deepened strategic industrial collaboration with Airbus Defence and Space. It reports having achieved double-digit profitability alongside triple-digit revenue growth and has expanded its global corporate production footprint across Germany, Ukraine, the United States, Australia, Romania, the United Kingdom, and the Baltics. Led by co-CEOs Florian Seibel and Sven Kruck, the company is investing in scaling physical manufacturing and software R&D. The Series D financing will support expansion of manufacturing capacity, bolster supply chain resilience, and accelerate its software roadmap.