Participated · Series B · May 2026

Cinder develops infrastructure and tools to help platforms defend against AI-enabled online abuse such as spam, scams, deepfakes, counterfeit listings, fake reviews, and jailbreaking of AI systems. The company says its protections currently reach over 3 billion people across major products, reflecting significant deployment at scale. Founded by leaders with experience at Meta, Palantir, and the U.S. government, Cinder positions itself as providing best-in-class defensive capabilities to match increasingly accessible attacker tools. With the recently raised Series B capital, the company plans to scale its team, deploy AI agents at scale, and expand capabilities so companies of all sizes can respond to emergent AI threats. Financial details beyond the $41 million Series B were not disclosed in the article.

Participated · Seed · Oct 2025

Founded in 2023, Aboon is a modern, AI-driven third-party administration (TPA) platform focused on simplifying workplace retirement plans for financial advisors and the business owners they serve. Its software combines AI automations, intuitive digital workflows and real-time human expertise to generate plan proposals in minutes and onboard new 401(k) plans in just a few days, a process that traditionally takes weeks or months. The company partners with national advisory firms such as Edward Jones and has already reached tens of thousands of advisors, as well as recordkeepers including Capital Group, Empower and Manulife John Hancock. Advisors using Aboon report faster setup, greater pricing transparency and higher client satisfaction. With new capital, Aboon intends to deepen product automation, broaden its range of supported retirement products and expand integrations with additional advisory firms. The New York-based startup was co-founded by CEO Nick Gavronsky and retirement-industry veteran Amy Ouellette. No revenue figures were disclosed, but the company positions itself as critical infrastructure at a time when 43% of U.S. businesses with fewer than 100 employees still lack a workplace retirement plan.

Participated · Series A · Sep 2024

Safire Group develops SAFIRE™, a patented drop-in additive for Li‑ion batteries that prevents fires through an instantaneous liquid-to-solid transformation upon kinetic impact. Its shear-thickening electrolyte enables batteries to resist deformation and prevents short circuits, providing lightweight crash protection for EVs and enabling novel battery uses. SAFIRE was invented after nearly a decade of research and development at the U.S. Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory. The company is deploying the technology in four distinct use cases: a ruggedized electric motorcycle, a rapidly deployable sensor tower, an unmanned ground vehicle, and multifunctional body armor. Safire is venture-backed and announced $8 million in new Pre‑Series A financing, bringing total funding to $11 million. The company plans to expand operations in the Knoxville, Tennessee area, continue collaboration with ORNL, and further demonstrate SAFIRE in government and automotive markets.

Participated · Series A · Sep 2024

Wealth.com provides a purpose-built AI platform that unifies estate and tax planning into a single system for financial advisors and institutions. Its proprietary Ester Intelligence engine is trained on estate and tax scenarios to deliver deterministic, auditable outputs and powers end-to-end advisor workflows and integrations. The company reported 664% year-over-year growth in AI-powered workflows and has achieved at least 3x revenue growth in each of the last four years. Wealth.com supports advisory firms that collectively service more than $15 trillion in client assets, processed over 100,000 estate documents in 2025, and performs thousands of deterministic calculations per estate distribution. It has expanded into tax planning, secured approvals from the three largest U.S. broker-dealers (unlocking access to over 50,000 financial advisors), and holds agreements with three of the top five banks. Wealth.com has been recognized in industry surveys and awards, including category leadership in estate planning market share in the Kitces AdvisorTech Survey and inclusion in the CB Insights Fintech 100.

Participated · Seed · May 2024

Averlon is a Redmond, Wa-based cloud security company that provides panoptic visibility and predictive intelligence to enterprise security teams. Led by CEO Sunil Gottumukkala, the company focuses on helping customers understand, predict, and prevent emerging cloud security threats. Its platform offers CISOs and security teams predictive attack intelligence, rapid remediation, and integrates with other security solutions. Customers use Averlon's attack chain analysis to narrow investigation scope and simplify impact determination, enabling quicker containment, eradication, and recovery from incidents. The company raised $8M in Seed funding (bringing total funding to $10.5M) and plans to use the proceeds to expand operations and advance development efforts. The Seed round signals continued investment in its product and go-to-market execution.