Participated · Seed · Jul 2025

BosonQ Psi’s core product is the Physics-Constrained Quantum-Assisted Machine Learning (PC-QAML) platform, which combines physics-based modeling with quantum-inspired computational techniques to perform AI inference. The platform is designed to run directly on space-qualified processors instead of relying on cloud or GPU-based computing. BQP plans to use its SpaceWERX SBIR award to develop and validate a software application that improves the speed and accuracy of identifying unknown objects and behaviors in space. The company positions its technology to operate on satellites and forward-deployed systems with limited computing power and intermittent communications. BQP has previously worked with the Space Domain Awareness Tap Lab and supports mission objectives for Space Operations Command Mission Delta 2 and Space Systems Command. The article notes this is BQP’s first federal contract.

Participated · Seed · Sep 2024

Zivy is an AI-driven startup founded in 2023 and based in Bangalore that builds a personalized copilot for managers and team leads. Its initial product integrates with Slack, analyzes conversation and task context, consolidates messages from multiple work apps into a single platform, and intelligently categorizes them. The company raised $1.2M in a pre-seed round in September 2024. The round was led by Blume Ventures with participation from Paradigm Shift Capital, iSeed, Everywhere Ventures, Indian Silicon Valley, Marsshot Ventures and several angel investors. Zivy plans to use the funds to advance product development and expand its R&D team. The product aims to help managers stay organized and manage work more effectively by centralizing communication and surfacing relevant context and tasks via AI.

Participated · Seed · May 2023

Rise offers a payroll platform that lets companies fund accounts in fiat or crypto and enables contractors to choose payouts in bank transfers, crypto, or a mix using smart contracts for instant payments. The platform is built on Arbitrum and the company says it can facilitate contractor payments in 90 fiat currencies and 100 cryptocurrencies across Ethereum and Ethereum-compatible chains including Arbitrum, Polygon, Optimism and Avalanche; Bitcoin is on the roadmap. Each contractor receives a Rise ID — an ERC-725 NFT containing KYC status, work and payment history — which can be authorized with crypto wallets and services. Rise started as a marketplace in January 2021, pivoted to a paycheck service in June 2021 and launched the current product in April 2022. The service is available in 190 countries; the company has onboarded about 500 contractors and 70 companies and says customers have sent over $10 million in payments through the platform. The team of 14 is working on money-transmitter licenses in some U.S. states and local licenses in Europe, and plans to launch an employer-of-record service for full-time salaries and a DeFi "High Yield" product in the future.

Participated · Seed · Nov 2022

Ixana develops a proprietary low-power silicon chip and chip-based reference hardware to enable wire-free augmented reality with all-day battery life and real-time, on-device AI. The company says its chip overcomes thermal and battery limitations that have hindered everyday AR headsets. Ixana plans to preview its first chip-based reference hardware at CES in January 2023 and is testing developer/evaluation hardware that will ship in early 2023. The team includes co-founders Shreyas Sen (CTO), Shovan Maity (Head of Research), and Angik Sarkar (CEO), and comprises 15+ alums of Intel, Qualcomm, Silicon Labs, Texas Instruments, and others. Sen is also a Chair Associate Professor at Purdue University, and the company is soliciting interest through an evaluation kit waitlist. The company positions its technology as a foundation for wire-free, always-on AR experiences with broad applications.

Participated · Series A · Aug 2022

Zeda.io offers a product management superapp designed to simplify the complexities of product management and help PMs build quality products. The startup rolled out its live platform globally and says it has customers across India, Europe, North America, Southeast Asia and the Middle East. It used a build-with-community approach, engaging over 6,000 product managers for feedback during product development. Founded in 2021 by Prashant Mahajan and Vaibhav Devpura, the company is focused on scaling its product and market reach. Financially, Zeda.io recently completed a $1.6 million pre-Series A funding round. The company plans to use the funds for expansion across North America and Europe and for hiring across product, engineering and business teams. Zeda.io is a one-stop product management SaaS platform designed to reduce redundancy and help product managers be more strategic and productive. The suite brings together tools to define roadmaps, manage features, create wireframes, define personas, plan releases, and map user flows from a single place. Zeda academy curates blogs, podcasts, and webinars to help users learn about product development and management. The platform is live in private beta with about 300 users across six geographies and has roughly 4,000 people on a waitlist. Zeda.io says it will use the seed funds for product development and to expand its team across product, engineering, and business functions. The company was founded by Vaibhav Devpura and Prashant Mahajan and operates under Zeda Tech Inc.