Participated · Seed · Oct 2024

Integrated Biosciences combines synthetic biology, optogenetics and AI/machine-learning to generate highly specific cellular phenotypes and discover precise small-molecule drug candidates for age-related diseases. The company has published work in journals including Nature, Nature Aging and Cell Systems and last year pioneered an AI-driven discovery of a structural class of antibiotics. It is developing a portfolio of preclinical-stage assets that target fundamental, age-related pathways at the phenotypic level. Integrated pursues a multi-asset business model, advancing programs via company-led development and co-development partnerships and maintains collaborations with private partners and Illumina Ventures Labs. The company announced it closed a $17.2 million seed financing to scale its platform, advance clinical development of its small-molecule portfolio, and accelerate commercialization efforts.

Participated · Seed · Dec 2023

Ozone provides a cloud-based video editing platform powered by proprietary context-aware AI and next-generation cloud video streaming technology. The platform is designed to simplify video editing workflows by combining editing tools, collaborative capabilities, and AI-assisted features in one product. Ozone has publicly launched its platform and recently raised $7.1 million in funding. The company intends to use the capital to further develop AI capabilities, expand collaborative features, and enhance user experience. Ozone positions itself to help creators focus on storytelling and creativity rather than technical editing tasks and is committed to ongoing research and development to keep the platform at the forefront of content-creation tools.

Participated · Seed · Oct 2022

Maplerad (parent of consumer product Wirepay) offers a banking-as-a-service infrastructure that lets businesses embed accounts, payments, multi-currency wallets, virtual and physical cards, and FX into their products via APIs. The founders trace the company’s journey to 2020 when they launched Wirepay, which grew to over 50,000 users (mainly in Nigeria) before Maplerad beta-launched its infra product in August. While in stealth the platform processed millions of dollars monthly for more than 100 businesses and onboarded startups and a few banks. The company says it handles banking relationships, licensing and compliance so customers can launch financial products quickly. Maplerad plans to use new capital to acquire more customers, obtain additional licenses, expand its team and solidify its presence across Africa. The company is U.S.-based and positions itself as a global BaaS player targeting African markets.