Participated · Seed · Feb 2026

Flock AI offers an AI-driven creative co-pilot that helps fashion and retail brands produce realistic, on-brand visuals at scale. Its platform trains custom models that capture more than 200 visual attributes, enabling hyper-accurate representation across ecommerce, editorial and video channels. Through reinforcement learning that incorporates creative feedback and conversion data, the system continually improves the imagery it generates. Customers report up to 90% cost savings compared with traditional photo shoots and over 30% lifts in conversion rates thanks to the increased variety and representation of content. The solution also supports one-to-one commerce by depicting diverse body types, skin tones and ages that typical budgets cannot achieve. Founded by former Bloomingdale's and Walmart merchandising executive Manvitha Mallela with computer-vision veteran Malavika Reddy, the New York-based company plans to use new capital to accelerate product development and go-to-market activities as enterprise demand grows.

Participated · Seed · Jan 2025

Daash Intelligence is an AI-powered predictive commerce intelligence platform that provides weekly retailer-specific updates for beauty and personal care brands across categories including color cosmetics, skincare, fragrance, haircare and personal care. Its proprietary AI combines multiple data sources to generate weekly sales and velocity estimates and highlight shifts in market share, products and SKUs so brands can identify emerging trends and competitive white space. Clients include Amika, Glow Recipe, Ilia and Tatcha, and the company says it has more than doubled its client roster since its initial funding round just over a year ago. Daash will use the new funding to rapidly scale its engineering and go-to-market teams and accelerate product development to meet strong demand for timely, actionable insights. Financially, the company announced a $5.5 million second seed round, bringing total funding to date to $8.25 million. The company is based in San Francisco. Daash Intelligence is a Miami-based provider of a predictive intelligence platform for retail markets. Its proprietary technology delivers market-dynamics insights that enable brands to identify which competitors are gaining or losing market share and to understand the factors driving those trends. Brands use the platform to inform new product development, fine-tune marketing strategies, and optimize channel sales efforts. The company raised USD2.75M in Seed funding. It intends to use the funds to continue improving the accuracy of its predictive intelligence platform and to scale go-to-market efforts across multiple CPG categories. The company is led by CEO Philip Smolin.

Participated · Seed · Sep 2022

Tongo is a NYC-based fintech realigning income and expenses for the commission economy. It partners with real estate brokerages to give agents flexible, real-time and low-cost access to future commission income through a card-based product. The Tongo Smart Card can be used wherever debit cards are accepted and funds can be pushed directly into an agent's checking account. Repayment occurs only when the agent collects a commission; if a contract falls through the borrower can defer repayment until their next commission. The company will use the $7M seed proceeds to expand product and team in its initial real-estate market. Fundraising to-date is $11 million.

Participated · Equity · Aug 2021

Brandefy operates a beauty tech app that connects beauty enthusiasts with product recommendations and personalized routines. The app allows users to compare formulas, ingredients, and prices to identify options that fit their needs and budgets. The company is led by founder and CEO Meg Pryde and lists team alumni from Estée Lauder, Perrigo, Ford, and Wander Beauty. Brandefy is based in Richmond, Va. Financially, the company raised $1.7M in funding as reported in August 2021. The funding is intended to support the company’s product and team as it grows its user-facing comparison and recommendation features.