Participated · Seed · Nov 2023

Munch is an AI-powered automation platform for social media that turns lengthy videos into bite-sized clips optimized for different platforms. The product offers automatic editing, instant and precise subtitle generation, pre-scripted social media posts produced by advanced AI, and supports more than 20 languages. It recenters action in clips so content fits varied aspect ratios and repurposes single-purpose videos—podcasts, webinars, and livestreams—into series of engaging short-form videos. Founded in 2021 and based in Tel Aviv, Israel, Munch serves over 3,000 paying subscribers and has signed contracts with several major media companies as a primary short-form vendor. The company reached $2M in annual recurring revenue within eight months. Munch intends to use the funds for R&D, customer growth, and team expansion to accelerate its global presence.

Participated · Equity · Jul 2022

echo3D provides a 3D-first content management system (CMS) and delivery network (CDN) that stores, manages, compresses, optimizes, and streams 3D models, animations, and interactive content to smartphones, headsets, browsers, and smart camera devices. Its cross-platform cloud tools aim to help developers build lighter, faster 3D games, apps, AR ad campaigns, NFT marketplaces, and other cloud-connected experiences. The platform connects content to apps while extracting analytics and enables clients to publish 3D content without involving development teams. echo3D is a Verified Solutions Partner of Unity and positions itself as infrastructure for the emerging metaverse, a market the article cites as growing to $783.3 billion by 2024. The company says it is building tools and network infrastructure to support spatial computing and the next generation of AR/VR experiences. Echo3D is backed by a mix of venture investors, startup accelerators, angels, and grant programs described in the announcement. Echo3D, founded in March 2018 and formerly EchoAR, provides a cross-platform cloud platform that stores, manages, converts, compresses, optimizes, and streams 3D, AR, and VR content to mobile devices, browsers, game engines, and smart camera devices. Its 3D-first CMS and content delivery network aim to reduce file sizes and development times for 3D objects (an example cited reduced 500MB of assets to 5MB for streaming). Developers have used the platform to build cloud-connected games, AR ad campaigns, NFT marketplaces, and other interactive experiences. Since 2020 the company has registered 11,000 developer users worldwide and was named a Verified Solutions Partner by Unity. Echo3D has five employees, is hiring, and will use the $4 million it raised to expand developer relations and grow its developer and marketing teams. The company positions itself as backend infrastructure for the metaverse, describing a vision to be the equivalent of AWS for 3D applications.

Participated · Series A · Apr 2022

Hour One builds AI-driven synthetic characters—virtual twins created from video captures—that can speak scripted text in multiple languages and be embedded into software or invoked via API. Its core product is the Reals platform, a self-service tool that generates human-led video automatically from text in minutes. The company says use cases include virtual receptionists, salespeople, HR representatives and language teachers, and it already supplies content to customers such as Berlitz and partners including NBCUniversal, DreamWorks and Cameo. Hour One emphasizes scalability and localization, enabling avatars to deliver content at scale without new filming. The firm also publishes an ethical policy code to govern acceptable uses of its technology. Financially, Hour One previously raised a $5 million seed in 2020 and has just closed a $20 million Series A led by Insight Partners. Hour One provides a platform that generates highly realistic, photoreal virtual presenters capable of delivering preset text in multiple languages with natural facial expressions, gestures and tightly synced speech. The company’s technology lets customers produce course content without filming human instructors, enabling rapid scale and reduced production overhead. Hour One has signed a deal with Berlitz to augment instructor-led services and expand online language training, allowing Berlitz to extend reach into new markets and improve accessibility. Berlitz framed the technology as a way to replicate classroom experience and remove barriers of location and affordability. Hour One’s CEO said Berlitz has fully embraced the technology to scale its business. The company has raised $5 million from investors mentioned below.

Participated · Series A · Dec 2021

Vault AI operates the RealAudience™ Platform, a machine-learning audience-prediction product that analyzes stories to deliver actionable insights for marketing and development executives at studios, TV networks, distributors, OTT platforms, production companies, and agencies. The platform was developed in partnership with global media companies and AI experts and blends artificial intelligence with traditional research methodology. The company is described as a Santa Monica, California-based emerging market research firm with teams in Tel Aviv and Los Angeles and about 30 employees. Vault AI’s product aims to optimize aspects of the content lifecycle for clients across the media ecosystem. Following its Series A, the company plans to hire additional sales and product staff and to enhance its technology to expand beyond entertainment. It also intends to consolidate operations in Latin America and Europe.

Participated · Equity · Dec 2021

Sneaky Panda is a nascent Israeli game developer building a new mobile game genre it calls the "luck-puzzler." The company plans to launch its first title in that genre and emphasizes skill and strategy in gameplay. Founders include CEO Ron Rejwan, a co-founder of Jelly Button Games (publisher of Pirate Kings), and Niv Touboul, former founder of Upopa Games and head of in-house games at SuperSonic. Sneaky Panda says the funds will be used to expand the company's talent. The company raised $6 million in a financing round led by Bitkraft Ventures, with participation from Remagine Ventures, FireArc, Joakim Achrén and Eyal Chomski. Investors cited the mobile market's growth and the team's experience as reasons for backing the company.