Participated · Seed · Jul 2026

Octozi offers a human-in-the-loop AI platform that integrates with existing clinical systems to automate data cleaning, reconciliation, review, and reporting for clinical trials. The platform combines large language models, deterministic clinical algorithms, and external medical knowledge to produce context-aware outputs and keeps clinical teams in oversight. Octozi already supports Phase III trials and, in a controlled study, its AI assistance increased data-cleaning throughput roughly six-fold while cutting reviewer error rates from 54.7% to 8.5% and reducing false positive queries about fifteen-fold. An economic analysis cited in the announcement estimated more than $5 million in savings for a representative Phase III oncology trial. The company is headquartered in New York City and recently raised a $3 million seed round to support its growth.

Led · Seed · Mar 2026

Lucend, rebranded from Coolgradient in January 2026, has built a Transparent AI platform that ingests billions of data points from a data center’s existing sensors and surfaces actionable, human-in-the-loop recommendations. Deployable in about six weeks without new hardware, the software has demonstrated approximately 40% reductions in power-usage effectiveness (PUE), 25% lower power consumption, 30% less water usage and 40% gains in team efficiency. The product focuses on system-wide optimization rather than localized fixes and can operate without direct network connections, eliminating added cyber-risk. Recent milestones include expansion into the United States, opening a New York City headquarters and onboarding the first U.S. customer. The founders first began developing the concept in 2019 and have since grown the platform into a globally deployed solution. With data-center capital needs projected to reach $7 trillion by 2030, Lucend sees a rapidly expanding market for its efficiency software. Proceeds from its latest seed financing are earmarked for broadening product capabilities and scaling U.S. market penetration.

Participated · Seed · Mar 2026

Coral provides a platform to make energy-efficiency upgrades for homes more accessible and affordable by simplifying financing for homeowners. The company focuses on bridging the cost gap to enable climate-conscious home improvements. Following its 2026 $7.5M seed raise, Coral plans to expand its platform to reach more households and accelerate adoption of energy-efficient systems. The articles do not report revenue, user counts, founding year, location, or prior funding details. Coral positions itself at the intersection of green financing and home-improvement, responding to rising demand for sustainable, cost-effective upgrades.

Led · Seed · Jan 2026

Lucend’s core product is a Transparent AI platform that links to a data center’s existing sensors and infrastructure—no new hardware required—to transform static systems into adaptive, self-learning environments. The software ingests roughly 300 billion historical sensor readings and analyzes billions of data points daily to deliver prescriptive, explainable recommendations that operators can vet before implementation, maintaining a ‘human-in-the-loop’ workflow. Deployed across dozens of facilities in Melbourne, Singapore, Paris, London, Amsterdam and Chicago, the technology has driven ~40 % improvements in PUE, ~25 % reductions in power consumption, ~30 % lower water use, and ~40 % gains in team efficiency for customers such as Digital Realty, Global Switch, and T5. With more than half of the world’s data centers located in the United States, Lucend is using its new capital to expand sales, operations and customer support in that market. The company’s strategy focuses on helping operators maximize existing assets’ lifespan and defer CapEx while meeting rising AI-driven demand for capacity. Industry partners like Mitsubishi Electric plan to pair Lucend’s software with their hardware to enhance customer value. To date, Lucend has raised a $3.3 million seed round to fund this expansion.

Participated · Seed · Sep 2025

Spara has built an enterprise-grade, real-time conversational AI platform that combines voice, chat, and email agents to respond to inbound website visitors within seconds. The system creates a private, custom model for each customer, matching brand voice and qualification criteria to answer questions, qualify prospects, and book meetings automatically. Early customers such as Rho, MarketMan, Jericho Security, and TinyMCE report strong results; for example, Rho booked more than 90 meetings in 30 days and converted 50% of qualified traffic with an average chat-to-meeting time under three minutes. Co-founders David Walker and Zander Pease position the product as a replacement for legacy chatbots, static email cadences, and slow human scheduling. The company plans to use new capital to expand the team, deepen product integrations, and invest in multimodal machine-learning capabilities. Operating in a conversational AI market projected to grow from $11.6 billion in 2024 to $41.4 billion by 2030, Spara aims to modernize the inbound sales workflow and capture a share of that growth. The recent $15 million seed round is its first disclosed outside capital and will fund further product development and go-to-market expansion.