Participated · Seed · Aug 2026

Embedd develops a platform that turns chip documentation into digital twins of hardware to accelerate software integration across devices such as robots, vehicles, drones and medical devices. The company says its platform reduces firmware and integration timelines from months to roughly three weeks and can deliver production-ready software for a given chip up to six times faster than manual processes. Embedd launched commercially in April 2026 and has already signed semiconductor customers, including Microchip Technology, to enable support for ecosystems like the Zephyr real-time operating system. The startup was founded by Ukrainian entrepreneurs Michael Lazarenko, Maxim Gorinov, and Valentin Gololobov, who previously ran a hardware company together. With the $2.7 million pre-seed funding led by Seedcamp, Embedd plans to expand its platform and deepen partnerships with semiconductor companies as it pursues broader adoption in robotics, automotive, manufacturing and medical device markets.

Participated · Seed · May 2026

Leadbay offers a solution for sales teams to find and target companies with zero or minimal digital footprints. The company is YC-backed, as noted in coverage of its recent fundraise. Public reporting focused on its pitch deck and the $4.2M raise rather than product technicals or go-to-market metrics. The articles did not provide information on revenue, user counts, founding year, location, or detailed future plans. No additional operating or financial metrics were disclosed in the coverage.

Participated · Seed · Mar 2026

Tower provides infrastructure that unifies storage and compute to help companies manage analytical storage and processing while maintaining full ownership of their data. The platform emphasizes the "last mile" of development, enabling human engineers and AI coding assistants to collaborate to turn generated pipelines and applications into reliable production systems. Tower builds on the Apache Iceberg open table format for compatibility with major data platforms and engines. Founders Serhii Sokolenko (CEO) and Brad Heller (CTO) are former Snowflake engineers. The company recently raised €5.5 million across pre-seed and seed rounds to expand its go-to-market team and advance platform capabilities. Tower positions itself to help organisations provide up-to-date, company-specific data for trustworthy AI and analytics workloads.

Participated · Series A · Mar 2025

Gable provides a shift-left data management platform built around API-based "data contracts" that define, enforce, and automatically surface context and constraints across structured, semi-structured, and unstructured data. The platform connects software developers who own upstream data with downstream data developers and analysts to reduce broken pipelines, missing data, and contextual gaps. Early adopters report up to 70% faster incident resolution and nearly 50% faster development cycles for data-dependent features. Customers mentioned in the articles include Glassdoor, Grab, and x15ventures. The company will use the new capital to accelerate product development and expand teams, including hiring across engineering, product, and customer success. Gable was founded in 2023, is based in Seattle, and serves a community of over 15,000 engaged data practitioners; it is backed by $27 million in aggregate funding. Gable.ai is developing a data collaboration platform that enables software and data developers to iteratively build and manage high-quality data assets. The system uses "data contracts," API-based agreements between upstream software owners and downstream data developers and analysts, which are defined, enforced, and discovered through the platform. Key features include data asset recognition by connecting a data source, data contract creation to set constraints and owners, and contract enforcement via CI/CD checks within GitHub. The company is currently in product development and has raised $7M in Seed funding. Leadership includes CEO and co-founder Chad Sanderson and co-founders Adrian Kreuziger and Daniel Dicker. Sanderson is a data industry thought leader who runs Data Quality Camp (8,000+ practitioners) and writes the Data Products newsletter (11,000+ subscribers).

Participated · Equity · Oct 2024

Toothio is a digital staffing marketplace that connects private dental practices and Dental Service Organizations (DSOs) with credentialed dental hygienists, assistants, and receptionists via a proprietary matching algorithm. It maintains a vetted pool of over 30,000 dental professionals and reports a 97% fill rate for open shifts. The platform added more than 15,000 professionals in 2024 and has driven 300% year-over-year growth since founding. Toothio’s product focuses on on-demand shift matching to streamline operations and maintain patient care quality while offering dental professionals flexible work. The company announced expansion into eight additional U.S. markets—Chicago, Los Angeles, San Jose, Portland, Seattle, Baltimore, Charlotte, and Orlando—to unlock access to thousands of practices and professionals. Founded in 2021, Toothio positions itself as a class-leading labor option for the dental industry. Toothio operates an on-demand staffing platform that gives dental practices quick access to hygienists and assistants to boost office production and patient support. Led by CEO Ian Prendergast, the company has facilitated thousands of completed shifts and expanded into Phoenix, Denver, Dallas, and Austin since founding in 2021. Toothio plans to enter three additional U.S. markets by the end of 2023 to increase access for practices, professionals, and DSOs. The company intends to use new capital to enhance its technology, grow its network of dental professionals, expand into key U.S. markets, and scale its sales team. To advance commercialization and scaling, Toothio appointed Keith Clements as Chief Commercial Officer to lead commercial expansion. The business model centers on alleviating staffing challenges for dentists through on-demand staffing solutions.