Led · Equity · Jan 2022

H2U operates a digital health ecosystem centered on its H2U pano platform and complementary apps (H2U eXpert, H2U eXamine, Everyday Health, Sports Note, iFit) to provide personalized medical checkups, nutrition, exercise prescriptions, and corporate health programs. The company leverages AI to break down data silos, track continuous health data, and recommend individualized health plans and products. H2U reports over 3,000,000 platform members and about 500 organizational customers participating in H2U pano. With a ten-year operating history and headquarters in Taipei, H2U says the new capital will strengthen R&D, AI data insights, cloud integration, and product promotion. The company plans international expansion in 2024, starting with a South Korea entry through SCL and by attending major global medical and tech events. Management aspires to become a leading Asian digital-health unicorn and anticipates pursuing an IPO by the end of the year to fund further technology development. H2U operates a Digital Health Platform that analyzes first-party data to help companies design tailored workplace health benefits. Its subscription-based workplace health ecosystem supports health management, sports scheduling, workplace health promotional events, group exercise classes, fresh food offerings, and sports science consultations. The platform aggregates data from connected products and services so users can access records and receive personalized health advice and information. H2U counts prominent advisors who provide guidance on precision medicine, biomedicine, and blockchain applications. The company is working to expand internationally and plans to bring in strategic investors from Japan and Silicon Valley in 2022 to support growth toward a digital health unicorn. Management has stated an objective to launch an overseas IPO within two years.

Participated · Equity · Nov 2016

Devialet produces high-end speaker systems and amplifiers and has broadened its lineup into personal audio (earbuds) and home soundbars such as the Dione. The company emphasizes engineering-led product development and unique audio technologies. It is pursuing global expansion with a particular focus on Asian markets and a licensing strategy. Devialet reports six retail locations in China and five in South Korea, Japan, Hong Kong, Taiwan and Indonesia, and says Asia accounts for three of its five biggest countries by sales. The company recently secured new funding to support growth and product development. CEO Franck Lebouchard framed the new partnership as evidence of confidence in Devialet’s strategy and technologies. Devialet builds high-end sound technology and consumer audio products, anchored by its Phantom speaker and a portfolio of 107 patents and 61 international awards. The company is headquartered in Paris and was founded in 2007. It reports rapid growth—doubling its turnover every year—and employs about 230 people. Devialet plans to roll its technologies into automotive, television and IoT markets through strategic industrial partnerships. The company is expanding its retail footprint with additional immersive rooms and new flagship stores beyond Paris, London and Soho, New York. It will further invest in R&D to accelerate innovation and reinforce its patent portfolio while broadening adoption of Phantom across five continents. Devialet is a French audio-technology company with 88 patents and numerous awards for its amplifier engineering. Its headline product in this article is the Phantom, a spherical all-in-one wireless speaker offered as a 750-watt model and a 3,000-watt Silver Phantom. The standard Phantom is priced at $1,990 and the 3,000-watt Silver Phantom at $2,390. Devialet has sold amplifiers since 2010 and positions the Phantom to reproduce the soundstage and musicality of much larger speaker systems. The company has opened U.S. pre-orders and plans to begin shipping Phantom units to U.S. customers in July. Financially, Devialet announced a $20 million funding round, bringing its total capital raised to about $50 million.