• Codoon

  Led · Series B · Mar 2026

  Codoon operates a vertically integrated fitness ecosystem combining hardware (fitness trackers, smart bracelets, Bluetooth scales) and software (the Codoon app and community) along with a data platform and hardware open-source initiatives. The company launched into wearables in 2010 and released products including the Codoon fitness tracker, multiple smart bracelet models, and a ROM (Codoon ROM 1.0) to enable cross-device functionality. It has developed a data-open platform and has explored adjacent products such as a smart bicycle. As of the article, Codoon reported over 10 million registered users by the end of 2013 and had a team of 98 employees. Financially, Codoon previously received a 20 million RMB angel investment from Shanda and a 60 million RMB A round before completing the $30 million B round.

• Ostium

  Participated · Seed · Oct 2023

  Ostium Labs is building the Ostium protocol, a decentralized platform for perpetual swaps that allows traders to gain exposure to stocks, commodities, indices, and currencies without giving up custody of their assets. Operating from New York City, the company targets global markets by offering on-chain derivatives that mirror traditional financial instruments. Its infrastructure is designed to handle high trading volumes while maintaining decentralization and transparency. With fresh capital, Ostium plans to broaden the range of supported asset classes and further scale its back-end systems. Management also intends to keep refining the user experience and feature set of the trading platform. To date, the startup has secured $27.8 million in total funding, reflecting healthy investor confidence in its approach to bridging traditional and crypto-native markets.

• Banyan Security

  Participated · Series B · Jan 2022

  Banyan Security, based in San Francisco, builds a patented zero trust architecture that enforces least-privileged, context-based access to corporate applications and IaaS resources. The solution integrates with organizations’ existing enterprise identity and security tools and transparently deploys in hybrid and multi-cloud environments. Banyan permits incremental deployment to accelerate measurable progress on customers' zero trust journeys. The company recently made a no-cost Team Edition of its Zero Trust Remote Access solution available, enabling access to hosted applications and infrastructure without legacy VPNs or firewall/DNS changes. Led by CEO Jayanth Gummaraju, Banyan plans to invest further in product innovation and expand into new markets and territories. The company intends to use new funding to increase sales and marketing efforts as well as continue product enhancements. Banyan Security provides a Zero Trust Remote Access platform that grants secure remote access to corporate resources hosted in hybrid and multi-cloud environments. The platform reduces attack surface, eliminates lateral movement, and prevents unauthorized access by authenticating and authorizing both users and devices before granting granular least-privilege access to applications and servers. Banyan leverages TrustScoring powered by machine learning to evaluate trust and enforce access controls. Its solution is used by enterprises across healthcare, manufacturing, and technology verticals. The company intends to use new funding to grow operations, develop its solutions, and expand its business reach.

• Youibot

  Participated · Series B · Jan 2022

  Youibot Robotics is a Chinese developer of autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and automation solutions. The company has closed a Series C funding round that is described as backed by a state investor. Following the fundraise, Youibot plans to invest 1.4 billion yuan (about $193 million) to set up new headquarters and manufacturing facilities. The planned investment is intended to establish new HQ and manufacturing capacity to support its AMR and automation product lines. The article does not disclose the Series C's size, other participating investors, or additional financial details. Youibot is identified in the article as a China-based company. YouiBot develops industrial mobile robots and end-to-end software-hardware solutions for industrial logistics, intelligent routine inspection, and operation & maintenance. The company is rooted in precision electronic manufacturing and the energy industry, and it claims a leading position in semiconductor and power-plant scenarios. Its solutions have been applied in semiconductor, 3C, electric power and IDC sectors, including an unmanned workshop deployment of 150 mobile robots and the YOUI TMS system in a 36,000 m2 precision electronics factory. YouiBot counts customers and partners such as LUXSHARE ICT, ASM, CRRC, FAST, China Huaneng, AICC, COMAC and Hitachi, and serves 26 provinces and cities domestically. The company exports products to more than 30 countries, including Japan, Korea, Singapore, Spain and Germany. YouiBot plans to use the new funding to expand operations, accelerate growth and broaden its business reach. Youibot is a four-year-old Shenzhen-based startup founded by a group of PhDs from Xi’an Jiaotong University that develops autonomous mobile robots and proprietary software for factory automation, logistics management, inspection and maintenance. Its robots are used in scenarios such as yard vehicle tire inspection (helping win a Michelin contract) and are noted for strength in electronics manufacturing and electric power patrol. The company is seeing high growth in its semiconductor business, with front-end wafer fabs using its robots for chip packaging, testing and wafer production. China accounts for roughly 80% of Youibot’s revenues, and the firm’s revenues tripled last year from 2020. Youibot went through SOSV’s HAX hardware accelerator and has raised more than 200 million yuan to date. The company plans to spend the latest proceeds on R&D for mobile robots and software, team building and market expansion.

• FoodMarketHub

  Participated · Series A · Dec 2021

  Food Market Hub provides an online platform that automates purchasing and inventory-tracking for restaurants and F&B businesses, syncing data from POS, inventory, and accounting systems for procurement decision-making. The platform lets customers order from existing and new suppliers and offers third-party software integrations to deliver comprehensive real-time data. It has expanded its offerings with a payments service in Malaysia that enables invoicing and collections within the platform. Since early 2020 the company says it doubled active users to 5,000 and its annualized total order value grew more than 4x to US$600 million as of October 2021. Founded in 2017 and based in Malaysia, Food Market Hub already has a footprint across six countries and counts customers such as The Coffee Academics, Putien, Din Tai Fung, and Yum Brands. The company plans to use new capital to expand further in Indonesia, strengthen presence in Singapore and Thailand, enter markets like Vietnam, and roll out financing tools to support regional F&B recovery. Food Market Hub is a cloud-based platform that connects food and beverage outlets and central kitchens directly to suppliers to automate purchasing and inventory tracking. The platform supports ordering via the app, email, or WhatsApp and uses AI-based forecasting to predict purchasing needs from historical data. It is used by about 2,000 food and beverage outlets across Malaysia, Singapore, Hong Kong and Taiwan and handles about $200 million in purchase orders annually; customers include Din Tai Fung, Kentucky Fried Chicken and Putien. The company reports close to zero churn and says demand and onboarding accelerated during the COVID-19 pandemic. Founded in 2017 by Anthony See and Shayna Teh, Food Market Hub has raised $4.7 million to date. Part of the new Series A will be used to expand into Indonesia, Thailand and Vietnam.

No current team members are available.