The Venture Codex

Participated · Seed · Aug 2026

Rivo connects to users' existing bank accounts, monitors cash flow in real time, and automatically moves idle balances into higher-yield U.S. Treasury securities through its banking partner, Jiko, returning funds before bills are due. Users do not need to change banks, move money manually, or alter their behavior to receive higher yields. Rivo emphasizes handling edge cases—shifted pay cycles, early bills, shared accounts—drawing on a founding team with experience from Cruise, Amazon, Personal Capital, Mint, Capital One, JPMorgan Chase, Microsoft, and LinkedIn. The company launched out of beta and opened to the public concurrent with its seed financing. Rivo disclosed that treasury investments are provided by Jiko Securities and that securities in accounts are protected by SIPC up to applicable limits. The firm highlighted the scale of idle checking balances in the U.S. as context for its product but did not disclose revenue or user metrics in the announcement.

Led · Equity · Jun 2026

Longshot Space is building ground-based kinetic launchers intended to accelerate payloads to hypersonic speeds and ultimately enable a scalable pathway to orbit. The company has developed prototypes including the “minigun” and is constructing a test gun designed to accelerate 100-kilogram payloads above Mach 5. With recent expansions of its engineering and manufacturing capabilities, Longshot has added a new hangar and test range to support development and testing. The company has raised a total of $20 million to date, including the latest $5 million from South Park Commons, and has also received support from other venture investors and the U.S. government. Longshot plans to use the funds to continue testing its multi-injection accelerator technology and advance toward larger-scale launch systems, while growing its team and government-facing capabilities.

Participated · Seed · Jun 2026

QOSMIC develops laser-based optical communications infrastructure for space, including ground stations and satellite terminals. The company has field-validated its full optical communication stack over a 10-kilometre terrestrial link and has secured its first commercial deployment with TakeMe2Space. Founded in 2025 by three founders who returned to India after careers abroad, QOSMIC is based in Bengaluru. Following its $3.33 million seed raise led by Accel and Prosus Ventures, the company plans to deliver operational ground stations and satellite terminals to international customers and expand its engineering team. Accel highlighted the technology as faster, more secure, and far cheaper than existing radio-frequency systems.

Led · Seed · Jun 2026

Maya Research develops voice-interface technology and conversational AI models designed to speak, think, and respond like a native speaker. The company focuses on adapting models to local languages, contexts, and conversational nuances to serve people who prefer speaking over typing. Maya positions its technology for users who interact with devices via conversation rather than traditional typing, tapping, or complex navigation. The startup was founded in 2025 by BS Dheemanth Reddy and Bharath Kumar Kakumani. Its current disclosed funding status is a $1.9 million seed round led by South Park Commons. The article does not provide revenue, user, or other operating metrics.

Led · Seed · Mar 2026

Nyne develops an intelligence layer that analyzes public digital footprints to help AI agents identify and understand people across platforms. The company deploys millions of agents across the internet to collect and triangulate signals from social networks and apps like Instagram, Facebook, X, SoundCloud, and Strava. Founded and led by Michael Fanous (CEO) with his father Emad Fanous as CTO, Nyne aims to provide downstream consumer-facing companies and agents with richer, cross‑platform human context. The startup argues its approach compensates for data gaps that large companies like Google fill with proprietary cross‑platform data. Nyne raised $5.3 million in a seed round to build and scale this capability, with backing from Wischoff Ventures, South Park Commons, and angel investors including Gil Elbaz. The article does not disclose revenue, user metrics, or prior funding rounds.