Participated · Safe · Jun 2026

Sophia Space develops AI-powered technologies and intelligent systems intended to enable more autonomous, scalable operations across space and terrestrial environments. The company emphasizes modular, AI-optimized compute for on-orbit and edge deployments and positions itself at the intersection of AI, advanced computing, and aerospace. Sophia Space plans to use its new funding to accelerate product development, hire engineering and commercial staff, deepen technical capabilities, and expand strategic partnerships. Management highlighted ambitions to support deployment of its platform across government, commercial, and international markets. The company is headquartered in Pasadena, Calif. and has now raised $22 million in total financing. No revenue, user, or valuation metrics were disclosed in the announcement.

Participated · Equity · Nov 2025

OptimHire offers an end-to-end AI hiring platform featuring an AI Recruiter applicant-tracking system, outcome-based pricing in which businesses pay only for successful interviews, and Job Copilot, an AI assistant that autonomously searches and applies to jobs for candidates. The company claims its system enables clients to hire in an average of 12 days while cutting recruitment costs by up to 80%. In 2024, OptimHire filled more than 8,000 positions for companies such as Amazon, Google and Dropbox and expanded its candidate database to over 220 million professionals. Its risk-free pricing includes either a 6% flat recruitment fee or about $300 per month for a full-time AI recruiter. Recent partnerships with Monster, CareerBuilder and Nexxt extend the service across multiple industry verticals. Looking ahead, OptimHire plans to launch self-service hiring for SMBs and further automate its AI-to-AI hiring model to create a near-autonomous recruiting ecosystem. The company is funding this growth with a recently closed $6 million investment round.

Participated · Series B · Jul 2025

Lucidya is an AI company founded in 2016 by Abdullah Asiri that provides customer experience management solutions across the MENA region. Its proprietary Arabic-language AI engine helps businesses and governments analyze and improve customer engagement across digital channels. The company serves sectors including telecom, BFSI, healthcare, hospitality, and the public sector. Operating in 11 countries, Lucidya serves enterprises with a combined market cap of over $250 billion and reaches more than 75 million users. It plans to scale its AI agent offering to transform customer-facing roles through automation, personalization, and compliance-driven AI solutions. The company will use the Series B proceeds to accelerate that AI agent roadmap and broader platform scaling. Lucidya, founded in 2016 and based in Saudi Arabia, offers a customer experience management platform that consolidates interactions across online channels. Its solutions use proprietary AI and Arabic NLP to deeply analyze captured interactions and extract insights. The platform is aimed at helping organizations understand and better serve their customers and make data-driven decisions. The company plans to use new funding to further develop and enhance its platform. Lucidya also intends to expand its services across the MENA region using the proceeds from the round. The articles do not disclose revenue or user metrics.

Participated · Series A · Nov 2023

Tablelo (operated by startup Changupin) provides a one-stop ordering and payment service for seated customers using NFC and QR technologies. The service integrates with multiple POS solution companies to improve usability and convenience. Since pivoting earlier this year from an AI-based commercial-area analysis product to the Tablelo service, the company has expanded into large franchise locations and food courts. Tablelo plans to use its recent funding to hire talent, accelerate technology development, and strengthen marketing to acquire new customers. Management aims to rapidly grow store adoption and become the industry’s leading smart-order service next year. The company also intends to broaden its service across industry types and pursue domestic and global expansion.

Led · Seed · Sep 2022

Neem offers an integrated payments platform that consolidates collections, disbursements, and branded enterprise wallets and ledgers, addressing the fragmentation that forces Pakistani businesses to juggle multiple payment providers. Commercially launched in January 2025, the company has scaled quickly, registering transaction-volume growth of more than 30% month-on-month and serving over 50 B2B clients across logistics, insurance, healthcare, e-commerce and agriculture. By embedding deeply into enterprise workflows, Neem aims to become the financial operating system for Pakistan’s digital economy and create high switching costs for large customers. Its near-term roadmap centers on enhancing technology infrastructure, fortifying cybersecurity and data protection, and expanding enterprise partnerships within Pakistan. The team is also selectively exploring cross-border remittance rails that extend naturally from its existing platform. Founded by Vladimira Briestenska, Nadeem Shaikh and Naeem Zamindar, Neem is backed by both local and international investors who view its full-stack approach and experienced leadership as key differentiators in a large, under-digitized market.