Participated · Series A · Jun 2026

Founded in 2021, Hydra Host began by serving cryptocurrency miners and has pivoted to offer automation software for data center operators and an AI server brokerage platform. The company enables operators to rent out idle NVIDIA AI server computing power and runs a GPU matching marketplace connecting GPU owners with renters. As of the latest reports, Hydra Host has deployed its technology in 50 data centers worldwide, up from 30 earlier in the year. The company completed a $100 million project funding round led by Kindred Ventures that values it at close to $800 million post-money, with participation from Nvidia, ARK Invest, Magnetar Capital, Founders Fund, and Flume Ventures. The articles do not report revenue, user, or other operating metrics beyond data center deployments.

Participated · Seed · Mar 2024

Starcloud is building a network of data centers in space, starting at kilowatts and scaling to gigawatt capacity. Falling launch costs allow us to take advantage of the abundant energy, radiative cooling techniques, and ability to rapidly scale in space. Join our team, push the boundaries of the space economy, and be part of this pioneering effort to redefine the future of energy.

Participated · Equity · Nov 2023

Puzzle provides an AI-powered accounting solution that combines smart accounting software with a real-time financial data platform in a single product. The platform integrates with modern fintech tools including Stripe, Gusto, Rippling, Mercury, Brex, Ramp, and Pulley. Puzzle is designed to help startup founders and finance teams make accounting and finance a strategic advantage. The company said it will use the new funds to advance its vision of automating and modernizing financial processes. In November 2023 Puzzle raised $30.0M, bringing its total capital raised to $50.0M. Puzzle was founded in 2019 and is based in San Francisco, California. Puzzle combines a streaming financial data platform with a general accounting ledger to give startups up-to-date visibility across payments, payroll, and other fintech tools. It connects in real time to tools like Stripe, Brex, and Gusto to continuously update the ledger instead of compiling monthly snapshots. The company emerged from beta and is now generally available after working with more than 500 startups to refine the product. Puzzle launched at the end of 2019 and currently has 30 employees, with plans to hire using the new funding. Founder and CEO Sasha Orloff says the goal is ultimately to replace traditional ERP systems with an API-enabled data platform that integrates best-of-breed solutions. Financially, Puzzle has raised $20 million to date, including a $5 million seed and the recently announced Series A.

Participated · Series A · Apr 2023

Hype (formerly Pico) provides CRM tools and a drag-and-drop landing page builder for creators, plus new pre-designed Hype Kits to help different creator types launch quickly. The platform offers email and phone sign-up boxes, revenue tools to collect tips, sell subscriptions or experiences, and takes a 5% cut of creator payments. Creators using the platform have generated $30 million in revenue and collected more than four million email and phone contacts through Hype’s tools. The company has repositioned its link-in-bio and landing-page capability as a front-end product to help creators own their fan data. Hype says it plans to build a more powerful CRM for creators in the coming months and aims to reach profitability by mid-2024. The startup was founded as PennyPass in 2016 and later rebranded to Pico before becoming Hype.

Participated · Seed · Jun 2022

Five to Nine offers a platform that helps enterprises plan ERG programs and provides attendance and feedback analytics to measure ERG effectiveness. Launched in 2018 by Jasmine Shells and Denise Umubyeyi, the product integrates with Okta, Workday and Slack. The company already counts Yahoo, UpWork and Expedia as clients. Founders created the company to consolidate tools used to run internal events and to surface data on ERG impact and leader burden. With the new funding, Five to Nine plans to expand engineering, build new products, increase hiring and double its clientele. The analytics aim to demonstrate ERG ROI and highlight the work of ERG leaders often shouldering a diversity tax.