Participated · Seed · Jul 2026

Sentient develops a decentralized AI infrastructure called GRID that connects more than 100 models, data sources and reasoning agents to enable compositional multi-model responses. Built products include Dobby (a family of open-source LLMs tuned for community-aligned values), Sentient Chat (an agent-aggregation interface) and Open Deep Search, which the team says outperformed closed alternatives on the FRAMES benchmark. The project issues the SENT token for staking, governance, service payments and contributor rewards to coordinate a distributed community of developers, data providers and infrastructure operators. Sentient was founded in January 2024 by Sandeep Nailwal, Pramod Viswanath and Himanshu Tyagi and has secured an $85M seed round plus a $42M grants/investment program for open AGI research, bringing total committed capital above $125M. The team emphasizes keeping advanced models and agents openly available and auditable rather than proprietary. Following a listing of SENT on a major exchange, the token jumped about 20% on July 9, 2026, an event the coverage characterizes as liquidity-driven and highlights execution and adoption risk as key determinants of long-term value.

Led · Seed · Feb 2026

Flux positions itself as the world’s first “AI hardware engineer,” using models trained on hundreds of thousands of real-world circuit designs to let users create electronics through plain-language prompts. Within the web interface, the system drafts PCB layouts, identifies and prices components, runs validation tests, and produces ready-to-manufacture files, while also flagging cost-saving measures and supply-chain work-arounds. The company’s value proposition is to collapse the cost and complexity of hardware design so that individuals and small teams can build bespoke devices as easily as software. More than one million makers and entrepreneurs have already used Flux to design roughly 6.5 million devices spanning wearables, drones, smart-home controllers, industrial IoT tools, and organ-on-chip platforms. By reducing engineering overhead to near zero, CEO Matthias Wagner believes Flux can unlock a long-tail market for custom electronics. The platform seeks to make hardware iteration feel more like app prototyping than traditional manufacturing.

Participated · Seed · Jan 2026

Neuramint is an AI-driven Web3 platform that equips developers with a drag-and-drop interface to design, simulate, and deploy autonomous agents that interact with DeFi protocols, NFT marketplaces, and various blockchain networks. Its core product features a visual workflow builder, native multi-chain support spanning Ethereum, Solana, HyperEVM and others, and a production-grade simulation sandbox that operates on forked mainnets for safe testing. The platform also provides intelligent transaction batching for gas optimization and an agent marketplace where creators can share or monetize their workflows. With these tools, Neuramint aims to simplify complex blockchain operations such as DeFi automation, NFT management, cross-chain bridging, and DAO governance. The company plans to use its newly raised seed capital to accelerate product development, broaden Web3 SDK integrations, and launch the public beta of Neuramint. Further integrations with major DeFi protocols and additional blockchain networks are also on the roadmap. The firm is based in Denver and recently secured $5 million in seed funding to fuel these initiatives.

Participated · Seed · May 2025

Miden is a New York City blockchain infrastructure startup spun out of Polygon Labs and led by Bobbin Threadbare. The company operates a zk-powered blockchain platform designed to let builders create novel, high-throughput, private applications for payments, DeFi, digital assets and gaming. Applications and users on Miden are secured by Ethereum and AggLayer. Miden raised $25M in seed funding and intends to use the proceeds to expand operations and development efforts. The company is developing toward a mainnet launch slated for the fourth quarter of 2025.

Participated · Seed · Feb 2025

Fluent Labs is a Dover, DE-based company building a blended execution network that unifies Wasm, EVM and SVM apps on an Ethereum L2. The network enables programs written for different virtual machines to interoperate within a single execution environment. For users, Fluent offers access to applications from different VM ecosystems in one place without switching wallets. The company plans to parallelize the blended environment to deliver high-performance, low-cost app usage across supported VMs. There are currently over 60 projects in the Fluent ecosystem across DeFi, infrastructure, consumer and gaming. Fluent raised $8M in funding and intends to sue the funds to expand operations and its development efforts.