Participated · Series A · Mar 2026

BackOps offers a platform that converts everyday logistics communications—emails, messages, service tickets—into automated, end-to-end workflows across carriers, warehouses, and vendors. Its two flagship products are AI Process Center, which captures institutional workflow knowledge and turns it into automated actions, and Relay, an always-on agent that detects issues and automatically files claims, initiates reshipments, and drafts customer responses. Deployed across industries such as automotive, grocery, retail, and manufacturing, the software has delivered up to 60 % time savings for logistics teams, 93 % faster customer response times, and 100 % automatic filing of eligible carrier claims. Customers include one of the world’s largest automakers, a global retail giant, and major U.S. machinery suppliers. With fresh capital, the company plans to expand engineering, product, and go-to-market teams and accelerate its product roadmap. The press release was issued from San Francisco, though the founding date was not disclosed.

Participated · Seed · Sep 2025

Myriad AI, headquartered in both San Francisco and Prague, offers an enterprise software platform that continuously monitors global regulatory changes and translates them into real-time, actionable tasks for clients. Its core features include horizon scanning for upcoming rules, a compliance navigator that guides companies through obligations, automated document review, and real-time dashboards for oversight. The solution targets heavily regulated sectors such as financial services, insurance, and healthcare. Founded by Ralf Schonherr and Jan Špidlen, the startup positions itself as a comprehensive replacement for manual, resource-intensive compliance processes. With fresh seed financing, the company plans to expand its engineering teams across the EU and the US, accelerate global go-to-market initiatives, and further advance its AI capabilities. To date, Myriad AI has raised $7.8 million, providing the financial runway to scale its product and customer base.

Participated · Seed · Sep 2025

Cascade Bio’s core technology, branded as Body Armor for Enzymes, uses affordable, scalable materials to protect enzymes from early degradation and extend their useful lifespan from hours to months. The company deploys these fortified enzymes in cell-free systems, aiming to simplify scale-up, speed reaction rates, reduce purification steps, and lower manufacturing costs compared with microbial-host approaches. Cascade has applied its stabilization platform to more than thirty distinct enzymes and reports a consistent track record of improved durability. Early partnerships with chemical, flavor and fragrance companies, food-ingredient manufacturers, and pharmaceutical firms have demonstrated integration into existing processes and meaningful cost savings. The founding team brings expertise from Zymergen, Stanford, and the University of Colorado Boulder, supporting technical development and commercial collaboration. Headquartered in Denver with satellite teams in California and New York, Cascade plans to accelerate the transition from petrochemical processes to enzyme-driven manufacturing. Cascade Biocatalysts has developed a patent-pending Body Armor for Enzymes™ technology that improves enzyme performance and longevity to enable cost-effective, cell-free biomanufacturing. The company reports working on 15 different enzymes and achieving 100% success at improving stability under industrial conditions, including multiple paying customers at the lab scale. Initial projects target applications such as carbon dioxide capture, fragrance manufacturing, and wastewater treatment, demonstrating broad commercial potential. Cascade plans to scale its technology from the lab bench to pilot scale and support an initial wave of customers. The founders, Alex Rosay and James Weltz, combine chemical engineering backgrounds and industry experience; James invented the technology during his PhD. Headquartered in Denver, the company also has a presence in California and New York.

Participated · Series A · Aug 2025

Sola is an insurtech building a vertically integrated property insurance business by owning policy forms, modeling, claims, and internal tools. The company launched a flagship wind and hail program and became a Lloyd's of London coverholder. Since its seed round last year, Sola has grown revenue 7x. Sola uses objective data to trigger payouts rather than relying on traditional subjective claim adjustments. The company says it aims to own every step of the recovery process to deliver a seamless experience for customers and agents. It plans to use new funding to scale to eight figures in revenue, expand sales and product teams, and bring coverage to more homeowners. Sola is bringing unprecedented reliability to a historically chaotic home insurance market by offering data-driven policies that aim to keep premiums affordable and consistent. The company guarantees consistent and affordable premiums every year and is focused on reducing high premiums and deductibles for homeowners. Sola recently launched a wind and hail product to address high deductibles and out-of-pocket costs for wind, hail, and tornado damage. The firm is enhancing its agent platform so agents can quote and bind policies in seconds and plans to expand its state footprint to serve more high-risk states. Sola aims to extend its approach to cover all types of natural disasters in the future. Its platform uses advanced weather data and automated claims processing to deliver fast payouts within days and it has partnerships with mortgage companies and hundreds of independent agencies.

Participated · Seed · Feb 2025

Incept AI builds audio neural networks and a proprietary Incept Neural Engine to bring voice AI to challenging real-world environments such as noisy restaurant drive-thrus and phone orders. Its stack processes noise, acoustic echo, and interfering speakers to enable accurate order-taking without relying on staff or call centers. The system is designed to integrate natively with foundation models, restaurant menus, and POS systems. The company says its solution helps restaurants stay nimble, increase profits, and deliver a consistent guest experience. Incept AI intends to use the new funding to accelerate development of its neural audio processing stack. The company is led by CEO Umut Isik and is based in New York City.