Participated · Seed · Dec 2024

Briefcase develops a platform that automates manual accounting tasks—from bookkeeping to month-end close—using multimodal AI and embeddings to tackle complex reasoning. The company is pre-launch but has partnered with several UK accounting firms to pilot its product and has rolled out a beta to select customers for iterative feedback. Briefcase positions multimodal models and agentic capabilities as a step change for accounting automation and cites the $627 billion global accounting market opportunity. Leadership includes co-founder and CEO Reuben Steenkamp alongside co-founder Ján. With the new seed funding, Briefcase plans to hire engineers and product specialists and accelerate product development. The company raised $3M in this seed round to fund those initiatives and expand its early-adopter base.

Participated · Seed · Apr 2024

Splash is a San Diego, CA-based startup founded by Jeremy Yamaguchi that aims to transform the pool service industry by building the first national brand in pool service. The company plans to acquire hundreds of small pool-cleaning businesses and has completed its first acquisition in Southern California. Its three-step playbook involves acquiring existing pool-cleaning companies, integrating vertical software to optimize operations and customer experience, and reinvesting cash flows to accelerate further acquisitions and growth. Splash closed a $4.5M pre-seed round to fund early acquisitions and expansion. The combination of an initial acquisition and external funding positions the company to pursue rapid rollup-driven growth.

Participated · Series A · May 2023

VRIFY develops DORA, an AI-assisted mineral discovery platform that helps mining companies predict mineral deposits, assess exploration potential, communicate project value to investors, and secure investment. The company combines AI with industry expertise and partners with nearly 200 companies across 70 countries, including 26 early-adopter clients. VRIFY employs a team of over 100 geoscientists, data scientists, developers, and industry professionals. Led by CEO and Founder Steve de Jong, the company is focused on accelerating industry-wide adoption of its platform. To support that goal it recently closed a Series B financing. The funds are intended to accelerate adoption of VRIFY's platform across the mining industry. Vrify offers 3D visualization technologies and 360-degree virtual tours to help mining companies communicate project details to investors. The platform includes interactive features that facilitate meaningful dialogue and ensure non-technical stakeholders can get up to speed quickly. Led by founder and CEO Steve de Jong, the company serves over 130 clients across 70 countries, including Southern Cross Gold, Teck, and Kinross Gold. Vrify raised $6M in a Series A round. The company intends to use the funds to develop new platform features and expand its team, with a focus on AI-led innovation. Vrify is based in Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Participated · Seed · Apr 2023

Yield Exchange operates a digital marketplace that lets wholesale depositors—municipalities, universities, non-profits, strata corporations and others—find, compare and negotiate guaranteed investment certificate (GIC) rates with Canadian financial institutions. The platform digitizes a traditionally manual, time-consuming process through a bidding system that increases transparency and efficiency for depositors and banks. Founded by three veterans of the traditional banking industry, the company positions itself within the roughly $750B Canadian wholesale GIC market. Yield Exchange plans national expansion across Canada, with Ontario specifically mentioned as a target market. The startup also intends to broaden its product suite beyond wholesale GICs to include retail GICs, overnight rates and bonds. It has shown early traction and completed a pre-seed raise that was oversubscribed despite the challenging fundraising climate.

Participated · Seed · Nov 2022

TAGS Commerce builds instant checkouts called Tags that encode a pre-loaded cart and one-click purchase flow across online and offline media. Tags come in multiple formats—QR, link, text and tap—to support physical locations, social media, live shopping, AR/VR and other channels. The platform provides retailers, brands and creators with distributed checkout points that populate order data for seamless fulfillment and unlock transactional and marketing analytics. TAGS reports Tags average 64% order conversion rates and enables affiliates and creators to share Tags, curate 'Dropshop' pages, and earn commissions. The company highlights customers including the Los Angeles Lakers, Foot Locker, Roc Nation and influencers such as Kall Me Kris and Guap. TAGS announced $3.5M in funding and said it is in the process of closing its seed round with $3.5M raised to date.