• Converge

  Participated · Equity · May 2025

  Converge builds AI-powered concrete management and decarbonisation technologies that combine proprietary sensor data and advanced software to optimise concrete usage and lower embodied carbon. Its flagship platform, ConcreteDNA, integrates predictive AI models, sensor-based monitoring, and real-time data management to track and simulate concrete performance and optimise mix designs. The company says its tools help contractors make faster, data-driven decisions, reduce waste, and minimise resource inefficiencies. Converge highlights that concrete production accounts for roughly 8% of global CO₂ emissions and positions its technology to tackle that challenge. The company plans to use new funding to rapidly develop and scale its generative and predictive AI models globally. Converge’s mission is to enable the construction sector to build a net-zero future more efficiently through AI, sensors, and data.

• Hohm Energy

  Participated · Seed · Feb 2024

  Hohm Energy runs a software and marketplace model that automates proposal and custom design processes, matches homeowners with accredited solar installers, and integrates procurement and finance. Its platform includes mobile apps and SaaS tools for installers, a “Home Ranger” supervision feature for installations, and a fulfillment process covering post-sales repair and maintenance. The company has produced more than 17,000 tailored rooftop designs valued at $190 million and has facilitated over $90 million in finance applications to retail banking partners. Average order value on the platform is roughly $8,000–$12,000, and the business reports a 4x–5x increase in GMV and revenue since launch. Hohm partners with South African retail banks (Investec, Nedbank, MFC, WesBank and Capitec) to offer structured financing options including home loans, solar loans and lease‑to‑own. The team says it aims to attain sustainable profitability this year and will use the new funding to double down on its climate‑fintech strategy, bolster technology, and launch a program to train local solar installers. While the model is seen as scalable to other African and emerging markets, Hohm remains focused on deepening its presence in South Africa given ongoing power disruptions.

• Airly

  Participated · Series A · Nov 2022

  Airly offers a comprehensive SaaS solution for air quality monitoring and control via a proprietary sensor network delivering real-time data. The platform enables organisations to monitor air quality, analyse trends and sources, develop targeted initiatives to combat pollution, and track improvements through a dashboard with a report generator, insights, an impact tracker and city ranking. Airly serves local governments, companies and local communities in over 40 countries and works with global brands including JCDecaux, Bolt, E-on, Philips, Skanska and Veolia. It has strategic partnerships with JCDecaux, the NHS and NILU and is a key partner in the EU Horizon 2020 DivAirCity project. The company recently launched the largest air-quality monitoring network in a European city by installing 165 sensors in Warsaw and has similarly large networks in the UK and Jakarta. Led by CEO Wiktor Warchałowski, Airly raised $5.5M in Series A and intends to use the funds to accelerate growth and expand operations and business reach. Airly is a Palo Alto cleantech firm offering an AI-powered platform that provides ultra-local air quality intelligence. It installs sensor networks that measure particulate matter (PM1, PM2.5, PM10) and gases (NO2, O3, SO2, CO) and uses algorithms that predict pollution 24 hours ahead with up to 95% verifiability. Its customer base exceeds 600 local governments and cities (including Hong Kong, Jakarta, Oslo and Granada) and corporates such as Philips, Virgin, Innogy, PwC, Veolia and Skanska. The company plans to scale its platform globally, open offices in the UK and US, and roughly double its ~35-person staff by the end of 2021 by hiring sales, marketing and engineering talent. Airly’s R&D is partnering with mobility companies to deploy sensor-equipped cars and scooters to improve spatial resolution. The business raised $3.3M in funding to support these expansion and R&D initiatives. Airly operates an AI-powered air quality platform that delivers ultra-local, predictive data using dense networks of sensors. Its sensors measure particulate matter (PM1, PM2.5, PM10) and gaseous compounds (NO2, SO2, O3, CO) and provide live access via a mobile app and online map. The company also offers an API for media, technology, and finance companies to access live global air-quality data. Airly’s sensors act as a street-level, real-time warning system for pollution for governments, companies and individuals. The company reports more than 10,000 data points in over 30 countries and counts over 400 local governments and cities (including Berlin, Jakarta, Oslo, Rome, Athens and Krakow) as customers, alongside corporates such as Philips, PwC, Motorola, Aviva, Veolia and Skanska. Led by CEO and co-founder Wiktor Warchałowski, Airly is based in Palo Alto, California and Krakow, Poland. The company intends to use the new funding to scale its platform globally.

• Nano Technologies

  Participated · Series A · Aug 2022

  Nano builds an Earned Wage Access and flexible benefits platform aimed at low-income workers, delivered primarily through its Vui app which lets employees access wages instantly. The company is working with pioneering employers and reports over 100,000 workers granted access to earnings via Vui, including employees at FPT Retail, Central Retail, GS25, Family Mart, Kangaroo and Truong Thanh Furniture. Nano’s leadership includes Co‑Founder & CTO Thang Nguyen and Co‑Founder & CEO Dzung Dang. The company focuses on supporting workers through the cost-of-living crisis and improving employer engagement via flexible benefits. Going forward Nano plans to target large enterprises in manufacturing—garment, shoes, electronics and wood—and to expand its solutions into a complete flexible benefits platform for low-income workers. The business is headquartered in Hanoi, Vietnam. Nano Technologies provides earned-wage access through its VUI app, allowing employees to withdraw earned wages on demand. VUI launched six months ago and now serves more than 20,000 employees at companies including GS25, LanChi Mart and Annam Gourmet. The startup reports about 50–60% of employees sign up when employers offer the service and that users withdraw wages roughly three times per month. Nano typically fronts wage advances and is repaid by employers through payroll deductions, though employers with higher liquidity can front wages themselves; fee coverage can be employer-paid, worker-paid, or a co-pay model. The company focuses on retail, food & beverage, and manufacturing (notably textiles, garments and shoes). Nano participated in Y Combinator and was founded in early 2020 by Dzung Dang and Thang Nguyen; it recently raised seed funding to continue expanding and building employer-facing tools for staff management and engagement.

• tushop

  Participated · Seed · Mar 2022

  Tushop operates a social-commerce model in Kenya that lets community leaders run virtual shops, aggregate neighbors' orders, and place bulk purchases from manufacturers and producers (including farmers). The company sources goods directly and delivers fresh produce and FMCGs, claiming shoppers can save up to 60% while agents earn commissions. Founded last year by CEO Cathy Chepkemboi, Tushop emphasizes predictive delivery and lowering retail costs through direct sourcing and aggregated orders. The startup plans to scale across Nairobi first and then expand to the rest of the country. To support growth it is hiring, expanding warehousing and delivery capacity, and improving its technology and agent channels. The company recently raised funding to fund these operational investments and expansion plans.

No current team members are available.