Participated · Seed · Mar 2024

Sonaverse provides an on-chain data infrastructure that consolidates, normalizes, and delivers standardized datasets spanning major blockchains and DeFi platforms. The platform offers curated, reliable datasets for more than 30 chains and leverages Snowflake’s big data technology to enable seamless data sharing. Sonaverse’s service removes the need for financial institutions to run nodes, clean and curate data, or build and maintain APIs. It also offers a data visualization platform that surfaces wallet activity, token volume, and other on-chain metrics for chains including Ethereum, Solana, Binance, Polygon, Bitcoin, Celo, Gnosis and Fanton. Led by CEO and Founder Patrick Kim and based in Irvine, CA, the company plans to use recent funding to accelerate product development and drive global institutional adoption. The business positions itself as institutional-grade infrastructure to help financial institutions engage with blockchain data more efficiently.

Participated · Debt Financing · Feb 2024

Echelon Data Centres builds, owns and operates hyperscale data centre infrastructure designed to serve cloud and enterprise customers. The company currently controls eight campuses in Ireland, the UK, Spain and Italy, with an aggregate planned capacity of 1.2 GW. Its portfolio includes a €500 million facility in Arklow, Co Wicklow, which finally received grid-connection approval in 2024. Recent strategic moves include entering Spain through a joint venture with Europe’s largest utility, Iberdrola, and expanding into Italy to replicate its development model. Echelon plans to use newly raised capital to grow its development pipeline and invest in enabling power infrastructure that supports additional campuses. US investor Starwood Capital acquired a 50 percent stake in 2024 via an €850 million investment, underscoring strong institutional backing for the platform.

Participated · Equity · Dec 2021

Yield Guild Games (YGG) operates as a play-to-earn gaming guild that aggregates players and gaming assets for blockchain games. The company has expanded via geographically focused subDAOs, most recently launching YGG SEA to target Southeast Asia. YGG SEA was co-founded by Evan Spytma, Dan Wang, and Irene Umar and will focus on driving P2E adoption and expanding the YGG network in the region. YGG has been actively fundraising to support growth: the parent guild and its subDAOs have attracted institutional and industry backers. YGG previously raised $4.6 million in a separate round led by Andreessen Horowitz to expand its global community. The company has also disclosed plans to acquire $1 million worth of NFT gaming assets from Star Atlas. Yield Guild Games (YGG) is a decentralized gaming outfit that purchases or breeds yield-earning in-game assets (NFTs) and loans those assets or the funds to acquire them to 'scholars' so they can play blockchain games such as Axie Infinity. Players earn in-game tokens that can be converted to local currency, and YGG takes a small cut of the in-game revenue generated by those players. The model originated when founder Gabby Dizon began lending Axies to other players during the pandemic to help them earn income. At the time of the article YGG had about 5,000 scholars, a majority in Southeast Asia, and is focusing on scaling internationally. The company frames itself around redistributing ownership and value in game assets back to players through play-to-earn mechanics. Yield Guild Games is a Philippines-based online gaming guild that allows players to earn cryptocurrency rewards. The company raised $4 million in a Series A funding round. The Series A was led by BITKRAFT Ventures. BITKRAFT Ventures is described in the article as a venture capital investor focused on gaming, esports and interactive media. The article does not provide operating metrics, use-of-proceeds details, or additional investor names. Yield Guild Games pools capital to buy NFTs and virtual land in blockchain games and shares profits with players who earn in-game rewards. The organization has invested in assets such as 88 plots of Savannah land in Axie Infinity and a 12-by-12 estate in The Sandbox, spending more than $100,000 on those two transactions. Its Discord community is around 2,500 people, with roughly 280 active players; the guild has earned about four million Small Love Potion (SLP), roughly $160,000, split among hundreds of players. YGG plans to hold and monetize its virtual land and use a YGG protocol to share profits; the group says a DAO is being planned but does not yet exist. Founders include Gabby Dizon, Beryl Li, and Owl of Moistness. The guild intends to operate across multiple NFT-based games, accelerate the play-to-earn model, and raise additional funding in the future.

Participated · Series A · Oct 2021

Toch.ai provides an AI-driven SaaS platform that processes live sporting events, television shows, and library content to automatically meta‑tag images, video and text, identify key moments, and auto-create customized short-form video from existing feeds. The technology lets clients share dynamic, contextually adapted video content in real time, improving viewer engagement and monetization. Toch.ai says it has saved clients nearly 900 million hours of video processing time, driven a roughly 40% increase in viewers’ time spent watching videos, and achieved engagement rates nearly 3x higher per viewer. The company reports 300% year-over-year revenue growth and more than 500 active subscribers across 15+ countries. Toch.ai also says it is powering several of the largest sporting events and franchises, underscoring product-market fit. The company plans to scale technology infrastructure and pursue venture expansion into global markets, with particular emphasis on foreign markets and North America.

Participated · Series C · Sep 2016

OurCrowd operates an online venture investing platform that connects accredited and institutional investors with vetted private technology companies. Founded in 2013 and based in Jerusalem, the platform has built a global investor base of 140,000 accredited investors across more than 195 countries. OurCrowd has invested in over 280 companies and 30 funds, and more than 50 portfolio companies have achieved exits (including Lemonade, Beyond Meat, Uber (Jump), Kenna, Argus and Wave). The company reported rapid user growth, with new subscribers rising from 25,000 in 2020 to 75,000 in 2021 (a 300% increase) with three months still remaining in the year. OurCrowd plans to use new capital to expand the platform, grow its investor base, and accelerate identification of private technology companies. OurCrowd is an Israeli crowdfunding platform that enables accredited and institutional investors to co-invest in startups and provides access to venture funds. The platform has invested in 220 companies across 22 funds and counts exits including Beyond Meat, Lemonade, JUMP Bike, Briefcam and Argus. OurCrowd offers partners access to its startup network and specific portfolio companies. The company plans to collaborate with strategic partners to create financial products and investment opportunities for the Japanese and global markets. Recently it received a $60M strategic investment from ORIX, which the company says will help accelerate its growth and bridge its portfolio to Asian markets. OurCrowd operates an online equity crowdfunding platform that enables accredited investors to co-invest alongside the firm in startups. The company plans to use new capital to expand its seven global offices and further develop its technology platform. Leadership says half of the Series C will be deployed to match investments made on the platform by the General Partner on the same terms as the crowd. OurCrowd has grown to 100 portfolio companies and reports more than $300 million invested across its deals, with nine exits (two IPOs and seven acquisitions). The firm is based in Israel and has signaled an ambition to scale its annual investment target to $1 billion by 2020. OurCrowd operates a hybrid venture-capital and equity crowdfunding platform that selects opportunities, invests its own capital, and offers curated deals to accredited members. The platform requires accredited investors to invest a minimum of $10,000 per deal and provides post-investment support, including mentors and board seats. Since launching in February 2013, OurCrowd has built a community of about 4,000 accredited investors and assembled 36 portfolio companies. To date the platform has raised $43 million for its portfolio companies across deals in 26 countries, with individual portfolio rounds growing to over $3 million and 18 companies having raised more than $1 million each. OurCrowd recently closed a $25 million Series B, which the company says is the largest round in the equity crowdfunding sector to date. The company plans to use the proceeds to expand activities in Israel and worldwide and to provide general partner funding participation for each OurCrowd deal.