Led · Series B · Sep 2025

Mojo Vision pioneers a wafers-in, wafers-out micro-LED platform intended to enable massively parallel optical I/O for AI infrastructure. Its integrated approach combines advanced 300mm CMOS circuitry, GaN-on-silicon micro-LED emitters, silicon photodetectors, multicore fiber bundles, custom micro-lens arrays, and proprietary software and tools. The company says this architecture enables thousands of optical channels in a compact footprint, delivering high bandwidth density, low energy per bit, and built-in redundancy. Mojo Vision has framed its technology as relevant to terrestrial data centers as well as distributed and orbital computing architectures where power, weight, and scalability matter. The company is based in Cupertino, Calif., and recently completed a $75 million financing the prior August before securing the $17.5 million strategic investment from Future Ventures. Mojo Vision is collaborating with Marvell to develop high-density micro-LED connectivity solutions as it advances commercialization.

Led · Series A · May 2023

Olyns develops dual-purpose recycling Cubes that combine beverage container reverse-vending machines with retail media advertising for brands. The Cubes are placed at retailer entrances and each holds more than 2,200 containers, capable of redirecting tons of recyclable material annually. Its product serves consumers and advertisers, and the company partners with The Coca‑Cola Company, PepsiCo, and Mars Wrigley. Olyns plans to use new funding to accelerate development of AI-driven technology and to expand its dual recycling and media network. The company is expanding its Cube network in California, Georgia, and other U.S. states. Led by CEO Philip Stanger and based in San Jose, CA, Olyns raised $4M in Series A funding to support growth. Olyns engineers technology-centric in-store and out-of-home consumer recycling solutions. Its systems are designed to increase access, create incentives, generate revenue, and reduce labor barriers for recycling. The company positions its model to help meet demand for recycled plastic (RPET) and accelerate the shift to a circular plastics economy. Olyns is based in San Jose, CA. Financially, the company completed a $1M seed financing led by Vanedge Capital.

Led · Seed · Jun 2022

Autozen operates a used-car selling marketplace that lets sellers receive competing offers from hundreds of pre-vetted professional buyers. Once a seller accepts an offer, Autozen manages the paperwork, payment and pick-up. The company is led by CEO and co-founder Olivier Vincent. Autozen is expanding beyond its Vancouver origin into Toronto, Calgary and Edmonton, and is launching its presence in the U.S. starting in the Greater Seattle Area. The company closed a seed round of over $5M to accelerate expansion into new markets in Canada and the U.S. The round was led by Vanedge Capital with participation from Anges Québec, several super-angels and existing investors. Autozen is building a consumer-to-business auto retail platform that auctions vehicles to create competition among buyers and deliver better valuations to sellers. The platform incorporates third-party valuation data from CarFax and Canadian Black Book and aims to provide firm offers within 24 hours of listing. Autozen is currently in private alpha/beta and hosted its first auction while onboarding 50 buyers. The company raised C$4.2 million in seed financing and intends to use the funds to build team capabilities. It has announced hires including COO Kalle Radage, CTO Xichi Zheng, and business development manager Kevin Bent. Autozen was founded in 2020 in Vancouver and plans a launch in the Greater Vancouver Area between now and spring 2021 with longer-term expansion to the Greater Toronto Area and nationwide ambitions.

Participated · Series C · Jun 2022

Echodyne produces high-performance compact, solid-state radars based on the company’s patented metamaterials electronically scanned array (ESA) technology. Its commercial radars are positioned for defense, security, machine perception, and autonomy applications, including counter-UAS, border and perimeter security, and autonomous vehicles. The company says it has demonstrated performance leadership in all markets since introducing its first radar in 2017 and serves customers across defense, national and critical infrastructure security, UAS, and autonomous ground vehicle markets worldwide. Echodyne is experiencing significant customer demand and recent selection in multiple programs, and it will use new investment to increase production and distribution and to expand its product lines for defense, security, and autonomous machine applications. The company is privately held and based in Kirkland, Washington, and is backed by investors including Bill Gates, NEA, Madrona Venture Group, Baillie Gifford, and Northrop Grumman. Management emphasizes the company’s goal of becoming the world’s leading radar solutions company while supporting deployments that enhance intelligence and safety of autonomous systems. Echodyne develops compact, software-defined, solid-state electronically scanned array (ESA) radar sensors built on its patented MESA technology. Its products include the EchoGuard™ 3D surveillance radar and airborne radars for commercial UAS detect-and-avoid, with a radar for autonomous vehicles slated for unveiling later this year. The company targets perimeter security, airspace management, airports, borders, critical infrastructure, and autonomous systems such as drones and vehicles. Echodyne is privately held and backed by a group of venture and strategic investors. The recent financing will support commercial production, expanded distribution channels, and continued investment in breakthrough radar sensors. The company is based in Kirkland, Washington. Echodyne develops compact, lightweight radar sensors that generate point clouds and images for machine perception. Its hardware functions like a phased-array radar and is intended to work where LiDAR and cameras struggle, such as in fog, dust, or at long range. The company has focused initially on drones — selling all of its production-unit radars built for drone use for commercial tasks like power-line inspection and farmland surveying — and is still developing systems for cars. Echodyne plans to use new funding to ramp production from hundreds of units per year to thousands and to continue research and development. Much of the funding will also go toward building radar-vision software that uses neural nets and AI to classify and recognize objects in the environment, forming a platform around its hardware. The company has raised a total of $44 million to date. Echodyne develops radar systems that leverage metamaterials technology to control and manipulate electromagnetic radiation. The company plans to use its recent funding to bring these radar products to market. Echodyne raised $15m in the reported financing. It was co‑founded by Eben Frankenberg (CEO) and Tom Driscoll (CTO). The company is the fourth spin‑out from Intellectual Ventures. The metamaterials technology was invented by Intellectual Ventures in collaboration with Duke University and the University of California at San Diego.

Led · Series B · Jun 2022

Alice Technologies provides a construction optioneering platform that leverages AI to help general contractors and owners plan, bid and build large-scale industrial, commercial, and infrastructure projects. The company works with customers such as Bouygues, Align JV, Hawaiian Dredging Construction Company, and Implenia. Led by CEO René Morkos, Alice is headquartered in San Francisco and also operates in the Czech Republic, the U.K., and India. The platform is aimed at improving planning and bidding efficiency across large projects. Alice says it will use the new financing to accelerate growth and expand operations. No operating metrics were disclosed in the article. Alice Technologies builds AI-driven construction planning software that generates thousands of project schedule options and enables rapid "what if" analyses for complex projects including bridges, tunnels, high-speed rail and mixed-use towers. The platform supports planning from pre-construction through delivery by optimizing labor, equipment and materials, digitizing contractors' "means and methods," and updating plans during execution to help prevent delays. Alice says its tools help contractors decrease build times, cut costs and protect margins by enabling more efficient schedules and better risk management. The company declined to reveal revenue or customer counts but says its software is in use at firms including Bouygues Construction, Skanska, Kajima and Shimizu. Founded in 2013 and based in Menlo Park, California, Alice has more than 50 employees and plans to hire 20 more by year-end. To date the startup has raised $76.2 million in venture capital. Alice Technologies is a Menlo Park, Calif.-based provider of an AI-powered construction simulation platform. The platform generates scenarios and optimizes resources for large-scale infrastructure, industrial, and commercial construction projects. The company works with construction leaders such as Parsons, HDCC, and Kajima Corporation, and clients have used it to optimize more than $15B in construction projects in the last two quarters. Alice raised $4.6 in convertible debt financing, bringing total funding to date to over $25m. The company plans to use the funds to further develop the product, build out the team and attract additional customers worldwide. Alice is led by founder and CEO Rene Morkos. Alice Technologies offers an AI-based simulation platform that analyzes building requirements and generates construction plans for builders and contractors. Its software lets project teams explore multiple plans in real time and assess the impact of decisions on project cost and duration. The company was led by founder and CEO Dr. Rene Morkos at the time of the article. Since its initial product release in early 2018, Alice has attracted developers and general contractors across Asia, the Nordics, the Middle East and North America. Customers using the platform include Hawaiian Dredging Construction Company, AF Gruppen and Parsons. The company raised $8M in Series A financing to accelerate go-to-market efforts, international expansion and product innovation.