• Askari

  Participated · Seed · Jun 2026

  Askari develops hand‑launched, fully autonomous hit‑to‑kill interceptors designed for dismounted operators; its two main systems are Rift Alpha and Rift Bravo. Rift Alpha targets Group 1 and 2 UAS, can be launched from the hand, a tube, or a box, has a range of about 2 km and top speed around 60 m/s, and is already in customer use. Rift Bravo is a smaller, foldable Group 1 interceptor with roughly 1 km range, speeds above 100 mph, and a form factor that allows a dozen to fit in a rucksack; Bravo remains in development supported by non‑dilutive R&D contracts. Askari says it has over $2M in real procurement contracts and an order book exceeding $2M, with customers predominantly in the special operations community and reported intercept rates near 90% during testing with a Tier One customer. The company emerged from stealth in April, was founded by Georgia Tech alumni Robbie Van Zyl and Ben Airdo (both 25) alongside Marc Van Zyl, and plans to use new funding to scale production and expand engineering and operations headcount. Future product ambitions include adapting interceptors for ground‑vehicle threats and developing tooling to automate rapid interceptor design and delivery.

• Lucid Bots

  Participated · Series B · Mar 2026

  Lucid Bots designs, manufactures and supports autonomous exterior cleaning systems including the Sherpa exterior cleaning drone and the Lavo AI autonomous pressure washing robot. It offers Lucid Refresh, a subscription RaaS platform that bundles hardware, Lucid Command software, training, job intelligence and equipment coverage. The company serves customers ranging from independent operators to enterprise accounts such as Disney, Sunbelt Rentals and commercial facilities managers. Lucid manufactures its products domestically and plans to expand its Charlotte, NC manufacturing capacity. It is a member of the NVIDIA Inception Program and is developing AI and autonomy capabilities in partnership with NVIDIA. The company is led by CEO and Founder Andrew Ashur and has raised a total of $34M to date.

• SportsVisio

  Participated · Equity · Jun 2025

  SportsVisio offers an AI-driven platform that provides real-time statistics, automated video highlights, and performance insights tailored to sports such as basketball and volleyball. The company recently launched Coach Mode to surface deeper player- and team-level insights, released a fully featured volleyball product, and added a 3x3 offering. SportsVisio plans to scale its offerings across basketball and volleyball and expand into new sports like baseball for amateur, youth, and professional organizations. The platform is used by more than 150 leagues, clubs, and teams and by 16,000 users across 16 countries. Financially, the company announced $3.2M in incremental funding in June 2025, bringing total capital raised to $9M. The new funding will be used to power sales and marketing growth initiatives as SportsVisio scales its product and market reach. SportsVisio builds AI-powered, platform-agnostic computer-vision software that brings augmented reality and automated statistical analysis to the amateur sports level without additional hardware. Users can record games on their smartphones to stream live, review statistics, access insightful analytics, and create highlights in real time. Its first product, SV Hoops, automatically generates stats, analytics, and video highlights for basketball and is used by universities, leagues, schools, and national technology companies around the world. The company’s technology also supports collaborative coaching functionalities to help teams and players improve. Founded in 2021 by CEO Jason Syversen and based in Miami, Florida, SportsVisio recently completed a financing to support growth and expansion.

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