The Venture Codex

Participated · Equity · Nov 2025

Nanoramic, led by CEO and co-founder John Cooley, builds energy storage and advanced material solutions for battery applications. Its core technology, Neocarbonix, is designed to boost energy density and cell longevity while lowering costs and enhancing sustainability across lithium-ion and other battery chemistries. The company collaborates with strategic partners such as Samsung SDI and General Motors to commercialize its materials platform. Recent capital will help scale manufacturing capacity and accelerate product development for automotive and other high-demand sectors. By positioning Neocarbonix as a drop-in solution for multiple battery formats, Nanoramic aims to capture OEM and supplier demand for higher-performance, lower-cost cells. Although revenue and user metrics were not disclosed, the firm’s backing from prominent strategic and financial investors signals commercial traction. The latest financing strengthens its balance sheet and supports broader operational expansion.

Participated · Seed · Dec 2024

Brightly operates an AI-based platform that quantifies methane emissions avoided when nonprofit Food Rescue Organizations (FROs) divert edible food from landfills and converts those avoided emissions into marketable carbon credits. The platform uses robust datasets, including USDA and EPA resources, to calculate avoided methane with the intent of producing high-quality, food waste–based carbon credits. Those credits are sold to food producers, manufacturers, and retailers, and proceeds are routed to FROs to enable them to rescue more food and feed more people. The company positions itself at the intersection of climate mitigation and food-security impact, targeting methane reduction from landfilled food waste. Brightly is an 18-month-old startup that recently closed an oversubscribed seed financing, indicating early market interest and investor support. The raise is intended to scale credit generation and expand financial support for food-rescue operations.

Led · Equity · Dec 2024

WeatherFlow-Tempest builds and deploys weather stations and delivers data- and AI-driven modeling to provide accurate, actionable weather information. Led by CEO Buck Lyons and based in Daytona Beach, FL, the company aims to help businesses and consumers mitigate the cost of weather through better decision-making. Its product suite includes B2B SaaS and DaaS offerings and optimized weather data for partners in outdoor smart home innovation, smart irrigation, and energy solutions. The company also serves utilities, news media, commercial real estate and other business markets. To date it has deployed more than 80,000 stations, primarily in North America. WeatherFlow-Tempest intends to use new capital to accelerate station deployment and expand its B2B SaaS and DaaS offerings.

Led · Equity · Mar 2024

Axiom Cloud builds AI and automation software that layers onto existing refrigeration control systems to enable Early Leak Detection, Predictive Maintenance, and Energy Efficiency modules. Its solution supports fully remote deployments at over 100 sites per week without new hardware or onsite visits. Enterprise deployments typically deliver three times return on subscription fees or higher, and the company reports numerous active customer pilots and a new contract with a Top 10 U.S. grocery retailer. Axiom's Early Leak Detection module has demonstrated best-in-class performance across hundreds of facilities and is recognized by the EPA and the California Air Resources Board as a compliant indirect leak detection system. The team includes refrigeration experts, data scientists, and software developers focused on reducing operating costs, greenhouse gas emissions, and regulatory risk. The recent financing is intended to scale operations to meet rapidly growing market demand and support broader enterprise rollouts. Axiom Cloud develops refrigeration management software, including its Early Leak Detection (ELD) system, that integrates into existing refrigeration control systems. The company uses AI and automation to power, operate, and maintain cooling systems with the aim of generating climate and financial impact. ELD provides early leak detection and insights into system performance and energy efficiency and can be deployed rapidly across thousands of sites without expensive hardware retrofits. Axiom's leak-detection solution is listed by both the EPA and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and has been proven across hundreds of facilities. Led by CEO Amrit Robbins, the company plans to use the $5M funding to expand operations and development efforts. The company is based in San Jose, California. Axiom Cloud delivers software-enabled services and refrigeration cooling systems to major grocery chains and cold storage companies, operating in hundreds of facilities across North America. Its platform blends real-world refrigeration expertise with cloud analytics, thermophysical modeling, AI, and automation. Key products include the Facilities Analyzer (enterprise visibility and analytics for central refrigeration fleets), the Virtual Technician (predictive maintenance, early refrigerant leak detection, continuous energy commissioning, and autonomous triage), and the Virtual Battery (turning frozen inventory into an intelligent thermal battery). Customers named in the article include Grocery Outlet, Sprouts, HelloFresh, and Whole Foods Market. The company plans to use the new funding to scale its software, operations, and sales teams. Financially, Axiom Cloud completed a $7.4M Series A and has raised approximately $11.6M since inception in 2020. Axiom Cloud is an Oakland, CA-based company that develops software and automation solutions for commercial refrigeration. Its platform layers intelligence onto existing refrigeration systems to power, operate and maintain cooling systems and generate climate and financial impact. The company offers three apps — Facilities Analyzer, Virtual Technician, and Virtual Battery — which address rising energy costs, a shortage of qualified refrigeration technicians, refrigerant compliance requirements, and supply chain constraints. Axiom provides its apps to several leading grocers, including Whole Foods and Grocery Outlet. It raised $2.5M and intends to use the funds to grow its team and develop new controller integrations to expand its "apps for refrigeration" to a broader set of customers.

Led · Equity · Dec 2022

Copperstone Technologies develops and operates HELIX, an amphibious robot designed for environmental monitoring and site investigation of mine waste tailings. The company provides site investigation services including measuring geotechnical parameters, collecting samples, and conducting bathymetric surveys. It primarily operates in North America through a Robotics-as-a-Service (RaaS) segment to perform autonomous and unmanned monitoring and sampling projects. Led by CEO Craig Milne, Copperstone plans to use newly raised capital to expand production, reach new customers, and increase equipment sales. The company also intends to develop new HELIX models capable of tackling more demanding and specialized projects. The article reports a funding event that supports these operational and product development plans.