OUR STORY
Finding Breakthrough AI
Connected venture capital for bold entrepreneurs.
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It's the perfect opportunity to find, nurture and support the next generation of breakthrough ventures from innovators who are working hard to advance our planet. If you're interested in learning more about what makes us different, and our approach to discovering, developing and investing in the next generation of fund-returning Silicon Valley unicorns, please reach out to us.
-Suman Talukdar, Founder & GP
OUR APPROACH
DISCOVER
We track emerging trends in technology and get to know top-talent working on breakthrough ideas. Staying engaged, we position ourselves as the first conversation any promising founder looks to have when they plan to raise their first significant round.
INVEST
We create quality rounds, along-side other institutional investors. As the companies hit their milestones and pursue their growth ambitions, we open doors to other meaningful capital partners.
DEVELOP
Tapping into our extensive network of Silicon Valley executives, corporate partners, and personal contacts we help founders meet key people as they execute their expansion plans. We facilitate relationships to create meaningful business opportunities for the venture as it scales.
INVESTMENTS
6D
(Acquired by Niantic
March 2020)
Develops application programming interfaces (APIs) for the Augmented Reality Cloud
AI-powered farming co-pilot designed to maximize farm profitability
Revenue operations software for more predictable sales forecasts
The solution for employees to function with equality
Solves data inefficiencies in real estate investment to achieve better returns
A complete no-code
agile monetization platform
AI Agents for Support & Sales: Deploy in Minutes, Cut Costs by 90%.
Visionary product that helps children overcome medical stress
(Acquired by Stripe July 2024)
Self-serve tool for data-scientists building real-time data pipelines
Full-service robotics and automation provider built to serve contract packagers
Productivity automation for
knowledge workers
APPRENTE
(Acquired by MacDonalds
September 2019)
The world’s best voice-based conversational system that delivers a human-level customer service experience
Maximizing the value of every brick-and-mortar location using existing cameras infrastructure
Autonomous precision manufacturing for frontier industries
Intelligent system for utilities to identify and locate major faults
Build agendas, manage meetings, set goals, and get feedback—all in one place
Personalized naming solutions for your business and brand
Next generation cloud-native Privilege Access Management
Modern communication software for the global supply chain
Intelligent payment engagement technology for revenue operations
Virtual map to buy, sell, and monetize properties in the metaverse
Enables SaaS companies to scale video production easily with an automated video maker
Database for AI
BASHGG
Smart gaming console in your browser
Product funnel intelligence platform
Making smarter cities that are safer and sustainable
Building the Bloomberg of infrastructure data
Virtual world mapped onto the real world, with properties available to collect as digital assets
PALANTIR
(IPO September 2020)
Data analytics and software company, helping organizations to manage vast amounts of data
Recover materials from fluid streams for higher yields at a fraction of the energy cost
Virtual dressing room solution to help fashion retailers increase online sales
​Comprehensive security system for deterrence and response
Trusted AI advisor for plant engineers to achieve operational excellence
WARE
(Acquired by Gather.ai June 2023)
Fully integrated inventory management system, powered by computer vision
Visionary product that helps children overcome medical stress
NEWS
​HaydenAI Raises $90M in Series C Led by TPG’s The Rise Fund
​HaydenAI Technologies, Inc (“Hayden AI”), the leader in vision AI solutions for smart cities, today announced $90 million in new growth equity financing. The Series C round was led by The Rise Fund, the multi-sector strategy of TPG’s global impact investing platform.
- San Francisco, California, July 10, 2024 /YahooFinance
Activeloop Raises $11M Series A and Brings Its Database for AI to Fortune 500 Companies
The funding will advance Activeloop's commercial offerings, providing enterprise companies with an industry-pioneering Database for AI.
- Mountain View, California, March 26, 2024 /PRNewswire
HaydenAI Successfully Closes $53M Series B Funding Round
This infusion of capital will further empower the company in its mission to reshape the landscape of mobility, making it safer, more efficient, and environmentally sustainable.
- October 18, 2023, Editorial Team / Silicon Valley Journals
Namecoach Raises $8 Million in Series A
Namecoach, a Palo Alto, CA-based technology company that solves name mispronunciation and gender communication in critical settings, secured $8 million in Series A funding.
- San Francisco, California, November 18, 2022, Kay Aloha Villamor / The Saas News
BoostUp.ai Raises $29M To Better Support Revenue Operations
Santa Clara, California headquartered BoostUp.ai, which provides a revenue operations and intelligence platform to enterprises, today announced it has raised $28.5 million in a series B round of funding.
- Santa Clara, California, March 29, 2022, Shubham Sharma / VentureBeat
Zero Systems gets $12M Series A to bring automation to professional services
​As Zero has gained traction, it required more capital, and today announced a $12 million Series A to help keep building out the platform.
- March 1, 2022, Ron Miller / TechCrunch
How Technology Can Minimize Revenue Leakage During a Crisis
For the first time since 2008, the legal industry is in the midst of a recession. The legal services sector lost 64,000 jobs in April, according to seasonally adjusted numbers by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
- Lourdes Slater and Ryan Steadman / ZERØ
Niantic Acquires Spatial Mapping Startup 6D.ai
The real world game giant Niantic, which is behind the billion dollar franchise Pokemon Go and Warner's Harry Potter, has acquired high-profile spatial mapping start up 6D.ai.
- March 31, 2020, Charlie Fink / Forbes
Why Most Sales Leaders Want to Hire a Data Scientist
As I was walking the halls of Moscone Center, shuffling through 170,000 people and 10,000 technology at display, I was looking for the answer to this question — why this sudden infatuation with the data scientist.
- Neel Kamal / Medium