2023 Vintage

Agile & Elastic Network-as-a-Service Simplifying Connectivity for Enterprises — Graphiant provides a next-generation networking service that addresses the explosion of costs and complexities associated with enterprises’ exponentially growing bandwidth needs.

Next-Generation Mobile Positioning System — OneNav utilizes the modernized L5 signaling band from navigation satellite constellations to provide accurate & reliable GPS for smartphones, wearables, and IoT tracking devices.

Sustainable Pod-Based Coffee Brewing System — Brewbird is building a proprietary coffee machine that makes it simple to grind and brew high quality pour-over coffee at the push of a button — with the world’s first backyard compostable pod.

The World's 1st Prototype-to-Scale Metal 3D Printing Service — Freeform is developing groundbreaking additive manufacturing technology for producing high-quality metal parts. The company’s 3D-printing solution leverages an array of 18 lasers, advanced optimization software, and real-time measurement and monitoring systems to manufacture dimensionally accurate parts at scale.

Next-Gen Defense Prime Focused on New Materials — Cambium Biomaterials has pioneered a groundbreaking platform revolutionizing the way materials are developed and manufactured.

Foundation Generative AI Models for Design — Poly’s AI foundational AI models auto-generate custom digital assets for designers, such as textures and SVG, saving countless hours of manual labor, reducing design cost, accelerating timelines, and making design more accessible for more people.

Made-to-Order Custom-Robotic-Built Jeans from a 3D Body Scan —Unspun is developing AI-powered robotic 3D weaving technology to automate precision apparel manufacturing, making ultra-sustainable & custom-built jeans from a 3D iPhone scan, perfectly designed on your digital model.

AI-Enabled Anti-Money-Laundering Compliance SoftwareMinervaAI is building an AI-powered anti-money laundering (AML) platform to improve the speed and accuracy of AML compliance for financial services firms while reducing high labor costs.

Automating Financial Analysis Work with AI — Arkifi is building an AI-powered automation and thought partner platform for the finance industry, allowing companies and financial institutions to automate the manual “grind work” of financial modeling and analysis.

3D Manufacturing of Biodegradable Clay-based Products — GaeaStar is developing robotic additive manufacturing technology to automate precision manufacturing of sustainable, clay-based disposable products to replace single-use plastics in our everyday lives.

Data-Driven, AI-Assisted Apparel Design Software —Raspberry AI is building a data-driven, AI-assisted design software that lets brands rapidly create highly sought-after products — and that will revolutionize the design process of the $2T fashion and apparel industry.

Vertical Farming Enabled by Robotics — Area 2 Farms designs and builds modular indoor vertical farms, powered by their low-cost, proprietary robotic growing systems.

Hybrid Primary Healthcare for the Whole Family —Nest Health is a hybrid (in-person home health + telehealth) primary care company focused on whole family care for the Medicaid population (low-income families).

Affordable, User-Friendly Drones for Public Safety + Military Use — Darkhive develops autonomous drones for public safety and military personnel designed to be scalable in cost, deployment, and management.

Community-building platform for workplace and university alumni.

Generative AI-Powered Personalized Coaching & Advice — Delphi is building an AI-powered platform that can learn how to think and give customized advice like prominent thought leaders by training on publicly-available content by the world’s greatest experts in each domain.

AI to Automate Analogue Chip Design — Astrus is building an AI engine to fully automate analog layout and speed up the microchip design process.

AI-Powered, Gamified, and Personalized Smart Fitness SystemKabata is building an AI-powered, gamified, and personalized smart fitness system. Kabata’s vision is to make home fitness effective, compact and most importantly, accessible. Rather than starting with bulky machines — such as mirrors, bikes, cables, and barbells — the Kabata team is tackling the market through a compact and accessible form: the dumbbell.

AI-Powered Operating System for Sales Managers —Starting with a data aggregation platform for sales and go-to-market teams, Rhythm is aiming to build an AI-powered, data-driven coaching and performance management platform.