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Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A
Portfolio 28
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 23.11.2025 | WALT AI | thewalt.ai | - | - |
| 15.10.2025 | Chronosphe... | chronosphere.io | $569.4M | United Sta... |
| 02.10.2025 | LakeFusion | lakefusion.ai | - | - |
| 06.09.2025 | Plaud | plaud.ai | - | United Sta... |
| 07.05.2025 | Canly | biz.can-ly.com | - | - |
| 07.05.2025 | zypl.ai | zypl.ai | $3M | United Sta... |
| - | Treasure D... | treasuredata.com | $279M | United Sta... |
| - | Quera | quera.com | $690M | United Sta... |
| - | Type Five | typefive.com | - | - |
| - | Runetale | runetale.com | - | Japan |
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Persons 9
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | Location | |||
| - | Hiro | Yoshikawa | General Pa... | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
| - | Pankaj | Tibrewal | General Pa... | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
| - | Stephen | Lee | General Pa... | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
| - | Kate | Fry | CFO | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
| - | Bill | Tai | Special Li... | linkedin.c... | - | - | United Sta... |
| - | Dan | Weirich | General Pa... | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
| - | Takuo | Inoue | Partner | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
| - | Kengo | Horiuchi | General Pa... | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
| - | Toshiaki | Hagiwara | Principal | linkedin.c... | - | - | - |
Mentions in press and media 8
| Date | Title | Description |
| 07.04.2026 | zypl.ai closes $5.5 M Bridge funding at $80 M valuation | zypl.ai, a pioneering AI company applying synthetic data for AI decisioning in financial services, today announced $5.5 million raised at a valuation of $80 million from Silicon Valley-based Carbide Ventures and prominent business leaders, ... |
| 28.03.2025 | Lumber: $15.5 Million (Series A) Secured For Construction Workforce Management Platform | Lumber, an AI-based construction workforce management platform, announced a $15.5 million Series A funding round led by Foundation Capital, with participation from Tishman Speyer, Carbide Ventures, 8VC, Sure Ventures, and FirsthandVC. This ... |
| 03.11.2024 | Bifrost AI: Generative 3D Data Platform Company Raises $8 Million (Series A) | Generative 3D data platform Bifrost AI announced it has raised $8 million in Series A funding. Carbide Ventures led this round, which also included Airbus Ventures, Peak XV’s Surge (formerly Sequoia Capital India & SEA), Wavemaker Partn... |
| 01.11.2024 | Bifrost AI: Bridging the Gap Between Digital and Physical Realms with $8M Funding | In the heart of Silicon Valley, a new player is reshaping the landscape of artificial intelligence. Bifrost AI, a San Francisco-based company, has just secured $8 million in Series A funding. This investment is not just a financial boost; i... |
| 31.10.2024 | Bifrost raises $8M to accelerate AI's ability to solve problems in the physical world | SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Bifrost AI, a Generative 3D Data platform, raised $8 million in Series A funding to meet the growing demand for AI training data and 3D simulations. Its physically accurate data generation engine ... |
| 06.02.2024 | Neocom Raises $4.5M to Revolutionize E-Commerce Experience | Sebastian Slomski & Dana Nedamaldeen MUNICH, GERMANY, February 6, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Neocom, a pioneer in simplifying online shopping, today announced a major funding milestone of $4.5 million, led by Carbide Ventures and Sangha... |
| 13.09.2022 | UK’s Cledara raises €19.7M to help companies discover, buy, and manage software | London-based Cledara, a platform that helps teams discover, buy and manage software subscriptions to grow their business, announced on Monday, September 12, that it has raised $20M (approximately €19.72M) in a Series A round of funding. The... |
| 12.09.2022 | Keeping tabs on the tab, Cledara raises $20 million to go all in on US market | London’s software management platform Cledara has raised $20 million in a Series A round that will see the company accelerate operations in the US market. Designed to help teams understand, manage and control the SaaS they use so they can s... |