Upcoming rounds from my portfolio
Several of my portfolio companies will be raising in 2022, let me know if you want to talk to them!
Dear friends,
Many of you asked about upcoming rounds from my porfolio companies. While many of them just raised a round, a few of them will be raising their next round at some point this year.
If you would like to pre-empt their round, let me know and I can put you in touch. Otherwise if you just want to participate, you can join my upcoming DAO and get an allocation when the round happens.
Health
Gilgamesh: Psychedelics biotech with 8 active programs targeting 1B+ markets each. Exceptional team that has launched drugs and exited biotech startups before. They are now finalizing their Series B, but are open to making it larger.
Chipiron: Medtech startup building a mini-MRI that is 10x cheaper and smaller than conventional ones. Lots of applications from making MRIs affordable to developing countries, to point of care MRI imaging. Raising a Seed round in Q4.
Tomorrow Biostasis: Longevity startup working on cryogenic preservation and resuscitation. They signed up more people in a year of operating than the existing companies did in 50 years before. Founders are an MD that exited a company previously, and a former Rocket Internet EIR. Raising their next round soon.
Hardware
C12: Quantum computing startup working on carbon nanotube processors. Very strong science team and multiple patents already filed. Raising a Series A in Q4 or early 2023.
Corintis: Silicon microfluidics company building a new cooling system for high performance processors. Their technology enables 50x better energy efficiency in cooling, so needless to say how big this can be. Raising their next round in Q4.
Gouach: EnergyTech company building sustainable repairable batteries for micro-mobility (ebikes, scooters, ..). Their technology enables saving 60% on carbon footprint while optimizing total ownership cost. I know the founders personally, one of them being my former co-founder at Snips. Raising a Series A in Q4.
Interstellar Lab: SpaceTech company building sustainable space biopods to grow food. They already have contracts with NASA etc. They also sell their pods for earth as they enable up to 30x better yield per surface. Raising their next round this summer.
Blockchain
DFNS: Blockchain company building a technology to secure crypto keys for banks and institutionals. This is the EU play in a big market with some previous big exits and massive funding rounds. Doing a Series A later this year.
Blackpool: Play-to-Earn gaming guild and quantitative hedge fund for NFTs. Currently the top performer on Sorare. Founder is a serial DeFi entrepreneur that built StakeDAO, Stake Capital, Rekt and was on the core team of Curve. Doing a new token sale this summer.
Starton: Developer platform for web3 applications. Starton makes it super easy to deploy and interact with smart contracts. Did a very hot first round and planning their next round later this year.
Pianity: Music NFT marketplace built on Arweave. Great traction with artists and an engaged userbase. Open to extend their token sale.
Rrose: NFT marketplace focused on official Museum collectibles. Great traction on dealmaking with many tier-1 museums. Doing a Seed round in Q4.
CrunchDAO: Tokenized hedge fund backed by a DAO of 1500 quants and data scientists. Great trading performance, with infinite potential going forward thanks to their huge community. Doing a new round of token sale later this year.
I have a couple more deals that I will be doing soon, so I will share them here when they happen!
Rand