New Fund Investment: Acceler8
I am excited to announce our new investment from Fund II in Acceler8, a US company building the AI system enterprises use to make decisions about their workforce. The platform connects to a company’s existing HR stack (Workday, SAP, Oracle), reads its org structure, strategy, and talent data, and runs AI agents over the top to handle the planning, succession, and restructuring work that […]
Portfolio Company news: Ratio closes a $15.8M financing round alongside $100M in lending capacity
I am excited to share that our portfolio company Ratio has closed a $15.8M financing round alongside $100M in lending capacity to scale its BNPL business for B2B software vendors. The round was led by Streamlined Ventures, with participation from Honeystone Ventures, Cervin Ventures, and 8-bit Capital. We first invested in Ratio last year at […]
Portfolio Company news: Scout AI raises $100M Series A
I am excited to share that we have invested in Scout AI’s oversubscribed $100M Series A. The round was co-led by Draper Associates and Align Ventures, with participation from Decisive Point, Booz Allen Ventures, and many others. We first invested in Scout AI at Seed and are proud to continue supporting the company as it […]
Portfolio Company news: StarCloud raises $170M Series A
I am excited to share that our portfolio company US-based StarCloud has just closed a $170M Series A at a $1.1B valuation, becoming the fastest Y Combinator company to reach unicorn status. The round was led by Benchmark and EQT Ventures, with participation from new investors including Macquarie Capital, the world’s largest infrastructure fund. We […]
AI and Autonomy at the Centre of Modern Defense
Almost one year ago, we invested in the first round of Scout AI, a defense technology company advancing ground autonomy in military applications. Ground vehicles remain mostly human-controlled and vulnerable. Scout aims to change this by enabling them to understand their surroundings, follow natural language commands, and make on-the-spot decisions, even without GPS or direct […]
New Fund Investment: Samara
We’re thrilled to announce our investment in Samara Aerospace’s $10 million Seed round to help bring more stability to satellites in orbit and enable high-sensitivity radio frequency (RF) detection for defense (e.g. hypersonic missiles) and commercial (e.g. vessels) applications. The Round The round was led by Balerion Space Ventures, with participation from Illinois Ventures, MFV Partners, Access Venture […]
Ian Sosso’s Interview with Monaco News
I am pleased to share an interview I recently gave news.mc, and broadcasted during the Christmas week on Monaco Info, the Monaco national TV channel. In the interview, I share my journey from investment banking to becoming an angel investor and VC.
Ian Sosso at Artificial Intelligence Monaco
Starcloud Makes History
I was thrilled to join the team and fellow investors of our portfolio company in Cape Canaveral to witness the launch of Starcloud-1 the first step toward a new era of orbital computing. On November 2nd, aboard SpaceX’s Falcon 9 Bandwagon-4, Starcloud-1 separated from the upper stage and entered orbit. Now, 500 km above Earth, […]
New Fund Investment: Streetbeat
We’re thrilled to announce that we have invested in the Series A of Streetbeat, a US-incorporated, AI-powered intelligence platform for financial institutions. We invested both via the fund and via a SPV. The Round The $15 million Series A was led by CDP Venture Capital’s AI Fund (the largest Italian VC), with participation from TTV Capital, […]