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Preply is an online platform that connects learners with expert language tutors for personalized 1-on-1 lessons, enhancing the learning experience through human interaction and AI support.

Mate Academy offers free IT courses aimed at helping individuals build careers in technology, providing both technical and non-technical training with a focus on employment.

Phases deploys AI agents to oversee clinical trials, improving operational performance, data quality, and audit readiness by identifying risks and taking actions autonomously to solve issues.

Carmoola offers flexible car loans online, providing a convenient way for consumers to finance their vehicles.

TurnKey Lender is a global leader in digital lending automation, offering a comprehensive platform for loan origination, management, and servicing with AI-driven decisioning and reporting capabilities.

Deus Robotics is a vendor-agnostic orchestrator for warehouse and retail automation, connecting any robot, camera, and WMS into one real-time control layer powered by their RMS platform and AI Vision products.

Embedd.it is transforming the way electronics are built by streamlining hardware and software integration through an AI-powered platform. The platform converts complex chip data into machine-readable models, facilitating firmware generation, validation, and compliance, ultimately accelerating the development process for engineers.

Ability.ai builds AI automation systems that solve your problems, not sell you platforms. They integrate with existing tech stacks to automate workflows across various business functions, delivering measurable results without vendor lock-in.

Dynamiq AI provides a platform for building and deploying GenAI applications, offering tools for workflow automation and custom AI agents. It supports both on-premise and cloud solutions.

Altris AI provides an innovative platform for ophthalmology and optometry, utilizing AI models for the analysis of OCT scans to support research on retinal pathologies and biomarkers.

Operator-led team of former Facebook, WhatsApp and eBay product, growth and engineering leaders who work hands-on on data/product management, freely released Growth Scanner and prioritize AI- and data-defensible startups.

Partech Partners invests at seed, venture and growth stages with an integrated multi-continent platform operating offices in Paris, Berlin, Dakar, Dubai, Nairobi, and San Francisco. The firm offers deep Africa expertise and is widely cited for deal-flow reporting. Originated in 1982 as Paribas Technologies inside a bank before becoming an independent, partner-owned global VC platform through a 2008 management buyout.

Mucker Capital works with 10–20 companies annually for 12–24 months as an extension of founding teams. The firm pioneered decade-plus systematic investment outside Silicon Valley with emphasis on LA and undercapitalized, non-elite founders. Founded by former repeat founders and senior operators who designed it as the platform I wish I had in 1998, Mucker Capital intentionally backs entrepreneurs from non-elite networks and emerging regions that traditional venture capital overlooks.

Twelve Below is a New York-based pre-seed and seed fund founded by two partners who had already co-led breakout deals like Mirror and K Health together for a decade before starting the firm, operating with an intentionally small fund size and making only 25 core investments per fund at 10-15% ownership stakes. The fund refuses the modern VC platform model by having the two founding partners handle all work directly rather than routing founders through operating staff, positioning themselves as first true partners who provide the very first institutional check to courageous founders with secret insights in software-enabled businesses across fintech, health, energy, and consumer sectors.