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Notes from the ocean.

Why we invested, founder stories and perspectives on AI, fintech and software.

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Twenty years of integrations led to killing the integration layer - Why we invested in Graftcode

Seventy percent of what software developers write isn't software.

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The AI decision layer e-commerce marketing was missing - Why we invested in Replenit

Brands spend millions on marketing technology. They have the data. They have the automation. They have the AI-generated subject lines and the perfectly designed email templates. And yet - over half of consumers say the messages they get from brands still miss the mark.

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What if brands could reach only real students? - Why we invested in UniPerks

Brands spend billions trying to reach Gen Z. But they can't tell a student from a bot.

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85% of sales effort goes nowhere - Why we invested in Demoboost

Industry benchmarks consistently show that only 15-20% of sales-qualified leads convert. That means up to 85% of B2B sales effort generates no revenue. Think about that for a second. Teams spend weeks building demos, running calls, following up - and most of it leads nowhere.

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Guardian of your data in the AI era – why we invested in 1.Security

Every tech revolution has its own “invisible problem”. For Microsoft 365 and Copilot it’s … a permissions mess.

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ChatGPT? Thank you. Lawyers are choosing something better. Why did we invest in Gaius Lex?

AI in law?  It sounds great - until you ask a lawyer whether they can send confidential documents to OpenAI’s servers.