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SmartGateVC
SmartGateVC backs deep‑tech AI‑driven founders at the intersection of science and entrepreneurship, focusing on breakthroughs in biotech, healthtech, brain‑computer interfaces, and cybersecurity. The firm provides capita...
Portfolio
25+
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Investment focus
Stages
Pre-Seed → Series B
Industries
Artificial IntelligenceBiotechnologyCybersecurityDeveloper Tools
Geographic scope
United States
Fund details
Funds
SmartGate Seed Fund I
Vintage 2018
SmartGate Seed Fund II
Sources
SmartGateVC
SmartGateVC backs deep‑tech AI‑driven founders at the intersection of science and entrepreneurship, focusing on breakthroughs in biotech, healthtech, brain‑computer interfaces, and cybersecurity. The firm provides capital, talent, and industry networks to move companies from pre‑seed through seed and early growth stages, primarily in the US and Armenia.
Portfolio
25+
Employees
N/A
Founded
N/A
AUM
N/A
Funds
SmartGate Seed Fund I · Vintage 2018
SmartGate Seed Fund II
Stages
Pre-Seed → Series B
Industries
Artificial IntelligenceBiotechnologyCybersecurityDeveloper ToolsEnterprise Software
Geographic scope
United States
Sources
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Activeloop provides a tensor database called Deep Lake that enables enterprises to efficiently manage and query complex unstructured data, including images, videos, and text, using a serverless architecture. This technology reduces data preparation time by 50% and enhances knowledge retrieval accuracy by up to 22.5%, facilitating faster and more effective machine learning model training.
Funding: $19.6M
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Funding: $19.6M
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Aimstack offers an open‑source, self‑hosted AI metadata tracking platform that lets data scientists and ML teams log hyperparameters, metrics, visualizations, system resources, and arbitrary artifacts directly from their code via a simple Python SDK. It provides a fast, scalable web UI for exploring and comparing runs, supports integrations with popular ML frameworks, and includes optional AimHub services for multi‑user collaboration, role‑based access control, and managed deployments.
Amaros AI offers the AmarosEngine, a cloud‑native platform that aggregates ophthalmic EMR notes, imaging biomarkers, genomic data, and payer claims into a unified, queryable knowledge base. Its AI/ML models generate patient‑level risk scores, treatment response predictions, and real‑time trial eligibility matches, delivering insights via configurable dashboards and export tools for clinicians, CROs, and commercial teams.
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300+Approximate amount of employees
Funding: $1.3M
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Funding: $1.3M
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Britive offers a Cloud Privileged Access Management (CPAM) platform that utilizes just-in-time (JIT) ephemeral access controls to manage permissions for both human and non-human identities across cloud, hybrid, and on-premises environments. This approach mitigates the risks of unauthorized access and data breaches by eliminating static privileges and ensuring compliance through dynamic, temporary access management.
Funding: $36.0M
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Funding: $36.0M
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Provides a multi-cloud cost management platform that uses real-time analytics, automation workflows, and unified dashboards to optimize cloud spending across AWS, GCP, and Azure. It reduces wasted resources, tracks commitment utilization, and identifies cost-saving opportunities, saving enterprises an average of $180,000 per month while freeing up 200 engineering hours.
Funding: $1.3M
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Funding: $1.3M
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This company accelerates small molecule drug discovery by integrating molecular physics simulations with AI-driven computational methods. They offer an intuitive, no-code AI assistant, Balto, for accessible drug discovery workflows including data retrieval, molecular profiling, and ligand docking. Additionally, they provide code-based API access for advanced users needing large-scale docking, free energy calculations, and molecular analysis.
Funding: $25.5M
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Funding: $25.5M
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The startup provides a platform for building, testing, and deploying AI voice agents without the need for coding, enabling businesses to create human-like interactions for customer inquiries and data collection. This technology enhances customer service efficiency by automating responses and actions, reducing the workload on human agents.
Grovf develops FPGA-based acceleration solutions for data-intensive applications, focusing on memory pooling, storage disaggregation, and network offload to enhance performance in high-performance computing environments. By optimizing data processing capabilities, Grovf enables organizations to achieve faster insights, reduce total cost of ownership, and improve energy efficiency in managing large-scale data workloads.
Funding: $240.0K
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Funding: $240.0K
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HarborSite develops and supplies genome engineering technologies that enable precise DNA modifications for research and therapeutic applications. Its platform is used by biotech and academic labs to design, deliver, and validate edited cell lines and organisms. The company generates revenue through product sales, licensing of its proprietary editing tools, and contract services.
The startup develops an AI-powered assistant that enhances voice audio quality in meetings and calls by recovering lost sound packets and applying noise cancellation techniques. This technology transforms low-bitrate audio into high-definition sound, enabling contact centers and telecommunications to upgrade their existing audio devices for clearer communication.
Funding: $16.5M
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Funding: $16.5M
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Ladder Bio’s Spiroligomer™ platform generates synthetic, DNA‑encoded libraries of rigid fused‑ring molecules that can be computationally designed and screened to produce nanomolar‑affinity protein binders with protease resistance, cell permeability, and low immunogenicity. The company supplies these drug‑like binders and compatible reagents to pharmaceutical, biotech, and diagnostic developers, offering fully synthetic GMP manufacturing that reduces cost and batch variability.
Funding: $5.5M
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Funding: $5.5M
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ModelFront develops an AI-driven machine translation platform that utilizes quality prediction technology to assess the risk of machine-translated segments in real-time. This approach enables businesses to increase translation throughput by up to five times while maintaining human-quality accuracy, effectively reducing the need for costly post-editing.
This company provides an AI compliance platform specifically designed for deploying auditable artificial intelligence within manufacturing environments. The platform helps organizations ensure their AI implementations meet regulatory standards while improving quality metrics. Ultimately, this technology reduces commercial production costs through compliant AI integration.
Funding: $4.7M
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Funding: $4.7M
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Netris provides a network‑automation platform that abstracts AI‑centric networking fabrics—including Ethernet, InfiniBand, NVLink, and DPUs—into cloud‑grade constructs such as VPCs, elastic IPs, and load balancers. Engineers can provision VRFs, VXLANs, BGP policies and enforce hardware‑level multi‑tenancy across bare‑metal, VM, and container workloads via a web console, REST API, or Terraform provider, with built‑in validation and auto‑remediation.
Funding: $3.3M
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Funding: $3.3M
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Podcastle is an online platform that provides tools for recording, editing, and distributing audio and video content, utilizing AI-driven features like background noise removal and automatic transcription. It enables content creators to produce high-quality podcasts and videos efficiently, addressing the challenges of time-consuming editing and distribution processes.
Funding: $22.5M
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Funding: $22.5M
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This company provides personalized preventative oral care utilizing shotgun metagenomics sequencing to analyze the oral microbiome. They deliver targeted nutrition and lifestyle plans alongside high-tech dental interventions to foster lasting healthy habits. The service emphasizes early disease detection by connecting oral health insights with overall systemic wellness.
Robin provides an emotionally intelligent humanoid robot that delivers interactive games, conversational prompts, and cognitive exercises to pediatric, geriatric, and rehabilitation patients. The system includes safety sensors, emergency alerts, and a HIPAA‑compliant cloud analytics dashboard that integrates with EHRs, allowing clinicians to monitor engagement and adjust care plans while freeing staff to focus on core medical tasks.
Funding: $2.5M
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Funding: $2.5M
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SuperAnnotate is an AI data platform that integrates dataset creation, curation, and model evaluation into a single workflow, enabling users to build and fine-tune high-quality models efficiently. The platform addresses the challenges of data annotation and model performance assessment by providing customizable tools and access to a global marketplace of trained annotation teams.
Funding: $53.5M
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Funding: $53.5M
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TACTUN provides an AI-ready hardware controller and a no-code application builder platform for machinery automation. This system allows machine builders to configure custom controllers and generate sophisticated Windows applications without writing code. The platform accelerates deployment timelines for machinery across sectors like mechanical testing, logistics, and industrial automation.
TheraB Medical develops wearable devices for the treatment of infant jaundice, utilizing phototherapy technology to provide effective light therapy directly to newborns. This approach enhances patient outcomes by allowing for continuous treatment while promoting caregiver interaction, thereby improving the overall care experience for infants and their families.
Toxometris.ai offers a cloud‑based SaaS platform that predicts ADMET and toxicity endpoints for any small molecule using ensembles of LLMs, graph neural networks, and boosting models. The service delivers OECD‑compliant quantitative estimates, a unified risk‑score ranking, and expert‑reviewed reports, with secure API integration for high‑throughput compound triage.
Vonova develops a minimally invasive neurovascular system that leverages the body's venous system to access the brain. This Cerebro Platform allows for targeted delivery of diagnostics and therapeutics without requiring invasive skull drilling. The technology aims to improve treatment options for chronic neurological disorders while reducing patient risk and recovery time.
Provides a broker-free shipping platform that connects businesses directly with carriers, eliminating 100% of brokerage fees. The platform automates 90% of logistics tasks, including load tracking, compliance monitoring, and billing, while offering real-time market insights and carrier performance assessments to optimize freight operations.
Funding: $6.6M
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Funding: $6.6M
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