Chris Bruce

The Helium Foundation is the governing steward for the decentralized wireless networks, powered by the Solana Blockchain. Were building a more connected world to better disseminate knowledge, improve economies around resource management, and add new layers of accountability and transparency for all types of organizations who rely on wireless connectivity.

Piper, Inc., headquartered in San Francisco, CA, is an award-winning STEAM education technology company and creator of the Piper Computer Kit, a DIY computer for ages 8+. Piper empowers the inventors of tomorrow through hands-on STEAM experiences that build digital fluency and inspire innovation. Piper launched in 2014 and has since raised $13M USD in two rounds of funding from Owl Ventures, Reach Capital, Stanford’s StartX Fund LLC, the Trustees of Princeton University, and others. To date, the Piper Computer Kit is used by hundreds of thousands of young learners in more than one thousand schools worldwide. Piper also offers an accompanying, standards-aligned STEAM curriculum for use both in the classroom or at-home learning, with guided lessons and assessments. Details on Piper's website at www.PlayPiper.com and via Amazon.

Piper, Inc., headquartered in San Francisco, CA, is an award-winning STEAM education technology company and creator of the Piper Computer Kit, a DIY computer for ages 8+. Piper empowers the inventors of tomorrow through hands-on STEAM experiences that build digital fluency and inspire innovation. Piper launched in 2014 and has since raised $13M USD in two rounds of funding from Owl Ventures, Reach Capital, Stanford’s StartX Fund LLC, the Trustees of Princeton University, and others. To date, the Piper Computer Kit is used by hundreds of thousands of young learners in more than one thousand schools worldwide. Piper also offers an accompanying, standards-aligned STEAM curriculum for use both in the classroom or at-home learning, with guided lessons and assessments. Details on Piper's website at www.PlayPiper.com and via Amazon.

Seceda Studios is a Berlin-based production company that creates content and builds the technology to support it. We direct and produce branded content, documentaries, and narrative film. When the tools we needed didnt exist, we built them ourselves. That approach led to SlateHub, a free open-source platform connecting filmmakers, actors, crew, and content creators worldwide. Built on a Rust backend with AI-powered semantic search and LLM integration, SlateHub came out of real problems we ran into on set and in production. It is now used by creative professionals across the industry. We work at the intersection of storytelling and systems thinking. Grounded in craft, but driven by the belief that the best creative companies today are also technology companies — ones that take the tools they use as seriously as the stories they tell.

VSC Ventures is built on the core thesis that it has become easier than ever before to start a startup, but harder than ever before for that company to break out or get noticed. Our award-winning comms firm has represented over 550 startups incl. 3 IPOs, 16 unicorns, and 50+ exits. Storytelling is our superpower. We’ll invest at Seed & Series A and go to work for you!

BlockJoy allows you to deploy and run your own blockchain nodes on any infrastructure you choose.

Lumeo is an award winning “no-code”/”low-code” video analytics platform that enables solution providers to instantly create & deliver custom computer vision applications using simple drag & drop tools, ready-to-use AI models, and pre-built analytic building blocks.