Doug Rybacki

HydrogenXT – Changing the Way the World Moves HydrogenXT, headquartered in Houston, Texas is at the forefront of a seismic shift in global energy production, pioneering a clean hydrogen ecosystem that redefines transportation, logistics, and AI data center energy use. HydrogenXT is changing the way the world moves—from Trucks, Trains, Planes, Autos, & Electrons, to Bits, Bytes, & Boxes. Leveraging a vertically integrated model—from on-site clean hydrogen production to dispensing and distribution— HydrogenXT provides cost-effective and zero carbon intensity fuel-grade blue hydrogen, primarily through proprietary HydrogenXT NeXTstop stations. By capturing CO₂ emissions at the source while transforming compressed natural gas (CNG) into zero carbon-intensity fuel-grade blue hydrogen, HydrogenXT aims to deliver hydrogen fuel in the United States and around the globe at prices below that of fuels used today. Beyond North America, HydrogenXT has global expansion ambitions, first to the Middle East, Europe and then Asia. This convergence of proprietary technology, market and regulatory tailwinds, as well as strategic partnerships positions HydrogenXT to become the “Standard Oil of the 21st Century.” Hydrogen. A simple element that solves a complicated problem.

TRIYO enables financial institutions to adopt an AI-first strategy by extracting and structuring hidden work data from legacy systems and human-centric processes. This contextualized data provides the foundation for advanced analytics, LLMs, automated regulatory reporting, and 360° operational visibility. By doing so, TRIYO helps institutions reduce compliance risk, drive significant operational efficiencies, and future-proof their operations with minimal change management.
 Today, TRIYO is already powering critical use cases: automating STR/AML regulatory reporting to FINTRAC, where Credit Unions have achieved over 50% efficiency gains in less than 100 days; and streamlining engineering and resource management processes at a Tier 1 North American bank, eliminating manual reporting decks and surfacing real-time capacity insights. These implementations highlight how the same platform can simultaneously strengthen compliance, improve operations, and accelerate secure AI adoption. Our platform enables the automated reporting of complex processes, delivering a 360-degree view and actionable insights across critical workflows, including off-platform communications. TRIYO also structures contextual work data to power AI adoption — unlocking the potential for automation, predictive analytics, and smarter decision-making

Illuminate Ventures is an early-stage VC investor focused exclusively on B2B software companies. We don’t rely on “pattern recognition” or following the herd. Our sweet spot is as a lead or co-lead of a startups first institutional round of financing. 

Our team is made up of experienced investors with prior operational success, complemented by a world class, 45+ member Business Advisory Council. We’ve been there ourselves as entrepreneurs and work closely with founders to support them in building truly great companies and teams. Illuminate’s results speak for themselves. As an early investor in companies like Allocadia, Arkestro, BrightEdge, Contentstack, Pex and Xactly, we have helped them grow their revenue from zero to tens of millions in recurring revenue. Illuminates prior successful portfolio exits include companies like Xactly (IPO NYSE: XTLY, then acquired by Vista), Coupang (NYSE: CPNG), Opsmatic (Acq by New Relic: NEWR), WildPockets (acq by Autodesk: ADSK), Red Aril (Acq by Hearst Corporation), Sense Platform (acquired by Cloudera), Allocadia (acq by BrandMaker).

HydrogenXT – Changing the Way the World Moves HydrogenXT, headquartered in Houston, Texas is at the forefront of a seismic shift in global energy production, pioneering a clean hydrogen ecosystem that redefines transportation, logistics, and AI data center energy use. HydrogenXT is changing the way the world moves—from Trucks, Trains, Planes, Autos, & Electrons, to Bits, Bytes, & Boxes. Leveraging a vertically integrated model—from on-site clean hydrogen production to dispensing and distribution— HydrogenXT provides cost-effective and zero carbon intensity fuel-grade blue hydrogen, primarily through proprietary HydrogenXT NeXTstop stations. By capturing CO₂ emissions at the source while transforming compressed natural gas (CNG) into zero carbon-intensity fuel-grade blue hydrogen, HydrogenXT aims to deliver hydrogen fuel in the United States and around the globe at prices below that of fuels used today. Beyond North America, HydrogenXT has global expansion ambitions, first to the Middle East, Europe and then Asia. This convergence of proprietary technology, market and regulatory tailwinds, as well as strategic partnerships positions HydrogenXT to become the “Standard Oil of the 21st Century.” Hydrogen. A simple element that solves a complicated problem.

TRIYO enables financial institutions to adopt an AI-first strategy by extracting and structuring hidden work data from legacy systems and human-centric processes. This contextualized data provides the foundation for advanced analytics, LLMs, automated regulatory reporting, and 360° operational visibility. By doing so, TRIYO helps institutions reduce compliance risk, drive significant operational efficiencies, and future-proof their operations with minimal change management.
 Today, TRIYO is already powering critical use cases: automating STR/AML regulatory reporting to FINTRAC, where Credit Unions have achieved over 50% efficiency gains in less than 100 days; and streamlining engineering and resource management processes at a Tier 1 North American bank, eliminating manual reporting decks and surfacing real-time capacity insights. These implementations highlight how the same platform can simultaneously strengthen compliance, improve operations, and accelerate secure AI adoption. Our platform enables the automated reporting of complex processes, delivering a 360-degree view and actionable insights across critical workflows, including off-platform communications. TRIYO also structures contextual work data to power AI adoption — unlocking the potential for automation, predictive analytics, and smarter decision-making

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