Elise M. Houren

We invest in founders who are reshaping outdated industries. We believe in a world where top tier fintech products help the 99% grow their wealth and build businesses. Where everyday people have transparent, efficient, and attentive healthcare experiences. Where managers and front-line employees in legacy industries have tools that save time, increase transparency, and take minutes to learn (vertical SaaS).

Menlo Micro is on a mission to create a more energy efficient and sustainable world, with an entirely new category of electronic switches. The Ideal Switch eliminates compromises and tradeoffs by combining the benefits of electromechanical and solid-state switches into the best of both worlds. Menlo is bringing more than 99 percent reductions in size, weight, power, and cost to dozens of industries such as medical, aerospace and defense, telecommunications, consumer electronics, industrial IoT, and test and measurement. For more information, visit menlomicro.com.

Plumerai enables developers to add highly accurate AI to embedded devices. It is the market leader in licensable AI for smart home cameras, powering millions of devices worldwide, and growing fast in video conferencing, smart retail, security, and IOT. Plumerai’s complete software solution covers people detection, vehicle detection, animal detection, familiar face identification and more. The AI software has been designed to be extremely compute and memory efficient, enabling it to run locally on nearly any camera SoC. It provides ground-breaking AI features without compromising on privacy or accuracy. The Plumerai team is based in London and Amsterdam and is backed by world-class investors who founded multi-billion dollar companies.

We invest in founders who are reshaping outdated industries. We believe in a world where top tier fintech products help the 99% grow their wealth and build businesses. Where everyday people have transparent, efficient, and attentive healthcare experiences. Where managers and front-line employees in legacy industries have tools that save time, increase transparency, and take minutes to learn (vertical SaaS).

Menlo Micro is on a mission to create a more energy efficient and sustainable world, with an entirely new category of electronic switches. The Ideal Switch eliminates compromises and tradeoffs by combining the benefits of electromechanical and solid-state switches into the best of both worlds. Menlo is bringing more than 99 percent reductions in size, weight, power, and cost to dozens of industries such as medical, aerospace and defense, telecommunications, consumer electronics, industrial IoT, and test and measurement. For more information, visit menlomicro.com.

Plumerai enables developers to add highly accurate AI to embedded devices. It is the market leader in licensable AI for smart home cameras, powering millions of devices worldwide, and growing fast in video conferencing, smart retail, security, and IOT. Plumerai’s complete software solution covers people detection, vehicle detection, animal detection, familiar face identification and more. The AI software has been designed to be extremely compute and memory efficient, enabling it to run locally on nearly any camera SoC. It provides ground-breaking AI features without compromising on privacy or accuracy. The Plumerai team is based in London and Amsterdam and is backed by world-class investors who founded multi-billion dollar companies.

Build Collective, led by Tony Fadell, is a global investment and advisory firm coaching engineers, scientists, and entrepreneurs working on foundational deep technology. With 200+ startups in its portfolio, Build Collective invests its money and time to help engineers and scientists bring technology out of the lab and into our lives. Emboldening companies beyond Silicon Valley, Build Collectives portfolio is based mainly in the EU and US with some companies in Asia and the Middle East. From tackling food security, sustainability, transportation, energy efficiency, weather, robotics, and disease to empowering small business owners, entrepreneurs, and consumers, the startups in Build Collectives portfolio are improving our lives and prospects for the future. With no LP’s to report to, the Build Collective team is hands-on and looking to advise for the long-term through the ups and downs to achieve significant milestones.