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Angel Investor
Feb 2022
A fully integrated AI platform optimizing eCommerce from acquisitions to fulfillment.
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Angel Investor
Aug 2020
No Danger First Wager Up to $1000 & Easy-to-use Sportsbook. Licensed in Tennessee.
Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-889-9789. Must be 21+ and in TN to bet.
ZenSports is available for download in the App Store (iOS) and the ZenSports website (Android or Web).
ZenSports was acquired by KeyStar Corp in 2022: https://keystarcorp.com/
Angel Investor
Aug 2019
Blokable creates prosperity and equity in communities by disintermediating the traditional development process and providing a vertically integrated solution to create housing at scale. Our solution is a new paradigm in development, enabled by a new building system and technology.
Angel Investor
Jan 2019
HyperSciences is a platform technology company that is solving some of the most challenging problems in tunneling, energy drilling, transportation, aerospace, and materials production.
By creating an extensive portfolio of patented and patent-pending hypervelocity technologies HyperSciences developed HyperCore, one of the worlds fastest, simplest, and most efficient commercial launch systems. Utilizing artificial intelligence our system first robotically loads and fires objects, next our HyperCore engine continues the process to accelerates the object to velocities greater than Mach 5.
We are revolutionary changing the efficiencies and economics of drilling HyperSciences, since 2015 our company has been partnered with Shell Energy to demonstrate this disruptive technology. We use low-cost chemical energy to accelerate consumable projectiles to hypersonic velocities, allowing projectiles upon impact to break and pulverize hard rock faster, deeper, and through a wider range of conditions.
We are using this same HyperCore technology to create the Hyper Tunneling Boring and Mining system (HTBM), replacing conventional tunneling methods which typically are slow, and significant capital expense. In most cases each consumable projectile removes over a half a ton of rock per impact.
When applied to deep geothermal energy our drilling system allows for low-cost access to deep energy. Our "Energy Anywhere" geothermal system generates power by quickly and efficiently reaching untapped geothermal resources and converting it into electrical energy that will cause a significant paradigm change in renewable, clean energy.
In 2018 HyperSciences secured our first contract with NASA by applying the key components of HyperCores automated system in order to launch payloads to high-altitudes at extreme velocity. By lowering the cost for hypersonic vehicle development and a new type of stealth program our system is prepared to support USA government contracts in the aerospace community.
Angel Investor
Sep 2018
SapientX makes white-label software to add voice and intelligence to technology products. Today, The SapientX team is working with customers to add intelligent, talking characters, as user interfaces, to cars, phones and robots. Their past customers include 17 Fortune 100 companies.
Angel Investor
Jul 2018
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Founder: Jason Calacanis
Jason Calacanis co-founded and was the CEO of Weblogs, Inc., a network of popular weblogs that was sold to AOL in November 2005. Upon joining AOL, he was appointed senior vice president. In addition, he was named general manager of AOL’s Netscape and was responsible for the July 2006 relaunch of the iconic browser as a social bookmarking news site.
Investors include: Sequoia Capital, CBS, Elon Musk, Matt Coffin, Mark Cuban, Mark Pincus and Fred Wilson.
Angel Investor
Jun 2018
SmartGurlz is a fun, tech toy to engage girls in design, robotics and computer programming using their mobile phones and tablets. It’s created for girls who want to take playing with fashion dolls to the next level, and the name of our little company. (We’re brand new!)
Angel Investor
Mar 2018
CREATING PRODUCTS THAT HUMANS PREFER TO TOUCH
The SynTouch Toccare® Haptics Measurement System uses mathematical models based on proven haptics science to guide the design and manufacturing of products and materials that feel how humans prefer them to feel. The industries we serve include nonwoven fabrics and products, apparel, textiles, automotive, cosmetics, and consumer electronics.
Everything the human finger can sense, the Toccare system can precisely and repeatedly quantify biomimetically. Designers and manufacturers use Toccare touch data to compare, test, communicate and optimize with both subtlety and accuracy the feel of their products, the first time and every time. When correlated with consumer preferences, the data provide unparalleled haptics insights faster and more economically than any other method or quantification modality.
The SynTouch “language of touch” is valuable across the entire supply chain to provide conformity to objective standards at every stage of development or production, and faster time to market. Use it to communicate across all stages internally and with your vendors and customers — from product design to material and vendor sourcing, manufacturing, quality assurance and control, and marketing.
ROBOTS THAT FEEL
Our haptics sensors mimic the physical properties and sensory capabilities of the human fingertip, turning future possibilities into immediate product applications for robotic arms and prosthetic hands that need to replicate human dexterity and sense of touch.
HOW IT ALL BEGAN
Our technology was born in the Department of Biomedical Engineering at the University of Southern California in 2007 with the vision of giving hand amputees human-like hand dexterity unlike the rudimentary functions of simple prosthetic hands. The technology quickly evolved into its current haptics, robotics and prosthetic applications in response to numerous customer requests, including an extensive collaboration with Procter & Gamble.
Angel Investor
Jan 2018
Heliogen is a renewable energy technology company focused on decarbonizing industry and empowering a sustainable civilization. The company’s concentrating solar energy and thermal storage systems aim to deliver carbon-free heat, steam, or power at scale to support round-the-clock industrial operations. Powered by AI, computer vision, and robotics, Heliogen is focused on providing robust clean energy solutions that accelerate the transition to renewable energy without compromising reliability, availability, or cost. For more information about Heliogen, please visit heliogen.com.
In November 2020, TIME included Heliogen’s HelioHeat™ technology on its Best Inventions of 2020 list. In April 2020, Fast Company selected Heliogen as a recipient of a 2020 World Changing Ideas Award for its technology. The company won the Energy category.
Angel Investor
Jan 2018
Sickweather is the world's first real-time map of sickness and the largest crowdsourcing community of its kind – processing millions of illness reports each month. The company has received numerous awards and been recognized for accurately forecasting outbreaks up to 15 weeks in advance. Sickweather is committed to providing consumers and businesses the most accurate, predictive and meaningful sickness forecasts in the world – for reducing healthcare costs and saving lives.
Angel Investor
Oct 2017
The Kindara Fertility App for iPhone and Android has been ranked #1 on the App Store Medical chart and users personal data tracking and analysis to help women get pregnant faster, avoid pregnancy naturally or better understand their cycles.
Kindara is owned by Prima-Temp, a chronobiology company that makes connected devices and applications to help women manage their reproductive health.
Angel Investor
Oct 2017
Stemless brings cutting edge technology to retailers, helping them connect to their customers using innovative software, analytical data, and cool gadgets. Stemless was built by industry professionals for other industry professionals.
Our targeted text message marketing and loyalty programs were created specifically for the retail industry. If you want to know how you can bring your store to the next level, drop us a line at info@stemless.co
Angel Investor
Oct 2017
Commerce.AI was founded with the mission to automate decisions and workflows using latest AI technology and to make humans 10x efficient.
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Angel Investor
Feb 2022
A fully integrated AI platform optimizing eCommerce from acquisitions to fulfillment.
Subscribe to our newsletter series to become an ecommerce expert in no time! https://ecommerceacceleration.substack.com/
2020
Angel Investor
Aug 2020
No Danger First Wager Up to $1000 & Easy-to-use Sportsbook. Licensed in Tennessee.
Gambling Problem? Call 1-800-889-9789. Must be 21+ and in TN to bet.
ZenSports is available for download in the App Store (iOS) and the ZenSports website (Android or Web).
ZenSports was acquired by KeyStar Corp in 2022: https://keystarcorp.com/
2019
Angel Investor
Aug 2019
Blokable creates prosperity and equity in communities by disintermediating the traditional development process and providing a vertically integrated solution to create housing at scale. Our solution is a new paradigm in development, enabled by a new building system and technology.
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