Zia Shahriare Mba, Csm

CMS Certification (OBC) | Investor | Day Dreamer | Successful Failure

📍 Waterbury, Vermont, United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 15 investments📅 9 years investing🗓 Last invested Dec 2021𝕏 @upgrade_to_unlock
Operator-angel🌍 United States
15
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Dec 2021
EnGen is an early-stage biotechnology company pioneering a new approach to preventing and treating influenza. We're developing an effective, easy-to-manufacture, shelf-stable universal flu vaccine that confers long-term immunity to all Type A influenza strains—including those which cause seasonal flu and influenza pandemics. Seasonal flu causes 250,000 to 500,000 deaths every year. The CDC and other experts have cautioned that we are extremely vulnerable to the catastrophic occurrence of a global flu pandemic—on a scale that could far exceed both COVID-19 and the Spanish flu of 1918. In its Global Influenza Strategy (2019–2030) report, the World Health Organization has declared the development of a universal flu vaccine as an urgent need—but the unique nature and genetic makeup of the influenza virus poses a challenge to researchers focused on influenza treatment and vaccination. To address these issues, EnGen Bio is developing universal vaccines for Type A flu prevention. Effective for vaccination in both the $6B human and $0.5B veterinary markets, our antibodies also demonstrate potential for therapeutic treatment of influenza, with an additional $2B prospective market. If successful, our efforts will eradicate flu pandemics and dramatically decrease the global burden of illness and disease caused by influenza.
Investor
Dec 2021
SolarGaps opens your window to free energy. We offer a simple Smart Blinds solution that automatically tracks the sun and generates electricity. Simply plug-in SolarGaps and solar energy starts to power all devices in your home! It can even store power in your home battery storage solution. With SolarGaps, you make your own electricity. Through our smartphone app you can monitor and control SolarGaps from anywhere in the world. "We believe that green energy should be available for every body."​ - Yevgen Erik, Founder of SolarGaps
Investor
Sep 2021
VirZOOM creates thrilling VR experiences powered by you. VirZOOM sensors turn your own bicycle or stationary bicycle into a customized VR game machine. Wireless velocity sensors measure your pedaling speed and steering and put your fingers on game play buttons. Your activity on the bicycle parallels your motion in a virtual world. Pedaling and steering propels you through endlessly exciting VR experiences. Be the horse in the race, the tank in battle, a fire breathing dragon. VirZOOM uses patent pending software controls that makes VR feel great. You won’t even realize you’re getting a workout. Hook up VirZOOM to your VR headset, download the VirZOOM experiences and off you go!
Seed Investor
Sep 2021
AppMail brings an interactive web experience to your customer’s inbox. Enabling consumers to shop, book an appointment and much more, all within the email.
Investor
Jun 2020
Our mission at Twofold is to optimize limited space without sacrificing functionality. We create on-demand, space-saving furniture for the home, workplace and everywhere in between. Developed with a deep understanding of the limitations of real estate in an increasingly dense world, we design and manufacture products that revive productivity, flexibility and functionality in idle areas. All Twofold Spaces products are designed and manufactured in the USA, leveraging deep and collaborative relationships with our stakeholders. Emerging Small Business Certified #13226
Investor
Jun 2018
Traditional retail pharmacy is broken, marked by inefficiencies and terrible customer experience. Imagine leaving the doctors office and not having to go to the pharmacy.... ...instead, the prescription is delivered to you within one hour. Welcome to the future of retail pharmacy. Never go to the pharmacy again!
Investor
Jun 2018
Amulet Protective Technologies is the premier provider of invisible ballistic protection to the public space. AMULET Ballistic Barriers®, our award winning ballistic barrier technology, seamlessly integrates into architectural products, contract furniture, commercial furnishings, walls and doors...invisibly protecting the public from ballistic violence where they live, work and play. AMULET® Ballistic Barriers protect life from a full spectrum of ballistic threats, including fragmentation from blast. They are UL and National Institutes of Justice compliant, light in weight, thin in profile and non-toxic, making them compatible with today's sustainable environments. Our markets include: Education, Healthcare, Corporate, Municipal, Retail, Public Transportation, Government and Critical Infrastructure. Distribution is Global.
late stagePublic Safety
Investor
Mar 2018
MOBODEXTER's innovative IoT Platform PAASMER has been designed to provide the end to end capability to enterprise looking to build IoT products/solutions effectively and efficiently. Our philosophy is to make new technology reachable to masses by challenging the status quo with leading innovative mobile software solutions MoboDexter Products - MoboDexter has been designing several products in the IOT domain with the security as the underlying foundation. - These products are build grounds up and includes the complete stack of hardware and software layers with IP based technology involving bio-metrics, software algorithms and Artificial Intelligence. - Our road-map covers product lines ranging from Home Automation, Home Security, Banking, Automotive and Healthcare verticals. - The first will be on Smart Home Automation & Security launching in Early 2016. - We differentiate ourselves from the products in the market on the following four dimensions: Smart : User aware, Secure : Real Time AI based authentication, Simple : User experience, Cost : User affordable. MoboDexter Technology Services: - We offer product engineering services to leading semiconductor clients in the embedded space ranging from hardware to firmware and in software space that includes mobility, cloud and analytic services. Our clients in this space includes some of the Top MNCs Visit our site for more information - www.mobodexter.com
Investor
Jan 2018
The I-PASS Patient Safety Institute is a clinical leader in patient safety, enabling a standard of care for patient handoffs and closed-loop communication. Founded by clinicians in 2016, the I-PASS Institute uses technology and digital tools to scale the I-PASS mnemonic. The I-PASS Institute’s solution, the I-PASS Bundle, consists of three core components—I-PASS Training, I-PASS Assessment and Improvement, and I-PASS eVIEW. When all three platforms are used in unison, institutions are able to reduce patient harm caused by miscommunication. Currently implemented in more than 100 institutions, the organization’s clients span high-reliability organizations, from pediatrics and residency programs to nursing and transition of care with families.
Investor
Jan 2018
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.
mid stageOil and Gas
Investor
Nov 2017
Our core target users in the Creative Industries are (or aspire to be) in the business of producing creative deliverables. This includes users engaged in advertising & marketing, architecture, design, film, music, performing & visual arts, publishing, R&D, software, and games. The Problem Today, creative workflows demand above average time away from the desk. Solutions must simultaneously power mission-critical, professional creative, as well as, standard office software. This necessitates full-featured, pro desktop apps and workstation-level performance, deployed across a mobile environment. However, Apple splits its mobile offerings into macOS-based notebooks vs. iOS-based iPhone/iPad tablets. Clearly separated through their distinct interface paradigms (mouse/trackpad on macOS and touch on iOS), Apple has carefully crafted their feature sets and positioning so as to complement and integrate with each other, and not overlap. Tablet form factor with pen-input are designed into the iOS devices, whereas laptop usability, workstation-class performance and expandability are reserved for Mac notebooks. Apple’s suggested solution is to purchase devices from each platform and use them in tandem. These offerings lack either the performance desired, the level of integration required, or both. The Solution Our mid-level Modbook Pro is an enclosure conversion kit that transforms an original Apple non-Retina 13.3-inch MacBook Pro notebook into a slate-style, pen-enabled macOS tablet computer. With it’s dual-core Intel i5/i7 processor options it represents the only slate-style tablet Mac solution on the market. Our upcoming Modbook Pro X is an enclosure conversion kit that transforms a top-of-the-line Apple Retina 15.4-inch MacBook Pro into a 2-in-1 convertible, pen-enabled macOS tablet/laptop. This combination of power and versatility makes the Pro X not only our high-end offering, but in effect also the “best” configuration of an Apple Retina MacBook Pro.
Investor
Aug 2017
Keen Home develops proactive hardware and software products to protect and enhance your home's core systems, providing homeowners with increased comfort, improved efficiency, and a better maintained home. Our first product, the Smart Vent, seamlessly controls individual room temperature by regulating airflow, providing a cost effective and efficient zoning solution for homeowners. The Smart Vent is currently sold in over 500 Lowe's and 90 Best Buy stores across the US & Canada. Our software platform serves as a proactive home health dashboard while offering partners data for lead generation, actuarial price risk data, and peak load management control. We are firm believers that great solutions come out of great ideas and the coalescence of feedback from the community a product is built for. We also believe the same community should have the opportunity to own a piece of the company that is building those solutions. If you are interested in investing in our rapidly growing company, get in touch with us at contact@keenhome.io.
Investor
Jun 2017
Knightscope’s [NASDAQ: KSCP] is an innovator in emergency communications, robotics and artificial intelligence (“AI”) technologies focused on public safety and helping to protect the places people live, work, study and visit. Learn more and schedule a demo at www.knightscope.com
mid stagePublic Safety
Investor
Mar 2017
Payroll4Free.com offers full-featured payroll software and service with professional support, for free! Time spent on payroll means time that could be spent increasing your bottom line. Let Payroll4free.com process your payroll. Payroll4free.com is able to provide this free service through a selective-advertising program. We will only accept advertisers who can provide a premium product or service targeted directly at our clients. We respect your privacy, and all information remains confidential and secure. Our service is primarily focused on businesses with 25 or fewer employees. For more information or to sign up, please visit our website or contact us at info@payroll4free.com.
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Dec 2021
EnGen is an early-stage biotechnology company pioneering a new approach to preventing and treating influenza. We're developing an effective, easy-to-manufacture, shelf-stable universal flu vaccine that confers long-term immunity to all Type A influenza strains—including those which cause seasonal flu and influenza pandemics. Seasonal flu causes 250,000 to 500,000 deaths every year. The CDC and other experts have cautioned that we are extremely vulnerable to the catastrophic occurrence of a global flu pandemic—on a scale that could far exceed both COVID-19 and the Spanish flu of 1918. In its Global Influenza Strategy (2019–2030) report, the World Health Organization has declared the development of a universal flu vaccine as an urgent need—but the unique nature and genetic makeup of the influenza virus poses a challenge to researchers focused on influenza treatment and vaccination. To address these issues, EnGen Bio is developing universal vaccines for Type A flu prevention. Effective for vaccination in both the $6B human and $0.5B veterinary markets, our antibodies also demonstrate potential for therapeutic treatment of influenza, with an additional $2B prospective market. If successful, our efforts will eradicate flu pandemics and dramatically decrease the global burden of illness and disease caused by influenza.
MxG Fiber
Seed Investor
Dec 2021
Investor
Dec 2021
SolarGaps opens your window to free energy. We offer a simple Smart Blinds solution that automatically tracks the sun and generates electricity. Simply plug-in SolarGaps and solar energy starts to power all devices in your home! It can even store power in your home battery storage solution. With SolarGaps, you make your own electricity. Through our smartphone app you can monitor and control SolarGaps from anywhere in the world. "We believe that green energy should be available for every body."​ - Yevgen Erik, Founder of SolarGaps
Investor
Sep 2021
VirZOOM creates thrilling VR experiences powered by you. VirZOOM sensors turn your own bicycle or stationary bicycle into a customized VR game machine. Wireless velocity sensors measure your pedaling speed and steering and put your fingers on game play buttons. Your activity on the bicycle parallels your motion in a virtual world. Pedaling and steering propels you through endlessly exciting VR experiences. Be the horse in the race, the tank in battle, a fire breathing dragon. VirZOOM uses patent pending software controls that makes VR feel great. You won’t even realize you’re getting a workout. Hook up VirZOOM to your VR headset, download the VirZOOM experiences and off you go!
Seed Investor
Sep 2021
AppMail brings an interactive web experience to your customer’s inbox. Enabling consumers to shop, book an appointment and much more, all within the email.
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