Cade Ventures

Function Health offers advanced health checkups with over 100 lab tests annually, focusing on early detection of diseases and personalized health insights.

Akash Systems is a pioneer in thermal management technology, specializing in Diamond Cooling solutions that enhance the performance and efficiency of various applications, including AI, data centers, and satellite communications.

Mecka exists to bring Physical AI into real life, practically. We build the data, evaluation, and deployment infrastructure that helps robots and embodied AI learn from real human activity, adapt to real environments, and move from lab demos to reliable work in the world.

Poseidon is reimagining logistics with autonomous aircraft built to move goods faster, cheaper, anywhere they're needed. Their platforms unlock a new cost curve for logistics, enabling goods to be delivered quickly, reliably, and at a price point that melds the speed of air cargo with the affordability of ground and maritime transport.

Daylight Computer Company focuses on creating innovative computing devices with a strong emphasis on health and user experience, particularly through their flagship product, the DC-1 tablet.

Climatic Health develops a daily lung health system designed to cleanse and clear the airways for easier breathing, utilizing clinically studied, all-natural ingredients delivered through a precision-designed device.

Freckle inspires joy, encourages presence, and is the first phone kids love and parents trust.

HQ.xyz provides financial solutions for Web3 businesses, enabling them to manage their finances using stablecoins and self-custody, while integrating with platforms like Xero for streamlined accounting.

Blue.ai is an all-in-one customer experience platform designed specifically for enterprise businesses, unifying customer conversations across various digital channels.

Alnu Health extends GLP-1 care beyond clinic visits by providing patients with clinically-backed, continuous support and relieving the administrative burden from clinician teams.

ROSE offers clean beauty products powered by science, including a range of makeup and skincare items designed for various skin tones and types.

Starlife provides teleoperated humanoid robots that allow real people to perform physical jobs remotely. Workers control robots in real-time, enabling them to see, hear, and interact in physical spaces from anywhere in the world.

Pre-seed/seed specialist focusing on physical AI and deep-tech (robotics, sensors, quantum/next-gen compute, energy transition) that commercializes University of Chicago deep-tech for real-world industries. The firm uniquely runs Harper Court Ventures Fund I, a $25M pre-seed/seed fund formed via an exclusive cooperation agreement with the University of Chicago to commercialize the university's deep-tech research in quantum, AI, energy, and life sciences.

Seed-stage investor (initial $250k–$1M) from a single-family-office corporate VC that can scale within the same round up to $10M, sector-agnostic, and offers hands-on mental and emotional support to founders.

Upslope Ventures (formerly Galvanize Ventures) is an early-stage venture capital fund that invests in startups across the United States. They leverage Galvanize's physical network of thousands of founders and use a treasure-hunting sourcing approach to find undiscovered companies in overlooked ecosystems. Led by Managing Partner Kate Shillo Beardsley, the firm intentionally invests in overlooked regions and takes pre-seed risk in places most coastal funds avoid.