About State of Mind Ventures State of Mind Ventures is a seed and early growth stage venture capital fund, focusing on the people that drive our world forward. We are looking for founders that are daring, hungry, and have big ambitions. We look to partner early with innovative teams of over-achievers, and be there with them, as they shape their vision, build their teams and accelerate to hyper-growth. So we believe our role is simple. It is to find and empower the founders of the future.

State of Mind Ventures

Vertex Ventures Israel is one of Israel’s first and most successful venture capital firms, with over $1.4B raised to its funds. We are a generalist fund, investing cross-verticals, from Seed to B. Don't hesitate to reach out, we pride ourselves on being accessible. We've worked with some of the most iconic startups to come out of Israel, including SolarEdge, Waze, CyberArk, Argus, Dynamic Yield, Spot and many others, and we are proud to have a portfolio of over 50 promising companies, including Axonius, Yotpo, Ownbackup and Verbit.  Our experience and diverse backgrounds support our founders in their journey to grow their companies and become industry leaders.

Vertex Ventures Israel

Interplay is a startup ecosystem where ideas scale. Our mission is to accelerate humankind’s potential by streamlining the journey of the entrepreneur.  Our ecosystem consists of five business lines that fall under three divisions: Capital, Studio, and Platform. Capital: Our venture capital arm invests in early stage, technology-enabled businesses in North America. We back startups that have demonstrated quantifiable financial and operational fundamentals, including a scaling customer base, early product-market fit and real revenue growth. Separately, our family office provides members full-service portfolio construction and investment management, with an emphasis on alternative assets via direct and fund investments. Additionally, members receive advisory-services for estate planning, philanthropic engagement, emergency planning, and tax optimization. Studio: We cofound and incubate companies. When we cofound a company, we’re typically starting from scratch – taking our own ideas and building them out of our foundry. Through our incubator, we support the growth of other teams by providing mentorship, enabling them to scale their company. Platform: Our platform consists of five service companies that provide core operating business solutions, including accounting, marketing, legal, professional development and outsourcing. In addition to the above services, we create educational content to help founders turn their vision into reality. Our two flagship pieces of content are a podcast that focuses on integral startup lessons for founders and a book about the rules of fundraising. We also manage a number of startup communities, including the largest entrepreneurship community associated with Columbia University called the Columbia Venture Community. To learn more visit our website and engage with us at interplay.vc/engage.

Interplay

Firsthand Technology Value Fund, Inc. is a publicly traded investment fund that provides private technology and cleantech companies with development funding and working capital, primarily in the form of equity investments. Cleantech companies include those engaged in the sale of goods and services designed to harness renewable energy and materials, eliminate emissions and waste, and reduce the use of natural resources. We are a Maryland corporation and are registered with the SEC as a business development company under the Investment Company Act of 1940. This provides the company with certain structural advantages, including public liquidity and a beneficial tax structure. Firsthand Capital Management, Inc. provides investment management services to us. Firsthand is led by Kevin Landis, a seasoned technology and cleantech investor with more than 25 years of experience in technology and investment management. Firsthand's team has been responsible for over $300 million of investments in more than 40 private companies over the past 20 years.

Firsthand Technology Value Fund

Gefen Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage Seed and Series A rounds. The firm invests in deep tech startups in sectors such as Enterprise Software, ML/AI, Cyber, FinTech, MedicalTech and more.

Gefen Capital

Alliance Global Partners is a national investment firm whose broker-dealer affiliation has been a member of FINRA and registered with the SEC for the past 37 years. A.G.P. has full-service capabilities with a global ability to trade domestically as well as internationally. A.G.P. prides itself on providing its clients with boutique services along with the comfort of knowing their accounts are custodied at Fidelity Clearing. Whether a client is looking for wealth management advice, Institutional services, or investment banking and corporate advice, we have a track record and a proven team to assist.

Alliance Global Partners

GTMfund is an early-stage fund focused on investing in hyper-growth B2B SaaS companies. The fund is comprised of 260+ go-to-market executives from the fastest-growing companies on the planet (Snowflake, DocuSign, Okta, Salesforce, Twilio, Square, Procore, etc). Our operators have been there, done that, from zero to IPO. We support our founders with everything GTM - from strategy to hiring and execution.

GTMfund

GuideStar Ventures is a venture capital firm.

GuideStar Ventures

Web Summit hosts the world's largest gathering of startups, unicorns, VCs & media. Web Summit Ventures invests in the best of this network.

Web Summit Ventures

Leaders Fund is a venture capital firm that invests in early stage companies taking advantage of the shift to cloud, mobile, and machine learning in the enterprise software sector. The firm was founded by an experienced team of operators who have founded and scaled multiple enterprise software companies, achieving successful public and private exits. It is based in Toronto, Ontario with an office in Atlanta, Georgia.  Our fund’s evergreen, flexible structure enables us to partner creatively with other investors while ensuring deep alignment with our portfolio companies on deal structure, growth strategy and long-term goals.

Leaders Fund

Vertex Ventures is a global network of operator-investors who manage portfolios in the U.S., China, Israel, India and Southeast Asia. The firm is a trusted partner to some of the world’s most innovative entrepreneurs, supporting them with unmatched operating experience and deep access to the capital, talent, partners and customers they need to build truly global businesses.

Vertex Ventures

Based in Boston and Tel Aviv, Aviv Growth Partners launches and invests in new ventures that bring Israeli technologies to the U.S. market, where we provide commercialization and operational expertise. Our approach is to validate and de-risk specific opportunities with Fortune 500 companies in the U.S., and then fund/launch JVs and newcos that address those opportunities, utilizing Israeli technology.

Aviv Growth Partners

Ask-AI

Ask-AI is the developer of an artificial intelligence-powered platform designed to streamline the customer relationship management process. The company's technology combines text-heavy company knowledge and consumer communications to answer queries using natural language processing and gives actionable product insights.

Based in Israel, Ask-AI offers advanced chatbot and automation platforms designed to improve customer service efficiency and reduce response times. Ask-AI’s main use cases include customer support, customer success, and knowledge management. Its platform, MosAIc, uses AI-powered analytics to turn customer interactions into business intelligence for decision-making. It consolidates customer interactions from various channels like tickets, calls, Slack, and emails to create a complete customer profile, enabling customer success managers to offer personalized support, enhance customer satisfaction, and build stronger relationships. It also identifies recurring issues linked to shifts in sentiment, customer churn risk, and upsell potential, enabling improvements in customer experiences and refining business strategies.

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Based in Israel, Ask-AI offers advanced chatbot and automation platforms designed to improve customer service efficiency and reduce response times. Ask-AI’s main use cases include customer support, customer success, and knowledge management. Its platform, MosAIc, uses AI-powered analytics to turn customer interactions into business intelligence for decision-making. It consolidates customer interactions from various channels like tickets, calls, Slack, and emails to create a complete customer profile, enabling customer success managers to offer personalized support, enhance customer satisfaction, and build stronger relationships. It also identifies recurring issues linked to shifts in sentiment, customer churn risk, and upsell potential, enabling improvements in customer experiences and refining business strategies.Key customers and partnershipsAs of May 2024, Ask-AI served several SaaS companies, including monday.com, CallRail, Yotpo, Armis, Coralogix, Conductor, Own Company, Altruist, Qt Group, Planview, Churnzero, Bob, and Unity.Funding and financialsIn January 2024, Ask-AI raised <a href="https://sp-edge.com/updates/25406">USD 11 million</a> in Series A funding led by Leaders Fund, with contributions from Vertex Ventures, State of Mind Ventures, and GTMFund, among others. The company planned to leverage this investment for its growth strategy, aiming to double its team size to 80, with teams based in Tel Aviv and Toronto.

DeckRobot is a platform compatible with Microsoft PowerPoint that leverages AI to transform raw slides into enterprise-ready presentations. DeckRobot AI transforms draft slides into professional, on-brand slides by adapting graphics from a vast library of slide examples. Users can apply an unlimited number of styles to any slide deck, including old documents, client materials, or web-sourced slides.DeckRobot offers enhancements for individual slides, such as adding approved icons and images, object alignment, slide resizing, and text validation through AI checks. DeckRobot's plugin acts as a time-saving tool for PowerPoint users, reducing manual work and potentially saving up to 80% of working time. The plugin emphasizes creating visually appealing presentations that adhere to company brand guidelines while maintaining content quality.Key customers and partnershipsAs of April 2024, the company reportedly worked with 70% of the largest consulting and audit companies.

DeckRobot

Based in Italy, Contents.com is a generative AI-powered multimedia creation tool directed at marketing teams, bloggers, publishers, web agencies, ecommerce sites, and large corporations looking to scale content output. The company operates as a SaaS platform that provides tools to support the entire content creation workflow, combining AI-generated output with manual finishing. Contents.com’s features include:1) Industry trends: Uses AI to provide an overview of popular content trends during a specified time period2) AI Chat: A natural language chatbot that can answer questions on any topic or be used to generate content ideas3) AI Writer: Generates content based on a selected template, including blog posts, social media posts, product descriptions, marketing emails, search engine optimized content, and summarized and rephrased content4) AI Art: Generates images based on text inputs, a selected style, and destination content type5) Text to Audio: Converts text documents into audio, with several AI voices available for selection and generates text transcripts from audio input6) AI Translation: Translates content into 25+ languages (January 2024) and offers human translation7) Professional writing services: Completion and review of AI-generated content or fully outsourced content creation by human writersContents.com also offers a customizable enterprise solution, enabling large organizations to automate their content creation processes.The firm claims that its solution can generate content 10x faster.In April 2023, Contents.com acquired Scribeur, its main French competitor, expanding its customer base to include major French and European brands. In the same month, the firm also acquired translation company Traduzione.it. In addition, in May 2023, the company acquired Scribox, an Italian content marketing marketplace, to leverage Scribox's expertise in custom content creation, SEO, and social media marketing.Key customers and partnershipsAs of May 2023, Contents.com’s users included Allianz, Billboard, IKEA, Oppo, and Accenture.

Contents.com

Estonia-based Alpha3D utilizes GenAI technologies to allow users to automatically convert text prompts or 2D images of real-world objects into interactive 3D digital assets. The platform aims at simplifying the 3D model creation process, making it more accessible and scalable for users regardless of their 3D-modeling knowledge. Alpha3D's technology has potential applications in various domains, such as augmented reality (AR), virtual reality (VR), virtual try-on (VTO), gaming, the metaverse, and even non-fungible tokens (NFTs), allowing a wide range of digital interactions and experiences​.The platform claims to automatically generate 3D content 10x faster and up to 100x cheaper than traditional methods, without requiring 3D modeling expertise.Key customers and partnershipsAs of September 2023, Alpha3D had managed to garner a user base of nearly 100,000 platform users, including Viva Technology, Threedium, Wanna, PwC, and FARFETCH.In June 2023, the company partnered with Tryme, a company specializing in custom software solutions, to advance the creation of AI-generated 3D models for eyewear by combining Alpha3D's rapid 2D-to-3D conversion with TRYME's virtual try-on platform.

Alpha3D

OASIS is a human-centric AI research lab that offers photorealistic AI avatars for remote work. Users can enter text, record audio, or write directly on the screen, and the AI will rewrite based on specified preferences or settings, allowing users to generate rewritten content for various purposes, such as improving clarity, style, or readability. The cross-platform app allows users to use the AI avatar when using a camera, including Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, FaceTime, and WhatsApp.

OASIS

Canada-based Maket specializes in utilizing GenAI to automate the design of residential floor plans, aiding architects, designers, and developers in efficiently creating various design iterations​. Additionally, Maket offers a suite of tools, including a virtual assistant for informed desig-making, assistance with navigating zoning codes, and regulatory compliance checks. The platform is also integrated with Rhino, Autodesk Autocad, and Autodesk Revit.Key customers and partnerships&nbsp;In April 2022, Maket formed a strategic partnership with <a href="https://mila.quebec/en/mila-and-maket-announce-a-new-partnership-to-leverage-ai-for-generative-architecture/#:~:text=MONTREAL%20%E2%80%93%20April%2020%2C%202022,architecture%2C%20engineering%20and%20construction">Mila</a>, a deep-learning research institute, to advance AI-powered architectural planning​.Key competitors: None comparable (Maket is the only design startup we have identified that uses GenAI to automate the design of residential floor plans.)

Maket

Companies that offer solutions to generate text from a prompt, where output is independent of previous interactions, such as specialized content creation tools

Companies that offer solutions to create and edit images and GIFs, including techniques such as inpainting, outpainting, upscaling, and stylizing

Companies that generate or synthesize voice and audio, including voice cloning, text-to-speech, and language translation

Companies that specialize in generating 3D content, including the creation of game assets (virtual worlds, non-playable characters), product visualization, and other 3D models

Companies that offer solutions to create and edit video content, including scene generation, background replacement, stylizing, and frame interpolation

Companies that offer solutions to generate contextually relevant text responses across multiple conversational exchanges, such as natural language chatbots

Generative AI applications are built on foundation models that are trained using advanced ML models

The technology allows the creation of digital avatars and virtual games

All companies within the space offer a product or service based on generative AI

The technology allows the creation of personalized content

Some applications leverage NLP to train models to process and respond to language-based prompts

Generative AI applications are built on in-house or third-party foundation models

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 AI assistant for enterprise workers, Ask-AI, has secured $11 million in a Series A funding round led by Leaders Fund, bringing its total funding to $20 million. The round saw contributions from Vertex Ventures and others. The funds will be used to expand its team size and facilitate the firm's growth strategy.
 The Israel-based firm aims to integrate enterprise knowledge to enhance productivity. It has showcased improvements in key business areas among its clients, evidencing a 20% drop in the resolution time for support tickets and a 25% decrease in the daily ticket count per agent.
 
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