Mantis Venture Capital

If you’re seeking out a financial analyst who’s willing to put in 160+ hour weeks, you’re not likely to find one…if they’re human. You might still need one, however. Financial markets have always demanded constant attention and urgency, but on top of that, the volume and complexity of data an analyst has to manage today is unprecedented. We invested in Rogo, a genAI platform for banking and private equity, because we know that inevitably, human intelligence will need to be augmented by machine learning. Rogo has the potential to transform how Wall Street does business by automating time-consuming tasks, running analyses with greater efficiency, and providing quality insights to decision-makers. It’s a conversation platform that sits in the bullpen and corner office with you. To be clear, this is not at all a replacement tool - it’s an opportunity for finance professionals at all levels to spend more time on the truly interesting and impactful work that moves markets forward. And Rogo will work 160 hours a week without overtime. Congrats to the team for closing their Series A this month!

Nextflow is the most popular language to write and scale bioinformatics workflows. We have listened to and pledge our support to the community. LatchBio is releasing a native Nextflow integration. New tools to develop + host workflows for scientific teams. Developers can drop-in existing Nextflow projects, and configure their workflow in 3 steps: 1. Generate a single Python file from Nextflow code to configure your interface 2. Modify or extend this file 3. Register the workflow with Latch Access new tools to develop and host Nextflow: - Visualize and explore the execution graph - Resource dashboards to optimize cost and runtime - Associate workflow versions with Git commits. - Use secure, private container repositories Integrate into upstream and downstream components of the end-to-end analysis lifecycle: - Pull structured metadata captured from the wet lab - Analyze outputs in managed Jupyter + Rstudio instances - Build dashboards to communicate workflow results LatchBio is usage based. We want your entire team to access and understand your data and analysis. No seat-based fees or licenses. Read more - https://lnkd.in/g4JNEqnX

We’re incredibly proud to announce our seed round of $6m, just six months after raising our pre-seed of $1.7m. Led by Uncork Capital as the lead, with participation from Mantis Venture Capital and Primeset. We also welcome back Scribble Ventures and Roar Ventures who supported us in the pre-seed.

Got a text from one of my team members in New York not too long ago: “Call this number.” She sent a pic of the number, scribbled on a piece of paper that looked like it was placed on the back bar of some restaurant, but offered no further explanation other than, “It’s crazy.” Of course, I had to know what was up so immediately called, and did not love what I heard on the other end of the line. Before I say anything more, call the number: 855.752.5625 Seriously, try it. If you do, in less than a minute, you’ll likely hear an automated voice greet you by first AND last name, then proceed to tell you your social security number and home address, which it pulled in a matter of seconds from the web. Freaking scary, right? It’s part of a branding campaign for Cloaked, a consumer privacy app we’ve invested in that can block user data from being shared across platforms - and it’s super powerful. For all those who claim their information is secure, for companies who aren’t concerned about hacking, the reality of the experience offers a chilling testament otherwise. Credit card info, relatives, it’s all out there, but sometimes it’s hard to believe, which is what makes this campaign so compelling. If you’re struggling to tell your company story, or highlight why your product is important, you may be forgetting the emotional element. People don’t necessarily want to hear your long list of features and high profile clients, price may or may not be a concern, but if you make them feel something - in this case fear - you’ve got their attention. Create an experience that elicits excitement, relief, frustration, or vulnerability. That alone will motivate them to take action. When I briefly posted this number as one of my Instagram Stories, the reaction was insane. Cloaked received around 700 inbound calls in two days, and saw a 100% bump in users signing up for an annual/monthly plan. I received an equal amount of calls from my friends panicking. The Cloaked team has since posted the number on a billboard in Times Square, and the reaction was x 10. You can’t deny what your own ears have heard and Cloaked can help…

Today, we’re thrilled to introduce the world’s fastest Conversational Video Interface for developers. Build rich, real-time video experiences with digital twins that can speak, see, and hear. ⏱️ Less than one second of latency 🤖 Realistic, intelligent digital twins  🔌 Plug and play end-to-end building blocks 🏷️ Fully white-labeled tech 🧩 Modular, customizable components like LLM and TTS See the magic for yourself! Try talking to Carter on our live demo: www.tavus.io And if you like what you see, support us on Product Hunt https://lnkd.in/gieE-kww We’re excited to see the amazing products y’all build with our APIs. 

🚀 Announcing PledgeAI – The First AI for Fundraising! 🌟 Imagine the possibilities to support any cause you care about. Create your perfect campaign in under a minute, including: 💜 Free Fundraiser Page 😍 Optimized Donor Copy 📸 3 Stunning Campaign Images 🚀 Ready-to-Launch Social Assets The world needs us now more than ever, so we made it easy for anyone to make a difference with PledgeAI. Try PledgeAI with only 1 click: https://lnkd.in/gkBKV4cX Then tag us for a chance to win! 💸 Pledge will randomly pick 10 fundraisers using AI and surprise them with a $100 boost. Winners revealed on Monday 8/12 at 12 PM PT on @pledgetodogood's IG stories. 🌟 #PledgeAI #FundraisingRevolution #Nonprofits #AIForGood #SocialImpact #Innovation

I’m excited to announce a new type of app — Hero, the first Daily Assistant, on iPhone  – It’s invite-only, but first people to download can use the invite-code “Brad” – Hero is the first Daily Assistant, to run your daily life all in one place. Instead of jumping between apps, manually getting things done, and texting back and forth to coordinate, now you can: 1) Run your life in one place – Hero seamlessly integrates everything you need in one place: your calendars, weather, reminders, notes, grocery ordering, and search. All powered by Google Calendar, Outlook,  Weather, Reminders, Instacart, Perplexity, and more. 2) Get things done fast with voice – Hero has the first voice-guided UX that updates the screen as you speak. So now you can get things done far faster, and edit anything it gets wrong. 3) Coordinate instantly – Instead of texting back and forth, now you can see when your family and friends are free, send reminders by saying their name, and comment directly on reminders and notes. We created Hero to help busy people like you –working professionals, couples, and parents– run their lives. And we realized the only way to do that was to create a new way to live -- no more checking multiple apps, no more multi-step processes, no more back and forth coordinating. Try it now on iPhone : apple.co/3WAUq9A Input code, or request invite (earliest ppl to download can use “Brad”)

I am very happy to share that we have raised $20M in additional investment led by 01 Advisors, a venture and advisory firm helmed by former Facebook CRO David Fischer, former Twitter CEO Dick Costolo, and former Twitter COO Adam Bain. This round was also joined by Insight Partners, Baseline Ventures, Haystack, Octave Ventures, Mantis Venture Capital, Gokul Rajaram and Rahul Mehta. Having the right people is the most important aspect of growing a business and I couldn’t feel better about partnering with this incredible group. Every day, we push ourselves to the limit to help our customers make better decisions and grow their businesses efficiently. This new capital enables us to create more value and bring to life a new portfolio of decision science tools that will transform how business decisions are made. As excited as I am today, I am most looking forward to the future and what we’ll be able to build with and for our partners. Causal inference is our passion and we are laser-focused on democratizing access to these tools. If you’re interested in joining us or learning more, please check out the press release below. https://lnkd.in/gTErne4N  

🚨 invite for anyone working with creators 🚨 we’re doing something for the first time… connecting brands and marketers with the best creators from Beacons - we now have over 5 million creators on the platform! we’re partnering with brands and agencies who want to work with creators to promote their events and campaigns. we’ll help you 🔍 find ✅ verify 📧 contact 🤝 & connect with the right creators to drive awareness for your project. our team will run everything from sourcing and discovery to outreach—just let us know what your goals and requirements are, and we’ll take it from there. (btw, this is free. seriously, no catch.) comment your email down below if you want to learn more, or tag someone else who might be interested too!