Qwil, a great help to freelancers during tax time
May 31, 2017

The economy as we know it is changing rapidly. Freelance-enabling platforms are massively shifting the 9 to 5 paradigms while introducing more and more project-based work opportunities. These platforms are transforming whole industries. Large corporations will soon rely on tech platforms to ensure their remote workforces are integrated, they will streamline HR processes and provide […]

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A startup that developed the World’s most powerful CO2 conversion device
May 31, 2017

What if the CO2 emissions of the world’s largest industries never reached the air? What if those emissions were instead transformed into valuable assets for the global economy? Based in Berkeley, California, the Opus 12 team has invented a device that recycles carbon dioxide emissions from industrial chemical companies into cost-competitive and efficient chemicals and […]

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Breakthrough autonomous robotic technology from Russia is coming to Silicon Valley
May 31, 2017

RoboCV’s mission is to create autonomous mobile robotic systems for a wide variety of high frequency repeatable tasks of intra-warehouse and distribution centers logistics. In just three years since foundation, RoboCV has grown from a team of four employees sitting in a small room with a prototype, comparable to a guided toy car, to a high-potential […]

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GVA Capital invested in Will.I.Am’s i.am+ earphones
May 31, 2017

The circular, metallic Buttons look more like clip-on earrings than a pair of earbuds. Created by i.am+, the tech company founded by Will.I.Am, these wireless earphones are part of what the artist of Black Eyed Peas (“I be rockin’ them beats”) sees as the necessary, intertwined future of fashion and tech. We are very proud […]

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Why SoundHound was named One of 2017’s Most Innovative Companies
May 31, 2017

Recently, Fast Company released their annual list of The Most Innovative Companies of 2017 by Sector. We are happy to announce that our portfolio company, SoundHound placed fourth in the AI/Machine Learning sector. SoundHound ranked #4 among Google and IBM. In the Fast Company profile, SoundHound is described as “The world’s most advanced and accurate platform […]

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How we invested in the world’s first online music composer
May 31, 2017

Did you ever think that you would live in a time when music that you listened to would be written by robots, adjusted real-time to your mood, never pre-recorded, and happening instantaneously while you’re on-the-go? Mubert continuously produces a unique music stream created by an algorithm based on the laws of musical theory, mathematics and […]

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Our Investment in Luminar
May 24, 2017

We are witnessing one of the most groundbreaking technological revolutions in recent history: Third Transportation Revolution. The world is shifting from “ownership” to “transportation as a service” by means of fully autonomous vehicles. Instead of purchasing lumps of metal and leather that sit unused in garages and parking lots for 96% of the time, we […]

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