Portfolio - 2022 Fund

BIOS Health

BIOS envisions a new field of digital health treatments that use new data-driven insight from the nervous system to create better, more targeted medicine. Neural digital therapies will use BIOS' read/write software to understand the effects on the nerves, leading to more precise creation of pharmaceuticals and software-delivered treatments direct to the nervous system.

BIOS Health

Greenjets

Greenjets has developed the next generation of Integrated Propulsion Module (IPM) electric engines for 2nd generation drones, air taxis, eVTOL and electric aircraft. The company is currently focused on the small drone sector and will begin to focus over time on large drones, eVOTLs, commuters, and finally regional aircraft. The TAM for electric engines will reach $10B by 2030. Morgan Stanley Research believes that by 2040 the total TAM for urban air mobility will reach $1T.

Greenjets

M8 Systems

M8 Systems Inc. is an Agricultural Tech startup that specializes in developing innovative cloud-based automation solutions for the agricultural industry. Their flagship product, FarmLink, is a Universal IoT controller that allows farmers to remotely control and monitor their farm infrastructure, including pumps and valves, through a mobile app. By leveraging cutting-edge technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, and data analytics, M8 Systems Inc. provides farmers with actionable insights and real-time information to optimize their operations, increase productivity, and reduce environmental impact. Their solutions are designed to reduce costs in labor and irrigation through automation, without requiring any changes to the existing infrastructure.

M8 Systems

Compression Works

Compression Works is the developer and manufacturer of the Abdominal Aortic & Junctional Tourniquet – Stabilized (AAJT-S). They deliver innovative solutions to meet the most pressing and unmet needs of emergency healthcare providers. The company is committed to hemorrhage control research, identifying capability gaps, and developing technologies and products to help facilitate the delivery of quality life-saving care. Their bleeding control solutions are used by militaries around the world as well as U.S. trauma centers, rural emergency departments, EMS, and federal to local law enforcement agencies. Compression Works is a veteran owned business dedicated to saving lives on and off the battlefield. All products are manufactured and assembled in the USA.

Compression Works

Measure Studio

Measure Studio is the only AI-enabled social media insights platform. The company provides custom benchmarking for each connected social media account. Measure Studio uses AI computer vision to tell users what was in the content that worked, leading to using these inputs to automate content strategy. Providing data analytics for Instagram, Facebook, YouTube, Twitter, TikTok, Snap Inc., and LinkedIn. Customers include Mattel, Inc., Vox, BBC, Mashable, and eBay to name a few.

Measure Studio

Axiom Health

Axiom Health is a no-code, AI-driven, predictive analytics platform that is purpose built for the MedTech industry and investors by MedTech veterans. They are the only platform that aggregates and cleans multiple public and proprietary data sets, layers in AI-driven predictive algorithms and delivers comprehensive dashboards for the sole purpose of driving MedTech results and investment performance. Axiom has a total addressable market of $8B and a serviceable obtainable market of almost $2B.

Axiom Health

Diesel Labs

Diesel Labs is a Content Intelligence company that helps answer the toughest questions facing modern media companies today: what to make, where to market and how to measure success.

Diesel Labs

Autio

Autio is a network of stories, told by master storytellers like Kevin Costner, Phil Jackson, and John Lithgow, with the power to bring the landscape, its people, and its history alive as you pass through it. Professionally edited and narrated, the audio vignettes combine to paint a picture you’re unlikely to get from a history book or visitor’s guide.

Autio

DropWater

Saving the planet, one plastic bottle at a time. DropWater is a high capacity water dispenser with a footprint of just over 6 square feet. DropWater dispensers are available in airports, hotels, arenas, and gyms. Use your own refillable container or purchase a compostable bottle from the vending machine.

DropWater

Edge Sound Research

Edge Sound Research has developed a new form of sound reproduction, embodied audio, combining both auditory and physical sensations of sound in an optimized and singular embodiment that you feel throughout your body bringing realism to sound for the first time. The company is changing sound by way of experiencing music, gaming, sports, vr/ar, live entertainment, events, car audio, and more.

Edge Sound Research

Market Wagon

Market Wagon is the largest Farm-to-Consumer Supply Chain in the United States, with more than 2,500 vendors, 75,000+ customers, across 15 states. The company creates online farmers markets with delivery to give consumers more access to local food. A strategic partnership with Kroger was announced in June 2022.

Market Wagon

Evitado Technologies

Evitado Technologies is revolutionizing the future of aviation by automating airside operations. Their product solution mitigates the risk of collisions and increases the level of safety and efficiency while providing real-time data for optimizing operations.

Evitado Technologies

NIRA by Dermal Photonics

The first and only painless at-home laser that is proven to reduce wrinkles. FDA-Cleared and clinically proven to reduces wrinkles & fine lines. -Stimulates natural collagen production for younger looking skin. -Paired with the all-natural Hyaluronic Acid Serum for faster results. -Portable skincare device for home and on the-go.

NIRA by Dermal Photonics

Fabalish

Chickpeas have never been this chic! Fabalish is the leader of cleaner plant-based foods centered on chickpea innovation. Featured products include baked falafel, dips and sauces from aquafaba. Fabalish is always organic, allergen-friendly, and made with simple, clean ingredients.

Fabalish

Sigo Seguros

Kern Venture Group is pleased to announce it’s latest investment. Sigo Seguros is leading the way by providing affordable auto insurance to immigrants, Spanish speakers and the working class. Sigo’s bilingual, D2C model removes bias, automates underwriting, and cuts out the broker. We are excited to partner with Nestor Solari, Julio Erdos, and Ivan Arambula who was born and raised in Kern County as they endeavor to bring auto insurance to the underserved Latinx market.

Sigo Seguros

Junk Theory

The world's first super clean beauty brand, providing a makeover to the beauty industry. The average person's morning routine exposes them to more than 100 chemicals before breakfast. Junk Theory is developing clean formulas that work with next generation packaging that can last a lifetime.

Junk Theory

Earthsense

Earthsense logo

Earthsense has developed a compact, easy-to-use, under-canopy robot that provides 100 times as much trait data for 1/10th the effort, compared to current methods of field data collection. The system uses a proprietary combination of sensors—including RGB cameras, LIDAR, GPS, and more—to autonomously collect data on traits for plant health, physiology, and stress response in corn, soybean, wheat, sorghum, vegetable crops, orchards, and vineyards. Their machine vision and machine learning based analytics seamlessly convert terabytes of multi-sensor field data to quantitative, consistent, and objective information to make better farm decisions.

Earthsense

Tycom

Shepherd Farming by Tycom

Shepherd® is a digital labor platform designed specifically for farms and agriculture operations. It allows growers to quickly see what work needs to be done on their farms for that day and to send and receive tasks from other users. As tasks are created, accepted, and completed, Shepherd® uses powerful technology to sort and generate farm records automatically, meaning no more time consuming data entry for record keeping.

Tycom

Zeste Farms

Zeste Farms is building the highest density hydroponic farming system in the world. We are excited to partner with indoor growing Vertical Farming System. This high density crop production system can accommodate a myriad of commercial crops, from plant protein to vegetable transplants for commercial growers.

Zeste Farms

Lumentra Therapeutics

Lumentra is an early-stage virtual biotech with a novel encapsulation platform technology to develop modified release forms of FDA approved therapies.

Lumentra Therapeutics

Readlee


Readlee is on a mission to improve academic outcomes by listening to students read. Their voice AI listens as students read texts out loud, measuring speed and accuracy. Teachers and parents then receive immediate results on students accuracy, completion, pace, and length of time spent reading.

Readlee

FanUp

FanUp is the best way to enjoy fantasy sports with friends and rival fans. The company uses fun visual content, social features, and data that personalizes fans' experiences with their favorite teams, players, brands, influencers, and groups.

FanUp

Sensate

Stress resilience is our body’s ability to recognize a challenging situation and choose a positive way to respond to it. It means that the body will return to a state of equilibrium faster. By using Sensate, you can tone your vagus nerve which will help regulate your nervous system.

Sensate