Salt VC

Salt VC is an early-stage venture capital firm built to back founders from inception

[David Valerio Gilmore @davidvgilmore]

In 2015, I built an AI that detects early cancer.

Today, we’re introducing ARC by Rayline: the world’s first unified model for routing AI.

> 97.5% of Opus 5.5 quality
> Up to 1/10th of the cost
> Fully open-source

It picks the right model and the right amount of thinking for every step of your agent’s work.

Try it here and read our technical report below:

https://t.co/P7LCZwhMuQ

[Joshua Howland @jkhowland]

Today we're sharing @hickorycompany, an AI-native compliance operating system for banks and fintechs.

Automated workflows run in the background to gather evidence, pre-draft documentation, and recommend decisions. All of this tied to a knowledge base built by our expert compliance team.

And the best part is that it replaces bank and fintech’s expensive monitoring, fraud, and governance systems.

[Tava Health @tavahealth]

Exciting news at @TavaHealth! 🌟 Thrilled to announce our successful $20M Series B funding round led by @CatalystInv, with support from @PetersonPrtnrs, @TobaCapital, SpringTide, and @BlueHeronCap. 🙌 1/2

https://t.co/bQfUfl6QXX

[Cheryl (Yeoh) Sew Hoy @cherylyeoh]

Today, I’m thrilled to announce our $8.5 million Series A round led by @SperoVentures, alongside partners @OverwaterVC, @nextcoastVP, @PetersonVenture, Modi Ventures, Tamarisc Ventures, @Cartancapital, and Taylor Sittler, Co-founder of @Color. https://t.co/Cah1OXtVOY

[M13 @M13Company]

.@RebuyEngine's data-driven software solution helps brands generate additional #ecommerce revenue by tailoring online storefront experiences to individual shoppers.

Read how wellness brand @AstroFlav streamlined their app stack, boosted subscriptions, and brought the retail shopping experience online using Rebuy: https://t.co/8yPYqczDX3

We believe AI-driven personalized recommendations have the power to skyrocket sales, and we see potential for Rebuy to build data networks and power personalized experiences across e-commerce platforms and software ecosystems. Read more about why we invested as we celebrate one year since their #SeriesA! https://t.co/8Z1sfcQmKL

[Magic Mind @magicmind]

Get a free bottle of Magic Mind on us to celebrate our nationwide retail launch of Sprouts!

DM us for the link to get your first bottle @sproutsfm on us 🌱🎉

[Trevor McKendrick @TrevMcKendrick]

We're hiring a Data Analyst - (see JD in next tweet)

This person will play a very influential role @ Seis and help guide the entire company

(Please retweet)

[Loop @loop]

We are humbled to be included in the Forbes Next Billion-Dollar Startups of 2023 list!🎉

Being among the select 25 companies on this list is a true honor and we're more excited than ever for the future of Loop!🚀

Check out the full list of companies now!
https://t.co/3AjHHl2YG8

[Salt VC @salt__vc]

Congrats to all the inspiring finalists— including our own GP @Ilana_Stern!

[Taylor Jones @taylor_c_jones]

My conversation with @ericabrescia, MD @Redpoint

Prior to joining Redpoint, Erica was the COO @github and founder @bitnami   

Erica shares her lessons from operating and transitioning to an investing role, including her recent focus on and interest in Generative AI

Enjoy!

[Salt VC @salt__vc]

Loved hanging out with some of our Bay Area founders recently at the Giants-Phillies game — go team!

[Ilana Stern @Ilana_Stern]

Congratulations to @kyleroche, @vasinov and the Griptape team on being accepted into the inaugural #AWS Generative AI accelerator! It's a super compelling class of 21 up-and-coming startups building in #GenerativeAI https://t.co/m5oqmQLZiP

[Ilana Stern @Ilana_Stern]

#GenerativeAI will change the way we live + work. To unlock its power in the future of work, enterprises need to be able to securely use LLMs. Pumped to announce our investment in Griptape, an open source app-building framework built for enterprise. https://t.co/Zb7QVS8s9q

[Joel Jackson @joeljackson]

Milestone day! Excited to announce @golifeforce's series A funding led by @PetersonPrtnrs + @M13Company. So proud of the whole team and everything we had to accomplish to get here.

Let's go put a preventative care doctor in every pocket in America.

https://t.co/LuoXEf0roK

[Taylor Jones @taylor_c_jones]

Loved the opportunity to sit down with @johnerck and @jameserck to discuss their journey founding @RebuyEngine and how they have navigated the transition from bootstrapping to raising venture capital to scale.

Episode here: https://t.co/fiDSjwJRAU

[Rebuy Engine @RebuyEngine]

We’re stoked to announce our $17M Series A! 🎉 The round was led by @M13Company with participation from @R2_GV, Dynamism Capital, @PetersonVenture, and Sidekick Partners, and strategic investments from Ben Jabbawy of Privy and Nik Sharma.

Learn more 👉 https://t.co/7GYVuJUwar

[Ilana Stern @Ilana_Stern]

How do we think about investing in a company pre-product, pre-revenue? In the case of #Trendsi, it started with @ellazhang516, one of the most tenacious entrepreneurs I've ever had the privilege to work with.

[Salt VC @salt__vc]

Register here: https://t.co/M6hKqWRsi5

[Salt VC @salt__vc]

We are excited to co-sponsor a lunch & learn next week during @UTtechweek on "Building Fintech in Utah"

Looking forward to hearing from @TrevMcKendrick @blakemur @wright_jordan @thogge

Thanks for co-sponsoring @Pelion_VP & @mercatopartners

[Ilana Stern @Ilana_Stern]

Congrats to @ellazhang516 and the Trendsi team on their Series A to power end-to-end supply chain solution for e-commerce merchants. Lightning fast learning cycles + rapid scaling since finding product market fit are a testament to this incredible team. https://t.co/y9tjdiQtNo