Ridge Security launches Agentic AI Framework for Security Validation
Oakseed portfolio company, Ridge Security, announced RidgeGen, a comprehensive Agentic AI framework for security validation. Ridge Security shared the results of the recent DEFCON 2025 Benchmark Bakeoff, where Ridge Security’s RidgeBot achieved 88% benchmark completion – surpassing other leading web security testing tools, which scored 38% and 82% – while generating zero false positives and…
Cisco invests in Fleak AI
Fleak AI, which Oakseed Ventured seeded, receives investment from Cisco Systems. Fleak AI offers an AI-powered universal translator for enterprise data with applications across security logs and machine data. Cisco Investments has invested in Fleak to make enterprise machine data understandable, consistent and AI ready across industries. Read more about it here and on Cisco…
Positron AI featured on Inc Magazine
Oakseed’s portfolio company Positron AI was featured on Inc Magazine. Positron’s Atlas hardware delivers about 4.5 times the performance per watt compared to Nvidia’s top DGX H200 system by prioritizing memory capacity and bandwidth over raw computation power. Increased hardware efficiency is critical to driving AI adoption. Read about it on Inc
Positron AI Secures $51.6 Million in Oversubscribed Series A
Positron AI, a company that Oakseed co-led the pre-seed round in 2023, has raised over $50M in an oversubscribed series A. The round was led by Valor Equity Partners, Atreides Management and DFJ Growth. Additional investment came from Flume Ventures, which includes tech icon Scott McNealy, Resilience Reserve, 1517 Fund and Unless. Enterprises are expected…
Positron AI featured on Wall Street Journal
Oakseed portfolio company Positron AI was featured on Wall Street Journal. Energy demands of AI are projected to increase by 50% annually through 2030, posing serious environmental and sustainability challenges. Positron AI is enabling AI with a lower energy and carbon footprint. Read the WSJ article here
Featherless AI becomes Hugging Face’s largest LLM Inference Provider
Oakseed portfolio company Featherless AI has become Hugging Face’s largest LLM Inference Provider. Featherless is the fastest way to run reliable, open-source AI at scale. Featherless serverless platform gives developers, researchers, and teams instant access to the world’s largest model catalog without managing infrastructure, token limits, or hidden costs. Read more about it here.
Ridge Security named Elite 250 for 2025 by CRN
Oakseed portfolio company Ridge Security has been listed by CRN in the 2025 Tech Elite list. CRN’s annual Tech Elite 250 recognizes solution providers in the U.S. and Canada that have achieved top-tier status within the partner programs at some of the leading IT vendors. Read more about it here.
UCR featured on ARM’s newsroom blog
Oakseed portfolio company Under Control Robotics (UCR) was featured on ARM’s newsroom blog. UCR wants to solve a critical problem: the lack of scalable, multipurpose humanoid robots that can handle dangerous and labor-intensive tasks. One of UCR’s key breakthroughs is its lightweight AI model. Instead of requiring powerful onboard computers to constantly process complex physics…
Daxa recognized 2025 Gartner Market Guide.
Oakseed portfolio company, Daxa AI, has been recognized in the 2025 Gartner Market Guide for AI Trust, Risk and Security Management (AI TRiSM). Daxa’s Pebblo AI data platform and Proxima AI retriever redefine AI security by embedding real-time data intelligence, access control, and continuous governance at AI runtime. Pebblo ensures sensitive enterprise data is classified,…
Positron AI named one of 50 most promising startups for 2024 by The Information
Oakseed’s portfolio company Positron AI is named one of 50 most promising startups for 2024 by The Information. Read about it on The Information here.