The people who run the real world are about to get the best tools they've ever had.
We write the first checks into the founders building them.
The demand is here. The foundations aren't.
But the work runs on knowledge that was never written down. It lives in the grid, the plant, the line, with the people who've been there for thirty years, and it leaves when they do.
For decades, software was built for the desk. Operators were left with spreadsheets, clipboards, and systems older than the last person who understood them, because they were never the customer.
Today, they are. There aren't enough experienced people left to do the work.
That changes what's worth funding. Software that captures operational knowledge, shortens the learning curve, and helps the remaining workforce do more is no longer just a productivity tool. It's how the plant keeps running.
A model can make the right decision and still never get deployed. It has to be proven, powered, connected, and integrated into systems designed for a world where people are in charge.
Five years ago, that gap barely mattered. The technology couldn't do enough to hit the limits.
Now it can. And every new capability exposes a new constraint.
That's where the next generation of infrastructure gets built.
We back companies that capture operational expertise, augment human capability, finance physical work, and build the foundations for intelligent systems.
AI training engine for autonomous machines. Turns limited real-world sensor data into millions of safety-critical test scenarios.
Modular clean energy for ships and ports. Zero-emission. Each reactor powers ~15,000 homes.
Transportation infrastructure beyond Earth orbit.
Kiswana has spent her career on every side of the enterprise sale.
She built the systems inside the organizations that run critical infrastructure, including National Grid, JPMorgan, and UBS. Then as an investor, she helped startups sell into those organizations, at NVP Capital and Plug and Play.
As a founder, she built a workforce technology company aimed at the manufacturing labor shortage. It's the problem this fund is built on.
From the Buyer's Side
We help founders navigate customer learning, product decisions, and the path from promising technology to trusted deployment. Our perspective is shaped by years spent understanding how software is evaluated, purchased, and ultimately trusted—and by direct relationships with the industrial operators responsible for those decisions.
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