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Prerna Sharma reposted thisPrerna Sharma reposted this🚨 Austin founders: this one’s for you! We’re inviting a small group of early-stage builders to our office for the opportunity to move through the Antler selection process in a single afternoon. If selected, you’ll: • Meet and pitch directly to an Antler Partner • Go through a final-round conversation on the spot • Get a decision in less than 24 hours If you're exploring an idea, or have already started, this is a great way to get real feedback in the moment. You’ll also spend time with our team, founders, and others in the Austin ecosystem throughout the afternoon. 👉 Apply & learn more: https://luma.com/sgif2zn3 💡 To find out more about our Residency and the $500K-1M investment opportunity, click the link in the comments. Prerna Sharma Kelly LaBuff Jake O'Shea Rick Boone Akhil Aneel
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Prerna Sharma reposted thisPrerna Sharma reposted thisStartup events can feel the same. Panels, name tags, awkward small talk. The Tech Carnival flips script, because the best conversations happen through shared experiences, not standing around a cocktail table. That's a wrap on our third annual Tech Carnival. The concept: select founders and our partners are given carnival booths, each tasked with creating a game or activation that ties into their product or brand. This year, we had music, food, drinks, popsicles, stilt walkers, a tarot reader, a caricature artist, a photo booth, fresh popcorn, balloon animals, a giant electric boat, and most importantly, exceptional people. A huge thanks to our partners Fidelity Private Shares, Every, Intercom, Justworks, and BERO for bringing the same energy to their booths that they bring to supporting founders every day. Looking to get involved Bulletpitch's upcoming events? Head to our website (link in bio) and see what we have coming up next. Shoutout to our awesome partners at Antler (Melissa Lichota Hickman & McKenzie Hagan crushed it). Plus, Alexis Ballo stepped up and ran point on the entire event!
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Prerna Sharma shared thisPrerna Sharma shared thisHonored to share that Glīd took 2nd place at the NatSec Pavilion competition at eMerge Americas , among an incredible field of dual-use and national security innovators. For me as CEO, this recognition is about far more than a pitch: it’s a signal that our vision for human-in-the-loop autonomous road-to-rail gliders is resonating with the NatSec community and the leaders who are thinking hardest about contested logistics and supply chain resilience. We’re building for a future where moving materiel reliably may matter as much as making it—and where rail can once again be a strategic advantage for the United States. I’m deeply proud of the Glīd team and grateful to the organizers, judges, and fellow founders who are pushing this ecosystem forward. Onward. Read more about what this competition means for us and for NatSec innovation here: https://lnkd.in/eKdd5cGiGlīd \\ Second Place at NatSec: Solving National Security Logistics - GlīdGlīd \\ Second Place at NatSec: Solving National Security Logistics - Glīd
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Prerna Sharma shared thisClawCon happening at Antler Austin tonight. The city is buzzing and so are all the agents and builders. Fire up, Austin + Texas! Time to gooo 🚀Prerna Sharma shared thisExcited for Antler to host the ClawCon Austin meetup at the office tonight! ClawCon is a gathering built around one big idea: putting powerful AI tools directly in the hands of individuals. The evening will feature: - Live demos of personal AI tools and workflows - Conversations with builders working on OpenClaw and related projects - Q&A and open discussion - Plenty of unstructured time to meet other people working on AI Gatherings that bring together engineers, founders, and curious builders are what Antler is all about, tonight should be a blast. Sign up to join us: https://lnkd.in/eQNactTu
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Prerna Sharma reposted thisPrerna Sharma reposted thisSweatpals 🔥📈 The creator economy looks a lot different than its 2022 surge. Artificial intelligence is changing how creators produce content and host communities. If you're an investor, where do you make bets? At Patron the consumer tailwinds behind social wellness were too hard to ignore, a category that Salar Shahini and Mandi Zhou are defining. #DayLife
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Prerna Sharma shared thisThis SXSW, we are bringing some of the most exciting innovations happening in Texas! Join us for the Deep Tech & Hardware Expo, hosted by Antler at The American Housing Corporation. We’re bringing together founders building robotics, aerospace systems, advanced manufacturing, energy infrastructure, and other real world technologies shaping the future. If you're in Austin for SXSW, come meet the builders pushing the frontier, and see firsthand what the next generation of deep tech looks like. Link in comments.
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Prerna Sharma reposted thisPrerna Sharma reposted thisHeaded to Austin for SXSW? For the third year in a row, Bulletpitch and Antler will host the iconic Tech Carnival during SXSW week for founders and funders. Here's how it works: Attendees walk through a carnival with games and immersive experiences. Each booth or activation will be run by an early-stage founder or sponsor who incorporates an element of their company into the live experience. We will have silt walkers, carnival snacks, high quality attendees, and so much more. Sign up below: https://lnkd.in/eG2aqPpk
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Prerna Sharma reposted thisPrerna Sharma reposted thisHarper (YC W25) announces $47 million in combined Seed and Series A funding - from Antler and renowned investors Emergence Capital, Y Combinator, Peak XV Partners, 10x Founders and Outset Capital. Harper is an AI-native insurance brokerage that automates commercial insurance for small and mid-sized businesses. By handling submission routing, underwriter follow-ups, document collection, and pipeline management, Harper can serve over 1,000 customers a month compared to 20 to 30 at a traditional brokerage. The platform works with 165+ insurance carriers and supports more than 5,000 customers across the U.S. With this funding, Harper will grow its engineering, operations, and account teams, expand carrier relationships, and invest in its AI infrastructure to deliver Fortune 500-level service to every business in America. Congratulations to founders Dakotah Rice, Tushar Nair, and the entire Harper team! Read more about their founder journey here: https://lnkd.in/gbpDMcS9 Jeff Becker, Prerna Sharma, Roslyn Jin, Bob Rosin, Ryan Sommerville, Rio Hodges, Lisa Potocsnak
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Prerna Sharma shared thisStep into the future of marine mobility. Book your ride and experience the all-electric Voltaic Marine AEW24.Prerna Sharma shared thisWelcome to the Voltaic Marine AEW24 platform, the first 300 kWh watersports boat of its kind. All Electric, All Aluminum, All Day. Sign up for future demo rides today! https://lnkd.in/g98mwQ7c
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Prerna Sharma reacted on thisPrerna Sharma reacted on thisEcstatic, as always, whenever I get to talk about the things I love. Especially when I'm side-by-side with the people I admire. I was recently part of a panel of investors + founders, during a SXSW event ("Law Firms in the Age of AI"). I was surrounded by other investors and 3 legal AI founders, all from the Antler VC portfolio (Abraham Adberstein of Reflekt Legal, Igor Sheremet of Aparti.ai, Marcus Weller of Deepinvent). By far, the best part of being an investor is the opportunity to be continuously surrounded by founders just like these 3. Incredible, and incredibly rare, people who are creating the future - operating at the edges of the latest problems, while redefining society + entire industries (such as law) with the latest technologies. Their courage, their insight, their impatience to both fix the current world and to build the coming one - being around them never ceases to be electrifying. From the time I was a teenager till today - and probably for the rest of my life - I remain endlessly in awe of, and astounded by, all the founders out there. Keep building!
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Prerna Sharma liked thisAs the CEO/Founder of a Capital Factory Portfolio Company, investor, and co-worker since 2016, it has been incredible to see the work being done by the team at Capital Factory (CF). The new Saronic Technologies investment solidifies the fact that Austin is the center for defense technology. In 2018 Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) , Army Futures Command, Army Applications Laboratory and AFWERX opened offices at CF. I was one of the first companies to knock on the door of AFWERX. I came from a military family, and the opportunity to serve the country was something I valued. LPM LAB and FitRankings received one of the first AFWERX contracts awarded in 2019, and we have followed it up with several SBIR PHASE 2 and PHASE 3 contracts since then (100% transition rate). I’m eternally grateful for those in and out of uniform that I’ve met and have helped our company over the decade I’ve been at Capital Factory. There are a ton of people to thank, and I’m going to miss many of them, but I wanted to say thank you. If I missed you, I’m sorry, call me out. Beer or coffee on me! Joshua Baer Nina Shelat Kevin Landtroop Jorge L. Manresa Mary Gwinn Lyndon Walker Lay Greg Talamantez Joseph Kopser Craig Cummings Martin Salinas R. Clayton McVay Nick Spiller Nicholas Rinaldi Jim Rabuck Ben M. Clay Duarte James Foutz Jack Ryan Derek McBride Len R Casey Perley Tim C. Chase Eiserman Marcos Cervantes Eric FrahmPrerna Sharma liked thisAutonomy is moving from software into physical infrastructure and maritime is one of the largest untapped surfaces. Today, Capital Factory portfolio company Saronic Technologies closed $1.75B to build autonomous surface vessels for defense and commercial use. Maritime autonomy is becoming a strategic priority, not an experiment. Capital Factory backed Saronic again with an investment through the Texas Fund doubling down on the future of autonomous systems on the water. Read more: https://bit.ly/4s6ujVQ Dino Mavrookas
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Prerna Sharma liked thisPrerna Sharma liked thisMarch recap at Anam The numbers: ARR grew 30% in a single month. Sign-ups +20% MoM. Usage tripled. Partnerships: 70% of users prefer Anam’s interactive avatars over voice-only or text-based interfaces. This month, we shipped six new integrations to make it easier to add one. *Meeting you where you build your agents ElevenLabs , LiveKit, Pipecat, and videosdk.live. *Launched in Fin 's AI startup pack and were among top redemptions alongside Replit, Cloudflare, Notion, and Granola. That's the company we're keeping. *Design your website in Framer, add an avatar who knows your product, is available 24/7, infinitely scalable to qualify leads, passes context to your CRM, and books time on your reps' calendars to increase conversion by +24%. The product: 77 shipped items, including 20% faster connection time, zero-data-retention mode for enterprise customers, adaptive bitrate streaming for low-bandwidth connections, and so much more. The team: Our cofounder, Caoimhe, was named to the Female Founders 500. Sebastiaan joins us full-time as a video engineer. One more offer signed. What's next: our 6th model in 2 years. Improved perceived realism = higher engagement, adoption, and conversion for your product. April will be even bigger. Can't wait!
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Prerna Sharma liked thisPrerna Sharma liked thisMost investors meet founders after the pitch has been polished. I get to watch them before that. Like WAY before that..🫠 So when I share something, it's not because the deck looked good. Our latest Antler U.S. showcase is out, featuring founders we've collectively spent hundreds of hours with prior to investing in these 31 companies across AI, energy, biotech, and more. A few of these teams are moving faster than you'd expect at this stage. I've already sent this to a handful of investors who get it, but I know I've missed some! If you're investing early and want to get eyes on these teams before they're harder to reach ➡️ https://lnkd.in/eaEpxFBS
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Prerna Sharma reacted on thisA lovely evening with incredible founders, rich conversations, and great food. Thank you Prerna Sharma, Devin Zavasky, Carly Jenkins and Destinee Berman for bringing us together in such a meaningful and memorable way!Prerna Sharma reacted on thisThis week I had the opportunity to co-host a dinner with Future Digital, Antler, & JPMorganChase in Austin. We brought together health, wellness, and consumer founders and business leaders from across the ecosystem. We gathered for an honest, roundtable conversation on the evolution of Al and how it's reshaping operations, brand building, and the ways companies are adapting to an ever-changing customer base. A recurring theme throughout the night: community truly matters. I'm always energized by bringing the Austin founder community together and helping create spaces for candid dialogue, shared learning, and meaningful relationships✨ Let’s do it again Destinee Berman & Carly Jenkins !!! #AustinFounders #FounderCommunity #Wellness #ConsumerBrands #AI #CPG #StartupEcosystem #JPMorgan
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Prerna Sharma liked thisPrerna Sharma liked thisThis week I had the opportunity to co-host a dinner with Future Digital, Antler, & JPMorganChase in Austin. We brought together health, wellness, and consumer founders and business leaders from across the ecosystem. We gathered for an honest, roundtable conversation on the evolution of Al and how it's reshaping operations, brand building, and the ways companies are adapting to an ever-changing customer base. A recurring theme throughout the night: community truly matters. I'm always energized by bringing the Austin founder community together and helping create spaces for candid dialogue, shared learning, and meaningful relationships✨ Let’s do it again Destinee Berman & Carly Jenkins !!! #AustinFounders #FounderCommunity #Wellness #ConsumerBrands #AI #CPG #StartupEcosystem #JPMorgan
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Prerna Sharma reacted on thisPrerna Sharma reacted on thisThis spring break, I did something unconventional. I packed up my kids and flew cross-country for the biggest milestone of my career. On Sunday, we launched Baby Concierge, powered by Tot Squad, in 200 Target stores nationwide. 🎯🚀 One of those rare moments where you get to see your vision become reality—bringing to life what we’ve always believed: parents don’t just want products, they want expert guidance. Walking into the Boston store and seeing it live—watching our Baby Specialists guide expectant parents in real time—was surreal. These specialists are the heartbeat of our model: real moms who’ve lived this chapter, know the gear, and genuinely love helping families feel less overwhelmed. And yes… I brought my kids. We showed up in matching power suits—very on brand—and they took their roles seriously. I wanted them to see this moment. To see what it looks like to build something meaningful. To see that you can be both an ambitious leader and a present, proud mom. Because this is what we’re building: A company where motherhood isn’t something to work around—it’s the superpower. This launch is just the beginning. We’re reimagining how families access trusted support, at scale. If you’re expecting (or know someone who is), you can now book time with a Baby Specialist at Target, virtually, or in person across 37 states. Turns out, the best people to support parents… are parents.
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Prerna Sharma liked thisPrerna Sharma liked thisExcited to join Twilio Talks as a Searchlight Award winner to break down how Loman AI is using Voice AI to help restaurants never miss a call, order, or dollar again. I'll be sharing how we built a world-class phone experience on Twilio, no new hardware required. If you're thinking about what AI-native customer experience actually looks like in practice, come hang with us on April 22 at 11AM CT! https://twil.io/rJbzKuS
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Warehouse Management - AptoWMS
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We Don’t just Consult. We Build. We Execute. CodeApto is a Growth Execution Firm and Venture Builder operating across the India-GCC corridor. We partner with ambitious founders, owner-led enterprises, and family offices to design, build, and scale systems that compound - operationally, technologically, and financially. Because strategy without execution is just presentation. We step in where consulting stops. We stay until systems run. We build what others only blueprint. From idea to infrastructure. From roadmap to revenue. From intent to impact. Reach out to us to build in Bharat. Warehouse Management - AptoWMS
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Jitin Bhasin
SaveIN • 18K followers
Had a wonderful time speaking with Shruti Mishra from CNBC-TV18, sharing the journey we've been on at SaveIN and where we’re headed next. From starting with the vision to make healthcare more accessible to now building one of India’s largest outpatient wellness networks, it’s been a humbling and energizing ride. With welUp, we’re addressing a fundamental gap — the fact that most healthcare systems kick in after you fall sick. But real wellness is proactive, everyday, and personalized. That’s the future we’re building. 🎥 Catch the full conversation with CNBC here. #SaveIN #welUp #CNBCFeature #HealthcareInnovation #FounderJourney #YCombinator #Startups #OutpatientCare #IndiaHealthTech #FoundersVoice
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