Arini Secures $100K Funding

OpenArt AI

OpenArt is one of the fastest-growing AI creative platforms, used by millions of creators worldwide. Our mission is to build the future of storytelling with AI. We bring together top-tier image and video models, along with powerful workflows, to help creators and teams produce content faster and at higher quality.

Sail

Sail creates business tools for freelancers that give them the back-office business infrastructure of a big agency, while providing amazing, personal experiences for their clients. The Sail web app currently helps freelancers send invoices to clients, accept online payments, and save client payment methods on file for easy billing down the road. Sail is currently in private beta. You can learn more and request access to the beta at letssail.co.

Valence

Specializing in perfecting big data so you never have to press a button more than once

BankTech Ventures

We are BankTech Ventures, a strategic investment fund built to strengthen the future of community banking. We source, invest in, and support bank-enabling technology companies that address the real operational and competitive needs of community banks. Our ecosystem brings together bankers, founders, and industry partners to accelerate adoption of solutions that materially improve how community banks operate and grow. We were formed in 2021 in response to a clear market gap. Community banks needed a more efficient and trusted way to access and evaluate emerging technologies. With more than $115MM in committed capital from over 100 community banks and strategic partners in our first fund, we set out to create a purpose-built investment platform dedicated to bank innovation. We go beyond capital. We combine deep banking expertise, collaborative validation with our limited partners, and rigorous diligence to guide founders toward true product-market fit. We focus on technologies that enhance customer experience, improve risk and compliance, strengthen data and analytics capabilities, and unlock automation and operational efficiency. Our team and General Partners come directly from the community banking ecosystem, including two of the country’s most innovative community banks. This structure gives us a unique vantage point into banks’ needs and allows us to support portfolio companies with strategic insight and distribution pathways that traditional venture funds cannot offer. With more than 24 portfolio companies and a growing pipeline of bank-focused innovators, we remain committed to a simple mission. Make community banks stronger, more competitive, and better equipped for the future.

Siren Biotechnology

The fight against cancer needs new, big, bold ideas. At Siren, we’ve got one: Universal AAV Immuno-Gene Therapy. We are combining two transformative therapeutic technologies – AAV gene therapy and cytokine immunotherapy - into a single, reimagined modality that overcomes key challenges and redefines how we destroy tumor cells and elicit anti-tumor immunity.