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We are very pleased to announce our sixth investment from the fund in the pre-series A of Hive-Zox. Our LPs were also given the opportunity to invest via a SPV. Hive-Zox is a Swiss-based technology firm, disrupting the logistics industry with its development of a fully autonomous logistics monitoring platform and innovative tracking devices. Shipments require multiple stakeholders and hundreds of transfers of manual data, resulting in unmonitored shipments and blind spots within the supply chain. Existing solutions typically involve data loggers, only allowing a post-mortem analysis of a shipment. In the pharma industry, this is causing critical shipments to be spoiled due to a lack of reliable live data and being able to intervene and save these shipments before it’s too late. Hive-Zox offers a Connected Monitoring as a Service as a monthly subscription, providing state-of-the-art IoT monitoring devices with the ability to monitor up to 9 critical data points on a live basis, combined with an integrated live monitoring platform. The platform provides real-time and actionable data intelligence in the logistics supply chain, giving their clients the ability to save shipments before they spoil, saving millions in lost produce every year. Hive-Zox is also in the final stages of development of a new one-time use monitoring device, ConnectedLabel which is set to change the industry on how critical shipments are monitored and will replace the current industry standard “Data Logger”. ConnectedLabel is a credit card-sized sticker that monitors temperature data and uses the first-of-its-kind battery-printed technology that is embedded in the label. The battery lasts 1 year and can measure temperatures from -20°C to +70°C. The label has an indication screen showing if the products are spoiled or not. We are joined by other well-known investors such as Tag Group (behind the eponymous Tag Heuer brand) and Anker Capital AG. We are excited for the journey ahead. Follow their LinkedIn: https://lnkd.in/exruS_kf Check out their website: https://www.hive-zox.com/ Check out their press release: https://lnkd.in/ewpZMQtP Please remember to sign up for our newsletter, we send out regular news on Monte Carlo Capital, the latest trends in VC and upcoming webinars. https://lnkd.in/e3zCYN_Z #venturecapital #VC #emergingmanagers #angelinvesting #thefamilyofficeclub #familyoffice #IoT #logistics

The team at Monte Carlo Capital are thrilled to announce that we have made our first investments in 7 ground-breaking #startups that are pioneering solutions in #logistics, generative #AI, #entertainment, #spacetech, #IoT and #SaaS out of our inaugural €15M early-stage #VC fund. We have successfully raised 2/3rds since 1st close in March 2023 and are working on the balance.   We have grown from a “super angel” group investing as a syndicate, into a multi-stage VC, starting at Pre-Seed/Seed and building positions over successive rounds. We start investing 250K through the fund and will typically offer our LPs to co-invest another 500-750K via a SPV. We build our positions over successive rounds, via small tickets from the fund, and larger cheques from SPVs.   We invest in the US, Europe and the UK. We are sector agnostic, but we seek businesses with a strong tech background, solving real problems or significant inefficiencies, with a clear edge and within a large addressable market.   I am also very proud that our first 7 companies in the fund include 2 female CEOs, all our CEOs were born in a different country from where they now live, and 3 of them would be regarded as ethnic minorities in the country they now live in.   🇬🇧 Immersive Fox 🎬 : They allow customers, using a simple phone and voice recording, to create an avatar. The user can simply type text, and the avatar speaks it, using your voice or a “borrowed” voice, in 50+ languages.   🇺🇸 Klay 🎶: Klay has managed to bring together a seasoned group of industry veterans in order to build the first interactive music AI platform for fans and artists to get the most out of their music, using a technology initially stemming out of the MIT Media Lab.   🇺🇸 Rollstack 📈: Fresh out of YC, they offer a seamless solution for enhancing slide and document management within teams' workflows for Google Slides and PowerPoint by using real-time data. With a simple 1-click update feature, keeping your slides up to date becomes effortless.   🇺🇸 AssetWatch® ⚒️: A portfolio company that we first invested in back in 2017, having led 4 successive financing rounds. They are positioning themselves as the market leader in preventive maintenance, by placing sensors on critical pieces of equipment and sending alerts when potential issues are detected.   🇺🇸 Auriga Space 🚀:  Developing an electromagnetic space launch system that offers significant advantages in launch cost, reliability, frequency, and responsiveness compared to conventional systems. Unlike rockets that rely on chemical reactions to produce thrust, Auriga's proprietary electromagnetic launch solution uses electricity to accelerate the launch vehicle to hypervelocity.    🇨🇭 2 Swiss companies announcing soon, one in IoT and the other in FinTech.   Please remember to sign up for our newsletter, we send out regular news on Monte Carlo Capital, the latest trends in VC and upcoming webinars. https://lnkd.in/e4qyqhNb