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This week, LvlUp Ventures backed four companies building across AI marketing, wellness automation, commerce infrastructure, and accessibility technology, each tackling large markets with strong early signals already emerging.
At LvlUp Ventures, we spend a lot of time looking for companies building infrastructure layers inside markets that are already changing quickly. The most interesting founders are often solving operational problems most people still underestimate.
That’s exactly what stood out to us with Kumba, Autobody, SOORT, and Drivingo.
Marketing teams are increasingly overwhelmed by fragmented tools, repetitive workflows, and the growing pressure to create content faster across more channels.
Kumba is building an AI-native marketing autopilot designed to automate campaign creation, publishing, optimization, and asset generation from a single system.
What stood out immediately was the speed of adoption:
Rather than simply adding AI into existing workflows, Kumba is rebuilding how modern marketing operations function from the ground up.
The wellness and recovery market continues to expand rapidly, yet most recovery experiences remain heavily dependent on labor-intensive service models that are difficult to scale.
Autobody is building automated recovery studios powered by Aescape robotic massage systems, creating a new infrastructure layer for wellness services.
The business already has several strong early indicators:
What impressed us most was the operational scalability of the model and the company’s positioning around automation inside physical wellness infrastructure.
E-commerce platforms today are heavily driven by ads, algorithms, and sponsored discovery systems that often prioritize monetization over consumer trust.
SOORT is taking a different approach.
The company is building a trust-first AI commerce platform designed around transparent recommendations, user intent, and curated product discovery.
Early traction already demonstrates strong ecosystem development:
As AI increasingly reshapes how consumers search and shop online, we believe trust and intent-based discovery will become an increasingly important layer of commerce infrastructure.
Accessibility remains one of the most overlooked problems in retail and restaurant technology.
Millions of consumers still face major friction when interacting with ordering systems that were never designed inclusively.
Drivingo is building an AI-powered ordering platform combining voice, touch, and sign-language recognition into a single accessibility-focused system designed for restaurants and retail environments.
What stood out to us:
Rather than treating accessibility as an add-on feature, Drivingo is building it directly into the core operating layer.
Although these companies operate in very different industries, they share several characteristics we consistently prioritize at LvlUp Ventures:
The next generation of major companies will not only come from entirely new markets.
Many will emerge from founders rebuilding the systems people already rely on every day, but doing it more intelligently, more efficiently, and more inclusively.
We’re proud to support Kumba, Autobody, SOORT, and Drivingo as they continue scaling toward their next milestones.
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