Dear Valued Investors and Friends,
Q2 2025 was an active quarter for JAL Ventures.
JAL Ventures Fund III made two new exciting investments. We lead an investment in Octup, a young logistics tech company and we acquired Amimon, a company providing wireless video transmission for operating rooms.
We’re also happy to share a few updates from across our portfolio.
Here are some of the highlights from this quarter:
Portfolio and Fund Updates
Octup: Backing a Category-Defining Platform for 3PLs
We’re excited to welcome Octup to the JAL portfolio. The company raised a $12M round co-led by JAL Ventures and Shine Capital. Octup is transforming the third-party logistics (3PL) industry with a real-time, AI-powered operations platform that helps warehouses automate complexity, make better decisions, and scale efficiently. Already used in 3PL warehouses serving thousands of brands, Octup is becoming the modern operating system for logistics.
Amimon: Acquiring Control to Expand Zero-Latency Video Beyond Entertainment
JAL recently acquired a controlling stake in Amimon from Videndum (LON: VID) to accelerate its expansion beyond the entertainment market. Amimon’s proprietary chip technology delivers zero-latency, high-resolution wireless video, originally used to replace cables in professional film production. Today, its most promising growth is in the medical sector, where it enables modular, cable-free operating rooms, improving design flexibility, sterility, and reducing setup costs. Amimon already supplies top-tier medical device manufacturers, and with JAL’s backing we want to focus on wxcelerate the growht in the Medical field while the profesional film production sector will remain at Videndum.
Aligned: G2’s #1 Sales Platform—Globally
Aligned was named #1 Digital Sales Room and #1 Client Portal by G2 this quarter—ranking #1 in 32 reports and entering G2’s Top 50 Sales Software list. What’s behind the rise? A shift in mindset: sales isn’t failing because it’s hard to sell—it’s failing because it’s hard to buy. Aligned helps sellers reduce friction, simplify internal buying chaos, and turn every rep into a buyer enabler. In today’s longer, messier, AI-influenced buying cycles, Aligned is building a customer-facing workspace designed to do one thing—help deals close.
Copyleaks: TIME Names It a Global EdTech Star
Copyleaks was ranked #2 on TIME and Statista’s 2025 World’s Top EdTech Rising Stars, out of 7,000+ companies. The platform’s advanced AI detects both plagiarized and AI-generated content with unmatched precision—enabling schools, publishers, and businesses to uphold trust and authenticity in the age of generative AI. As education transforms, Copyleaks continues to lead with solutions that help institutions maintain academic integrity with clarity and confidence.
Novidea: Two-Time Innovation Award Winner
For the second year in a row, Novidea has been named a winner in the Technology Innovation category at the 2025 Insurance Luminaries Awards by PropertyCasualty360. This win highlights Novidea’s continued momentum in modernizing insurance workflows—especially following its 2024 acquisition of Docomotion. By integrating no-code, automated document generation into its end-to-end platform, Novidea now allows brokers and carriers to generate quotes, policies, and binding docs directly from their CRM—eliminating friction and saving time.
Looking Ahead
As we move into the second half of the year, we remain focused on supporting visionary founders who are building for the long term. Thank you for your continued partnership as we work together to scale category leaders.
Warm regards,
The JAL Ventures Team