Zero Infinity Partners

?? AI is transforming digital infrastructure worldwide, and telecom networks are poised for a breakthrough –?with more intelligent networks now an imperative. ?? ZIP is pleased to announce our investment in Aira Technologies, a company harnessing agentic AI to empower mobile network operators with the next generation of autonomous wireless networks. ?? We see immense potential in Aira’s pioneering approach and are excited to partner with Anand Chandrasekher, RaviKiran Gopalan, and the Aira team, alongside existing investors Neotribe Ventures, Acrew Capital, IQT (In-Q-Tel), AT&T Ventures, Intel Capital, and Juniper Networks. #?? Thanks to Swaroop Kolluri, Asad Khaliq, Vikram Taneja, David Johnson.

?? Aviation industry is coming together more than ever before to bring greater safety and efficiency to its passegers - surpassing record 4.5B trips last year ???ZIP is pleased to announce its 3??rd infra-tech investment in aviation - as we partner with the leading global airport operator Vantage Group in backing Ben Sehovic, former CTO of British Airways, to come out of stealth with his company Opfyx ?? Opfyx is starting with a pilot deployment in JFK Terminal 7 operated by JFK Millennium Partners ?? Its AI-enabled communication platform will help airport operators, airline employees, and air traffic controllers sync up their communications and workflows with precision ?? Shoutout to Vantage Futures, Matthew Handford, Peter Tong, Valentina Vargas Orozco, Cynthia Praschnik , John D. Porcari, Vikas Anand

?? Excited to announce our participation in EnCharge AI's oversubscribed Series B round — led by Tiger Global Management and joined by VC arms of industry giants Raytheon, Constellation, TSMC, Foxconn, and Samsung Electronics. This marks ZIP's very first investment in digital infrastructure, and it certainly will not be the last. ?? Congrats & looking forward to joining Naveen Verma, Kailash Gopalakrishnan, Echere Iroaga and rest of EnCharge team in their journey towards bringing greater compute and energy efficiency to edge AI infrastructure. ?? Shoutout to Jimmy Kan, Henk Both, Rohit Iragavarapu, Cody H., and Rashad McCloud

??Thrilled to announce that we are the *first* infra-tech strategy to join the Global Infrastructure Investor Association (GIIA) ?? We le look forward to sharing front-line innovation insights — from AI and robotics to biomanufacturing — with a global infrastructure investor community collectively managing $1.5+ trillion of assets across ~70 countries ?? Excited to collaborate with Jon Phillips, Sophia Taylor, Alessandro Pecorari, David Quam, Claire McWatt and others at #GIIA

???We are thrilled to announce Glencore’s Global Head of Recycling Kunal Sinha to our Senior Advisory Board. ?? In this capacity, Kunal will help bolster ZIP’s thesis and network around our key current focus sectors: metals & steel infrastructure. This includes logistics and waste value chain around precious and non-precious metals, rare earth minerals, batteries, and steel products. ??? Shoutout also to ZIP’s portfolio companies within this theme: Cyclic Materials, GreenSpark Software, CloudForge, and CheckSammy

?? Just as many of us are coming off of holiday air travels, we are pleased to kick off 2025 with an investment announcement for another promising infra-tech company, in the aviation infrastructure space. ?? Azalea Robotics is building an automated baggage-handling robotics solutions for airports. US airlines alone handle around 500M checked bags annually across domestic and international flights (representing?over $1T of values) and it is critically important to bring greater efficiency to the baggage operations. ?? ZIP is proud to lead the Seed Round for this Y Combinator-backed company, and we look forward to partnering with the founders David Millard and John B. Stroud as they tackle this grave challenge. https://lnkd.in/gayQdSeA

??We are pleased to announce an investment in Cyclic Materials' Series B raise. We look forward to working with Ahmad Ghahreman, the management team, and our fellow investors in supporting the company's journey towards becoming a one-of-a-kind metal and rare earth recycling infrastructure company ????

?? ZIP team is excited to invest in Branch Energy in a successful, oversubscribed Series A funding round, alongside the leading climate-tech investor Prelude Ventures ?? We look forward to supporting Alex Ince-Cushman, Todd Burgess and the rest of the team in building a one-of-a-kind ?infra-tech? company in the retail power sector. The company uses its proprietary software (data + AI) and hardware (BTM batteries) to help customers lower their electric bill while also helping balance the power grids. ?Thanks to Bryan Shill, Tim Woodward, Matt Eggers https://lnkd.in/dfDhDj48

??ZIP team is excited to welcome Ammobia to our portfolio in a successful, over-subscribed and upsized seed funding round?? We are looking forward to working with Karen Baert, Tristan Gilbert and the rest of the team in building a truly differentiated approach to green ammonia production??????

?? ZIP team is thrilled to invest in the rising infra-tech company Moonware *once again* by co-leading their seed round with our friends at Third Prime. We look forward to continuing our partnership with Javier Vidal, Saunon Malekshahi and the rest of the team. ????