Hello 82 Startup Community! This week, we have 5 founder pitches, 4 new roles, and 2 networking events. As always, if you have any questions or comments, feel free to reach out to Grace Kim (grace@sazze.vc).
1. HISTRANGER, Inc. | DongKook Kim | dk@hi-str.com | Pre-A
Hi-Stranger is a Seoul-based AI company developing InsightFlow, a multimodal Emotion AI platform that simultaneously analyzes four biosignals — EEG (brainwaves), PPG (heart rate), FER (facial expression), and Gaze (eye tracking) — to quantify how audiences emotionally respond to video content in real time. The platform enables content creators, game developers, advertisers, and OTT platforms to make data-driven decisions, replacing costly and subjective traditional testing methods. You can view their full IR deck here and here.
2. Moment Manager | Young Hah | hah.young@gmail.com | Pre-Seed/Seed
Moment Manager strengthens human decision-making under pressure rather than replacing it. Our AI captures key turning points after each bout, revealing patterns like composure breakdown and decision speed to train intentional decisions. Built for AI–human alignment, it reflects human judgment—helping athletes understand themselves while helping AI understand human decision-making. Founded by Young Hah, a learning science and metacognition specialist from Columbia University, we’re onboarding a founding cohort of alpha testers, including Columbia fencers, to capture structured decision data.
3. Chance AI | Elizabeth Shim | liz@globalasianculture.com | Pre-Seed/Seed
Chance AI is a precision networking platform designed to transform how people meet at events. Instead of leaving meaningful connections to chance, the platform uses structured compatibility signals and AI-assisted matching to introduce attendees who are likely to benefit from meeting each other. The product addresses a common pain point in conferences and professional gatherings: most attendees meet only a fraction of the people they would genuinely value connecting with. Chance has already demonstrated early traction through live event pilots. Using a structured compatibility quiz and manual-plus-AI matching process, the platform has successfully matched nearly 100 participants across multiple networking events. Early users report higher-quality conversations and more intentional networking compared with traditional open networking formats.
4. Branvine | Josh Cho | josh@branvine.com | Seed
Branvine is building the “Apple Health” for pets—an integrated ecosystem that unifies nutrition, behavior, biomarkers, and daily health data into a single platform. Unlike human healthcare, the pet market currently lacks a dominant, all-in-one health management tool, leaving supplements, vet visits, and home monitoring fragmented. The company is preparing to launch a comprehensive pet health mobile app by July 2026. The app is designed to allow owners to log daily health data and upload vet or home-test results, while an AI engine provides calorie recommendations, health scores, actionable insights, and detailed periodic summaries. You can view their full IR deck here.
5. Aurris AI | Emily | emily@aurris.ai | Pre-Seed
Aurris AI is an AI platform built for the medical aesthetics ecosystem to optimize the patient funnel and improve lead conversion rates. To address the high drop-out rate of patients before treatment, the platform offers an end-to-end solution featuring an always-on AI agent, generative AI consultation tools, predictive targeting, and easy-to-acquire financing. By connecting brand manufacturers, medical practices, and patient financing partners, the technology aims to increase the efficiency of marketing spend and streamline practice operations. Aurris AI monetizes this ecosystem through enterprise and practice subscriptions as well as financing referral fees, having already demonstrated a 4x increase in patient lead conversions during its initial pilot study. Full IR is available here.
Controller at Testkube
Focus: accounting, operations
Location: NYC
Job Description: As our Controller, you’ll own the accounting and operations foundation at Testkube and help scale a finance and operations function built for growth. You’ll run a tight, reliable close, elevate financial rigor, oversee commercial transactions with customers, and help Testkube scale. This is a high-ownership, hands-on role. You’ll sit at the intersection of accounting, operations, and go-to-market—working closely with the CFO (and the broader leadership team) to build systems and controls that support a product-led, open source + commercial business.
Link to Apply: https://testkube.io/careers#position
Contact: Joon Park (joon@testkube.io)
Marketing Director at Adro Inc.
Focus: marketing
Job Description: Enjoying the car culture, elevating the brand by creating "out of the box" contents, and aligning the marketing to get ready to build the car of our own.
Contact: Davis Lee (d@adro.com)
Senior Thermal Engineer at SwirlX, Inc.
Focus: test engineer
Location: San Diego, CA
Job Description: SwirlX develops next-generation compact heat exchangers for AI data center cooling. Our technology enables higher rack power density by significantly improving heat transfer performance while reducing size and pressure loss. We work at the intersection of advanced geometry design, additive manufacturing, and experimental validation. We are looking for a hands-on Test Engineer to build and operate thermal-fluid test systems to validate next-generation heat exchanger designs.
Link to Apply: link
Contact: Robert Park (robert@swirlx.co)
Program Manager at Korea Innovation Center Washington DC
Focus: Program Management
Location: Vienna, VA
Job Description: As a program manager, you are expected to plan, lead, and monitor the program for quality control while closely communicating with stakeholders both in Korea and the United States.
Link to Apply: link
Contact: Songhee Han (shan@kicdc.org
📅 PATHWAY TO DEFENSE - 스타트업 전장 진출 세미나&네트워킹
When: 4/3 금요일, 오후 2시-5시
Where: 마루180 이벤트홀 (서울 강남구 역삼로 180)
What: 🦖RAPTORS - The Beginning ‘Pathway to Defense’🪖
방산 분야에서 비즈니스 기회를 발굴하고, 방산 생태계를 함께 구축할 스타트업을 초대합니다.디펜스 산업 관계자와 창업가들이 모여
경험과 인사이트를 나누는 자리에, 스타트업을 모집합니다!<모집>
• 지원 요건: 디펜스 진출 희망 or 디펜스 스타트업
• 모집 규모: 40명
• 마감: ~2026.3.26(목) 자정<개요>
• 일시: 2026.4.3(금) 14:00~17:00
• 장소: 마루180 이벤트홀 (서울 강남구 역삼로 180)
📅 크로스보더 비즈니스를 위한 전문가 세미나 <미국에서 시작하세요!>
When: 2026. 3. 20. (금) 오전 10시 (미서부 2026. 3. 19. 목 오후 6시)
Where: 삼성동 Coex 2층 Startup Branch, Webinar
What: BNL이 한국무역협회(KITA)와 함께 스타트업 미국 진출 세미나를 공동 개최합니다. “미국에서 시작하세요”라는 주제로, 미국 스타트업 창업, 플립, 투자유치, 그리고 비자와 팀빌딩까지 실제 현장에서 경험한 내용을 중심으로 말씀드릴 예정입니다.
“한국 스타트업 변호사가 미국으로 건너가 직접 로펌을 설립하고 고객들과 함께 미국시장에서 부딪힌 이야기”라고 생각해주시면 더 와닿으실 것 같습니다.
다룰 내용:
・ 미국 스타트업 창업과 법인 설립 구조
・ 미국 플립의 방법과 최근 트렌드
・ 미국 VC 투자 유치 전략 및 한국과의 구조적 차이
・ 미국 비자 전략과 초기 팀빌딩, 정착 팁
Sign up: 사전 신청 필수 (포스터 QR 또는 신청 링크) https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Dvrgr2g6QH6f-R_A2T585Q#/registration
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