# PROTOCOL — by GETTYLAB

> PROTOCOL — by GETTYLAB is a VC fund backing Software. See 64 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 64
- Last investment: Aug 2022
- Lead investor: 2%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- Website: https://prtcl.co

PROTOCOL — by GETTYLAB is a VC fund focused on Software and Artificial Intelligence. Engineering the possible.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $125k–$10M |
| Pre-Seed | $125k–$700k |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 10 | 16% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 9 | 14% |
| Health Care | 8 | 13% |
| Biotechnology | 8 | 13% |
| Medical | 4 | 6% |

68 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pre-Seed | 24 | 38% |
| Seed | 10 | 16% |
| Series A | 1 | 2% |
| Series B | 1 | 2% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 2% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 27 | 42% |
| France | 2 | 3% |
| Germany | 1 | 2% |
| Ireland | 1 | 2% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 2% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aniq Kassam | Founder | 162 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aniq |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Forta | Forta provides healthcare services. They also provide applied behavior analysis therapy services through online training programs. They offer AI-driven programs and applied behavior analysis therapy for children. |  | Series A | Aug 18, 2022 |  |
| Exosonic | Exosonic is an early-stage aerospace start-up based in Los Angeles, CA developing supersonic adversary air UAVs to support the adversary air training mission for both commercial and government customers. The goal is to mature these supersonic UAVs to become loyal wingmen (or collaborative combat aircraft) and eventually develop quiet supersonicairliners from the lessons learned and profits generated by the supersonic UAV product line. Founded in 2019, Exosonic has raised $4.5M+ in private capital and $2M+ in AFWERX funding. The team has 15 FTEs and is developing a subscale flight test vehicle to demonstrate autonomy and potentially crewed-uncrewed teaming with a first flight timeframe of Q2 2023. | $4M | Seed | May 06, 2022 |  |
| Forta | Forta provides healthcare services. They also provide applied behavior analysis therapy services through online training programs. They offer AI-driven programs and applied behavior analysis therapy for children. |  | Pre-Seed | Mar 01, 2022 |  |
| Pelicargo | Pelicargo is a new digital air cargo marketplace developed at MIT. |  | Pre-Seed | Jan 21, 2022 |  |
| Pelicargo | Pelicargo is a new digital air cargo marketplace developed at MIT. |  | Pre-Seed | Jan 21, 2022 |  |
| AcousticaBio | AcousticaBio is a company that has developed a means to reformulate intravenous medications so they can be administered via an injection under the skin. |  | Pre-Seed | Jan 13, 2022 |  |
| AcousticaBio | AcousticaBio is a company that has developed a means to reformulate intravenous medications so they can be administered via an injection under the skin. |  | Pre-Seed | Jan 13, 2022 |  |
| Hydrova | Hydrova is the creator of a creative cleantech technology that recycles industrial waste while producing green hydrogen. The company's technology combats climate change by using low-cost green hydrogen to decarbonize heavy industry using electrolysis powered by renewable energy, allowing clients to identify recyclable materials and set up aseparate waste collection system to achieve net-zero emissions. |  | Pre-Seed | Dec 22, 2021 |  |
| Inversion | Inversion Space is a privately held company driven to change how humanity utilizes space. Its builds affordable, high cadence return vehicle for the commercial and defense industries. | $10M | Seed | Nov 16, 2021 |  |
| Inversion | Inversion Space is a privately held company driven to change how humanity utilizes space. Its builds affordable, high cadence return vehicle for the commercial and defense industries. | $10M | Seed | Nov 16, 2021 |  |

10 of 64 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [FAST — by GETTYLAB](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/f-st) — VC Fund, 46 deals together
- [Y Combinator](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/y-combinator) — VC Fund, 22 deals together
- [SBXi](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/sbxi) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Pioneer Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/pioneer-fund) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [77](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/77) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Bossa Invest](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bossanova-investimentos) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does PROTOCOL — by GETTYLAB invest in?

PROTOCOL — by GETTYLAB invests primarily in Software, Artificial Intelligence and Health Care startups, most often at Pre-Seed and Seed stage. Most of the 64 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is PROTOCOL — by GETTYLAB's check size?

PROTOCOL — by GETTYLAB typically joins rounds of $125k–$10M at Seed and $125k–$700k at Pre-Seed. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds PROTOCOL — by GETTYLAB participates in.

### How do I contact PROTOCOL — by GETTYLAB?

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### Who are the partners at PROTOCOL — by GETTYLAB?

The team at PROTOCOL — by GETTYLAB includes Aniq Kassam (Founder). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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