DVRGNT Ventures Signals — February 2026
“Now that you’ve gotten over the January hangover, what are you going to do for the rest of the year?” — B. Pagels-Minor
The February Frame
January is forgiving.
February is honest.
The planning haze lifts. The resolutions thin out. What remains are decisions — whether declared or deferred.
At DVRGNT Ventures, February is when we pay attention. Not to noise, but to where capital, conviction, and execution begin to align across the B. PM Brand ecosystem.
Portfolio Pulse
Updates from DVRGNT Ventures
Precision Epigenomics
February marked a meaningful acceleration point for Precision Epigenomics, driven by validation, deployment, and growing market pull.
Momentum highlights
• External validation: Named Startup of the Year by the University of Arizona’s Tech Launch Arizona ecosystem
• Clinical progress: Continued advancement of the EPISEEK® platform across both multi-cancer early detection and disease-specific indications
• Commercial traction: Expansion through trusted clinical and mobile health partners, embedding early detection into real-world workflows
Founder update (capital formation):
Precision Epigenomics has opened a new financing round. This raise supports continued clinical development, regulatory progress, and commercial scaling. Reach out to us and we’d be happy to connect you to the Precision Epigenomics team.
Allocation implication:
Platforms that combine clinical validation with real-world deployment may shorten the distance between technical proof and durable adoption.
Rejuvenation | O’kra Sparkling Water
January 2026 marked a reset moment for Rejuvenation’s O’kra brand.
Founder Anna Cobb shared a candid account of iteration, failure, and recalibration — reframing progress not as linear momentum, but as the result of persistence and structural reset.
That grounding has carried directly into February. O’kra is hosting “O’kra & the History That Binds”, a live cultural event positioning the product within a broader narrative of identity, history, and care, rather than a narrow beverage category.
• O’kra & the History That Binds — Thursday, February 12, 2026
Alongside that cultural anchoring, O’kra announced a concrete product milestone: Pomegranate O’kra, now available for pre-order. The new flavor introduces a deeper, ruby-red profile that pairs pomegranate tartness with O’kra’s signature crisp carbonation, while maintaining its functional focus on hydration, balance, and skin health, without the texture associations typically linked to okra.
View the product announcement on Instagram
Allocation implication:
Brands that align founder narrative, cultural context, and disciplined product extension tend to build longer-term consumer trust and durability.
February Market Signals from The Great 38™
Arizona — Early Formation Comes Into View
Arizona IdeaFunding closed applications February 1, surfacing pre-seed and seed-stage companies emerging from university-linked commercialization pipelines.
Signal: Early technical formation precedes broader capital attention.
Allocation implication: Upstream exposure is often clearest before Q2 institutional concentration.
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Texas — Energy & Industrial Convergence
Energy Venture Day in Houston close applications on February 13, reinforcing Texas’ role as a convergence zone for climate, energy, and industrial innovation tied directly to customers and incumbents.
Signal: Capital formation is moving alongside pilots and deployment.
Allocation implication: Commercialization friction remains lower where policy, customers, and capital align.
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Mountain West — Science & Hard-Tech Durability
The Space Symposium Pitch Competition closes February 15, highlighting continued output from aerospace, defense-adjacent, and dual-use programs.
Signal: Technical credibility favors longer horizons.
Allocation implication: Durability and defensibility are prioritized over velocity.
Community Signal: Welcome Ivy
This month, we formally introduced Ivy to LPs, founders, and partners across the B. PM Brand ecosystem.
Ivy’s role is focused on strengthening communication and signal flow between capital, operators, and collaborators, including but not limited to the work of DVRGNT Ventures within that ecosystem.
👉 Read Ivy’s introduction here
Partner & Network Visibility
• Fabric VC — Virtual Pitch Event
February 18, 2026 · Virtual (Zoom)
Final Note
February is when signals become legible.
Most of what matters this year won’t announce itself loudly. It will show up first as pattern, timing, and follow-through.
This publication exists to track those signals.
If something here intersects with your work, allocation thinking, or operating questions, you’re welcome to reach us directly.
— The DVRGNT Ventures Team