Fundraising FoxAlthing Ventures
Venture capitalPre-Seed–Seed · 17 people tracked
Find your way into Althing Ventures
Sign up to see every warm intro you have to Althing Ventures
- Paths you didn't know you had: your email and LinkedIn already hold routes to the Althing Ventures team. We find them for you
- 2nd- and 3rd-degree connections: the friend-of-a-friend routes that take hours to manually find through your inbox or LinkedIn
- Answers now, not in days: momentum is everything in a raise. Skip asking around whether someone knows someone
Days of research, done the moment you sign in, with every route ranked by how warm it is.
Investment thesis
Althing Ventures invests in the durable foundation beneath the AI application layer, focusing on compute, energy systems, and the stack that builds, trains, and deploys intelligent machines on the ground and in the air. It concentrates on four reinforcing industries — AI infrastructure, aerospace, energy, and robotics — where compute drives energy demand, energy enables deployment, and robotics and aerospace convert intelligence into real-world leverage. While not excluding software, the firm backs applications in service of infrastructure. It prioritizes companies with strong unit economics, lean operations, and technically defensible technology, targeting industries with structural tailwinds measured in decades rather than quarters.
Source: firm website, verified Nov 8, 2026.
Team · 17 people
from the firm's website
Founder of outdoor goods brand Knafs and a product designer experienced in scaling US-based manufacturing, with a focus on community-driven brand building and storytelling.
General Partner of Althing Ventures with a background as a SaaS founder who built a business to 8-figure revenue and a 100-person team before a successful exit. He is also a former software salesperson, digital marketer, attorney, and longtime venture LP, bringing operating, go-to-market, and legal expertise to portfolio companies.
Founder of software Distribution.ai and consultancy Foundation, a bestselling author and global speaker specializing in hands-on AI application for brands and scaling marketing impact.
A Chicago Booth MBA, former investment banker and operator with experience across 50+ transactions, bringing institutional finance, capital deployment, and exit strategy expertise. Currently a VP at Gauge Capital.
A former public markets trader and Principal at Hoss Holdings specializing in capital coordination and long-term asset value, with experience in construction, hospitality, and securities.
Leads aviation planning and emerging technologies at VHB, having advised the FAA, DOT, NASA, and others on advanced air mobility and UAS. An adjunct professor at Florida Tech leading AAMA workforce development.
A Cambridge PhD and CSO at semiconductor intelligence firm TechInsights, previously Chief Economist of the CHIPS Program Office shaping US semiconductor strategy.
Co-founder of Sunder Energy (acquired by SunPower in 2025) and now EVP at SunPower, with an economics degree and MBA and deep expertise in energy and solar.
Led INEOS Motors' Americas expansion and previously worked in Mercedes-Benz's AMG department, with expertise in manufacturing, scaling, and commercializing complex machines globally.
A Wharton graduate on the business staff at Andromeda Cluster focused on AI infrastructure, with prior roles at SpaceX and TotalEnergies, supporting ambitious hardware technology founders.
A former NASA engineer leading Duke University's AI for Product Innovation master's program and founder of Inquisite AI, focused on applied AI and engineering-driven product innovation.
Director of Global Insights at Visa, where he works with the chief economist to turn consumer research into strategy, drawing on Visa's global payments data for demand signals.
A Duke Fuqua MBA and CEO of Sound Agriculture with a decade leading VC/PE-backed businesses, having started at Goldman Sachs and later worked at John Deere and Bayer on GTM and partnerships.
An engineer experienced in scaling hardware, formerly Launch Manager for the Rivian R1 and a program manager in Ford's autonomous division, now TPM at Slate Automotive.
An engineer who co-founded VitalFlo Health (acquired 2024) and was Lunar Outpost's first management hire, now a founding partner of Conifer Technologies.
A growth and GTM leader who was a founding team member at Qualtrics, TaxBit, and Halosight, now CRO at NetCraft, with expertise in sales leadership and growth strategy.
A hardware product engineer who co-founded Aeva Labs (acquired 2021) and led hardware engineering at Spiffy, now a co-founder at Conifer Technologies, with expertise in electronics, automation, and manufacturing.
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Althing Ventures invest at?
- Althing Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What is Althing Ventures's typical check size?
- Althing Ventures typically writes checks of $100K – $1M.
- What sectors does Althing Ventures focus on?
- Althing Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Data & Infrastructure, Energy, Robotics, Space Tech.
Similar investors
Blackbird is a venture capital firm that backs founders from the earliest stages, with a focus on ambitious technology startups across Australia and New Zealand.
DCVC (Data Collective) is a deep tech venture capital firm that backs entrepreneurs using computational approaches to solve large-scale real-world problems across many industries.
Khosla Ventures is a venture capital firm that backs bold, early-stage, technology-driven companies across deep tech and other sectors, providing hands-on 'venture assistance' to help founders build category-defining businesses.
Lux Capital is a venture capital firm that backs founders building transformative deep technologies, having been among the first investors in category-defining companies across AI, robotics, biotech, defense, and infrastructure.
Starship Ventures is an early-stage deep tech venture firm backing founders building frontier technology, with a debut fund of over $30M.