Eclipse Ventures
Venture capitalPalo Alto · Pre-Seed–Late Stage · 37 people tracked
Also known as ECLIPSE OPERATIONS, LLC
Investment thesis
Eclipse focuses on the physical economy, partnering with entrepreneurs who are transforming and rebuilding the industries that power the world. The firm aims to strengthen the resilience, competitiveness, and security of critical systems, backing innovators tackling physical industries that require a different approach than typical software-focused investing.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 37 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 21 of 47 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×8Hardware ×8Deep Tech ×5Healthtech ×4Robotics ×4Defense Tech ×3Energy ×3IoT ×3
HQs:United States×32
Investments · 47 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 32025 · 72023 · 32021 · 12018 · 22017 · 52016 · 12015 · 32014 · 126 dated
Cerebras designs and manufactures wafer-scale AI processors and systems for data centers, enabling high-speed AI training and inference workloads.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareSemiconductors
Andrew Feldman(Co-founder & CEO)Gary LauterbachMichael JamesSean LieJean-Philippe Fricker
Tandem PV manufactures high-efficiency perovskite-silicon tandem solar panels designed for U.S.-based commercial-scale production, serving electricity demand from AI, electrification, and data infrastructure.
CleantechEnergyHardwareSilicon Valley, US
Colin Bailie(Founder & CTO)Chris Eberspacher(Co-Founder)Scott Wharton(CEO)Rik Wehbring(Director)
Toka develops intelligence and force protection technology for government militaries, law enforcement, and intelligence agencies to conduct surveillance, counter-terrorism, and defense operations.
CybersecurityDefense TechGovTechMaryland, US
Kfir Waldman(Co-Founder, President & CEO Israel)inGregg Smith(Global CEO)
Boston, US
Rylan Hamilton(President)Jerome Dubois(Treasurer and Secretary)
Board seatGreg ReichowLior Susan· per SEC Form D
Beaverton, US
Board seatGreg Reichow· per SEC Form D · $100M raise · filed Jun 2026
Sunnyvale, US
Andrew Ponec(Executive Officer)Justin Briggs(Executive Officer, Director)David Bierman(Executive Officer, Director)Christina Karapataki(Director)Clay Dumas(Director)Scott Himmelberger(Director)
Board seatJoe Fath· per SEC Form D · $550M raise · filed Aug 2026
Augury builds end-to-end solutions for manufacturers across 10+ verticals to improve equipment reliability and capacity through predictive maintenance.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningIoTNew York, US
Gal Shaul(Director)Howard Morgan(Director)Lior Susan(Director)Saar Yoskovitz(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatLior Susan· per SEC Form D · $2M raise · filed Aug 2015
Palo Alto, US
Amar Hanspal(Executive Officer, Director)Lior Susan(Director)Michael McNamara(Director)Stephen Luczo(Director)Carl Bass(Director)
Board seatLior Susan· per SEC Form D · $10M raise · filed May 2018
Pittsburgh, US
Greg Reichow(Director)Alexander Hawkinson(Director, Promoter)Peter Zhou(Director)Nathan Beckmann(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Brandon Lucia(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Board seatGreg Reichow· per SEC Form D · $60.7M raise · filed Dec 2025
Mountain View, US
Cheng Cheng Wang(Executive Officer, Director)Peter Hebert(Director)Geoffrey Ross Tate(Executive Officer, Director)Shirish Sathaye(Director)
Board seatPierre Lamond· per SEC Form D · $5M raise · filed May 2017
Foxglove builds observability tooling and open-source software for robotics engineers to accelerate development and deployment.
Data & InfrastructureDeveloper ToolsRoboticsSan Francisco, US
Adrian Macneil(CEO and Co-Founder)Roman Shtylman(CTO and Co-Founder)Alexandra Sukin(Director)
Board seatSeth Winterroth· per SEC Form D · $40M raise · filed Nov 2025
Valley Village, US
Joshua Giegel(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Greg Reichow(Director)
Board seatGreg Reichow· per SEC Form D · $6.5M raise · filed Mar 2023
Portola Valley, US
William Deihl(Executive Officer)Jason Camm(Director)Steven T. Kent(Executive Officer, Director)Harold Kent(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatSeth Winterroth· per SEC Form D · $25M raise · filed Apr 2023
New York, US
Lior Susan(Director)Steven van Wel(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
Board seatLior Susan· per SEC Form D · $1.3M raise · filed Oct 2015
San Francisco, US
Hongwei Chen(Director)Pierre Lamond(Director)Geordie Rose(Executive Officer, Director)George Vinodh Babu(Executive Officer)James Liefer(Director)
Board seatPierre Lamond· per SEC Form D · $28M raise · filed Nov 2017
San Francisco, US
Max Bruner(Executive Officer, Director)Lior Susan(Director)Yuan Gao(Executive Officer, Director)Alexey Rostapshov(Executive Officer)
Board seatLior Susan· per SEC Form D · $17.1M raise · filed Aug 2016
Wayland, US
Lior Susan(Director)Mark Kasdorf(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatLior Susan· per SEC Form D · $10.6M raise · filed Aug 2021
EnergyLexington, US
Jonathan Webb(Executive Officer, Director)Stephanie Donner(Executive Officer)Greg Reichow(Director)Kiran Bhatraju(Director)Juliann Edwards(Executive Officer)Patrick Maloney(Director)
Board seatGreg Reichow· per SEC Form D · $51.3M raise · filed May 2025
Owlet develops baby sleep monitoring devices and software that provide real-time wellness insights for infants.
ConsumerHealthtechIoTLehi, US
KURT WORKMAN(Executive Officer, Director)EDWARD SCAL(Director)SPENCER TAYLOR(Executive Officer)JORDAN MONROE(Director)
Board seatLior Susan· per SEC Form D
Oxide provides an on-premises cloud platform that integrates compute, storage, networking, and software in a single system, designed to deliver cloud-like elasticity and programmability for enterprise workloads.
Cloud ComputingEnterprise SoftwareHardwareEmeryville, US
Steven Tuck(Executive Officer, Director)Bryan Cantrill(Executive Officer, Director)Jessica Frazelle(Executive Officer)Pierre Lamond(Director)Scott Orn(Executive Officer)
Board seatSeth WinterrothPierre Lamond· per SEC Form D · $200M raise · filed Jan 2026
HealthtechSan Diego, US
Joseph Wang(Executive Officer)Ashwin Pushpala(Director)Lu Yin(Executive Officer, Director)Xinyu Liu(Executive Officer)
BoardXuhui Shao(Director)
Board seatAshwin Pushpala· per SEC Form D · $2M raise · filed May 2025
Simbe provides retail inventory and monitoring solutions combining computer vision, robotics, RFID, and fixed sensors for retail businesses.
AI & Machine LearningRetail TechRobotics
Brad Bogolea(CEO)Ryan Gembala(Director)Subodh Gupta(Director)Mirza Akbar Shah(Executive Officer, Director)Bradley Douglas Bogolea(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Jay Douglas Knafel(Director)
Board seatJay Knafel· per SEC Form D · $29.1M raise · filed Jul 2023
El Segundo, US
Board seatLior Susan· per SEC Form D · $192.3M raise · filed Oct 2025
SwipeSense is a healthcare technology company that provides a hospital safety platform with applications for electronic hand hygiene monitoring, real-time asset tracking, automated contact tracing, and nursing insights.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthEnterprise SoftwareHealthtechIoTChicago, US
Mert Iseri(Executive Officer, Director)Yuri Malina(Executive Officer, Director)William Moffitt(Director)Lior Susan(Director)Randall Crowder(Director)Andrew Berthusen(Chief Executive Officer)
Board seatLior Susan· per SEC Form D · $4M raise · filed Jul 2016
Emeryville, US
Greg Reichow(Director)Maxwell Reynolds(Executive Officer, Director)Brandon Pereira(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatGreg Reichow· per SEC Form D · $14.6M raise · filed Apr 2018
Tenstorrent designs and manufactures AI hardware accelerators and develops open-source software tools for deploying and running large language models at scale.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareToronto
Greg Reichow(Director)Ljubisa Bajic(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Ivan Hamer(Director)Mike Shaver(Director)Milos Trajkovic(Director)
Board seatGreg Reichow· per SEC Form D · $20.5M raise · filed Feb 2019
Austin, US
MILOS TRAJKOVIC(Director)KEITH WITEK(Executive Officer, Director)ALEXANDER MUNN(Executive Officer)SEUNG HOON HAN(Director)JAMES KELLER(Executive Officer, Director)SUNGJAE AN(Director)
Board seatGreg Reichow· per SEC Form D · $65.8M raise · filed Jul 2025
San Francisco, US
David Adams(Director)Troy Carlson(Director)Vernon O'Donnell(Executive Officer, Director)Brian McLoughlin(Director)Chris Sultemeier(Director)Alexander Senemar(Executive Officer, Director)
Board seatAidan Madigan-Curtis· per SEC Form D · $47M raise · filed Sep 2025
Vancouver
Seth Winterroth(Director)Louis-Victor Jadavji(Executive Officer, Director)Shamil Hargovan(Executive Officer, Director)Xochi Birch(Director)Thomas B. Blumer(Director)
Board seatSeth Winterroth· per SEC Form D · $3.9M raise · filed Aug 2016
AheadComputing develops high-performance 64-bit RISC-V application processor cores designed to maximize per-core CPU performance for AI, cloud, client, mobile, and edge workloads.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechSemiconductors
Debbie Marr(Founder)
Leading the renaissance of general-purpose compute by building high-performance, RISC-V cores for modern AI-driven workloads.
Making the world smaller through adoption of light EVs to move people and goods free from gridlock
Bedrock Robotics develops autonomous robotic systems for construction sites, applying self-driving vehicle technology to address skilled labor shortages in building, energy, data centers, and factories.
AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechRobotics
Boris Sofman(Founder & CEO)inKevin Peterson(Founder)Ajay Gummalla(Founder)
Turning unmanned ships into reality
Treats valve disease to help patients quickly return to their lives
Cellares develops automated manufacturing systems and technology platforms to accelerate the production and commercialization of cell therapies.
Advanced ManufacturingBiotechMedical DevicesSouth San Francisco, US
Fabian Gerlinghaus(Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer)inOmar Kurdi(Co-Founder and President)inVictor Tong(Director)in
BoardJustin Butler(Director)
Applying robotics to do any physical task in the best possible way
Server-side computer built for the cloud era
Redwood Materials deploys large-scale energy storage systems for data centers and grid power while recycling batteries to recover critical minerals like lithium, nickel, cobalt, and copper as a domestic source of these materials.
Circular EconomyEnergyNew MaterialsCarson City, US
JB Straubel(Founder & CEO)inKevin Kassekert(Executive Officer)Jason Thompson(Executive Officer)David Danielson(Director)
Rune Labs develops software for processing clinical brain data to improve patient care and support clinicians and researchers in treating brain disease.
Data & InfrastructureDigital HealthHealthtechSan Francisco, US
Brian Pepin(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardJordi Parramon(Director)Florian Haupt(Director)David Kim(Director)Justin Butler(Director)
Swift Navigation provides low-cost, high-accuracy GPS and GNSS positioning solutions for autonomous vehicles, mobility applications, and mass-market uses.
Deep TechHardwareMobility & TransportationCalifornia, US
Timothy Harris(CEO and Co-Founder)
True Anomaly designs and builds hardware and software systems for space security and defense.
Defense TechHardwareSpace TechCentennial, US
Even Rogers(CEO and Co-Founder)Kyle Zakrzewski(Chief Engineer and Co-Founder)Thomas Nichols(Executive Officer, Director)Jesse Michaels(Director)Daniel Brunski(Director)Austin Bishop(Director)
Ursa Major develops flight-proven aerospace and defense systems, including hypersonic engines, solid rocket motors, and space mobility solutions for military and defense applications.
Defense TechHardwareSpace TechBerthoud, US
Dan Jablonsky(CEO)Joe Laurienti(Founder)
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Exits · 1
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioCerebras SystemsNASDAQ: CBRS
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesOxide Computer · sec.gov · Aug 4, 2026
Nuclear · techcrunch.com · Jul 17, 2026
Cerebras Systems · blockonomi.com · Jul 17, 2026
Cellares · natlawreview.com · Jul 16, 2026
Ursa Major · finance.yahoo.com · Jul 15, 2026
Tenstorrent · chipstrat.com · Jul 15, 2026
Bedrock Robotics · techcrunch.com · Jul 5, 2026
Wayve · secondarylink.com · Jul 2, 2026
Public market activity · per SEC filings
what is this? ⓘFiles 13F institutional holdings reports · latest Aug 2026
From the firm's own SEC EDGAR filings — stakes and insider roles in public companies, typically portfolio companies after an IPO. Not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Eclipse Ventures invest at?
- Eclipse Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Growth, Late Stage stages.
- What is Eclipse Ventures's typical check size?
- Eclipse Ventures typically writes checks of $200K – $5M.
- What sectors does Eclipse Ventures focus on?
- Eclipse Ventures focuses on Advanced Manufacturing, Construction Tech, Deep Tech, Defense Tech, Energy, Hardware, Healthtech, Logistics & Supply Chain, New Materials, Robotics, Sector Agnostic.
- Where is Eclipse Ventures located?
- Eclipse Ventures is headquartered in Palo Alto, US.
- Does Eclipse Ventures lead rounds?
- Eclipse Ventures typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
From the blog
visit blog ↗Eclipse has recently written about backing contrarian semiconductor and infrastructure bets: an early investment in Cerebras's wafer-scale chip technology, a Series C investment in Antora's thermal battery systems for data-center power, and guidance on integrated design-manufacturing processes for industrial-scale companies. AI summary
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamEclipse Ventures Co-Founder Lior Susan's Insights Into a $1.3B Bet on Physical AI | StrictlyVC
TechCrunch · Lior Susan
MADE IN Episode #6 with Lior Susan, Founder of Eclipse Ventures
SCOOP tv · Lior Susan
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