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Foothill Ventures — 2026 Investments

7 investments dated 2026 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all

NovoLINCnovolinc.cominSeed · Jan 2026 · $10.2M

NovoLINC develops nanocomposite thermal interface materials designed to lower thermal resistance and improve heat dissipation in electronic chipsets.

Deep TechHardwareNew MaterialsPittsburgh, US

Robert Wenner(Executive Officer)Sheng Shen(Executive Officer, Director)

BoardTina Tosukhowong(Director)inNing Li(Executive Officer, Director)inPaul Sheng(Director)in

Board seatEric Rosenblum· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsHitachi VenturesM VenturesTDK VenturesCarnegie Mellon UniversityFathom Fund

Aether Fuelsaetherfuels.cominJan 2026 · $15M

Aether Fuels develops technology to convert syngas and carbon feedstocks into sustainable fuels, using its Aether Aurora solution built on technology licensed from GTI Energy.

CleantechClimate TechEnergy

Conor Madigan(Founder)inDhaval Shah(Chief Technology Officer)in

BoardMichelle Robson(Director)inPhilippe Inagaki(Director)

Co-investorsXora Innovation Pte LtdAP VenturesCDP Venture CapitalEni NextJetBlue VenturesSKY VC+7 more

CarbonSixcarbon6robotics.comApr 2026

CarbonSix develops AI-powered robots that learn manufacturing tasks from human operator demonstrations, enabling automation of high-mix, high-variance factory work that traditionally requires manual labor.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningRoboticsSeoul

Jehyeok Kim(Executive Officer, Director)Seongmin Kang(Director)Taeyeon Moon(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsLB InvestmentStorm VenturesXquared VC

Feldytryaether.coinJan 2026 · $15M

Aether provides roofing and exterior building measurement reports for home services contractors, using phone-based 3D modeling to generate accurate full-house measurements within 2% accuracy.

AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US

Zayne Sagar(CEO)inShelby Bons(CTO)in

Co-investorsY CombinatorAP VenturesCDP Venture CapitalChevron Technology VenturesEni NextTechEnergy Ventures+1 more

Linewisethevisionlab.aiin𝕏Jun 2026 · $6M

The Vision Lab creates high-density action labeling datasets for video and industrial data using proprietary vision language models combined with human annotation.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeep TechRoboticsSan Francisco, US

Tanachart (James) Kujareevanich(Founder/CEO)inZhichu Ren(Founder/CTO)inWill Wenbo Zhang(Founder/CPO)inTrevor Madigan(Managing Member)

Co-investorsAngel InvestY Combinator500 GlobalA2D VenturesDeming Sky Inc.Earlybird Venture Capital+5 more

Nervoniknervonik.cominApr 2026 · $52.5M

Nervonik develops peripheral nerve stimulation (PNS) systems designed for high-motion, dynamic activity, using a patented technology that adds biosensing and objective feedback to neuromodulation.

HardwareHealthtechMedical Devices

Co-investorsJoyance PartnersLumira VenturesShangBay Capital LLCUS Venture PartnersAmzak HealthU.S. Venture Partners

Quintessentquintessent.comAug 2026 · $40M

Quintessent develops optical connectivity solutions to address chip-to-chip communication bottlenecks in large-scale computing and AI systems.

AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingDeep TechHardwareSemiconductorsSanta Barbara, US

Alan Liu(CEO, Co-Founder & Board Member)inBrian Koch(VP of Engineering & Co-Founder)inJohn Bowers(Chairman of the Board & Co-Founder)

Co-investorsEntrada VenturesM VenturesOUP (Osage University Partners)Sierra VenturesCycle CapitalIntervest+2 more

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.