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futureland ventures
Angel networkActively deployingWashington, D.C. · Pre-Seed–Seed · 1 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Futureland Ventures is a founder-led syndicate composed of entrepreneurs, angel investors, venture capitalists, technology executives, government leaders, and Stanford GSB alumni. It backs ambitious companies building in emerging technology areas such as climate, transportation, robotics, resilience, and artificial intelligence. The firm emphasizes helping founders solve commercialization risk, not just technical risk, drawing on members' first-hand experience with companies that have reshaped infrastructure, communities, markets, and regulatory systems. To maximize impact, Futureland generally invests at the pre-seed or seed stage of a company's journey.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 20, 2026.
Team · 1 people
from public directoriesWhat they invest in
from 13 of 16 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×10Deep Tech ×5Advanced Manufacturing ×4Hardware ×4Climate Tech ×3Mobility & Transportation ×3Biotech ×2Cleantech ×2
HQs:United States×13United Kingdom×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 11 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×82 founders×23 founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 15 founders with education data
Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 13 founders with field-of-study data
Engineering ×8Business & Management ×3Computer Science ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 15 founders with career history
Google ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
Investments · 16 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 12024 · 22023 · 12022 · 12020 · 16 dated
Cambridge Terahertz commercializes terahertz sensor technology based on MIT research, delivering compact on-chip radar systems that use non-ionizing radio waves to create 3D images analyzed by AI.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDefense TechHardwareCambridge, GB
Nathan Monroe(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardCarolyne LaSala Holtorf(Director)Anand Dixit(Director)in
PartnerMitchell Kominsky· solo GP
Co-investorsFelicis VenturesGood Growth CapitalNeotribe VenturesSBXiSilicon Catalyst
DataSuite is a platform that enables non-technical users to collect and organize large multi-media datasets and use them to train generative models, handling data formatting and infrastructure management automatically.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareLegalTechNew York City, US
Matthew Mirman(Founder)inJames Spoor(Founder)in
Co-investorsY CombinatorAmino CapitalFactorial CapitalFellowsVenrex
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PartnerMitchell Kominsky· solo GP
Delos is a managing general agent (MGA) that uses wildfire science and AI-based risk models to underwrite and offer homeowners insurance policies in areas of high wildfire risk, and provides homeowners with personalized home-hardening advice.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechInsurTechSpace Tech
Kevin Stein(Founder & CEO)in
PartnerMitchell Kominsky· solo GP
Co-investorsAvanta VenturesBlue Bear Capital PartnersChaos VenturesConvective CapitalGallatin Point CapitalIA Capital Group+2 more
Genemod offers a lab management platform that combines electronic lab notebook (ELN), LIMS, inventory, and equipment tracking in one data model, with AI agents that plan experiments, execute protocols across connected systems, and generate audit-ready records.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechSaaSEdmonds, US
Jacob Lee(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inZachary Gut(Director)Michael Gregoire(Director)Jin Choe(Director, Promoter)Anil Arora(Executive Officer)
BoardNeil Sequeira(Director)in
PartnerMitchell Kominsky· solo GP
Co-investorsAmino CapitalDefy PartnersDolby Family VenturesLDV Partners
GridMatrix is a cloud-based software platform that turns existing roadway sensors into continuous data streams on traffic congestion, signal performance, emissions, and safety.
AI & Machine LearningMobility & TransportationSaaSCupertino, US
Nicholas D'Andre(Chief Executive Officer)inDarcy Hoellwarth(General Counsel)Scott Hazard(Chief Operating Officer)
PartnerMitchell Kominsky· solo GP
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesCentral Texas Angel NetworkCota CapitalIrishAngels8VC
Impossible Metals builds underwater robotic vehicles to collect critical metals from the seabed for clean energy applications, with a focus on sustainable and environmentally responsible extraction practices.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningCircular EconomyCleantechClimate TechDeep TechEnergyNew MaterialsRoboticsLos Angeles, US
Oliver Gunasekara(CEO / Co-Founder)inJason Gillham(Founder)inRenee Grogan(Founder)in
PartnerMitchell Kominsky· solo GP
Co-investorsCollaborative FundJuniperSoma CapitalY CombinatorZillionizeFractal Growth Partners+5 more
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Intramotev develops battery-electric retrofit technology for rail transportation, converting traditional railcars into independently-moving, self-propelled vehicles that reduce operational costs and emissions.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechHardwareMobility & TransportationSt. Louis, US
Timothy Luchini(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inAlex Peiffer(Founder)inCorey Vasel(Executive Officer, Promoter)
BoardPalmer Anna(Director)Aubrie Pagano(Director)in
PartnerMitchell Kominsky· solo GP
Co-investorsAdvantage Capital PartnersAera VCAlpaca VCAlumni VenturesCantos VenturesCentennial Investors+7 more
KUHMUTE builds charging and locking hubs for e-scooters and e-bikes, including a Micromobility Charging & Locking Standard (MCLS), targeting personally owned and private fleet micromobility devices.
HardwareIoTMobility & TransportationFlint, US
Peter Deppe, PMP(Founder)in
BoardSherwin Prior(Executive Officer, Director)in
PartnerMitchell Kominsky· solo GP
Co-investorsBlue Victor Capital
Lambda operates cloud infrastructure and supercomputers purpose-built for AI training and inference, serving hyperscalers, enterprises, and frontier AI labs.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureSan Francisco, US
Stephen Balaban(Founder)in
PartnerMitchell Kominsky· solo GP
Co-investorsAccess Ventures (New York)Alumni VenturesBasecamp FundCRESCENT COVE CAPITALDigerati InvestmentsHilltop Venture Partners+11 more
Lemurian Labs develops Tachyon, a software stack that runs AI workloads on any hardware and cloud while matching or exceeding the performance of hand-tuned kernels.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsOakland, US
Jay Dawani(Founder & CEO)inRobert Ferguson(Chief Financial Officer)Ron Gershoni(Chief Executive Officer)Sanjay Tolia(Director)
PartnerMitchell Kominsky· solo GP
Co-investors1Flourish CapitalAlumni VenturesBlackhorn VenturesBlueLake.vcGood Growth CapitalMistral Venture Partners+13 more
Piramidal bridges in-vivo and in-silico intelligence for neuroscience research and clinical applications.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechHealthtechMedical DevicesNew York City, US
Dimitris Fotis Sakellariou(Founder/CEO)inKris Pahuja(Co-Founder/CPO)in
PartnerMitchell Kominsky· solo GP
Co-investorsY CombinatorLIONHEART VENTURESAdverb VenturesGeek VenturesRitual CapitalVirta Ventures+11 more
Newport Beach, US
Mikael Hastrup(Executive Officer, Director)
PartnerMitchell Kominsky· solo GP
Reach develops wireless power beaming technology using AI-driven adaptive systems to transmit electricity over distance to devices and systems, similar to how Wi-Fi transmits data.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningClimate TechDeep TechEnergySan Francisco, US
Christopher Davlantes(Founder)in
PartnerMitchell Kominsky· solo GP
Co-investorsCoalitionCollaborative FundDorm RoomIn-Q-TelSoma CapitalUtopian Ventures+4 more
Spectera Aerospace develops propulsion and flight systems for the aerospace industry.
Deep TechDefense TechHardwareSpace TechBoston, US
Felipe Gomez del Campo(Founder)in
PartnerMitchell Kominsky· solo GP
Co-investorsE2MC VenturesEvergreen Climate InnovationsKairos Venture Investments, LlcOPAMP CAPITAL
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
LambdaAI
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesLemurian Labs · lemurianlabs.com · Apr 1, 2026
Genemod · genemod.net · Mar 19, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has futureland ventures made?
- futureland ventures has 16 tracked investments, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does futureland ventures invest at?
- futureland ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What sectors does futureland ventures focus on?
- futureland ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Climate Tech, Deep Tech, Defense Tech, Energy, Logistics & Supply Chain, Mobility & Transportation, Robotics.
- Where is futureland ventures located?
- futureland ventures is headquartered in Washington, D.C., US.
- Who does futureland ventures co-invest with?
- futureland ventures most often shares deals with Alumni Ventures, Y Combinator, Collaborative Fund, among 71 tracked co-investors.
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