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Investment thesis
Higher Life Ventures is the corporate venture arm of HL Mando, a tier-1 automotive and robotics supplier that makes chassis products, autonomous driving systems, and robotic actuators and counts 9 of the world's 10 largest players among its customers. The fund invests in early-stage industrial technology and physical AI companies, offering access to HL Mando's corporate resources along with its network of corporations and co-investors.
Team · 2 people
from public directoriesWhat they invest in
from 9 of 11 portfolio companiesHardware ×5AI & Machine Learning ×3Deep Tech ×3Energy ×3Cleantech ×2Enterprise Software ×2Mobility & Transportation ×2SaaS ×2
HQs:United States×7South Korea×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 7 portfolio companiesWhere their founders studiedfrom 10 founders with education data
Knox College ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 10 founders with field-of-study data
Engineering ×5Computer Science ×3
Where their founders worked beforefrom 10 founders with career history
NAVER Corp ×3Stanford University ×3Argo Group ×2NCSOFT ×2
Investments · 11 tracked
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Physical AI for industrial automation
Renton, US
Minas Liarokapis(Executive Officer, Director)inPatrick Jarvis(Founder)inKonstantinos Stafylas(Executive Officer)
BoardAtlanta Daniels(Director)Nikos Kalliagkopoulous(Director)
Co-investorsBig Pi VenturesRadar VenturesAether Ventures
Construction technology company accelerating homebuilding to address housing supply
El Cajon, US
Garrett T. Moore(Executive Officer, Director)Kyle N. Tompane(Executive Officer, Director)Garrett Moore(Founder)Kyle Tompane(Founder)
Co-investorsPoint72 VenturesBlackhorn VenturesDivcoWestToyota Ventures
Space TechSan Francisco, US
Rifath Shaarook Raaj(Executive Officer, Director)Andrew J. Smith(Director)Niharika Naveen(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investorsTechstarsArka Venture LabsKDXNivesha VenturesOutlander VCPrana Tech Ventures+1 more
Catalyx builds standardized infrastructure for deploying sensor payloads into orbit, offering common power, thermal, and data interfaces along with continuous monitoring and real-time data transmission.
Deep TechHardwareIoTSpace TechSan Francisco, US
Rifath Shaarook(Founder)inRifath Shaarook Saqib Hussain(Founder)
Co-investorsArka Venture LabsPrana Tech VenturesNivesha VenturesOutlander VCTogether FundTranspose Platform Management+5 more
Conifer designs and manufactures powertrains and motors for drones, robots, data centers, and mobility applications using proprietary axial-flux architecture that reduces material costs and increases performance.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechHardware
Ankit Somani(Founder)in
Co-investorsMaC Venture CapitalMFV PartnersTrue VenturesZ21 VenturesVoyager Partners
Element Energy develops an adaptive battery management system that improves safety, longevity, and energy output for battery packs through cell-level monitoring and management algorithms.
Deep TechEnergyHardware
Co-investorsAF WPartnersClaremont Creek VenturesFraser McCombs CapitalLG Technology VenturesPrelude VenturesMitsubishi Heavy Industries+1 more
Hayden AI develops artificial intelligence and spatial analytics software for governments and businesses, with a focus on transportation and public safety.
AI & Machine LearningGovTechMobility & TransportationSan Francisco, US
Christopher Carson(Executive Officer, Director)Vaibhav Ghadiok(Founder)inChris Carson, Ph.D., D.Tech. (h.c.)(Founder)inSamuel Dundee(Executive Officer)Connie Valencia(Executive Officer)Marty Beard(CEO)in
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesAutotech VenturesBlack Mountain VentuesCastor VenturesCostella KirschDoon Capital+9 more
NLX provides a platform for building and deploying conversational applications powered by AI, serving developers, product managers, copywriters, and business users.
AI & Machine LearningDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSaaSNew York City, US
Andrei Papancea(Co-founder)inVlad Papancea(Co-founder)inPeter Szerzo(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsComcast VenturesFlying Fish VenturesJetBlue VenturesSKY VCTech Square Ventures
Safire develops hardware and software for energy systems, including resilient battery design, ruggedized sensing, secure communications, and an AI-powered energy operating system for real-time monitoring and control.
CleantechDefense TechEnergyHardwareMobility & Transportation
John Lee(Founder)in
Co-investorsAutomotive Ventures MobilityCorrelation VenturesDangerous VenturesMaC Venture CapitalOUTPOST VENTURESAJINOMOTO CO.,INC.+1 more
Swift Solar develops high-efficiency solar cells using perovskite-silicon tandem technology combined with silicon heterojunction, aiming for panels that produce up to 1.5x the power of conventional silicon.
CleantechEnergyHardwareSan Carlos, US
Tomas Leijtens(Executive Officer, Director)inJoel Jean(Co-Founder & CEO)inKevin Bush(Cofounder)in
BoardJames Fickel(Director)
Co-investorsFontinalis PartnersGood Growth CapitalSafar PartnersToba CapitalBlueScopeXClimate Capital+3 more
Upstage builds advanced language models and document processing engines that help organizations improve workflow efficiency and process automation for the future of work.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSeoul, KR
Sung Kim(Founder)inHwalsuk Lee(Founder)inLucy Park(Founder)inEunjeong Lucy Park(Founder)Hal-Seok Lee(Founder)Kim Seong-hoon(Founder)
Co-investorsCompany K PartnersPrimer Sazze PartnersSK NetworksPremier PartnersSazzeTBT+9 more
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesUpstage · thesaasnews.com · Apr 15, 2026
Catalyx Space · finsmes.com · Oct 30, 2025
Conifer · techcrunch.com · Apr 14, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Higher Life Ventures made?
- Higher Life Ventures has 11 tracked investments, including 3 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Higher Life Ventures invest at?
- Higher Life Ventures invests at the Seed stage.
- Who does Higher Life Ventures co-invest with?
- Higher Life Ventures most often shares deals with Correlation Ventures, FJ Labs, Fraser McCombs Capital, among 37 tracked co-investors.
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