Machina Ventures — Full Portfolio
26 tracked investments · listed companies and verified rows first
Revolutionizing space technology to make life multi-planetary
Hawthorne, US
Elon Musk(Founder)inBret Johnsen(Executive Officer)inGwynne Shotwell(Executive Officer, Director)Tom Mueller(Founder)
BoardAntonio Gracias(Director)inSteve Jurvetson(Director)in
PartnerMatthew Stepka· solo GP
Co-investors1/1 Capital137 Ventures1802 Ventures2080 Ventures3Spoke Capital4DX Ventures+228 more
The AI Foundation develops personal AI systems designed to align with each individual's values and goals.
AI & Machine LearningImpact & Social Good
Lars Buttler(Founder)inRob Meadows(Founder)
PartnerMatthew Stepka· solo GP
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesAlpha EdisonFounders FundMaC Venture Capital
Aircapture builds direct air capture systems that provide commercial and industrial customers with beverage-grade CO2 captured on-site from the atmosphere, offering an alternative to traditional CO2 distribution.
CleantechClimate TechHardwareBerkeley, US
Matt Atwood(Founder)inMichael DeDomenico(Director)inJerald Tenenbaum(Director)Kris Lotlikar(Director)
PartnerMatthew Stepka· solo GP
Akash Systems develops thermal management technology called Diamond Cooling, which integrates diamond with semiconductors to dissipate heat and improve efficiency in AI servers.
Deep TechHardwareSemiconductors
Alex Carter(Founder & CEO)Felix Ejeckam(Co-founder & CEO)inTy Mitchell(Co-Founder & Board Director)inPamit Surana(Chief Commercial Officer)inDaniel Francis(Chief Technology Officer)in
PartnerMatthew Stepka· solo GP
Co-investorsFounders FundKhosla VenturesACME CapitalAngel Collective Opportunity FundARC Angel FundBackstage Capital+13 more
Akili Interactive develops digital therapeutics that use video game-based interventions to target attentional control deficits in patients with ADHD, delivered through proprietary technology featuring adaptive difficulty algorithms.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthGamingHealthtechMedical Devices
PartnerMatthew Stepka· solo GP
Co-investorsDG Daiwa VenturesDG Ventures, Inc.Evidity Health CapitalJAZZ Venture PartnersRedefine Ventures LlcRevelation Partners+2 more
Aura provides AI-powered digital security and protection services for families and individuals across all ages.
AI & Machine LearningConsumerCybersecurityDigital HealthWellness & FitnessBoston, US
Hari Ravichandran(Founder)inBrian DeCenzo(President & Chief Financial Officer)inThomas Clayton(President & Chief Operating Officer)Adam Medros(Chief Product Officer)inSarah Cherng(Chief AI Officer)Kristin Lewis(Chief Product Officer (prior to May 2026 CPO reorganization; promoted from SVP Product, May 2022))in
Co-investorsAccelAdvent Life SciencesAfricInvestGeneral CatalystGranite HillLakehouse Venture Partners+7 more
Averon provides authentication technology that verifies mobile users' identities without passwords or SMS codes, serving businesses and their customers who need secure and frictionless digital identity verification.
CybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Wendell Brown(Executive Officer, Director)Wendell(Chief Executive Officer)Craig Taro Gold DeRousse(Executive Officer)Lea(COO & President)Hershey(Chief Technology Officer)Taro(Chief Creative Officer)
PartnerMatthew Stepka· solo GP
Companion connects animal health and wellness professionals with expertise and resources in animal pain management.
AgTechHealthtech
John Honchariw(Founder)in
BoardRoss PalmerStacy BurdickDuncan LascellesMike McFarlandMarty Becker
PartnerMatthew Stepka· solo GP
Co-investorsIrregular ExpressionsJazzya InvestmentsLerer HippeauMyelin VC
Endless West produces spirits using scientific flavor recreation methods, combining natural ingredients to replicate premium beverages while reducing production waste.
Circular EconomyFoodTechNew MaterialsDetroit, US
MardonnAlecAlec Lee(Founder)in
PartnerMatthew Stepka· solo GP
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesBascom VenturesBloom8Casa Verde CapitalCollaborative FundFJ Labs+7 more
Austin, US
Paul Cross(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Sanjay Manickam(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
BoardChristopher Shonk(Director)Charlie Walker(Director)
PartnerMatthew Stepka· solo GP
Hamsa provides blockchain-based financial infrastructure for banks and central banks to support faster, cheaper clearing and settlement through its Unified Ledger platform.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureFintechNot stated, US
Adam Zbar(Founder, CEO)inHubert Wu(Founder, CTO)inWenhao Lin, PhD(Head of Hamsa Unified Ledger team)in
PartnerMatthew Stepka· solo GP
Co-investorsAmino CapitalCommerce VenturesFlyover CapitalGateCap VenturesGreycroftHAVEN VENTURES+5 more
Ideaflow is a notebook application that aggregates knowledge from Slack, meetings, and documents to surface relevant information at the point of need.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareSaaSPalo Alto, US
Jacob Cole(Executive Officer, Director)in
PartnerMatthew Stepka· solo GP
Co-investorsDraper AssociatesFour Acres CapitalRaptor GroupSeraph GroupStartXStreamlined Ventures+3 more
Level was a financial services provider that offered advances and related products to very small businesses.
Fintech
PartnerMatthew Stepka· solo GP
Co-investorsAcumen AmericaAscend Venture CapitalLightspeed Venture PartnersKhosla Ventures
LEXI develops smart lighting systems and IoT-enabled hardware for industrial and commercial facilities, enabling facility-wide connectivity and data-driven insights through networked lighting infrastructure.
Advanced ManufacturingClimate TechEnterprise SoftwareHardwareIoTPropTech
Scott Cahill(Chief Executive Officer (CEO))Deepak Saxena(Chief Technology Officer (CTO))Kelvin Ngan(VP, Operations, China)
PartnerMatthew Stepka· solo GP
Co-investorsFuture Perfect Ventures
Ligandal develops precision medicine targeting technology, including its Peptide Direct Conjugate (PDC) platform driven by LigandAI and Predictive Interactomics, to guide therapeutics to specific disease sites at the molecular level.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep Tech
Andre Watson(Founder & CEO)in
PartnerMatthew Stepka· solo GP
Co-investorsFlucas VenturesGaingelsHemisphere Ventures LLCSommet ABLearn Capital
Pex develops AI-powered audio and video content identification technology used to detect copyrighted content and user-generated content across digital platforms, serving music companies, rightsholders, and online platforms for licensing, royalty attribution, and fraud prevention.
AI & Machine LearningCreator EconomyMedia & EntertainmentSaaSSilicon Valley, US
Rasty Turek(Founder)in
PartnerMatthew Stepka· solo GP
Co-investorsEvolution VC PartnersIlluminate VenturesPartners ResoluteRockaway VenturesTencent Holdings
SuperWorld is a social app where users share and recommend local places, host activity chats, and discover events and meetups in their city.
ConsumerMarketplacesSocial
PartnerMatthew Stepka· solo GP
Co-investorsAltered VenturesGaingelsGroundBreak VenturesRed Beard VenturesSOSVWhite Paper Capital+1 more
Polygraf AI provides an inline data-governance and security platform that enforces organizational AI policies in real time, removing PII, secrets, and regulated content from prompts before they reach external LLMs and restoring it afterward.
AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityEnterprise SoftwareAustin, US
Yagub Rahimov(Executive Officer, Director)inVignesh Karumbaya(Executive Officer, Director)
PartnerMatthew Stepka· solo GP
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesDataPower VenturesDOMiNO VenturesGaingelsALLEGIS CAPITALAllegisCyber Capital
Properly provides vacation rental management tools and services for hosts, including self-service platforms and full property management operations across 45+ countries.
PropTechSaaS
PartnerMatthew Stepka· solo GP
Co-investorsAsset Management CompanyFJ LabsGolden VenturesPrudenceThink+ Ventures Management, LlcAlleyCorp+4 more
Qoria provides digital safety and wellbeing solutions for schools, helping educators, parents, and students work together to protect children online and support their mental health.
CybersecurityDigital HealthEdTechSaaS
Tim Levy(Managing Director)Crispin SwanBen TriggerPaul Robinson
PartnerMatthew Stepka· solo GP
Regard builds an AI clinical insights platform that reviews EHR data to suggest diagnoses and draft clinical notes for physicians.
Eli Ben-Joseph(Founder)Nate Wilson(Founder)Thomas Moulia(Founder)
PartnerMatthew Stepka· solo GP
Co-investorsPLG VenturesStartXTenOneTen VenturesByers CapitalCalibrate VenturesFoundry+5 more
Skillprint turns gameplay into behavioral and cognitive intelligence, mapping in-session signals like planning, adaptation, attention and emotion to a Human × Game ontology.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureFuture of WorkGamingHR TechWellness & FitnessOakland, US
Chethan Ramachandran(CEO & Founder)inGabriel Farah(CTO)Tony Lam(COO / Tech Ops)Davin Miyoshi(Product / Board)
PartnerMatthew Stepka· solo GP
Co-investorsChaos VenturesDaft CapitalGaingelsVerissimo VenturesLearnStartNIREMIA Collective+1 more
Sunbasket delivers weekly meal kits and pre-made meals made with organic produce and clean ingredients to residential customers.
Direct to ConsumerE-commerceFoodTechSan Jose, US
Braxton Woodham(Director)Isobel Jones(Executive Officer)Donald Barnett(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardTim Connors(Director)Kevin Diestel(Director)inAdam Zbar(Executive Officer, Director)
PartnerMatthew Stepka· solo GP
Co-investorsAugust CapitalFounders Circle CapitalLucas Venture GroupRembrandt Venture PartnersSapphire VenturesSQN Venture Partners, LLC+1 more
PartnerMatthew Stepka· solo GP
Co-investorsKinetic Ventures, L.L.C.Prime Movers Lab
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