Momenta Ventures
Series A · 18 people tracked
Investment thesis
Specializing in digital innovators across energy, manufacturing, smart spaces and supply chain, they bring deep operator/consultant expertise and access to major industrial partners serving as an external innovation arm.
Team · 18 people
from the firm's website
Ken Forster combines Silicon Valley industrial-equipment roots, engineering and marketing expertise and a wireless identification patent with experience scaling 150+ industrial companies and backing founders applying Industrial AI inside operations.
Sandra Mueller blends Coca‑Cola and ad‑agency consumer‑brand expertise with industrial IoT marketing leadership (PLAT.ONE, Wi‑Next, ThingWorx), acting as a storyteller who helps startups translate technical value for corporate buyers.
Bill O'Such is a hands-on industrial strategist who leverages 20+ years' Connected Industry leadership to translate strategy into operations, bridging founders to operators, capital and exit pathways via industrial network.
Dave Ayers leverages 30+ years of industrial R&D and leadership at Xylem and Bell Labs in venture work, specializing in water, energy and infrastructure with deep water-system and PFAS expertise.
Douglas Harp is a mechanical engineer and operator, co-founder of an industrial tech company and former COO/Global VP in IoT platforms, advising 100+ digital transformations to deliver factory-floor results.
Jerry O'Gorman, with 30+ years in technology and ex-CEO of B+B SmartWorx, works hands-on with founders to scale pilots into commercialization and connect startups to channels via partnerships and M&A.
Jesse DeMesa brings 20+ years in industrial automation and connected operations, uniquely combining product leadership as Chief Product Officer at IoT Squared in Riyadh with venture investing and strategic advisory.
Joe Biron pairs three decades of industrial IoT leadership—from Chief Architect to GM at PTC, Microsoft and Axeda—with ongoing hands-on coding, plant-floor operational experience and active industrial-tech community involvement.
Michael Dolbec, venture industrialist with 30+ years focused on industrial digital transformation, has deep VC leadership across GE, LG Electronics, Orange, 3Com, IBM, with early experience at Kleiner Perkins, Greylock.
Miroslav Kriz is Prague–New York–based, using his Axino AI finance/strategy operator lens and work with 65+ US startups to bridge Central European founders to U.S. markets, fundraising and corporate partners.
Mobeen Khan is an operator—former AT&T industrial IoT executive and Blues Wireless COO—who helps AI and IoT startups move prototypes to production by tackling commercial pitfalls that cause post-pilot failures.
Tom Gilley combines deep technical operating experience and venture investing, having founded IoT infrastructure companies like wot.io and Scriptr.io and stepping in as CTO for portfolio companies, covering silicon-to-cloud stacks.
Alistair Fulton brings rare full‑stack industrial expertise across silicon, embedded systems, platforms, software, data and global go‑to‑market, transforming Microsoft Azure IoT, Hitachi Lumada and Semtech LoRa into market standards.
Harinderpal Hanspal co-founded and exited Nurego to GE and applies operator experience from Pivotal, VMware and EMC/DellEMC to advise on recurring-revenue and as-a-service models and lead Seattle's 4,200+ IoT Hub
Kyle Crum runs Infinity EDM and Machining, pairs nearly two decades of R&D leadership at Rockwell with a large patent portfolio in industrial software and materials, enabling builder-level IP evaluation.
Nastaran Asadi combines a PhD in microelectronics from EPFL and leadership of UBS's cloud transformation into deep industrial tech expertise, prioritizing measurable plant-floor, supply-chain, and edge impact over demos.
What they invest in
from 12 of 59 portfolio companiesIoT ×8SaaS ×6AI & Machine Learning ×5Enterprise Software ×4Advanced Manufacturing ×3Cleantech ×2Climate Tech ×2Cybersecurity ×2
HQs:United States×10
Investments · 59 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathAgtonomy embeds artificial intelligence into industrial equipment used in agriculture and off-road industries to enable autonomous operation and improve productivity.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningIoTRoboticsUnknown — page states operations across western United States with international expansion in 2025, but no specific headquarters city named, US
Tim Bucher(CEO & Co-Founder)Valerie Syme(Co-Founder, Board Member)
AI-driven software that simplifies robot programming for complex tasks using force control, reinforcement learning, and kinesthetic sense to add autonomous adaptability on production lines.
AKUA develops cybersecurity solutions and IoT/supply chain SaaS platforms, serving enterprise customers in government defense and commercial markets.
Cloud ComputingCybersecurityIoTLogistics & Supply ChainSaaS
Neil Furukawa(Founder and CEO)Rich Fiasconaro(VP of Operations)Ramkumar Rama Rao(Director of SaaS Engineering)
Axiom Cloud develops software solutions for cooling systems to improve their economic, environmental, and operational sustainability.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechClimate TechEnterprise SoftwareIoTSaaS
Conservation Labs develops H2know, a smart water monitoring system that uses machine learning to detect leaks and optimize water consumption through sound analysis in plumbing pipes for residential and commercial properties.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechClimate TechInsurTechIoTBrownsville, US
Mark Kovscek(Executive Officer, Director)
EquipmentShare provides construction equipment rentals and fleet management technology for builders and contractors.
Construction TechIoTPropTechSaaSColumbia, US
Brad Siegler(Founder)inJeff Lowe(Founder)inJabbok Schlacks(Founder)inWilliam Schlacks(Founder/President)inWilly Schlacks(Co-Founder)
Expeto provides mobile networking software that enables MNOs to package their 4G/5G infrastructure as a hybrid enterprise connectivity service with self-service provisioning and IT-grade security.
Enterprise SoftwareSaaS
Industrial software company; CEI Ventures first invested in Dec 2021 in a $3.5M Series Seed round.
Glastonbury, US
Peter Schwartz(Executive Officer)Mark Harding(Executive Officer)William Ottman(Executive Officer, Director)John Ottman(Director)Jack Ottman(Executive Officer)
Developer ToolsNew York City, US
Overview AI builds AI-powered vision systems that detect manufacturing defects in real-time across production lines, learning and adapting to any product within hours.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeep TechIoTRoboticsSan Francisco, US
Austin Appel(Founder)inRussell Nibbelink(Founder)inChristopher Van Dyke(Founder)inChris Van Dyke(Co-Founder & CEO)Xiaoyang Kao(Co-Founder & Head of Engineering)
BoardStanton Green(Director)
PICO is a modular Manufacturing Execution System (MES) that connects shop floor equipment, digital work instructions, and operational data for manufacturers of all sizes.
Advanced ManufacturingIoTSaaSSan Francisco, US
Geoffrey Stewart Bucks(Director)Ryan Kuhlenbeck(Executive Officer, Director)
BiotechAustin, US
David Zakariaie(Executive Officer, Director)David Bobbak Zakariaie(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardGordon Daugherty(Director)Brett Sandstrom(Director)Paul Santos(Director)
Sight Machine develops AI agents that optimize manufacturing operations by analyzing industrial data, connecting production systems, and providing autonomous recommendations to improve output and reduce waste.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningEnterprise Software
AI for foundry process optimization to reduce rejects, emissions, and machine failures.
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Momenta Ventures invest at?
- Momenta Ventures invests at the Series A stage.
- What sectors does Momenta Ventures focus on?
- Momenta Ventures focuses on AI & Machine Learning, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Energy, Hardware, Robotics.
- Does Momenta Ventures lead rounds?
- Yes, Momenta Ventures leads investment rounds.
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