Cambridge · Pre-Seed–Series A · 25 people tracked
Also known as FWH MANAGEMENT COMPANY, LLC
Investment thesis
Engine Ventures invests in Tough Tech founders tackling problems at the edge of what is technically possible and economically essential, rebuilding foundational systems the world depends on across energy, materials, infrastructure, computing, and human health. It recognizes that such technologies face deep scientific risk, first-of-kind engineering, regulatory scrutiny, manufacturing scale-up, and long deployment timelines. The firm invests early and stays close from technical validation through industrial scale, working alongside founders to define milestones, structure durable capital, build leadership teams, and connect companies to partners, policymakers, and customers. Rooted near MIT, Harvard, and the Boston research community, it operates globally while drawing on one of the densest innovation ecosystems.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.
Team · 25 people
from the firm's website & curated & public directoriesFounder mafia
2 people who came through The Engine Ventures went on to found or lead other companies.
What they invest in
from 55 of 75 portfolio companiesDeep Tech ×24Cleantech ×23Biotech ×17Energy ×17AI & Machine Learning ×14Climate Tech ×11Hardware ×11New Materials ×10
HQs:United States×44France×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 34 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×112 founders×113 founders×64+ founders×6
Where their founders studiedfrom 21 founders with education data
Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×5Harvard Business School ×3Harvard University ×3
Where their founders worked beforefrom 23 founders with career history
Massachusetts Institute of Technology ×5Harvard University ×3Cornell University ×2Shell ×2Stanford University ×2
Accelerator rootsportfolio companies that came through a program
16 founders hold a PhD · 5 hold an MBA (of 23 with degree data)
Investments · 75 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 12024 · 22022 · 22021 · 12019 · 12017 · 18 dated
ISEE AI builds fully autonomous yard trucks for industrial supply chain and logistics operations, combining an AI platform with software and hardware engineering to automate yard operations.
AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainRoboticsCambridge, US
Yibiao Zhao(Executive Officer, Director)inLe Yu(Director)
Board seatReed Sturtevant· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsBoston Seed CapitalEniac VenturesMaersk GrowthSafar PartnersSamsung NextFounders Fund+1 more
Foundational Alloy develops engineering alloys through a solid-state process called MetalsFIRST, in which metal is produced without melting to create microstructures unreachable by conventional metallurgy while controlling oxygen and contaminants.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechNew Materials
Jasper Lienhard(Cofounder)Jake(Co-founder (company strategy, operations, financing, commercialization))
Co-investorsAlumni VenturesAmerica's Frontier FundBasecamp FundCastor Ventures (an Alumni Ventures Fund)El Cap EquityMaterial Impact+3 more
Addis Energy develops technology that combines oil and gas engineering expertise with advanced research to access energy and resources from subsurface geology.
CleantechDeep TechEnergySomerville, US
Michael Alexander(Founder)inCharlie Mitchell, P.E.(Founder)inIwnetim Iwnetu Abate(Director)Oliver Charles Mitchell(Director)
BoardLaurie Menoud(Director)Michael Kearney(Director)
Co-investorsAt One VenturesBlindspot Ventures Management CoPillar VCVoyager PartnersFounders FundKhosla Ventures
Rapid robotic synthesis of valuable peptides and protein structures that can't be manufactured with cells.
Amide is a peptide synthesis provider that manufactures hard-to-obtain peptides on demand, offering reliable linear synthesis up to 120 amino acids and large full-length proteins via ligation.
Advanced ManufacturingBiotechDeep Tech
Anthology develops designer and hybrid genomes by decoding genomic "language" to engineer microbes that convert feedstocks such as sugars, plastics, and agricultural waste into products like chemicals, materials, and food ingredients.
BiotechFoodTechNew Materials
Dr. Tzu-Chieh 'Zijay' Tang(CTO & Co-Founder)
Co-investorsJuniperThe E14 Fund
Marvell designs custom silicon and provides interconnect and network switch products for AI data center infrastructure, serving hyperscalers, enterprises, and telecom carriers.
AI & Machine LearningCloud ComputingData & InfrastructureSemiconductorsSan Jose, US
Phil Delansay(Co-Founder; President & CEO (2004-2009), later SVP Business Development)Ramin Farjadrad(Co-Founder; Chief Architect (2005-2012), later VP Technology Development)inRamin Shirani(Senior Vice President, Engineering; Director)Linda Reddick(Senior Vice President, Finance (previously Chief Financial Officer, Sept. 2009-Jan. 2016))Phillippe Delansay(Executive Officer)Mark Voll(Chief Financial Officer)
Co-investorsAllegisCyber CapitalAugust CapitalCelesta CapitalGLOBALFOUNDRIESICCP Venture PartnersLightspeed Venture Partners+10 more
Building scalable quantum computers with reduced complexity and cost to reach error correction at scale.
Cambridge, US
Bharath Kannan(Executive Officer)Simon Gustavsson(Director)
Co-investorsBlindspot Ventures Management CoChalmers Ventures ABMassVenturesNeotribe VenturesThe E14 FundGlasswing Ventures
AtmosZero builds modular electrified heat pump boilers that draw heat from ambient air to produce emissions-free industrial steam as a drop-in replacement for fuel-burning boilers.
CleantechClimate TechEnergy
Addison Stark(Founder)in
Co-investorsConstellation Technology VenturesEnergy Impact PartnersAENUMitsubishi Heavy IndustriesStarlight VenturesVXI Capital
Axiomatic AI makes Lemma, an AI co-explorer for scientific and engineering work that helps users validate, derive, and analyze equations and reasoning across mathematics, physics, and engineering with reproducible Python-based modeling.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper Tools
Co-investorsPropagator VenturesTwo Small Fish VenturesKleiner PerkinsG Vision Capital
Axoft is developing soft, tissue-mimicking neural implants and supporting bidirectional electronics that record and stimulate brain activity through a minimally-invasive burr-hole procedure.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechMedical DevicesCambridge, US
Paul Le Floch(Executive Officer, Director)inTianyang Ye(Director)inRachel Sha(Director)
BoardChia An Lee(Director)Benjamin Pless(Director)
Co-investorsArcherman CapitalBlindspot Ventures Management CoCastor Ventures (an Alumni Ventures Fund)Creative Destruction Lab (CDL)Safar PartnersAlumni Ventures+2 more
Bexorg is a biotech platform for CNS drug discovery built on a whole-brain perfusion model that allows manipulation and recording of cellular activity in intact human brains.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDigital HealthMedical DevicesNew Haven, US
BoardZvonimir VrseljainNenad Sestan
Co-investorsAmplify PartnersConnecticut InnovationsAmplify Partners CVE1 Ventures
Biobot pioneers wastewater epidemiology, monitoring pathogens and substances in sewage to provide real-time public health surveillance at the community level.
BiotechData & InfrastructureGovTechHealthtechBoston, US
Newsha Ghaeli(Cofounder & President)inMariana Matus(Founder)inMariana Guadalupe Matus Garcia(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardVivek Pattipati(Director)inAndrew Perlman(Director)in
Co-investorsAmerican Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and Social ImpactBlindspot Ventures Management CoDCVC (Data Collective)Dorm RoomHomebrewPathbreaker Ventures+5 more
Blue Energy develops scalable small modular reactor (SMR) technology to deliver nuclear power at scale.
CleantechClimate TechDeep TechEnergyHardwareWashington, US
JakeTomJacob Jurewicz(Executive Officer, Director)Thomas O'Neill(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardOrin Hoffman(Director)Michael Kearney(Director)in
Co-investorsAt One VenturesAngular VenturesNucleation CapitalTamarack GlobalFounders FundKhosla Ventures+3 more
Boston Metal develops Molten Oxide Electrolysis (MOE), an electrified process for producing steel and other metals from a range of oxide feedstocks without direct emissions.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechClimate TechNew MaterialsWoburn, US
Donald Sadoway(Co-founder (MIT professor))Antoine Allanore(Co-founder (MIT professor))Tadeu Carneiro(CEO)in
Co-investorsBreakthrough Energy VenturesClimate InvestmentPrelude VenturesInternational Finance CorporationBMW i VenturesEnergy Impact Partners+7 more
The page describes Photonic Fabric, an optical interconnect technology platform for the scale-up interconnect market that enables high-bandwidth, power-efficient links for AI data center infrastructure.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechSector AgnosticSemiconductorsSanta Clara, US
Preetinder Virk(Chief Operating Officer)David Lazovsky(President and Chief Executive Officer)inKelyn Brannon(Chief Financial Officer)Philip Winterbottom(Chief Technology Officer)in
BoardLip-Bu Tan(Director)Alonso Galvan(Director)
Co-investorsFitz Gate VenturesIAG Capital PartnersKoch Disruptive TechnologiesM VenturesSamsung Catalyst FundTyche Partners+2 more
Cellineobio develops cell engineering and bioprocess technology platforms.
AI & Machine LearningBiotechDeep TechMedical DevicesCambridge, US
Nabiha Saklayen, PhD(Co-Founder & CEO)inMarinna Madrid, PhD(Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer)Nabiha Saklayen(Executive Officer, Director)Matthias Wagner(Executive Officer, Director)
Co-investors8VCCota CapitalFelicis VenturesHAWKTAILKhosla VenturesHumboldt
Commonwealth Fusion Systems develops commercial fusion power plants using high-temperature superconducting magnet technology to provide grid-scale energy.
CleantechClimate TechDeep TechEnergyCambridge, US
Brandon Sorbom(Founder)inRobert Mumgaard(Executive Officer, Director)inDaniel Brunner(Executive Officer)inBob Mumgaard(Founder)in
BoardMassimiliano Pieri(Director)Katie Rae(Director)in
Co-investorsAdvection Growth CapitalArmada Investment AGBay Bridge Ventures ClimateBeni Venture CapitalBrainstorm VenturesBreakthrough Energy Ventures+38 more
Copernic develops catalysts for zero-carbon ammonia and e-fuels that are cost-competitive and compatible with existing industrial infrastructure.
CleantechClimate TechDeep TechEnergyCambridge, US
Aruna Ramkrishnan(Founder)inJacob Ebenstein Grose(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardLindy Fishburne(Director)inMichael Kearney(Director)inMichael LoCascio(Director)
Co-investorsBreakout VenturesFuture VenturesInnospark VenturesJuniperNew Climate Ventures
DBOS provides an open-source library that adds durable workflows and queues to applications and AI agents, making them fault-tolerant, observable, and reproducible by connecting to a Postgres database with no new infrastructure.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureDeveloper Tools
Peter Kraft(Founder)inQian Li, PhD(Founder)in
Co-investorsConstruct CapitalSINEWAVE VENTURESGutbrain Ventures
DG Matrix builds the Interport platform, a multi-port solid-state transformer (SST) system for software-defined power distribution and electrification.
CleantechEnergyHardwareCary, US
Haroon Inam(Executive Officer, Director)in
BoardVlatko Vlatkovic(Director)
Co-investorsClean Energy VenturesTech Square Ventures
Droplet Biosciences develops cancer diagnostics with a focus on liquid biopsy and precision oncology.
BiotechDigital HealthHealthtechMedical DevicesMelrose, US
Haluk Tezcan(Chief Medical Officer)Stanley Lapidus(Director)Theresa Tribble(Executive Officer, Director)Aadel Chaudhuri(Executive Officer, Director)Jose Zevallos(Director)
BoardAnn DeWitt(Director)in
Co-investorsSafar Partners
Engine Ventures is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage deep technology companies addressing fundamental challenges in energy, materials, infrastructure, computing, and healthcare.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechDeep TechCambridge, US
Katie Rae(Managing Partner)inIsrael Ruiz(President & General Partner)in
Co-investorsClean Energy Ventures
Evoloh operates high-throughput factories that manufacture electrolyzer stacks, sold as its Nautilus stack module to EPCs and project developers building hydrogen plants.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechEnergy
Jimmy Rojas(Founder)
Co-investorsBaruch Future VenturesJuniperSafar PartnersThird Sphere
Finwave Semiconductor develops GaN-on-Silicon RF technology and devices, including E-mode GaN power amplifiers and high-power broadband RF switches for radio front-end applications.
Deep TechHardwareSemiconductors
Tomas Palacios(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsCastor Ventures (an Alumni Ventures Fund)Citta CapitalFine Structures VenturesFoothill VenturesIn-Q-TelSafar Partners+2 more
Protecting and restoring natural ecosystems, one plant cell at a time.
BiotechCambridge, US
Ashley Beckwith(Executive Officer, Director)
Foray Bioscience uses single plant cells and AI-powered software (Pando) to direct how plant matter forms, producing plant materials, molecules, and seeds without growing whole plants.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningBiotech
Ashley Beckwith(Founder & CEO)
Co-investorsService Provider CapitalTet Ventures
Form Energy develops and manufactures low-cost, multi-day iron-air battery systems for long-duration energy storage on the electric grid, serving utilities and project developers primarily in the United States.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechEnergyHardware
Mateo Jaramillo(Founder & CEO)inTed Wiley(Founder)inYet-Ming Chiang(Founder)inMarco Ferrara(Founder)inWilliam Woodford(Founder)in
Co-investors2045 VenturesBlindspot Ventures Management CoBreakthrough Energy VenturesCarbonCoatue ManagementCongruent Ventures+12 more
Genomines uses biological systems to extract battery-grade nickel from low-grade soils, producing critical metals at lower cost and environmental impact than traditional mining.
BiotechCleantechEnergyNew MaterialsParis, FR
Fabien Koutchekian(CEO)inDali Rashid(CTO)in
Co-investorsCarbonDeepTech & Climate FondsEntrepreneur FirstForbionLOWERCARBONLowercarbon Capital+4 more
Hyfé operates a refining process that extracts specialty ingredients and chemical building blocks from food-processing waste and biomass.
Circular EconomyFoodTechNew MaterialsChicago, US
Michelle Ruiz(Executive Officer, Director)inAndrea Schoen(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsOverwater Ventures LlcSynthesis CapitalChemistryCraft VenturesPace Capital
Repurposing wastewater into low-cost feedstock to enable biomanufacturing at scale.
Ultra-efficient optical circuits to de-bottleneck data centers and telecom networks.
HyperLight develops thin-film lithium niobate (TFLN) photonic integrated circuits for high-bandwidth, energy-efficient optical applications in data centers, telecommunications, quantum computing, and AI systems.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareSemiconductorsCambridge, US
Co-investorsFoothill Ventures
Enabling precision-genomic editing with single-stranded DNA technology.
Kano Therapeutics develops circular single-stranded DNA (cssDNA) as a genetic payload for gene-editing and other DNA-based therapies, offering an alternative to viral vectors and double-stranded DNA.
BiotechDeep TechCambridge, US
Floris Engelhardt(Executive Officer, Director)John Vroom(Director)
BoardAnn DeWitt(Director)in
Co-investorsFifty YearsLaunchpad Venture GroupMetaplanetVsquared VenturesZAKA VC
Kytopen develops non-viral gene delivery technology called Flowfect that combines fluid flow with electric fields to deliver payloads such as mRNA, DNA, and CRISPR Cas9 RNP into cells for high-throughput transfection.
BiotechDeep TechHardwareCambridge, US
Cullen Buie(Director)inPaulo Garcia(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)inMichael Chiu(Director, Executive Officer)in
BoardPaxton Major(Director)Ann DeWitt(Director)inPaul Wotton(Director)
Co-investorsBantam GroupHorizons VenturesMassVenturesSelvedge VentureTBD AngelsTelegraph Hill Partners+1 more
Lilac Solutions develops direct lithium extraction technology using ceramic ion exchange media, enabling fast, clean, and affordable lithium production from brines for the electric vehicle and battery industries.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyNew MaterialsOakland, US
David Snydacker(President & Chief Technology Officer)inNicholas Goldberg(Chief Legal Officer of Issuer)David Gelinas(Chief Financial Officer of Issuer)inRaef Sully(Chief Executive Officer of Issuer)in
BoardClay Dumas(Director)inDavid Danielson(Director)in
Co-investorsBreakthrough Energy VenturesLowercarbon CapitalAzolla VenturesBMW i VenturesMount Wilson VenturesPrelude Ventures+7 more
Mantel Capture, Inc. appears to operate in process engineering and commissioning, with roles referencing boilers, licensing, and research; the page itself provides no explicit statement of the company's product or market.
CleantechClimate TechNew MaterialsCambridge, US
Cameron Halliday(Co-founder & CEO)inDanielle Rapson(Co-founder & COO)inDanielle Colson(Cofounder)inSean Robertson(Co-founder & CTO)inHoosiweng Ow(Director)
BoardHooisweng Ow(Director)
Co-investorsEni NextNew Climate VenturesShell VenturesWaverley Capital
Matrisome Bio is an oncology biotech developing therapies based on extracellular matrix (ECM) biology, using a protein engineering platform to target the tumor microenvironment.
BiotechDeep TechHealthtech
Noor Jailkhani(Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder & President)inRichard Hynes(Co-Founder / Professor, MIT & HHMI)Sangeeta Bhatia(Co-Founder / Professor, MIT & HHMI)inMonica Gostissa(Chief Science Officer)inEdward Tad Stewart(Chief Business Officer)in
Co-investorsBold Capital Partners
Mori makes a silk protein-based protective coating that extends the shelf life of fresh and packaged foods.
Co-investorsAcre Venture PartnersBlindspot Ventures Management CoBluestein VenturesCollaborative FundDns CapitalToba Capital+1 more
Osmoses develops a membrane technology for purifying and separating gas molecules, aimed at making industrial gas separation processes more energy-efficient.
CleantechClimate TechDeep TechNew MaterialsBoston, US
Francesco Benedetti(Co-Founder & CEO)Katherine Mizrahi Rodriguez(Co-Founder & Chief Implementation Officer)inZachary P. Smith(Co-Founder / Associate Professor, MIT)
Co-investorsBlindspot Ventures Management CoFine Structures VenturesMassVenturesNew Climate VenturesOrbia Ventures
Oso Semiconductor develops power-efficient, high-performance beamforming chipsets for wireless systems using phased-array (electrically steered) antennas, based on ultra-low-loss beamforming IP.
Defense TechHardwareSemiconductors
Co-investorsEntrada VenturesFitz Gate Ventures
Overview Energy develops space-based solar power systems that beam energy from space to Earth, drawing on expertise in aerospace, energy systems, and manufacturing.
CleantechEnergySpace TechCovina, US
Abdullah Al-ShakarchiinDr. Paul JaffeinDr. Patrick MockinHannah MacKayinSagi KfirinAndrew Cantino(Executive Officer, Director)in
Co-investorsAngel Collective Opportunity FundAurelia FoundryColle Capital PartnersJetstreamPrime Movers LabRice Investment Group+2 more
A materials breakthrough to eliminate the climate impact of cooling.
Co-investorsBlindspot Ventures Management Co
Pascal is developing solid refrigerants for the heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) industry that operate in the same temperature and pressure ranges as gaseous refrigerants but with zero global warming potential.
CleantechClimate TechNew MaterialsCambridge, US
Adam SlavneyJinyoung SeoJarad Mason
Co-investorsBlindspot Ventures Management Co
Provides insights by analyzing data and content about brands on the internet.
Mcminnville, US
Dale Djerassi(Director)Brian Feucht(Executive Officer)
BoardRoger Lang(Executive Officer, Director)in
Co-investorsInspiration VenturesCerraCap VenturesIllumina Ventures
Using molecular diagnostics to transform the patient experience and unlock novel therapies.
Predicta Biosciences operates a molecular insights platform for blood cancer care, using whole genome sequencing of intact circulating tumor cells from a single blood sample combined with single-cell immune profiling to characterize disease biology and immune response.
BiotechDigital HealthMedical DevicesCambridge, US
Irene Ghobrial(Co-founder)Kenneth Anderson(Co-founder)Gad Getz(Co-founder)Romanos Sklavenitis-Pistofidis(Co-founder)Keith Flaherty(Co-founder)Brian McKernan(CEO)
Co-investorsIllumina Ventures
Quaise Energy develops ultra-deep geothermal drilling using gyrotron-powered millimeter-wave technology to reach depths up to 20 km and temperatures up to 500°C, aiming to build superhot geothermal power plants.
CleantechDeep TechEnergy
Carlos Araque(Founder)
Co-investorsHelium-3 Ventures
Quaise Energy develops superhot geothermal drilling technology using millimeter-wave powered drilling to access deep geothermal energy sources at unprecedented depths and temperatures for large-scale clean power generation globally.
CleantechDeep TechEnergyHouston, US
Carlos Araque(Executive Officer, Director)inMatt Houde(Founder)in
BoardColleen Calhoun(Director)inVinod Khosla(Director)William Restrepo(Director)Frohman Anderson(Director)
Co-investorsCollaborative FundFine Structures VenturesHelium-3 VenturesPrelude VenturesTechEnergy VenturesXplorer Capital+5 more
Resonant Link Inc. developed wireless power technology and is no longer operating as an active business, now managing and licensing its patent portfolio for non-medical wireless power.
Deep TechEnergyHardwareMedical DevicesShelburne, US
Grayson Zulauf(Executive Officer, Director)Aaron Stein(Director)
BoardOrin Hoffman(Director)Shilpi Kumar(Director)in
Co-investorsISVWIND VenturesScout VenturesThird Sphere
Applying a fundamental mathematical insight to the problem of turbulence.
Co-investorsThird Sphere
RISE Robotics develops RISE® Cylinder, a fluid-free electro-mechanical alternative to hydraulic cylinders for heavy equipment and machinery that uses belt technology to deliver hydraulic-like forces with significantly greater energy efficiency.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechDeep TechHardwareRoboticsBoston, US
Arron Acosta(Co-Founder, VP of Business Development)Blake Sessions(Co-Founder & Chief Technology Officer)Toomas Sepp(Co-Founder & Chief Engineer)Kyle Dell'Aquila(Co-Founder & Head of Industrial Design & Customer Experience)inHiten Sonpal(Chief Executive Officer)
Co-investorsDecisive PointTechstars
Seaspire develops safe and sustainable suncare and skincare products using Xanthochrome®, a proprietary class of biomolecules inspired by oceanic compounds.
Advanced ManufacturingBiotechConsumerDirect to ConsumerWellness & FitnessCambridge, US
Camille A. Martin(CEO and co-founder)inLeila Deravi(Co-founder and scientific advisor)Camille Martin, PhD(Founder)in
Co-investorsHuntington Angels NetworkMassVenturesSafar PartnersTechstarsAlumni Ventures
Sora Fuel produces sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) and diesel using a proprietary closed-loop direct air capture and conversion process that draws carbon from air rather than biomass or industrial feedstocks.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyCambridge, US
Curtis BerlinguetteinGareth Ross(Executive Officer, Director)inCurtis Belinguete(Director)
BoardPatrick Sarver(Director)inMarc Tarpenning(Director)inMichael Kearney(Director)in
Co-investorsInnovation UBCInspired CapitalLeitmotifSpero VenturesWireframe Ventures
Sublime Systems develops an energy-saving, carbon-reducing process for manufacturing cement from previously inaccessible minerals.
CleantechClimate TechConstruction TechNew MaterialsBoston, US
Leah Ellis(Co-founder)inYet-Ming Chiang(Co-founder)in
Co-investorsAzolla VenturesCongruent VenturesEnergy Impact PartnersLOWERCARBONLowercarbon CapitalPrime Impact Fund+3 more
Producer of zero-carbon cement for scalable, sustainable building materials.
Somerville, US
Yet-Ming Chiang(Executive Officer, Director)Leah Ellis(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardKatie Rae(Director)Johanna Wolfson(Director)
Co-investorsAzolla VenturesCRH VenturesKhosla VenturesSuffolk TechnologiesEnergy Impact PartnersLowercarbon Capital
Superlight builds a clean-sheet, aerospace-inspired electric truck for middle-mile cargo transport, using a lightweight aluminium monocoque, software-defined controls, and by-wire architecture to improve payload and operating economics versus diesel.
CleantechLogistics & Supply ChainMobility & Transportation
Co-investorsAvila
Optimizing the resources at the heart of every cloud computation.
Cambridge, US
Suraj Bramhavar(Director)Jeffery Chou(Executive Officer, Director)
Chemical manufacturing driven by light, enabling cheaper scalable on-site production.
Teradar develops terahertz-based sensors for automotive safety, defense, and emerging applications.
Deep TechDefense TechHardwareMobility & TransportationBoston, US
Matthew Carey(CEO & Co-founder)Gregory Charvat(CTO & Co-founder)Nicholas Saiz(Chief Chip Architect & Co-founder)
Co-investorsLockheed Martin Ventures
Terragia develops consolidated bioprocessing technology using engineered thermophilic bacteria to convert cellulosic biomass, such as crop residues and perennial crops, into ethanol, other biofuels, and co-products at costs competitive with petroleum.
BiotechCleantechEnergy
Lee Lynd(CTO & Co-Founder)in
Terrestrial is developing the Tacterra microarray patch (MAP) platform, which uses dissolvable tips made from biomaterials to deliver therapies such as GLP-1 through the skin without injections.
BiotechDeep TechMedical Devices
Rachel Sha(CEO)in
Co-investorsRA CapitalUlu Ventures
The Routing Company builds a real-time routing algorithm and its Pingo platform for on-demand transit and logistics, reoptimizing routes to increase vehicle seat utilization while maintaining ETAs.
AI & Machine LearningLogistics & Supply ChainMobility & Transportation
Alex Wallar(Founder)in
Co-investorsConvergeSystemiq CapitalGalvanize Climate SolutionsSYSTEMIQ
Acteris is an intelligence layer for industrial robots, including collaborative robots (cobots), built on physical AI to handle high-mix, low-volume production where variable, real-world conditions defeat rigid programming.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningRoboticsSan Jose, US
Asad Tirmizi(Founder)
Co-investorsFitz Gate VenturesGeodesic CapitalRadius Capital Ventures
Bringing new intelligence to industrial robots.
Terrestrial develops the Tacterra microarray patch platform, a dissolvable skin-patch technology for delivering therapies including GLP-1 without injection.
BiotechHealthtechMedical Devices
Rachel Sha(CEO)
Co-investorsMission BiocapitalNorwich VenturesUlu Ventures
VEIR manufactures low- and medium-voltage superconducting systems that deliver electricity for high-performance AI data centers.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnergyHardwareWoburn, US
Tim Heidel(CEO & Co-Founder)in
BoardDoug Stewart(Director)Adam Wallen(Executive Officer, Director)in
Co-investorsBreakthrough Energy VenturesCongruent VenturesPiva CapitalTyche PartnersNational Grid PartnersVXI Capital+5 more
Via Separations makes industrial membrane filtration systems that cut the energy used in thermal separation processes.
Cambridge, US
Brent Keller(Executive Officer, Director)Shreya Dave(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardKatie Rae(Director)inArunas Chesonis(Director)in
Co-investorsAzolla VenturesCapTableClimate InvestmentPrime Impact FundSafar PartnersEmbark Ventures
WoHo develops systems to change how buildings are designed and constructed, aligning the efforts of cities, developers, contractors, and designers to improve quality and reduce waste and inefficiency.
Construction TechPropTech
Antón García-Abril(Co-Founder & CEO)Débora Mesa(Co-Founder, President & CDO)Borja Soriano(Chief Operating Officer)Javier Cuesta(Chief Technology Officer)Eduardo Cadorniga(Chief Financial Officer)
Co-investorsAverin CapitalGunung CapitalImpact Engine
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Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has The Engine Ventures made?
- The Engine Ventures has 60 tracked investments, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does The Engine Ventures invest at?
- The Engine Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
- What sectors does The Engine Ventures focus on?
- The Engine Ventures focuses on Advanced Manufacturing, AgTech, Biotech, Cleantech, Climate Tech, Consumer, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Energy, Enterprise Software, FoodTech, Hardware, New Materials, SaaS, Semiconductors.
- Where is The Engine Ventures located?
- The Engine Ventures is headquartered in Cambridge, US.
- Does The Engine Ventures lead rounds?
- The Engine Ventures typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
- Who does The Engine Ventures co-invest with?
- The Engine Ventures most often shares deals with Blindspot Ventures Management Co, Safar Partners, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, among 158 tracked co-investors.
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