Advanced Manufacturing

Norrsken Impact Fund

Check: Historical Norrsken role. The firm now publishes €1M–€10M tickets, but no personal ticket or present investing authority should be inferred because Christian left for an operating role in 2026.

During his Norrsken tenure, Christian explored frontier technologies where difficult physical environments create enabling infrastructure for Earth: satellites for climate intelligence, microgravity for drugs, semiconductors and materials, and in-space supply chains. His move to Biorce shifts his current work from capital allocation to operating an AI clinical-trial platform.

Lux Capital

Check: No verified personal or standard Lux check-size range is published. Brandon invests at both early and growth stages; disclosed financing rounds, such as Hugging Face's $15M Series A, are total rounds and not his personal allocation range.

Brandon backs technical platforms and applications across software, AI, defense, and manufacturing. A recurring theme is open or developer-led infrastructure that turns frontier capability into production systems, paired with companies modernizing regulated or antiquated industries. His current portfolio spans open models and AI cloud, nature-inspired foundation models, coding agents, finance automation, defense autonomy, physical AI, autonomous factories, life-sciences R&D, security, data, and crypto infrastructure.

Khosla Ventures

Check: No personal check range is published. Khosla finances early technical experiments through its Seed Fund and larger early-to-late opportunities through its Main Fund; historical firm commentary described many seed investments around $1M–$2M. These figures are not Rajesh's personal authority.

Rajesh backs bold founders reinventing how the world powers, builds, and heals itself. His two decades in corporate venture, startups, and network systems inform an industrial-scale lens across renewables, decarbonization, advanced manufacturing, critical minerals, compute infrastructure, and the convergence of those fields with AI. The core question is whether a technical advance can survive scale-up and reshape the economics of a foundational system.

Crosscut Ventures

Check: Crosscut Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range.

Brian Garrett invests or supports investments through Crosscut Ventures's published strategy: Invest early in hardware and software at the intersection of technology and physical-world transformation, including energy, decarbonization, space, defense, manufacturing, robotics and resilient supply chains.

Crosscut Ventures

Check: Crosscut Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range.

William Scriven serves in a Partner and Head of Capital Formation capacity at Crosscut Ventures. This profile preserves the role distinction; the firm's mandate is included only as shared context.

Crosscut Ventures

Check: Crosscut Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range.

Jerry Orzech invests or supports investments through Crosscut Ventures's published strategy: Invest early in hardware and software at the intersection of technology and physical-world transformation, including energy, decarbonization, space, defense, manufacturing, robotics and resilient supply chains.

Crosscut Ventures

Check: Crosscut Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range.

Rick Smith serves in a Co-Founder, Investment Committee and Senior Advisor capacity at Crosscut Ventures. This profile preserves the role distinction; the firm's mandate is included only as shared context.

Crosscut Ventures

Check: Crosscut Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range.

Jon Ylvisaker invests or supports investments through Crosscut Ventures's published strategy: Invest early in hardware and software at the intersection of technology and physical-world transformation, including energy, decarbonization, space, defense, manufacturing, robotics and resilient supply chains.

Crosscut Ventures

Check: Crosscut Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range.

Brett Brewer invests or supports investments through Crosscut Ventures's published strategy: Invest early in hardware and software at the intersection of technology and physical-world transformation, including energy, decarbonization, space, defense, manufacturing, robotics and resilient supply chains.

Crosscut Ventures

Check: Crosscut Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range.

Jason DeHaven serves in a Chief Financial Officer capacity at Crosscut Ventures. This profile preserves the role distinction; the firm's mandate is included only as shared context.

Crosscut Ventures

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JJ Ford invests or supports investments through Crosscut Ventures's published strategy: Invest early in hardware and software at the intersection of technology and physical-world transformation, including energy, decarbonization, space, defense, manufacturing, robotics and resilient supply chains.

Crosscut Ventures

Check: Crosscut Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range.

Karl Wagner invests or supports investments through Crosscut Ventures's published strategy: Invest early in hardware and software at the intersection of technology and physical-world transformation, including energy, decarbonization, space, defense, manufacturing, robotics and resilient supply chains.

Crosscut Ventures

Check: Crosscut Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range.

Wayne Murdy invests or supports investments through Crosscut Ventures's published strategy: Invest early in hardware and software at the intersection of technology and physical-world transformation, including energy, decarbonization, space, defense, manufacturing, robotics and resilient supply chains.

Crosscut Ventures

Check: Crosscut Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range.

Ryan Kuhn invests or supports investments through Crosscut Ventures's published strategy: Invest early in hardware and software at the intersection of technology and physical-world transformation, including energy, decarbonization, space, defense, manufacturing, robotics and resilient supply chains.

Crosscut Ventures

Check: Crosscut Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range.

Antoine Grant invests or supports investments through Crosscut Ventures's published strategy: Invest early in hardware and software at the intersection of technology and physical-world transformation, including energy, decarbonization, space, defense, manufacturing, robotics and resilient supply chains.

Crosscut Ventures

Check: Crosscut Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range.

Camilla Marcus invests or supports investments through Crosscut Ventures's published strategy: Invest early in hardware and software at the intersection of technology and physical-world transformation, including energy, decarbonization, space, defense, manufacturing, robotics and resilient supply chains.

Crosscut Ventures

Check: Crosscut Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range.

Ulrick Noel invests or supports investments through Crosscut Ventures's published strategy: Invest early in hardware and software at the intersection of technology and physical-world transformation, including energy, decarbonization, space, defense, manufacturing, robotics and resilient supply chains.

Cantos Ventures

Check: Cantos Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range.

Ian Rountree invests or supports investments through Cantos Ventures's published strategy: Seed near-frontier companies that create abundance, strengthen critical systems and improve democratic competitiveness across advanced technologies, manufacturing and resources.

Cantos Ventures

Check: Cantos Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range.

Grant Gregory invests or supports investments through Cantos Ventures's published strategy: Seed near-frontier companies that create abundance, strengthen critical systems and improve democratic competitiveness across advanced technologies, manufacturing and resources.

Cantos Ventures

Check: Cantos Ventures does not publish a standard current check-size range.

Amee Kapadia invests or supports investments through Cantos Ventures's published strategy: Seed near-frontier companies that create abundance, strengthen critical systems and improve democratic competitiveness across advanced technologies, manufacturing and resources.

Cantos Ventures

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Sofia Garcia serves in a Chief Financial Officer capacity at Cantos Ventures. This profile preserves the role distinction; the firm's mandate is included only as shared context.

Michigan Capital Network

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Paul D'Amato invests or supports investments through Michigan Capital Network's published strategy: Use financial, technical and relationship capital to back capital-efficient early-stage companies, with a strong focus on Michigan and the Midwest.

Michigan Capital Network

Check: Michigan Capital Network does not publish a standard current check-size range on its official site.

Jody Vanderwel invests or supports investments through Michigan Capital Network's published strategy: Use financial, technical and relationship capital to back capital-efficient early-stage companies, with a strong focus on Michigan and the Midwest.

Michigan Capital Network

Check: Michigan Capital Network does not publish a standard current check-size range on its official site.

Dale Grogan invests or supports investments through Michigan Capital Network's published strategy: Use financial, technical and relationship capital to back capital-efficient early-stage companies, with a strong focus on Michigan and the Midwest.

Michigan Capital Network

Check: Michigan Capital Network does not publish a standard current check-size range on its official site.

Meagan Malm is listed in a Partner and Director of Operations capacity at Michigan Capital Network. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile preserves that role distinction and uses the firm's mandate only as shared context.

Michigan Capital Network

Check: Michigan Capital Network does not publish a standard current check-size range on its official site.

Lynn Bishop invests or supports investments through Michigan Capital Network's published strategy: Use financial, technical and relationship capital to back capital-efficient early-stage companies, with a strong focus on Michigan and the Midwest.

Michigan Capital Network

Check: Michigan Capital Network does not publish a standard current check-size range on its official site.

Emily Sarata invests or supports investments through Michigan Capital Network's published strategy: Use financial, technical and relationship capital to back capital-efficient early-stage companies, with a strong focus on Michigan and the Midwest.

Michigan Capital Network

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Kalina Foster is listed in a Platform Manager capacity at Michigan Capital Network. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile preserves that role distinction and uses the firm's mandate only as shared context.

Michigan Capital Network

Check: Michigan Capital Network does not publish a standard current check-size range on its official site.

Roshan Atluri is listed in a Senior Software Engineer and IT Manager capacity at Michigan Capital Network. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile preserves that role distinction and uses the firm's mandate only as shared context.

Michigan Capital Network

Check: Michigan Capital Network does not publish a standard current check-size range on its official site.

Simran Kalra invests or supports investments through Michigan Capital Network's published strategy: Use financial, technical and relationship capital to back capital-efficient early-stage companies, with a strong focus on Michigan and the Midwest.

Michigan Capital Network

Check: Michigan Capital Network does not publish a standard current check-size range on its official site.

Savannah Tuttle is listed in a Executive Assistant and Operations Manager capacity at Michigan Capital Network. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile preserves that role distinction and uses the firm's mandate only as shared context.

Michigan Capital Network

Check: Michigan Capital Network does not publish a standard current check-size range on its official site.

Khushi Gupta invests or supports investments through Michigan Capital Network's published strategy: Use financial, technical and relationship capital to back capital-efficient early-stage companies, with a strong focus on Michigan and the Midwest.

Michigan Rise

Check: Michigan Rise does not publish a single standard current check range on its homepage; official program materials describe staged early investments up to $250K.

Jeff Wesley invests or supports investments through Michigan Rise's published strategy: Provide strategic early-stage funding and ecosystem support to high-growth technology startups with meaningful operations and job creation in Michigan.

Michigan Rise

Check: Michigan Rise does not publish a single standard current check range on its homepage; official program materials describe staged early investments up to $250K.

Pete Martin invests or supports investments through Michigan Rise's published strategy: Provide strategic early-stage funding and ecosystem support to high-growth technology startups with meaningful operations and job creation in Michigan.

Michigan Rise

Check: Michigan Rise does not publish a single standard current check range on its homepage; official program materials describe staged early investments up to $250K.

Matt Okoneski invests or supports investments through Michigan Rise's published strategy: Provide strategic early-stage funding and ecosystem support to high-growth technology startups with meaningful operations and job creation in Michigan.

Michigan Rise

Check: Michigan Rise does not publish a single standard current check range on its homepage; official program materials describe staged early investments up to $250K.

Tommy Skinner invests or supports investments through Michigan Rise's published strategy: Provide strategic early-stage funding and ecosystem support to high-growth technology startups with meaningful operations and job creation in Michigan.

Michigan Rise

Check: Michigan Rise does not publish a single standard current check range on its homepage; official program materials describe staged early investments up to $250K.

Karis D'Alessandro invests or supports investments through Michigan Rise's published strategy: Provide strategic early-stage funding and ecosystem support to high-growth technology startups with meaningful operations and job creation in Michigan.

Michigan Rise

Check: Michigan Rise does not publish a single standard current check range on its homepage; official program materials describe staged early investments up to $250K.

Moody Mattan invests or supports investments through Michigan Rise's published strategy: Provide strategic early-stage funding and ecosystem support to high-growth technology startups with meaningful operations and job creation in Michigan.

Michigan Rise

Check: Michigan Rise does not publish a single standard current check range on its homepage; official program materials describe staged early investments up to $250K.

Vikram Mohan invests or supports investments through Michigan Rise's published strategy: Provide strategic early-stage funding and ecosystem support to high-growth technology startups with meaningful operations and job creation in Michigan.

Michigan Rise

Check: Michigan Rise does not publish a single standard current check range on its homepage; official program materials describe staged early investments up to $250K.

Calvin VanderWal invests or supports investments through Michigan Rise's published strategy: Provide strategic early-stage funding and ecosystem support to high-growth technology startups with meaningful operations and job creation in Michigan.

Michigan Rise

Check: Michigan Rise does not publish a single standard current check range on its homepage; official program materials describe staged early investments up to $250K.

Nichole Maguire is listed in a Venture Coordinator capacity at Michigan Rise. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile preserves that role distinction and uses the firm's mandate only as shared context.

Render Capital

Check: $750K-$1.25M, as published by Render Capital.

Patrick Henshaw invests or supports investments through Render Capital's published strategy: Back companies disrupting legacy industries across the heartland commerce corridor and actively help unlock customers, capital and talent.

Keyhorse Capital

Check: Keyhorse Capital does not publish a single standard current check-size range across its programs.

Kelby Price invests or supports investments through Keyhorse Capital's published strategy: Back scalable tech-enabled companies across Kentucky, concentrating on industries where the state has infrastructure, customers and workforce advantages.

Keyhorse Capital

Check: Keyhorse Capital does not publish a single standard current check-size range across its programs.

Autumn Rice is listed in a Director of Operations capacity at Keyhorse Capital. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile preserves that role distinction and uses the firm's mandate only as shared context.

Keyhorse Capital

Check: Keyhorse Capital does not publish a single standard current check-size range across its programs.

Eugene Yang is listed in a Fund Operations Director capacity at Keyhorse Capital. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile preserves that role distinction and uses the firm's mandate only as shared context.

Keyhorse Capital

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Bobby Riley is listed in a Platform Manager capacity at Keyhorse Capital. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile preserves that role distinction and uses the firm's mandate only as shared context.

Keyhorse Capital

Check: Keyhorse Capital does not publish a single standard current check-size range across its programs.

Zimri Rodriguez is listed in a Venture Programs Coordinator capacity at Keyhorse Capital. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile preserves that role distinction and uses the firm's mandate only as shared context.

Keyhorse Capital

Check: Keyhorse Capital does not publish a single standard current check-size range across its programs.

Gobin Bastola is listed in a Lead Software Engineer capacity at Keyhorse Capital. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile preserves that role distinction and uses the firm's mandate only as shared context.

Render Capital

Check: $750K-$1.25M, as published by Render Capital.

Triet Nguyen invests or supports investments through Render Capital's published strategy: Back companies disrupting legacy industries across the heartland commerce corridor and actively help unlock customers, capital and talent.

Michigan Capital Network

Check: Michigan Capital Network does not publish a standard current check-size range on its official site.

Ryan Ellis is listed in a Chief Financial Officer capacity at Michigan Capital Network. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile preserves that role distinction and uses the firm's mandate only as shared context.

Michigan Capital Network

Check: Michigan Capital Network does not publish a standard current check-size range on its official site.

Jenni Li invests or supports investments through Michigan Capital Network's published strategy: Use financial, technical and relationship capital to back capital-efficient early-stage companies, with a strong focus on Michigan and the Midwest.

Michigan Capital Network

Check: Michigan Capital Network does not publish a standard current check-size range on its official site.

Abid Ali invests or supports investments through Michigan Capital Network's published strategy: Use financial, technical and relationship capital to back capital-efficient early-stage companies, with a strong focus on Michigan and the Midwest.

Michigan Capital Network

Check: Michigan Capital Network does not publish a standard current check-size range on its official site.

Jake Standerfer is listed in a Controller capacity at Michigan Capital Network. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile preserves that role distinction and uses the firm's mandate only as shared context.

Michigan Capital Network

Check: Michigan Capital Network does not publish a standard current check-size range on its official site.

Abiola Olatoye invests or supports investments through Michigan Capital Network's published strategy: Use financial, technical and relationship capital to back capital-efficient early-stage companies, with a strong focus on Michigan and the Midwest.

Michigan Capital Network

Check: Michigan Capital Network does not publish a standard current check-size range on its official site.

Greeshma Muddam is listed in a Accountant capacity at Michigan Capital Network. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile preserves that role distinction and uses the firm's mandate only as shared context.

Michigan Rise

Check: Michigan Rise does not publish a single standard current check range on its homepage; official program materials describe staged early investments up to $250K.

Abdel Diab is listed in a Data Analyst capacity at Michigan Rise. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile preserves that role distinction and uses the firm's mandate only as shared context.

Render Capital

Check: $750K-$1.25M, as published by Render Capital.

Ryan Brown invests or supports investments through Render Capital's published strategy: Back companies disrupting legacy industries across the heartland commerce corridor and actively help unlock customers, capital and talent.

Keyhorse Capital

Check: Keyhorse Capital does not publish a single standard current check-size range across its programs.

Rron Thaci invests or supports investments through Keyhorse Capital's published strategy: Back scalable tech-enabled companies across Kentucky, concentrating on industries where the state has infrastructure, customers and workforce advantages.

Keyhorse Capital

Check: Keyhorse Capital does not publish a single standard current check-size range across its programs.

Aditya Padmaraj invests or supports investments through Keyhorse Capital's published strategy: Back scalable tech-enabled companies across Kentucky, concentrating on industries where the state has infrastructure, customers and workforce advantages.

Keyhorse Capital

Check: Keyhorse Capital does not publish a single standard current check-size range across its programs.

Devin Morris is listed in a Marketing capacity at Keyhorse Capital. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile preserves that role distinction and uses the firm's mandate only as shared context.

Bee Partners

Check: Bee Partners publishes initial pre-seed investments of $300K-$500K on its current official website.

Michael Berolzheimer contributes to Bee Partners's published strategy: Partner at inception with technical founders applying AI, robotics, advanced manufacturing and biology to consequential problems.

Bee Partners

Check: Bee Partners publishes initial pre-seed investments of $300K-$500K on its current official website.

Tim Smith contributes to Bee Partners's published strategy: Partner at inception with technical founders applying AI, robotics, advanced manufacturing and biology to consequential problems.

Bee Partners

Check: Bee Partners publishes initial pre-seed investments of $300K-$500K on its current official website.

Kira Noodleman contributes to Bee Partners's published strategy: Partner at inception with technical founders applying AI, robotics, advanced manufacturing and biology to consequential problems.

Bee Partners

Check: Bee Partners publishes initial pre-seed investments of $300K-$500K on its current official website.

Alejandra Vergara contributes to Bee Partners's published strategy: Partner at inception with technical founders applying AI, robotics, advanced manufacturing and biology to consequential problems.

Bee Partners

Check: Bee Partners publishes initial pre-seed investments of $300K-$500K on its current official website.

Austin Grisham contributes to Bee Partners's published strategy: Partner at inception with technical founders applying AI, robotics, advanced manufacturing and biology to consequential problems.

Bee Partners

Check: Bee Partners publishes initial pre-seed investments of $300K-$500K on its current official website.

Jenn Kendrick contributes to Bee Partners's published strategy: Partner at inception with technical founders applying AI, robotics, advanced manufacturing and biology to consequential problems.

Bee Partners

Check: Bee Partners publishes initial pre-seed investments of $300K-$500K on its current official website.

Jocelyne Cooke contributes to Bee Partners's published strategy: Partner at inception with technical founders applying AI, robotics, advanced manufacturing and biology to consequential problems.

Portland Seed Fund

Check: Portland Seed Fund describes a strategy of relatively small early-stage investments but does not publish one current standard check-size range.

Jim Huston contributes to Portland Seed Fund's published strategy: Back capital-efficient early-stage companies in Portland and the Pacific Northwest, with the current Intrepid Oregon Fund leaning toward deep technology.

Portland Seed Fund

Check: Portland Seed Fund describes a strategy of relatively small early-stage investments but does not publish one current standard check-size range.

Angela Jackson contributes to Portland Seed Fund's published strategy: Back capital-efficient early-stage companies in Portland and the Pacific Northwest, with the current Intrepid Oregon Fund leaning toward deep technology.

Portland Seed Fund

Check: Portland Seed Fund describes a strategy of relatively small early-stage investments but does not publish one current standard check-size range.

Jenn Lynch contributes to Portland Seed Fund's published strategy: Back capital-efficient early-stage companies in Portland and the Pacific Northwest, with the current Intrepid Oregon Fund leaning toward deep technology.

Portland Seed Fund

Check: Portland Seed Fund describes a strategy of relatively small early-stage investments but does not publish one current standard check-size range.

Steve Eichenlaub contributes to Portland Seed Fund's published strategy: Back capital-efficient early-stage companies in Portland and the Pacific Northwest, with the current Intrepid Oregon Fund leaning toward deep technology.

Portland Seed Fund

Check: Portland Seed Fund describes a strategy of relatively small early-stage investments but does not publish one current standard check-size range.

Shashi Jain contributes to Portland Seed Fund's published strategy: Back capital-efficient early-stage companies in Portland and the Pacific Northwest, with the current Intrepid Oregon Fund leaning toward deep technology.

MassVentures

Check: MassVentures does not publish one standard check-size range across its equity and grant programs on its current website.

Charlie Hipwood contributes to MassVentures's published strategy: Fund research-driven Massachusetts startups with venture investment, grants and commercialization support to strengthen the state's innovation economy.

MassVentures

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Vinit Nijhawan contributes to MassVentures's published strategy: Fund research-driven Massachusetts startups with venture investment, grants and commercialization support to strengthen the state's innovation economy.

MassVentures

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Priya Yadav contributes to MassVentures's published strategy: Fund research-driven Massachusetts startups with venture investment, grants and commercialization support to strengthen the state's innovation economy.

MassVentures

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Stacy Swider contributes to MassVentures's published strategy: Fund research-driven Massachusetts startups with venture investment, grants and commercialization support to strengthen the state's innovation economy.

MassVentures

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Myron Kassaraba contributes to MassVentures's published strategy: Fund research-driven Massachusetts startups with venture investment, grants and commercialization support to strengthen the state's innovation economy.

MassVentures

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Sienna Leis contributes to MassVentures's published strategy: Fund research-driven Massachusetts startups with venture investment, grants and commercialization support to strengthen the state's innovation economy.

MassVentures

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Whitney Leslie contributes to MassVentures's published strategy: Fund research-driven Massachusetts startups with venture investment, grants and commercialization support to strengthen the state's innovation economy.

MassVentures

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Matt Snow contributes to MassVentures's published strategy: Fund research-driven Massachusetts startups with venture investment, grants and commercialization support to strengthen the state's innovation economy.

Anzu Partners

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David Michael contributes to Anzu Partners's published strategy: Invest in breakthrough industrial and life-science technologies while supplying deep operating, technical and commercialization support.

Anzu Partners

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David Seldin contributes to Anzu Partners's published strategy: Invest in breakthrough industrial and life-science technologies while supplying deep operating, technical and commercialization support.

Anzu Partners

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Whitney Haring-Smith contributes to Anzu Partners's published strategy: Invest in breakthrough industrial and life-science technologies while supplying deep operating, technical and commercialization support.

Anzu Partners

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Debrah Herman, CPA contributes to Anzu Partners's published strategy: Invest in breakthrough industrial and life-science technologies while supplying deep operating, technical and commercialization support.

Anzu Partners

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Jimmy Kan, PhD contributes to Anzu Partners's published strategy: Invest in breakthrough industrial and life-science technologies while supplying deep operating, technical and commercialization support.

Anzu Partners

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William H. Strong contributes to Anzu Partners's published strategy: Invest in breakthrough industrial and life-science technologies while supplying deep operating, technical and commercialization support.

Anzu Partners

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Michael Burychka contributes to Anzu Partners's published strategy: Invest in breakthrough industrial and life-science technologies while supplying deep operating, technical and commercialization support.

Anzu Partners

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Jason Smith, PhD contributes to Anzu Partners's published strategy: Invest in breakthrough industrial and life-science technologies while supplying deep operating, technical and commercialization support.

Anzu Partners

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Jenna Abelli contributes to Anzu Partners's published strategy: Invest in breakthrough industrial and life-science technologies while supplying deep operating, technical and commercialization support.

Anzu Partners

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Henk Both, PhD contributes to Anzu Partners's published strategy: Invest in breakthrough industrial and life-science technologies while supplying deep operating, technical and commercialization support.

Anzu Partners

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Josh Stiling contributes to Anzu Partners's published strategy: Invest in breakthrough industrial and life-science technologies while supplying deep operating, technical and commercialization support.

Anzu Partners

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Brandon Fleischman contributes to Anzu Partners's published strategy: Invest in breakthrough industrial and life-science technologies while supplying deep operating, technical and commercialization support.

Anzu Partners

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Daniel Hirsch contributes to Anzu Partners's published strategy: Invest in breakthrough industrial and life-science technologies while supplying deep operating, technical and commercialization support.

Anzu Partners

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Steven Battista contributes to Anzu Partners's published strategy: Invest in breakthrough industrial and life-science technologies while supplying deep operating, technical and commercialization support.

Anzu Partners

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Jennifer Ting contributes to Anzu Partners's published strategy: Invest in breakthrough industrial and life-science technologies while supplying deep operating, technical and commercialization support.

Anzu Partners

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Rebecca Chimwanda contributes to Anzu Partners's published strategy: Invest in breakthrough industrial and life-science technologies while supplying deep operating, technical and commercialization support.

Anzu Partners

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Beverly Himes, CPA contributes to Anzu Partners's published strategy: Invest in breakthrough industrial and life-science technologies while supplying deep operating, technical and commercialization support.

Anzu Partners

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John Sears, PhD contributes to Anzu Partners's published strategy: Invest in breakthrough industrial and life-science technologies while supplying deep operating, technical and commercialization support.

Anzu Partners

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Wendy Papakostandini contributes to Anzu Partners's published strategy: Invest in breakthrough industrial and life-science technologies while supplying deep operating, technical and commercialization support.

Anzu Partners

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Kalyn Schieffer contributes to Anzu Partners's published strategy: Invest in breakthrough industrial and life-science technologies while supplying deep operating, technical and commercialization support.

Anzu Partners

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Jordan Borawski contributes to Anzu Partners's published strategy: Invest in breakthrough industrial and life-science technologies while supplying deep operating, technical and commercialization support.

Anzu Partners

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Jacquelyn Brown contributes to Anzu Partners's published strategy: Invest in breakthrough industrial and life-science technologies while supplying deep operating, technical and commercialization support.

Anzu Partners

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Jerry Carlisle Jr. contributes to Anzu Partners's published strategy: Invest in breakthrough industrial and life-science technologies while supplying deep operating, technical and commercialization support.

Anzu Partners

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Madi Casey contributes to Anzu Partners's published strategy: Invest in breakthrough industrial and life-science technologies while supplying deep operating, technical and commercialization support.

Anzu Partners

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Symone Collins contributes to Anzu Partners's published strategy: Invest in breakthrough industrial and life-science technologies while supplying deep operating, technical and commercialization support.

Anzu Partners

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Victoria DiGiustino contributes to Anzu Partners's published strategy: Invest in breakthrough industrial and life-science technologies while supplying deep operating, technical and commercialization support.

Anzu Partners

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Neika Fatehi contributes to Anzu Partners's published strategy: Invest in breakthrough industrial and life-science technologies while supplying deep operating, technical and commercialization support.

Anzu Partners

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Angela Feller contributes to Anzu Partners's published strategy: Invest in breakthrough industrial and life-science technologies while supplying deep operating, technical and commercialization support.

Anzu Partners

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Claudia Gau contributes to Anzu Partners's published strategy: Invest in breakthrough industrial and life-science technologies while supplying deep operating, technical and commercialization support.

Anzu Partners

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Latoya Green contributes to Anzu Partners's published strategy: Invest in breakthrough industrial and life-science technologies while supplying deep operating, technical and commercialization support.

Anzu Partners

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Patrick Irvan contributes to Anzu Partners's published strategy: Invest in breakthrough industrial and life-science technologies while supplying deep operating, technical and commercialization support.

Anzu Partners

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Melissa Johnson contributes to Anzu Partners's published strategy: Invest in breakthrough industrial and life-science technologies while supplying deep operating, technical and commercialization support.

Anzu Partners

Check: Anzu Partners does not publish a standard check-size range on its current official website.

Kaitlyn Lagasca contributes to Anzu Partners's published strategy: Invest in breakthrough industrial and life-science technologies while supplying deep operating, technical and commercialization support.

Anzu Partners

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Kyle Manning contributes to Anzu Partners's published strategy: Invest in breakthrough industrial and life-science technologies while supplying deep operating, technical and commercialization support.

Anzu Partners

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Katie Messner contributes to Anzu Partners's published strategy: Invest in breakthrough industrial and life-science technologies while supplying deep operating, technical and commercialization support.

Anzu Partners

Check: Anzu Partners does not publish a standard check-size range on its current official website.

Rebecca Parcher contributes to Anzu Partners's published strategy: Invest in breakthrough industrial and life-science technologies while supplying deep operating, technical and commercialization support.

Anzu Partners

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Wilson Poole contributes to Anzu Partners's published strategy: Invest in breakthrough industrial and life-science technologies while supplying deep operating, technical and commercialization support.

Anzu Partners

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Emma Ramrattan contributes to Anzu Partners's published strategy: Invest in breakthrough industrial and life-science technologies while supplying deep operating, technical and commercialization support.

Anzu Partners

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Lex Smith contributes to Anzu Partners's published strategy: Invest in breakthrough industrial and life-science technologies while supplying deep operating, technical and commercialization support.

Anzu Partners

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Lori Swann contributes to Anzu Partners's published strategy: Invest in breakthrough industrial and life-science technologies while supplying deep operating, technical and commercialization support.

Anzu Partners

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Ittie Rehani contributes to Anzu Partners's published strategy: Invest in breakthrough industrial and life-science technologies while supplying deep operating, technical and commercialization support.

UP.Partners

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Adam Grosser invests or supports investments through UP.Partners's published strategy: Back founders bringing intelligence into physical systems across aerospace, robotics, energy, defense, manufacturing and mobility.

UP.Partners

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Ben Marcus invests or supports investments through UP.Partners's published strategy: Back founders bringing intelligence into physical systems across aerospace, robotics, energy, defense, manufacturing and mobility.

UP.Partners

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Ally Warson invests or supports investments through UP.Partners's published strategy: Back founders bringing intelligence into physical systems across aerospace, robotics, energy, defense, manufacturing and mobility.

UP.Partners

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Nicola Munarini invests or supports investments through UP.Partners's published strategy: Back founders bringing intelligence into physical systems across aerospace, robotics, energy, defense, manufacturing and mobility.

UP.Partners

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Brian Adams invests or supports investments through UP.Partners's published strategy: Back founders bringing intelligence into physical systems across aerospace, robotics, energy, defense, manufacturing and mobility.

UP.Partners

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David Ellmann invests or supports investments through UP.Partners's published strategy: Back founders bringing intelligence into physical systems across aerospace, robotics, energy, defense, manufacturing and mobility.

UP.Partners

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Josie Cheung is listed in a Head of Finance and Operations, UP.Ventures capacity at UP.Partners. No person-specific investment thesis is published for this role; the firm's mandate is included only as shared context.

UP.Partners

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Nancy Reid is listed in a Head of Platform, UP.Ventures capacity at UP.Partners. No person-specific investment thesis is published for this role; the firm's mandate is included only as shared context.

UP.Partners

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Alex Garcia Lautzenheiser invests or supports investments through UP.Partners's published strategy: Back founders bringing intelligence into physical systems across aerospace, robotics, energy, defense, manufacturing and mobility.

UP.Partners

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Niki Nikatos is listed in a Strategic Marketing Director, UP.Ventures capacity at UP.Partners. No person-specific investment thesis is published for this role; the firm's mandate is included only as shared context.

UP.Partners

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Jacob Andreesen invests or supports investments through UP.Partners's published strategy: Back founders bringing intelligence into physical systems across aerospace, robotics, energy, defense, manufacturing and mobility.

UP.Partners

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Simon Shi is listed in a Finance Manager, UP.Ventures capacity at UP.Partners. No person-specific investment thesis is published for this role; the firm's mandate is included only as shared context.

UP.Partners

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Anna Tiran is listed in a Executive Assistant capacity at UP.Partners. No person-specific investment thesis is published for this role; the firm's mandate is included only as shared context.

UP.Partners

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Giuliane Ramos is listed in a Designer capacity at UP.Partners. No person-specific investment thesis is published for this role; the firm's mandate is included only as shared context.

UP.Partners

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Andy Wagner is listed in a Senior Advisor capacity at UP.Partners. No person-specific investment thesis is published for this role; the firm's mandate is included only as shared context.

UP.Partners

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Bob Riccomini is listed in a Design Partner capacity at UP.Partners. No person-specific investment thesis is published for this role; the firm's mandate is included only as shared context.

UP.Partners

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Brian McClendon invests or supports investments through UP.Partners's published strategy: Back founders bringing intelligence into physical systems across aerospace, robotics, energy, defense, manufacturing and mobility.

UP.Partners

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Christian Bailey invests or supports investments through UP.Partners's published strategy: Back founders bringing intelligence into physical systems across aerospace, robotics, energy, defense, manufacturing and mobility.

UP.Partners

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Colby Goff invests or supports investments through UP.Partners's published strategy: Back founders bringing intelligence into physical systems across aerospace, robotics, energy, defense, manufacturing and mobility.

UP.Partners

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Daniel Buchmueller invests or supports investments through UP.Partners's published strategy: Back founders bringing intelligence into physical systems across aerospace, robotics, energy, defense, manufacturing and mobility.

UP.Partners

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Darren Pleasance invests or supports investments through UP.Partners's published strategy: Back founders bringing intelligence into physical systems across aerospace, robotics, energy, defense, manufacturing and mobility.

UP.Partners

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David Jen invests or supports investments through UP.Partners's published strategy: Back founders bringing intelligence into physical systems across aerospace, robotics, energy, defense, manufacturing and mobility.

UP.Partners

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Eric Hirshberg invests or supports investments through UP.Partners's published strategy: Back founders bringing intelligence into physical systems across aerospace, robotics, energy, defense, manufacturing and mobility.

UP.Partners

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Gary Gysin invests or supports investments through UP.Partners's published strategy: Back founders bringing intelligence into physical systems across aerospace, robotics, energy, defense, manufacturing and mobility.

UP.Partners

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Peter Corbett invests or supports investments through UP.Partners's published strategy: Back founders bringing intelligence into physical systems across aerospace, robotics, energy, defense, manufacturing and mobility.

UP.Partners

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Uma Subramanian invests or supports investments through UP.Partners's published strategy: Back founders bringing intelligence into physical systems across aerospace, robotics, energy, defense, manufacturing and mobility.

E2MC

Check: $250K-$2M initial investments, as published by E2MC.

Peter Ruderman invests or supports investments through E2MC's published strategy: Invest globally at pre-seed and seed in ambitious companies with a meaningful space angle, excluding jurisdictions adversarial to the United States.

E2MC

Check: $250K-$2M initial investments, as published by E2MC.

Raphael Roettgen invests or supports investments through E2MC's published strategy: Invest globally at pre-seed and seed in ambitious companies with a meaningful space angle, excluding jurisdictions adversarial to the United States.

E2MC

Check: $250K-$2M initial investments, as published by E2MC.

Raghu Das invests or supports investments through E2MC's published strategy: Invest globally at pre-seed and seed in ambitious companies with a meaningful space angle, excluding jurisdictions adversarial to the United States.

E2MC

Check: $250K-$2M initial investments, as published by E2MC.

Brandon Kortokrax invests or supports investments through E2MC's published strategy: Invest globally at pre-seed and seed in ambitious companies with a meaningful space angle, excluding jurisdictions adversarial to the United States.

E2MC

Check: $250K-$2M initial investments, as published by E2MC.

Rakhee Khambhati invests or supports investments through E2MC's published strategy: Invest globally at pre-seed and seed in ambitious companies with a meaningful space angle, excluding jurisdictions adversarial to the United States.

E2MC

Check: $250K-$2M initial investments, as published by E2MC.

Daniel Sheth invests or supports investments through E2MC's published strategy: Invest globally at pre-seed and seed in ambitious companies with a meaningful space angle, excluding jurisdictions adversarial to the United States.

E2MC

Check: $250K-$2M initial investments, as published by E2MC.

Evren Ucok is listed in a Senior Advisor capacity at E2MC. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; this profile preserves that role distinction and uses the firm's mandate only as shared context.

E2MC

Check: $250K-$2M initial investments, as published by E2MC.

Anders Johnson is listed in a Senior Advisor capacity at E2MC. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; this profile preserves that role distinction and uses the firm's mandate only as shared context.

E2MC

Check: $250K-$2M initial investments, as published by E2MC.

Sigrid Elschot is listed in a Advisor, Space Technology capacity at E2MC. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; this profile preserves that role distinction and uses the firm's mandate only as shared context.

E2MC

Check: $250K-$2M initial investments, as published by E2MC.

Carolina Alarco is listed in a Advisor, Biotech capacity at E2MC. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; this profile preserves that role distinction and uses the firm's mandate only as shared context.

E2MC

Check: $250K-$2M initial investments, as published by E2MC.

Justin Karl is listed in a Advisor, Space Technology capacity at E2MC. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; this profile preserves that role distinction and uses the firm's mandate only as shared context.

E2MC

Check: $250K-$2M initial investments, as published by E2MC.

Soyeon Yi is listed in a Advisor, Asia, Space and Biotech capacity at E2MC. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; this profile preserves that role distinction and uses the firm's mandate only as shared context.

E2MC

Check: $250K-$2M initial investments, as published by E2MC.

Guillermo Soehnlein is listed in a Advisor, Startups capacity at E2MC. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; this profile preserves that role distinction and uses the firm's mandate only as shared context.

E2MC

Check: $250K-$2M initial investments, as published by E2MC.

Kelli Rodrigues is listed in a Executive Assistant capacity at E2MC. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; this profile preserves that role distinction and uses the firm's mandate only as shared context.

Union Labs

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Nate Williams invests or supports investments through Union Labs's published strategy: Back early physical-AI and deep-technology companies that sense, reason and act, bridging lab innovation to commercial launch with operator-led go-to-market expertise.

Union Labs

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Annie Le is listed in a Operations Partner of Union Peak and Union Labs capacity at Union Labs. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; this profile preserves that role distinction and uses the firm's mandate only as shared context.

Khosla Ventures

Check: No personal check range is published. Khosla's Seed Fund finances science and business-model experiments, while its Main Fund invests from early to later stages; historical firm commentary described many seed investments around $1M–$2M. These are firm-level guideposts, not Alice's authority.

Alice invests in deep technology and sustainability, informed by mechanical engineering, consumer hardware, and her experience taking a physical product from idea to thousands of retail locations. She is positioned to evaluate whether a scientific or engineering advance creates a meaningful economic advantage, can be manufactured and distributed, and has a low-cost path through its critical technical and market risks.

Union Labs

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Chris Kim invests or supports investments through Union Labs's published strategy: Back early physical-AI and deep-technology companies that sense, reason and act, bridging lab innovation to commercial launch with operator-led go-to-market expertise.

Khosla Ventures

Check: No personal check range or signing authority is published. Khosla invests from pre-seed/seed through Series A and later via its Main Fund; historical seed commentary cited roughly $1M–$2M. Those are firm-level guideposts and should not be attributed to Niko personally.

Niko is a frontier-technology generalist focused on infrastructure, AI, robotics, and industrial systems. He combines prior investing across AI, robotics, frontier technology, and cybersecurity with founder and startup experience. Khosla's broader method suggests he is most relevant when an unconventional technical approach can create a large economic advantage and the team can turn uncertainty into explicit, capital-efficient experiments.

Anzu Partners

Boston / San Diego / Tampa / Washington, DC / Atlanta

AUM: Approximately $1B

UP.Partners

Santa Monica, California

Michigan Capital Network

Grand Rapids, Michigan

Crosscut Ventures

Los Angeles, California

E2MC

Arlington, Virginia

Michigan Rise

East Lansing, Michigan

Keyhorse Capital

Lexington, Kentucky

Bee Partners

San Francisco, California

MassVentures

Waltham, Massachusetts / Worcester, Massachusetts

Portland Seed Fund

Portland, Oregon

AUM: $45M

Cantos Ventures

San Francisco, California

Render Capital

Clarksville, Indiana

Union Labs

San Mateo, California