The Manufacturing Tech VC

Investing in Manufacturing Tech startups at the earliest possible stage

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Our Thesis

Digitization of
Value Chains.

Value Chain infrastructure is hindered by outdated software and hardware, leading to inefficiencies and higher costs. Strategic implementation of Manufacturing Tech is crucial to accelerate the industry to its full potential.

Our Differentiator

We’ve Been There.

We’re all engineers and builders ourselves. We offer our founders many ways to accelerate, beyond just money.

We’re Hands On

Given our technical and business expertise, we can understand your product and help you find your GTM strategy and bridge the gap between your engineering ideas to strong business applications

Our Industry Insider Network

We connect early stage founders to strategic partners in the industry for industry insights, early customer adoption, and partnerships

Our Time

We’re here when you need us - day or night through the good and the bad.

We’re Hands On

Given our technical and business expertise, we can understand your product and help you find your GTM strategy and bridge the gap between your engineering ideas to strong business applications

Our Industry Insider Network

We connect early stage founders to strategic partners in the industry for industry insights, early customer adoption, and partnerships

Our Time

We’re here when you need us - day or night through the good and the bad.

Portfolio

  • Seed

    Mimiq

    The logistics digitization solution. Using 5th generation industrial IOT to disrupt Logistics Chain Tracking with 10X reliability and 100X energy efficiency. Digitizing the $120B+ shipping container market.

  • Pre-Seed

    Dystr

    The autonomous technical project manager. Autonomos project management for unstructured technical environments.

  • Pre-Seed

    Uptool

    The operating system for modern machine shops. Transforming the manufacturing market (>$500B global) with an end-to-end business operating system. Inspired and informed by how Toast, Shopify, and Service Titan modernized their fragmented, inefficient, disconnected markets with vertical software.

  • Pre-Seed

    Stealth

    The mechanical design co-pilot. Modernizing communication between mechanical designers and manufacturers.

  • Pre-Seed

    Zenode

    The AI copilot for hardware development, built by hardware engineers to read component datasheets and find the best possible electronic components.

  • Pre-Seed

    Polymath

    The AI-driven design environment that automating complex CAD operations and enabling prompt-driven workflows.

  • Pre-Seed

    Rembrain

    The AI-guided system for production lines supports assembly, kitting, sorting, adhesive application, inspection, and more.

  • Pre-Seed

    AI-NC

    The ‘spell-check’ for engineering designers. It allows engineers to upload CAD files so the software can detect flaws early—saving time and cost by preventing manufacturing failures.

Mimiq

Mimiq Official Website

Dystr

Dystr Official Website

Uptool

Uptool Official Website

Stealth

Drafter Official Website

Zenode

Zenode Official Website

Polymath

Polymath Official Website

Rembrain

RemBrain Official Website

AI-NC

AI-NC Official Website

Our Criteria

What we look for.

For us to best support you, we look for the following things

Deal Parameters
First Round, First Check, ideally $2M round size or less
Technical Teams
You have lived and breathed the problem you’re solving in industry for 3+ years
Verticals
Enterprise Manufacturing Tech in the following sectors
  • Digital Engineering
  • Manufacturing
  • Robotics
  • Supply Chain
  • Future of Work
Business Models
Enterprise Industrials SaaS and Capital-Light Hardware as a Service

Facing the future,
together.

  • Simon Lancaster
    General Partner
  • Sabrina Paseman
    General Partner
  • Lucas Whipple
    Venture Partner
  • Alex Huckstepp
    Advisor
  • Sebastian Spritzer
    Advisor
  • Webber Wu
    Investor
  • Tianqi Zhang
    Associate
  • Michael Choi
    Venture Advisor, Korea

Simon Lancaster

General Partner

Sabrina Paseman

General Partner

Lucas Whipple

Venture Partner

Alex Huckstepp

Advisor

Sebastian Spritzer

Advisor

Webber Wu

Investor

Tianqi Zhang

Associate

Michael Choi

Venture Advisor, Korea

News

Events

Deep Tech Nexus

The Deep Tech Nexus is a bi-annual DeepTech community event that brings together top DeepTech founders, investors, and LPs. The next event will be October 2024

Check out our latest event schedule here.