The Manufacturing Tech VC

Investing in Manufacturing Tech startups at the earliest possible stage

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Value Chain infrastructure is hindered by outdated software and hardware, leading to inefficiencies and higher costs.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
Carbon

The next generation of connected materials. Carbon Mobile is enabling market leaders to replace metals with sustainable and bio-based composite materials in connected devices.
Pre-Seed
Stealth

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
Dystr

The autonomous technical project manager. Autonomos project management for unstructured technical environments.
Pre-Seed
Stealth

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

The supply chain co-pilot. Factor is changing the way companies manage their supply chains from reactive to proactive by enabling them to manage by exception, freeing up time to work on the harder things - strengthening vendor relationships and sourcing new vendors.
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.
Seed
Carbon

The next generation of connected materials. Carbon Mobile is enabling market leaders to replace metals with sustainable and bio-based composite materials in connected devices.
Pre-Seed
Stealth

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
Dystr

The autonomous technical project manager. Autonomos project management for unstructured technical environments.
Pre-Seed
Stealth

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

The supply chain co-pilot. Factor is changing the way companies manage their supply chains from reactive to proactive by enabling them to manage by exception, freeing up time to work on the harder things - strengthening vendor relationships and sourcing new vendors.
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.
Seed
Carbon

The next generation of connected materials. Carbon Mobile is enabling market leaders to replace metals with sustainable and bio-based composite materials in connected devices.
Pre-Seed
Stealth

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.

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.

Steven Myers

Associate
Rohan Athavale

Intern
Alex Huckstepp

Advisor
Sebastian Spritzer

Advisor
Simon Lancaster

General Partner
Sabrina Paseman

General Partner
Lucas Whipple

Venture Partner
Steven Myers

Associate
Rohan Athavale

Intern
Alex Huckstepp

Advisor
Sebastian Spritzer

Advisor
Simon Lancaster

General Partner
Sabrina Paseman

General Partner
Lucas Whipple

Venture Partner
Steven Myers

Associate

Simon Lancaster

General Partner

Sabrina Paseman

General Partner

Lucas Whipple

Venture Partner

Steven Myers

Associate

Rohan Athavale

Intern

Alex Huckstepp

Advisor

Sebastian Spritzer

Advisor

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.

The Manufacturing Tech VC

Our Thesis

Digitization of Value Chains.

Our Differentiator

We’ve Been There.

We’re Hands On

Our Industry Insider Network

Our Time

We’re Hands On

Our Industry Insider Network

Our Time

Portfolio

Carbon

Stealth

Dystr

Stealth

Factor

Mimiq

Carbon

Stealth

Dystr

Stealth

Factor

Mimiq

Carbon

Stealth

Factor

Mimiq

Carbon

Stealth

Dystr

Stealth

Our Criteria

What we look for.

Facing the future, together.

Simon Lancaster

Sabrina Paseman

Lucas Whipple

Steven Myers

Rohan Athavale

Alex Huckstepp

Sebastian Spritzer

News

The End of the Free Money Era

Scaling Industrials B2B SaaS: Top-Line Growth vs. Bottom-Line Impact

Venture Capital 101: “Ask for advice, not money”​ (and why relationships matter)

Dirty, Dull, and Dangerous — Why Automation is Not The Answer to Everything

The Dawn of Industrial Soft Robotics

The End of the Free Money Era

Scaling Industrials B2B SaaS: Top-Line Growth vs. Bottom-Line Impact

Venture Capital 101: “Ask for advice, not money”​ (and why relationships matter)

Dirty, Dull, and Dangerous — Why Automation is Not The Answer to Everything

The Dawn of Industrial Soft Robotics

The End of the Free Money Era

Scaling Industrials B2B SaaS: Top-Line Growth vs. Bottom-Line Impact

Venture Capital 101: “Ask for advice, not money”​ (and why relationships matter)

Events

Deep Tech Nexus

Digitization of
Value Chains.

Facing the future,
together.

Venture Capital 101: “Ask for advice, not money” (and why relationships matter)

Venture Capital 101: “Ask for advice, not money” (and why relationships matter)

Venture Capital 101: “Ask for advice, not money” (and why relationships matter)