Portfolio
We underwrite technical risk with a first principles approach, investing at the earliest stages in transformative companies where deep technical innovation can solve the world’s most challenging problems.
We invest in
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Insamo
Pioneering the discovery of membrane-permeable and orally available cyclic-peptides.
Insamo
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Virta Health
Reversing Type II diabetes with a clinically proven treatment.
Virta Health
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Ultima Genomics
Ushering in truly personalized medicine by sequencing a human genome for $100.
Ultima Genomics
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Strand Therapeutics
Realizing the potential of gene therapy with the world’s first mRNA “programming language.”
Strand Therapeutics
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Outpace Bio
Tackling incurable disease with tailored cell therapy solutions.
Outpace Bio
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NVision
Revolutionizing medical imaging using new advances in quantum physics.
NVision
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Manifold Bio
Transforming drug discovery into measurement-driven drug design.
Manifold Bio
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Lassogen
Harnessing the untapped power of lasso peptides to create an entirely new class of programmable medicines.
Lassogen
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Inscopix
Accelerating breakthroughs in neuroscience by imaging neural activity in vivo.
Inscopix
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Infinimmune
Transforming human antibodies into drugs.
Infinimmune
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Bodyport
Managing heart disease through a data-driven virtual clinic powered by advanced cardiac monitoring.
Bodyport
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Atomic AI
AI-driven RNA drug discovery
Atomic AI
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Boxbot
Take control of your warehouse operations. Dynamic storage and retrieval platform that adapts to varying cubic dimensions and eliminates manual pick stations
Boxbot
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Anjuna Security
Protects applications at runtime with a hardware-grade security perimeter.
Anjuna Security
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Amber Bio
Pioneering new gene editing modalities using multi-kilobase RNA editing to treat undruggable diseases.
Amber Bio
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Agility Robotics
Making manual labor safe and scalable with legged robots that go where humans go.
Agility Robotics
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1910 Genetics
Improving drug development through the use of artificial intelligence, computation, and biological automation.
1910 Genetics
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Artificial
Automating life sciences, so that you can focus on the science, while robots do the work.
Artificial
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Canvas Technology
Now part of Amazon, Canvas Technology provides unrivaled perception enabling robust autonomy in the most challenging environments.
Canvas Technology
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Fabric
Making one-hour delivery possible and profitable with an on-demand micro-fulfillment platform.
Fabric
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FarmWise
Providing farmers with sustainable solutions to feed a growing world using AI and automation.
FarmWise
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Ideon Technologies
Unlocking subsurface potential of critical minerals using advanced geophysics
Ideon Technologies
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Owl Labs
Giving remote employees the meeting experience they deserve with IoT video conferencing hardware.
Owl Labs
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Relativity Space
Building humanity’s multiplanetary future.
Relativity Space
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RightHand Robotics
Powering the future of e-commerce order fulfillment with a solution that can automatically handle any item.
RightHand Robotics
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Robust.AI
Creating the world’s first industrial-grade cognitive platform for robots.
Robust.AI
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Skydio
Building the most advanced flying AI to navigate the world with unparalleled autonomy.
Skydio
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Velo3D
Manufacturing mission critical parts using industrial 3D metal printing. NYSE: VLD
Velo3D
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Branch Metrics
Increasing mobile revenue with enterprise-grade deeplinks across all platforms.
Branch Metrics
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Element Zero
A green materials platform working towards zero-carbon iron and steel and other future-facing metal production.
Element Zero
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Era Software
Decoupling storage and compute for zero-schema log management.
Era Software
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Nauto
Encouraging safer driver behavior in real-time with in-vehicle AI technology.
Nauto
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Pandion
Redesigning shipping for the unique challenges of e-commerce.
Pandion
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RapidSOS
Sending life-saving data from any connected device to 9-1-1 and first responders.
RapidSOS
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Saltbox
Reimagining the warehouse for modern e-commerce.
Saltbox
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uAvionix
Now part of DC Capital Partners, uAvionix protects the skies one drone at a time with a redefined transponder.
uAvionix
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Sentropy
Now part of Discord, Sentropy provides software solutions that protect online communities from hate and harassment using machine learning.
Sentropy
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Mangata Networks
Transforming the way the world interacts with information through its integrated space-based communications and data network.
Mangata Networks
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Ayar Labs
Using light to move data between chips delivering 1000x the bandwidth at 1/10th the power.
Ayar Labs
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d-Matrix
Attacking the physics of memory-compute integration, delivering 10X compute efficiency for the same power envelope.
d-Matrix
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Databricks (acq Mosaic)
Now part of Databricks, MosaicML trains and deploys generative AI models with your own data, in your own secure environment.
Databricks (acq Mosaic)
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Nervana Systems
Now part of Intel, Nervana is building a full-stack solution that is optimized from algorithms down to silicon to solve machine learning problems at scale.
Nervana Systems
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NextSilicon
Freeing human knowledge from the boundaries of compute with software defined hardware.
NextSilicon
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Phasecraft
Developing quantum algorithms to accelerate the practical application of quantum computing.
Phasecraft
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PsiQuantum
Building the first useful quantum computer.
PsiQuantum
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De-Ice
De-Ice
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Perlumi
Perlumi
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xLight
xLight
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