Participated · Series A · Aug 2026

Princeton Critical Minerals develops and commercializes an integrated technology platform for extracting lithium from brine, including products named Lilypad™, SmartPond™, and E-LiTE™. The company is operating field deployments that produce validation data under industrial conditions. With the new financing, PCM plans to scale manufacturing and expand commercial deployments while building U.S.-based production capabilities. The firm aims to continue advancing its core extraction technologies toward full commercial execution. The company also reported growth in its team as it prepares to execute on upcoming milestones.

Participated · Series B · Oct 2025

Agtonomy is a South San Francisco–based software and services company that brings autonomous operation to agriculture, turf, and broader land-maintenance markets. Its physical AI platform is integrated directly into commercial equipment through partnerships with leading original-equipment manufacturers (OEMs), enabling machines to navigate and work autonomously in orchards, vineyards, fields, and managed green spaces. The technology is designed to reduce labor costs, boost safety, and promote more sustainable farming and land-care practices. Agtonomy generates revenue by licensing its software and providing related automation services to OEM partners and end-customers. To date, the company has secured $18 million in Series B funding and counts investors such as DBL Partners, Nuveen, Autotech, Allison Transmission, Rethink Food, and Black Forest Ventures on its cap table. The new capital will be used to enhance the platform’s capabilities, broaden equipment integrations, and scale commercial deployments into adjacent off-road industries.

Participated · Seed · Mar 2025

Founded in 2023, Anyware Robotics builds autonomous robots that tackle demanding material-handling jobs in logistics centers, including truck unloading, pallet stacking, and package handling. The company couples robust mechanical design with intelligent software trained on real-world data, enabling a single robot to adapt to multiple use cases without changes to existing infrastructure. Its technology has been validated through strategic collaborations with industry leaders FANUC and Saddle Creek Logistics, where deployments have boosted safety and efficiency. Led by robotics veterans with more than 100 academic publications and experience at FANUC, Amazon Robotics, and GreyOrange, the team brings deep expertise in mechanical engineering and imitation learning. Anyware Robotics positions its systems as scalable, cost-efficient solutions that address acute labor shortages in logistics. Future plans, as highlighted by investor NAVER D2SF, center on expanding physical AI capabilities across perception, computation, and control layers. The article does not disclose current revenue, user counts, or other financial metrics.