Participated · Series C · Aug 2026

Founded in 2021 and headquartered in Mountain View, Muon Space builds end-to-end satellite constellations by integrating spacecraft, payloads, software, operations, and data into a single Mission Foundry platform. In the first half of 2026 the company launched seven satellites, bringing its total to 11 satellites deployed across six launches with a 100% mission success record. Muon recently opened an advanced manufacturing facility in San Jose designed to produce up to 500 satellites annually by 2027 and currently has over 50 satellites in development, including 13 already manifested for launch over the next year. The company serves commercial, government, and international sovereign customers and is bringing multiple customer constellations into operation in 2026, including Vindlér® 2.0 for SNC and FireSat developed with Earth Fire Alliance and Google.org. Muon is also investing in on-orbit AI compute, advanced payloads, and real-time ultra-high-bandwidth connectivity partnerships to expand its mission capabilities.

Led · Series A · Aug 2026

RockRose Risk combines wildfire risk assessment, mitigation partnerships, and proprietary automation technology to secure premium reductions for clients. Founded by Andrew Engler, the company has built a commercial business serving HOAs, hotel groups, wineries, farms, strip malls, municipalities, and real estate portfolios across California, Colorado, and Nevada and recently expanded into California homeowners insurance. It developed Rosebud™, an autonomous property assessment rover, and is positioning itself as a vertically integrated risk manager by planning acquisitions of mitigation service providers such as tree trimming and roofing companies. The company’s mitigation-first underwriting ties verified mitigation work to insurance outcomes to help move properties back into the admitted market. RockRose raised a $12.5 million Series A to scale these efforts and broaden its vertically integrated platform.

Participated · Series A · Jul 2026

Lydian has developed PIVOT™, a full‑stack, modular production platform that integrates proprietary reactors, catalysts, process design, software, and balance‑of‑plant into factory‑built modules for synthetic aviation fuel. The platform is designed to cut project capital costs by more than 50% versus competing technologies, operate flexibly with intermittent renewable electricity, and reduce lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions by up to 95%. Lydian produces ASTM‑approved, drop‑in sustainable aviation fuel from captured CO2 and hydrogen and is positioning PIVOT to enable faster, lower‑cost deployment of synthetic fuel projects. The company operates a tonne‑scale pilot plant at its Boston R&D Center of Excellence and plans a commercial demonstration facility targeted for 2028 with first full‑scale commercial deployment expected in 2030. Financially, the company completed a $43 million Series A to support commercialization and deployment activities.

Participated · Series A · Jul 2026

Founded by Carnegie Mellon–trained roboticists Puneet Puri (CEO) and Vishal Dugar (CTO), Gritt develops an intelligent software layer that controls off-the-shelf skidders and robotic arms to perform dextrous construction tasks. Its initial deployed application unloads, carries, and positions large glass solar panels with sub-millimeter accuracy; Gritt reports that an eight-person crew with its systems can install 3,000–4,000 panels per day versus roughly 800 panels without them. The company has two systems in the field, three top-10 U.S. power construction companies as customers, and contracts covering 2.8 GW of panel installs over the next 18 months. Gritt plans to scale to about 48 systems in the next six months and expand its task set to include fastening panels, drilling posts, building racks, and other labor-intensive construction tasks like rebar tying. Management positions the product as a generalizable physical-AI layer that can also provide site monitoring and decision-support via its sensor suite.

Participated · Equity · Jul 2026

Adaptive Insurance operates as a specialty MGA and insurtech platform offering products aimed at climate- and weather-related exposures. Its offerings include GridProtect, a parametric product for short-duration power outages, a wind and hail deductible buy-back for residential and commercial properties, residential flood insurance with broader coverage and higher limits than the National Flood Insurance Program, and commercial equipment breakdown coverage. The company is developing a proprietary climate intelligence platform to inform its product design and distribution. With the recent $5 million financing, Adaptive has brought total funding to $10 million to date. The new capital is intended to expand its specialty product portfolio and grow its agent and partner distribution network. No revenue, user metrics, founding year, or location were disclosed in the article.