Participated · Equity · Apr 2026

Reliable Robotics develops the Reliable Autonomy System (RAS), an FAA-certifiable autonomy stack designed to enable fully automated aircraft operations and prevent the leading causes of aviation accidents. The company says RAS is built to integrate with certified aircraft and existing aviation infrastructure without changes to the National Airspace System. Reliable has secured commitments for over 200 systems from commercial and military customers, been selected for the Department of Transportation’s eIPP advanced aviation pilot program, and holds a contract to provide automated air cargo operations for the U.S. Air Force. The business has been advancing FAA certification—having had its certification plans and means of compliance accepted—and is delivering required compliance materials under the FAA-agreed plan. Since its last financing the company has nearly tripled its workforce and plans to use the new $160M to expand production facilities, grow headcount, and accelerate deployment toward autonomous cargo operations in 2026. The company is headquartered in Mountain View, California and maintains a distributed global workforce.

Participated · Series B · Dec 2024

Slip Robotics builds large floor-like robotic platforms called SlipBots that can carry up to 12,000 pounds and hold ten pallets, aiming to cut trailer loading time to about five minutes. The SlipBots are designed to handle uneven ground and navigate from warehouse floors into truck trailers; three SlipBots fit into a single trailer and disembark at the destination. Founded in 2020 by Chris Smith, Dennis Siedlak, and John Jakomin and based in Atlanta, the company launched commercial service in 2023. It operates a robot-as-a-service subscription model that includes software, hardware service, maintenance, and ongoing updates. Customers include John Deere, GE Appliances, Valeo, and Nissan; Slip reports hundreds of bots deployed across more than 25 sites and ten commercial customers. The company has grown to about 50 employees and has raised $45 million to date; management plans to use new capital to hire, increase deployments, and enhance product offerings.

Participated · Seed · Nov 2024

General Galactic develops reactors that convert carbon dioxide into methane, originally conceived for Mars but repurposed for terrestrial industrial use. The founders, Halen Mattison and Luke Neise, emerged from stealth in April and are SpaceX and aerospace alumni. The company has a pilot system producing about 2,000 liters of methane per day and expects throughput to rise as it replaces off‑the‑shelf components with in‑house designs. It plans to assemble reactors using mass production techniques and to deploy its first modules in 2025. General Galactic intends to sell methane as an input for chemical and plastic manufacturing and is exploring other hydrocarbons such as jet fuel. The team positions its modules to plug into existing infrastructure to speed adoption, while acknowledging methane leakage risks that could undermine carbon claims. General Galactic develops an end-to-end e‑fuels system that captures CO2, produces hydrogen from water, and synthesizes methane, all designed to run on renewable power. The founders, Halen Mattison and Luke Neise, launched the company after graduating from Stanford in 2022; Mattison began the idea while working on propellant generation at SpaceX. Unlike firms that focus on a single component, General Galactic is designing the entire stack in-house and modularizing components for mass production and easier deployment. The company is initially focused on its methane reactor and reports producing about 2,000 liters of methane per day. Its commercial strategy is to sell fuel rather than equipment, which it says aligns incentives to drive down production costs. To date the startup has raised a $1.9 million pre-seed round and remains in early, stealthy stages of development.

Participated · Equity · Apr 2024

Framework designs and sells easily repairable laptops, offering buyers the option to purchase devices with no software or fully equipped with an operating system. The company emphasizes modularity and user repairability as core product attributes. Framework is pursuing strategic partnerships and investor relationships to support expansion and product collaborations. Cooler Master is a strategic partner-turned-investor and was the supplier for the Framework Laptop 16 thermal system; it also produced a compatible case enabling Framework Laptop mainboard re-use. Founder Nirav Patel highlighted that new investors were chosen for strategic connections, expertise, and partnership potential. Financially, Framework announced a US$17 million fundraising led by Spark Capital and is simultaneously raising a US$1 million community round for accredited investors. Framework designs modular, repairable consumer electronics, starting with the Framework Laptop, with repairability and upgradeability built into product design. The company was founded in late 2019 by former Apple and Oculus/Facebook engineer Nirav Patel and is Bay Area–based. Framework announced an $18 million Series A and says it did not need funding to keep the lights on. The company plans to use the capital to grow product offerings to bring upgradeability, customization, and repair to more consumer electronics and to increase headcount. Framework has drawn a roadmap for the next two years; the article notes smartphones as a plausible future target while cautioning that market is crowded and mentioning Amsterdam-based Fairphone as a current competitor in user-repairable phones.

Participated · Series A · Apr 2024

BurnBot develops and operates robotic, data-driven systems designed to carry out hazardous fuels reduction and vegetation management at scale. The company partners with public agencies, utilities, and communities to reduce wildfire risk across the wildland-urban interface. BurnBot's mitigation efforts are already underway in California, and the company will collaborate with Mercury Insurance as part of a new strategic partnership. Leadership framed the collaboration as a way to connect real-world risk reduction with improved insurance outcomes. The announcement did not disclose revenue, users, or other financial metrics. No information on prior funding rounds or valuation was provided.