Participated · Equity · Aug 2026

Colossal Biosciences focuses on applying AI to biological questions, including predicting how biological systems fail or break. The company is co-founded by Ben Lamm and has been associated publicly with figures such as George Church, Beth Shapiro, and Adam Milne. Financially, Colossal announced a $20 million financing at a $3.8 billion valuation. The recent capital raise is described as supporting its AI initiatives. The provided articles do not include revenue, user, or other operating metrics, nor do they state the company's founding year or location.

Participated · Equity · Aug 2026

Founded in September 2025 by Ben Lamm and George Church, Astromech trains AI on genomic data provided by Colossal to predict changes, vulnerabilities, and regulatory variation in living systems. Its first public project compares longevity- and cancer-related biology across species such as cancer-resistant Asian elephants, 200-year-old bowhead whales, and long-lived Brandt’s bats against shorter-lived relatives. The company reports having mapped 46 genes linked to cellular maintenance, cancer resistance, and longevity. Astromech positions its platform earlier in the discovery pipeline than many peers by forecasting where biological systems may fail before drug targets are identified. Competitors noted in coverage include Insitro and Isomorphic Labs, which operate in adjacent machine-learning-driven biology and drug-discovery spaces. Financially, the company has raised $60 million to date and now carries a reported valuation of $3.8 billion.

Participated · Series G · Aug 2026

Form Energy develops iron-air long-duration batteries capable of delivering up to 100 hours of discharge. Its chemistry relies on iron oxidation and reduction, enabling lower-cost storage by avoiding higher-priced minerals like lithium, cobalt, and nickel. The company has secured large commercial customers including Google, Crusoe, Xcel Energy, and FuturEnergy Ireland and reports a commercial project backlog of about 80 gigawatt-hours. About 80% of the company’s materials supply is sourced from the U.S., with the remainder from Europe and Asia. Form is expanding manufacturing capacity in West Virginia following its recent financing. The company’s positioning and technology aim to address growing demand for long-duration storage as U.S. electricity demand rises and renewable generation expands.

Participated · Series A · Jul 2026

Founded in 2024 by former SpaceX engineers Noah Schochet and Noah McGuinness, TerraFirma builds a full-stack platform that combines AI-enabled pre-construction software, a remote command-and-control center, and retrofitted semi-autonomous heavy machinery for earthworks and site operations. The company's systems let skilled operators orchestrate fleets from screens, which TerraFirma says can make each operator up to 300% more effective. TerraFirma is executing commercial projects including site preparation, excavation, and grading for a Starbucks in North Austin, a sports arena in Spicewood, and a power substation in New Braunfels, and it is working with the U.S. government on international infrastructure and logistics projects. The company is vertically integrated, building and using its own robotics and software in the field while keeping operators at the center. TerraFirma has stated a long-term ambition to extend its construction technology to lunar and Martian projects as well as scale on Earth. Financially, TerraFirma announced approximately $115 million in new capital, including a $100 million Series A, to expand engineering, manufacturing, operations, and continued development of its semi-autonomous equipment.

Participated · Series B · Jul 2026

Venus Aerospace develops rotating detonation rocket engines (RDRE) and has shifted focus toward hypersonic weapons and high-speed space vehicles after a successful flight demonstration in 2025. The company was founded in 2020 by CEO Sassie Duggleby and CTO Andrew Duggleby. Its propulsion architecture emphasizes efficiency, throttling, reusability, and manufacturability aimed at defense and space customers. Venus has conducted about 600 engine tests with a longest-duration burn of 32 seconds to date, while customers require burns of roughly 6 to 15 minutes for operational missions. This year it received a grant from the Texas Space Commission to build a larger test stand to enable longer-duration testing. The company is using new equity from its $90M Series B to fund vehicle-specific testing and development with potential customers.