Investment Philosophy
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Founder-Product-Market Perfection: We invest in solutions that solve clear and urgent needs and founders that have deep industry knowledge who understand their customers’ pain points because they have lived them.
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Efficiency-Driven Automation: We focus on companies that are driving efficiency through automation, thereby enhancing productivity, reducing reliance on manual labor, and eliminating waste.
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Futureproof Manufacturing: We back technologies that augment existing manufacturing lines and workers, but can also create new workflows and processes.
Companies
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Aalo’s mission is to make nuclear cheap enough to safely power the majority of the world’s clean energy needs
Aalo Atomics is pioneering the next generation of nuclear energy with factory-fabricated, modular 10 MWe micro-reactors. These reactors, which can be stacked together, are designed to be safe, efficient, and capable of decarbonizing anything from small datacenters to large cities, aiming to provide affordable, clean energy.
CEO
Matt Loszak
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Stages
Geography
Headquarters
Austin, TX
Investors
Fifty Years, Garage Capital, Harpoon
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Physical AI: Developer of a Multi-modal Foundation Model that aims to bridge the ‘sensory’ gap.
Developer of Newton, a physical AI foundation model designed to provide an unprecedented understanding of the real world. The company offers a multimodal AI foundation model that fuses real-time sensor data with natural language, enabling individuals and organizations to ask open-ended questions about their surroundings and take informed action for improvement.
CEO
Ivan Poupyrev
Stages
Geography
Headquarters
Palo Alto, CA
Investors
Venrock, Plug and Play, Buckley Ventures, Amazon
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Sustainable closed-loop Battery Recycling returning active battery materials back into the supply chain.
Developer of a battery resources technology designed to provide sustainable, closed-loop battery materials systems. The company’s EV battery recycling to commercial-scale production of lithium carbonate, NMC precursor (pCAM), and cathode active materials (CAM), Ascend Elements is revolutionizing the production of sustainable lithium-ion battery materials, enabling clients to have a good return on assets to drive recycling and low-cost battery materials economically.
CEO
Mike O’Kronley
Sector
Stages
Geography
Headquarters
Massachusetts, USA
Investors
Temasek, Fifth Wall, At One Ventures, SK Ecoplant, Doral, TDK Ventures, InMotion Ventures, Orbia Ventures
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Smart building management and tenant engagement platform
Equiem enables real estate owners and operators to create responsive, human-centric working and living environments, by integrating building operation tools, flexible space management and community engagement into one smart building management platform. Manage your property end-to-end with the Equiem One ecosystem, delivering efficiency, experience and intelligence by connecting everyone in a building and across portfolios.
CEO
Gabrielle McMillan
Stages
Geography
Headquarters
Melbourne, Australia
Investors
Perennial Partners, British Land, Grollo Group, Momeni, Beyond Build
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AI-powered warehouse automation solution for e-commerce distribution centers and supply chains.
Developer of AI-driven warehouse automation with autonomous mobile robots, Goods-to-Person systems, and intelligent software. inVia’s solutions optimize order fulfillment, enhance productivity, and integrate seamlessly with existing infrastructure, providing a scalable and efficient approach to modern warehousing.
CEO
Lior Elazary
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Geography
Headquarters
Investors
M12, Qualcomm Ventures,Point72 Ventures, Upfront Ventures, Embark Ventures
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Pow.Bio’s AI-controlled continuous fermentation technology enables seamless, uninterrupted biomanufacturing, enhancing efficiency and ensuring consistent quality for high-demand bioproducts.
Pow.Bio’s continuous fermentation technology is a game-changer in biomanufacturing. Their advanced bioreactors, combined with AI-controlled software (SOFe), enable seamless, uninterrupted production. This continuous process boosts efficiency, reduces downtime, and ensures consistent quality, making it ideal for producing high-demand bioproducts like organic acids and food proteins.
CEO
Shannon Hall
Sector
Stages
Geography
Headquarters
Berkeley, CA
Investors
Re:Food, Thia Ventures, Possible Ventures, XFactor Ventures, Bee Partners, iSelect, Climate Capital, Vectors Angel, Better Ventures, Canto
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Biomanufacturing Platform optimizing Algae to produce high-value compounds in a sustainable way.
Developer of methane reduction technology using Asparagopsis, an algae-based feed additive, to cut livestock methane emissions by up to 95%. Their proprietary Precision Photosynthesis™ process ensures high-quality, sustainable production, making it a game-changer for reducing the environmental impact of cattle farming.
CEO
Nusqe Spanton
Sector
Stages
Geography
Headquarters
Australia
Investors
Vectr Ventures, Possible Ventures, Acequia Capital, CJ BIO
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Empowering robotics with AI to improve performance and adaptability in manufacturing processes.
Xaba develops new processes and AI-powered software solutions to automate and enable sustainable manufacturing with its xCognition and xTrude platforms. These platforms leverage digital twins of industrial robotic systems, physics AI, language models and multi-modal datasets to enable accurate, repeatable task execution with minimal human oversight delivering cognitive industrial automation, ensuring consistency, robustness, and high-quality execution. Xaba reduces the need for constant human supervision, reprogramming, and waste, improving ROI in manufacturing and construction processes.
CEO
Massimiliano Moruzzi
Stages
Geography
Headquarters
Ontario, Canada
Investors
BDC Capital, Hazelview Ventures

Hitachi Ventures has been instrumental in Xaba’s journey, providing invaluable guidance, strategic insights, partnerships, and unwavering support that have accelerated our product development, market penetration, and growth. Collaborating with Gayathri, Wolfgang, Vamsi, Pete, and the entire Hitachi Ventures team is a privilege and an incredible force driving our mission to revolutionize industrial automation with cognitive control.
Massimiliano Moruzzi
