# 8090 Industries

> 8090 Industries is a VC fund in New York backing Manufacturing and Energy. See 32 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: New York, United States
- Total investments: 32
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 34%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/8090-industries
- Website: https://www.8090industries.com/

8090 Industries is a venture capital firm that partners with global conglomerates to invest in the industrial sectors. Specific focus is on decarbonization, aerospace, defense and advanced manufacturing.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 8 | 25% |
| Energy | 5 | 16% |
| Industrial | 5 | 16% |
| Software | 4 | 13% |
| Aerospace | 3 | 9% |

49 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 10 | 31% |
| Funding Round | 7 | 22% |
| Seed | 6 | 19% |
| Pre-Seed | 3 | 9% |
| Series B | 1 | 3% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 20 | 63% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 3% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Emma Hessler | Head of Operations | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emma-hessler |
| Filip Vurdelja | Partner, the Head of Capital Markets and Investor Relations | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/filip-vurdelja-78c1 |
| Garuth Acharya | Investor | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/garuth-acharya-0e9b |
| Rayyan Islam | Co-Founder and General Partner | 42 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rayyan-islam |
| Steven Hartanto | Vice President of Special Projects | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/steven-hartanto-6762 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Forge Industries | Forge Industries develops waste-to-fuel climate technologies as well as commercial biofuels that transform waste materials and plastics into reusable industrial fuels. | $3.9M | Seed | Jul 08, 2026 |  |
| Rilian Technologies | Rilian develops cybersecurity and defense technology platforms that enable organizations to deploy, integrate, and operate advanced security tools across complex and regulated environments. The company provides an AI-driven security orchestration platform that unifies multiple cybersecurity tools into a single interface, allowing analysts toautomate workflows, monitor threats, and respond to incidents more efficiently. Its offerings include systems for automated deployment and compliance that allow security technologies to operate in air-gapped, sovereign, and highly regulated environments without relying on traditional cloud infrastructure. The company also maintains a curated ecosystem of cybersecurity tools that are pre-integrated and validated for use in mission-critical settings, reducing complexity in adoption and integration. | $17.5M | Seed | Apr 23, 2026 |  |
| Avalanche Energy | Avalanche Energy is a fusion energy startup that develops micro-fusion reactors for distributed energy and mobility. The company's modular reactor architecture can be stacked for limitless power applications and energy density, allowing it to offer clean energy while also decarbonizing the planet. It provides quick iterations of design, build,test, and fix cycles, allowing for speedier development and the rapid scaling required by the world. | $29M |  | Feb 03, 2026 |  |
| Fleetzero | Fleetzero is building battery electric cargo ships to affordably decarbonize ocean freight. | $43M | Series A | Jan 16, 2026 |  |
| Exowatt | Modular Full-Stack Renewable Energy Solutions for Commercial and Industrial Applications | $50M | Series A | Nov 13, 2025 |  |
| Rendezvous Robotics | Rendezvous Robotics constructs space infrastructure. Its unique TESSERAE technology serves the commercial, civil, and national security markets by enabling scalable, reconfigurable, and resilient infrastructure in space. | $3M | Pre-Seed | Sep 10, 2025 |  |
| NOX METALS | Nox Metals is an AI-powered metals supplier empowering modern American manufacturing at scale. | $5.3M | Pre-Seed | Sep 09, 2025 |  |
| Armada | Welcome to the new edge. Armada is the world’s first full-stack edge computing platform, revolutionizing connectivity, compute, and AI solutions where they’re needed most - anywhere on Earth. | $131M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 24, 2025 |  |
| Durin | Mining technology company developing next-generation exploration drilling hardware and software. | $3.4M | Pre-Seed | Apr 23, 2025 |  |
| Exowatt | Modular Full-Stack Renewable Energy Solutions for Commercial and Industrial Applications | $35M | Series A | Apr 22, 2025 |  |

10 of 32 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [8090 Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/8090-partners) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Founders Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-fund) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Felicis](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/felicis-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [Lux Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lux-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [8VC](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/8vc) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Contrary](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/contrary-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does 8090 Industries invest in?

8090 Industries invests primarily in Manufacturing, Energy and Industrial startups, most often at Series A and Funding Round stage. Most of the 32 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### How do I contact 8090 Industries?

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### Who are the partners at 8090 Industries?

The team at 8090 Industries includes Emma Hessler (Head of Operations), Filip Vurdelja (Partner, the Head of Capital Markets and Investor Relations) and Garuth Acharya (Investor). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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