# AE Ventures

> AE Ventures is a VC fund backing Software, Apps and DevOps. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 40%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ae-industrial-partners-ventures/
- Website: https://www.aeroequity.com/ventures/

AE Ventures is a VC fund focused on Software and Apps. AE Ventures is the venture capital arm of AE Industrial Partners, a private investment firm.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 60% |
| Apps | 1 | 20% |
| DevOps | 1 | 20% |
| Energy | 1 | 20% |
| Cooking | 1 | 20% |

19 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series C | 2 | 40% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 40% |
| Series B | 1 | 20% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 3 | 60% |
| France | 1 | 20% |
| Ireland | 1 | 20% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pelico | Pelico's Manufacturing Orchestration Platform solves the biggest challenge facing global manufacturers: fragmentation. Disconnected data, siloed teams, and outdated tools are causing delays, increasing costs, and eroding customer trust. Pelico seamlessly connects your supply chain data, maps dependencies and reveals the blockers that matter.Our AI-powered operations anticipate disruptions, simulate responses, and recommend the best course of action — allowing your teams to coordinate before problems escalate. Precision insights provide executives with answers to critical questions needed to deliver to plan and optimize revenue. Pelico empowers operations teams to resolve issues in real time and keep production moving. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jul 23, 2026 |  |
| Copia Automation | Copia Automation delivers modern developer tools for industrial automation. Built for automation and control engineers, Copia’s flagship offering provides Git-based source control for PLC programming. Copia’s robust version control, change visibility, and collaboration streamlines how industrial machinery is commissioned and operated, resulting infaster delivery and maximized uptime. | $26M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 16, 2026 |  |
| Freeform | Freeform is a 3D printing company offering metal 3D printing solutions for manufacturing companies. Freeform deploys software-defined, self-sufficient metal 3D printing factories around the world, bringing software scalability to physical production. Freeform's technology stack combines advanced sensing, real-time controls, and data-drivenlearning to produce digitally-verified, flawless parts at previously unheard-of speeds and costs. | $67M | Series B | Jan 07, 2026 |  |
| Last Energy | Last Energy develops and delivers micro modular nuclear power plants designed to provide decarbonized, reliable energy through a full-service delivery model that spans design, construction, and operations. The company offers factory-produced modular plants, like its 20 MWe PWR-20 units, that can be deployed rapidly to serve energy-intensiveindustrial customers and utilities with baseload electricity and heat. Its services include long-term power purchase agreements that eliminate upfront capital for customers while enabling flexible siting and minimal resource requirements. Last Energy’s solutions support both behind-the-meter applications for industries and grid-scale energy projects for broader power delivery. The company integrates established reactor technology with its delivery process to help clients access consistent, carbon-free energy. | $100M | Series C | Dec 16, 2025 |  |
| Fresco | Fresco is the only technology that seamlessly brings appliances, home cooks, and recipes together. Partnering with the world's biggest appliance makers like BOSCH, Electrolux, GE Appliances, Instant Brands, Kenwood, LG Electronics, Panasonic, and Thermomix, Fresco knows that almost no kitchen has appliances from a single brand. TheKitchenOS–Fresco's neutral, cross-brand platform–is the seamless way consumers interact with their kitchen through whatever interface or appliance they choose. Fresco delivers an effortless cooking experience by connecting dots in the kitchen. Founded in 2012, Fresco currently operates globally and has offices in Dublin, Ireland, and Zaragoza, Spain. To learn more visit: https://kitchenos.com/ | $17.6M | Series C |  |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Act Venture Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/act-venture-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alsop Louie Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alsop-louie-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Apandion — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- Astera Institute — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Construct Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/construct-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Founders Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-fund) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does AE Ventures invest in?

AE Ventures invests primarily in Software, Apps and DevOps startups, most often at Series C and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did AE Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for AE Ventures closed in Jul 2026. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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