# Embark Ventures

> Embark Ventures is a VC fund backing Biotechnology and Machine Learning. See 42 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Los Angeles, United States
- Total investments: 42
- Last investment: Apr 2026
- Lead investor: 7%
- Last fund: Mar 2017
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/embark-ventures/?originalSubdomain=in
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/embarkventures?lang=en
- Website: http://www.embark.vc

Embark Ventures is a pre-seed and seed stage fund focused on "deep tech" companies. We look for ambitious teams with break-through proprietary technology which provides a highly defensible competitive advantage in transforming multi-billion dollar industries. ​

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Biotechnology | 6 | 14% |
| Machine Learning | 6 | 14% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 6 | 14% |
| Robotics | 3 | 7% |
| Software | 3 | 7% |

49 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 16 | 38% |
| Series A | 12 | 29% |
| Series B | 5 | 12% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 5% |
| Series C | 2 | 5% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 20 | 48% |
| Canada | 1 | 2% |
| United Kingdom | 1 | 2% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Peter Lee | Co-Founder and Managing Partner | 6 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/peter-lee |
| Yipeng Zhao | Co-Founder and Managing Partner | 0 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Via Separations | Via Separations is enabling industrial decarbonization with its novel chemistries that allow manufacturing facilities to slash their energy consumption while making more product. Targeting the 12% of US energy consumption that is wasted each year separating chemicals, Via reduces the load of the process by 90%, electrifies the mostenergy-intensive step in chemical production, and generates additional revenue for the customer. Today, Via is deploying its technology in pilot trials at pulp & paper facilities to eliminate 100 million metric tons of CO2 by 2050. Via’s innovation is a highly selective and robust membrane filter that replaces the energy-inefficient heat-based separations in industrial processes. Spun out of MIT’s Department of Material Science & Engineering, Via has scaled up the technology by more than 10 million times and demonstrated working prototypes at a commercial scale. | $36M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 01, 2026 |  |
| QSimulate | QSimulate is a simulation platform that solves pressing problems for the chemical and pharmaceutical industries. It aims to deliver best-time-to-solution algorithms to chemical and pharmaceutical industries to accelerate their computational R&D. It is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts. |  | Seed | Nov 20, 2025 |  |
| TRIC Robotics | TRIC Robotics develops an autonomous, non-chemical pesticide alternative for strawberry farms. The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Newark, DE. | $5.5M | Seed | Jul 23, 2025 |  |
| Izote Biosciences | Biomanufacturing Scale-Up Solution | $3.1M | Pre-Seed | Feb 01, 2025 |  |
| Elemind Technologies | Elemind Technologies is a neurotechnology company that shapes brainwaves and changes brain states using novel neuromodulation techniques. The company was founded in 2017 and has its headquarters in Cambridge, Massachusetts. | $12M | Seed | Feb 06, 2024 |  |
| Prosper | Prosper's offering includes fee-free investments in public market index funds, including fund fees, as well as SIPP and ISA wrappers. | $4M | Angel | Nov 06, 2023 |  |
| Machina Labs | Machina Labs is a mechanical & industrial engineering & manufacturing firm that unlocks manufacturing through AI & machine learning. | $32M | Series B | Oct 05, 2023 |  |
| CellFE | CellFE is a company developing a microfluidics based device to deliver gene-editing molecules. CellFE developed microfluidic device and process that can efficiently deliver gene-editing molecules into the human cells. | $22M | Series A | Sep 27, 2023 |  |
| SafeAI | SafeAI retrofits heavy equipment for autonomous applications in the mining and construction industries. SafeAI autonomous technology enables equipment owners to transform existing machines into self-operating robotic assets | $38M | Series B | Dec 14, 2022 |  |
| Breeze Intelligence | We offer a range of products that build on a common infrastructure backbone to help different customers to quickly productize their ML tools and make effective use of their cloud resources. | $4M | Seed | Nov 05, 2022 |  |

10 of 42 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Upfront Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/upfront-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
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## FAQ

### What does Embark Ventures invest in?

Embark Ventures invests primarily in Biotechnology, Machine Learning and Artificial Intelligence startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 42 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 Embark Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Embark Ventures?

The team at Embark Ventures includes Peter Lee (Co-Founder and Managing Partner) and Yipeng Zhao (Co-Founder and Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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