# Engine Ventures

> Engine Ventures is a VC fund in Cambridge backing Biotechnology and Manufacturing. See 42 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Cambridge, United States
- Total investments: 42
- Last investment: Jun 2026
- Lead investor: 57%
- Last fund: Jun 2024
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/engine-ventures/about/
- Website: https://engineventures.com/

Engine Ventures is a venture capital firm investing in the next generation of Tough Tech founders.

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $3.4M–$8.5M |
| Series A | $21M–$45M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Biotechnology | 6 | 14% |
| Manufacturing | 5 | 12% |
| Medical | 3 | 7% |
| Chemical | 3 | 7% |
| Health Care | 3 | 7% |

41 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 12 | 29% |
| Series A | 5 | 12% |
| Funding Round | 3 | 7% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 5% |
| Series C | 2 | 5% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 21 | 50% |
| Denmark | 1 | 2% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Superlight | Superlight develops purpose-built commercial vehicles designed to change the economics and physics of middle-mile logistics. The company engineers trucks from first principles using a lightweight aluminium monocoque, composite materials, and aerospace-inspired structural design instead of traditional steel ladder chassis. Its platform replaces manymechanical components with independent electric drive, a digital electrical architecture, and software-defined control systems. Superlight integrates an AI-driven fleet platform called ALIS that uses real-time vehicle data to predict maintenance, schedule service, and optimise uptime. The Superlight Production System applies modular, bonded aluminium manufacturing and a digital twin called SuperVisor to monitor assembly quality. The vehicles aim to increase payload volume, reduce energy cost per kilometre, and lower operational risk for commercial fleets. | $21M | Series A | Jun 22, 2026 |  |
| Foundation Alloy | Foundation Alloy leverage advanced materials technology to design novel alloys optimized for additive manufacturing. | $22M | Series A | Jun 16, 2026 |  |
| Blue Energy | Blue Energy is a nuclear power plant company that provides reliable, clean, and abundant electricity. | $380M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 21, 2026 |  |
| Sora Fuel | Sora Fuel makes jet fuel from just air, water, and renewable energy. Sora Fuel combine carbon capture and utilization into a single process, dramatically reducing the amount of energy required to produce SAF, enabling a truly affordable, carbon-negative drop-in solution. | $14.6M | Venture - Series Unknown | Apr 08, 2026 |  |
| Terrestrial Bio | Vaxess is commercializing a proprietary technology that uses a silk-derived protein to stabilize vaccines so they can be stored and shipped without refrigeration and a novel sustained release microneedle for improved vaccine delivery. Vaxess strives to not only lower the cost of vaccine distribution, but also increase access to life-saving productsfor people around the world. | $50M | Series C | Mar 26, 2026 |  |
| Axiomatic AI | Axiomatic AI is a startup that focuses on building verifiable artificial intelligence for complex science. | $18M | Seed | Mar 09, 2026 |  |
| DG Matrix | DG Matrix innovative solutions unlock gigaton-scale emissions reductions by enabling electrification anywhere and everywhere with less material and a smaller footprint. | $60M | Series A | Feb 18, 2026 |  |
| Trener Robotics | T-robotics uses end-to-end neural networks and constraint-based programming to train AI skills for robots. These skills are directly deployable on all major commercially available robot brands. These skills allow these robots to fail less, perform complex tasks, and program easily. | $32M | Series A | Feb 10, 2026 |  |
| Overview Energy | Overview Energy operates in the aerospace, hardware, and satellite communication industries. The company is a stealth aerospace startup with a focus on energy solutions. It aims to provide alternatives to traditional fossil fuels for heating, powering homes, and fueling cars. The company's work involves energy conversion technologies andmanagement systems to optimize energy consumption. It also has a presence in the transportation sector, indicating a broad scope of operations within the energy field. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Dec 10, 2025 |  |
| Addis Energy | Addis Energy is on a mission to alter the way we feed and fuel our society, harnessing the Earth's potential for clean ammonia production. | $8.3M | Seed | Dec 01, 2025 |  |

10 of 42 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Koch Disruptive Technologies](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/koch-disruptive-technologies) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [At One Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/at-one-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Emergent Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/emergent-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Energy Impact Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/energy-impact-partners) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Fine Structure Venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fine-structure-venture) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## Similar investors

### Similar industry
- [Chevron Technology Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chevron-technology-ventures) — VC Fund
- [Evok Innovations](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/evok-innovations) — VC Fund
- [Scottish Enterprise](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scottish-enterprise) — VC Fund

### Similar stage
- [Antler](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/antler-be9c) — VC Fund
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund
- [Right Side Capital Management](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/right-side-capital-management) — VC Fund

### Similar country
- [Vaekstfonden](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/v%C3%A6kstfonden) — VC Fund
- [PSV](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/preseed-innovation) — VC Fund
- [Seed Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/seed-capital) — VC Fund

## Featured in investor lists
- [Oil and Gas VC Funds in United States](https://shizune.co/investors/oil-and-gas-vc-funds-united-states)
- [Oil and Gas Investors](https://shizune.co/investors/oil-and-gas-investors)
- [Oil and Gas VC Funds](https://shizune.co/investors/oil-and-gas-vc-funds)
- [Clean Energy Investors in Denmark](https://shizune.co/investors/clean-energy-investors-denmark)
- [CleanTech VC Funds in Denmark](https://shizune.co/investors/cleantech-vc-funds-denmark)
- [Energy VC Funds in Denmark](https://shizune.co/investors/energy-vc-funds-denmark)

## FAQ

### What does Engine Ventures invest in?

Engine Ventures invests primarily in Biotechnology, Manufacturing and Medical 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.

### What is Engine Ventures's check size?

Engine Ventures typically joins rounds of $3.4M–$8.5M at Seed and $21M–$45M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Engine Ventures participates in.

### When did Engine Ventures last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Engine Ventures closed in Jun 2026. Shizune tracks 42 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.

# About Shizune
Shizune.co is an investor database. Core features:
- 48,091 startup investors (angels, VCs, accelerators, and others)
- Email, phone, LinkedIn (for intros), socials, and other contact data
- Updated daily from public funding news
- CSV and Excel export

The User can access the full database FOR FREE after signing up: shizune.co