# EXA Ventures

> EXA Ventures is a VC fund backing Energy, Mining and Blockchain. See 4 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Total investments: 4
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026

EXA Ventures is a venture capital investment firm specializing in IT, semiconductors, communications, multimedia technology/services/content, software, and incubation of early stage technology companies.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for EXA Ventures. Shizune tracks 8 team members at EXA Ventures. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/exa-ventures?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 2 | 50% |
| Mining | 1 | 25% |
| Blockchain | 1 | 25% |
| Oil and Gas | 1 | 25% |
| Manufacturing | 1 | 25% |

8 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 1 | 25% |
| Series A | 1 | 25% |
| Series B | 1 | 25% |
| Series C | 1 | 25% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 2 | 50% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 25% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Stephen Remondi | President and Chief Executive Officer | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stephen-remondi |
| Alexander Mackenzie | Vice President | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexander-mackenzie |
| Hudong Chen | Senior Vice President | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/hudong-chen |
| James Hoch | Senior Vice President | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/james-hoch |
| Jean Paul Roux | Senior Vice President | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jean-paul-roux |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Hephae Energy Technology | Hephae Energy Technology is an energy company that offers integrated drilling system to enable the generation of geothermal energy. | $17.8M | Series A | Jul 09, 2026 |  |
| Gora | Gora Software connects real world data to Smart Contracts. | $1.5M | Seed | May 18, 2022 |  |
| Luminary Micro | Luminary Micro, Inc. designs, markets, and sells ARM Cortex-M3-based microcontrollers for energy, security, and connectivity markets. It offers mixed-signal microcontrollers for motion control, industrial automation, medical, transportation, appliance, and security and access applications. The company also provides evaluation kits, developmentkits, and reference design kits. It offers stepper motor modules, AC induction motor modules, brushless DC motor modules, brushed DC motor controller modules, serial-to-Ethernet modules, intelligent display modules with PoE and Ethernet, intelligent display modules with landscape display, and 10-pin to 20-pin JTAG adapter modules. The company also provides Stellaris Peripheral Driver Library for controlling the peripherals found on the Stellaris family of ARM Cortex-M3 microcontrollers; Stellaris Graphics Library, a set of graphics primitives and a widget set for creating graphical user interfaces on Stellaris microcontroller-based boards that have a graphical display; Stellaris USB Library, a sub-set of USB functions simplify embedded USB control; Code Samples, a code to use ARM Cortex-M3 platform with a set of sample applications; Stellaris In-System Programming Support; and Stellaris IEC 60730 Support, a test library to support its customers in class B certification process. It offers its products through a network of representatives in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, the Pacific Rim, Australia, New Zealand, and Africa. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in Austin, Texas. As of May 14, 2009, Luminary Micro, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Texas Instruments Inc. | $25M | Series C | Aug 23, 2007 |  |
| Luminary Micro | Luminary Micro, Inc. designs, markets, and sells ARM Cortex-M3-based microcontrollers for energy, security, and connectivity markets. It offers mixed-signal microcontrollers for motion control, industrial automation, medical, transportation, appliance, and security and access applications. The company also provides evaluation kits, developmentkits, and reference design kits. It offers stepper motor modules, AC induction motor modules, brushless DC motor modules, brushed DC motor controller modules, serial-to-Ethernet modules, intelligent display modules with PoE and Ethernet, intelligent display modules with landscape display, and 10-pin to 20-pin JTAG adapter modules. The company also provides Stellaris Peripheral Driver Library for controlling the peripherals found on the Stellaris family of ARM Cortex-M3 microcontrollers; Stellaris Graphics Library, a set of graphics primitives and a widget set for creating graphical user interfaces on Stellaris microcontroller-based boards that have a graphical display; Stellaris USB Library, a sub-set of USB functions simplify embedded USB control; Code Samples, a code to use ARM Cortex-M3 platform with a set of sample applications; Stellaris In-System Programming Support; and Stellaris IEC 60730 Support, a test library to support its customers in class B certification process. It offers its products through a network of representatives in the United States, Canada, Mexico, the Caribbean, Central America, South America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, the Pacific Rim, Australia, New Zealand, and Africa. The company was founded in 2004 and is based in Austin, Texas. As of May 14, 2009, Luminary Micro, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of Texas Instruments Inc. | $14M | Series B | Jun 01, 2006 |  |

4 of 4 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [ATA Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/ata-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [New Enterprise Associates](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-enterprise-associates) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Adams Street Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/adams-street-partners) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Borderless Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/algo-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Algorand Foundation](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/algorand-foundation) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Big Brain Holdings](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/big-brain-holdings) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does EXA Ventures invest in?

EXA Ventures invests primarily in Energy, Mining and Blockchain startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### Who are the partners at EXA Ventures?

The team at EXA Ventures includes Stephen Remondi (President and Chief Executive Officer), Alexander Mackenzie (Vice President) and Hudong Chen (Senior Vice President), among 8 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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