# Gigafund

> Gigafund is a VC fund in Austin backing Software and Biotechnology. See 28 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Austin, United States
- Total investments: 28
- Last investment: Dec 2025
- Lead investor: 54%
- Fund size: $5M
- Last fund: Jul 2019
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/gigafund/
- Website: http://www.gigafund.com/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/gigafund

Gigafund is a VC fund in Austin focused on Software and Biotechnology. Gigafund makes long-term concentrated investments in founders who are capable of growing with their companies and impact over a period of decades.In order to keep housing affordable, we need millions of new homes. The cover is preparing to mass manufacture high-end, well-designed homes at a fraction of the cost of traditional housing. Last energyis creating clean, low-cost nuclear power to meet the growing energy demands and reverse the effects of climate change.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 6 | 21% |
| Biotechnology | 3 | 11% |
| Manufacturing | 3 | 11% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 11% |
| EdTech | 2 | 7% |

54 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 6 | 21% |
| Seed | 5 | 18% |
| Series B | 5 | 18% |
| Series C | 4 | 14% |
| Funding Round | 2 | 7% |

8 stages tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Luke Nosek | Managing Partner | 7 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/luke-nosek |
| Stephen Oskoui | Managing Partner | 13 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stephen-oskoui |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 |  |
| 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. | $40M | Series B | Aug 29, 2024 |  |
| SpaceX | Space Exploration Technologies is a space-transportation startup company founded by Elon Musk. SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. SpaceX develops crew and cargo capsules, engines, cryogenic tank structures, avionics, equipment, guidance, and control software. The company is developing the partially reusablelaunch vehicles Falcon 1 and Falcon 9.Founded in 2002, Space Exploration Technologies is headquartered in Hawthorne, California. | $750M |  | Jan 03, 2023 |  |
| SpaceX | Space Exploration Technologies is a space-transportation startup company founded by Elon Musk. SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches advanced rockets and spacecraft. SpaceX develops crew and cargo capsules, engines, cryogenic tank structures, avionics, equipment, guidance, and control software. The company is developing the partially reusablelaunch vehicles Falcon 1 and Falcon 9.Founded in 2002, Space Exploration Technologies is headquartered in Hawthorne, California. | $750M | Private Equity | Jan 02, 2023 |  |
| ZIKI | ZIKI provides food without adding any seed oils, canola oils, or vegetable oils, and ZIKI is completely soy-free. | $6.7M | Seed | Aug 03, 2022 |  |
| TruckBux | TruckBux is building ghost kitchen food trucks powered entirely by our own delivery technology. Our kitchens are decentralized, fast to launch, and millions of dollars cheaper than all major players in the space. Our delivery technology is a full-stack software for food partners, and their customers. The platform lets customers discover, locate,and order their favorite food for delivery & pickup. Restaurant partners have their own app which can be used on a smartphone or tablet - allowing them to offer pickup & delivery to customers for just 5% per order. TruckBux offers delivery in all 50 states, & provide drivers. | $6.7M | Seed | Aug 03, 2022 |  |
| Sana Benefits | Sana Benefits provides insurance health plans for small and medium businesses or individuals. The company offers simplified plans, ensuring you pay an honest price, and prioritizing customer service. It was founded in 2017 by Nathan Hackley and Will Young and is based in Austin, Texas, United States. | $60M | Series B | Jun 15, 2022 |  |
| Luminous Computing | Luminous Computing develops photonics chips to handle workloads required by the artificial intelligence industry. The company's product is an AI training and inference chip that fits the computing power of supercomputers into a single chip, allowing businesses to avoid major bottlenecks that traditional processors face.The company wasfounded in 2018 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California. | $105M | Series A | Mar 03, 2022 |  |
| Luminous Computing | Luminous Computing develops photonics chips to handle workloads required by the artificial intelligence industry. The company's product is an AI training and inference chip that fits the computing power of supercomputers into a single chip, allowing businesses to avoid major bottlenecks that traditional processors face.The company wasfounded in 2018 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California. | $105M | Series A | Mar 03, 2022 |  |
| Synthego | Synthego is a genome engineering company that enables the acceleration of life science research and development in the pursuit of improved human health.The company leverages machine learning, automation, and gene editing to build platforms for science at scale. With its foundations in engineering disciplines, the company’s full-stack platformvertically integrates proprietary hardware, software, bioinformatics, chemistries, and molecular biology to advance both basic research and therapeutic development programs.By providing both commercial and academic researchers and therapeutic developers with unprecedented access to cutting-edge genome engineering, Synthego is at the forefront of innovation, accelerating the development of truly engineered biology.The company was founded in 2012 and is based in Redwood City, California. | $200M | Series E | Feb 17, 2022 |  |

10 of 28 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Neo](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/neo-innovation) — VC Fund, 7 deals together
- [Founders Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/founders-fund) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Andreessen Horowitz](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andreessen-horowitz) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Google Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/google-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [JAM Fund](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jam-fund) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Mark Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mark-ventures) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Gigafund invest in?

Gigafund invests primarily in Software, Biotechnology and Manufacturing startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 28 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 Gigafund?

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### Who are the partners at Gigafund?

The team at Gigafund includes Luke Nosek (Managing Partner) and Stephen Oskoui (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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