# Hypertherm Ventures

> Hypertherm Ventures is a VC fund backing Artificial Intelligence and Software. See 7 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Hanover, United States
- Total investments: 7
- Last investment: Nov 2023
- Lead investor: 14%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/hypertherm-inc-
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/htventurescvc
- Website: https://www.hypertherm.com/ventures/

Hypertherm Ventures is a VC fund in Hanover focused on Artificial Intelligence and Software. Hypertherm® Ventures, the corporate venture capital arm of Hypertherm, globally scouts and seeks out entrepreneurs and early stage companies to commercialize technology within our strategic interest areas.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Artificial Intelligence | 3 | 43% |
| Software | 2 | 29% |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 29% |
| Industrial Automation | 2 | 29% |
| SaaS | 1 | 14% |

13 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 3 | 43% |
| Seed | 1 | 14% |
| Series A | 1 | 14% |
| Series B | 1 | 14% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 14% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Nathan Pascarella | Director | 1 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Retrocausal | Retrocausal is the industry leader in intelligence augmentation systems that give superpowers to assembly operators, plant managers, and industrial engineers to dramatically boost the productivity, quality, and safety of shopfloor processes.Retrocausal employs cutting-edge generative AI in the form of its Copilot software to elevate low-skilledlabor to take on high-skilled and sophisticated tasks. | $5.3M |  | Nov 30, 2023 |  |
| Retrocausal | Retrocausal is the industry leader in intelligence augmentation systems that give superpowers to assembly operators, plant managers, and industrial engineers to dramatically boost the productivity, quality, and safety of shopfloor processes.Retrocausal employs cutting-edge generative AI in the form of its Copilot software to elevate low-skilledlabor to take on high-skilled and sophisticated tasks. | $5.3M | Seed | Nov 30, 2023 |  |
| Retrocausal | Retrocausal is the industry leader in intelligence augmentation systems that give superpowers to assembly operators, plant managers, and industrial engineers to dramatically boost the productivity, quality, and safety of shopfloor processes.Retrocausal employs cutting-edge generative AI in the form of its Copilot software to elevate low-skilledlabor to take on high-skilled and sophisticated tasks. | $3.4M | Venture - Series Unknown | Mar 16, 2022 |  |
| RIOS | RIOS, founded in 2018, is a technology company helping global customers automate their factories, warehouses, and supply chain operations by deploying a new class of dexterous AI-powered robots. RIOS robots handle hard-to-automate tasks, typically requiring human-level dexterity, in unstructured environments. RIOS is headquartered in Palo Alto, CAand has a pilot facility in San Carlos, CA. More information is available at www.rios.ai. | $28M | Series A | Feb 22, 2022 |  |
| Mantle | Mantle is an engineering and manufacturing company that has developed metal 3D printing technology to produce high-resolution parts that meet the critical needs of applications from automotive and aerospace to consumer product design and prototyping. | $25M | Series B | Sep 21, 2021 |  |
| Mantle | Mantle is an engineering and manufacturing company that has developed metal 3D printing technology to produce high-resolution parts that meet the critical needs of applications from automotive and aerospace to consumer product design and prototyping. | $13M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 24, 2021 |  |
| Falkonry | Falkonry enables predictive operational excellence for manufacturing and defense organizations through discrete and composite digital twins of operational systems at edge, site or cloud. By applying AI on real-time operational data from plant and field systems, Falkonry solutions help plant operators improve reliability, quality, and sustainabilityof their assets and processes. Falkonry products bring together digital fingerprints, condition discovery with explanations, early warnings, and plant digital analytics for data-driven decision making, and can be scaled easily to plant and fleet level. Our customers include leading manufacturers across industry verticals such as metals, pharma, automotive, as well as the US Department of Defense. | $2M | Venture - Series Unknown | Feb 23, 2021 |  |

7 of 7 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does Hypertherm Ventures invest in?

Hypertherm Ventures invests primarily in Artificial Intelligence, Software and Manufacturing startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Seed stage. Most of the 7 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 Hypertherm Ventures?

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### Who are the partners at Hypertherm Ventures?

The team at Hypertherm Ventures includes Nathan Pascarella (Director). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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