# Reed Sturtevant

> Reed Sturtevant is a seed investor at The Engine (Boston) backing Software and Hardware. See 19 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [The Engine](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-engine)
- Location: Boston, United States
- Total investments: 19
- Last investment: Feb 2026
- Lead investor: 63%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/reedsturtevant
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/reedsturtevant
- Website: http://www.engine.xyz

Reed Sturtevant is a seed investor at The Engine in Boston focused on Software and Hardware. Reed Sturtevant is the General Partner at The Engine. He is a former Co-Founder and Advisor at Startup Institute. He attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 3 | 16% |
| Hardware | 2 | 11% |
| Internet | 2 | 11% |
| Robotics | 2 | 11% |
| Automotive | 2 | 11% |

35 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 9 | 47% |
| Series A | 5 | 26% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 2 | 11% |
| Angel | 1 | 5% |
| Series B | 1 | 5% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 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 |  |
| Finwave Semiconductor | Finwave Semiconductor develops a 3DGaN technology designed to enhance 5G devices. |  | Series B | May 14, 2025 |  |
| Finwave Semiconductor | Finwave Semiconductor develops a 3DGaN technology designed to enhance 5G devices. | $8.2M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 14, 2025 |  |
| Oso Semiconductor | Oso Semiconductor is a developer of power-efficient, chipsets for next generation wireless communication and sensing applications. | $5.2M | Seed | Feb 12, 2025 |  |
| 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. | $5.4M | Seed | Dec 17, 2024 |  |
| DBOS, Inc. | Developer of the world's first cloud-native operating system, DBOS, and the DBOS Cloud transactional serverless computing platform. A simpler, more secure way to build fault-tolerant cloud applications. Based on 3 years of joint MIT-Stanford research, led by DBOS co-founder and Turing Award laureate, Mike Stonebraker. | $8.5M | Seed | Mar 12, 2024 |  |
| Amide Technologies | Amide synthesizes peptides that are difficult to obtain through existing means, bridging the gap between traditional solid phase peptide synthesis and biological expression. By using unnatural amino acids and artificial protein backbones, our team is expanding what is biologically possible. Amide’s Automated Fast Flow Peptide Synthesizer (AFPS)leverages flow to dramatically improve solid phase peptide synthesis. Using the power of flow, we can generate highly reactive intermediates in situ, maintain excellent heat and mass transfer, and achieve much better synthetic outcomes than alternative SPPS methods. With all these advantages, AFPS allows biopharma pioneers to dramatically re-think what’s possible. Let Amide broaden your horizons with better, faster synthesis. | $7.5M | Series A | Jul 28, 2023 |  |
| Axoft | Axoft develops implantable electronics to amplify brain-machine communication. The company solves BMI by developing soft, scalable, and stable next-generation neural probes, realizing subcellular resolution, ultra-high bandwidth, minimally invasive, and long-term stable brain-machine interface to seamlessly connect the brain to electronics. | $8M | Seed | Oct 18, 2022 |  |
| Sync Computing | Sync Computing is a developer of an optimization processing unit designed to eliminate some of society's profound problems. The company's optimization processing unit is an algorithm in hardware form and solves combinatorial optimization problems that exist in industries such as telecom, pharma, finance, logistics, those that rely onmachine learning, enabling organizations and communities to solve optimization problems effectively and efficiently. | $12M | Series A | Aug 16, 2022 |  |
| Sync Computing | Sync Computing is a developer of an optimization processing unit designed to eliminate some of society's profound problems. The company's optimization processing unit is an algorithm in hardware form and solves combinatorial optimization problems that exist in industries such as telecom, pharma, finance, logistics, those that rely onmachine learning, enabling organizations and communities to solve optimization problems effectively and efficiently. | $6.1M | Seed | Jan 25, 2022 |  |

10 of 19 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [The Engine](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/the-engine-b5c2) — VC Fund, 9 deals together
- [Fine Structure Venture](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/fine-structure-venture) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Flybridge](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/flybridge-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Moore Strategic Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/moore-strategic-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [National Grid Partners (NGP)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/national-grid-partners-ngp) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

## About The Engine

VC Fund · Cambridge, United States

The Engine, which was publicly announced on October 26, 2016, was built by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).Prioritizing breakthrough ideas over early profit, The Engine represents an exciting new system for startup support, one that shortens the time from idea to investment, and from investment to impact.To fuel The Engine,MIT is seeking to attract hundreds of millions of dollars of support and to provide hundreds of thousands of square feet of space for entrepreneurs in Kendall Square and nearby communities, starting with 26,000 square feet in its Central Square headquarters.The Engine provides a physical space where an idea can begin to take shape. It also streamlines the legal processes and agreements required to get products to market. And it links entrepreneurs to “patient capital” from investors who share their vision of addressing big challenges with big ideas.The Engine will eventually support up to 60 locally based startups concurrently; these companies will participate in the accelerator for up to 12 months. The Engine will make meaningful investments that will allow participating startups to get off the ground quickly and operate long enough to prove their concepts’ viability. It will also provide business planning, legal, and administrative support.The Engine will require less equity than is typical, allowing founders to maintain more control over their companies and the ideas they’ve created.Through the Engine Room, The Engine will provide access to a wide network of lab space, specialized equipment, business guidance, and other resources, at MIT and beyond.

5 contacts available at The Engine.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Benjamin Downing | Vice President of Public Affairs | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/benjamin-downing-5ecc |
| Bettina Metais | VP Investor Relations and Operations | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bettina-metais |
| Chloe Holzinger | Associate | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chloe-holzinger |
| Dax Kepshire | Founder and Advisor | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dax-kepshire |
| Dulcie Madden | Partner and Head of Partnerships | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dulcie-madden |

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## FAQ

### What does Reed Sturtevant invest in?

Reed Sturtevant invests primarily in Software, Hardware and Internet startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 19 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Reed Sturtevant last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Reed Sturtevant closed in Feb 2026. Shizune tracks 19 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

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