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    The Engine

    engine.xyz

    The Engine is a pre-seed to Series C stage investment firm. It has made 31 investments. They made 1 investment in the last 12 months. Average disclosed round size is $47.5M (across 40 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    31

    Fund Size

    —

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    1

    Team

    JH

    John Ho

    founding investor of venx

    Elizabeth Patterson

    Elizabeth Patterson

    Senior Manager, Partner Engagement & Workforce Development, The Builder Platform

    Andrew Takacs

    Andrew Takacs

    Director of Partnerships

    Frances Robinson

    Frances Robinson

    Director of Philanthropy

    Karisa Hanson

    Karisa Hanson

    Director of EHS & Lab Operations

    Kevin Figueiredo

    Kevin Figueiredo

    Director of Facilities

    Liz Sisson

    Liz Sisson

    Director of Operations & Startup Success

    Pat Grospiron

    Pat Grospiron

    Executive Director, The Builder Platform

    Tara Tatu

    Tara Tatu

    Associate Director of Lab Operations

    Ian Johnston

    Ian Johnston

    Vice President of Tech Translation & Ecosystem Development

    Aaron Ellies

    Aaron Ellies

    Facilities Associate

    Ben Smith

    Ben Smith

    Associate Laboratory Operations Manager

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    44 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Form Energy logoForm EnergySeries A$750MJan 2026
    Teradar logoTeradarSeries B$150MNov 2025
    ZZapata Computing, Inc.Series B$38MMay 2024
    SSyzygySeries C$76MNov 2022
    SSync ComputingUnknown$15.5MAug 2022
    SiTration logoSiTrationPre-Seed$2.4MJul 2022
    Seaspire Skincare logoSeaspire SkincareSeed$3MJun 2022
    Cellino logoCellinoSeries A$75MJan 2022
    Atlantic Quantum logoAtlantic QuantumSeed$9MJan 2022
    The Routing Company logoThe Routing CompanySeries A$15MJan 2022
    Mori logoMoriSeries A$50MJan 2022
    BioBot Analytics logoBioBot AnalyticsSeries A$20MOct 2021
    Lilac logoLilacSeries C$150MSep 2021
    Plasmonics logoPlasmonicsSeries B$23MApr 2021
    CCellino BiotechSeed$16MFeb 2021
    BioBot Analytics logoBioBot AnalyticsSeries A$20MJan 2021
    Kytopen logoKytopenSeries A$30MJan 2021
    Zapata logoZapataSeries A$4.8MJan 2020
    ZZapata Computing, Inc.Series A$4.8MJan 2020
    Lilac logoLilacSeries A$20MJan 2020
    Plasmonics logoPlasmonicsSeries A$5.8MAug 2019
    CCommonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS)Series A$115MJun 2019
    Zapata logoZapataSeries A$21MJan 2019
    Kytopen logoKytopenSeed$3.6MMay 2018
    Zapata logoZapataSeed$5.4MJan 2018
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    Top Co-Investors

    Engine Ventures15 shared
    Prelude Ventures8 shared
    Horizons Ventures5 shared
    Breakthrough Energy Ventures5 shared
    Khosla Ventures5 shared
    Safar Partners5 shared
    Evok Innovations4 shared
    Y Combinator4 shared
    Pillar VC4 shared
    8VC4 shared
    Humboldt Fund4 shared
    GG14 shared
    Team Europe3 shared
    Collaborative Fund3 shared
    GOOSE Capital2 shared
    Equinor2 shared
    T. Rowe Price2 shared
    Lowercarbon Capital2 shared
    Emerson Collective2 shared
    Mitsubishi Corporation2 shared

    Last updated: 7 October 2026