Jun 19, 2022 | AI / IT / Robotics, All Portfolio Companies
(The Boston Globe) — Somerville startup Verve Motion’s ‘exosuit’ acts like extra muscle to make picking up heavy objects easier. Verve Motion refers to the device as a “soft exosuit” — a wearable that is intended to make physical labor far easier. And since April...
Jun 8, 2022 | All Portfolio Companies, Clean Tech / Advanced Materials
(Think Geoenergy) — Geothermal drilling technology startup Quaise Energy has announced an expansion of their Series A financing round from USD 40 million to USD 52 million. The additional USD 12 million financing round was led by TechEnergy Ventures, the Corporate...
Apr 22, 2022 | AI / IT / Robotics, All Portfolio Companies
CORVALLIS, OR – April 22, 2022 — Agility Robotics, a creator and manufacturer of robots designed to work alongside people in logistics and warehouse environments, today announced that it has raised $150 million led by DCVC and Playground Global. The Amazon...
Apr 11, 2022 | All Portfolio Companies, Life Sciences
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. — April 11, 2022 — Lucy Therapeutics (LucyTx), a biotech with a unifying mitochondrial platform, today announced it secured funding from The Michael J. Fox Foundation for Parkinson’s Research (MJFF), the largest nonprofit funder of...
Feb 28, 2022 | AI / IT / Robotics, All Portfolio Companies
BOSTON, February 23, 2022 – RightHand Robotics, a leader in data-driven, autonomous robotic picking solutions for order fulfillment, announces today that it has secured $66 million in a Series C financing led by top growth investors: Safar Partners, a technology...
Sep 21, 2021 | All Portfolio Companies, Clean Tech / Advanced Materials
CAMBRIDGE, Mass., PRNewswire/ — Safar Partners, a seed- to growth-stage venture fund investing in technology companies, announced today that its portfolio company Commonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS) achieved a historic breakthrough in clean energy generation...