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Engine Ventures

Last cheque observed Oct 2026; 37 cheques on record.

Deploying nowNew fund, May 2026VC firm

SeedSeries ASeries BTough TechEnergyClimate

Deploying now
94%of best year16cheques in 12 months, 37 on record
Since the last cheque22days00hrs00min00sec
Median round$21MRounds led3 of 37Sole investor4 roundsMostly inUnited States, 89%
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Engine Ventures highlights

  1. 01

    16 cheques in the last 12 months

  2. 02

    Mostly Venture and Seed: 57% of its rounds

  3. 03

    Sole investor in 4 rounds, median $18M

What they do

We invest in founders solving the world’s toughest challenges with breakthrough technology.From their own website
Type
VC firm
Cheque size
Not stated
Stages
SeedSeries ASeries BGrowth
Sectors
Tough TechEnergyClimate
Based in
Cambridge, United States
Cold pitches
Not accepted

The record

Every round we can evidence, newest first37 appearances

  1. 2026

    13 rounds

  2. Oct
    VEIRSeries C · US · Baruch Future Ventures$110MWith 10 others
  3. Sept
    CorePower MagneticsSeed · US$11MWith 2 others
  4. Aug
    Form EnergySeries G · US · TechCrunch$750MWith 19 others
  5. Jul
    Blue EnergyVenture · DK$380MWith 1 other
  6. Jun
    SuperlightSeries A · GB$21MSole investor
  7. Apr
    Blue EnergyGrowth · US · TechCrunch$380MWith 3 others
  8. Apr
    Sora FuelVenture · US$15MSole investor
  9. Apr
    Foundation AlloyVenture · US$22MWith 2 others
  10. Mar
    Axiomatic AISeed · US · Ventureburn$18MLed
  11. Mar
    Terrestrial BioSeries C · US · Firms' own news pages$50MWith 4 others
  12. Feb
    DG MatrixSeries A · US · TechCrunch$60MLed
  13. Feb
    Trener RoboticsSeries A · US$32MWith 2 others
  14. Jan
    BexorgVenture · USUndisclosedWith 2 others
  15. 2025

    12 rounds

  16. Dec
    Addis EnergySeed · US$8.3MWith 3 others
  17. Nov
    TeradarSeries B · US · TechCrunch$150MWith 5 others
  18. Nov
    Kano TherapeuticsVenture · USUndisclosedWith 3 others
  19. Oct
    Predicta BiosciencesSeries A · US$23MWith 1 other
  20. Sept
  21. Sept
    FORAY bioscienceVenture · USUndisclosedWith 2 others
  22. Aug
    Sora FuelVenture · USUndisclosedSole investor
  23. May
    Finwave SemiconductorSeries B · US$8.2MWith 3 others
  24. Apr
    Vaxess TechnologiesVenture · US$9.0MWith 3 others
  25. Mar
    Celestial AISeries C · US · Crunchbase News$250MWith 11 others
  26. Mar
    T-roboticsSeed · US$575KWith 3 others
  27. Feb
    Oso SemiconductorSeed · US$5.2MWith 3 others
  28. 2024

    11 rounds

  29. Nov
    Copernic CatalystsSeed · US$8.0MWith 1 other
  30. Oct
    Blue EnergySeries A · DK$45MWith 1 other
  31. Sept
    MantelSeries A · US$30MWith 2 others
  32. Aug
    Kano TherapeuticsSeed · US$5.0MWith 3 others
  33. Jul
    AtmosZeroGrant · US$250KWith 3 others
  34. May
    pascalSeed · US$8.0MWith 1 other
  35. May
    Lucy TherapeuticsVenture · US$13MWith 1 other
  36. Mar
    EvolOHSeries A · US$20MWith 1 other
  37. Mar
    Terragia BiofuelSeed · US$6.0MWith 1 other
  38. Mar
    DBOS, Inc.Seed · US$8.5MWith 1 other
  39. Feb
    Lilac SolutionsSeries C · US$145MWith 4 others
  40. 2016

    1 round

  41. Dec
    CropZillaVentureUndisclosedSole investor

An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor.

The team

Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration7 named

ADAnn DewittGeneral PartneriForm ADV
IRIsrael RuizManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
KWKatherine Wyeth RaeManaging PartneriForm ADV
KRKatie RaeManaging Member of the General PartneriFiling they signed
MKMichael KearneyGeneral PartneriForm ADV
MCMilo Camp Peavey WernerGeneral PartneriForm ADV
RPReed P SturtevantGeneral PartneriForm ADV

We also hold 11 people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them.

What the register says

From the firm's own filings with the SEC, which it must file accurately by law

$1.6Bgross assets of its fundsOct 2026
Exemptreporting adviserventure or small private funds
Legal name
FWH Management Company, LLC
SEC number
CRD 327296

What they claim to have backed

From their own portfolio page (on their website)

2 of 3 we have independently watched raise

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Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded.

Who they invest alongside

The investors most often in the same rounds as Engine Ventures. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed.

Recently backed

The latest companies Engine Ventures put money into.

Mentioned on podcasts

Episodes that name Engine Ventures in their description, not their title.

Quick answers about Engine Ventures

What does Engine Ventures invest in?

Engine Ventures invests most often at Venture and Seed (57% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Tough Tech, Energy and Climate.

How active is Engine Ventures?

37 investments on record, 16 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 3. The most recent was in Oct 2026.

What has Engine Ventures invested in recently?

Its most recent investments on record: VEIR (Series C, Oct 2026), CorePower Magnetics (Seed, Sept 2026) and Form Energy (Series G, Aug 2026).

How big are Engine Ventures's cheques?

The median round it joins is $21M.

Does Engine Ventures lead rounds?

Sometimes: it led 3 of its 37 investments on record (8%).

Where does Engine Ventures invest?

Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (89%) and Denmark (6%).

Is Engine Ventures investing now?

Yes: it is actively investing, with 16 investments in the last 12 months.

Who does Engine Ventures invest alongside?

Most often At One Ventures (4 rounds together), Alumni Ventures (3 rounds together) and Berkeley SkyDeck (3 rounds together).

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