# Prime Movers Lab: portfolio, investments and team > Prime Movers Lab is a vc firm based in United States. 5 investments on record, 4 in the last 12 months, latest Jul 2026. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/prime-movers-lab (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) United States · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Prime Movers Lab Last cheque observed Jul 2026; 5 cheques on record. Email VC firm Deploying now New fund $993K, Aug 2026 Seed Series A Series B Smart Manufacturing Robotics Industrial IoT Follow Prime Movers Lab and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fprime-movers-lab) Deploying now **100%** of best year **4** **cheques in 12 months**, 5 on record Since the last cheque **106** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$152M** Cheque size, as they say **$100K – $60M** Rounds led **3 of 5** Mostly in **United States, 60%** Pitch Prime Movers Lab ## Prime Movers Lab highlights - 01 4 cheques in the last 12 months - 02 Mostly Series A and Seed: 100% of its rounds - 03 Led 3 rounds ## What they do > Prime Movers Lab Raises $245 Million Early-Stage Fund to Advance Breakthrough Science Startups From their own website - **Type:** VC firm (from a list, unverified) - **Cheque size:** $100K – $60M as they say - **Stages:** Seed Series A Series B Growth - **Sectors:** Smart Manufacturing Robotics Industrial IoT - **Based in:** Jackson, United States - **Cold pitches:** Not stated ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **5 appearances** - **2026** 4 rounds - **Jul** **[Humanoid](https://millionrounds.com/company/humanoid)** Series A · GB · TechStartups **$152M** *Led* - **Jun** **[Focused Energy](https://millionrounds.com/company/focused-energy)** Series A · DE · TechCrunch **$240M** With 5 others - **May** **[The Path](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-path)** Seed · US · Ventureburn **$14M** *Led* - **May** **[Hark](https://millionrounds.com/company/hark)** Series A · US · TechCrunch **$700M** With 11 others - **2021** 1 round - **Nov** **[Cognixion](https://millionrounds.com/company/cognixion)** Seed · US · Firms' own news pages **$12M** *Led* 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 registration **4 named** DS **Dakin Sloss** Managing member of the investment adviser i Filing they signed JL **Jon Layman** General Counsel i Filing they signed TF **Taylor Frankel** Vice President of Finance of the investment adviser i Filing they signed ZH **Zia Huque** Director i Filing they signed We also hold **16** 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 **$2.3B** gross assets of its funds Oct 2026 **Exempt** reporting adviser venture or small private funds - **Legal name:** Prime Movers LAB LLC - **SEC number:** CRD 299803 Who backs their funds ## 1 LP on record in Prime Movers Lab's funds - **Funds:** 1 The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies. Source: an LP list. - [**Perot Jain** 1 fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/perot-jain) Fund Vintage Committed Prime Movers Lab - - New fund on file **$993K** raised in Aug 2026 From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy. ## The cheque Seed Series A Series B Median round joined **$152M** the round, not its cheque Led 3 of 5 rounds **60%** - **Said size:** $100K – $60M - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** Jul 2026 Rounds by stage said on their site - Series A said *3* - Seed said *2* - Series B said *-* - Growth said *-* Cheques by month Led Joined Dec 2023 Nov 2026 **Pitching Prime Movers Lab?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Recently backed The latest companies Prime Movers Lab put money into. [**Focused Energy** $240M · Jun 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/focused-energy)[**The Path** $14M · May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-path)[**Hark** $700M · May 2026](https://millionrounds.com/company/hark)[**Cognixion** $12M · Nov 2021](https://millionrounds.com/company/cognixion) ## On podcasts 1 episode naming Prime Movers Lab in the title. - [This Week in Startups](https://millionrounds.com/podcasts/this-week-in-startups) 23 Jan 2022 · 59 min Sunday VC School: how investors work together + Prime Movers Lab's Ramez Naam | E1367 With [Ramez Naam](https://millionrounds.com/person/ramez-naam) Mentions [Prime Movers Lab](https://millionrounds.com/fund/prime-movers-lab) Apple PodcastsShow page ## Quick answers about Prime Movers Lab ### What does Prime Movers Lab invest in? Prime Movers Lab invests most often at Series A and Seed (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Smart Manufacturing, Robotics and Industrial IoT. ### How active is Prime Movers Lab? 5 investments on record, 4 of them in the last 12 months, and it led 3. The most recent was in Jul 2026. ### What has Prime Movers Lab invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Humanoid (Series A, Jul 2026), Focused Energy (Series A, Jun 2026) and The Path (Seed, May 2026). ### How big are Prime Movers Lab's cheques? The median round it joins is $152M. It says it writes cheques of $100K to $60M. ### Does Prime Movers Lab lead rounds? Yes: it led 3 of its 5 investments on record (60%). ### Where does Prime Movers Lab invest? Most of the companies it backs are in the United States (60%), the United Kingdom (20%) and Germany (20%). ### Is Prime Movers Lab investing now? Yes: it is actively investing, with 4 investments in the last 12 months. ### What kind of investor is Prime Movers Lab? Prime Movers Lab is a VC firm based in Jackson, United States. ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. [How we count](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a correction](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=prime-movers-lab) · [Is this your firm? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?org=prime-movers-lab)