Some notable frontier and deep tech VC's
Data Collective (DCVC) dcvc.com, Deep‑tech / frontier. Backed heavy-hitters like Agility Robotics, Planet Labs, Rocket Lab, Pivot Bio, and Fervo Energy, spanning robotics, space, biotech, and climate infrastructure
Scout Ventures scout.vc, Dual-use tech rooted in defense + commercial. Investments include Voyager Space, Radical (stratospheric tech), Havoc AI (maritime robotics), Taqtile (AR industrial software), Agnostiq (quantum), Anametric (quantum photonics)
OS Fund osfund.co, Science and platform-first: genomics, synthetic biology, advanced materials. Founded by Bryan Johnson; invests in long‑horizon, foundational science
Space VC spacevc.com, Pre‑seed fund at the intersection of space, climate, AI, and deep tech; invests in frontier companies on day‑zero
Baukunst https://baukunst.co/, Collective-run pre‑seed (Fund I $100 M) supporting creative-tech founders at tech/design frontiers
Palm Drive https://palmdrive.vc, Software-focused Seed/Series A firm believing “innovators are everywhere.” Invests globally across SaaS, AI, fintech, e‑commerce — with offices in NYC, SF, and Taipei. Typical check sizes: $0.5–3M (sometimes up to $10M). Portfolio highlights include Addepar, Rappi, Jet, Cockroach Labs, Front, Boom Supersonic, Rippling, and Cockroach Labs
Leitmotif https://leitmotif.vc/ Independent VC anchored by $300M from European industrial backers (notably Volkswagen), offices in Palo Alto & Munich. Focused on decarbonization + hard tech, leaning slightly later-stage. Seed to growth investments include EV motors (DeepDrive), residential energy storage (Lunar Energy), sustainable aviation fuel (Sora Fuel), reusable rockets (Stoke Space), and four nuclear fusion plays (e.g., Proxima Fusion)
America’s Frontier Fund americasfrontier.com, U.S. seed-stage fund focused on national-security‑grade frontier tech: AI, quantum, biotech, space, etc. Backed startups like Venus Aerospace and Foundation Alloy; raised $315 M debut fund with DoD‑guaranteed loans
Harper Court Ventures (Fund I), $25 M seed fund embedded in University of Chicago ecosystem; backing quantum, AI, life‑sciences, energy startups — Chicago‑based deep‑tech hub initiative
Cottonwood Technology Fund cottonwood.vc, Santa Fe + Netherlands; seed investments in hardware, advanced manufacturing, photonics, robotics, cleantech. Portfolio includes Sarcos Robotics, Infinitum Electric, Skorpios
High‑Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) htgf.de, Germany’s public‑private seed fund (€1M checks); deep‑tech focus across industrial tech, climate, life sciences, fusion (e.g., Proxima Fusion, ATMOS Space Cargo)
Topology by Casey Caruso, ~ $60 M debut fund targeting early‑stage frontier tech: AI, crypto, brain‑computer interfaces; founded by ex‑Paradigm partner
Frontier Ventures frontier.ventures, Early‑stage (seed–Series B) AI + network‑effects platform tech; invests pre‑revenue founders globally
