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Excited to launch the 2026 Climate Tech course with Bruce Usher and Alan West! Teams now will include Columbia Business School, Columbia Engineering and Columbia Climate School grad students. These interdisciplinary teams will work with 10 VC funds on deep dives in sectors for innovation in climate mitigation, resilience, efficiency, and decarbonization. Thanks to the participating funds - Active Impact Investments, Aligned Climate Capital, Blackhorn Ventures, Blue Bear Capital, Buoyant Ventures, Clean Energy Ventures, Congruent Ventures, Lime Rock New Energy, Prelude Ventures and Renewal Funds!

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I’m lucky to work alongside colleagues like Richard Fruehauf, who constantly push my thinking. His latest piece unpacks why U.S. robotics and drone manufacturing faces uphill economics, and how public policy can help turn the tide. One key takeaway: 232 tariffs on robotics imports could help reset the economics that are holding back U.S. investment and production. It’s a sharp perspective on how policy can shape the future of advanced tech here at home. Well worth a read: https://lnkd.in/edMPTQPQ Richard Fruehauf, Robert J. Szczerba, Michael Lutzky, Edward Ovando, Karl Sanchack, Herman Herman, Jeff Legault, Phil English, Richard Fruehauf, Ryan Aument, Michael Guido, Sheila Fitzgerald Sterrett, David McCormick

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📊 AmTech Daily: Deals Defining America's Future — Feb 25, 2026 Each morning, Commonweal Ventures compiles the day's top #AmTech deals and news at the intersection of government and technology. Here's today's. Comment "Subscribe" to get the full briefing, news included, in your inbox. Education  🔹 Subject (Beverly Hills, CA), which offers an AI-powered digital curriculum platform for middle and high school students, raised $28 million in funding led by Vistara Growth, joined by NextEquity Partners, Green Street Impact Partners, Outcomes Collective Growth Capital, and other existing investors. Health  🔹 Handl Health (Los Angeles, CA), which provides an analytics platform to help health plans and benefits consultants design employer health benefits that lower costs and improve care quality, raised $14.2 million in Series A funding led by Arthur Ventures, joined by Syndra Capital Partners, a strategic investor, Mucker Capital, Riverfront Ventures, Digital Health Venture Partners, and Boutique Venture Partners. Aerospace  🔹 Sophia Space (Pasadena, CA), building orbital data centers composed of ultra-thin, solar-powered computer panels called TILES that sit on or next to satellites, raised $10 million in seed funding led by Alpha Funds, KDDI Corporation Green Partners Fund, and Unlock Venture Partners. Finance  🔹 Comeryx Insurance (Denver, CO), which runs an AI-driven online insurance platform that automatically prices and issues specialty liability coverage for small trade contractors that traditional carriers won't easily underwrite, raised $7.5 million in seed funding led by Altai Ventures, joined by American Family Ventures, Intact Ventures, Boulder Ventures, Arch Capital Group, and Echelon. AI Chips  🔹 Cerebras (Sunnyvale, CA), which designs wafer-scale AI chips and computer systems that let large organizations train and run advanced AI models faster and more efficiently, has confidentially filed to go public in the U.S. after previously raising more than $2.5 billion in private funding across eight rounds. Energy  🔹 Terrasmart's eBOS division (Grand Rapids, MI), which makes prefabricated electrical wiring and combiner-box systems that connect utility-scale solar panels to inverters and the grid, was acquired by GameChange Energy Technologies for $70 million to extend its end-to-end solar infrastructure offering. What is #AmTech? It's our term for the companies tackling America's biggest challenges in sectors like energy, defense, healthcare, and infrastructure. In these markets, the path to building category-winning companies runs through government, and the founders who understand that are building the most consequential technology businesses of our generation.

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Angel Launch is delighted to partner with George Mason University and @Mason Enterprise Center - Fairfax who is producing the 5th year of ACCELERATE CONFERENCE on Nov 5-6 2025 in the Wash DC Metro area (Arlington VA).   Thanks to our Mason Enterprise partners Paula Sorrell and Lauren Bigelow, PhD for inviting us to host a session on Doing Deals with Silicon Valley. Startups, vendors and tech execs can register to attend at https://lnkd.in/gY-bbCgs. We invite investors to join a keynote panel in Nov 5 from 4 to 5pm or judge a session. The panel takes place on the main stage panel focusing on Doing Deals with Silicon Valley and AI/Tech Investing Trends. If you are selected and approved, we cover some travel expenses. The panel will focus on how to do deals in the Valley: tech and AI Trends; investing strategies; which are the hot markets; opportunities for SV and government partnerships; state of investing in SV; and trends to watch. Angel Launch is a leading producer of tech venture forums connecting thousands of global startups to hundreds of accredited investors for early and advanced stage funding for 10 years. Our host covers approved travel expenses .   Investors: Apply to speak on a keynote panel, or judge a separate startup pitch session, or both.  Investors: Reply here to speak or judge with company, name, title,email and cell phone or email to info@angellaunch.com. Startups and execs can register to attend at www.acceleratedeals.org Join these confirmed panel speakers : Keshia Theobald-van Gent, VP, BDev Ventures Anish Srivastava, Venture Partner, SwissCom Ventures Jonathan Healy, Associate, Cathay Innovation   Accelerate features keynote speakers, workshops, prominent investors and corporate executives, venture forum, VIP receptions and meals. This event will feature over 500 attendees including global investors, angels, defense and military, and corporate partners. You get invited to all events including dinners, gala and exclusive VIP reception with top high net worth family offices, angels and LPS primarily from the east coast seeking Silicon Valley investing opportunities and investment partners. This is ideal if you are an investor seeking high net worth investors for your next fund or startups doing fundraising. STARTUPS WILL PITCH IN THESE AREAS INCLUDING FOCUS ON AI Biotech/ Healthcare/ Healthtech/ Digital Health Cybersecurity IT Security Defense tech Software / SaaS All other (AgTech, Media, Energy, etc.) Manufacturing, Supply Chain, and Communications

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Our portco Latent AI is partnering with Voyager Technologies to advance the future of edge AI. This collaboration brings together Latent AI’s leading capabilities in efficient, adaptive AI models with Voyager’s expertise in autonomous systems and mission-critical technologies. Together they will unlock new possibilities for deploying AI at the tactical edge.

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Thanks to CTech by Calcalist for the thoughtful VC survey. I weighed in on the structural shifts defining 2026, from the reopening of the IPO window to how the “resilience” narrative is evolving, and why defense tech is emerging as a durable next growth engine alongside cyber. Give it a read → https://lnkd.in/dkAArKp7

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💜 Our investment in Phoebe When we first met Justin Woodbridge, the indefatigable CEO and founder Phoebe, it was clear he and the team were building something important and far more than another workflow tool. The care infrastructure in America, particularly in-home healthcare, is under immense strain, with administrative overhead consuming meaningful dollars and attention that should go to caregivers and patients. If you've ever had to take care of a loved one, you know this problem deeply. Phoebe’s mission to modernize home healthcare with agent-native logistics infrastructure -  software that doesn’t just assist, but executes and coordinates autonomously -  is exactly the kind of enduring problem coupled with durable technology that resonates with our thesis. What truly stood out was the team’s ability to translate complex operational pain into elegant AI solutions that *people* will meaningfully use. Phoebe’s platform uses AI agents to automate processes like scheduling, intake, and coordination across a network of 24/7 care delivery, enabling agencies to run efficiently without asking caregivers or managers to adopt entirely new systems. By allowing agents to operate atop existing infrastructure (EHRs and workflows) and handle the heavy lifting of administrative work, Phoebe unlocks productivity and profitability in a market that desperately needs it. The fact that the company has already reached meaningful early traction and hit $1M in ARR within months of launching reinforces that they’re not just promising change, they’re delivering measurable impact. Moxxie Ventures backed Phoebe because they represent the kind of founder-led, technically sophisticated, mission-oriented company we believe can define a new category. Led by a team with deep operational empathy and a clear understanding of the systemic problems facing home care, Phoebe is building software that meets the moment: AI that runs work, not just augments it. In a world where care is one of the fastest-growing and most critical infrastructures, tools that self-drive operations - gaining efficiency, reducing cost, and improving outcomes - are indispensable. We’re excited to support Phoebe’s journey and co-invest with our friends at Slow Ventures (Yoni Rechtman), Quiet Capital (Michael Bloch), Jonathan Ehrlich and Gokul Rajaram (what a dream team!), and look forward to the impact Phoebe will have on the care ecosystem. 

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"Build the event you wish existed" That's what we at Monadical did last week at #NYTW. We wanted an AI Engineers discussion for Engineers. There's always a lot of events out there for VCs to network, or for startups to learn about G2M, but very little on lessons learned from actual engineers in the field. So that's the event we hosted. Big thank yous to our awesome panel, Roy Pereira, Ben Cohen and Corey J. Gallon. Here's the key takeaways and the AI tools we're using. 🚀 All three panelists independently called AI Agents the most transformative LLM application they’ve used. They specifically called out Claude 3.5 Sonnet for its accuracy and reliability. 🪨 We dug into how LLMs are “jagged”, not general. They can be shockingly good at some tasks and completely fail at others. Everyone agreed: good evaluations are critical (and hard.) 🧪 Corey noted how public benchmarks and reality are two different things. Most public evals are saturated or gamed. ♊ Ben emphasized that AI projects are actually two projects: building the tool and building the evaluation process. 🧱 We explored how falling dev costs may impact startup defensibility and labor demand. Roy shared that founders are already shifting strategies in response. ⚒️ In a world of daily AI launches, the panel discussed how they decide what’s worth attention, and what’s just noise. They called out tools like Goose, Aider, Claude Code, and Monadical’s own Cubbi, which helps run agentic workflows safely in dev environments. (links in the comments). CTA: What would you want to hear in an AI Applied Engineering talk you attended?

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The global healthcare landscape is rapidly evolving, and Canadian healthcare providers are uniquely positioned to capitalize on one of the most promising emerging markets: virtual care for international patients from growing upper middle class populations. As economies in regions like Southeast Asia, Latin America, and parts of Africa continue to expand, a new demographic is emerging—educated, digitally-savvy professionals with disposable income who seek high-quality healthcare but face local system limitations. These patients are increasingly turning to telemedicine solutions that connect them with physicians in countries known for medical excellence, and Canada's reputation for healthcare quality, coupled with our multicultural expertise, makes us an attractive destination for virtual consultations. What makes this segment particularly compelling is the convergence of several factors: improved global internet infrastructure, growing comfort with digital health platforms post-COVID, and the rising purchasing power of emerging market middle classes who prioritize health investments. Canadian physicians can leverage existing telemedicine infrastructure to serve patients across time zones, offering specialized consultations, second opinions, and ongoing care management that may not be readily available in patients' home countries. This represents not just a revenue opportunity, but a chance to extend Canadian healthcare expertise globally while addressing real gaps in international healthcare access. For healthcare entrepreneurs and established practices alike, the international virtual care market offers a scalable path to growth that aligns profit with purpose. The Singh Twins' Indigo: The Colour of India

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January was an exciting month for several in the Industrious Ventures portfolio. It is encouraging to see many government agencies scaling up their contract awards to and collaboration with startups that can build better, faster, and cheaper. Some highlights below! • Antares cleared a first-of-kind DOE safety milestone. • Lunar Outpost was selected for a new in-orbit demonstration mission. • Starfish Space secured a U.S. Space Force contract for end-of-life satellite disposal. • Aerospacelab and Xona expanded their satellite production partnership for Xona's next-gen Pulsar GPS constellation. • Northwood scaled phased-array ground infrastructure for LEO constellations and announced a fundraise. Scroll through for details →

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