Grit Ventures is courageous capital.

We are discovering pioneering inventions and sourcing purposeful innovation in the labs.

Sustainability.

Grit is building industrial powerhouses in Agriculture, Construction, Logistics and Manufacturing, coupling automation with sustainability and impact.

Advanced Materials.

The future of advanced materials is local, vertically integrated, sustainable, and tailored to the application.

Automation.

The future of construction automation will relieve labor shortages and drive increased operational efficiency.

Logistics.

We now live in an Impact Economy. Innovation Capital is the key and Grit is building industrial powerhouses to transform older industries.

Labs to Launch.

Grit is investing at the root of innovation bringing game changing technology out of the labs at schools like Carnegie Mellon, Stanford, UT Austin and MIT.

GRIT Ventures

Grit helps transform lab innovations into tech titans.

AI has marked a watershed moment and is ushering in the largest tech wave the world has ever seen. Breakthrough applications like robotics and advanced materials are transforming physical infrastructure to solve the global challenges of our age including climate, labor shortages, waste, and food production.

We invest in AI, advanced materials, and hardware technologies across multiple industries including industrial automation, supply chain and logistics, energy and compute, and aerospace.

Our value add is Labs to Launch. We fund and support deeply technical teams who need help with funding and go-to-market strategies, hiring and business model execution.

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GRIT Engine

The Grit Engine bridges technology and talent to industry.

Fundamental research in AI, Robotics, Energy and Material Science are rooted in the nation’s top labs. We built the Grit Engine to connect university labs, startups, deep tech founders, industry partners and venture capitalists. By bringing these key players together, we’ve developed startup playbooks that accelerate the journey from academic research to market, enabling deep tech startups to overcome commercialization challenges and achieve scale.
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