We invest in ambitious companies at the frontiers of technology and design.

We are independent minded and invest with conviction. We lead pre-seed rounds out of our inaugural $100M fund and often invest the full round ourselves.

Current Investments

Pre-seed lead

A platform that turns online book tastemakers into publishers

Bindery reimagines publishing as a networked, creator-native system where taste -- not institutions -- decides what gets made. By turning readers and curators into publishers, it unlocks a long-suppressed layer of literary demand and suggests a more participatory, continuously evolving cultural ecosystem.

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Affordable geothermal energy

Dig is pursuing one of the largest untapped energy opportunities: scalable geothermal. By dramatically lowering drilling costs, they aim to unlock access to abundant, always-on clean energy from beneath the earth's surface for millions of households and businesses.

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Compare hotels, then book direct

DirectBooker is built by one of the most insider teams in travel. Founder Sanjay Vakil led partnerships for Google Hotels, with prior experience at TripAdvisor and Time Out Group, and is joined by veteran operators from Google, Kayak, and Expedia. This unmatched team is building AI tools for travelers to book hotels directly, recentering hotels in the next era of online travel booking.

Pre-Seed

AI-powered supply chain automation

To move a product from point A to point B, thousands of emails and messages are exchanged between freight forwarders. Dobby is an AI tool that improves every freight forwarding workflow, helping logistics operators reclaim time, deliver higher quality customer service, and know the status of every shipment.

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Next gen battery systems, manufactured in the US for commercial + off-road electric vehicles

Estes is building next-generation battery systems for commercial vehicles. Founded by a group of executives and engineering leaders from EV giants Tesla, Proterra, and Cummins, Estes is one of the few teams in the world with the expertise to build new battery gigafactories and address America's growing demand for electrification.

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Self-serve rapid eye exams and on-demand prescriptions

Eyebot is expanding access and lowering cost barriers to essential eye care, addressing an urgent eye care shortage in America. Where Eyebot kiosks deployed, people can get a clinically accurate vision tests in just a couple minutes, receive a prescription from a licensed eye doctor, and walk out the store with glasses.

ELEVATE FOODS
Pre-seed lead

Subscription ecommerce for healthier meals

Founded by the former director of product management and growth at beloved meat subscription company ButcherBox, Elevate Foods is building AppyHour, the subscription box for artisan cheese and premium charcuterie.

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A continuous design review and issue tracking platform for modern engineering teams

Five Flute is the design review and collaboration tool for teams building the world's most complex products. The platform replaces scattered screenshots, slides, and meetings with a single shared workspace, making it easier to track issues, align teams, and increase development velocity.

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The world’s first sustainable hearing protection

From the mind of regenerative industrial designer Lauryn Menard comes GOB, a new class of wellness products made from regenerative biomaterials. GOB's first product replaces plastic foam earplugs with a mycelium alternative that is high-performing and fully compostable.

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Next-generation design platform for buildings

Motif aims to revolutionize the art of building buildings by fusing geometry, cloud services, and machine learning into a collaborative design platform. Founded by two of the most experienced product leaders in the AEC space, Motif is bringing architectural design tools into the 21st century.

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The future of off-price retail

Built by e-commerce and retail veteran Rachel Gannon, Offe Market is capturing the enduring appeal of off-price retail for a digital-native generation, turning the excess inventory of Gen Z's favorite brands into a discovery-driven online experience.

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Simple, equitable, and scalable EV charging for multi-family residential

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Workplace comms for small, fast, ambitious teams

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AI-powered image tools for designers, by designers

Picture Studio is an AI creativity tool that gives designers and artists, and creative companies the power to create private image-gen models based on their own IP.

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A better way to explore after school programs, classes, and camps, all in one place

Today's parents spend dozens of hours browsing different websites, reviews, and forms to find enrichment for their kids. Recess is the trusted marketplace that helps parents find trusted providers for after school programs, classes, and camps, all in one place.

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Industrial DevOps for automation engineers: PLC management, code versioning, virtualization, and cloud IDEs

Software Defined Automation brings the logic of modern software development to PLC fleets. PLC systems today run legacy code and are costly to version. SDA uses AI to make them legible, documented, debuggable, and versioned, increasing factory uptime and reducing IT cost footprint.

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Marketplace for vintage and antique home furnishings

Sylvie translates the emotional, aesthetic experience of vintage shopping into an online marketplace. With its drop-based model, impeccable photographs, thoughtfully sourced collection of curated antiques, and the brand mystique of the Sylvie Estate, Sylivie makes online vintage shopping feel like collecting high-end pieces for life.

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Collaborative manufacturing development tool

Threaded is reimagining the factory as a programmable system. By turning work instructions into living, AI-native code, it gives engineers a new environment to design, iterate, and run operations. With agentic industrial engineering colleagues, manufacturing becomes adaptive, collaborative, and continuously improves.

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AI graphic design platform for creating on-brand content at scale

In a world where content demands are rapidly expanding, Obello is a platform that brings brand, design and AI together to enable anyone at a company to ship beautiful, on-brand content. By turning brand assets into design constraints for a generative design layout and email system, it enables continuous brand expression and points toward a future where visual identity adapts in real time.

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AI-native product content system to help industrial equipment sellers convert better and faster

Kaavio is the AI tool that helps industrial equipment sellers drive conversion, leveraging AI to develop market-ready product content for millions of SKUs. Combining research, data enrichment, and content creation, Kaavio improves every product data workflow for parts distributors.

gNucleus
Pre-seed lead

Generative AI autopilot for CAD design and simulation

Past Investments

We have a long history of being the foundational partner to transformative businesses. Select past investments that represent our focus at Baukunst:

Bobbie
Pre-seed lead

A purposefully sourced, direct to consumer infant formula. Evolving the conversation around modern parenting

Onshape
Co–founder

Acquired by PTC - Cloud-based product development platform that combines CAD, data management, and real-time collaboration

Solidworks
First round

Acquired by Dassault Systemes - 3D CAD design, analysis, and product data management software

Vention
Pre-seed lead

Next-generation digital manufacturing platform for machine design

Desktop Metal
First round

$DM on NYSE - 3D printing solutions from rapid prototyping to mass production

Tive
Pre-seed lead

Real time supply chain visibility

Tonal
Pre-seed lead

The world's most intelligent home gym and personal trainer

Pair
Pre-seed lead

Customizable glasses and sunglasses

Spyce
Pre-seed lead

Acquired by Sweetgreen - An original restaurant concept featuring a robotic kitchen that cooks and serves delicious meals

Fi
Pre-seed lead

The next generation of smart dog collars

Recorded Future
Series A lead

The world’s largest provider of intelligence for enterprise security

Brunt
Pre-Seed

A workwear brand built for the trades

Point One Navigation
Pre-Seed

Precision location engine for autonomous vehicles

Wildgrain
Pre-Seed

Ready-to-bake artisan bread, pasta and pastries delivered to your door