Blackhorn Ventures News and Posts
Supplying the World with a Robot Workforce: Saman Farid on Formic’s Mission to Revitalize American Manufacturing
Aug 19, 2024 | Founder Profile, Supply Chain and Logistics
In an era where automation and AI are transforming industries, Saman Farid, Founder and CEO of Formic Technologies, stands out as a visionary driving manufacturing productivity. With his background in engineering and venture capital, Saman brings a unique perspective...
Blackhorn Ventures Announces Close of $150M Industrial Impact Fund II to Invest in Digital Infrastructure Accelerating the Energy Transition
Jun 27, 2024 | Blackhorn News
We’re thrilled to announce the close of our third fund, Blackhorn Ventures Industrial Impact Fund II, LP (IIF II). With $150M in commitments towards our new fund, our team is exceptionally well-positioned to partner with world-class founders transforming how we build,...
Our Investment in Formic: Making Automation Accessible for Those Who Need it Most
Jun 25, 2024 | Investment Announcement, Supply Chain and Logistics
Blackhorn Ventures is thrilled to announce our latest investment in Formic, a business set to revolutionize manufacturing with their industrial Robots-as-a-Service (RaaS) platform. Leading the $27.4 million Series A+ round alongside co-investors Mitsubishi HC Capital...
Modernizing the Electrical Grid for a New Energy Era: Our Investment in Think Labs
May 24, 2024 | Energy, Investment Announcement
Blackhorn Ventures is proud to announce our latest investment in ThinkLabs, which is accelerating the energy transition with an AI-powered co-pilot for grid operators. We’re proud to co-invest in their Series Seed alongside GE Vernova, PowerHouse Ventures, Active...
Safeguarding Grid Reliability and Resilience: Our Investment in Buzz Solutions
Mar 24, 2024 | Energy, Investment Announcement
Blackhorn Ventures is proud to announce our latest investment in Buzz Solutions, which uses AI-powered visual data insights and predictive analytics to safeguard critical infrastructure. Blackhorn previously invested in Buzz’s 2022 Seed Round, and we’re proud to...
Deployment Capital for Decarbonization
Dec 6, 2023 | Uncategorized
Blackhorn Ventures is excited to share our latest market insights white paper on "Deployment Capital for Decarbonization." With over $400 billion in available funding, the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the Inflation Reduction Act are landmark policies helping to...
Chinmay Malaviya and Charlie Depman, Co-founders of Ridepanda, on the Rapid Evolution of Mobility
Nov 10, 2023 | Founder Profile
Video Inv. announcement Chinmay Malaviya (left) and Charlie Depman (right) met in 2020 while working at two first-generation micro-mobility companies (Bird & Lime). Identifying a need within the...
The Future of Enterprise Mobility: Our Investment in RidePanda
Nov 10, 2023 | Investment Announcement
Blackhorn Ventures Leads the $7.5M Equity and Debt Round for RidePanda: The One-Stop Shop for Micro Mobility Access for the EnterpriseBlackhorn Ventures is proud to announce our latest investment in Ridepanda, the turnkey platform for micro mobility benefits. Their...
Controlling the Foundational Data Asset: AI’s Impact on Industry 4.0 and Industrial Decarbonization
Oct 24, 2023 | Market Insights
Blackhorn Ventures is excited to share our latest market insights whitepaper on AI’s Impact on Industry 4.0 and Industrial Decarbonization. The exponential pace of development within artificial intelligence (AI) is taking the tech ecosystem, and the planet at large,...
Assessing Carbon Opportunities: Our Investment Thesis in this Growing, Nascent Landscape
Sep 14, 2023 | Market Insights
Blackhorn Ventures is excited to share our latest market insights whitepaper on "Assessing Carbon Opportunities". Significant uncertainty regarding carbon removal and accounting standards, regulations, and the timing of demand, leads us to take a curious, but...