Stage FocusPre-Seed, Seed
GeographyUS
TypeUniversity VC
Last Activity2026
Industry Focus
Industries
AISpacePhotonicsSynthetic BiologyRoboticsAdvanced MaterialsMedtechDefenseBiotechEnergy Tech
Investor TypeUniversity Fund
ExposureSome DeepTech Investments
Bio
SBXi is a Cambridge, Massachusetts-based venture fund exclusively backing MIT-affiliated founders, jointly sponsored by eight firms and staffed day-to-day by Director of Operations Robert Harrington. It writes $10K-$100K checks on SAFEs, and $100K-$1M when a company already has a qualifying term sheet from a lead investor, across any sector.
Its portfolio spans dozens of MIT-founder companies, fr...
Notable Investments
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LightmatterC
Cambridge TerahertzB
Basalt Technologies1
1849 BioD
Drosera BiotechnologiesA
Aeroshield MaterialsC
CRABI RoboticsD
DetoXyFiE
Eigen TherapeuticsA
Aurora Medical TechnologiesA
AvocaA
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Newfund Capital
Paris, France
GeneralistAINeurotechMedtechPre-SeedSeed
PV
Pillar VC
Boston, United States
DeepTech NativeAIBiotechSynthetic BiologyPre-SeedSeed
KV
Kima Ventures
Paris, France
GeneralistAIBiotechEnergy TechPre-SeedSeed
OW
One Way Ventures
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
GeneralistAISpaceRoboticsPre-SeedSeed
Elev8.vc
Singapore
Pure DeepTechAIMedtechRoboticsPre-SeedSeed
First Spark Ventures
Menlo Park, United States
Pure DeepTechAIBiotechAdvanced MaterialsPre-SeedSeed