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Tobias Egle

Mentor at Endless Frontier Labs

Boston, Massachusetts

Overview 

Tobias Egle is a Materials Scientist specializing in early-stage investments in deep tech, semiconductors, and sustainability. Currently serving as an Associate at M Ventures, Tobias has excelled in mentoring startups through programs like Endless Frontier Labs and MassChallenge, and has taken on leadership roles in sustainable semiconductor initiatives with SEMI. Tobias Egle has made significant contributions to the semiconductor industry through his work with Quintessent Inc. and Polaris Electro-Optics, while also demonstrating a commitment to fostering innovation and sustainability in startups as a mentor and judge with organizations like Intel Ignite and NATO DIANA.

Work Experience 

  • Associate

    2022 - Current

    | Focus areas include integrated photonics, heterogeneous integration/ chiplet ecosystem, EUV, semiconductor sustainability.

  • Board Observer

    2023

    | Integrated photonics for optical interconnects

Quintessent is a Santa Barbara start-up that commercializes quantum dot-based lasers and photonic integrated circuits.

Raised $13,895,996.00 from Foothill Ventures, Entrada Ventures, 11.2 Capital, OUP (Osage University Partners), Sierra Ventures and M Ventures.

  • Board Observer

    2023

    | Integrated photonics for ultra-fast and energy-efficient applications in communication and compute

Polaris Electro-Optics empowers integrated photonics for communications and computation.

Raised $3,000,000.00 from M Ventures, Buff Gold Ventures and Rhapsody Venture Partners.

  • Mentor

    2024

    | EFL has 183 alumni startups, 83% of which have successfully raised at least one funding round during or after the program, outpacing other accelerators like YCombinator (77% successful funding rounds) and Techstars (73%) | The Endless Frontier Labs (EFL) accelerates the success of early-stage science and technology based startups through a goals-oriented mentorship program.

  • Judge

    2023 - 2024

    | Intel for Deep-Tech Startups: We help turn cutting-edge ideas into industry-disrupting technologies by giving ambitious entrepreneurs the hands-on mentorship, technical support, and business acumen they need to build world-changing companies.

  • Lead Mentor

    2024 - 2024

  • Mentor

    2023 - 2024

    | MassChallenge is a global, zero-equity startup accelerator, founded in Boston, MA in 2009. | Judge and Mentor in early-stage U.S. cohort 2023 and 2024.

  • Co-Lead for the Startups for Sustainable Semiconductors program

    2023 - 2023

    | The Startups for Sustainable Semiconductors (S3) initiative is a mentorship program + pitch event organized by Corporate Venture Capitalists of major industry players within the semiconductor ecosystem. More: https://semi.org/en/industry-groups/startups

SEMI is the global industry association serving the manufacturing supply chain for the micro- and nano-electronics industries

Raised $5,441,400.00.

  • Venture Fellow

    2021 - 2022

    | Due diligence, deal sourcing | The Yard Ventures is a Harvard alum venture fund investing in Harvard alum-led companies We are a Venture Capital firm and community of Harvard alumni investors, executives, entrepreneurs, and innovation enthusiasts. We raise capital from Harvard alumni and invest in alumni-led startups. We are private, for-profit, and not part of (but friendly with) Harvard. Learn more here: https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/19/alumni-ventures-group-is-the-most-active-venture-fund-youve-never-heard-of/

The Yard Ventures is an investment firm with broad professional, investing, and entrepreneurial experience.

  • Founding Fellow - Deep Tech (ODDT)

    2021 - 2022

    | On Deck Deep Tech (ODDT) is a continuous community where world-class scientists, engineers, entrepreneurs, and operators come together to build the future with deep tech.

On Deck is a community platform designed to develop different ideas and build companies.

Raised $20,000,000.00 from Pioneer Fund.

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