Tyler Knight
Founder of Vannevar Ventures
Austin, Texas
Overview
Work Experience
Founder & GP
2023 - Current
Named after "America's First CTO", Vannevar Bush, Vannevar Ventures is an early-stage VC fund and syndicate investing in the most ambitious founders on the planet mission-driven to modernize the technology infrastructure that powers the physical sectors and national security. In the wake of decades of domestic digitization and deindustrialization, (over)financialization and globalization, the great financial crisis, and COVID-19, there are macroeconomic, geopolitical, and technological forces converging into a tidal wave of change that will manifest in a generation-defining technology innovation cycle. Over the next decade, the highest density of power law returning venture-backed startups will come from the cohort innovating at the intersection of bits, atoms, and American Dynamism. https://vannevarventures.us/
Investor
2023
Lightmatter develops photonic chips that enable data processing and communication using light instead of electricity.
Raised $822,000,000.00 from Bossa Invest, T. Rowe Price, Google Ventures and Fidelity.
Investor
2023
Cuby builds better buildings for those that live/work/play in them by reshaping processes for those that deliver them.
Raised $6,421,604.00 from Type One Ventures and GOS Capital.
Investor
2023
Atomic Industries is a computational manufacturing company building an AI-powered tool and die maker.
Raised $20,325,000.00 from Impatient Ventures, Yamaha Motor Ventures, 8090 Industries, Blue Gentian Capital, Narya Capital, Porsche Ventures, Acequia Capital (AceCap), Toyota Ventures and Impatient Ventures.
Investor
2023
Machina Labs is a mechanical and industrial engineering and manufacturing company that automates metal forming and fabrication processes.
Raised $48,300,000.00 from Congruent Ventures, NVentures, Alumni Ventures, Embark Ventures, Trajectory Ventures and Innovation Endeavors.
Investor
2023
Mojo develops high-performance micro-LED display technology with proprietary full-color quantum-dot technology with superior performance
Raised $269,900,000.00 from New Enterprise Associates, Shanda Group, Dolby Family Ventures, Khosla Ventures, Open Field Capital, Liberty Global Ventures, Advantech Capital, Fusion Fund, Knollwood Investment Advisory and Vanedge Capital.
Investor
2023
Rosotics produces the largest metal 3D printers in the world for air, sea, and defense.
Raised $1,954,500.00 from Unruly Capital, H.E.N.R.Y Collective Ventures, Trajectory Ventures, Draper Associates, Stephen Cole, Correlation Ventures, Soso Sazesh, Sequoia Capital, Draper Associates and Christian Edler.
Investor
2023
Rain AI develops an energy-efficient hardware for artificial intelligence (AI) applications.
Raised $40,230,020.00 from Epic Venture Partners, Loup Ventures, George Godula, Pioneer Fund, Driving Forces, Guillaume Glaunès, Prosperity7 Ventures, Team Ignite Ventures and Buckley Ventures.
Investor
2023
Cambium develops biomaterials for applications across defense, space, aerospace, and renewable energy.
Raised $27,012,877.00 from 8VC, Kern Venture Group, MVP Ventures, Gaingels, Veteran Ventures Capital, Marlinspike Capital, Vertical Capital Advisors and GSBackers.
Investor
2023
Kayhan Space ensures satellite operators maintain situational awareness of their space assets
Raised $11,270,000.00 from EVE Atlas, Castor Ventures, Alumni Ventures, Booz Allen Hamilton, Beyond Capital, Space Capital, Techstars Ventures, Overline, Techstars and Root Ventures.
Education
Bachelor of Business Administration (B.B.A.)
2013 - 2016