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Lemnos Labs

VC
San Francisco, CAWebsite
How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Pre-Seed

Check Size

$100K – $1.5M

AUM

$70M

Portfolio

41+ companies

Team

5 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focuses on early-stage hardware and manufacturing startups, particularly those solving critical problems within defense and industrial automation.

Meet the Team

DM

David Merrill

Venture Partner

Hardware
Product Development
Founding Teams
JC

Jeremy Conrad

Founding Partner

Hardware
Pre-seed
Seed
EK

Eric Klein

Partner

Hardware
Early-stage product companies
Robotics
Industrial Technology
HZ

Helen Zelman Boniske

Founding Partner

Hardware
Robotics
TransportationTech
EnergyTech
IoT
AI
RS

Rachel Sheinbein

Venture Partner

Operations & Supply Chain
Environmental Engineering
Hardware Startups
Early-stage Investing

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
AI / ML
Consumer
EdTech
Enterprise
SaaS
Food / AgTech
Healthcare

Does Not Invest In

Consumer Media

Portfolio Companies (41)

Other

FA

Fathom

3D Manufacturing
SH

ShipIn Systems

Maritime AI
PE

Petra

BU

Built

BY

Byte

CE

Ceres Imaging

Provides precision agriculture using aerial imagery / drone-based or UAV imaging to help farmers monitor crop health, water usage, fertilizer, etc.

DU

Duality

EL

Elroy Air

Builds autonomous cargo drones for logistics and delivery.

FA

Farmwise

FO

Fort Robotics

How to pitch Lemnos Labs
  • Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, AI / ML, Consumer — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $100K – $1.5M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as David Merrill, Venture Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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