Eclipse Ventures Fund VI

About Eclipse Ventures Fund VI

Eclipse Ventures Fund VI is a $720M early-stage fund focused on physical AI — the intersection of AI with robotics, hardware, and industrial systems. Part of $1.3B dual raise. Total Eclipse AUM ~$10 billion, making it one of the largest dedicated hard-tech platforms globally.

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States

Funding StageSeed

Industry Focus

Ai Ml

Manufacturing

Robotics Automation

Semiconductors

Investor Signals Profile

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Sweet Spot

Deep-tech founders building AI-powered robotics, industrial, or hardware systems with commercial ambition

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robotics

industrial-automation

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autonomous-systems

Bullish Signals

$1.3B raised signals LP conviction in physical AIblog

Cerebras IPO-track and Wayve validate exit potentialblog

Seed-to-pre-IPO continuity rare in hard-techblog

True Anomaly $650M Series D — portfolio scalingtwitter

Bright Machines $132M raise; manufacturing AI tractiontwitter

First-ever CAO hire signals AI-ops seriousnesstwitter

"Highest signal fund if building in robotics" — founder quotetwitter

Early Cerebras backer in 2016 before AI hardware was cooltwitter

Contrarian Signals

Valuation discipline risk as physical AI turns consensusblog

Hardware portfolios correlate on industrial capex cyclesblog

No room for tourist capital or pure-software foundersblog

China hardware stunning; US vibe-coding, not manufacturingtwitter

Founder Do's

Position explicitly at AI-plus-hardware intersection

Show commercial traction, not just prototype stage

Emphasize manufacturing/supply chain complexity as moat

Consider Eclipse incubation if pre-product but technically strong

Reference autonomy moving beyond highway — field, factory, grid

Founder Don'ts

Pitch pure software AI without physical-world application

Come in as science project without path to shipping product

Underestimate valuation discipline — Eclipse will walk from overpriced deals

Key GPs & Partners

Lior Susan

Founder & General Partner

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Joe Fath

Partner

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Aidan Madigan

Partner

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Seth Winterroth

Partner

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Amir Frenkel

Chief AI Officer

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Fund Overview

Fund Size$720M

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Key People

Lior Susan

Lior SusanFounder & General Partner

Joe FathPartner

Aidan MadiganPartner

Seth WinterrothPartner

Amir FrenkelChief AI Officer

About Eclipse Ventures Fund VI

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