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Eclipse Ventures Fund VI

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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

active

Sweet Spot

Deep-tech founders solving physical deployment, not just model intelligence

physical-AI
robotics
industrial-automation
chip-infrastructure
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"twitter
Early Cerebras backer in 2016 before AI hardware cooltwitter
Cerebras GPT-5.6 Sol Ultrafast 14× faster paradigm shiftexternal
Antora Energy $550M Series C co-led by Eclipsetwitter
Portfolio spans energy, space, manufacturing, robotics sectorstwitter

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
"Robotics not having ChatGPT moment yet" — deployment remains hardtwitter

Founder Do's

Position explicitly at AI-plus-hardware intersection
Show commercial traction, not just prototype stage
Emphasize manufacturing/supply chain complexity as moat
Focus on deployment as the actual problem, not model smarts
Design robots for specific use cases, not generic forms

Founder Don'ts

Pitch pure software AI without physical-world application
Assume ChatGPT moment will solve robotics deployment
Underestimate valuation discipline — Eclipse will walk

Key GPs & Partners

LS
Lior Susan
Founder & General Partner
ex-founderthesis-drivenpatient-capital
JF
Joe Fath
Partner
fundraising-activephysical-world-investor
AM
Aidan Madigan
Partner
physical-AI-advocatemedia-facingearly-stage-expert
SW
Seth Winterroth
Partner
atoms-firstlong-tenurerobotics-expert
AF
Amir Frenkel
Chief AI Officer
AI-operatorportfolio-enabler
GR
Greg Reichow
Partner
scaling-expertoperational-coach
JB
Jiten Behl
Partner
robotics-thesisuse-case-focused

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Fund Overview

Fund Size$720M
Saves0
Website
LinkedIn

Key People

Lior Susan

Lior SusanFounder & General Partner
Joe FathPartner
Aidan MadiganPartner
Seth WinterrothPartner
Amir FrenkelChief AI Officer
Greg ReichowPartner
Jiten BehlPartner

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