The Engine (venture capital)

The Engine is a venture capital firm in Massachusetts that focuses on equipment, business guidance, and other resources, at MIT and beyond. Founded 2016 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, it invests in series A, seed rounds, series B and venture rounds. Its portfolio companies include Lilac Solutions, ISEE, E25Bio, Form Energy, Cambridge Crops, Vaxess Technologies, Commonwealth Fusion, Kytopen, Zapata Computing, Cellino Biotech. As of March 2020, The Engine has made 23 investments. Their most recent investment was on February 20, 2020, when Lilac Solutions raised $20M. The company has raised a single venture fund, Tough Tech. This fund was announced on September 24, 2018 and raised a total of $204.5M.