Aspect Biosystems has announced a $280M partnership with Government of Canada to accelerate development of its bioengineered cellular medicines for serious metabolic and endocrine diseases.

We’re often asked why our US office is in Phoenix. To us, the answer is clear. Arizona offers an unusually strong fit for hard tech: a rising startup hub, a deep pipeline of engineering and scientific talent, concentration in advanced manufacturing and semiconductors, and a supportive policy and business environment.

pH7 Technologies is expanding its Vancouver facility to boost North American recovery of critical platinum group metals from recycled materials, while cutting wastewater, energy use, and carbon footprint relative to conventional refining.

Kanvas Biosciences has received the green light to begin enrolling and treating patients in a Phase 1 clinical trial of KAN-004, a live biotherapeutic designed to treat immune checkpoint inhibitor–induced colitis

Photonic networking offers a way around today’s bottlenecks by moving more of the data path into the optical domain, where light can carry far more information with lower loss than copper. This shift is not just another speed bump on a roadmap, it is part of a broader hard tech revolution in compute and networking infrastructure, where materials innovation and systems-level design are reshaping what is possible in AI-era data centers.

If you search for a definition of hard tech, you’ll find it can be fluid. As a pioneer in hard tech investing we've been researching and investing in this sector for many years and have formed our own thesis on what is hard tech and why hard tech innovation matters.

InSolare Energy and Versogen have entered a technology transfer and strategic collaboration to jointly develop and commercialize advanced AEM electrolyzer stacks for India’s green hydrogen market.

Kanvas Biosciences has welcomed Dr. Stephen Quake to its Board of Directors, adding one of the world’s leading bioengineers to an already strong team.

The honor validates Tidal Vision’s thesis that biosolutions win at scale only when they outcompete on performance, economics, and ease of use, and highlights the team’s progress bringing chitosan‑based chemistry into water treatment, agriculture, and materials applications.

TS601 builds on NewLeaf’s PPFM platform and induced systemic resistance mode of action, giving growers a new biological tool to protect yield while supporting more sustainable production.

We’re proud to see pH7 Technologies named a finalist in Wheaton Precious Metals’ 2025/2026 Future of Mining Challenge, recognizing solutions that can reshape how the industry sources critical metals.

By replacing abrasive slurries with a chemically reactive pad and polishing fluid, Chakra is designed to improve yield, reduce water and waste, and help enable advanced AI chips, HBM, and cutting‑edge packaging flows.

Robotics is entering a phase where simply “seeing” the world is not enough. Tactile robotics adds the sense of touch, allowing robots to understand force, texture, slip, temperature, and deformation so they can handle fragile objects, work safely alongside people, and operate reliably in unstructured environments. For corporate investors, this is a critical enabling layer of the ongoing hard tech revolution.

Pangaea Ventures Director of Asia, Sayuri Nonaka, will dig into practical strategies to move from breakthrough science to market-ready solutions at the Hello Tomorrow Japan Deep Tech Summit in Tokyo on February 5-6, 2026.

Pangaea Partner Andrew Haughian will be presenting at the Second Global Deep Tech VC Seminar on February 12, 2026, a webinar series jointly organized by Hakuhodo’s MIRAI Design Unit and Corundum Systems Biology Inc.

Nautilus Data Technologies sits on the bleeding edge of one of the most important shifts in digital infrastructure: how we cool ever more powerful data centers without overwhelming local water and energy systems. Their EcoCore platform is a modular, facility‑scale liquid cooling solution designed to make AI‑ready data centers more efficient, flexible, and sustainable wherever they are built.

Read on to learn in detail why we were proud to lead Nautilus’ recently closed Series B.

Nautilus Data Technologies has announced the close of a Series B round, led by Pangaea Ventures, to accelerate the global expansion of its facility-scale liquid cooling platform for data centers.

Pangaea Ventures is expanding its efforts to fuel hard tech innovation in Japan through a new comprehensive partnership with Hakuhodo Inc., one of Japan’s leading integrated marketing and innovation companies.

Aspect Biosystems and Novo Nordisk have just announced they are deepening their collaboration to accelerate advanced cellular medicines that aim to deliver functional cures for diabetes.

Membrion has been named to Cleantech Group’s 2026 Global Cleantech 100, a list recognizing private companies poised to deliver significant environmental and infrastructure impact in the coming decade.