National Science Foundation
Overview
The National Science Foundation is an independent U.S. federal agency that supports fundamental research and education in all non-medical fields of science and engineering, primarily through grants.
Investments
| Company | Date | Stage | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illuminant Surgical | Apr 2026 | Seed | Co-investor |
| Illuminant Surgical | Apr 2026 | Seed | Co-investor |
| Illuminant Surgical | Apr 2026 | Seed | Co-investor |
| AGR® Inc. | Apr 2026 | Grant | Lead |
| Phaxtec | Mar 2026 | Grant | Lead |
Key People
Brad Whitby
Managing Director, Center For Autonomous Air Mobility Sensing (CAAMS)
Jonathan Beck
Executive Director And PI For The National Center For Autonomous Technologies
Kim Bryden
Industry Partner Co-Principal Investigator
David Seftel
Principal Investigator And Project Director
Andrea Knowlton
Principal Investigator
Anshu Saxena Arora
Principal Investigator Social Motivation Approach For Rehabilitation Through Educational Robotics
Baishakhi Basu
Principal Investigator Doctoral Dissertation Research Grant
Bo Yang
Principal Investigator
CINDY COBHAM
Principal Advisor Business Affairs
Danny Murphy
Co-Principal Investigator
David Q. L.
Lead Principal Investigator
Dean Chang
NSF I-Corps Hub Lead Principal Investigator And Instructor
Gil Gallegos
Principal Investigator NSF NMHU-BioPACIFIC PREM Grant
Hanna Terletska
Principal Investigator
John Porter
Principal Investigator
Juan Padilla
Principal Investigator And Grantee
Sector & Stage Mix
Industry, funding stage, and valuation band breakdowns.
