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Tobias Egle

Mentor at Endless Frontier Labs

Boston, Massachusetts

Overview 

Tobias Egle is a Materials Scientist specializing in early-stage investments in deep tech, semiconductors, and sustainability. Currently serving as an Associate at M Ventures, Tobias has excelled in mentoring startups through programs like Endless Frontier Labs and MassChallenge, and has taken on leadership roles in sustainable semiconductor initiatives with SEMI. Tobias Egle has made significant contributions to the semiconductor industry through his work with Quintessent Inc. and Polaris Electro-Optics, while also demonstrating a commitment to fostering innovation and sustainability in startups as a mentor and judge with organizations like Intel Ignite and NATO DIANA.

Work Experience 

  • Senior Associate

    2025 - Current

    ► Fine Structure Ventures (FSV) invests in exceptional startups and entrepreneurs commercializing 'disruptive science' in the areas of advanced materials/manufacturing, aerospace, biology, climate tech, and next gen computing. We primarily lead investments at Seed, Series A, and Series B and occasionally participate in later stage rounds. ►FSV is an F-Prime Capital Fund ($4.5B+ AUM). ►Investments from Fund I include Commonwealth Fusion Systems, Boston Metal, and Mainspring Energy. Learn more about us and our portfolio companies at https://finestructure.vc/

  • Senior Associate

    2025

F-Prime Capital is a venture capital firm investing in healthcare and technology.

  • Mentor

    2024

    EFL has 183 alumni startups, 83% of which have successfully raised at least one funding round during or after the program, outpacing other accelerators like YCombinator (77% successful funding rounds) and Techstars (73%). EFL accelerates the success of early-stage science and technology based startups through a goals-oriented mentorship program.

  • Member Board of Directors

    2025 - 2025

    ► Led Seed financing round ► NovoLINC is a breakthrough nanotechnology company that enables best-in-class thermal interface materials for semiconductors and AI data centers.

  • Board Observer

    2023 - 2025

    ► Joined Seed financing round ► Quintessent develops optical connectivity solutions to scale computing and AI.

Quintessent is a Santa Barbara start-up that commercializes quantum dot-based lasers and photonic integrated circuits.

Raised $13,895,996.00 from Foothill Ventures, Entrada Ventures, 11.2 Capital, OUP (Osage University Partners), Sierra Ventures and M Ventures.

  • Board Observer

    2023 - 2025

    ► Led Pre-seed financing round ► Polaris Electro-Optics enables the highest speed, most energy efficient integrated photonics products through their breakthrough electro-optic modulator technology.

Polaris Electro-Optics empowers integrated photonics for communications and computation.

Raised $3,000,000.00 from M Ventures, Buff Gold Ventures and Rhapsody Venture Partners.

  • Investment Associate

    2022 - 2025

    ► Strategic, corporate venture capital fund of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany, investing in Biotechnology and Technology. EUR 650M AUM with about 100 investments. ► Focused on early stage investments in semiconductors and AI data center infrastructure (compute + interconnects + next-gen materials + energy). ► Co-Lead for the Startups for Sustainable Semiconductors program The Startups for Sustainable Semiconductors (S3) initiative is a mentorship program + pitch event organized by Corporate Venture Capitalists of major industry players within the semiconductor ecosystem. More: https://semi.org/en/industry-groups/startups ► Past mentoring and judging engagements: Intel Ignite, NATO DIANA, MassChallenge and many other informal engagements.

  • Fellow at Yard Ventures

    2021 - 2022

    ► Due diligence, deal sourcing Yard is a Venture Capital firm and community of Harvard alumni investors, executives, entrepreneurs, and innovation enthusiasts. We raise capital from Harvard alumni and invest in alumni-led startups. We are private, for-profit, and not part of (but friendly with) Harvard. Learn more here: https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/19/alumni-ventures-group-is-the-most-active-venture-fund-youve-never-heard-of/

Alumni Ventures Group is a venture capital investment firm that manages fund families that invest in a portfolio of companies.

Raised $500,000.00 from Michael Bunning.

  • CEO and Co-Founder

    2020 - 2022

    ► Incubated at the Harvard Innovation Labs, MIT iCorps customer discovery for entrepreneurs, The Engine Blueprint: tough tech mentorship program ► Did not find product-market fit

  • Co-President | Harvard SEAS Graduate Council

    2017 - 2019

  • Conference Coordinator for the IVY+ Summit 2017 at Harvard University

    2017 - 2017

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