Nate Nickerson

Communications and Public Affairs Partner, @DCVC. The views expressed here are my own.

[Matt Ocko @mattocko]

Good reporting from Marina Temkin (@MTemkin) at @TechCrunch.

Proud to have led @typesafeai's Series Seed less than a month ago and to have participated in the $870M @a16z-led A alongside @sequoia --prouder still to see the tremendous response from software developers around the world (TypeSafe's first model, Jev, has already been adopted by 1/3 of the @FortuneMagazine 500).

This is a team that gets it done 👇

[DCVC @DCVC]

A look at what @DCVC founders delivered /this week/: 💪 🚚

🧠 Major funding for machine-native AI: @typesafeai closed an $870M Series A led by @a16z at a $7.5B valuation—with DCVC participating alongside @sequoia —less than a month after emerging from stealth with a $40M Series Seed led by DCVC at a ~$200M valuation. 1/3 of the @FortuneMagazine 500 have already adopted their first model, Jev.

⚛️ Record-setting UK quantum milestone: @universalquant raised over $100M in Series A funding co-led by DCVC—the largest-ever Series A for a UK quantum firm—to scale its modular trapped-ion architecture into error-corrected quantum computers.

🏛️ @DARPA validated quantum scale: @Atom_Computing and @IonQ_Inc advanced to the final stage (Stage C) of DARPA’s Quantum Benchmarking Initiative—with both companies unlocking agreements worth up to $300M each in potential funding to build utility-scale quantum systems.

🌾 Award-winning AI agriculture: @verdantrobotics was named to @FastCompany's list of the Next Big Things in Food and Agriculture for its SharpShooter AI tech, which cuts pesticide application by up to 99%.

🛸 In-space operations & defense: @GoToImpulse (Impulse Space) reached the finals for the @SpaceNews_Inc Icon Awards after demonstrating autonomous proximity operations between two Mira spacecraft in LEO, while @FortemTech showcased its autonomous counter-drone radar integrated directly onto new unmanned ground platforms.

⚡ Grid flexibility & geothermal momentum: @EmeraldAi_'s flexible load coalition with @Google and @nvidia made @Reuters as a blueprinted fix for data center power bottlenecks, while @fervoenergy's record-breaking Cape Station launch continued making headlines across national energy press.

Onward!

[Nate Nickerson @natenickerson]

Good Q, Good A

[DCVC @DCVC]

.@WSJ's @ychernova asked a good question: "Should venture investors take board seats?" Matt Cheng, CEO of @DCVC-backed @kanvasbio, had this great answer: 👇

[Matt Ocko @mattocko]

This kind of real-time intelligence, seamlessly available to democracies & their allies w/out bureaucracy & security delays, is why @DCVC backed transformative geospatial companies @planet and @capellaspace — helping save lives and push back on autocracies from Beijing to Moscow

[Nate Nickerson @natenickerson]

"Ready to tackle the nightmare geologies": that's @DCVC-backed @we_are_petra, burying fire-prone utilities to keep communities lit, healthy, and connected.

[Petra @we_are_petra]

We are building a safer method for #UndergroundingUtilities that de-risks #TrenchlessTunneling. We plan to end the era of projects being halted by ‘unexpected’ geologies - our platform can handle any geology.

#GoTrenchless

https://t.co/mklM29NUel

[Nate Nickerson @natenickerson]

Claim your eggs boys 🥚 @Prashan91953355 @dany_gg99 @Sunless_1 @magicromil @TruptJS @Sondorma @MitchyNFTs @RachelF694y @racks051 @astro__magic @v3rsuseth @marianhorta

[Nate Nickerson @natenickerson]

Just claimed 🥚 @imaginixgg @Sheray123 @jinktzw @marsohod2020 @13xy0 @NeonPR36 @eana_ai @amithsasi @SuperStanky1 @MrFiel99 @A_Ledoyen @TwistedLeaf_eth @Kush_God420 @Am33ni @PaweKoakowski2

[Nate Nickerson @natenickerson]

Fascinating #Yale research on the brain and weight regulation
https://t.co/cpic2dNXu7

[Nate Nickerson @natenickerson]

Thank you, Matt! Couldn't be more excited!

[Matt Trevithick @mtrevithick]

Welcome aboard, @natenickerson! Thank you for joining @dcvc to elevate the narratives of our portfolio companies and ourselves. I look forward to working together.

[Nate Nickerson @natenickerson]

Long ago, Jason and I said we ought to work together again--and here we are. Amazing!

[Nate Nickerson @natenickerson]

I am positively thrilled to be joining @DCVC!

[DCVC @DCVC]

@DCVC is excited to expand its Communications Team with the addition of @natenickerson, previously VP of Communications at @Yale. As the Communications & Public Affairs Partner, we welcome Nate's engagement with the #DCVC companies & #DeepTech community. https://t.co/1uQ2tKupD6

[Nate Nickerson @natenickerson]

@jason_pontin This is beautiful, Jason. Joe was extraordinary.

[Nate Nickerson @natenickerson]

@maxfrost The whole thing is staggering. The Bonham bass fill toward the end —so good!

[Nate Nickerson @natenickerson]

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[Nate Nickerson @natenickerson]

We're looking for a Media Relations Manager at MIT: http://t.co/6om5sk1

[Nate Nickerson @natenickerson]

We're looking for a Director of Media Relations for MIT: http://t.co/08iqlP8