The Engine Accelerator, Inc.
The Engine is a nonprofit incubator and accelerator built by MIT to support Tough Tech startups in biotech, climate tech and beyond — from idea to impact.
In the firm's own words, from its website.
10 additional team members, 19 additional co-investors and affiliates, 55 additional investments, funds and LPs, 15 events, 7 verified contacts (4 published business email, 2 general firm email, 1 firm phone)
Every relationship, signal and contact on this record, with the source on each.
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What matters now
- 5 companiesportfolio raising
5 portfolio companies have new financing on record in 6 months without this firm named on the round; the latest on 30 Jul 2026 ($1B round).
A portfolio company raising again is a follow-on decision for the firm and a co-investment opening for others.
- 3 dealswith E14 Management
Invests most often alongside E14 Management (3 shared deals) and Hyperplane Venture Capital (2 shared deals).
pair last observed on record 1 Oct 2026, not a deal date · The firms it syndicates with are the likeliest to see the same deals and to fill out its rounds.
Measuredshared rounds and portfolio companies on recordFor Founders building a round, co-investorsCo-investors →
People to know
View all people- PartnerWhy: Partner: part of the investment decisionNo route on file yet
- PartnerWhy: Partner: part of the investment decisionNo route on file yet
- PartnerWhy: Partner: part of the investment decisionNo route on file yet
Relationship network
88 connected entities18 observed rounds5 repeat counterparties
From financing rounds and every investor named in them, Form ADV and Form D filings, the firm's funds and team, and disclosed LP commitments in the venture capital graph. A round's amount is the size of the round, not money that moved between two investors.
Some relationships on this record are counted rather than named here. They open with the full profile.
Click any name or line for the rounds and sources behind it. Line weight is rounds together; dashed lines are inferred.
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›How strength and recency are read
Co-investors are read from the rounds: three or more shared rounds is a strong observed relationship, two a repeat co-investor, one a single round. Funds and people are structural. Nothing is scored that a reader cannot check.
Darker lines were active in the last 24 months or are current; lighter lines are older or undated.
How am I connected?
Name your firm, a company or a person, and DFX finds the published routes to The Engine Accelerator, Inc.: a shared portfolio company or board, a prior employer, a co-investor, a shared LP or service provider. Every step is a filed or published record with its source; none is a guess about who knows whom.
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Investing
65 companies on record, 6 new in 12 months
Investments on record
What these amounts mean“This investor” is the amount disclosed for this investor alone; it is unknown unless a source said it. The round size is the whole round.Acquired, Public, Exited and Active are what the firm’s own portfolio card says, read on the date shown when you hover the chip; they are not deal dates. A company with no chip is one whose card states no outcome: DFX does not assume it is active.| Company | Round | Role | Partner | Round size | This investor | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Addis Energy, Inc.Exited | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact Firm website |
| AmideExited | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact Firm website |
| AnthologyExited | portfolio listing | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact Firm website |
Stated thesis versus observed behaviour
- Sectors
- biotech, climate, space, edtech, industrial, quantum
- Stages
- early
- Geography
- boston, global
- Check size
- not stated; DFX does not estimate checks from round sizes
Team
37 current, 4 departed
Decision makers
- Ann Dewitt · PartnerWhy this person: Partner: part of the investment decision; Named with investment responsibility
- Milo Camp Peavey Werner · PartnerWhy this person: Partner: part of the investment decision; Named with investment responsibility
- Reed P Sturtevant · PartnerWhy this person: Partner: part of the investment decision; Named with investment responsibility
Ranked by the role the firm or its filing states, a route on file and deals led. Every reason is read from the record, never inferred. Routes are published by the person or the firm (their bio, the team page or a filing) and are revealed on a plan; data bought from a provider is never shown, and a route printed at a firm the person has since left is held back.
Investment team
How the team is orderedPartners who lead rounds first (rounds led, then deals attributed, then seniority), then the rest of the investment team, then investor relations, finance and operations. A person named by two sources under two spellings is shown once.- Partner · 15 deals attributed
- Partner · 5 deals attributed
- Partner
5 departed (kept with end dates)
- Danielle Khoury · Treasurer · Oct 1, 2020 to Mar 30, 2023 Inference
- Lara Patricia Metcalf · Chief Financial Officer And Chief Operating Officer · Nov 1, 2020 to Mar 29, 2022 Inference
- Anantha Chandrakasan · Director · Apr 1, 2017 to Mar 29, 2022 Inference
Contacts
2 general firm email, 4 published business email, 1 firm phone on record, each with its source. Values open with the complete profile.
Funds and LPs
0 vehicles, 0 LPs disclosed
Funds and vehicles
What these amounts meanGAV is the gross asset value the adviser reported on Form ADV for the vehicle, never the fund’s committed size and never dry powder. Form D sold is the amount sold as of the latest filing, never a final close.Limited partners
Known LPs and allocators
What these amounts and dates areEach commitment is counted once across the pension tape and the allocator graph. A commitment date prints only when the source printed one; otherwise the row carries the report date. A foundation’s 990-PF line is a holding at fair value, never a commitment. Rows without a fund on the venture graph are commitments to this manager.Relationships across DFX
22 co-investors
Co-investors
- 2026-10-013 shared deals · recurring
- 2026-10-012 shared deals · recurring
- 2026-10-011 shared deal · one time
Evidence and history
20 dated events, 38 observations from 2 sources
Timeline
- Mar 30, 2023Robert K. Kraft (Director) no longer on Schedule A of The Engine Accelerator, Inc.
- Mar 30, 2023Danielle Khoury (Treasurer) no longer on Schedule A of The Engine Accelerator, Inc.
- Jun 1, 2022Allen Mcdonald Marcum joined Schedule A of The Engine Accelerator, Inc. as Treasurer
- Mar 29, 2022The Engine Fund I Spv-B, LLC first reported on Form ADV by The Engine Accelerator, Inc. (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $9,685,609
- Mar 29, 2022The Engine Follow-On Fund I, L.P. first reported on Form ADV by The Engine Accelerator, Inc. (Venture Capital Fund), GAV $135,312,493
Identity and regulatory footprint
Address, phone, Form ADV filing and ownersForm ADV filed Jun 21, 2023 · 6 private fundsShowHide
- Headquarters
- Cambridge, MAadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Office address
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Business phone
- unknownadviserinfo.sec.gov
- Website
- ENGINE.XYZ
- SEC adviser type
- Exempt reporting adviseradviserinfo.sec.gov
- SEC exemption claimed
- unknown
- Latest Form ADV
- Jun 21, 2023
- Private funds reported
- 6 (6 venture capital funds)adviserinfo.sec.gov
- Private fund gross assets, adviser total
- $1.0Badviserinfo.sec.govreported GAV of the funds, the adviser's own number; not fund size, not dry powder
- Owners on Schedule A
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Owner), owns 75% or more
Classification history
Classification history
Every classification this record has carried1 on recordShowHide
- Sep 12, 2026Accelerator (probable, 80%)Name or self-description says accelerator
Evidence
Every observation behind this profile, with its source, date and class
| Fact | Value | Effective | Class | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEC adviser type | Exempt reporting adviser | Jun 21, 2023 | Fact | Form ADV |
| First Form ADV filing | 2017-07-10 | Jun 21, 2023 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Adv history loaded | adv-hist-1 | Sep 12, 2026 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Latest Form ADV filing | 2023-06-21 | Jun 21, 2023 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Venture share of reported funds | 1 | Jun 21, 2023 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Business phone | Jun 21, 2023 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Contact page url | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Description | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Description | Sep 14, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Headquarters | Cambridge, MA | Jun 21, 2023 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Office address | Jun 21, 2023 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Legal form | Corporation | Jun 21, 2023 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Portfolio page | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Portfolio page | Sep 14, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Private funds reported | 6 | Jun 21, 2023 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Private fund gross assets (reported) | $1.0B | Jun 21, 2023 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Stated geography | Boston, global “geography words on the home page” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated geography | Boston, global “geography words on the home page” | Sep 14, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated sectors | Biotech, climate, space, edtech, industrial, quantum “sector words on the home page” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated sectors | Biotech, climate, space, edtech, industrial, quantum “sector words on the home page” | Sep 14, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated stages | early “stage words on the home page” | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | |
| Stated stages | early “stage words on the home page” | Sep 14, 2026 | Fact | |
| Team page | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Team page | Sep 14, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Venture funds reported | 6 | Jun 21, 2023 | Fact | Form ADV |
| Website | Jun 21, 2023 | Fact | Form ADV | |
| Site title | Sep 16, 2026 | Fact | ||
| Site title | Sep 14, 2026 | Fact |
How this is scored
Scores, classification basis and filing advisersAccelerator, probable · 2 filing advisers share this firmShowHide
Name or self-description says accelerator
One of 2 advisers that share engine.xyz; the firm is Engine Ventures. The Engine Funds. Each keeps its own CRD, funds and filings; the grouping is the website each swore to on Form ADV and is recomputed every pass.
- importance
- gav: 0.61 · funds: 0 · people: 0.36 · investments: 0.7 · co investors: 0
- active deployment
- investments 12m: 0 · fund raising 18m: 0 · people joined 12m: 0 · vintage within 3y: 0 · latest investment at: 2024-05-28
- emerging manager
- fund count: 0 · reported gav: $1.0B · first adv filing: 2017-07-10 · years since first filing: 9.2
Fits, record history and connections
scored matches for this investor, every identity change, every edge
Record history
- Grouped with firm2026-09-14
- Adviser's first ADV filing2017-07-10source on record
The ledger records every merge, rename and reclassification this record went through and the dated filings observed on it, so the identity on this page can be traced to the records it was built from. The ledger's own sentences name other records, so they show with the names.
Not yet on record: latest vintage.