Buckley Ventures

Activity from announced rounds

All recorded activity

Buckley Ventures is Josh Buckley’s early-stage technology investment firm.

Recorded funding activity

Recorded companies include Pilgrim’s autonomous biological-threat detection, TAR’s modular off-grid power systems for data centers and Foundational Industries’ automated production of industrial equipment. Their financing histories identify the same manager while preserving distinct technical products and company events.

Sources
Rounds participated in
6
Confirmed lead rounds
1
2 roles undisclosed
New companies
6
First participation on record · 0 follow-on
Funding in participating rounds
$418.5M
6 disclosed · full round size, not this investor’s share

By stage

Seed3
Series A1
Series B1
Undisclosed1

By primary sector

Climate tech2
Biotech1
Defense tech1
Hardware1
Industrial tech1

By country

United States5
United Kingdom1

Rounds

6 in all activity
Helicon

Automates carbon-fiber textile handling to produce composite parts for drones and other unmanned systems.

$16.5MSeed
Participant
Pilgrim

Develops autonomous biological-threat detection hardware for defense and critical infrastructure.

$25MSeed
Lead
TAR

Modular off-grid power systems help AI data centers secure dependable electricity outside constrained grids.

$120MSeries A
Participant
Foundational Industries

AI-native factories designed to automate production of critical industrial equipment in the United States.

$25MSeed
Participant
Fractile

Builds custom inference chips designed to run frontier AI models faster by co-locating memory and compute

$220MSeries B
Role not disclosed
Project Omega

Recycles spent nuclear fuel into long-duration power sources and critical materials

$12MUndisclosed
Role not disclosed