Baruch Future Ventures

AstronetX PBC, a Connecticut-based in-space commercial data services firm, received a $1.2 million research grant from The Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to design a telescope concept and develop technologies for acquiring space science data from the moon's surface.

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Ethan is an entrepreneur with experience in technology and building businesses in semiconductor chip design, software engineering, synthetic biology, biotech and sustainable textiles.

Dr. Jeff Roberts was director of advanced energy technologies at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, where he worked for 27 years. He served as a renewable energy and applied energy technologies program leader and has over 50 publications and ten patents.

Michael Melnick is a biotech scientist, investor and entrepreneur. He was a staff scientist at New England Biolabs, helped found Cell Signaling Technology, where he was VP of Business and Corporate Development, and was a venture partner at CMEA Capital.

Miranda has a Bachelor Degree in Business Administration from San Francisco State University. After working in hospitality and restaurant management, Miranda changed careers in 2015 and now works with Tom Baruch as an Executive Assistant.

Baruch Future Ventures is a climate-tech-focused family investment firm. Its founding team identifies speed to market as its principal value proposition and has experience building “n of 1” companies.

The website address is https://baruch.vc.

Giraffe Bio develops mine-specific biomolecules that it says can increase copper recovery by up to 5%. The startup engineers microbes in bioreactors to produce compounds used in mines’ existing flotation processes, avoiding the need to keep microbes alive onsite; it also develops depressors for unwanted minerals and says its platform can target gold and silver. It raises a $6.4 million seed round led by Orion Industrial Ventures, with BHP Ventures, Twynam, Air Capital, and Baruch Future Ventures participating.

Oct 2026 · TechCrunchNews article