Tobias Egle

Senior Associate

2025

► 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

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.

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.

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/

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