The Engine, a venture firm spun out of MIT that invests in early-stage Tough Tech companies that are solving the world’s most urgent problems, has appointed Milo Werner as General Partner.
The Engine, a venture firm spun out of MIT that invests in early-stage Tough Tech companies that are solving the world’s most urgent problems, has appointed Milo Werner as General Partner.
Werner brings more than 15 years of operational, entrepreneurial and venture investment experience to The Engine and will work closely with CEO & Managing Partner, Katie Rae, and General Partners, Reed Sturtevant and Ann DeWitt. She will assist the firm’s Tough Tech portfolio companies with operational strategy with particular emphasis on supporting companies addressing climate change and those advancing mobility, robotics and computing.
Werner spent more than eight years at Tesla Motors, industrialising the company’s technology and launching new products including the Roadster; Model S powertrain, battery, and dual motor; the first iteration of Tesla’s autopilot; and the Model X.
