Maryanna Saenko

Maryanna Saenko is the Co-founder and Partner at Future Ventures, where she leads early-stage capital deployment into emerging and frontier technologies. She holds both a Bachelor of Science and a Master of Science in Materials Science and Engineering, alongside Biomedical Engineering, from Carnegie Mellon University. Prior to her career in venture capital, Saenko developed deep technical expertise through hands-on engineering work on complex aerospace and autonomous projects, including lunar rovers, Martian landers, driverless cars, and long-range low-frequency communication systems. Leveraging this technical background over the past two decades, she has backed major industry disruptors, holding early investment positions in prominent technology companies such as SpaceX, Tesla, and Neuralink. Saenko currently focuses her investment strategy on purpose-driven early-stage startups attempting to reinvent traditional global industries through advancements in agricultural robotics, climate technology, and nuclear fusion.