# DeepTech/HardTech Startups Backed at Pre-Seed | LongJump

> LongJump has backed 2 DeepTech/HardTech startups at pre-seed in Chicago and the Midwest: Kazadi and Tercero Technologies.

Source: https://longjump.vc/portfolio/industry/deeptech-hardtech

Portfolio Industries

# DeepTech/HardTech

Founders and companies we're proud to have backed.

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### [Kazadi](https://www.kazadienterprises.com/)

[Sanza Kazadi](https://www.kazadienterprises.com/)

[Kazadi Enterprises is a technology company reducing the cost and carbon footprint of refrigeration by leveraging the thermal energy in air.](https://www.kazadienterprises.com/)

[![Kazadi logo](https://longjump.vc/_image?href=%2F_cms-assets%2Fabc4ecc731e29988.png\&w=1280\&h=357\&f=webp)](https://www.kazadienterprises.com/)

### [Tercero Technologies](https://www.tercero.ai/)

[Carl P. Evans III](https://www.tercero.ai/)

[Tercero develops advanced FPGA-based AI software and hardware for defense sensors and autonomous vehicles.](https://www.tercero.ai/)

[![Tercero Technologies logo](https://longjump.vc/_image?href=%2F_cms-assets%2F92bd553906b62bb1.png\&w=2400\&h=561\&f=webp)](https://www.tercero.ai/)