Nonprofit created by Illinois law and funded via mandatory utility contributions, recycles returns into deals and connects nascent-stage companies with ComEd and Ameren to test technologies in regulated grid systems. With a disciplined investment approach, the team drives value for both founders and investors.
Targets hard, capital‑intensive sustainability technologies other VCs avoid, bridging solutions from developed markets into China and developing countries (energy, food, health, environment) to build traction back into developed markets. Through targeted capital deployment, the fund plays an active role in the startup ecosystem.
Ex-founder deeptech fund making $250K–$2M first checks into non-consensus moonshots in compute, defense, smart planet, humantech—prioritizing multi‑billion step‑changes and free‑world resilience, replying with blunt feedback within five working days. With a disciplined investment approach, the team drives value for both founders and investors.
Formative-stage investor allocating around 80% to breakthrough climate technologies (carbon-negative concrete, atmospheric carbon removal), acting as a first believer through a venture-and-philanthropy platform backed by the Fukutake family. The firm continues to build its presence across the venture capital landscape.
Aezist, a Miami-based VC firm, channels investment into early-phase, high-growth formative-stage companies in the US and Latin American markets. Beyond this, fund is dedicated to investments in the technology, media, and telecommunications, life sciences, healthcare, and energy sectors. Aezist delivers strategic guidance and resources to formative-stage emerging ventures to support them achieve their goals. The organization has deployed capital into dozens of nascent-stage companies, including companies in the fintech, health tech, ed-tech, and sustainability sectors. Aezist partners with founders to empower them create value and build successful companies.
Is dedicated to impactful businesses aiming to positively transform the world's food system.
Positioned as a French podcast network, Alter Equity curates and produces content related to business and entrepreneurship. Furthermore, they focus on topics such as finance, marketing, and management, together with social issues like women\u2019s entrepreneurship and sustainable development. Alter Equity also delivers resources such as interviews and articles to assistance founders build their businesses. Their core objective is to provide business builders with the tools they need to thrive.