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Seed and formative-stage lead/co-lead investor backing veteran teams in education, safety & care, and environment/climate, delivering Goldman-level analytical rigor and explicit, quantified impact theses. With a disciplined investment approach, the team drives value for both founders and investors.
Operator-led biotech fund run by ex-founders targeting young PhD/postdoc and emerging academic scientists, focusing on overlooked genomics, diagnostics and AI-in-biotech, delivering a Fellowship and academic partnerships With a disciplined investment approach, the team drives value for both founders and investors.
Requires investments to show 2.5Gt CO2 mitigation by 2050 via their calculator; >60% of team hold advanced science & engineering degrees, delivering hands‑on technical support; ~15% write‑offs in hardware cleantech. With a disciplined investment approach, the team drives value for both founders and investors.
As a venture capital fund based in London that invests in companies that are driving clean growth in the low-carbon economy, The Clean Expansion Fund has carved a distinctive niche. They focus on advancements that reduce greenhouse gas emissions or improve resource efficiency across power, transport, industry, buildings, waste and water. Furthermore, they have recently introduced the Net Zero Asset Managers initiative, which aspires to galvanise the asset management sector to commit to a goal of net zero emissions.
As a suite of performance financing products and services for founders in all stages of their journey, Clearco has built a distinct presence in its market. They provide early-phase founders with access to capital and the support they need to achieve their goals. Notably, they have a suite of tools designed to support founders from idea to exit, including fundraising, investor relations, and liquidity options. They also have a community of founders, mentors, investors, advisors, and industry experts to guidance founders prosper. Clearco's mission is to make performance financing accessible to pioneering companies and to empower founders to thrive.
Earliest-stage investor targeting female founders in the friend-and-family gap, backing female scout-investors sourced via journalists and influencers, plus a remote 2024 digital security accelerator creating a proprietary security startup pipeline. Through targeted capital deployment, the fund plays an active role in the startup ecosystem.
Mandated to deploy 75% to Black- and Hispanic-owned, 75% to Chicago's South/West Sides, alongside 50% to women-founded food & beverage businesses. What distinguishes the firm is that it delivering operating support via a ~50-person restaurant group.
Operator-led, software-first climate-tech investor focusing on energy, AI, automation and robotics, supporting founders craft consumer-grade storytelling and go-to-market to position companies as acquisition targets in an expected M&A boom. With a disciplined investment approach, the team drives value for both founders and investors.
Climate Avengers, a Rolling Fund created by Yotta Energy, works to invest in emerging ventures with a focus on climate change solutions. The fund is co-invested by WIND Ventures, EDP, Riverstone, and Doral Ventures, and is targeting to back the next generation of teams geared toward mitigating climate change and its effects. Additionally, fund looks to invest in formative-stage companies that can make a real impact in the fight against climate change. The firm continues to build its presence across the venture capital landscape.
Operates a rolling AngelList micro‑fund and syndicate that mobilizes 2,000+ operator and angel LP co‑investors into a broad distribution and mentorship network for climate emerging ventures. The firm continues to build its presence across the venture capital landscape.
Operating as a European-expansive public-private alliance focused on mitigating climate change, Climate-KIC stands out in its space. The organization works to facilitate targeted research, business creation and investments to drastically reduce emissions and meet the goals of the Paris Agreement. Climate-KIC's activities range from innovation and entrepreneurship support to research, training, and acceleration of the adoption of new technologies. The organization runs in more than 20 countries and has over 100 collaborates in the public and private sectors.
Fintech-focused, non-lead co-investor (100+ fintechs) that avoids board seats, prioritizes founder relationships, and uses hedge-fund-style evaluation of founders as decision-making engines. With a disciplined investment approach, the team drives value for both founders and investors.
Invests across R&D to commercial scale, uniquely combining VC, private equity, and project finance with an in-house collaboration lab and corporate demand partners while building North American recycling infrastructure. With a disciplined investment approach, the team drives value for both founders and investors.
As an India-based cloud solutions and solutions provider, CloudCap has carved a distinctive niche. The company presents a range of cloud-based products and solutions, including cloud hosting, cloud security, cloud storage and backup, cloud ecosystem, and cloud application development. CloudCap offers its solutions to both large and small businesses, providing robust and dependable offerings for their cloud computing needs. The company also delivers consultancy and training solutions, helping businesses to make the most of their cloud offerings.
Partner-owned, no outside investors takes faster, higher-risk crypto positions (yield farming, NFTs), pairing ex-Circle Trade founders' trading expertise and traded portfolio to offer trader reflexes with venture time horizon. Through targeted capital deployment, the fund plays an active role in the startup ecosystem.
Pre-seed and seed investor run by three active founders, placing top women operators on cap tables to provide hands-on marketing, revenue, ops, product and engineering support without dilution. Through targeted capital deployment, the fund plays an active role in the startup ecosystem.
Invests across public and private tech via an AI-native crossover platform that uses proprietary social and alternative-data research to inform deals, delivers fund access ($50K min) and entertainment ties. The firm continues to build its presence across the venture capital landscape.
Operating as a enterprise angel collective that delivers early-stage allocation to startups and fresh tech, Cobin Angels stands out in its space. The organization was founded in 2015 and is rooted in Warsaw, Poland. Cobin Angels presents allocation stages like as convertible notes and early stage ventures, and also provides accelerators, angel groups, co-working spaces, incubators, secondary purchasers, and syndicates. The organization additionally presents knowledge-sharing among individual investors, and delivers allocation prospects for the Mentorist app, a tool for learning and self-development through brief book summaries.
As an formative stage startup capital group established in Singapore, Cocoon Capital has built a distinct presence in its market. Furthermore, they focus on investing in frontier technology ventures in Southeast Asia, with a particular focus on the healthcare, enterprise SaaS, and fintech sectors. Moreover, they have a strong network of mentors and advisors to support their invested companies thrive and expand. With a disciplined investment approach, the team drives value for both founders and investors.
Solo GP investing in pre-metrics B2B formative-stage companies, using a 3,000+ AngelList backer community as a diligence engine to back validated weird ideas; excludes crypto, web3, bio, security, chips. With a disciplined investment approach, the team drives value for both founders and investors.
Cofounders Capital operates as a VC firm established in Cary, North Carolina, established in 2015. Beyond this, they invest in B2B software startup ventures, particularly in the Southeast and North Carolina, with a focus on mobile and enterprise SaaS. Beyond this, they have backed more than 40 companies in the past five years, and aim to support emerging ventures at all stages of their growth and development. Cofounders Capital also features mentorship, resources, and advice to assistance innovators build successful companies.
CoFounder Zone, a website that delivers resources and information to help entrepreneurs find the right co-founder for their business, continues to make its mark. The site presents a range of solutions, encompassing a searchable database of capacity co-founders, advice and counsel on how to choose the best partner, and a directory of assets for entrepreneurs. The site also features articles profiling thriving co-founder teams, advice on building thriving businesses, and tips on how to make the most of a co-founder\u2019s skillset.
A strategic corporate venture arm backing crypto and Web3 projects aligned with increasing economic freedom, coordinating with Coinbase's AI+crypto roadmap and delivering thought leadership, proprietary data, and customer distribution. With a disciplined investment approach, the team drives value for both founders and investors.
Early cryptonative investor since 2015 that backs projects from pre‑launch through post‑token network effects, combining equity and liquid token positions and delivering operator and technologist expertise. With a disciplined investment approach, the team drives value for both founders and investors.