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Venture Capital for a Better Planet.
Since 2012, we’ve been investing in entrepreneurs obsessed with solving humanity’s greatest challenges—climate change and sustainability. We’re former startup founders ourselves, we get it, and like you, we believe technology can save our planet. #earthtech
Wherever you operate, if your startup solves a carbon problem or a sustainability issue, we want to hear about it.
We work hands-on with founders, lending them our expertise—and our global network—to help accelerate their success.
In our previous lives, each of our partners founded and led the growth of many successful startups from idea to exit.
Beliefs
People
“We are at the dawn of a multi-decade overhaul of the global economy where low-carbon technologies will enable economic growth and sustainability to co-exist.”
—Murray McCaig
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
“Entrepreneurs have the passion, ideas and drive to solve our most pressing environmental challenges. As past operators ourselves, we look forward to partnering in order to help them succeed.”
—Marc Faucher
Managing Partner
“We are investing the capital of today to build a future that is no longer hamstrung by carbon. The businesses of tomorrow will form the bedrock of a greener economy, disrupt all industries and present outsized financial returns.”
—Mira Inbar
Partner
“Today, there’s an unprecedented opportunity for us to accelerate the shift to a sustainable economy.”
—Kristin Aamodt
Partner
“We need to move fast to support breakthrough innovations that will accelerate the transition from fossil fuels to electrons, gas tanks to battery packs, linear to circular business models, meat-based to plant-based diets, and beyond.”
—Ian Pinnington
Partner
“Just as the Internet isn’t a sector so much as the foundation of the modern economy—so too, earthtech will evolve from being a sector into becoming the underpinning of a sustainable and efficient global economy. It’s only a matter of time.”
—Tom Rand
Co-Founder and Partner
“Climate change is a fundamentally existential concern and we have just this brief blip of time to protect our future. It’s a privilege to work on this generation-defining problem by supporting incredible founders, partnering with leading institutions, and creating a profound impact.”
—Nikhil Shukla
Principal
“We invest in companies that foster sustainable economy because it is both a pressing need for the planet and an overlooked financial opportunity.”
—Pauline Tsai
Senior Analyst
“Every challenge creates an opportunity – and climate change presents the biggest of each.”
—Shannon Whitaker
Principal
“We are at a pivotal time in history – one that affords us the chance to see the needs of tomorrow while investing in its solutions today. If we move quickly, we can seize a truly unprecedented opportunity to generate both impact and returns.”
—Keegan Pinto
Associate
“The businesses of the future will be the foundation of a more sustainable global economy, reshaping all industries and creating significant impact. It is a genuine privilege to collaborate with exceptional entrepreneurs in pursuit of this mission.”
—Mathilda Ayeni
Associate
“Improving humanity’s relationship with planet earth and helping entrepreneurs skyrocket their disruptive businesses are core to what drives us everyday. It is a blessing to work with a team that share the same motivation to rapidly solve some of the world’s most pressing challenges.”
—Dinesh Ganesan
Associate
“We must leverage our position as early-stage investors to normalize environmental impact transparency and accountability, ensuring companies manage their emissions and continue to drive innovative solutions that will help us reach our climate goals.”
—Sophie Vaughan
Head of Impact and Investor Relations
Our Investment Focus
Sustainability is embedded in every investment decision we make. We partner with bold founders to help them scale breakthrough solutions that will accelerate our response to climate change. We believe outsized financial returns will come as a result of making significant impacts.
Key sectors of interest:
01
Clean Energy
Greening the supply side of energy, including a wide range of renewables and storage.
02
Energy Efficiency and Storage
Technology that reduces energy demand across all sectors, consumer to heavy industrial.
03
Circular Economy
Sustainable solutions that will help us accelerate the shift to a fully circular economy.
04
Advanced Manufacturing and Materials
New technologies that produce goods using much less energy and fewer resources.
05
Mobility
Efficient movement of people and things, one of the fastest-changing sectors of today.
06
Food Systems
Innovations that help us feed the planet while reducing GHGs and ecological impact.