Gigascale Capital
Status
ACTIVE
Global HQ
Menlo Park, United States
Countries of investment
- United States
- Canada
- United Kingdom
- Germany
- France
- Netherlands
- Sweden
- Australia
Investment stages
- Series A
- Series B
- Series C
- Growth
Industries
- Climate Tech
- Decarbonization
- Clean Energy
- Mobility
- Industrial Tech
- Sustainability
- Energy Transition
- Battery Tech
About
Gigascale Capital is a Menlo Park-based VC focused on growth-stage climate and energy transition companies. Their focus spans climate tech, decarbonization, clean energy, mobility, industrial tech, and sustainability across the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Netherlands, Sweden, and Australia. The firm supports founders from Series A through Growth.
Gigascale Capital is a Menlo Park-based VC focused on growth-stage climate and energy transition companies. Their focus spans climate tech, decarbonization, clean energy, mobility, industrial tech, and sustainability across the United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Netherlands, Sweden, and Australia. The firm supports founders from Series A through Growth.
Investment Thesis
Gigascale Capital is a growth-stage venture capital firm deploying capital across climate tech, decarbonization, clean energy, mobility, industrial tech, and sustainability sectors. They invest in companies driving the energy transition at gigascale with concentrated check sizes and operator-investor support. The firm differentiates itself through founder Mark Cupta's prior Prelude Ventures climate investing expertise, $1.4B inaugural fund, dedicated focus on the $100T+ decarbonization opportunity, and strategic positioning bridging Silicon Valley climate tech with global energy markets.
Manager's Experience
Mark Cupta (Founder & Managing Partner) founded Gigascale Capital in 2022 after serving as a Managing Director at Prelude Ventures for over six years where he led numerous climate tech investments; he previously held investing roles at GE Equity and brings deep climate, energy transition, and growth equity expertise. He closed a $1.4B inaugural fund in 2024 as one of the largest dedicated climate tech vehicles globally, with strategic backing from major institutional LPs and a focused thesis on gigaton-scale decarbonization opportunities across energy transition, mobility, and industrial sectors.
Team
Mark Cupta - Founder & Managing Partner
Jeff Cohen - Partner
Lara Pierpoint - Partner
Portfolio
Form Energy
Crusoe Energy
Aspen Aerogels
Heliogen
Stem
Sunrun
Climeworks
Pachama
KoBold Metals
Lilac Solutions
Mainspring Energy
MGX Renewables
Mill
Nuvve
Phoenix Tailings
Redwood Materials
Sila Nanotechnologies
Solidia Technologies
Stoke Space
Twelve
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