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Prelude Ventures

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Status
Active
Global HQ
San Francisco, United States
Countries of investment
  • United States
  • Canada
  • United Kingdom
  • Australia
Investment stages
  • Seed
  • Series A
Industries
  • Climate tech
  • clean energy
  • carbon management
  • sustainable agriculture
  • advanced materials
  • manufacturing
  • mobility
About
Prelude Ventures, headquartered in San Francisco, is a venture capital firm investing in early-stage startups that address climate change. Since its founding in 2013, Prelude has invested in over 60 companies across sectors including advanced energy, food and agriculture, transportation, advanced materials, manufacturing, and computing. The firm has a long-term commitment to the climate tech sector, balancing venture-level returns with understanding of deep-tech and hardware development timelines. Prelude manages capital for philanthropic entities and is a founding member of the Breakthrough Energy Coalition.
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$3M
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$5M
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Investment Thesis

Prelude Ventures invests broadly in climate solutions across clean energy, agriculture technology, carbon capture, and sustainable manufacturing. They support companies across all venture stages aiming to back breakthrough innovations that drive systemic climate impact and commercial success.
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Team

Katie Clasen - Principal

Edward Yang - Senior Associate

Urwashi Govindji - Executive Assistant

Eileen McMahon - Coordinator of Operations and Executive Support

Katy Young - Chief Financial Officer

Mark Cupta - Managing Director

Matt Eggers - Managing Director

Gabriel Kra - Managing Director

Tim Woodward - Managing Director

Portfolio

AMP

Arable

Atom Computing

Augmenta

Boston Metal

Branch Energy

Brightband

CATALOG

Citrine Informatics

ClearMetal

CoverCress

Ebb Carbon

Electric Hydrogen

Element Energy

EnergySavvy

Fervo Energy

Form Energy

Fortify

Graphyte

GreenLight Biosciences

Heirloom Technologies

Koloma

Latitude Media

LevelTen Energy

Lightship

Lime

Living Carbon

LuxWall

Meridian Clean Energy

Mill

MineSense

OptimoRoute

Persefoni

Photara

Pivot Bio

Planet

PLANT PV

polySpectra

Pyka

Quaise

QuantumScape

Raxium

Recurrent

Redoxblox

Renew Financial

Ripple Foods

Rumin8

Sense

Sense Photonics

SolarBridge Technologies

Terabase Energy

Thea Energy

Trove

Understory

Unspun

Vaulted Deep

Voltus

Windfall Bio

Xcimer

Zymergen

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