Aera VC

The AI-driven electrical digital twin for distribution networks, enabling utilities to make data-driven decisions and manage grid capacity effectively.

CarbiCrete is a Montreal-based carbon removal technology company that develops innovative, low-cost building solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Their patented technology enables the production of cement-free concrete using steel slag and captured CO2.

Solugen is redefining chemical manufacturing by harnessing the power of biology and chemistry to create sustainable chemical solutions for various industries, including oil and gas, renewable fuels, and agriculture.

Twelve is a carbon transformation company that converts captured carbon dioxide into valuable chemicals, fuels, and other essential products typically made from fossil fuels.

Cosmic Aerospace is an electric aviation startup building the future of zero-carbon air travel. The company is designing technologically advanced and highly efficient aircraft and engines specifically for electrifying air travel.

Aquila.ONE specializes in international sales and marketing campaigns. It develops business plans and private placement memorandums.

AutoPallet Robotics is rethinking automated case handling with radically cost-effective and flexible automation that integrates seamlessly into your existing warehouse or your greenfield automated facility.

Calectra provides zero-carbon, low-cost, high-temperature process heat (up to 1600°C) for heavy industry, utilizing a thermal battery powered by renewable energy sources.

Early-stage, first-money-in partner for technically ambitious founders transforming the physical world (energy, defense, infrastructure, space, advanced manufacturing), underwriting high technical and regulatory risk.

Invests in robotics, advanced materials, and nanotechnology while combining venture investing with in-house podcasts and video to popularize companies and enable accredited fans to co-invest alongside its celebrity founder.

Prelude Ventures manages capital exclusively for the climate-focused Simons family, creating a single-LP structure that demands strict venture returns from a 100% climate portfolio while applying a hard "no fossil fuels" rule that rejects any technology making oil, gas, or coal extraction cheaper or longer-lived. The firm combines deep technical operating experience with climate activism roots and has invested continuously through climate tech's "dark years" since 2009, positioning itself as a climate generalist comfortable with high capital intensity and long hardware timelines across the entire low-carbon economy.

LA-centered seed-to-growth investor specializing in frontier tech—space, energy, advanced manufacturing, defense, and underwater exploration—offers bespoke founder development and project-finance to bridge capital-intensive valley of death. Founded in 2008 as one of the first seed firms deliberately built outside Silicon Valley, Crosscut has scaled to 170+ companies and $300M+ AUM while remaining LA-centered and formally pledging 1% of their investment into bespoke founder development including coaching, management training, and wellness programs. The firm is repositioning as a frontier-tech specialist focused on space, energy, advanced manufacturing, defense, and underwater exploration by following founders spinning out of SpaceX, Anduril, Northrop, and Boeing, while building a full-stack capital platform that includes growth and project-finance practice to bridge the valley of death for capital-intensive hardware and infrastructure companies.

Miami-based VC focused on fusion, geothermal, advanced materials and climate tech, advising founders on capital-stacking deep-tech companies from lab to scale.