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Alabaster
Impact investorSydney · Seed–Growth · 3 people tracked
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Investment thesis
Alabaster invests in founders building breakthrough companies intended to generate a positive, planet-level impact. It focuses on two types of companies: those creating the industries of tomorrow using differentiated technology grounded in scientific breakthroughs, and those developing technology that addresses today's most pressing needs. The firm invites founders to submit a note and pitch deck for consideration.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 3 people
from public directories
Sonny Vu is Chief Builder at Liminal, a Singapore and Boston-based fund backed by Temasek that partners with experienced founders to build and scale new ventures. He has co-founded five companies across hardware, healthtech, and consumer devices—including Misfit (acquired by Fossil for $300M), Elemental Machines, AgaMatrix, Impact Biosystems, and FireSpout—and has served as investor, advisor, or director to over 50 early-stage companies in hardtech, robotics, semiconductors, and healthtech. His background includes research at Microsoft in natural language processing and doctoral work in linguistics at MIT.
Tuan-Anh Tran is co-founder and CEO of Solano Energy, an asset-light power company operating in Southeast Asia. He has experience as a technologist, deeptech investor, and advisor, with early involvement in light fidelity technology. His interests span industrial technologies, tech-enabled social development, and Asia-Pacific political economy.
What they invest in
from 6 of 9 portfolio companiesAI & Machine Learning ×3Hardware ×3Consumer ×2Deep Tech ×2IoT ×2AdTech ×1Climate Tech ×1Digital Health ×1
HQs:United States×5Israel×1
Investments · 9 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2021 · 22019 · 12016 · 14 dated
3D printing company that manufactures 3D printed parts from PEEK-based composites (CFRP); GC invested alongside AGC, Sumitomo, Airbus and others.
Hemant Bheda(Founder)Wiener Mondesir(Founder)
Co-investorsGC VenturesIndustrifondenNavigare Ventures
Ayar Labs develops co-packaged optics (CPO) technology for AI infrastructure, enabling optical connectivity between thousands of GPUs across data center racks.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechHardwareSemiconductorsSan Jose, US
Mark Wade(Founder)inAlex Wright-Gladstein(Founder)inChen Sun(Founder)Milos Popovic(Founder)Rajeev Ram(Founder)Vladimir Stojanovic(Founder)
Co-investorsNVIDIAAlumni VenturesBasecamp FundBerkeley FrontierBlue Bear VenturesCastor Ventures+26 more
Butlr makes anonymous thermal sensors that measure occupancy and space utilization across offices, buildings, campuses, stores, and labs without cameras, badges, or Wi-Fi tracking.
AI & Machine LearningDigital HealthHardwareHealthtechIoTPropTechSan Francisco, US
Honghao Deng(Founder)inJiani Zeng(Founder)inHonghao Deng Jiani Zeng(Founder)
BoardRaymond Stuart Stata(Director)Seth Levine(Director)inNaimish Patel(Director)in
Co-investors1Flourish Capital500 GlobalFounder CollectiveFoundryGS FuturesHDS Capital+17 more
Cradlewise makes a smart crib for babies, marketed to parents in the infant care market.
ConsumerHardwareIoTSan Francisco, US
Bharath Patil(Executive Officer, Director)inRadhika Patil(Founder)in
BoardNikhil Basu Trivedi(Director)in
Co-investorsBetter CapitalOperators StudioSOSVCRV (Charles River Ventures)Footwork
Raising the standard of healthcare through clinical AI solutions
Dimitry Tran(Founder)inAengus Tran(Founder)
Co-investorsBlackbird VenturesHorizons VenturesAlpha JWC VenturesSkip Capital
Otter.ai is an AI-powered meeting assistant that records, transcribes, and summarizes conversations in real time across multiple languages, automatically capturing decisions and action items.
AI & Machine LearningFuture of WorkSaaSMountain View, US
Sam Liang(Founder)inEli M(Founder)inYun Fu(Founder)
Co-investors500 GlobalAidenlair CapitalDFJ DragonFundDraper DragonDuke Capital PartnersFoothill Ventures+13 more
Redefine Meat develops plant-based meat products engineered to replicate premium cuts through proprietary 3D extrusion technology.
Climate TechConsumerDeep TechFoodTechNew MaterialsIsrael, IL
Eshchar Ben-Shitrit(Founder)inAdam Lahav(Founder)
Co-investorsClaltechHanaco Venture CapitalK3 VenturesK3V VenturesSynthesis CapitalCPT Capital+1 more
The Desire Company produces expert-led, multi-asset video and content that brands use across marketing channels such as product detail pages, retail media networks, social ads, email, and in-store displays to drive purchase confidence and conversions.
AdTechE-commerceMarketing TechRetail Tech
Eric Sheinkop(Co-founder)inJudith Sheinkop(Co-founder)
Co-investorsCleveland AvenueValor Equity Partners
AI chip, IoT and semiconductor
Palo Alto, US
Jawad Nasrullah(President, CFO, CTO)Ming Zhang(CEO)
BoardYang Meng(Director)
Co-investorsSkywood Capital
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companies
Ayar Labs · siliconangle.com · Sep 10, 2026
otter ai · nasdaqprivatemarket.com · Dec 23, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Alabaster made?
- Alabaster has 9 tracked investments.
- What stage does Alabaster invest at?
- Alabaster invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth stages.
- What sectors does Alabaster focus on?
- Alabaster focuses on Climate Tech, Deep Tech, Impact & Social Good.
- Where is Alabaster located?
- Alabaster is headquartered in Sydney, AU.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamCo-investors · 4
Founder Collective is a seed and pre-seed stage venture capital firm that invests across sectors, describing itself as sector agnostic and anti-thematic.
CRV is a venture capital firm that backs founders at the seed and Series A stages, focusing on those with deep conviction and unique insights.
Footwork is a San Francisco-based venture firm that leads and co-leads Seed and Series A rounds in companies showing early product-market fit, focusing on consumer technology and the consumerization of enterprise technology.
Accomplice is a venture capital firm that has backed early-stage companies across sectors, having been part of the origin stories of companies like AngelList, DraftKings, Patreon and WHOOP.
Firms observed investing alongside Alabaster, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Alabaster's recorded portfolio.
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