What stage does Carbon Ventures invest at?

Carbon Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.

What is Carbon Ventures's typical check size?

Carbon Ventures typically writes checks of $500K.

Where is Carbon Ventures located?

Carbon Ventures is headquartered in New York, US.

Carbon Ventures

Venture capital

New York · Pre-Seed–Series A · 22 people tracked

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Investment thesis

Carbon Ventures invests in technologies that decarbonize and modernize infrastructure across the five largest carbon-emitting industries: manufacturing, transportation, energy, agriculture, and waste management. The firm believes that with the global population reaching nine billion by 2050, resource management must be rethought to avoid shortages, and that technology is essential to building efficient, future-ready infrastructure. It backs audacious founders scaling environmental solutions at the seed and Series A stages, engaging early with a hands-on, teammate approach and providing access to a network of industry experts, experienced startup executives, and advisors.

Invests inAdvanced Manufacturing AgTech Circular Economy Cleantech Climate Tech Energy Enterprise Software Logistics & Supply Chain Mobility & Transportation SaaSNew YorkUnited States

Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.

Stage

Pre-Seed–Series A

Check

$500K

New York, New York, US

Instruments

Equity

Founded

2017

Tracked investments

Team · 22 people

from the firm's website & public directories

Jason Cahill· Founder | Managing Partner· Virginiain

Founder and managing partner of Carbon Ventures, an early-stage investor, advisor and entrepreneur focused on technology disrupting older polluting industries, with expertise in cleantech, transportation, supply chain, infrastructure and agtech. He founded logistics marketplace Traansmission, is an active angel investor, adjunct professor at Columbia, an army veteran and holds an MBA from Carnegie Mellon.

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Katherine Zamsky· Managing Partner· New York, New York, United Statesin

Managing partner with over 15 years in alternative investments, structuring transactions and investment vehicles and building technology. Her buy- and sell-side experience and family office and institutional network support co-investment and customer introductions; she holds an MBA from Columbia.

Gary Ragusa· Venture Partner· Miami, Florida, United Statesin

Venture partner and senior executive with 20+ years in digital global transformation, having co-founded and led multiple startups to exits and scaled a mid-size company overseeing over $300M in annual revenue. He holds an MBA from Columbia.

Alexander Ferguson

Advisor focused on strategic architecture, having served as chief architect on large government IT projects and co-authored global IT strategic plans.

Ankoor Patel

Strategy and business development advisor; director at GE Transportation.

Carl de Stefanis

Advisor in consulting, real estate and private equity operations; angel investor.

Chris Gorges

Advisor focused on branding and pitch deck design; founder at Thompson & Prince.

David Lustig

Financial strategy advisor; founder at ITAV Funding.

Doug Chavez

Digital media strategy advisor; EVP of digital commerce at Geometry.

Eduardo Mestre

Negotiations and strategy advisor; vice chairman at Evercore, board member at Avis, Comcast and IRC, and adjunct professor at Columbia/NYU.

Emil Lamm Nielsen

Member of the senior advisory network focused on full-stack development; senior engineer at GrubHub.

Inga Gromova

Business development advisor focused on corporate strategy and market analysis, with experience in residential solar, sustainable infrastructure and fundraising.

Jay Manickam

Operations and strategy advisor; serial entrepreneur who founded Everfest, Hitch and uShip.

Jordan Hopkins

Strategy and valuations advisor; vice president at Barclays.

Laura Allen

Advisor focused on growth and strategy including product, pricing and fundraising, with interests in AI/robotics and emerging infrastructure.

Mads Hansen

Advisor focused on brand building, sustainable packaging systems and UX design; founder at MTwoDesign.

Marie Bromberg

Strategy advisor; senior agent at Compass.

Mark Taylor

Product strategy advisor; head of product at Bloomberg New Energy Finance.

Noah Robbins

Agtech advisor; founder of Ark Foods.

Patrick Flood

Strategy and community building advisor; battalion commander in the US Army.

Paul Kruschel

Logistics and supply chain analysis advisor; senior manager at ThermoFisher Scientific with 11 years at CH Robinson.

Will Lutz

Advisor focused on full-stack development and design; director of commercialization at NJIT.

Investments · 10 tracked

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Andiumandium.com

New York, US

Jory Schwach(Executive Officer, Director)Geet Bhatt(Director)Greg Fell(Director)

BoardGhaith Alghamdi(Director)Thomas G. Miglis(Director)Odd Harald Hauge(Director)

Fortify

Idelicidelic.comin

Pittsburgh, US

Sean Sebastian(Director)Thomas Hayden Cardiff(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)

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Sayspring

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Summitsync

Transitscreen

Wasteplace

Frequently asked questions

What stage does Carbon Ventures invest at?: Carbon Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
What is Carbon Ventures's typical check size?: Carbon Ventures typically writes checks of $500K.
What sectors does Carbon Ventures focus on?: Carbon Ventures focuses on Advanced Manufacturing, AgTech, Circular Economy, Cleantech, Climate Tech, Energy, Enterprise Software, Logistics & Supply Chain, Mobility & Transportation, SaaS.
Where is Carbon Ventures located?: Carbon Ventures is headquartered in New York, US.

Media · Podcasts & interviews

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Startups Corner Series - Jason Cahill, Carbon Ventures - 2.The founding team

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