How many investments has CIV made?

CIV has 27 tracked investments, including 3 dated in the last 24 months.

What stage does CIV invest at?

CIV invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.

Where is CIV located?

CIV is headquartered in Venice Beach, US.

Does CIV lead rounds?

CIV typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.

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Venice Beach · Pre-Seed–Series A · 10 people tracked

Also known as CIV INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, LLC

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CIV invests at the intersection of energy and technology, drawing on its founders' backgrounds building clean energy and infrastructure companies. The team pursues category-defining companies across sectors including energy, robotics, industrial automation, digital infrastructure, enterprise software, and AI. Its leadership combines operating experience (clean energy, nuclear development, transportation infrastructure) with institutional investing experience from platforms such as Coatue, Valor Equity Partners, and Silver Lake, along with policy expertise spanning national security, trade, and industrial policy. CIV emphasizes strong connections between founders, teams, investors, and communities, and supports companies navigating complex regulatory environments as they scale.

Invests inAdvanced Manufacturing AI & Machine Learning Cleantech Climate Tech Construction Tech Data & Infrastructure Deep Tech Energy Enterprise Software Fintech Mobility & Transportation New Materials Robotics SaaS Austin United States Venice

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Stage

Pre-Seed–Series A

Venice Beach, California, US

Leads rounds

Follows

Instruments

Equity

Founded

2023

Last 12 months

1 investment

AUM

$210M

VC funds

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Team · 10 people

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Abhijoy Mitra· Co-Founder & Managing Partner

Abhijoy Mitra favors chaotic macro environments as times to build, leveraging deep industrial and climate-tech experience from venture and growth investments, backing hard-tech and critical-infrastructure companies overlooked by software-focused VCs.

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Jeff Rosenthal· Co-Founder & Managing Partner· Sydney, New South Wales, Australiain

Jeff Rosenthal is a community-first convener who co-created Summit to support mission-driven founders and co-owns Powder Mountain as a unique physical hub blending real estate with entrepreneurship.

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Patrick Maloney· Co-Founder and CEO· Los Angeles, California, United Statesin

Patrick Maloney is a practivist who, grounded in PPE, co-founds companies and builds a back-and-build platform prioritizing proven, demand-driven scale technologies and treating energy as horizontal enabler within incumbent systems.

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Andrew Zuckerman· Operating Partner, Creativein

Creative director who worked with Apple's executive team on communications and launch efforts from 2009-2017 and later founded the creative studio AZS, focusing on brand and storytelling for energy, finance, health, and technology companies.

Stephanie Donner· Operating Partner, Policy, Legal, and Compliance

Legal and policy executive with C-suite experience at the intersection of law, policy, and regulatory transformation. Former Chief Legal Counsel to Colorado's Governor and CEO/Chief Legal Officer of Inspire.

Dan Bell· Head of Ops and Platform

Operating executive with nearly two decades of leadership experience across energy, biotech, and B2C. Most recently served as Chief of Staff to the COO at Expedia and to the CEO at Inspire.

Josh Zoffer· Investor/Research

Investor leading CIV's research efforts with venture and growth experience. Previously served as Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy at the White House and Senior Advisor to the Deputy Secretary of the Treasury.

Mitchell Brady· Investor/Builder· San Francisco Bay Areain

Investor and former Senior Associate at Silver Lake, focusing on enterprise software, AI, digital infrastructure, and social media. Previously an investment banker at Lazard.

Sam Gansler· Investor/Builder· Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

Operator and early-stage investor who spent seven years as an early team member at Hyperloop One, leading product, GTM, partnerships, and fundraising. Now focuses on robotics, industrial automation, digital infrastructure, and energy.

Talia Jurkowitz· Investor/Builderin

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What they invest in

from 19 of 27 portfolio companies

AI & Machine Learning ×11Deep Tech ×7Enterprise Software ×7Energy ×6Cleantech ×5Advanced Manufacturing ×4Hardware ×4Data & Infrastructure ×3

HQs:United States×11United Kingdom×2

Investments · 27 tracked

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By year:2025 · 3 2024 · 1 2023 · 15 dated

Autoridad Panandinapanandina.org in 𝕏✓ verified

Autoridad Panandina is an energy infrastructure company that develops projects to supply power for large-scale compute deployments in regions with abundant energy resources.

CleantechCloud ComputingEnergy

Co-investorsUnion Square Ventures (USV)Ribbit Capital alphabet angels Zero Infinity Partners

1001 AI1001.ai

1001.ai provides AI-powered operational intelligence software for complex infrastructure systems including ports, airports, and energy grids.

AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply Chain

Bilal Abu-Ghazaleh(Founder)

Co-investorsGeneral Catalyst Valia Ventures Lux Capital

Aigentaigent.energy in

AGent Energy develops an AI-powered platform for demand response and grid flexibility that aggregates distributed energy resources, primarily backup generation at commercial and industrial facilities, to monetize existing assets and support grid reliability.

AI & Machine LearningCleantechEnergyEnterprise SoftwareIoT

Stephanie Hendricks(CEO and Co-Founder)in Françoise Parker(President and Co-Founder)in Todd Krause(Chief Development Officer and Co-Founder)in

Co-investorsZero Infinity Partners

ArgusEyearguseye.ai in 𝕏

ArgusEye builds autonomous AI engineers for product security in cyber-physical systems, operating inside R&D and engineering teams to model threats, prescribe security controls, and generate audit-ready evidence.

AI & Machine LearningCybersecurityDeep TechSan Francisco, US

Jackson Schultz(Co-founder & CEO)in Lawrence Ibarria(Co-Founder & CTO)inW. Jackson Schultz(Co-Founder & CEO)in

Co-investorsPredictive VC EIR Ventures Voima Ventures

Base Powerbasepowercompany.com in 𝕏

Base Power provides residential battery systems and retail electric provider services to customers in Texas.

CleantechEnergyHardwareTexas, US

Zach Dell(Founder)inJustin Lopas(Founder)inZach Dell Justin Lopas(Founder)

Co-investors137 Ventures Align Ventures Andreessen Horowitz Avenir Growth Capital Bond Capital Management CapitalG +30 more

Bloobloombloobloom.com in 𝕏Mar 2023

Bloobloom is an eyewear brand that sells prescription spectacles and sunglasses directly to consumers, offering home try-on and free eye tests.

ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerceLondon, GB

Abbas Manai(Founder)in

Co-investorsDMG Ventures Pembroke VCT

Cruxcrux.com in 𝕏Apr 2025 · $50M

Crux is a capital platform that modernizes fundraising and deployment for clean energy and critical infrastructure projects through advisory, investment, technology, and intelligence services.

B2B MarketplacesCleantechClimate TechData & InfrastructureEnergyFintechNew York, US

Allen Kramer(Founder)in Alfred Johnson(Founder)in

Co-investorsAcrew Capital Andreessen Horowitz Ardent Venture Broadscale Commonweal Ventures Giant Ventures Global Llp +9 more

Deliver Biosciencesimmtunetherapies.com in 𝕏Aug 2025 · $6M

Deliver Biosciences develops a nanoparticle-based delivery platform to genetically engineer cells in patients for cell and gene therapies, targeting cancer immunotherapies as the first indication with applications in autoimmune, neurodegenerative, and cardiovascular diseases.

BiotechDeep TechMedical Devices

Co-investorsDeep Science Ventures Costanoa Ventures ForgePoint Capital Moment Ventures, Llc Ridge Ventures Zero Infinity Partners +1 more

General Biologicalgeneralbiological.com in

General Biological converts agricultural feedstock into high-value industrial chemicals at a bio-based manufacturing facility on the Mississippi River in Northeast Louisiana.

Advanced ManufacturingBiotechNew Materials

Abhinav Godavarthi(Founder)David Sozanski(Founder)

Co-investorsA*Abstract Ventures BoxGroup Lowercarbon Capital Solari Capital

Hypercubichypercubic.ai in 𝕏

Hypercubic provides AI software for mainframe modernization, helping enterprises and governments rebuild and secure their critical infrastructure systems.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechDeveloper ToolsEnterprise SoftwareSan Francisco, US

Sai Gurrapu(Founder)in Aayush Naik(Founder)inSai Gurrapu Aayush Naik(Founder)

Co-investorsPioneer Y Combinator Afore Capital Blast.Club Capitoria OurCrowd +3 more

Isembardisembard.com in 𝕏

Isembard builds software and operates a network of distributed precision factories to accelerate manufacturing from prototype to factory-scale production.

Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnterprise SoftwareLondon, GB

Alexander Fitzgerald(Founder)in

Co-investorsIQ Capital Notion Capital Tamarack Global Union Square Ventures (USV)NP-Hard Ventures

Mundanemundane.co in 𝕏

Co-investorsSarah Smith

Senra Systemssenrasystems.us in 𝕏

Senra Systems manufactures aerospace wire harnesses using advanced automation and proprietary software for rapid production.

Advanced ManufacturingHardwareRedondo Beach, US

Jordan Black(Founder)inBenjamin Shanahan(Founder)in

Co-investorsGeneral Catalyst Caffeinated Capital Founders Fund Adapt Ventures Alumni Ventures Andreessen Horowitz +8 more

Shinkei Systemsshinkei.systems inJan 2024 · $22M

Shinkei deploys robotics and computer vision hardware on commercial fishing vessels to process seafood at sea, improving quality and traceability while reducing America's seafood import reliance.

Advanced ManufacturingAgTechAI & Machine LearningFoodTechHardwareRoboticsLos Angeles, US

Saif Khawaja(Founder)inReed Ginsberg(Founder)

Co-investorsCantos Ventures Dorm Room Global Brain Humba Ventures Impatient Ventures Mantis Capital +17 more

Siftsift.co in

Sift, founded in 2015, collects smartphone app-installation data to build user profiles and uses AI and machine learning to process mobile ad requests for hypertargeted app install advertising.

AdTechAI & Machine Learning

Jud Bowman(Founder & CEO)inSlawek Pruchnik(Co-founder, Chief Technology Officer)in Jesper Rasmussen(Co-founder, Chief Software Architect)inAaron Schwager(Co-founder)in

Co-investorsAlerion Ventures Elevate Innovation Partners GV (Google Ventures)Union Square Ventures (USV)Fika Ventures Insight Partners +2 more

Siftsiftstack.com in

Sift is an end-to-end platform for teams building advanced hardware that consolidates sensor and telemetry data into a single system for analysis, anomaly detection, and automated test rule evaluation.

Data & InfrastructureDeep TechHardwareEl Segundo, US

Karthik Gollapudi(Founder)in

Co-investorsFika Riot Ventures Fika Ventures GV (Google Ventures)

The Nuclear Companythenuclearcompany.com in 𝕏

The Nuclear Company provides a digital infrastructure platform that integrates the nuclear deployment chain, from construction through operations and security.

AI & Machine LearningDeep TechEnergyEnterprise Software

Jonathan Webb(Founder)inKiran Bhatraju(Founder)Patrick Maloney(Founder)

Co-investorsTrue Ventures Eclipse Eclipse Ventures

Turgonturgon.ai

Turgon AI builds an AI-native platform for enterprise IT modernization.

AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureEnterprise Software

Ankur Varma(2x Founder and CEO)in Nikhil Sama(AI Guru)in Rudra Dalmia(Sales Leader)in

Co-investorsFounder Collective

Unlimited Industriesunlimitedindustries.com in 𝕏Dec 2025

UNLIMITED provides an AI-powered platform for engineering and delivering physical infrastructure projects, helping small teams accelerate work and align project outcomes.

AI & Machine LearningConstruction TechDeep TechEnterprise Software

Alex Modon(Founder)inJordan Stern(Founder)inTara Viswanathan(Founder)in

Co-investorsAndreessen Horowitz Earthshot Ventures Hustle Fund

Unpopular Venturesunpopular.vc 𝕏

Unpopular Ventures (UV) is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in startups across sectors globally.

Sector Agnostic

Peter Livingston(Founder)in

Co-investorsPeak Afore Capital Amino Capital General Advance GoAhead Ventures Lux Capital +3 more

Verseverse.inc in

Verse provides a faster path to grid power for data centers, helping AI infrastructure companies and large energy users bypass interconnection queue delays to come online sooner.

AI & Machine LearningCleantechEnergySan Francisco, US

Seyed H. Madaeni, Ph.D.(Founder)inAmit Mukherjee(Director)Andy Wheeler(Director)

BoardAndy Chen(Director)Matthew Penfold(Director)

Co-investorsBessemer Venture Partners Coatue Management Collaborative Fund Twine Ventures GV (Google Ventures)Innovacom +1 more

Other

Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.

AGentAPDBaseCalibreGiga EnergyShinkei

Portfolio news

latest coverage across their companies

Hypercubic Raises $5.3M in Seed Funding

Hypercubic · finsmes.com · Aug 19, 2026

Base Power Raises $1 Billion in Series D Funding

Base Power · finsmes.com · Aug 4, 2026

Senra Systems Raises $65M in Series B Funding

Senra Systems · finsmes.com · Jul 15, 2026

Founders Fund's outlier bet on humanely killed fish | TechCrunch

Shinkei Systems · techcrunch.com · Jun 20, 2026

Verse Raises $54M in Series B Funding

Verse · finsmes.com · Jun 18, 2026

/C O R R E C T I O N -- Sift/

Sift · prnewswire.com · Mar 25, 2026

Industrial startup Isembard bags €43 million to scale software-powered factories for aerospace and energy sectors | EU-Startups

Isembard · eu-startups.com · Mar 9, 2026

Unlimited Industries Raises $12M in Seed Funding

Unlimited Industries · finsmes.com · Dec 4, 2025

Frequently asked questions

How many investments has CIV made?: CIV has 27 tracked investments, including 3 dated in the last 24 months.
What stage does CIV invest at?: CIV invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A stages.
What sectors does CIV focus on?: CIV focuses on Advanced Manufacturing, AI & Machine Learning, Cleantech, Climate Tech, Construction Tech, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Energy, Enterprise Software, Fintech, Mobility & Transportation, New Materials, Robotics, SaaS.
Where is CIV located?: CIV is headquartered in Venice Beach, US.
Does CIV lead rounds?: CIV typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
Who does CIV co-invest with?: CIV most often shares deals with Bessemer Venture Partners, Coatue Management, Collaborative Fund, among 7 tracked co-investors.

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