Helios Climate Ventures
Venture capitalDenver · Pre-Seed–Series B · 7 people tracked
Investment thesis
Helios Climate Ventures targets early-stage companies developing and scaling breakthrough technologies to address climate change. The firm believes financial returns correlate with the scope and speed of climate impact, so it seeks transformational opportunities matched to the scale of the climate crisis. While investing broadly across climate tech, Helios specializes in the energy storage ecosystem, viewing storage breakthroughs as essential to transforming the energy generation and transportation sectors. The team blends backgrounds in industry, science, government and finance to source, vet and support promising technologies and the teams building them.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 11, 2026.
Team · 7 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 9 of 17 portfolio companiesCleantech ×7Energy ×6New Materials ×4Deep Tech ×3Advanced Manufacturing ×2Hardware ×2AI & Machine Learning ×1IoT ×1
HQs:United States×8
Investments · 17 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2022 · 12015 · 12 dated
Factorial Energy develops solid-state battery technology designed to overcome limitations of conventional lithium-ion batteries, offering safer, higher-performing, and scalable energy storage solutions for automotive, defense, and robotics applications.
CleantechEnergyHardware
Alsym Energy develops non-flammable, high-performance sodium-ion batteries for energy storage applications.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechDeep TechEnergyMalden, US
Mukesh Chatter(Co-Founder and CEO)inDr. Kripa Varanasi(Co-Founder)inDr. Nikhil Koratkar(Alsym Co-Founder)
EnergyMill Valley, US
Bates Marshall(Executive Officer, Director)Chris Hill(Director)
BoardSasha Brown(Director)
Electrification hardware/software for transportation, including onboard chargers and battery management systems, installed in over 600,000 vehicles.
Aqua Membranes develops reverse osmosis membrane technology using additive manufacturing and membrane chemistry to make industrial water treatment more energy-efficient and cost-effective.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechNew MaterialsAlbuquerque, US
Rick Sanders(Director)Rodney Herrington(Founder)Michael Reardon(Director)Craig Beckman(CEO)Stuart Schoenmann(Director)Christopher Kurth(Chief Technology Officer)
Solid-state battery developer for electric vehicles, partnered with Mercedes, Stellantis, Hyundai, and Kia.
Silicon battery materials and pure silicon anodes offering faster charging, higher energy density, and improved safety.
Uses ultrasound and machine learning for battery manufacturing process control and inspection.
Solarlytics offers the BOOST Platform, a plug-and-play IoT power device paired with an AI cloud engine that normalizes string imbalances, collects string-level data, and generates underperformance diagnostics to increase energy output of large solar installations.
CleantechEnergyIoTWalnut Creek, US
Peter Cohn(Executive Officer)Robert C Roeper(Director)Dale E Fredericks(Executive Officer, Director)Robert P McNamara(Executive Officer, Director)Douglas M Raymond(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardPraveen Sahay(Director)
Calgary
Cheri Corbett(Director)Amanda Hall(Director, Executive Officer)Joseph Lowry(Director)Dipender Saluja(Director)Philippe Inagaki(Director)
BoardNaynika Chaubey(Director)
Summit Lithium develops an integrated direct lithium extraction (DLE) platform combining a multi-column extraction system, its eLivate DLE sorbent, and multi-physics predictive modeling to tune performance to each brine's chemistry.
CleantechDeep TechNew MaterialsDenver, US
ZincFive manufactures nickel-zinc batteries designed for mission-critical power applications across multiple industries, emphasizing safety, reliability, and recyclability in their battery designs.
CleantechEnergyHardwareTualatin, US
Tim Hysell(Executive Officer, Director)Steve Foster(Director)Marc van den Berg(Director)G. Robert Powell(Director)
BoardMark Perutz(Director)Jesse Johnson(Director)
Exits · 2
IPOs and acquisitions across the tracked portfolioFactorialenergyNASDAQ: FACAMPacq. by Ford
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesAqua Membranes · intelligence360.news · Jul 15, 2026
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does Helios Climate Ventures invest at?
- Helios Climate Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B stages.
- What sectors does Helios Climate Ventures focus on?
- Helios Climate Ventures focuses on Cleantech, Climate Tech, Deep Tech, Energy, Impact & Social Good, New Materials, Semiconductors.
- Where is Helios Climate Ventures located?
- Helios Climate Ventures is headquartered in Denver, US.
- Does Helios Climate Ventures lead rounds?
- Yes, Helios Climate Ventures leads investment rounds.
Co-investors · 3
boldstart ventures is an early-stage venture firm that partners with technical founders at company inception, leading pre-product rounds and helping build enterprise software companies.
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Heavybit provides hands-on, strategic support to developer-focused startups in its portfolio, offering guidance from its partners, platform, and community of advisors.
MyAsiaVC is an early-stage venture capital firm backing founders across Asia, positioning itself as a hands-on partner that supports visionary builders. It also runs an AI & Robotics Fund.
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