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New York · Pre-Seed–Seed · 2 people tracked
Also known as Planeteer · PLANETEER CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC
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Investment thesis
Planeteer Capital focuses on identifying and funding a limited number of founders characterized by nonlinear ambition and strong urgency. The firm invests at the pre-seed and seed stages and deploys capital globally within the climate sector, positioning itself as capital for what it calls the age of consequences.
Source: firm website, verified Sep 29, 2026.
Team · 2 people
from public directories
What they invest in
from 8 of 11 portfolio companiesEnergy ×5Cleantech ×4Climate Tech ×4SaaS ×4AI & Machine Learning ×3Advanced Manufacturing ×2Deep Tech ×2Circular Economy ×1
HQs:United States×7Australia×1France×1
Investments · 11 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2026 · 32025 · 32024 · 22023 · 22022 · 111 dated
Material Difference builds an explainable AI platform designed to help locate ore-bodies for mining operations.
AI & Machine LearningEnergySan Francisco, US
Gabriel Yoong(CEO)inLuke Cullen(CTO)in
Board seatSophie Purdom· per SEC Form D · $3.7M raise · filed Dec 2025
Co-investorsEntrepreneur FirstMythos Ventures Management, LlcTranspose Platform Management
Commonwealth Fusion Systems develops commercial fusion power plants using high-temperature superconducting magnet technology to provide grid-scale energy.
CleantechClimate TechDeep TechEnergyCambridge, US
Brandon Sorbom(Founder)inRobert Mumgaard(Executive Officer, Director)inDaniel Brunner(Executive Officer)inBob Mumgaard(Founder)inDan Brunner(Founder)Dennis Whyte(Founder)
Co-investorsAdvection Growth CapitalArmada Investment AGBay Bridge Ventures ClimateBeni Venture CapitalBrainstorm VenturesBreakthrough Energy Ventures+45 more
Dioxycle develops electricity-driven technology to convert waste carbon emissions into chemical feedstocks for industrial manufacturing.
Advanced ManufacturingCircular EconomyCleantechClimate TechDeep TechParis, FR
Sarah Lamaison, PhD(Founder)inDavid Wakerley, PhD(Founder)inDavid Wakerley(Founder)Sarah Lamaison(Founder)
Co-investorsBreakthrough Energy VenturesGigascale CapitalLowercarbon CapitalCollaborative FundAQUITI Gestion
AI copilot for private credit and asset-backed finance
Co-investorsCongruent Venturesfresh.fundPenny Jar Capital VentureA16Z SpeedrunKDXLeap Forward Ventures+4 more
HomeBoost provides home energy efficiency solutions to improve energy affordability.
CleantechEnergyPropTechSaaSSan Rafael, US
Scott Stenback(Founder)in
Co-investorsBronze InvestmentsGigascale CapitalMarketplaceMoxxie VenturesTrue VenturesIncite.org
Red Metals manufactures high-conductivity copper rod using domestic feedstocks in a single continuous operation for power, mobility, and industrial applications.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechLogistics & Supply ChainWilmington, US
Jackson Switzerin
BoardVictoria Beasley(Director)in
Co-investorsGigascale CapitalFuture VenturesBaruch Future VenturesPrelude Ventures
Sumday builds decision infrastructure software that helps organizations make better decisions by reducing time spent on manual documentation and enabling human judgment to compound over time.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechEnterprise SoftwareImpact & Social GoodSaaSNot specified, AU
JessicaDanny Hoare(Founder)Jessica Richmond(Founder)Lindsay Ellis(Founder)
Co-investorsWedgetailPossible VenturesBlackbird Ventures
Vor is an AI-enabled due diligence and transaction platform that reviews and organizes high-volume transaction documents (leases, permits, interconnection studies, offtake and finance agreements) and extracts key terms, risks, and deadlines with links back to source documents.
AI & Machine LearningEnergySaaSSeattle, US
Victor Shao(Founder)in
Co-investorsGigascale CapitalVirta Ventures
WeaveGrid provides software and grid management solutions that help utilities integrate electric vehicle charging and distributed energy resources without expanding infrastructure.
Climate TechEnergyIoTSaaSSan Francisco, US
Apoorv Bhargava(CEO and Cofounder)inJohn Taggart(President and Cofounder)in
Co-investorsACTIVATE CAPITAL PARTNERSBreakthrough Energy VenturesClimacticCoatue ManagementCollaborative FundCongruent Ventures+5 more
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
Climate Tech Insights, Inc.Terraton
Rows marked “SEC filing” are inferred from directors named on the company's SEC Form D — public regulatory data, not a portfolio list published by the firm.
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesEzra · gamesbeat.com · Mar 12, 2026
Vor Systems · finsmes.com · Mar 6, 2026
Commonwealth Fusion Systems · cfs.energy · Sep 2, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Planeteer Capital made?
- Planeteer Capital has 11 tracked investments, including 7 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Planeteer Capital invest at?
- Planeteer Capital invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed stages.
- What sectors does Planeteer Capital focus on?
- Planeteer Capital focuses on Climate Tech.
- Where is Planeteer Capital located?
- Planeteer Capital is headquartered in New York, US.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
featuring the teamSophie Purdom: Transforming Earth's Future with Planeteer Capital and Climate Tech VC | EP. 034
VSC Ventures · Sophie Purdom
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Co-investors · 9
Breakthrough Energy, founded by Bill Gates, backs innovators developing affordable, reliable, and clean energy technologies, investing across manufacturing, electricity, agriculture, transportation, and buildings.
Blackbird is a venture capital firm that backs founders from the earliest stages, with a focus on ambitious technology startups across Australia and New Zealand.
Prelude Ventures is a venture capital firm backing entrepreneurs building climate and clean-technology companies across sectors such as energy, carbon management, food and agriculture, mobility, and industrials.
The Westly Group is a venture capital firm operating a family of funds that backs founders from pre-seed through early growth, focusing on the physical economy sectors that represent over half of global GDP.
New Enterprise Associates (NEA) is a venture capital firm that invests in and provides long-term support to founders building new companies.
Uber is a technology company operating multisided platforms that connect consumers with ride services, transit, delivery of food and groceries, and freight shipping across more than 70 countries and 15,000+ cities.
Salesforce Ventures is the corporate venture arm of Salesforce, investing in enterprise technology startups from seed through growth stages since 2009.
Jetstream is a San Francisco-based venture fund run by Tommy Leep that backs startups at the pre-seed stage. It emphasizes quick decisions and helps portfolio founders with customer introductions, strategy, and raising follow-on rounds through its community of founders and investors. Its investments include companies in areas such as disaster recovery, fintech, health, and EV charging.
Voyager is a venture capital firm investing in technologies such as electrification, automation, artificial intelligence, and advanced manufacturing, having announced a $275M Fund II.
Firms observed investing alongside Planeteer Capital, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Planeteer Capital's recorded portfolio.
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