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Prelude Ventures — 2024 Investments

13 investments dated 2024 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all

LevelTen Energyleveltenenergy.comin𝕏Series A · Jul 2024 · $7M

LevelTen Energy operates a platform that connects renewable energy developers with customers and market participants, facilitating project visibility and deal-making in the renewable energy sector.

B2B MarketplacesCleantechClimate TechEnergySaaSSeattle, US

Bryce Smith(Executive Officer, Director)inWilliam Thomas(Executive Officer)Ross Trenary(Executive Officer)inDavid O'Hara(Director)Scott Guthrie(Director)

BoardDavid Cohen(Director)in

Board seatTim Woodward· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsAster CapitalB Capital GroupB4 CapitalConstellation Technology VenturesE8 AngelsEquinor Ventures+7 more

Ripple Foodsripplefoods.comApr 2024

Ripple Foods makes plant-based milk, shakes, and half & half products from yellow peas, marketed as sustainable alternatives to dairy and other plant-based milks.

Climate TechConsumerDirect to ConsumerFoodTechImpact & Social GoodBerkeley, US

Adam Lowry(Founder)Dr. Neil Renninger(Co-founder)Neil Renninger(Founder)

Board seatGabriel Kra· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsBloom8Collaborative FundEvolution VC PartnersFall Line CapitalGroundForce CapitalGV (Google Ventures)+9 more

Arch Networkarch.networkin𝕏Seed · Feb 2024 · $6M

Arch is a Bitcoin-native chain and execution environment (ArchVM) that lets institutions and users borrow, lend, earn yield, swap, and build financial applications that settle directly to Bitcoin without bridging, wrapping, or leaving self-custody.

Crypto & Web3Data & InfrastructureFintech

Amine ElQaraoui(Founder)in

Co-investorsABCDE CapitalAsymmetricBig Brain HoldingsMulticoin CapitalPantera CapitalCarta+5 more

Branch Energybranchenergy.comSeries A · Aug 2024 · $10.8M

Accelerating green energy with tech-powered retail solutions.

Wilmington, US

Alexander Ince-Cushman(Executive Officer, Director)Todd Burgess(Executive Officer)Daniel MacDonald(Director)

BoardAdam Spivack(Director)

Co-investorsActive Impact InvestmentsAIR CapitalClean Energy VenturesComcast VenturesGreat Oaks Venture CapitalHabitat Partners+6 more

Brightbandbrightband.comin𝕏Sep 2024

Brightband is building an end-to-end AI Earth System for probabilistic weather and climate forecasting, and plans to open source benchmark datasets, models, and metrics for global weather forecasting.

AI & Machine LearningClimate TechDeep TechSan Francisco, US

Julian Green(Founder)inDaniel Rothenberg(Founder)in

Co-investorsCLAI VenturesFuture Back VenturesStarshot

Graphytegraphyte.comin𝕏Jul 2024 · $30M

Graphyte develops Carbon Casting, a carbon dioxide removal method that dries and compresses biomass such as timber and crop residues into dense carbon blocks wrapped in an impermeable barrier and stores them in monitored underground sites.

Circular EconomyCleantechClimate TechDeep TechNew MaterialsMemphis, US

Barclay Rogers(Founder)in

BoardChris Rivest(Director)Matthew Eggers(Director)in

Co-investorsBreakthrough Energy VenturesCarbonCarbon DirectOverture Climate

Lightshiplightship.cominJan 2024 · $34M

Lightship provides clinical trial operations for biopharma companies, CROs, and academic institutions, offering site services, decentralized and hybrid trial models, patient recruitment, and mobile research units.

BiotechDigital HealthHealthtechEl Segundo, US

David MacMurchy(Founder)inMichael Shipton(Chief Business Officer)inDarcy Forman(Chief Operating Officer)inLindsay Van Pelt(Chief Medical Advisor)inBen Parker(Founder)Benjamin Parker(Founder)

Co-investorsHikma VenturesALLEGIS CAPITALAlumni VenturesClimacticCongruent VenturesDefine Ventures+5 more

Lightshiplightship.capitalJan 2024 · $34M

Lightship Capital is a venture capital fund that invests in early-stage companies founded by underrepresented entrepreneurs, including founders of color, LGBTQ+ individuals, women, and innovators with disabilities.

AI & Machine LearningConsumerFintechImpact & Social GoodCincinnati, US

Candice Matthews Brackeen(General Partner)inBrian Brackeen(General Partner)in

Co-investorsAtento CapitalALLEGIS CAPITALAlumni VenturesCongruent VenturesDefine VenturesHyperguap+4 more

Pykaflypyka.cominSeries A · Sep 2024 · $40M

Pyka designs and manufactures autonomous electric aircraft along with the underlying flight control software, avionics, motors, batteries, and carbon-fiber airframes.

Advanced ManufacturingAgTechCleantechClimate TechDefense TechHardwareLogistics & Supply ChainMobility & TransportationRoboticsSpace TechSan Francisco, US

Michael Norcia(CEO)inNathan White(CEO)inKyle Moore(Founder)inChuma Ogunwole(COO)inMonisha White(People Operations Manager)

Co-investorsBold Capital PartnersCatapult VenturesDCVC (Data Collective)GaingelsLightbankMana Ventures+15 more

Understoryunderstoryweather.comin𝕏Series A · Jun 2024 · $15M

Understory provides insurance products powered by a proprietary weather risk model and network of ground-based sensors to assess and price severe weather risks globally.

Climate TechInsurTechIoTMadison, US

Alexander Kubicek(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Alexander Jacobs(Founder)inSteve Benfield(Executive Officer)Patricia Wyngaard(Executive Officer)Jack Alexander(Executive Officer, Director)Jim Marshall(Executive Officer, Director)

Co-investorsCSA Partners LLCMS&AD VenturesRevolutionTrue VenturesVTF CapitalWAFTT+6 more

Vaultedvaulted-co.comNov 2024 · $32.3M

New York City, US

Co-investorsTechstars

Other

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

EmergyOpenEarthAI Inc.

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.