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Prelude Ventures — 2026 Investments

10 investments dated 2026 · listed companies and verified rows first · show all

Quaise Energyquaise.cominAug 2026 · $180M

Quaise Energy develops ultra-deep geothermal drilling using gyrotron-powered millimeter-wave technology to reach depths up to 20 km and temperatures up to 500°C, aiming to build superhot geothermal power plants.

CleantechDeep TechEnergyHouston, US

Matt Houde(Founder)inCarlos Araque(Founder)inAaron Mandell(Founder)inPaul Woskov(Founder)

BoardColleen Calhoun(Director)inVinod Khosla(Director)

Board seatMark Cupta· per SEC Form D

Co-investorsCollaborative FundFine Structures VenturesHelium-3 VenturesTechEnergy VenturesThe Engine VenturesXplorer Capital+6 more

Americanamericanleather.com𝕏Aug 2026 · $180M

American Leather manufactures accent chairs and furniture available in various leather and fabric options for residential living spaces.

Advanced ManufacturingCircular EconomyConsumerDirect to ConsumerDallas, US

Co-investorsHeartwood

Energy Impact Partnersenergyimpactpartners.comin𝕏Aug 2026 · $750M

Energy Impact Partners is a global investment firm managing over $4.5 billion that invests across venture, growth, and credit strategies in technologies for the energy transition and decarbonization.

CleantechClimate TechEnergyNew York, US

Lindsay Luger(Co-founder & Partner)inHans Kobler(Founder and Managing Partner)inJoshua Feldman(Co-founder, Partner, General Counsel & Chief Operating Officer)inMichael Donnelly(Co-founder, Partner and Chief Risk Officer)inHarry Giovani(Managing Partner & CEO of Energy Impact Partners Credit)inKyle Wool(Partner & Chief Financial Officer)in

Co-investorsClean Energy VenturesDNV VenturesEvergy VenturesHumans Of The InternetJERAMOL Switch+11 more

IMPACT Partnersimpact-partners.comin𝕏Aug 2026 · $750M

Impact Partners is an impact investing firm active since 2007, focused on supporting a more inclusive society.

Impact & Social Good

Jonathan Zaback(Founder)in

Co-investorsBetter HoldingCDP Venture CapitalAmazon Alexa FundBlindspot Ventures Management CoBreakthrough Energy VenturesEnergy Impact Partners+5 more

Kiwikiwi.todayMar 2026 · $4.3M

Marketplace platform for fabric producers and merchants

Co-investorsBig Basin CapitalAgriZeroNZAltered CapitalBreakthrough Energy VenturesIcehouse VenturesInvest South+1 more

Kiwigokiwi.inin𝕏Mar 2026 · $4.3M

Kiwi is a fintech company offering a credit card product integrated with UPI payments, providing simple cashback rewards on everyday transactions.

ConsumerFintechNot stated, IN

Not stated(Co-Founder, COO & CFO)Anup Agrawal(Founder)Mohit Bedi(Founder)Siddharth Mehta(Founder)

Co-investorsStellaris Venture Advisors 2 LlpVertex Ventures Sea Management Pte. Ltd.AgriZeroNZAltered CapitalBig Basin CapitalBreakthrough Energy Ventures+7 more

Lunar Energylunarenergy.cominFeb 2026 · $100M

Lunar Energy develops home energy technology that converts and stores solar power to provide continuous clean electricity for residential customers.

CleantechClimate TechEnergyHardwareMountain View, US

Mark Holveck(Founder)inKunal Girotra(Founder)in

Co-investorsACTIVATE CAPITAL PARTNERSAlumni VenturesB Capital GroupB4 CapitalDCVC (Data Collective)Energetik Ventures+8 more

PolyGone Systemspolygonesystems.comin𝕏Feb 2026

PolyGone develops a patented passive filtration media and systems to intercept and recover sub-millimeter microplastics from water environments such as rivers, reservoirs, and wastewater treatment channels.

CleantechClimate TechHardwareKearny, US

Nathaniel Banks(Executive Officer, Director)inYidian Liu(Founder)in

BoardJulie Maples(Director)in

Co-investorsTech Council VenturesUnshackled Ventures10X CapitalFYRFLY Venture PartnersGolden SeedsINTERSTATE FUSION VENTURES+3 more

Red Metalsredmetals.cominSeed · Jun 2026 · $10M

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 VenturesPlaneteer Capital

Other

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

Boston Electrometallurgical

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.