S2G Ventures
Venture capitalChicago · Growth · 4 people tracked
Investment thesis
S2G invests at the overlap of interconnected, commodity-driven and policy-sensitive sectors—food & agriculture, oceans, and energy—that share hard-to-abate emissions challenges. Rejecting a siloed investment approach, the firm looks for scalable solutions that tap into shared market dynamics to drive system-wide change. In food and agriculture, it invests holistically across the food system in market-based solutions that improve environmental and human health outcomes. In oceans, it targets technologies and business models that can improve ocean health and climate resilience while enabling a prosperous blue economy. The firm supports entrepreneurs and leadership teams pursuing innovative solutions delivering greater value and improved performance.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 3, 2026.
Team · 4 people
from public directories
What they invest in
from 44 of 116 portfolio companiesFoodTech ×16Climate Tech ×14Cleantech ×13AgTech ×11AI & Machine Learning ×9Energy ×8Consumer ×6Impact & Social Good ×6
HQs:United States×31Canada×2Germany×1Latvia×1
Investments · 116 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathFaeth Therapeutics develops PIKTOR, an oral multi-node inhibitor targeting the PI3K/AKT/mTOR pathway for cancer treatment, currently in clinical trials for endometrial and breast cancer.
BiotechDigital HealthMedical DevicesAustin, US
Anand Parikh(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Oliver Maddocks(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardAlex Morgan(Director)Jayson Dallas(Director)Robert Gould(Director)Stephen Hahn(Director)
38 Degrees North is an energy transition capital partner, developer, and operator that invests in and builds distributed generation, community solar, battery storage, and other sustainable infrastructure assets.
CleantechClimate TechEnergy
80 Acres Farms operates vertical indoor farms that grow produce without pesticides, offering products such as salad kits, salad blends, microgreens, herbs, and dressings.
AgTechConsumerFoodTech
Delivers high-quality broadband services to underserved areas.
Amperage provides impact capital and operational support to broadband service providers and ISPs to help them build, scale, and operate networks.
EnergyImpact & Social Good
Leader in mobile power solutions.
Apeiron Labs develops autonomous underwater vehicles and ocean technology for marine applications.
Climate TechDeep TechIoTRoboticsCambridge, US
Ravi Pappu(CEO / Board Member)Sanjeev Krishnan(Director)Jonathan Rosen(Director)David Douglas(Director)Kyle Teamey(Director)Mark Abbott(Director)
Applied Carbon develops technologies to regenerate soil and sequester atmospheric carbon for climate change mitigation and soil health improvement.
AgTechCleantechClimate Tech
Jason Aramburu(CEO + Co-Founder)inMorgan M. Williams(COO + Co-Founder)in
Back to the Roots is an organic gardening brand offering grow kits, heirloom seeds, peat-free soils, plant food, and raised beds for people growing their own food at home.
ConsumerDirect to ConsumerE-commerceOakland, US
Nikhil Arora(Co-founder)Alejandro Velez(Co-founder)
Bettani produces dairy-free cheese using a proprietary plant-based protein derived from regenerative crop seeds, offering products with comparable taste, texture, and protein content to conventional dairy cheese.
CleantechFoodTechImpact & Social Good
Global renewable energy investment platform.
Brimstone develops co-production processes to manufacture cement, steel, aluminum, and other critical minerals from a single feedstock in an integrated facility.
Advanced ManufacturingCircular EconomyCleantechConstruction TechNew MaterialsOakland, US
Cody Finke(CEO)Hugo Leandri
Marina Del Rey, US
Brett Parker(Executive Officer, Director)Jonathan Kessler(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardHrach Simonian(Director)
Financial technology platform transforming home comfort purchasing and sales across the U.S.
Energy platform enabling households to support local community solar projects.
Corvus Robotics builds autonomous drones that perform warehouse inventory scanning and material handling automation for large enterprises across North America.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningIoTLogistics & Supply ChainRoboticsSan Francisco, US
Jackie Wu(Founder/CEO)inKabir Mohammed(Director)inMohammed Kabir(Director)
BoardArthur Chow(Director)Shripriya Mahesh(Director)
EarthOptics builds a machine learning platform and remote-sensing system (GroundOwl and SoilMapper) that maps physical, chemical, and biological soil data to measure compaction, moisture, carbon, and nutrient content.
AgTechAI & Machine LearningClimate TechDeep TechArlington, US
Lars Dyrud(CEO)Todd Martin(Executive Officer)Stephanie Landa(Executive Officer)Hunt Bowers(Executive Officer)Adam Gerson(Executive Officer)John Dombrosky(Executive Officer, Director)
Electric Hydrogen develops hydrogen production technology to support decarbonization.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechClimate TechEnergyMassachusetts, US
Margaret Deane(Executive Officer)Dipender Saluja(Director)David Danielson(Director)Shayle Kann(Director)Gabriel Kra(Director)Rich Hossfeld(Director)
Everytable prepares fresh, scratch-cooked meals at approximately $7 per serving, delivered free to workplaces or available for pickup, with menus inspired by culturally diverse communities.
ConsumerFoodTech
Biodegradable, compostable solutions as plastic alternatives
Formic builds enterprise AI for regulated industries such as legal, federal regulation, and defence, using a neuro-symbolic deterministic retrieval architecture that returns answers sourced from an organisation's own documents with citations traceable to the exact source page.
AI & Machine LearningEnterprise SoftwareLegalTech
Good Eggs is an online grocery marketplace that curates and delivers fresh, locally-sourced food products with strict standards for quality, flavor, transparency, and ethical sourcing.
E-commerceFoodTechMarketplacesSan Francisco, US
Alon Salant(Executive Officer, Director)Bentley Hall(Executive Officer, Director)Michael Pucker(Director)Rob Spiro(Cofounder)
BoardDanny Rimer(Director)
Develops, builds, and operates utility-scale energy storage projects.
GreenLight Biosciences develops RNA-based solutions for agriculture and pest control, including a Colorado potato beetle bio-insecticide and a Varroa destructor mite-control product for sustainable food production.
AgTechBiotechImpact & Social GoodMedford, US
Andrey Zarur(Executive Officer, Director)Charles L. Cooney(Director)David Furneaux(Director)Marta Ortega-Valle(Executive Officer)William Blake(Executive Officer)Jonathan Fleming(Director)
Imagin Dairy produces plant-based dairy proteins designed to replicate the flavor, nutrition, and texture of traditional dairy while minimizing environmental and animal welfare impacts.
Circular EconomyClimate TechFoodTechImpact & Social Good
Eyal Afergan(Founder & CEO)Tamir Tuller(Founder)Arie Abo(Founder)
Leading provider of EV charging and energy solutions across North America.
Frequently asked questions
- What stage does S2G Ventures invest at?
- S2G Ventures invests at the Growth stage.
- What is S2G Ventures's typical check size?
- S2G Ventures typically writes checks of $1M – $5M.
- What sectors does S2G Ventures focus on?
- S2G Ventures focuses on AgTech, Cleantech, Climate Tech, Energy, FoodTech, Impact & Social Good.
- Where is S2G Ventures located?
- S2G Ventures is headquartered in Chicago, US.
- Does S2G Ventures lead rounds?
- S2G Ventures typically participates in rounds rather than leading them.
Media · Podcasts & interviews
from their channelS2G Podcast: Turning Soil into Agriculture's Next Frontier with EarthOptics
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S2G Podcast: Navigating Progress and Backlash with Fareed Zakaria
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Systems Investing in the Age of Adaptation
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S2G Podcast: The Illusion of Crowds with Francis O’Sullivan
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S2G Podcast: Financing Reality with Sanjeev Krishnan
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Financing Reality: Past, Present, and Future
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