San Francisco · Seed–Series B · 7 people tracked
Also known as VALO VENTURES MANAGEMENT, L.P.
Investment thesis
Valo Ventures backs entrepreneurs building technologies that address pressing global challenges, organizing its investment focus around three themes: digitization (data-centric technologies that reduce friction and improve decision-making), decarbonization (emerging energy technologies enabling widespread electrification and eliminating GHG emissions), and adaptation (innovations that help society thrive on a warming planet with constrained resources, spanning housing, food, transportation, energy, and insurance). The firm emphasizes trust, collaboration, mission alignment, and pairing purpose with profit, and views its portfolio through an impact framework aimed at building profitable, disruptive businesses for a brighter future.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 25, 2026.
Team · 7 people
from the firm's website
What they invest in
from 17 of 26 portfolio companiesSaaS ×8Cleantech ×6Climate Tech ×6Energy ×6AI & Machine Learning ×5Deep Tech ×3Enterprise Software ×3New Materials ×3
HQs:United States×14Finland×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 10 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×22 founders×33 founders×44+ founders×1
Investments · 26 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2024 · 12023 · 32020 · 15 dated
Clever Carnivore develops cultivated meat — beef, pork, and chicken grown from animal tissue samples in a food production facility — as an alternative to industrial farm-raised meat.
BiotechClimate TechFoodTechChicago, US
BURRIDGE PAUL(Founder & CSO)RANGOS VIRGINIA(Executive Officer, Director)Virginia Rangos(Founder & CEO)inSTEPHANIE HARRISON(Executive Officer)NICHOLAS RANGOS(Executive Officer)RUSSELL THOMAS(Chief Product Officer)
Co-investorsNewfund CapitalStray Dog CapitalLever VCMcWin Capital Partners
Wise Systems provides an AI-driven routing optimization platform for delivery and fleet operations.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureLogistics & Supply ChainMobility & TransportationSaaSCambridge, US
Charles Sims II(Executive Officer, Director)Ali Kamil(Executive Officer, Director)Layla Shaikley(Executive Officer, Director)Jemel Derbali(Executive Officer, Director)Chazz Sims(Founder)in
BoardDr. Sandy Pentland
Board seatMona ElNaggar· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsBantam GroupFontinalis PartnersGradient VenturesGutbrain VenturesTechstarsThe E14 Fund+4 more
ARRIS is an advanced manufacturing technology company that uses its Additive Molding process to align continuous fibers, electronics, and metallic components into topology-optimized composite parts.
Advanced ManufacturingDeep TechHardwareNew MaterialsBerkeley, US
Riley Reese(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Ethan Escowitz(Director, Promoter)Huang Lee(Director)Carl Bass(Director)Greg Papadopoulous(Director)Timothy Brown(Director)
Co-investorsBlue Ivy VenturesBosch VenturesMVP VenturesNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Robert Bosch Venture CapitalStrawberry Creek Ventures
A new type of biodiscovery, discovering and harnessing nature's most valuable proteins
Oliver Vince(Founder)inGlen Gowers(Founder)
Co-investorsBlue Horizon CorporationHummingbird VenturesNVenturesS32Section 32Systemiq Capital+5 more
BO Materials develops novel materials for industrial applications across trillion-dollar industries.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechNew MaterialsSemiconductorsMassachusetts, US
Michael Segal(Executive Officer, Director)Anvesh Gurijala(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardDavid Miller(Director)inDwight Poler(Director)Andrew Goldman(Director)
Co-investorsAccelr8ACVC PartnersClean Energy VenturesCollaborative FundDiamond Edge VenturesGood Growth Capital+2 more
eduMe is a frontline training and enablement platform that lets companies create, deliver, and track microlearning through tools workers already use, such as Workday, Microsoft Teams, SMS, email, or QR codes, without a separate app.
EdTechHR TechSaaS
Co-investorsWorkday Ventures
Equilibrium Energy applies software, AI/ML, and quantitative methods to modernize power and energy systems for power companies.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechEnergySaaSBoston, US
Ryan Hanley(Executive Officer)inJonathan Mather(Founder)Kevin Clifford(Founder)Jeffrey Woods(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsBreakthrough Energy VenturesCerity Partners VenturesDCVC (Data Collective)Strawberry Creek Ventures
San Francisco, US
Sid Gorham(Executive Officer, Director)Michael O'Connor(Director)Dean Fairchild(Director)Mike Preiner(Director)
BoardJohn O'Farrell(Director)David Kellog(Director)
Co-investorsAndreessen HorowitzAcurio VenturesFall Line CapitalNorrsken VCRevent
Granular Energy provides software for energy suppliers, traders and buyers to manage and trade Energy Attribute Certificates (RECs, I-RECs, GOs, REGOs) and to build clean power products including hourly-matched and 100% renewable offers.
CleantechEnergySaaS
Toby Ferenczi(Co-Founder & CEO)Bruno(Co-Founder)Sam(Co-Founder)
Co-investorsAcurio VenturesJERAKickstart InnovationNorrsken VCReventSpinLab+1 more
Inlyte designs and manufactures iron-sodium (sodium metal chloride) batteries for commercial, industrial, and utility-scale energy storage systems.
CleantechEnergyHardwareBerkeley, US
Co-investorsAt One VenturesFirst Spark Ventures, LlcTechEnergy Ventures
Landit provides a platform combining technology, executive coaching, and personalized development tools to help employees and organizations manage career growth and skill development.
Enterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaS
Co-investorsConnectivity VenturesFemale FoundersGingerbread CapitalNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Workday VenturesXfund
Woodinville, US
Tony Pan(Founder)in
Co-investorsAt One VenturesMetaplanetExtantia CapitalStarlight Ventures
Novoloop uses chemical recycling technology (its Lifecycled and Recycled+ platforms) to convert post-consumer and post-industrial plastic waste, such as polyethylene bags and packaging, into performance materials like polyols and TPU.
Circular EconomyCleantechNew MaterialsMenlo Park, US
Jia Yun Yao(Executive Officer, Director)Yu Wen Wang(Executive Officer, Director)Miranda Wang(Founder)inJeanny Yao(Founder)inJi Eun Cha(Director)
BoardSamuel Suskind(Director)in
Co-investorsAlante CapitalBeresford VenturesDorm RoomNew Leaf InvestSOSVTaranis
RoadRunner provides tech-enabled waste and recycling services to businesses across all 50 U.S. states, using data and artificial intelligence to improve recycling rates and reduce costs.
Circular EconomyCleantechEnterprise SoftwareLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSPittsburgh, US
Graham Rihn(CEO + Founder)in
BoardJoel Adams(Director)Duane Woods(Director)
Co-investorsAdams Capital ManagementFifth WallGeneral AtlanticCerity Partners VenturesGreycroftPlayfair Capital+3 more
Simbe provides retail inventory and monitoring solutions combining computer vision, robotics, RFID, and fixed sensors for retail businesses.
AI & Machine LearningRetail TechRoboticsSouth San Francisco, US
Brad Bogolea(CEO)Mirza Akbar Shah(Executive Officer, Director)Bradley Douglas Bogolea(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)
BoardRyan Gembala(Director)inSubodh Gupta(Director)inJay Douglas Knafel(Director)in
Co-investors7percent VenturesActivant CapitalAnorak VenturesComet LabsEastward Capital PartnersHemisphere Ventures LLC+9 more
SINAI provides software to help companies measure, reduce, and report their carbon emissions and develop decarbonization strategies.
Advanced ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningClimate TechEnergyEnterprise SoftwareSaaSSan Francisco, US
Maria Fujihara(Founder)inAlain Rodriguez(Founder)in
Co-investorsAbstract VenturesEnergize CapitalHigh AlphaJetstreamObvious VenturesY Combinator
Steady Energy develops the LDR-50, a low-temperature heat reactor based on technology from the Technical Research Centre of Finland.
CleantechClimate TechDeep TechEnergy
Tommi NymaninHannes HaapalahtiinPetteri Tenhunenin
Co-investors92 CapitalLifeline VenturesMove EnergyYes VC
UrbanFootprint offers a spatial data and analysis platform that curates data and models to produce "Resilience Insights" for decision-making.
Climate TechData & InfrastructureSaaS
Co-investorsCarbonDcode Capitalnoa
Visby Medical manufactures at-home PCR tests for sexually transmitted infections, providing FDA-authorized results in 30 minutes.
Digital HealthFemTechHealthtechMedical DevicesTokyo, US
Adam de la Zerda(Founder)in
Co-investors+ND Capital1809 CapitalAmplify PartnersArtiman VenturesG Vision CapitalSeraph Group+2 more
XGS Energy develops a proprietary solid-state, closed-loop geothermal system that uses thermally conductive materials and a pipe-in-pipe heat exchanger to generate clean, round-the-clock power without dependence on water or specific rock geology.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyPalo Alto, US
Richard Chong(Chief Financial Officer)inMichael Danaher(Executive Officer)Ghazal Izadi(Executive Officer)inJoshua Prueher(Executive Officer, Director)Glen Robinson(Director)David Seldin(Director)
Co-investorsAligned Climate CapitalClearSkyClimate Innovation CapitalConstellation Technology VenturesThin Line CapitalVoLo Earth Ventures+2 more
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesXGS Energy · amp.axios.com · Aug 18, 2026
Basecamp · community.startuptalky.com · Jul 31, 2026
ARRIS Composites · nasdaqprivatemarket.com · Mar 2, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Valo Ventures made?
- Valo Ventures has 23 tracked investments.
- What stage does Valo Ventures invest at?
- Valo Ventures invests at the Seed, Series A, Series B stages.
- What sectors does Valo Ventures focus on?
- Valo Ventures focuses on AgTech, Cleantech, Climate Tech, Data & Infrastructure, Deep Tech, Energy, FoodTech, Impact & Social Good, InsurTech, Mobility & Transportation, PropTech.
- Where is Valo Ventures located?
- Valo Ventures is headquartered in San Francisco, US.
- Who does Valo Ventures co-invest with?
- Valo Ventures most often shares deals with At One Ventures, New Enterprise Associates (NEA), Strawberry Creek Ventures, among 85 tracked co-investors.
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Co-investors · 4
Workday Ventures is the strategic investment arm of Workday, partnering with early-stage enterprise technology companies and connecting them to Workday's community of customers, partners, and employees to accelerate innovation in the future of work.
Gradient is a seed-stage venture fund focused on backing founders building artificial intelligence companies, providing hands-on support as builders and mentors.
Connect Ventures is a London-based venture firm backing exceptional product founders building outlier companies, investing at pre-seed and seed stages across Europe since 2012.
Chenavari Investment Managers is an independent alternative fixed income specialist in European credit markets with expertise spanning corporate and financial bonds, asset-backed securities, leveraged finance, and private debt origination. The firm employs a fundamental, value-based investment approach.
Firms observed investing alongside Valo Ventures, from public investor directories. Shared companies are the overlap with Valo Ventures's recorded portfolio.
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