Valo Ventures
Venture capitalSan 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 3, 2026.
Team · 7 people
from the firm's website
What they invest in
from 13 of 25 portfolio companiesSaaS ×7AI & Machine Learning ×5Energy ×4Cleantech ×3Climate Tech ×3Enterprise Software ×3Circular Economy ×2Data & Infrastructure ×2
HQs:United States×9Finland×1
Investments · 25 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathWise Systems provides an AI-driven routing optimization platform for delivery and fleet operations.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureLogistics & Supply ChainSaaSCambridge, US
Charles Sims II(Executive Officer, Director)Ali Kamil(Executive Officer, Director)Layla Shaikley(Executive Officer, Director)Jemel Derbali(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardDr. Sandy PentlandEdgar Blanco
Board seatMona ElNaggar· per SEC Form D
Berkeley, US
Huang Lee(Director)Carl Bass(Director)Greg Papadopoulous(Director)Riley Reese(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Timothy Brown(Director)Ethan Escowitz(Director, Promoter)
A new type of biodiscovery, discovering and harnessing nature's most valuable proteins
BO Materials develops novel materials for industrial applications across trillion-dollar industries.
AI & Machine LearningDeep TechNew MaterialsSemiconductorsMassachusetts, US
Michael Segal(Executive Officer, Director)David Miller(Director)Dwight Poler(Director)Anvesh Gurijala(Executive Officer, Director)Andrew Goldman(Director)
Chicago, US
PAUL BURRIDGE(Executive Officer, Director)STEPHANIE HARRISON(Executive Officer)NICHOLAS RANGOS(Executive Officer)JAMES CAFFYN(Director)VIRGINIA RANGOS(Executive Officer, Director)RUSSELL THOMAS(Executive Officer)
Equilibrium Energy operates Mission Control, a unified power trading platform that consolidates market data, probabilistic price forecasts, constraint analysis, and a power-specific agentic AI assistant into one interface.
AI & Machine LearningEnergySaaSBoston, US
Jeffrey Woods(Executive Officer)Ryan Hanley(Executive Officer)
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
Novoloop develops chemical technology to break down plastic waste and transform it into performance materials, serving the plastics and chemicals industries in the circular economy transition.
Circular EconomyCleantechNew MaterialsMenlo Park, US
David Sorin(Director)Jia Yun Yao(Executive Officer, Director)Samuel Suskind(Director)Yu Wen Wang(Executive Officer, Director)Ji Eun Cha(Director)Bill Liao(Director)
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)inJoel Adams(Director)Duane Woods(Director)
Simbe provides retail inventory and monitoring solutions combining computer vision, robotics, RFID, and fixed sensors for retail businesses.
AI & Machine LearningRetail TechRobotics
Brad Bogolea(CEO)Ryan Gembala(Director)Subodh Gupta(Director)Mirza Akbar Shah(Executive Officer, Director)Bradley Douglas Bogolea(Executive Officer, Director, Promoter)Jay Douglas Knafel(Director)
Steady Energy develops the LDR-50, a low-temperature heat reactor based on technology from the Technical Research Centre of Finland.
CleantechClimate TechDeep TechEnergy
UrbanFootprint offers a spatial data and analysis platform that curates data and models to produce "Resilience Insights" for decision-making.
Climate TechData & InfrastructureSaaS
Visby Medical manufactures at-home PCR tests for sexually transmitted infections, providing FDA-authorized results in 30 minutes.
Digital HealthFemTechHealthtechMedical Devices
EnergyPalo Alto, US
Michael Danaher(Executive Officer)Ghazal Izadi(Executive Officer)Joshua Prueher(Executive Officer, Director)Glen Robinson(Director)David Seldin(Director)Craig Barrett(Director)
Frequently asked questions
- 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.
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Co-investors · 3
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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.
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