San Francisco · Seed–Series B · 8 people tracked
Also known as VALO VENTURES MANAGEMENT, L.P.
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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 Sep 15, 2026.
Team · 8 people
from the firm's website & public directories
What they invest in
from 22 of 33 portfolio companiesSaaS ×10AI & Machine Learning ×9Climate Tech ×8Cleantech ×7Energy ×7Enterprise Software ×5Data & Infrastructure ×3Deep Tech ×3
HQs:United States×17Finland×1United Kingdom×1Japan×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 14 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×52 founders×53 founders×34+ founders×1
Where their founders studiedfrom 17 founders with education data
University of California, Berkeley ×3Imperial College London ×2Princeton University ×2
What their founders studiedfrom 18 founders with field-of-study data
Engineering ×9Computer Science ×3Business & Management ×2Life Sciences ×2
Where their founders worked beforefrom 15 founders with career history
National Renewable Energy Laboratory ×2Shell ×2SINAI Technologies Inc. ×2Stanford University ×2Tesla ×2
Investments · 33 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2024 · 32023 · 52022 · 22020 · 12019 · 112 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)inVirginia Rangos(Founder & CEO)inSTEPHANIE HARRISON(Executive Officer)inNICHOLAS RANGOS(Executive Officer)RUSSELL THOMAS(Chief Product Officer)in
Co-investorsNewfund CapitalStray Dog CapitalLever VCMcWin Capital Partners
eduMe is an AI-powered platform for creating and delivering employee enablement content to frontline workers.
AI & Machine LearningEdTechEnterprise SoftwareHR TechSaaSLondon, GB
Co-investorsWorkday Ventures
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)inLayla Shaikley(Executive Officer, Director)inJemel Derbali(Executive Officer, Director)inChazz Sims(Founder)in
BoardDr. Sandy Pentland
Board seatMona ElNaggar· per SEC Form D
Co-investorsBantam GroupFontinalis PartnersGradient VenturesGutbrain VenturesTechstarsThe E14 Fund+5 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)inEthan Escowitz(Director, Promoter)inHuang 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)in
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)inAnvesh Gurijala(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardDavid Miller(Director)inDwight Poler(Director)Andrew Goldman(Director)
Co-investorsAccelr8ACVC PartnersClean Energy VentureClean Energy VenturesCollaborative FundDiamond Edge Ventures+4 more
BoxPower provides turnkey solar microgrid systems that combine solar, battery storage, and backup generators, handling project development, engineering, installation, monitoring, and maintenance.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyHardwareGrass Valley, US
Angelo Campus(Executive Officer, Director)inAnderson Barkow(Executive Officer)inMichele Nesbit(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsAvesta FundData Point Capital
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)inKevin Clifford(Founder)inJeffrey Woods(Executive Officer)
Co-investorsBreakthrough Energy VenturesCerity Partners VenturesDCVC (Data Collective)Strawberry Creek Ventures
San Francisco, US
Sid Gorham(Executive Officer, Director)Mike Preiner(Director)
BoardJohn O'Farrell(Director)David Kellog(Director)Mike Kourey(Director)Michael O'Connor(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)inBruno(Co-Founder)Sam(Co-Founder)
Co-investorsAcurio VenturesJERAKickstart InnovationNorrsken VCReventSpinLab+1 more
Human Resource Executive is a media outlet publishing news, analysis and commentary on HR topics such as AI adoption in the workplace and financial wellness, aimed at HR leaders and people-operations executives.
Future of WorkHR TechMedia & Entertainment
Inlyte Energy manufactures iron-sodium battery energy storage systems for utility-scale and industrial applications.
CleantechEnergyHardwareBerkeley, US
Antonio Baclig(Founder & CEO)Will Gent(Cofounder & VP of Engineering)in
BoardRichard Wang(Director)inLaurie Menoud(Director)in
Co-investorsAt One VenturesFirst Spark Ventures, LlcTechEnergy VenturesClimate Capital
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
Landit builds an urban intelligence platform that collects and analyzes spatial supply-demand and movement data using satellites, physical AI, and IoT, offering parking-focused digital products such as reservation, payment, brokerage, management, and AI camera automation services.
AI & Machine LearningData & InfrastructureMobility & TransportationPropTechTokyo, JP
Kenta Fujibayashi(代表取締役 (Representative Director / CEO))
Co-investorsFunds Startupsmint VCGingerbread CapitalNew Enterprise Associates (NEA)Workday Ventures
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
Optera provides carbon management and climate compliance software for corporate sustainability teams, with AI-powered tools for emissions reporting and regulatory compliance.
AI & Machine LearningClimate TechEnterprise SoftwareSaaS
Co-investorsMucker CapitalNext Frontier CapitalTech Square VenturesFuture Planet CapitalMassive
Prowly, now part of Semrush as its AI PR Toolkit, is a public relations platform that helps PR and marketing teams build media contact lists, send and track journalist pitches, monitor media coverage, and benchmark their media presence against competitors.
AI & Machine LearningMarketing TechSaaS
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)inMirza Akbar Shah(Executive Officer, Director)
BoardRyan Gembala(Director)inSubodh Gupta(Director)inJay Douglas Knafel(Director)inDavid Pakman(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 provides granular data and risk-intelligence tools to energy utilities, financial institutions, government agencies, and corporations for planning climate-resilient infrastructure investments.
Climate TechData & InfrastructureMobility & TransportationPropTechSaaS
Joe DiStefano(Founder)in
Co-investorsCarbonDcode Capitalnoa
Visby offers an FDA-authorized at-home PCR test kit for women's sexual health that detects chlamydia, gonorrhea, and trichomoniasis from a single swab, delivering private results via a mobile app in about 30 minutes with included same-day telehealth for positive results.
ConsumerDigital HealthFemTechHealthtechMedical DevicesTokyo, US
Adam de la Zerda(Founder)in
Co-investors+ND Capital1809 CapitalAmplify PartnersArtiman VenturesG Vision CapitalKhosla Ventures+5 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
Other
Tracked investments with no reachable website or further public details — typically companies that wound down, renamed, or were absorbed.
AtollogyBioSqueezeMystMyst AIPlanetiQPoint380Roadrunner
Exits · 2
2 acquisitionsMyst AIacq. by SnowflakeOpteraacq. by Green Project Technologies
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesXGS Energy · amp.axios.com · Aug 18, 2026
Basecamp · community.startuptalky.com · Jul 31, 2026
Optera · satcom.digital · Jun 15, 2026
Visby · calcalistech.com · Jun 19, 2025
Inlyte · pv-magazine-usa.com · Mar 27, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Valo Ventures made?
- Valo Ventures has 33 tracked investments, 2 of which have exited, including 2 dated in the last 24 months.
- 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 95 tracked co-investors.
- What size deals does Valo Ventures back?
- Across 5 deals with disclosed amounts, Valo Ventures has joined rounds of $7M – $20M (median $13.5M).
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Co-investors · 4
Gradient is a seed-stage venture fund focused on backing founders building artificial intelligence companies, providing hands-on support as builders and mentors.
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.
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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