Virescent Ventures
Venture capitalPre-Seed–Late Stage · 13 people tracked
Investment thesis
Virescent Ventures backs founders building companies that deliver both emissions impact and commercial returns, arguing the two need not be traded off. It targets investments that address the largest and hardest-to-abate sources of emissions, betting that this decade will produce companies that remake the physical economy the way the internet reshaped the digital one. The firm invests across the full lifecycle, from pre-seed to late-stage growth capital, supporting companies as their needs evolve. Its scope spans deep tech and business-model innovation, and both software and hardware.
Source: firm website, verified Aug 7, 2026.
Team · 13 people
from the firm's websiteWhat they invest in
from 26 of 42 portfolio companiesCleantech ×20Energy ×16Climate Tech ×8Hardware ×7Deep Tech ×4New Materials ×4SaaS ×4Advanced Manufacturing ×3
HQs:Australia×14New Zealand×1United States×1
Who they back
founder profiles across 13 portfolio companiesFounding team size:solo founder×62 founders×43 founders×24+ founders×1
Investments · 42 tracked
founders shown can be your intro pathBy year:2025 · 12023 · 12022 · 13 dated
DryFlow (DryFlow Magnetics) develops a waterless, dry magnetic mineral separation technology (the patented Kuchel Process / stacked magnetics) that upgrades low-grade magnetite and tailings into high-purity, DRI-grade iron concentrates without process water.
CleantechClimate TechHardwareWingfield, AU
Brett(Founder & CEO)Jon(Founder & COO)inElena(Co-Founder)inNadia(Co-Founder & Chief Strategy Officer)in
Co-investorsOrion Industrial VenturesSignificant Ventures
Renewable Metals develops an alkali-based recycling process that recovers lithium, nickel, cobalt, and other critical minerals from end-of-life lithium batteries for reuse in new battery manufacturing.
Circular EconomyCleantechEnergyWestern Australia, AU
Mark Urbani(CTO, Founder, Director)Gary Johnson(Founder, Director)
Co-investorsClimate Tech PartnersNSW Clean Technology Innovation Grants
AgriWebb provides livestock management software that lets farmers track animals, paddocks, movements, and farm records on an interactive map, with tools for team management, animal performance analytics, and grazing planning.
AgTechSaaS
Kevin Baum(Founder)in
Co-investorsClinton Capital PartnersGermin8 VenturesiSelect FundGrosvenor Food & AgTechTELUS Ventures
All G produces precision-fermented proteins including bovine and human lactoferrin (such as its apo-lactoferrin LFX product), micellar caseins, and human milk proteins for use in functional foods, dietary supplements, infant formula, personal care, and therapeutics.
BiotechDeep TechFoodTech
Co-investorsAgronomicsEllerston CapitalXeraya Capital
Amber gives Australian households direct access to wholesale electricity pricing so they can shift usage to cheaper, greener times and automatically export stored battery and EV energy for higher earnings.
CleantechClimate TechConsumerEnergy
Chris Thompson(Co-founder)Dan Adams(Co-founder)John Bartonin
Co-investorsAlberts Impact VenturesShearwater CapitalSquare Peg Capital
The Clean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC) is a specialist investor that funds projects across renewable energy, energy efficiency, and low emissions technologies to support Australia's transition to net zero emissions.
CleantechClimate TechEnergyImpact & Social Good
Co-investorsArtesian
Kwetta builds high-power EV charging infrastructure for constrained grids, combining a grid-connection and power-management platform (Prime) with charging dispensers (Sky) to enable megawatt-scale charging without major network upgrades.
CleantechEnergyMobility & TransportationNapier, NZ
Dustin Murdock(Founder)in
Co-investorsBlackbird VenturesOutset Ventures
Decarice develops patented, retrofittable dual-fuel combustion systems (DDI technology) that let heavy diesel fleets and industrial equipment substitute natural gas or hydrogen for diesel.
CleantechEnergyHardware
Co-investorsInvestible Climate Tech Fund
Downforce Technologies operates a data-driven platform that measures soil organic carbon, soil health and biodiversity using high-resolution remote data instead of physical soil sampling.
AgTechCleantechClimate TechDeep Tech
Co-investorsDragonfly Enviro CapitalEquatorPerivoli Innovations
GreenSync provides digital software solutions for energy market participants—including retailers, generators, gen-tailers, distribution and transmission networks, and new energy services companies (ESCos)—to manage distributed energy, balance supply and demand, and create value for customers.
CleantechClimate TechEnergySaaSMelbourne, AU
Phil Blythe(Founder)
Gridcog builds energy modelling and simulation software for teams delivering energy transition projects, letting them assess feasibility and value assets such as renewables, battery storage, EV charging, demand response and virtual power plants.
CleantechEnergySaaS
Co-investorsDNV VenturesVERBUND X VenturesAlberts Impact VenturesAlbionVCNSW Clean Technology Innovation Grants
Gridcog (Gridcognition) provides energy modelling and simulation software used to assess the feasibility, design, and asset valuation of energy transition projects.
CleantechEnergySaaS
Co-investorsAfterWork Ventures
HydGene develops biocatalyst technology that converts biomass into fertilisers, fuels, and chemicals for industrial producers.
CleantechClimate TechNew Materials
Co-investorsAgronomicsNSW Clean Technology Innovation GrantsClean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC)
Novel electrolysis technology for producing green hydrogen.
Co-investorsNSW Clean Technology Innovation GrantsVestas VenturesPETRONAS Ventures
Co-investorsAngeleno GroupEnergy Impact Partners
JET Charge provides electric vehicle charging installation services for homeowners, offering on-site or online electrical assessments and quotes for home EV charger installation.
CleantechEnergyMobility & Transportation
Co-investors30X30 Scaleup Program
Ultra-fast EV charging that unlocks the grid.
Using microbes to draw down carbon into soils at scale.
Co-investorsAcre Venture PartnersArtesianHAWKTAILHorizons VenturesLOWERCARBONLowercarbon Capital+2 more
Riblet based films to reduce drag and fuel consumption on aircraft.
Co-investorsClean Energy Finance Corporation (CEFC)Zero Infinity Partners
Morse Micro designs Wi-Fi HaLow (IEEE 802.11ah) system-on-chip semiconductors that provide long-range, low-power sub-1 GHz wireless connectivity for IoT devices such as security cameras, dongles, and access points.
HardwareIoTSemiconductorsSydney, AU
Andrew Terry(Co-founder & CTO)inMichael De Nil(Co-founder & CEO)inJoe Bedewi(Chief Financial Officer)in
Co-investorsMain Sequence VenturesBlackbird VenturesRight Click CapitalSpringCapital InvestmentStoic VCStartmate+1 more
Carbon capture technology that extracts battery-grade lithium from resource deposits using less water and lower costs than current methods.
Co-investorsInvestible Climate Tech FundLOWERCARBONLowercarbon CapitalTDK Ventures
Helps homeowners cover the upfront cost of solar and battery systems via partnerships with energy retailers.
Co-investorsMelt Ventures
Omni Tanker manufactures specialised tank containers, road tankers, and aerospace tanks using carbon fibre composite technology for the transport and storage of aggressive corrosive and high-purity chemicals, high-pressure gases such as hydrogen, and cryogenic fluids.
Advanced ManufacturingLogistics & Supply ChainNew Materials
Bill Rodgers(Founder)Brian MacNaughton(Co-founder)Luke Djukic(Chief Technical Officer (CTO))
OptiGrid provides a battery optimisation and trading intelligence platform that uses AI-driven electricity price forecasting and optimisation to help asset owners operate grid-scale batteries and make investment decisions.
AI & Machine LearningCleantechEnergy
Dr Ali Pourmousavi(CEO & Founder)
Realised investment (Clean Energy Innovation Fund).
Co-investorsRight Click Capital
Relectrify develops battery energy storage systems and cell-level management software to reduce the cost of renewable energy.
CleantechDeep TechEnergyHardware
Co-investorsAt One VenturesCreative VenturesMelbourne Accelerator Program (MAP)Energy & Environment InvestmentToyota Ventures
Zoomo is a company that offers region-specific services across North America, Europe, and Asia Pacific, but the page shown is only a region selector with no description of its actual product or business.
Sydney, AU
Mina Nada(Founder)
Co-investorsContrarian VenturesManiv MobilityWIND VenturesOneVentures
Co-investorsBreakthrough VictoriaDCVC (Data Collective)Fourward VenturesGreycroftHitachi VenturesMain Sequence Ventures+1 more
Realised investment (Clean Energy Innovation Fund).
Torrance, US
Dave Whelan(Chief Operating Officer)Paul Yousif(General Counsel and Treasurer)Michael M. Menyhart(President - Americas and Chief Strategy Officer)Anthony R. Fairweather(Chief Executive Officer)Phil Tighe(Chief Financial Officer)John M. Pratt(Director)
Novel pelletised polymer-modified bitumen that eliminates energy-intensive manufacturing and heated storage/transport.
Solar technology replacing silver with copper to improve efficiency and reduce costs.
Co-investorsMain Sequence Ventures
SunDrive is a solar technology company developing methods to lower the cost of high-efficiency solar cells while improving their performance and sustainability by using more abundant materials.
CleantechDeep TechEnergySydney, AU
Co-investorsBlackbird Ventures
Lightweight, flexible solar panels to expand the market for rooftop solar.
Real-time energy measurement for businesses and households.
Xefco develops sustainable textile production technologies designed to reduce water, energy, and chemical consumption in manufacturing while maintaining fabric quality.
Advanced ManufacturingCleantechNew Materials
Co-investorsBreakthrough VictoriaMain Sequence VenturesPacific Channel
Zen Eco Systems offers a sustainability service for small and medium-sized businesses that pairs WiFi smart thermostats with a cloud-based software platform, Zen HQ, to manage HVAC operations and reduce energy use and costs.
CleantechEnergyIoT
Provider of high-performance light electric vehicles for urban fleets and couriers.
Co-investorsArcTern VenturesContrarian Ventures
Portfolio news
latest coverage across their companiesAll G · greenqueen.com.hk · Aug 11, 2026
Gridcognition · startupdaily.net · Jul 14, 2026
Relectrify · investingnews.com · Nov 4, 2025
Morse Micro · computerweekly.com · Sep 23, 2025
HydGene Renewables · hydgene.com · Jul 18, 2025
Frequently asked questions
- How many investments has Virescent Ventures made?
- Virescent Ventures has 42 tracked investments, including 1 dated in the last 24 months.
- What stage does Virescent Ventures invest at?
- Virescent Ventures invests at the Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B, Series C, Growth, Late Stage stages.
- What sectors does Virescent Ventures focus on?
- Virescent Ventures focuses on Cleantech, Climate Tech, Deep Tech, Energy, Hardware.
- Who does Virescent Ventures co-invest with?
- Virescent Ventures most often shares deals with Main Sequence Ventures, NSW Clean Technology Innovation Grants, Blackbird Ventures, among 48 tracked co-investors.
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