“We're running out of time so we gotta get to work. That's what we're doing,”  [Mimran] says.”

APPROACH

  • We leverage our sociological and psychological training to build intimate relationships that enable access, insights, and an ability to influence outcomes

  • Founders and lead investors want us on the cap table because we add value beyond our capital contributed - we target 5-10% ownership and do not crowd out other investors

  • Our domain expertise and relationships allow us to underwrite deals with technical and scientific risks and at a key inflection point

  • We maintain partnerships with the highest performing specialist investors as well as the leading accelerators, universities, corporates, and government agencies in climate tech

  • Our experience in branding and communications helps companies build their brand identities and market positioning at go-to-market

  • Our real assets across industries help portfolio companies with product development and business development

KEY INVESTMENT CRITERIA

    • Founders who think big, whose mission it is to heal the world

    • Growth mindset with high coachability

    • Visionary leadership supported by technical excellence

    • Innovative science aimed at critical problems

    • Differentiated value propositions supported by strong business models

    • Market structures that can support high growth & outsized returns from disruption

    • Demonstrated Proof-of-Concept, Go-to-Market stage

    • Seed through Series B

  • Company requires help with business model, branding, market positioning, strategic recruiting, and business development

    • Strong coalition of investors with distributed skills

    • Non-dilutive capital from leading organizations

    • Employees own a significant portion of the company