Anthropocene Ventures

Anthropocene Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that backs pre-seed and seed-stage climate technology companies built on hard science and novel engineering. Its stated focus covers net zero transition technologies, supply chain resilience, and industrial deep tech, with a thesis that the economy should be realigned with Earth's ecology. The firm positions itself at the point where science-based climate ventures are typically under-supplied with capital, providing the first institutional cheques to founders developing and commercialising solutions to environmental challenges.

The team has founded, scaled, and invested in startups, and has spent multiple years investing in climate as angels and through Anthropocene Fund I, the fund vehicle through which its climate portfolio has been assembled alongside that angel activity. Investment activity is science- and engineering-driven rather than business-model driven, consistent with a portfolio concentrated in hard science and novel engineering rather than software.

The firm draws on a network spanning industry, government, academia, and capital markets, a mix that is relevant to the commercialisation timelines typical of capital-intensive climate ventures. Founding year, team size, fund size, cheque size, and geographic focus are not disclosed.