Ironspring Ventures

We invest with both financial and strategic focus, targeting companies that bring innovation, uniqueness and impact to legacy industries. We aim to add value by leveraging the deep industry and business knowledge of our partners.

Eclipse is a team of operators and investors building companies that transform physical industries critical to people’s lives. What Moves Us The world is at a critical inflection point. Our society has never been so technically advanced, yet so unprepared for the challenges we face. But where others see challenges, we see potential for opportunity. The demand on physical industries now outweighs the capability of the infrastructure upon which they were built. We must harness the power of digitization to redefine physical industries across all sectors. It’s time to build the new digital economy, one that’s characterized by precision, not waste; resiliency, not vulnerability; strength, not fragility. At Eclipse, we see a future paved with innovation, growth, and the rapid improvement of both people’s lives and the planet we inhabit - an Industrial Evolution. Essential industries and critical infrastructures are ripe for transformation. We want to work with founders who have the vision, grit, and determination to change our collective future. Let’s get to work. How We Invest Eclipse backs talented entrepreneurs rebuilding the world’s physical industries. Our team of former operators has experience at all stages of company growth, from startup to IPO and beyond. While our investments typically span the stages from ideation to early growth, our knowledge and expertise allows us to think creatively and pursue ideas outside this mandate. Venture Equity Venture Equity gives founders the opportunity to partner with us from Day Zero and build new businesses from the ground up. We provide patient capital to support executives and principal engineers at an inflection point in their careers looking to build solutions to some of the world's most important problems. We’ve developed a playbook to rapidly validate, refine, and build new ventures in order to catalyze innovation and accelerate them to scale. Venture Equity provides support for idea generation, thesis development, and access to scientific and business expertise, investors, and our world-class network. Early-Stage Early-Stage investing spans the journey from seed round to initial viability and early customer base. Since Eclipse’s inception, we’ve invested in Early-Stage companies poised to potentially generate scalable value for physical industries. We partner with founders creating what we believe are industry-changing products, services, and experiences. Our Early-Stage team has the deep operational experience and technical expertise to provide investment, mentorship, and strategic, hands-on guidance, supporting entrepreneurs as they build their businesses from the early days through to viability and market fit. Early Growth The Early Growth team partners with startups with what we have evaluated to be a proven technological value proposition that are entering their go-to-market stage. Early Growth partners with companies that have gone from Zero to One and are plotting a course to go from One to Ten. As a team of operators, we have built and scaled successful companies in physical industries and have the methodology, the domain expertise, and the connections to help promising startups aim to transition into high-performance, high-quality, generational companies that will shape the future.

We are on a mission to deliver exceptional returns for our Limited Partners by backing visionary founders who are reinventing the operational backbone of America’s core economic sectors. We focus our seed-stage investments on Frontier Innovators who are building transformative solutions away from the traditional tech hubs, rooted instead in emerging innovation ecosystems across the US where industry knowledge runs deepest.

We are entrepreneurs who deploy their industrial experience and network to build successful companies on a global scale We invest capital, know-how, connections, and, most importantly, our direct commitment to building businesses. We are not just investors or advisors: we work alongside founders in the transition from project to company, even taking on executive and operational roles. We roll up our sleeves, get on the ground, and work hands-on because we believe in the ideas we choose and are committed to making them grow.

Verod-Kepple Africa Ventures (VKAV) is the first fund by Verod-Kepple Africa Partners, a joint venture between Verod Capital Management Limited and Kepple Africa Ventures. Launched in 2021, VKAV is a US$60 million pan-African venture fund investing in scalable, tech-enabled, post-revenue businesses bringing about transformative change by addressing difficult challenges across various industries on the continent. Our portfolio companies currently consist of Moove, NowPay, Koko Networks, Ceviant, Chari, Shuttlers, Nawy, Julaya, Chefaa, Cloudline, mTek, Zone, Tagaddod, WorkPay and Autochek. We are supported by a diverse group of prominent global institutional investors and family offices with extensive experience in investing in emerging markets.

If you’re focused on tackling some of the world’s biggest challenges in infrastructure and resource industries, you’ve come to the right place. Caterpillar Ventures not only invests capital, but we want to put big ideas to work. Together, we want to build today for a better tomorrow. Caterpillar Ventures wants to help you grow. We have deep industry insights developed from generations of collaborating and investing with our customers, dealers, and suppliers. We are one of the world’s most valuable brands with a strong global dealer and supplier network, technology resources, and a commitment making sustainable progress possible around the world. We invest in the following sectors: Energy Digital Robotics Advanced materials Caterpillar principally operates through three segments: Construction Industries, Resource Industries, Energy & Transportation. We also provide financing and related services through Caterpillar Financial Services.