Starshot Capital

Starshot Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in technology companies that address climate change and industrial decarbonization. Based in Los Angeles, it backs founders building what it describes as high-impact, high-growth companies with the potential to deliver gigatonne-scale climate impact - a unit describing emissions reductions on the order of billions of tonnes of CO₂ equivalent - by decarbonising large markets. The firm's stated thesis is that addressing the climate crisis can also create substantial economic value, and that its investable opportunities sit in industries undergoing radical transformation.

The firm's areas of interest span energy storage, renewable energy, industrial efficiency, agriculture, methane reduction and climate-related artificial intelligence, alongside climate technology and decarbonisation more broadly. Portfolio construction is oriented towards companies capable of affecting emissions at scale rather than niche applications, and the firm positions itself as a specialist investor in the climate and industrial decarbonisation verticals.

Beyond capital, Starshot Capital supports founders with advocacy, strategic advice, fundraising assistance and introductions to potential partners and investors. The firm states that it invests with conviction and that its role extends past financing to active support of the companies it backs.