Virta Ventures

Virta Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm investing at pre-seed and seed in companies reshaping how the world is moved, powered, and built. Its thesis centres on physical industries - energy, mobility, the built environment and manufacturing - where it targets businesses that improve efficiency, profitability and resilience, with decarbonization as a recurring theme. The firm deploys equity capital across software, hardware, artificial intelligence and hybrid technology-enabled business models, reflecting a view that industrial transformation rarely conforms to a single technical stack.

Support extends beyond the cheque. Virta offers founders coaching, curated introductions, sector expertise and hands-on operational and financing help, drawing on operating and investing experience in physical industries. The firm states a founder-first approach and a preference for businesses able to scale without excessive equity dilution - a position relevant at pre-seed and seed, where ownership structure is set early.

The firm's investing is conviction-driven, framed around what it describes as a new industrial revolution. Virta Ventures was founded by Russell Sprole. Further detail on fund size, portfolio composition and team is available via the firm's website, www.virtaventures.co.