Stage FocusPre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Series B+
GeographyUS
TypeVC
Last Activity2026
Industry Focus
Industries
Climate TechEnergy TechAdvanced MaterialsAdvanced ManufacturingMobilityAgritech
Technical BenchStrong
Investor TypeDeepTech Purist
ExposureMostly DeepTech Investments
Bio
Imperative Ventures backs hard tech decarbonization startups, providing capital and operating expertise through the gap between seed-stage technology risk and growth-stage project financing. It was co-founded by Tom Erickson, previously a co-founder of First Green Partners and BlueStream Ventures, and Pulakesh Mukherjee, who spent a decade at BASF Venture Capital; the team also includes senior adv...
Notable Investments
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Monolith (low-emissions carbon black and hydrogen production)S
Solidia Technologies (low-carbon cement)Similar Funds
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Freeflow
Berkeley, United States
Pure DeepTechClimate TechBiotechMedtechPre-SeedSeed
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Impact Science Ventures
San Francisco, US
Pure DeepTechClimate TechEnergy TechAdvanced MaterialsPre-SeedSeed
360 Capital
Paris, France
Pure DeepTechClimate TechAIRoboticsPre-SeedSeed
Amazon Climate Pledge Fund
Seattle, United States
DeepTech NativeClimate TechRoboticsAdvanced MaterialsSeedSeries A
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Ananda Impact Ventures
Germany
DeepTech NativeClimate TechSpaceAdvanced MaterialsPre-SeedSeed
Aster
Paris, France
DeepTech NativeClimate TechMobilityAdvanced ManufacturingSeedSeries A