Stage FocusPre-Seed, Seed
GeographyUS
TypeVC
Last Activity2025
Industry Focus
Industries
Climate TechMobilityRoboticsAdvanced MaterialsIoT & EdgeAdvanced ManufacturingAgritechEnergy TechHardware
Technical BenchStrong
Investor TypeDeepTech Purist
ExposureMostly DeepTech Investments
Bio
Third Sphere — originally Urban Us — was founded by Shaun Abrahamson, Stonly Blue, and Shilpi Kumar. The portfolio of roughly 100 companies is distinctive in one critical way: 80% are hardware-enabled, the inverse of most VC portfolios.
The track record validates the hardware-heavy approach: 6 exits, 3 climate unicorns, and 28 million metric tons of CO2e impact. Fund I was top quartile, Fund II t...
Notable Investments
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GradientC
Climate RoboticsC
Cove ToolB
Bowery FarmingO
OneWheelS
Singularity EnergySimilar Funds
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Third Derivative (D3)
United States
Pure DeepTechClimate TechAdvanced MaterialsEnergy TechPre-SeedSeed
C
Carbon13
Cambridge, United Kingdom
Pure DeepTechClimate TechAdvanced MaterialsEnergy TechPre-SeedSeed
Fifty Years
San Francisco, United States
Pure DeepTechClimate TechSynthetic BiologyBiotechPre-SeedSeed
IS
Impact Science Ventures
San Francisco, US
Pure DeepTechClimate TechEnergy TechAdvanced MaterialsPre-SeedSeed
IV
Imperative Ventures
United States
Pure DeepTechClimate TechEnergy TechAdvanced MaterialsPre-SeedSeed
PI
PVS Investments
Den Haag, Netherlands
Pure DeepTechClimate TechEnergy TechFusionPre-SeedSeed