Drone Seed
Drone reforestation. Quicker. Safer. Ready.
Drone Seed makes reforestation scalable and mitigates climate change by introducing a new tool for wildfire reforestation - a shortcut to multi-year rehabilitation efforts.
Early-stage Impact Investments
We invest in your startup if three things come together:
The Team
The founding team is the brain, heart and soul of every young company. We invest in complementary teams that have the knowledge, passion and endurance needed to win big.
#PeopleFirst
The Problem
We love companies that tackle the important problems of our times, be it environmental or social - not because they love the solution (a specific business model or technology), but because they love the problem. Only then you can really find and offer the best solution for your customers' needs.
#CustomerCentric
The Market
The market determines the potential of your idea: size, segmentation, maturity and competition - not every market is equally interesting and ripe for disruption. We love bold ideas for growing markets.
#MarketsMatter
Our approach is to not only provide capital, but to also leverage our experience and network to help our portfolio companies succeed in their daily business.
A selection of our portfolio companies:
Finless Foods
Lab-grown seafood
Harnessing cellular biology, Finless Foods is developing a groundbreaking new way to produce nutritious, environmentally-friendly versions of the fish and seafood products the world loves. They do this by growing healthy marine-animal cells on their own, instead of live fish.
That means no commercial fishing from our precious oceans. No fish farming. No contaminants. Just healthy, high-quality fish at prices we can all afford.
54gene
gene-library for drug discovery
54Gene gathers DNA data, and then license that data to pharma companies for drug discovery. What's unique about 54Gene is that they focus on gathering rare DNA samples from the African population, which are hard-to-get and highly sought-after for drug discovery, due to their unique genetic diversity properties. The company's name (54Gene) is named after 54 countries in Africa.
Everest Labs
Advancing waste management using AI and Robotics
Everest Labs is advancing the waste management industry using modern technologies such as Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and Computer Vision and Robotics. Their solution increases the quality of marketable recyclables and reduces dependency on human labor enabling both top line and bottom line revenue growth for waste management companies.
OnSwitch
Automated solar proposal
OnSwitch is a software and data company that uses aerial data, computer vision, and machine learning to radically simplify sales of solar to commercial buildings. OnSwitch is systematically generating automated solar proposals – with detailed drawings, pricing, savings estimates, and contract-ready language - for > 1 million commercial buildings in the US that would save anywhere from 10-40% on their electricity bills by deploying solar.
BillionToOne
Detect disease, one molecule at a time.
BillionToOne is a genetic testing platform that accurately and efficiently detects and measures disease at the molecular level, e.g. non-invasive prenatal test that uses a single sample of the mother’s blood to determine whether the baby has inherited disorders such as cystic fibrosis, spinal muscular atrophy, and sickle cell disease.
Contraline
What if male contraception were simple, like getting a flu shot?
Contraline is a dedical device company that is developing Adam, the first long-lasting, non-hormonal, and reversible male contraceptive. The product is a hydrogel that is implanted into the vas deferens, the tubes that transport sperm. The gel works by blocking sperm, and can be reversed at any point in time.
New Age Meats
Lab-grown meat
New Age Eats is a new way to produce our favorite pork products that will make life better for everybody—especially pigs. No sacrificing anything. Pure joy, all the way around.
