Investors / United States / AccelR8
AccelR8
Venture capital · Boston, MA, United States · North America
AccelR8 is a venture capital fund that invests in early-stage companies addressing climate change, focusing on solutions for industrial emitters, consumers and governments. It provides early institutional checks, prefers to lead pre-seed and seed rounds, and works hands-on with founders to shorten market feedback cycles.
Invests inIndustrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense
In its own wordsclimatedecarbonizationindustrialmaterialsfood and agriculturecarbon removal
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Or find every investor that fitsAccelR8 lists 14 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are Industrial & Manufacturing (23%), AI & Machine Learning (23%) and Space & Defense (18%). 80% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Collaborative Fund, KdT Ventures and Cavallo Ventures.
No funding round on record names AccelR8 yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.
Round figures show recent activity, not AccelR8's whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 14. Funding rounds are complete from mid-2025, so counts and the yearly trend undercount a firm that invested before then. The portfolio, themes and places come from its own site and are not affected.
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 23% | 7% |
| AI & Machine Learning | 23% | 18% |
| Space & Defense | 18% | 3% |
| Food & Agriculture | 14% | 3% |
| Real Estate & Construction | 5% | 3% |
| Mobility & Logistics | 5% | 1% |
| Education | 5% | 7% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 5% | 15% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Collaborative Fund | 3 |
| KdT Ventures | 3 |
| Cavallo Ventures | 2 |
| Toyota Ventures | 2 |
| ACVC Partners | 1 |
| Acre Venture Partners | 1 |
| Aurum Venture Partners | 1 |
| Autodesk Foundation | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 36th | 14 companies |
| Recent activity | 46th | 0 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 54th | 0% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 52th | 0% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 26th | 23% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 58th | 3 countries |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers1393%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company17%
- Parked or sold domain00%
A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.
Co-investor network
who it backs companies with, and who they back togetherAll co-investors or Compare portfolios with Collaborative Fund
Compare AccelR8 head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Portfolio
14 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andes incorporates beneficial microorganisms in agricultural fields to remove CO₂ from the atmosphere | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Beyond The Dome provides wastewater treatment facilities with a solution for destroying biosolids and treating sludge. | EducationHealthcare & Biotech | Portfolio page | ||
| BlocPower transforms buildings into climate solutions through construction management, financing, and community commitment. | Real Estate & ConstructionSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Boston Materials delivers high-performance thermal interfaces necessary to unlock semiconductor scaling | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Brimstone produces cement, steel, aluminum, and critical minerals from a single rock using a breakthrough process. | Industrial & ManufacturingMobility & Logistics | Portfolio page | ||
| The company produces and sells protein-enriched food products such as bread and pasta | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| Gozen develops and produces a bio-based material called LUNAFORM through controlled fermentation using microorganisms. | Industrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| Mori creates a natural protective solution for food using silk protein from cocoons | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
| OzoneBio produces bio-adipic acid and bio-based nylon from renewable feedstocks such as wood waste and agricultural residues | Industrial & ManufacturingSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
E-commerce & MarketplacesAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | |||
| Tereform converts post-consumer textile waste into virgin-quality, drop-in recycled nylon and polyester polymers. | Industrial & ManufacturingSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Tezza makes a dairy-free yogurt with protein, fiber, and probiotics from cultured soymilk. | Food & Agriculture | Portfolio page | ||
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| ZymoChem manufactures bio-based products with increased yields using proprietary microbes that convert renewable feedstocks into high-value materials. | Industrial & ManufacturingSpace & Defense | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- accelr8.com
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Companies checked
- 14
Rates come from what VCinfo has observed since observation_start. Firms tend to remove companies that closed, so early rates understate reality. A company leaving a portfolio page does not mean it closed or exited. An unreachable site means our checks failed, nothing more.
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