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Earthshot Ventures
Venture capital · San Francisco, CA, United States · North America
Earthshot Ventures is a venture firm that invests in early-stage companies at the intersection of technology waves such as AI, energy, materials, and robotics with climate impact. It is built as a sister fund to Elemental Impact and supports portfolio companies through the Elemental platform's networks and relationships.
Invests inAI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing
In its own wordsclimateenergyartificial intelligencecritical mineralsroboticsinfrastructure
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Or find every investor that fitsEarthshot Ventures lists 28 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 8 funding rounds, 1 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 43% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (25%), Industrial & Manufacturing (20%) and Education (14%). 86% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Andreessen Horowitz, Elemental Impact and Breakthrough Energy Ventures.
Counts come from funding rounds that name Earthshot Ventures, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.
Round figures show recent activity, not Earthshot Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 7 companies; its own site lists 28. 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.
Entry stage
share of companies by the stage of its first roundShow as a table
| Value | |
|---|---|
| Pre-seed | 0% |
| Seed | 43% |
| Series A | 14% |
| Series B | 14% |
| Growth | 29% |
Activity by year
rounds it joined, last 10 yearsShow as a table
| Total | Rounds it led | |
|---|---|---|
| '17 | 0 | 0 |
| '18 | 0 | 0 |
| '19 | 0 | 0 |
| '20 | 0 | 0 |
| '21 | 0 | 0 |
| '22 | 0 | 0 |
| '23 | 0 | 0 |
| '24 | 0 | 0 |
| '25 | 2 | 0 |
| '26 | 6 | 1 |
Investor profile
percentile among all firmsShow as a table
| Measure | Percentile of all firms | Value |
|---|---|---|
| Portfolio size | 65th | 28 companies |
| Recent activity | 89th | 6 rounds in 12 months |
| Early stage | 67th | 43% of entries at pre-seed or seed |
| Evidence | 93th | 21% of companies confirmed by a round |
| Sector focus | 36th | 25% in its largest sector |
| Reach | 58th | 3 countries |
Investment themes
share of its checked companiesThis firmAll checked companies
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| This firm | All checked companies | |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Machine Learning | 25% | 18% |
| Industrial & Manufacturing | 20% | 7% |
| Education | 14% | 7% |
| Space & Defense | 11% | 3% |
| Consumer | 5% | 3% |
| Mobility & Logistics | 5% | 1% |
| E-commerce & Marketplaces | 5% | 6% |
| Healthcare & Biotech | 4% | 15% |
Invests most often with
firms sharing its portfolio companiesShow as a table
| Share | |
|---|---|
| Andreessen Horowitz | 5 |
| Elemental Impact | 5 |
| Breakthrough Energy Ventures | 4 |
| Lowercarbon Capital | 4 |
| IQT | 3 |
| Transpose Platform | 3 |
| WovenEarth Ventures | 3 |
| Argonautic Ventures | 2 |
Its portfolio companies
where they are based, and what their own sites showSite status
- Site answers28100%
- No longer answers00%
- Points to another company00%
- 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 Andreessen Horowitz
Compare Earthshot Ventures head to head
portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both backThree or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.
Funds
from public registers and its siteRecent portfolio activity
when companies last raised with Earthshot Ventures| Date | Company | Stage |
|---|---|---|
| 23 Sept 2026 | Series C+ | |
| 25 Aug 2026 | Series A | |
| 3 Aug 2026 | Series B | |
| 2 Jun 2026 | Seed | |
| 3 Feb 2026 | Seed Led | |
| 21 Jan 2026 | Series A | |
| 29 Oct 2025 | Seed | |
| 2 Jan 2025 | Series C+ |
Round details for Earthshot Ventures
Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in Earthshot Ventures' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.
Portfolio
28 companies checked against their own sites| Company | What it does | Themes | First round with it | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aquabyte provides technology for data-driven decision-making in fish farming, offering products such as cameras and software for monitoring fish welfare, behavior, and growth. | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Atana Elements explores and develops critical mineral resources using technology and geological expertise | Mobility & LogisticsIndustrial & Manufacturing | Jun 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| Ceramic AI provides a web-scale search API for AI and LLMs | AI & Machine LearningCybersecurity | Portfolio page | ||
| Cloover provides an AI operating system for energy independence, offering planning, procurement, financing, and energy management in one place | EducationEducation | Jan 2026Series A | Page + round | |
| Cowboy Space Corp is building a power grid in outer space for artificial intelligence using satellites and rockets to haul high-performance compute and optical data transmission | Space & DefenseAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Derapi provides a platform for building, running, and scaling energy programs, connecting devices, and managing data across the energy ecosystem. | EducationEducation | Feb 2026Seed | Page + round | |
| EarthOptics combines advanced field sensors and lab analysis to deliver the most complete view of a soil's potential | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| Emerald AI makes AI's power demand flexible, transforming data centers into valuable grid partners | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Oct 2025Seed · 2 rounds | Page + round | |
| Etched designs and manufactures AI hardware, specifically frontier inference clusters, which include co-designed chips, racks, software, and manufacturing methods. | AI & Machine LearningSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Hubble provides global connectivity solutions for IoT devices using Bluetooth chips and a network of access points. | Industrial & ManufacturingConsumer | Portfolio page | ||
| Hubble Network provides global connectivity solutions for IoT devices using Bluetooth chips and a network of access points | Industrial & ManufacturingConsumer | Sept 2026Series C+ | Funding round | |
| Kanin Energy develops infrastructure to help heavy industry optimize energy and decarbonize operations by transforming waste heat into electricity and providing combined heat and power solutions. | Industrial & ManufacturingEducation | Portfolio page | ||
| Klim enables companies to quantify, improve, and deliver on the economic potential of regenerative agriculture | AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning | Portfolio page | ||
| KoBold Metals is a scientific mineral exploration and development company focused on critical minerals | Mobility & LogisticsIndustrial & Manufacturing | Jan 2025Series C+ | Page + round | |
| Lilac Solutions develops and provides direct lithium extraction technology for various brine sources. | Industrial & ManufacturingE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Mariana Minerals builds and operates autonomous mines and refineries, supplying minerals critical to modern energy, AI, and defense technologies. | Mobility & LogisticsIndustrial & Manufacturing | Aug 2026Series B | Page + round | |
| Mitra Chem develops and manufactures materials critical for energy, AI, and defense using AI-native technology | AI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page | ||
| MOLG enables circular manufacturing with robotics and design to reduce electronic waste and recover valuable components and materials. | Robotics & HardwareSpace & Defense | Portfolio page | ||
| Noteworthy AI automates intelligence for utilities by using AI-powered smart cameras on fleet vehicles to identify pole defects and inventory components. | AI & Machine LearningE-commerce & Marketplaces | Portfolio page | ||
| Parade provides capacity management solutions for freight brokerages and 3PLs to source and reuse carriers, automate bookings, and win more business. | Healthcare & BiotechIndustrial & Manufacturing | Portfolio page |
About this data
site last read 5 Nov 2026- Site
- earthshot.vc
- Last read
- 5 Nov 2026
- Watching since
- 5 Nov 2026
- Rounds since
- 2 Jan 2025
- Companies checked
- 28
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