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Tin Shed Ventures

Corporate VC · Ventura, CA, United States · North America

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Tin Shed Ventures is Patagonia's corporate venture capital fund, launched in May 2013 and based alongside Patagonia's headquarters in Ventura, California. It invests a portion of Patagonia's profits into startups working on regenerative agriculture and apparel supply chain innovations that reduce environmental impact.

Invests inAI & Machine LearningClimate & Energy

In its own wordsregenerative agricultureapparelsustainable materialsrecyclingfood systemsclimate

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Tin Shed Ventures lists 12 checked portfolio companies on its own site. Its largest themes are AI & Machine Learning (32%), Climate & Energy (16%) and Food & Agriculture (11%). 57% of its companies are based in United States. It invests most often alongside Elemental Impact, Collaborative Fund and H&M Group Ventures.

No funding round on record names Tin Shed Ventures yet, so the figures come from its portfolio page.

Round figures show recent activity, not Tin Shed Ventures' whole history. Rounds on record name 0 companies; its own site lists 12. 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 companies

AI & Machine Learning 32%Climate & Energy 16%Food & Agriculturestated 11%Industrial & Manufacturing 11%Space & Defense 11%Healthcare & Biotech 5%E-commerce & Marketplaces 5%Fintech 5%

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Investment themes

	This firm	All checked companies
AI & Machine Learning	32%	18%
Climate & Energy	16%	1%
Food & Agriculture	11%	3%
Industrial & Manufacturing	11%	7%
Space & Defense	11%	3%
Healthcare & Biotech	5%	15%
E-commerce & Marketplaces	5%	5%
Fintech	5%	12%

Invests most often with

firms sharing its portfolio companies

Elemental Impact 3Collaborative Fund 2H&M Group Ventures 2Pelican Ag 2AENU 1AP Ventures 1Alante Capital 1Autodesk Foundation 1

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Co-investors

	Share
Elemental Impact	3
Collaborative Fund	2
H&M Group Ventures	2
Pelican Ag	2
AENU	1
AP Ventures	1
Alante Capital	1
Autodesk Foundation	1

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Tin Shed Ventures compared with all firms

Measure	Percentile of all firms	Value
Portfolio size	30th	12 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	56th	32% in its largest sector
Reach	69th	4 countries

Compare Tin Shed Ventures head to head

portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both back

vs Elemental Impact3 shared companies→vs Collaborative Fund2 shared companies→vs H&M Group Ventures2 shared companies→vs Pelican Ag2 shared companies→vs AENU1 shared company→vs AP Ventures1 shared company→

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Portfolio

12 companies checked against their own sites

Company	What it does	Themes	First round with it	Evidence
Bureobureo.co	Bureo makes material from 100% recycled fishing nets.	FintechSpace & Defense		Portfolio page
Cairnspring Millscairnspring.com · United States	Cairnspring Mills stone-mills fresh flour from unique, local grains	Food & Agriculture		Portfolio page
Edacious, PBCedacious.com	Edacious provides software for nutrition R&D, labeling, and compliance based on real lab testing of food quality and nutrient density	Food & AgricultureHealthcare & Biotech		Portfolio page
Fibefibe.uk	Fibe makes natural fibres from farm waste, enabling mass adoption to protect the environment.	AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning		Portfolio page
Heirloom Carbonheirloomcarbon.com · United States	Heirloom permanently removes carbon dioxide from the air using a process that harnesses the natural power of limestone.	Climate & Energy		Portfolio page
Mattermatter.industries				Portfolio page
Nofencenofence.no · Norway	The company provides virtual fencing for livestock.	AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning		Portfolio page
Numat Technologies # Materials # North Americanumat.com · United States	The company designs new chemistries to capture and separate hazardous chemicals more efficiently	Industrial & Manufacturing		Portfolio page
Rubirubi.earth · United States	Rubi makes materials using engineered enzymes from abundant carbon inputs.	Industrial & ManufacturingClimate & Energy		Portfolio page
TERSUS Solutionstersussolutions.com · Canada	Tersus Solutions offers liquid CO2-based waterless cleaning technology and textile reclamation and resale logistics services	Climate & EnergyConsumer		Portfolio page
Beyond Surface Technologiestinshedventures.com · Switzerland	Beyond Surface Technologies makes textile treatments using natural materials and green chemistry	AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning		Portfolio page
Trovetrove.co	Trove provides software for returns management and resale for brands and third-party logistics providers	E-commerce & MarketplacesSpace & Defense		Portfolio page

About this data

site last read 5 Nov 2026

Site

tinshedventures.com

Last read

5 Nov 2026

Watching since

6 Nov 2026

Companies checked

12

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