Founded in 2013, Prelude Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm partnering with entrepreneurs to address climate change. Since its founding, Prelude has invested in over 70 companies across advanced energy, food and agriculture, transportation and logistics, advanced materials and manufacturing, the built environment, and advanced computing. The firm, its founders and its team have a long-term commitment to the sector – Prelude invests early and accepts informed risks. The team fuses a fundamental emphasis on venture-level returns with a deep understanding of the challenges of frontier technologies and markets to back the most promising technologies and entrepreneurs in climate tech.
Today, Prelude Ventures has built a market leading position in the climate tech space with almost $2B under management.
Prelude is driven by the belief that the transition to the low-carbon economy is the greatest investment opportunity of this century. We seek out entrepreneurs, founders, and co-investors building the next generation of category-defining businesses who share their deep commitment to climate and vision for the better future. We are based in San Francisco, CA.
