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Gravity Climate
Gravity Climate is an early-stage venture firm funding startups industrializing decarbonization across heavy industry, manufacturing, and energy.
Gravity Climate
Gravity Climate operates as an early-stage venture firm targeting the intersection of climate technology and industrial transformation. The firm deploys capital into companies building solutions for the hardest-to-decarbonize sectors—heavy industry, manufacturing, logistics, and energy supply chains. The firm's investment strategy spans pre-seed through Series A, with initial checks reportedly ranging from $500,000 to $3 million. Gravity Climate focuses on four primary domains: software tools for carbon accounting and supply-chain visibility, electrification hardware for industrial processes, alternative fuels and materials science, and carbon removal technologies. The firm has a multi-city footprint, with investment partners and operations spanning San Francisco, Boston, New York, Jackson, and Palo Alto. Gravity Climate was founded to address a structural gap in climate venture: the undercapitalization of companies building physical solutions for incumbent industries. The firm emphasizes close collaboration with industrial operators and corporate supply-chain partners to validate technology and accelerate adoption. No formal vehicles, funds, or philanthropic structures are publicly disclosed. A distinguishing structural feature is the firm's geographic dispersion across both coastal tech hubs and energy-adjacent markets like Wyoming—positioning investment teams within proximity to traditional industrial operators rather than clustering exclusively in traditional venture centers. This design reflects a sourcing thesis that transformational climate companies emerge where domain expertise lives, not just where Sand Hill Road writes checks.
General information
Firm type
Asset Manager
Year founded
—
AUM
Undisclosed
Location
Region
North America
Country
United States
City
San Francisco
Corporate office
San Francisco, CA, United States
Additional offices
Boston, MA · New York, NY · Jackson, WY · Palo Alto, CA
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
What investment stages does Gravity Climate target?
Gravity Climate focuses on early-stage investments, typically pre-seed through Series A rounds. Initial check sizes are reported to range from $500,000 to $3 million, with the firm aiming to lead or co-lead rounds. The firm maintains capacity for follow-on investments in later rounds for portfolio companies demonstrating strong commercial traction.
Which sectors does Gravity Climate explicitly avoid?
Gravity Climate does not invest in consumer-focused climate apps, carbon credit marketplaces that repackage existing offsets without underlying technology innovation, or general sustainability software without a clear industrial application. The firm is also unlikely to invest in clean energy project finance or utility-scale renewable generation, where capital requirements and return profiles differ from early-stage venture.
How does Gravity Climate source proprietary deal flow?
The firm sources deals through deep networks within industrial supply chains, corporate R&D partnerships, and academic labs working on hard-science decarbonization. By maintaining investment partners in energy-adjacent markets like Wyoming alongside traditional venture hubs, Gravity Climate accesses founders and technologies that often emerge outside standard accelerator pipelines.
Does Gravity Climate participate in fund commitments or only direct deals?
Based on public record, Gravity Climate operates as a direct investment firm, making individual equity investments into startups rather than committing capital as a limited partner into other venture funds. The firm has not disclosed any fund-of-funds activity.
How is the firm structured—as a traditional venture fund or a family office?
Gravity Climate presents itself as an institutional venture capital firm, not a single-family office. No family wealth origin, parent entity, or single-family backing has been publicly disclosed. The firm's multi-city professional footprint and focus on institutional-grade climate venture indicate a traditional fund structure, though limited partners and vehicle details remain undisclosed.
Does Gravity Climate maintain philanthropic structures, and how are they separated?
No philanthropic foundation, donor-advised fund, or impact-investing vehicle separate from the core venture operation has been publicly identified for Gravity Climate. The firm's impact is delivered through its investment mandate rather than a parallel philanthropic structure.
What is Gravity Climate's known posture on co-investments alongside external GPs?
Gravity Climate has not published a formal co-investment policy. Given its reported focus on leading or co-leading early-stage rounds, the firm appears open to syndicating deals with other climate-focused and generalist venture firms, though specific co-investor relationships have not been publicly documented.
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