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Starshot Capital
Starshot Capital is a venture capital firm investing in early-stage climate startups. The firm supports founders building high-impact, high-growth businesses...
Starshot Capital
Starshot Capital is a venture capital firm investing in early-stage climate startups. The firm supports founders building high-impact, high-growth businesses focused on decarbonization across industries. It believes impact and profits go hand-in-hand and pursues long-term collaborative solutions to climate change.
General information
Firm type
Private Equity
Year founded
2020
Location
Region
North America
Country
Canada
City
Los Angeles
Corporate office
Halifax, Canada
Principals
Jeremy Brewer
Managing Partner
Sam Levac-Levey
Founding Partner
Jeff Seabright
Partner
Zoe Samuel
Venture Partner
Dr. Nicholas Gould
Principal
Praveen Mahendran
Chief of Staff
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
How does Starshot Capital source deal flow?
Starshot sources primarily through Work on Climate, a technical climate community founded by Brewer and Levac-Levey that claims to be the largest in the world. Venture Partner Zoe Samuel also co-created Alphabet's internal climate community Anthropocene, now over 4,000 members. This dual-community model gives the firm access to founder referrals, technical due-diligence capacity, and early looks at startups spinning out of large technology companies.
What is the relationship between Starshot Capital and Work on Climate?
Work on Climate is a separate volunteer-run community, not a legal subsidiary of Starshot. Jeremy Brewer chairs its board and Sam Levac-Levey is a founding member and former Vice Chair. Starshot does not own Work on Climate, but the community functions as an informal origination and screening layer for the firm's investment pipeline.
What investment stages does Starshot Capital target?
Starshot targets early-stage startups, specifically at the Seed and Series A stages. Its portfolio includes companies like Rumin8, which raised a seed round for livestock methane reduction, and Phaidra, an AI-for-industrial-controls company that partnered with NVIDIA while still scaling its initial deployments. The firm's operator-heavy background aligns with the hands-on requirements of pre-revenue and early-commercialization companies.
Which sectors does Starshot Capital explicitly target?
Starshot invests exclusively in decarbonization. Within that mandate, the firm covers agricultural methane (Rumin8), industrial AI and energy efficiency (Phaidra), green hydrogen (Ecolectro), grid modernization, and soil-carbon measurement (Miraterra). The firm has not disclosed investments in consumer climate apps, carbon offsets, or compliance-heavy regulatory technology.
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