This point was brought home to me recently when I spoke with the founders of Congruent, a ClimateTech-focused venture capital firm that specializes in early stage investing. Congruent Ventures has raised over $152 million for its second fund, according to an SEC filing. Monitor your investments 24 hours a day, around the clock from around the globe. Even Congruents early-stage portfolio has been fielding inbound interest from SPACs in search of acquisition opportunities. It is an initiative focused on promoting the safety and well-being of women and girls. Whether you are invested in venture funds or not, you should be cheering for Congruents founders, Abe Yokell and Josh Posamentier, since they are working very hard to make sure their portfolio companies dig humanity out of the climate hole we have dug for ourselves. The Continuity Fund follows the successful closings of Congruents Fund I in 2017 at $92 million and Fund II in 2021 at $175 million. Congruent Ventures is a venture capital firm that seeks to invest in Mobility and Urbanization, Energy Transition, Food and Agriculture, and Sustainable Production & Consumption sectors. From 150 LP meetings to raising $230M as a solo GP with Theory Ventures. Chris Abshire is a senior associate at Toyota Ventures, responsible for sourcing startups, evaluating opportunities, negotiating, and closing investments. What does this mean for founders? Congratulations Joshua Posamentier! Angel, Fund of Funds, Venture Capital), Whether an Organization is for profit or non-profit, General contact email for the organization. Early-stage climate and sustainability venture firmCongruent Ventures recently announced the closing of its first Continuity Funds focused on quickly scaling its early-stage portfolio with more than $300 million in commitments, which highlights the interest of institutional investors seeking exposure to climate venture despite a challenging fundraising environment. And yet you still can fail M'y rendre : 71 av georges hannart. Special thanks to the Climatebase team for pulling off this fantastic week and the mastermind Evan Hynes behind the whole week! like decks too) Filter By Geography U.S. China Japan Global Ibrahim AlSuwaidi Principal Matthew C. Bonner COO & Legal Partner David Chao Co-Founder and General Partner It was great to see the increasing focus on technology and climate with such a great international focus. Congruent Ventures Raises Growth Fund to Back Its Climate-Tech Startups It's been 2,293 days since Abe Yokell and I co-founded Congruent Ventures and we've since built it to partner with and support the best of the best in the climate tech startup world. Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Congruent Ventures. InsurteChile Viola Ventures Catch up fast: Congruent, helmed by longtime clean tech veterans, launched in 2017 with a $92 million fund, and a second $175 million fund in 2021. Tahsin Zahid Kiron Chopra Vinamra Agarwal Smita Vaish Agarwal Sudeep Goenka Pankaj Poddar Mohit Malhotra Mohit Kumar Sarvesh Goel JAI AGARWAL. How to Create Urgency in a Fundraise And some of their LPs. - how many fund closes (tldr: one and done is lovely but a vanity metric) Investors want apiece of the startups that could build alow-carbon society. Private Equitys First-Quarter Fundraising Dollars Hold Steady but Closings Fall, Ares Management Profit Lifted by Management Fees, Private Investors Looking to Capitalize on Nearshoring Trends Turn to Mexico, I Squared Capitals Andreas Moon Leaves Firm He Helped Build.