VoLo Earth Ventures secures $90m for inaugural fund

VoLo Earth Ventures, an emerging venture capital firm that invests in early-stage climate tech companies, has held the final close of its inaugural fund, VoLo Earth Climate Fund I, with total commitments of approximately $90 million, nearly doubling the Fund’s $50 million target. 

VoLo Earth Ventures (VoLo Earth), an emerging venture capital firm that invests in early-stage climate tech companies, has held the final close of its inaugural fund, VoLo Earth Climate Fund I, with total commitments of approximately $90 million, nearly doubling the Fund’s $50 million target. 

The fund received significant support from a diverse base of global investors, including Credit Suisse’s Climate Innovation Fund, foundations, fund-of-funds, private equity and public equity fund managers, and high-net-worth individuals, including energy experts.

The fund, which targets pre-seed through Series B investments in companies with strong follow-on opportunities, focuses on transaction execution across four core sub-sectors that seek to address the planet’s climate crisis: electricity, mobility, buildings, and embodied carbon. Tfe Fund seeks to capitalise on climate solutions to deliver superior investment returns and quantifiable carbon benefit. To date, the Fund has deployed 54% of committed capital.

Since inception, VoLo Earth has made 28 investments across both the supply and demand sides of the energy transition.