Lowercarbon Capital

Energy & Utilities · Venture Capital
101investments
3exits
$6.2Braised by its portfolio in 12 months
1,052open roles in its portfolio

Overview

Lowercarbon Capital is a climate-focused venture capital firm backing companies that cut carbon emissions and remove carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. It invests from seed through growth stages in energy, industrial decarbonisation, carbon removal, food, transport and climate adaptation startups. The firm was founded by Chris Sacca and Crystal Sacca, who previously built Lowercase Capital, and grew out of their climate investing that began around 2017.

Investor profile

Venture capital
Investments
101
81 of them startups
Hiring now
53
1,052 open roles
Rounds in 12 months
16
$6.2B raised
Exits
3
1 closed
Focusshare of its companies
Energy & Utilities 43%Science & Engineering 20%Manufacturing 20%Software 14%Transportation & Logistics 11%Artificial Intelligence 9%Financial Services 7%Natural Resources 7%
Where its companies are
United States 49%United Kingdom 8%France 4%India 2%Sweden 1%Canada 1%Germany 1%Brazil 1%
Stage of its companies
Series A 80%Pre-seed & seed 20%
Its companies, the freshest money firstAll 101 investments
CrusoeVenture round $3.9B · 1 mo ago · 278 roles Antora EnergySeries C $550M · 3 mo ago · 37 roles unspunVenture round $14.4M · 3 mo ago IsometricSeries A $40M · 4 mo ago · 6 roles SolarSquareSeries C $53M · 4 mo ago · 6 roles Lilac SolutionsVenture round $34.4M · 4 mo ago · 2 roles Frost Methane LabsVenture round $1.6M · 5 mo ago Thea EnergySeries B $100M · 5 mo ago PanthalassaSeries B $140M · 6 mo ago · 51 roles ZanskarVenture round $40M · 6 mo ago · 10 roles Matter IntelligenceVenture round $35.9M · 7 mo ago · 25 roles ClooverVenture round $1.2B · 9 mo ago · 25 roles
1,052 open roles at 53 of its companies
Hiring fastestroles opened in 30 days
Crusoe87 new roles in 30 days Blue Yonder54 new roles in 30 days Commonwealth Fusion Systems51 new roles in 30 days Fuse Energy22 new roles in 30 days Astro Mechanica18 new roles in 30 days Panthalassa15 new roles in 30 days
Co-investorscompanies they hold together
Y Combinator 11 shared Toyota Ventures 9 shared Elemental Impact 7 shared Plug and Play 6 shared Energy Impact Partners 6 shared gigascale 6 shared Soma Capital 5 shared Andreessen Horowitz 5 shared Engine Ventures 5 shared DCVC 4 shared
Similar investorstheir companies share markets and countries
Elemental Impact Valo Ventures At One Ventures gigascale Energy Impact Partners CEVG Congruent Ventures Wireframe Ventures
Sources: its portfolio page, read Nov 8; 5 rounds in the press that name it

Growth

Hiring Momentum
28/100
Slowing
Open positions
0
0 opened / 0 closed in 30 days
ATS activity
Every ~6 hours
Today
Hiring Dynamics 0%

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Shared investors4
Extantia CapitalVia a fund
39 portfolio companies: Energy Impact Partners, Just Climate, Counteract and 36 more
Climate 50Via a fund
51 portfolio companies: Evok Innovations, Blue Bear Capital, Eneco and 48 more
7percent VenturesVia a fund
109 portfolio companies: Meta, Tiny Supercomputer Investment Company, BorrowMyDoggy and 106 more
Clean Energy VenturesVia a fund
140 portfolio companies: Innovation Endeavors, AXIS Capital, KDX and 137 more
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Offices

Where the company hires and what each office is for
Cities
1
Hiring now
0
Countries
1
Los Angeles United States
HQ
10-50 est. staff