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Prelude Ventures portfolio

Prelude Ventures (Venture capital) is known to hold 16 companies, 5 of them startups. 8 of them are hiring now, with 276 open roles. Its companies closed 2 venture rounds in 12 months, raising $466.4M. Most of them work in Solar Energy, Energy Storage, Supply Chain.

Source: Alion Venture capital Oct 14, 2026
Investments
16
5 of them startups
Hiring now
8
276 open roles
Rounds in 12 months
2
$466.4M raised
Exits
6

Companies Prelude Ventures has invested in

All 16 Hiring now 8 Exits 6
unspun Apparel Manufacturing · United States Venture round $14.4M · 2 mo ago portfolio pageSep 25
Fervoenergy Venture round $452M · 10 mo ago portfolio pageSep 25
Xcimer Energy Nuclear Energy · United States Series A $100M · 2 yr ago 48 roles round in the pressJun 4, 2024
Windfall Bio Coal Series A $28M · 2 yr ago lead round in the pressApr 8, 2024
project44 Decision Intelligence · United States Venture round $31.1M · 3 yr ago 28 roles portfolio pageSep 25
CoverCress AgTech · United States Venture round $26M · 4 yr ago portfolio pageSep 25
OptimoRoute United States Venture round $2M · 4 yr ago lead round in the pressFeb 6, 2020
Ouster Machine Vision & 3D Cameras · United States Venture round $1.5B · 6 yr ago 23 roles portfolio pageSep 25
GreenLight Biosciences United States Venture round $102.5M · 6 yr ago portfolio pageSep 25
Planet Earth Observation · United States 112 roles portfolio pageSep 25
QuantumScape Energy Storage · United States 21 roles portfolio pageSep 25
Ginkgo Bioworks Synthetic Biology · United States 18 roles portfolio pageSep 25
SunPower Solar Energy · United States 17 roles portfolio pageSep 25
Uplight Smart Grid 11 roles portfolio pageSep 25
PLANT PV Solar Energy portfolio pageSep 25
Raxium portfolio pageSep 25

Focus

Markets
Solar Energy13%
Energy Storage13%
Supply Chain6%
Decision Intelligence6%
Supply Chain & Logistics Software6%
Animal Nutrition6%
AgTech6%
Smart Grid6%
Where its companies are
United States69%
Stage of its companies
Venture, series not stated78%
Series A22%

Questions about Prelude Ventures

How many companies has Prelude Ventures invested in?

Prelude Ventures is known to hold 16 companies: 5 startups, and 6 exits so far, read from its own portfolio page and the funding rounds that name it.

Is Prelude Ventures investing now?

Prelude Ventures has no round in the press in 12 months and no new company on its portfolio page in 90 days.

What does Prelude Ventures invest in?

The markets of the companies Prelude Ventures holds: Solar Energy (13%), Energy Storage (13%), Supply Chain (6%), Decision Intelligence (6%), Supply Chain & Logistics Software (6%).

Which Prelude Ventures portfolio companies are hiring?

8 companies Prelude Ventures holds are hiring now, with 276 open roles listed on this page.

Who does Prelude Ventures invest alongside?

The investors that hold the most companies together with Prelude Ventures: DCVC, Congruent Ventures, Felicis, Innovation Endeavors, Vanedge Capital.

How this page is made

A company counts as a holding when the investor’s own portfolio page links to it, a program’s catalog lists it, or a funding round in the press names the investor. The numbers are rebuilt every night; each company shows where it came from and when it was first seen.

Sources: its portfolio page, read Oct 3; 4 rounds in the press that name it

Prelude Ventures portfolio: 16 known companies. Alion, Oct 14, 2026. https://alion.io/company/prelude-ventures/portfolio

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