Lawrence Aragon
Including MCJ's new fund, climate fundraisers worldwide have now raised $6.9bn for 25 venture funds this year, according to Venture Capital Journal data.
The firm has raised $30m for its inaugural fund, which will make seed investments in healthcare data and AI start-ups that enhance cancer care and research.
Climate-focused venture funds raised a combined $6.9bn as of August 6, up from $5.2bn for all of 2023, according to Venture Capital Journal research.
Forbion, a life sciences venture capital firm, has held a first close on €75m for Forbion BioEconomy Fund I, which is targeting €150m.
Co-founder Til Klein describes Identity.vc as 'Europe’s first venture capital fund investing in early-stage LGBTQ+ led start-ups in Europe and beyond'.
A detailed list of climate-focused venture capital funds raised since January 2022.
WovenEarth Ventures announced it has closed its inaugural fund of funds on its hard-cap of $152m.
Fund III's investors include CalSTRS, the Grantham Foundation, the University of California, Sobrato Capital, Strategic Investment Group and Northwestern University.
The women-led firm has raised $57.2m for its fourth fund, whose investors include Mizuho Americas.
Investors in the first close for Yosemite's debut fund include Emerson Collective, The Rockefeller University, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center and venture capitalist John Doerr.