EARLY-STAGE IMPACT INVESTING
PRINCIPLES
Steamer Lane Ventures is a private investment office founded on the belief that the transition to a low-carbon, non-toxic global economy is not only the biggest challenge that humanity faces, but also holds vast opportunity for those who embrace and enable it.
Investing into mission-driven companies and seeing them improve lives is inspiring and deeply rewarding beyond chasing return rates and obsessing about exit multiples. That said, we are convinced that impactful innovation that changes the world for the better will also create superior financial outcomes in the long run.
"Fixing the planet is just good business. Shame and guilt won’t get us there, markets will."
- Chris Sacca, Lowercarbon Capital
FOCUS
We are investing in these key areas of sustainable innovation:
CLEAN TECH
Energy, mobility and industrial efficiency, transition and cleanup
FOOD & MATERIALS
Sustainable and ethical living, eating, drinking and building
HEALTH & EQUALITY
Opportunity and well-being for a growing world population
SOFTWARE & AI
The drivers, enablers and accelerators of the sustainability revolution
APPROACH
Building a diversified impact portfolio
We are starting our journey with a large number of small bets, spread broadly across our four focus areas. This will allow us to learn, observe, and collect data to build models and hypotheses toward a refined long-term investment strategy.
Our close to 100 investments include
Decentralized power generation and storage, smart buildings, water treatment, weather intelligence, micromobility, aviation, robotics, alternative mining, carbon capture, fusion energy;
Plant-based foods and composites, smart farming, algae technologies, waste reduction, food processing, recycling and circular economy;
Advanced prosthetics, telehealth, dieting;
Software for managing sustainable infrastructure, industrial optimization, carbon accounting and credits, democratizing investment, and philanthropy.
We are operating as a closed private fund until we have a track record to prove that if you follow your heart, the investment success will follow.
READING LIST
A few recommended books for learning and inspiration.
Vincent Petit, 2022
A New Approach to the Energy Transition
John Doerr, 2021
An Action Plan for Solving Our Climate Crisis Now
Saul Griffith, 2021
An Optimist's Playbook for Our Clean Energy Future
Ray Dalio, 2021
Why Nations Succeed and Fail
Byron Reese, 2018
Smart Robots, Conscious Computers, and the Future of Humanity
Jason Calacanis, 2017
How to Invest in Technology Startups
Jermey Rifkin, 2014
The Internet of Things, the Collaborative Commons, and the Eclipse of Capitalism
Nicholas Carr, 2013
Rewiring the world from Edison to Google – The Definitive Guide to the Cloud Computing Revolution
NEWS DIGEST
The world gets enough bad news, so we are focusing on encouraging and positive reporting.
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