Who knew that the climate tech ecosystem in 2022 would face such surprising challenges? Just a year ago, investors happily doubled down on climate tech startups, deploying more than $40 billion according to TechCrunch. Now we face inflation-driven economic turmoil, war in the Ukraine, and the related instability of carbon-based…

SOSV Founder and Managing Partner Sean O’Sullivan started investing in what is now called Deep Tech soon after the 1994 IPO of MapInfo, the pioneer in street maps he co-founded. Over 25 years later, SOSV has backed over 400 deep tech startups, out of the 1000+ companies in portfolio. In…

This story was originally published on TechCrunch. This version includes minor edits. Two weeks ago, over 60 iconic founders and investors shared their insights on how the world can tackle the planetary “Code Red” with over 2,000 participants at the inaugural SOSV Climate Tech Summit. Here are key takeaways from…

Following the recent SOSV Climate Tech Summit—where over 60 iconic founders and investors shared their insights on how the world can tackle the planetary “code red”—we gathered a list of free resources we identified in the climate tech sector. NEWSLETTERS Climate Tech VC Bloomberg Green Cipher, by Amy Harder and…

Pitchbook released their inaugural report on Climate Tech for Q3 2021, where SOSV was ranked the most active VC in climate tech by deal count for the period of January 2018 to the end of September 2021. This came notably from our startup development programs in Hard Tech (HAX) and…

Each year, TIME Magazine selects inventions for their originality, creativity, efficacy, ambition, and impact. Startups from the SOSV programs HAX (hard tech) and IndieBio (biology) have made the list regularly. This year, we have an unprecedented 6 companies listed: Nuratrue (earbuds with personalized sound, HAX). Unspun (custom-fit denims — second…

On Earth Day, April 22, 2021, SOSV published its SOSV Climate Tech 100 list, a collection of the top climate tech companies in our portfolio. The list was notable because the companies up to that point had raised $1.85 billion from investors (including $89 million from SOSV), and had a…

The original version of this article was published on Techcrunch’s Extra Crunch. This article was written by Benjamin Joffe, Partner at SOSV with data from Meghan Hind, Operations Analyst at SOSV. On Earth Day, April 22, SOSV published the SOSV Climate Tech 100, a list of the best startups that…

Clubs have boomed now that anyone can open one. One benefit has been to provide a home to the many rooms that were happening regularly but lacked visibility. We listed below some clubs of interest if, like us at SOSV, you are into Synthetic Biology (with IndieBio), Hard Tech (with…