Earth

What Earth does

Earth is a London-based, privately held venture capital firm — operating under the name Earth Capital — that invests in pre-seed to Series A startups founded or backed by entrepreneurs who have previously built unicorn-valued companies. The firm's stated positioning is "unicorn founders backing future unicorn founders," meaning portfolio companies gain not only capital but also operational mentorship from a network of operators who have scaled businesses from inception to billion-dollar valuations. The firm maintains a current active portfolio of four companies (Secondlaw, Atmospheric, Stardust, ScyAI) and a past fund portfolio of 22 companies spanning climate/regeneration (Everest Carbon, Climatize, OFP, Hula, Elio), energy and batteries (Curo, Bihar Batteries), AI tooling (Krea, Tromero, Delphi, ScyAI), supply chain (Imperia, Senken, Embat), and crypto/fintech (Tether, Fence).

The firm's business model is that of an emerging venture capital manager with a small operating team (1-10 employees). Pricing and fee structures are not publicly disclosed. The firm has raised at least $363,381 in a funding round dated 2022-03-08, with investors and lead investor undisclosed. The entity was incorporated in its current form in 2023 and operates from London, UK. As an early-stage, impact-oriented investor, its primary customers are founders seeking operator-grade capital, and its economic engine is expected to derive from management fees and carried interest on deployed fund capital rather than product or SaaS revenue. The firm does not operate a unified product platform; portfolio companies are independent startups in which Earth holds equity stakes.

Name

Earth

Website

https://earth.now

Company type

Private

Founded year

2023

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Earth is a London-based venture capital firm (Earth Capital) that invests pre-seed to Series A capital into impact-driven startups, backing founders who have previously built unicorn-valued companies. The firm currently holds four active portfolio companies and a 22-company past portfolio spanning climate, energy, AI, and fintech.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Venture Capital

NAICS

Other Financial Investment Activities (5239), Other Investment Pools and Funds (5259)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Climate / Clean Tech & Decarbonization Funds (FSANAJAA)

akta.pro secondary industry

Sector-Focused Venture Capital (Vertical Specialists) (FSANAAAD)

Keywords

• Venture capital investing
• Early-stage startup funding
• Founder mentorship network
• Pre-seed Series A equity
• Portfolio investment management

Headquarters

HQ city

London

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D

Core offering

Earth Capital is a venture capital firm that invests capital in early-stage startups (pre-seed through Series A) and supplements that capital with strategic guidance and operational mentorship drawn from a network of founders who have previously scaled companies to unicorn valuations. The firm maintains a current four-company portfolio (Secondlaw, Atmospheric, Stardust Initiative, ScyAI) and a previously invested portfolio of twenty-four companies spanning climate, AI, crypto, batteries, and supply-chain startups.

Product overview

Earth Capital is a venture capital firm operated by unicorn founders that invests in and supports early-stage startups. The company does not offer a unified product platform or software-as-a-service offering; instead, it maintains a portfolio of startup investments across current and past portfolio companies. The named portfolio companies — including Secondlaw, Atmospheric, Stardust, ScyAI (current portfolio) and Tether, Renoster, Delphi, Everest, Curo, Senken, Kubik, Embat, Renaissance, Imperia, Fence, OFP, Elio, Climatize, Maiven, Tromero, Minimal, Hula, Epoch, Bihar, Engrate, Clevergy, Cariqa, and Krea (past portfolio) — are independent startups in which Earth Capital holds equity stakes, not internal product lines or modules of a unified Earth platform.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves4 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Extantia Capital: European early-stage climate fund investing across decarbonization and resource efficiency. Direct comparable on European geography and climate-only seed focus.
• Lowercarbon Capital: US-based early-stage venture firm exclusively focused on climate and decarbonization. Closest comparable on the climate/impact mandate and early-stage stage orientation.
• Congruent Ventures: Early-stage climate-tech venture firm investing across energy, mobility, and built environment. Comparable on climate focus, early-stage check size, and thesis-driven investing.
• Pale Blue Dot Ventures: European climate-tech seed and pre-seed fund investing across carbon removal, energy, food, and materials. Direct comparable given geography overlap (UK/Europe) and climate-only pre-seed/seed mandate.
• Contrarian Ventures: Europe-based early-stage VC investing in climate and energy transition technologies. Comparable on stage and geographic focus.
• Obvious Ventures: Mission-driven, world-positive venture firm investing across climate, health, and sustainability. Comparable as an impact-led early-stage investor with operator involvement.
• Clean Energy Ventures: Seed-stage climate venture firm backing decarbonization solutions. Comparable on climate-only focus and seed-stage entry.

Broad incumbents

• Khosla Ventures: Large US venture firm with a long-standing climate-tech and sustainability practice. Overlaps on early-stage climate investing, but operates at materially larger scale.
• Breakthrough Energy Ventures: Multi-billion-dollar climate-tech fund backed by Bill Gates and a coalition of billionaires. Overlaps heavily on climate mandate but operates at significantly larger scale and later stages.
• Atomico: Major European venture firm with significant climate and impact exposure. Comparable on UK/European geography and early-stage orientation, though much broader and larger.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights4 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/withearthxyz
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/withearth

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds1 record

Investors

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M&A

Investments3 records

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