Keiki Capital

Name

Keiki Capital

Legal name

Keiki Capital

Website

https://keikicapital.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2016

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Keiki Capital is a privately held, early-stage climate tech venture capital firm founded in 2016 and led by Founder and General Partner Dan Lichtenberg, investing across decarbonization, adaptation, and climate fintech with a portfolio of 24 active companies and one prior investment.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Venture Capital / Climate Tech Investment

NAICS

Other Financial Investment Activities (5239), Portfolio Management and Investment Advice (52394)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282)

akta.pro primary industry

Venture Capital Fund-of-Funds / Multi-Manager Platforms (FSANAAAJ)

Keywords

• Venture capital
• Climate tech investing
• Early stage funding
• Decarbonization investments
• Climate fintech capital

Headquarters

HQ city

Laguna Beach

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Fund Management Fees and Carried Interest: As a venture capital firm, Keiki Capital generates returns through management fees on deployed capital and carried interest (typically 20%) on profitable portfolio exits. Revenue is derived from the performance of portfolio companies in climate tech, climate fintech, and adaptation sectors.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Core offering

Keiki Capital is a climate tech venture capital firm that invests venture funding into early-stage companies developing climate solutions across decarbonization, adaptation, and climate fintech. The firm deploys capital into a portfolio of approximately 24 active investments plus one prior investment, providing founders with strategic guidance and access to networks in addition to funding. The firm is led by Founder and General Partner Dan Lichtenberg from Laguna Beach, California.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Quantifiable outcome

• Mobilizing $100 Trillion into climate solutions to reach climate goals

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators1 record

Direct peers

• Lowercarbon Capital: Lowercarbon Capital is a venture firm that invests across climate tech, including carbon removal, energy, and climate-adjacent software. It is directly comparable to Keiki Capital as a thesis-driven, climate-only early-stage investor with a similar sub-vertical spread.
• Congruent Ventures: Congruent Ventures is an early-stage venture firm focused on companies that address climate change through energy, mobility, and built-environment solutions. It is directly comparable to Keiki Capital in stage, fund size, and exclusive climate-tech mandate.
• Prelude Ventures: Prelude Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm investing in climate tech, mobility, and sustainable industry startups. It is directly comparable to Keiki Capital given its seed-stage climate focus and similar sub-vertical coverage.
• Clean Energy Ventures: Clean Energy Ventures is a seed and Series A climate tech fund backing founders commercializing breakthrough energy, mobility, and decarbonization solutions. It is directly comparable to Keiki Capital in stage, climate mandate, and LP type.
• Energy Impact Partners: Energy Impact Partners is a global venture capital firm investing in startups decarbonizing the energy and industrial sectors through partnerships with utilities and strategic corporates. It is directly comparable to Keiki Capital on climate mandate, though it operates at larger fund scale.
• DCVC (Data Collective): DCVC is a deep-tech venture firm investing in computational, climate, and life-science innovations. It is comparable to Keiki Capital because a significant share of its portfolio targets climate and decarbonization through deep-tech and software approaches.
• Powerhouse Ventures: Powerhouse Ventures is an early-stage venture firm investing in solar, smart grid, EV, mobility, and buildings startups. It is directly comparable to Keiki Capital on early-stage climate tech deployment and sub-vertical mix.

Broad incumbents

• Breakthrough Energy Ventures: Breakthrough Energy Ventures is a large, multi-billion-dollar climate tech fund backed by a coalition of wealthy individuals and corporations. It competes in the same climate-tech VC category as Keiki Capital but at materially greater scale and brand recognition.
• Khosla Ventures: Khosla Ventures is a large venture firm with a long-standing climate and clean-tech investing practice. It is comparable to Keiki Capital on climate exposure but operates as a broad incumbent across many technology sectors with much larger fund sizes.

Others

• Greentown Labs: Greentown Labs is a climate-tech startup incubator and accelerator that connects founders with corporates and investors. It is thematically related to Keiki Capital as an ecosystem node in the early-stage climate market, though it operates as an accelerator rather than a VC.

Market position

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/KeikiVC

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments11 records

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