# ATEL Growth Capital

> ATEL Growth Capital is a VC fund backing Biotechnology and Health Care. See 11 investments, round sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Oct 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Jun 2023
- Lead investor: 9%
- Last updated: Oct 2026
- Website: https://www.atel.com/growth

ATEL Growth Capital is a provider of senior secured financing to emerging growth companies. The firm customers have the financial backing of top tier investment firms worldwide. They work with them to secure capital financing on flexible terms without many of the constraints found through other financial institutions. It provides debt for allstages of a company’s development across a wide range of industries such as information technology, life sciences, and green technologies.ATEL Growth Capital partners with these top tier investment firms to support pre-IPO and growth companies from the ground up. Their growth capital loans enable their clients to successfully create the game-changing innovations of tomorrow.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Biotechnology | 4 | 36% |
| Health Care | 3 | 27% |
| Aerospace | 2 | 18% |
| Therapeutics | 2 | 18% |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 18% |

34 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 4 | 36% |
| Debt Financing | 3 | 27% |
| Series B | 2 | 18% |
| Seed | 1 | 9% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 9 | 82% |
| India | 1 | 9% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Steven Rea | Preseident | 2 | — |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Round size | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pendulum Therapeutics | Pendulum Therapeutics believes therapies developed using evidence-based microbiome science and DNA sequencing can help heal the body from within. Armed with 13 patents and 42 pending, the company introduced its flagship product Pendulum Glucose Control, a medical probiotic, in 2020 and demonstrated its efficacy in lowering blood sugar spikes andreducing A1C in a published clinical trial. Founded in 2013 by a diverse team of scientists with deep microbiology, biochemistry, computational, and clinical expertise, Pendulum has raised $111 million to date from Meritech Capital, Sequoia Capital, True Ventures, Khosla Ventures, AME Cloud Ventures and Mayo Clinic among others. Pendulum Therapeutics is headquartered in San Francisco. | $10M | Venture - Series Unknown | Jun 09, 2023 | https://pendulumlife.com |
| ARRIS | ARRIS is an industrial engineering company that specializes in the fields of machinery manufacturing, automotive, and aerospace. It provides next-gen composites for mass-market applications including aerospace, automotive, sports, and consumer products. The company was founded in 2017 and headquartered in Berkeley, California. | $52.1M | Venture - Series Unknown | May 01, 2023 | http://www.arriscomposites.com/ |
| Astranis | Astranis develops small communications satellites designed for geostationary and other high Earth orbits. The company manufactures software-defined satellites used for broadband connectivity, government communications, navigation resilience, and space-based infrastructure applications. Its MicroGEO platform is built to provide dedicated satellitecapacity for telecommunications providers, enterprises, and public sector organizations serving remote or underserved regions. Astranis also develops satellite systems with onboard propulsion, radiation-hardened electronics, and configurable bandwidth management technologies for mission flexibility. The company operates across spacecraft design, satellite manufacturing, launch coordination, and in-orbit operations through integrated engineering and testing capabilities. Its satellite network solutions support internet connectivity, defense communications, and resilient positioning and navigation services for commercial and government customers. |  | Debt Financing | Apr 14, 2023 | http://www.astranis.com/ |
| Plant Prefab | Plant Prefab designs and builds custom, sustainable, single-family and multi-family homes for individuals, architects, and developers—twice as fast as site-based builders.Plant Prefab homes are meticulously crafted, and built according to its clients' exact design specifications.Plant Prefab homes are constructed in half the time of asite-built home. Building in a controlled environment, in parallel with site work, reduces delays and waste.Plant Prefab's off-site construction and a patented building system helps it build custom homes much faster and more efficiently than site-based contractors and other prefabricators. The company's rigorous health and sustainability standards means Plant homes are as healthy as possible for its clients and the environment. | $12M | Debt Financing | Dec 02, 2022 | https://www.plantprefab.com/ |
| Hexagon Bio | Hexagon Bio is a data-driven biotech developing targeted small molecule therapeutics. Our proprietary platform combines data science and synthetic biology to discover and engineer drugs from DNA sequences. We are mining fungal genomes for inspiration for the next generation of targeted therapies for diseases with unmet needs. | $77.3M | Series B | Oct 11, 2022 | http://www.hexagonbio.com |
| Activ Surgical | Activ Surgical is a digital surgery company focused on improving surgical efficiency, accuracy, patient outcomes, and accessibility. Its scalable and patent-protected surgical software platform technology is driven by computer vision, artificial intelligence, analytics, and machine learning to enhance a surgeon’s intra-operative decision making,and reduce unintended and preventable surgical complications.The company was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts. | $15M | Series B | Mar 22, 2022 | https://www.activsurgical.com/ |
| Function of Beauty | Function of Beauty offers personalized hair care products tailored to its customers' specific hair profile and goals.It enables users to create shampoos, conditioners, and styling products based on their individual hair type, hair goals, and aesthetic preferences (including color + fragrance). It uses ingredients that are free of sulfates,parabens, phthalates, or any other potentially harmful toxins or ingredients in their formulas.The New York, New York-based company was founded in 2015 by Hien Nguyen, Joshua Maciejewski, and Zahir Dossa. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 01, 2022 | https://functionofbeauty.com |
| Apeel Sciences | Apeel Sciences produces products including avocados, apples, mangos, cucumbers, and citrus protected by plants. They support the plant’s natural ability to protect against environmental stress by maintaining moisture and reducing oxidation. | $75M | Debt Financing | Jan 01, 2022 | http://Apeel.com |
| Plant Prefab | Plant Prefab designs and builds custom, sustainable, single-family and multi-family homes for individuals, architects, and developers—twice as fast as site-based builders.Plant Prefab homes are meticulously crafted, and built according to its clients' exact design specifications.Plant Prefab homes are constructed in half the time of asite-built home. Building in a controlled environment, in parallel with site work, reduces delays and waste.Plant Prefab's off-site construction and a patented building system helps it build custom homes much faster and more efficiently than site-based contractors and other prefabricators. The company's rigorous health and sustainability standards means Plant homes are as healthy as possible for its clients and the environment. |  | Debt Financing | Aug 03, 2021 | https://www.plantprefab.com/ |
| Ionic Materials | Ionic Materials technology team has extensive experience in polymer science, electrochemistry and battery science and they are further supported by leading experts from academia and industry. Ionic’s polymer electrolyte represents a major breakthrough in battery technology. By enabling the creation of batteries that are safer, cheaper, and higherperformance than the current state-of-the-art, Ionic’s polymer electrolyte shatters the traditional battery design paradigm, under which safety, cost, and performance must generally be traded off against one another. They are excited to bring this technology to market with core partners in the battery industry. |  | Venture - Series Unknown | Jan 01, 2015 | http://ionicmaterials.com |

10 of 11 investments shown.

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## FAQ

### What does ATEL Growth Capital invest in?

ATEL Growth Capital invests primarily in Biotechnology, Health Care and Aerospace startups, most often at Venture - Series Unknown and Debt Financing stage. Most of the 11 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

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### Who are the partners at ATEL Growth Capital?

The team at ATEL Growth Capital includes Steven Rea (Preseident). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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