# Autodesk Foundation

> Autodesk Foundation is a VC fund backing Energy and Renewable Energy. See 15 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: San Francisco, United States
- Total investments: 15
- Last investment: Aug 2024
- Lead investor: 0%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/showcase/autodesk_foundation
- X (Twitter): https://www.twitter.com/autodeskfdn
- Website: http://www.autodesk.org

Autodesk Foundation is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on Energy and Renewable Energy. Autodesk Foundation is the first foundation to focus investment exclusively on the people and organizations using design for impact.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for Autodesk Foundation. Shizune tracks 5 team members at Autodesk Foundation. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/autodesk-foundation?utm_source=investor_profile

## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $2.1M–$12M |
| Series A | $5M–$20M |
| Series B | $40M–$40M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 4 | 27% |
| Renewable Energy | 3 | 20% |
| CleanTech | 2 | 13% |
| Clean Energy | 2 | 13% |
| Manufacturing | 2 | 13% |

27 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 6 | 40% |
| Series A | 4 | 27% |
| Series B | 2 | 13% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 7% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 7 | 47% |
| Kenya | 1 | 7% |
| Uganda | 1 | 7% |
| Australia | 1 | 7% |
| South Africa | 1 | 7% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Andrew Anagnost | President & CEO | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/andrew-anagnost |
| Dan Drake | Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/dan-drake-8373 |
| Jean Shia | Executive | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/jean-shia-019b |
| John Walker | Founder | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/john-walker-7bab |
| Lynelle Cameron | President & CEO | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lynelle-cameron |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Last Energy | Last Energy develops and delivers micro modular nuclear power plants designed to provide decarbonized, reliable energy through a full-service delivery model that spans design, construction, and operations. The company offers factory-produced modular plants, like its 20 MWe PWR-20 units, that can be deployed rapidly to serve energy-intensiveindustrial customers and utilities with baseload electricity and heat. Its services include long-term power purchase agreements that eliminate upfront capital for customers while enabling flexible siting and minimal resource requirements. Last Energy’s solutions support both behind-the-meter applications for industries and grid-scale energy projects for broader power delivery. The company integrates established reactor technology with its delivery process to help clients access consistent, carbon-free energy. | $40M | Series B | Aug 29, 2024 |  |
| M2X Energy | M2X Energy is a scalable methane conversion technology company that provides automated gas-to-product systems for methane conversion. | $40M | Series B | Jun 12, 2024 |  |
| Found Energy | Found Energy is a renewable energy company engaging in turning aluminum into a renewable energy carrier. It recovers aluminum waste from landfills and uses a carbon-free process to produce hydrogen on-demand for less than $0.50 per kilogram of hydrogen and at five times the volumetric energy density of liquid hydrogen. | $12M | Seed | Apr 17, 2024 |  |
| PowerUP | PowerUP is a clean-tech product development company focused on building the best and most appropriate products for customers in low-income contexts. |  | Seed | Feb 06, 2024 |  |
| Okra Solar | Okra Solar is an IoT technology solution that enables solar generating communities to share and utilize more energy. It is a plug-and-play smart grid technology that enables rapid electrification for last-mile communities. Using mobile payments, modular grid design, and remote monitoring, they provide utility companies with a low-cost, data-drivensolution to operate solar networks in hard to reach communities. They are on a mission to connect off-grid communities to the modern economy.Okra Solar was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Sydney, Australia. | $7.9M | Series A | Sep 04, 2023 |  |
| BluLever Educations | BluLever Educations establishes a collaborative artisan ecosystem that helps craftsmen at every level of their development and provides them with opportunities to advance their enterprises, professions, and education. |  | Seed | Jul 24, 2023 |  |
| Delta40 | Delta40 is the venture studio that invests in African female entrepreneurs involved in energy, agriculture and mobility sectors. |  | Seed | Mar 22, 2023 |  |
| Delta40 | Delta40 is the venture studio that invests in African female entrepreneurs involved in energy, agriculture and mobility sectors. |  | Seed | Mar 22, 2023 |  |
| Joule Labs | Charging Automation and Autonomous Mobile Charging service | $25K | Pre-Seed | Dec 22, 2022 |  |
| Vartega | Vartega is a technology development company specializing in the carbon-fiber-reinforced plastic recycling process. Vartega develops alternative technology, processes, and equipment to provide low-cost carbon fiber for use in mass-market applications.Vartega's patented carbon fiber recycling process scales rapidly to fill a gap in thecomposites supply chain. The company’s carbon fiber is available in semi-continuous, chopped, and milled forms. It is ideally suited for use in thermoplastics, non-wovens, and molding compounds. | $5M | Seed | Aug 16, 2022 |  |

10 of 15 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [BELLE Michigan, LP](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/belle-michigan-lp) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
- [Rockies Venture Club](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/rockies-venture-club) — VC Fund, 4 deals together
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- [Breakthrough Energy Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/breakthrough-energy-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Autodesk Foundation invest in?

Autodesk Foundation invests primarily in Energy, Renewable Energy and CleanTech startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 15 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Autodesk Foundation's check size?

Autodesk Foundation typically joins rounds of $2.1M–$12M at Seed, $5M–$20M at Series A and $40M–$40M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Autodesk Foundation participates in.

### How do I contact Autodesk Foundation?

Public channels for Autodesk Foundation include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Autodesk Foundation?

The team at Autodesk Foundation includes Andrew Anagnost (President & CEO), Dan Drake (Founder) and Jean Shia (Executive). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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