# CalPERS

> CalPERS is a VC fund in Sacramento backing Health Care and Biotechnology. See 11 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Sacramento, United States
- Total investments: 11
- Last investment: Jul 2026
- Lead investor: 45%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/2654
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/CalPERS
- Website: http://www.calpers.ca.gov/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mycalpers

CalPERS is a VC fund in Sacramento focused on Health Care and Biotechnology. They administer health and retirement benefits on behalf of more than 3,000 public school, local agency and State employers. Their members number more than 1.6 million in their retirement system and more than 1.3 million in their health plans. Select from the options below to learn more about us.

## Contacts

5 contacts available for CalPERS. Shizune tracks 7 team members at CalPERS. Sign up free to unlock them: https://app.shizune.co/sign-up/investor-profiles/find-team-emails/calpers-2?utm_source=investor_profile

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Health Care | 2 | 18% |
| Biotechnology | 2 | 18% |
| Renewable Energy | 2 | 18% |
| Apps | 1 | 9% |
| SaaS | 1 | 9% |

28 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 3 | 27% |
| Secondary Market | 3 | 27% |
| Series A | 1 | 9% |
| Series C | 1 | 9% |
| Series D | 1 | 9% |

7 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 6 | 55% |
| India | 3 | 27% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Marlene Timberlake D'Adamo | Chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/marlene-timberlake-d-adamo-58c9 |
| Michael Cohen | Chief Financial Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/michael-cohen-803e |
| Shari Slate | Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shari-slate |
| Stephen Gilmore | Chief Investment Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stephen-gilmore |
| Travis Antoniono | Investment Manager - Climate Strategy | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/travis-antoniono-9181 |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Russell Investments | Russell Investments is a global asset manager and one of only a few firms that offers actively managed multi-asset portfolios and services that include advice, investments and implementation. They with institutional investors, financial advisors and individuals working with their advisors—using the firm’s core capabilities that extend acrosscapital market insights, manager research, asset allocation, portfolio implementation and factor exposures to help each achieve their desired investment outcomes. |  | Secondary Market | Jul 08, 2026 |  |
| AES | AES provides affordable and reliable energy to customers around the world through its distribution businesses and thermal and renewable power generation facilities. With more than 30 years of experience, diverse mix of generation and utility sources provides the strength and flexibility to adapt to local and regional market needs, maximize plantefficiency and deliver reliable, affordable electricity. |  | Private Equity | Mar 02, 2026 |  |
| Inox Clean Energy | Inox Clean Energy is the renewable energy arm of the INOXGFL Group, a diversified Indian conglomerate in fluorochemicals, battery chemicals, and now renewables. It integrates solar manufacturing, EPC services, and power generation. | $344.8M |  | Jan 07, 2026 |  |
| Zepto | Zepto is a quick-commerce platform that delivers groceries and daily essentials within minutes through a network of stores. It is an online store that offers a range of fruits, vegetables, snack food, and electronics. It provides a service that enables access to various grocery products. Zepto serves industries such as retail, food and beverage,and logistics. | $450M | Series H | Oct 16, 2025 |  |
| Zepto | Zepto is a quick-commerce platform that delivers groceries and daily essentials within minutes through a network of stores. It is an online store that offers a range of fruits, vegetables, snack food, and electronics. It provides a service that enables access to various grocery products. Zepto serves industries such as retail, food and beverage,and logistics. |  | Secondary Market | Oct 16, 2025 |  |
| Manipal Hospitals | Manipal Hospitals is part of the Manipal Education and Medical Group (MEMG), which pioneers in the field of education and healthcare delivery.Manipal Hospitals has a special significance in the overall healthcare industry of India and particularly in South India. A social seed sown more than five decades ago is today the country's thirdlargest healthcare group with a network of 15 hospitals and three primary clinics providing comprehensive care that is both curative and preventive in nature for a wide variety of patients not just from India but also from across the globe. |  | Secondary Market | Feb 02, 2024 |  |
| Surface Logix | Surface Logix is a drug development company which uses its expertise in biophysical chemistry to create new small molecule drugs with significantly improved pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic (PD) properties compared with class leaders. | $25M | Series C | Nov 27, 2002 |  |
| Amphora Discovery | Amphora Discovery Corporation operates as a biotechnology company. It provides integrated services to the pharmaceutical industry. The company's products and services include in vitro assay protocols, in vitro throughput screening and compound profiling services, custom assay development, enzymology services, and lead discovery/leadoptimization partnering programs. It offers drug discovery contract research services, HTS, profiling and lead generation, and lead optimization solutions. The company serves pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical companies, emerging biotechnology companies, and research foundations. Amphora Discovery Corporation was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Durham, North Carolina. As of July 2008, Amphora Discovery Corporation operates as a subsidiary of Nanosyn Inc. | $35M | Series A | Sep 27, 2001 |  |
| InvestorForce | InvestorForce provides the institutional investment consultant community with the only truly integrated solution for daily monitoring, analysis and reporting on institutional assets. Our technology leverages automated data collection to provide clients with real time insight, transparency and deeper analysis than ever before… at a time when it isneeded most.Investor Force, Inc. (InvestorForce), founded in 1999, is a financial software company that has been a pioneer in the development of advanced solutions for institutional investment consultants. Using InvestorForce's proven, web-based software products, consultants can drive greater operational efficiencies in several areas that include data aggregation, performance calculation, and real-time analysis into client, manager and market movement as well as the timely, automated production of performance reports. In 2013, InvestorForce was acquired by MSCI Inc., a leading provider of investment decision support tools worldwide. InvestorForce has successfully brought the most advanced, SaaS-based, performance reporting platform to the institutional investment community. | $52M | Series D | Sep 18, 2000 |  |
| Thomas Weisel Partners | Thomas Weisel Partners LLC is a full service investment bank focused on the growth sectors of the global economy primarily in the Technology, Internet, Media, Telecommunications, Healthcare, Consumer, Energy, Financial Services and Minerals & Mining industries. | $100M |  | Jan 20, 2000 |  |

10 of 11 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [General Catalyst](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/general-catalyst-partners) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [ARCH Venture Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/arch-venture-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Avenir](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avenir-growth-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [avra](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/avra-7592) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [CW Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/cw-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Glade Brook Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/glade-brook-capital-partners) — VC Fund, 2 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does CalPERS invest in?

CalPERS invests primarily in Health Care, Biotechnology and Renewable Energy startups, most often at Funding Round and Secondary Market 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.

### How do I contact CalPERS?

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### Who are the partners at CalPERS?

The team at CalPERS includes Marlene Timberlake D'Adamo (Chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer), Michael Cohen (Chief Financial Officer) and Shari Slate (Chief Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Officer), among 7 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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