Ground Squirrel Ventures
VC Fund
Boston, United States
Ground Squirrel Ventures is a VC fund in Boston focused on Financial Services and FinTech. Seed round investment in frontier markets and clean energy
- Total investments:
- 71
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 8%
Last updated:
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Industries Ground Squirrel Ventures invests in
Stages Ground Squirrel Ventures invests in
Countries Ground Squirrel Ventures invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
Round size
- Seed
- $400k–$3M
- Series A
- $1.8M–$5M
- Venture - Series Unknown
- $125k–$48M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Financial Services 16 (23%)
- FinTech 10 (14%)
- Finance 10 (14%)
- Energy 8 (11%)
- Renewable Energy 8 (11%)
Stage
- Seed 37 (52%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 15 (21%)
- Series A 4 (6%)
- Series B 4 (6%)
- Pre-Seed 3 (4%)
Country
- United States 35 (49%)
- Kenya 7 (10%)
- Zambia 6 (8%)
- Madagascar 4 (6%)
- Nigeria 3 (4%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Eric Klose
Partner & Portfolio Manager - Frontier Markets
|
Partner & Portfolio Manager - Frontier Markets | Total investments: 0 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Untapped Global connects frontier market innovators to global investors through online and in-person platforms. Its platform The Nest is a monthly event series taking place both in-person and online, giving founders access to international investors, while Untapped Invest is a Smart Asset Financing™ platform enabling global investors to tap intothe $4T opportunity in the fastest-growing economies.The company was founded in 2020 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California. | $3M / Seed / Sep 20, 2023 | ||
| Grapevine is a collaborative giving platform where people give with people. | $1.7M / Seed / Aug 08, 2023 | ||
| MindMics is an emerging wearable company revolutionizing the information they can understand about the inner workings of our bodies and health. They hears every heartbeat to capture clinically meaningful biometrics accurately within real-time to unleash mental performance. | Venture - Series Unknown / Jan 01, 2023 | ||
| Necessary Ventures focuses on investing in what the world needs. They work with the founders to build the most scalable solutions. | Seed / Jan 01, 2023 | ||
| Africa Eats is a pan-African holding company consisting of high-growth, native food and agriculture companies. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Bainbridge Island, Washington. | $400K / Seed / Oct 14, 2022 | ||
| Appload provides an online solution for logistics services. They connect logistics companies with customers looking for cargo transport. The app offers a secure scheduling and electronic payment system and the ability to secure shipments through an industry partner. They serve in the B2B space in transportation and logistics technology. They alsoprovides customer services. | $125K / Venture - Series Unknown / Jun 07, 2022 | ||
| Wunder is a Modern Energy Company.We help businesses, municipalities, and schools save money by delivering clean on-site power. We convert simple warehouses into electrified industrial platforms built for the future. We enable the nation’s leading commercial and industrial real estate firms to capture the benefits of solar across theirproperties.We align ESG goals with revenue targets.We deploy renewable energy assets today that will power America’s tomorrow.We open new markets, we launch new partnerships, and we build new solar and energy storage projects every day. Join us at www.wundercapital.com/careers | $47.6M / Venture - Series Unknown / May 04, 2022 | ||
| Fortis Green Renewables Investment Management provides flexible capital to renewable energy assets in Sub-Saharan Africa. The management team has extensive African investment experience: $14 billion across 20 African countries. The company was founded in 2020 and is based in Kigali, Africa. | Seed / Jan 01, 2022 | ||
| Launch Africa is a leading Pan-African VC fund solving the significant funding gap in the Seed and pre-Series A investment landscape in Africa | Seed / Jan 01, 2022 | ||
| Sherpa Africa Partners focuses on early stage tech and tech-enabled startups in Africa providing funding and expertise to scale up business. | Seed / Jan 01, 2022 | ||
| See all 71 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does Ground Squirrel Ventures invest in?
Ground Squirrel Ventures invests primarily in Financial Services, FinTech and Finance startups, most often at Seed and Venture - Series Unknown stage. Most of the 71 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What round sizes does Ground Squirrel Ventures invest in?
Ground Squirrel Ventures typically joins rounds of $400k–$3M at Seed, $1.8M–$5M at Series A and $125k–$48M at Venture - Series Unknown. These are whole funding-round sizes, not Ground Squirrel Ventures's own check, which is rarely disclosed: the 10th–90th percentile of the confirmed public funding rounds Ground Squirrel Ventures took part in.
How do I contact Ground Squirrel Ventures?
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Who are the partners at Ground Squirrel Ventures?
The team at Ground Squirrel Ventures includes Eric Klose (Partner & Portfolio Manager - Frontier Markets). 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 Oct 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.
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