# Ground Squirrel Ventures

> Ground Squirrel Ventures is a VC fund backing Financial Services and FinTech. See 70 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Boston, United States
- Total investments: 70
- Last investment: Sep 2023
- Lead investor: 7%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ground-squirrel-ventures/
- Website: http://www.groundsquirrelventures.com

Ground Squirrel Ventures is a VC fund in Boston focused on Financial Services and FinTech. Seed round investment in frontier markets and clean energy

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $400k–$3M |
| Venture - Series Unknown | $125k–$48M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Financial Services | 16 | 23% |
| FinTech | 10 | 14% |
| Finance | 10 | 14% |
| Energy | 8 | 11% |
| Renewable Energy | 8 | 11% |

88 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 37 | 53% |
| Funding Round | 11 | 16% |
| Venture - Series Unknown | 7 | 10% |
| Series A | 4 | 6% |
| Series B | 4 | 6% |

8 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 35 | 50% |
| Kenya | 7 | 10% |
| Zambia | 6 | 9% |
| Madagascar | 4 | 6% |
| Nigeria | 3 | 4% |

12 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Eric Klose | Partner & Portfolio Manager - Frontier Markets | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/eric-klose |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Untapped Global | 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 | Grapevine is a collaborative giving platform where people give with people. | $1.7M | Seed | Aug 08, 2023 |  |
| MindMics | 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 | Necessary Ventures focuses on investing in what the world needs. They work with the founders to build the most scalable solutions. |  |  | Jan 01, 2023 |  |
| Necessary Ventures | 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 | Africa Eats is a pan-African holding company consisting of high-growth, native food and agriculture companies. | $400K | Seed | Oct 14, 2022 |  |
| Appload | 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 | 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 |  |
| Sisu Global Health | Sisu Global Health provides clinically proven, patented, high margin devices, starting with Hemafuse, a highly effective alternative to donor blood. With a simple push and pull of a handle, the device transfers blood from where it is pooled in internal bleeding to a blood bag: blood is salvaged and immediately re-transfused. Sisu achievedregulatory approval in Ghana and Kenya and Hemafuse and signed two distribution contracts.Founded in 2014 by Carolyn Yarina, Gillian Henker, and Katie Kirsch, Sisu Global Health is headquartered in Baltimore, Maryland. | $3.1M | Debt Financing | Apr 19, 2022 |  |
| Fortis Green Renewables Investment Management | 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 |  |

10 of 70 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Oui Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/oui-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
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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 Funding Round stage. Most of the 70 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 Ground Squirrel Ventures's check size?

Ground Squirrel Ventures typically joins rounds of $400k–$3M at Seed and $125k–$48M at Venture - Series Unknown. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Ground Squirrel Ventures participates 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 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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