# Overlay Capital

> Overlay Capital is a VC fund backing Manufacturing and Renewable Energy. See 10 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Alpharetta, United States
- Total investments: 10
- Last investment: May 2026
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/overlaycapital/
- Website: https://overlaycapital.com/

Overlay Capital is an alternative investment manager offering value through a cycle-agnostic approach. It seeks opportunities to create and capture value by investing in the misunderstood parts of the private markets.

## Contacts

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## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Manufacturing | 4 | 40% |
| Renewable Energy | 4 | 40% |
| Energy | 3 | 30% |
| Solar | 2 | 20% |
| Fashion | 1 | 10% |

23 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 3 | 30% |
| Series A | 3 | 30% |
| Series B | 1 | 10% |
| Funding Round | 1 | 10% |
| Debt Financing | 1 | 10% |

6 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 8 | 80% |
| Canada | 1 | 10% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Chadd Evans | Managing Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/chadd-evans |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Thea Energy | Thea Energy is taking a faster approach to commercialize fusion energy. The company’s fusion systems will create a limitless source of zero emission energy for a sustainable future.Thea Energy is leveraging recent breakthroughs in stellarator physics and engineering developed at Princeton University and elsewhere. The company was founded in 2022with the objective of building modular, utility-scale fusion power. | $100M | Series B | May 27, 2026 |  |
| Avalanche Energy | Avalanche Energy is a fusion energy startup that develops micro-fusion reactors for distributed energy and mobility. The company's modular reactor architecture can be stacked for limitless power applications and energy density, allowing it to offer clean energy while also decarbonizing the planet. It provides quick iterations of design, build,test, and fix cycles, allowing for speedier development and the rapid scaling required by the world. | $29M |  | Feb 03, 2026 |  |
| Sortera Technologies | Sortera Alloys manufactures low-cost, high-quality metal alloys for domestic manufacturing using its artificial intelligence technology. Sortera Alloys is a company based in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and was established in 2020. | $45M | Venture - Series Unknown | Nov 20, 2025 |  |
| Avalanche | Avalanche is a decentralized platform designed for building scalable applications and custom blockchain networks. |  | Series A | Jul 11, 2025 |  |
| Kind Designs | Kind Design uses 3D Printing technology to print living seawalls that mimic coral reefs and mangroves, hosting biodiversity and improving the quality of water. | $5M | Seed | May 07, 2025 |  |
| Simplifyber | Simplifyber is changing the way clothes are created, transforming the world's $1.5 trillion Apparel Industry and 250-year old factory system into sustainable, additive manufacturing. By assembling clothes with chemistry rather than with sewing machines, the Simplifyber process eliminates much of the waste, carbon emissions, and water pollutionthat have led to fashion’s devastating environmental and social impact in recent years. Efficient, plant-based and closed-loop, Simplifyber is revolutionizing the way the world manufactures clothing with its proprietary technology and cutting-edge techniques. | $12M | Series A | Apr 10, 2025 |  |
| Accelergen Energy | Accelergen Energy engages in accelerating the transition to zero-carbon emission electricity as a renewable power and energy storage developer, leveraging our comprehensive analysis of power grids, markets, and deep project development expertise to deliver superior generation and energy storage assets. | $20M | Debt Financing | Dec 19, 2024 |  |
| Nfinite Nanotechnology | Nfinite Nanotechnology is an advanced material company that enables breakthrough innovations to redefine how we live, use, and create using open-air atomic layer deposition (ALD) technology. Nfinite makes functional nanomaterials that accelerate the development and commercialization of transformative technologies for a sustainable future, such assustainable packaging, batteries, and photovoltaics. They have created a rapid open-air nanocoating system that produces large-area, high-quality, ultrathin films at up to 100x the speed of conventional ALD at a lower cost. | $6.5M | Seed | May 14, 2024 |  |
| Emrgy | Founded in 2014, Emrgy Inc. is a transformational technology company that is redefining hydropower to remain the world’s most reliable, continuous, and cost-effective renewable energy resource in an energy economy shifting to distributed, intermittent renewables. | $18.4M | Series A | Apr 11, 2023 |  |
| Revere VC | Revere empowers a range of investment advisors, wealth managers, and allocators with the tools to expand their venture capital programs. Revere is best known for creating the industry’s first standardized framework for evaluating fund managers. | $4.2M | Seed | May 31, 2022 |  |

10 of 10 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Lowercarbon Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/lowercarbon-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [New York Angels](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/new-york-angels) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Suzano Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/suzano-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [8090 Industries](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/8090-industries) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [AngelList](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/angellist) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

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## FAQ

### What does Overlay Capital invest in?

Overlay Capital invests primarily in Manufacturing, Renewable Energy and Energy startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 10 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 Overlay Capital?

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### Who are the partners at Overlay Capital?

The team at Overlay Capital includes Chadd Evans (Managing Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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