Ricardo Angel
Founder ,CEO & Managing Partner @ Piva Capital
San Francisco, United States
Ricardo Angel is a Series B investor at Piva Capital in San Francisco focused on Solar and Energy. Ricardo Angel is the CEO and managing partner at Piva. Prior to that, he served as a managing director at Energy Ventures where he leads origination for the business unit and for Energy Technology Ventures, a joint venture formed by GE, NRG Energy, and ConocoPhillips focused on investing in emerging energy technology companies. GE Energy Venturesand Energy Technology Ventures seek investment opportunities across the energy value chain, including renewables, power infrastructure and oil & gas technologies.Mr. Angel joined GE from ChevronTexaco Technology Ventures' Venture Capital group. Previous experience includes investment banking at Goldman Sachs and consulting at CNA Corporation. Mr. Angel holds an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School and Bachelors as well as Masters and Doctorate degrees in Engineering from the University of Illinois. He is based in San Francisco.
- Total investments:
- 4
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 50%
Last updated:
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Industries Ricardo Angel invests in
Stages Ricardo Angel invests in
Countries Ricardo Angel invests in
Contacts
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Investment Focus
Industry
- Solar 2 (50%)
- Energy 2 (50%)
- Software 1 (25%)
- Industrial 1 (25%)
- 3D Printing 1 (25%)
Stage
- Series B 1 (25%)
- Series D 1 (25%)
- Funding Round 1 (25%)
- Venture - Series Unknown 1 (25%)
Investments
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| Planted Solar focuses on driving the transition of clean energy. | $31.8M / Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 15, 2026 | ||
| Malta is a provider of industrial-grade, grid-scale energy storage solutions. The Malta system collects and stores inexpensive and abundant renewable and fossil energy, and dispatches it as needed to the grid to enable the affordable and reliable delivery of electricity on demand. Incubated at X, the Moonshot Factory (formerly Google [x]), andfunded by leading venture capital and commercial power industry companies | $21.6M / Nov 29, 2023 | ||
| Malta is a provider of industrial-grade, grid-scale energy storage solutions. The Malta system collects and stores inexpensive and abundant renewable and fossil energy, and dispatches it as needed to the grid to enable the affordable and reliable delivery of electricity on demand. Incubated at X, the Moonshot Factory (formerly Google [x]), andfunded by leading venture capital and commercial power industry companies | $60.9M / Series B / Feb 24, 2021 | ||
| Velo3D is a digital manufacturing company using a Sapphire 3D production printer and flow print preparation software to print 3D metals. Bringing together an integrated solution of software, hardware, and process-control innovation, Velo3D introduced the first SupportFree capability for 3D metal printing. This enables unlimited design innovation byreducing the need for support structures in metal additive manufacturing. The company’s Sapphire system is built with a semiconductor mindset on quality assurance, ensuring repeatability and dependability throughout serial manufacturing. | $28M / Series D / Apr 28, 2020 |
Co-Investors
About Piva Capital
Piva is a venture capital firm investing in visionary entrepreneurs and emerging technology companies that bring new software and hardware solutions to the world’s industrial and energy markets. It is investing its first $250M Fund I in disruptive energy and industrial companies across North America and Europe.
Piva Capital Contacts
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Julia Reichelstein
Investor
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Adzmel Adznan
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Ricardo Angel
Founder ,CEO & Managing Partner
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Robert Siegel
Venture Partner
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Tony Di Bona
Chief Financial Officer
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What does Ricardo Angel invest in?
Ricardo Angel invests primarily in Solar, Energy and Software startups, most often at Series B and Series D stage. Most of the 4 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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The most recent investment recorded for Ricardo Angel closed in Sep 2026. Shizune tracks 4 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.
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