# Shilpi Kumar

> Shilpi Kumar is a seed investor at Third Sphere backing Energy, Shipping and Software. See 5 investments, check sizes, portfolio. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: Angel Investor
- Fund: [Third Sphere](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/urban-us)
- Location: San Francisco Bay Area, United States
- Total investments: 5
- Last investment: Nov 2022
- Lead investor: 20%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/shilpikumar
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/_shilpikumar
- Website: http://www.shilpikumar.com/

Shilpi Kumar is a seed investor at Third Sphere in San Francisco Bay Area focused on Energy and Shipping. Shilpi is Venture Partner with Urban Us (https://urban.us), and investment platform focused on urbantech and climate solutions. She specializes in customer development and product strategy for early-stage companies, with experience as both a consultant and early employee. She previously led go-to-market and early sales efforts atFilament, a startup focused on deploying secure wireless networks for connected physical assets. Shilpi has a background as an investor, focused on hardware, industrial IoT, and robotics. She is passionate about leveraging technology to upgrade cities and fight climate change. Before Urban Us, Shilpi worked with with VTF, First Round Capital, and Village Global. Shilpi graduated from Duke University with a degree in Neuroscience and Economics.

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 1 | 20% |
| Shipping | 1 | 20% |
| Software | 1 | 20% |
| CleanTech | 1 | 20% |
| Logistics | 1 | 20% |

11 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Seed | 2 | 40% |
| Pre-Seed | 2 | 40% |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Earth Force Technologies | Earth Force is a Vegetation Management System platform. | $8.6M | Seed | Nov 29, 2022 |  |
| Earth Force Technologies | Earth Force is a Vegetation Management System platform. | $8.6M | Seed | Nov 29, 2022 |  |
| Phuc Labs | Phuc Labs implements robotics to automate the method of identifying, separating, and reclaiming particles from water. |  | Pre-Seed | Sep 20, 2021 |  |
| LimeLoop | Limeloop is operates a packaging and shipping platform. |  | Seed | Jul 01, 2021 |  |
| Singularity Energy | Singularity is a Harvard spinoff building real-time carbon tracking and decision-making solutions to help climate regulators, sustainability directors, and cleantech product directors meet ambitious targets with confidence and transparency through a combination of data and artificial intelligence.The company was founded in 2018 by Wenbo Shi andis based in Somerville, Massachusetts, United States. |  | Pre-Seed | Jan 29, 2021 |  |

5 of 5 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [URBAN-X](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/urban-x) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Alley Robotics Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alley-robotics-ventures) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [Bold Capital Partners](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bold-capital) — VC Fund, 2 deals together
- [City Light Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/city-light-capital) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [Clocktower Technology Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/clocktower-technology-ventures) — VC Fund, 1 deal together
- [GETTY](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/getty) — VC Fund, 1 deal together

## About Third Sphere

VC Fund · Brooklyn, United States

Early-stage fund focused on rapid, scalable climate action and targeting outsized impact and outsized returns.

5 contacts available at Third Sphere.

| Name | Title | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Shaun Abrahamson | Co-Founder | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shaun-abrahamson |
| Shilpi Kumar | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/shilpi-kumar |
| Yana Andrea Klimova | Chief Financial Officer | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/yana-andrea-klimova |
| Zeev Krieger | Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/zeev-krieger |
| Anthony Millin | Venture Partner | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/anthony-millin |

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## FAQ

### What does Shilpi Kumar invest in?

Shilpi Kumar invests primarily in Energy, Shipping and Software startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 5 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### When did Shilpi Kumar last invest?

The most recent investment recorded for Shilpi Kumar closed in Nov 2022. Shizune tracks 5 investments in total for this profile, including round sizes, stages and portfolio companies, all sourced from confirmed public funding rounds and refreshed monthly.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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