Stephen Ellis
Senior Partner of Business Building @ The Rise Fund
San Francisco, United States
Stephen Ellis is a funding round investor at The Rise Fund in San Francisco focused on GreenTech and Rental. Steve is a Managing Partner at TPG
- Total investments:
- 6
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 50%
Last updated:
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Industries Stephen Ellis invests in
Stages Stephen Ellis invests in
Countries Stephen Ellis invests in
Investment Focus
Industry
- GreenTech 2 (33%)
- Rental 1 (17%)
- Children 1 (17%)
- Analytics 1 (17%)
- CleanTech 1 (17%)
Stage
- Funding Round 2 (33%)
- Series B 1 (17%)
- Private Equity 1 (17%)
- Post-IPO Equity 1 (17%)
Country
- United States 3 (50%)
- Israel 1 (17%)
- United Kingdom 1 (17%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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Zum
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Zūm is a provider of safe, efficient, and reliable child transportation for school districts and busy families. Zūm saves schools money and parents time by providing flexible transportation options through its network of highly vetted drivers and advanced scheduling, routing, and tracking technology.The company currently provide children’stransportation service in the San Francisco Bay Area, all of Los Angeles, Orange County, and San Diego.Zūm was founded in 2015 and is based in Redwood City, California. | $100M / Private Equity / Apr 16, 2026 | |
UBQ Materials
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UBQ Materials envisions a world where finite resources are infinitely reused. It aims to help rescue the planet. The UBQ proprietary process converts Residual Municipal Solid Waste, destined to landfills, into novel bio-based UBQ Material, that can be used to make everyday durable products - with a reduced carbon footprint.The company was foundedin 2012 and is headquartered in Tel-Aviv, Israel. | $70M / Venture - Series Unknown / Sep 13, 2023 | |
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UBQ Materials
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UBQ Materials envisions a world where finite resources are infinitely reused. It aims to help rescue the planet. The UBQ proprietary process converts Residual Municipal Solid Waste, destined to landfills, into novel bio-based UBQ Material, that can be used to make everyday durable products - with a reduced carbon footprint.The company was foundedin 2012 and is headquartered in Tel-Aviv, Israel. | $170M / Venture - Series Unknown / Dec 15, 2021 | |
Persefoni AI
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Persefoni is a Climate Management & Accounting Platform (CMAP). The company's Software-as-a-Service solutions enable enterprises and financial institutions to meet stakeholder and regulatory climate disclosure requirements with the highest degrees of trust, transparency, and ease. As the ERP of Carbon, the Persefoni platform provides userswith a single source of carbon truth across their organization, enabling them to manage their carbon transactions and inventory with the same rigor and confidence as their financial transactions. | $101M / Series B / Oct 28, 2021 | |
Cazoo
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Cazoo is pioneering the shift to online car buying and selling in the UK and mainland Europe and has already sold over 35,000 cars since its launch less than two years ago to consumers across the UK who have embraced the selection, transparency and convenience of buying quality used cars entirely online. Cazoo is also Europe’s leading consumer carsubscription player with thousands of subscribers across the UK, France and Germany.Cazoo has developed a market leading brand and fully integrated platform, where it owns and reconditions all its cars before offering them for either delivery or collection in as little as 72 hours. Over the past three years, Cazoo has grown its team to over 2,500 customer-obsessed staff, focussed on delivering the best car buying and selling experience to consumers across the UK & Europe. Already the leading online car retailer in the UK, Cazoo is expanding into mainland Europe as it seeks to disrupt the largely offline $700 billion used car market. | $800M / Post-IPO Equity / Aug 27, 2021 | |
LIVEKINDLY
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LIVEKINDLY is a collective of plant-based heritage and start-up brands including The Fry Family Food Co., LikeMeat, and LIVEKINDLY Media.Committed to transforming its global food system and the only company in the plant-based food sector to own and operate the entire value chain of production, the LIVEKINDLY co. has established strategicpartnerships with seed growers, producers, distributors, and has invested in infrastructure to transform traditional meat production facilities to plant-based products.The LIVEKINDLY co. and its portfolio of brands are creating delicious plant-based food without the need for animals or the depletion of natural resources. | $200M / Venture - Series Unknown / Mar 29, 2021 |
Co-Investors
About The Rise Fund
The Rise Fund is committed to achieving social and environmental impact alongside financial returns. We seek to partner with creative entrepreneurs and build successful businesses that drive meaningful, measurable positive change.The Rise Fund will focus on investments in seven sectors in which independent research has shown that impact is bothachievable and measurable in quantitative terms: education, energy, food and agriculture, financial services, healthcare, information, and communication technology, and industrials and infrastructure.
The Rise Fund Contacts
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John Rogers
Partner, Sector Lead
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Stephen Ellis
Senior Partner of Business Building
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Jim Coulter
Executive Chairman
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Michael R. Stone
CIO
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FAQ
What does Stephen Ellis invest in?
Stephen Ellis invests primarily in GreenTech, Rental and Children startups, most often at Funding Round and Series B stage. Most of the 6 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 Stephen Ellis last invest?
The most recent investment recorded for Stephen Ellis closed in Apr 2026. Shizune tracks 6 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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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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