Tale Venture Partners
VC Fund
San Francisco, United States
Tale Venture Partners is a VC fund in San Francisco focused on CleanTech and Clean Energy. Tale Venture Partners provides capital investment and venture capital for start-ups, entrepreneurs, technology, and SaaS companies.
- Total investments:
- 7
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 57%
Last updated:
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Industries Tale Venture Partners invests in
Stages Tale Venture Partners invests in
Countries Tale Venture Partners invests in
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
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Michael Young
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Edward Jean-Louis
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Investment Focus
Industry
- CleanTech 2 (29%)
- Clean Energy 2 (29%)
- Electric Vehicle 2 (29%)
- Charging Infrastructure 2 (29%)
- SaaS 1 (14%)
Stage
- Seed 3 (43%)
- Pre-Seed 2 (29%)
- Series A 1 (14%)
- Series B 1 (14%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Michael Young
Founding Partner & Managing Director
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Founding Partner & Managing Director | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
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Edward Jean-Louis
Founding Partner
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Founding Partner | Total investments: 2 | Find email |
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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itselectric
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Itselectric is a curbside EV charging system designed especially for urban areas and to advance the adoption of electric vehicles. They increased access to public charging, which encourages the adoption of EVs and leads to cleaner air and healthier communities. | $6.5M / Seed / Jul 16, 2024 | |
florrent
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florrent is a bio-based materials and energy storage company that develops solutions to critical bottlenecks in global decarbonization and electrification of transportation, and buildings. | $2.5M / Pre-Seed / Sep 07, 2023 | |
BlocPower
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BlocPower is an energy technology startup that develops healthier, greener, and smarter buildings.It leverages advanced technologies, innovative electrification equipment, and structured finance to provide green heating and cooling to urban buildings. The company also connects government agencies, utilities, building owners, and smart equipmentproviders to identify unhealthy, energy-wasting buildings to retrofit. Its proprietary machine learning platform then determines which retrofits will produce the most energy savings at scale and uses the cloud and IoT to gather data and remotely monitor energy consumption. Since its founding, BlocPower has completed energy projects in nearly 1,000 buildings and delivered results ahead of schedule and under budget. It utilizes its proprietary software for analysis, leasing, project management, and monitoring of urban clean energy projects, and its customers are saving 20–40% on their energy bills each year. The company is backed by top investors, including Kapor Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, the American Family Insurance Institute for Corporate and Social Impact, AccelR8, the Goldman Sachs Urban Investment Group, Elemental Excelerator, CityRock Venture Partners, the Schmidt Family Foundation, and Salesforce Ventures.Donnel Baird and Morris Cox co-founded the company in Brooklyn, New York in 2014. | $24M / Series B / Feb 28, 2023 | |
SparkCharge
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SparkCharge is an automotive company that manufactures and develops charging stations for electric vehicles. The company's product offerings include mobile battery charging units, off-grid power hubs, and permanent EV infrastructure solutions. These services cater to a diverse clientele, including fleets, delivery services, events, autooriginal equipment manufacturers (OEMs), ports, transportation sectors, autonomous vehicles, and rideshare companies. By providing rapid deployment and flexible service levels, SparkCharge aims to eliminate common barriers to EV adoption, such as infrastructure costs and deployment delays. | $23M / Series A / May 24, 2022 | |
Rivia Health
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Rivia Health brings ease and efficiency to healthcare patient payments. We work with healthcare provider organizations to complement their revenue cycle operations and get them paid more while doing less.Rivia Health alleviates staff overwhelm by reducing manual tasks related to outstanding patient responsibility. Our communication and paymentplatform integrates with the practice management or RCM system to automate billing workflows like appointment and billing reminders, copay or pre-service payments, and payment plan setup.In addition to saving staff time, Rivia Health also improves financial results by communicating more dynamically to patients about balances across text and email and by making it easier for patients to pay across multiple payment methods with a 3-step, no login required process. | $1.2M / Seed / Mar 10, 2022 | |
BurnRate
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BurnRate combines Revenue, Headcount, & Demand planning into a single source of clarity for optimizing Marketing, Sales, & Customer Success. | $800K / Seed / Jul 01, 2021 | |
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BurnRate
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BurnRate combines Revenue, Headcount, & Demand planning into a single source of clarity for optimizing Marketing, Sales, & Customer Success. | $800K / Pre-Seed / Jul 01, 2021 |
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FAQ
What does Tale Venture Partners invest in?
Tale Venture Partners invests primarily in CleanTech, Clean Energy and Electric Vehicle startups, most often at Seed and Pre-Seed stage. Most of the 7 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 Tale Venture Partners?
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Who are the partners at Tale Venture Partners?
The team at Tale Venture Partners includes Michael Young (Founding Partner & Managing Director) and Edward Jean-Louis (Founding Partner). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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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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