# Valo Ventures

> Valo Ventures is a VC fund in Palo Alto backing Energy and SaaS. See 43 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Palo Alto, United States
- Total investments: 43
- Last investment: Jun 2025
- Lead investor: 19%
- Fund size: $180M
- Last fund: Jun 2019
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/valoventures/
- X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/valo_ventures
- Website: https://valoventures.org
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/category/Investing-Service/Valo-Ventures-511148619387478/

Valo Ventures is a thesis-driven venture capital firm investing in North America and Europe. Our mission is "investing for a brighter future" and we do this by focusing on four catalyzing megatrends: climate change, circular economy, autonomy and empowered people. We identify and support entrepreneurs who are applying digital technologiesto create long term economic, environmental and social value. Learn more at www.valoventures.org.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.8M–$10M |
| Series A | $6M–$22M |
| Series B | $15M–$39M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Energy | 6 | 14% |
| SaaS | 5 | 12% |
| Sustainability | 5 | 12% |
| Artificial Intelligence | 5 | 12% |
| Software | 4 | 9% |

52 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 12 | 28% |
| Series B | 9 | 21% |
| Seed | 7 | 16% |
| Series C | 5 | 12% |
| Series D | 1 | 2% |

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 21 | 49% |
| United Kingdom | 2 | 5% |
| France | 1 | 2% |

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Brett Teele | Chief Financial Officer | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/brett-teelee |
| Divya E. | Venture Capital Associate | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/divya-e |
| Julia Brady | Partner | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/julia-brady |
| Mona ElNaggar | Partner | 5 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/mona-elnaggar |
| Scott Tierney | Founder and Managing Partner | 13 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/scott-tierney |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Novoloop | Novoloop is an upcycling company that provides a proprietary lifecycling platform to create chemicals and materials from plastic waste. Its Accelerated Thermal Oxidative Decomposition (ATOD) process chemically breaks down plastic films and packaging into monomers, which are then reassembled into virgin-quality TPU and recycled+ formulations. Thecompany operates a demonstration pilot plant in India in partnership with Aether Industries, producing up to 70 metric tons of TPU annually from mixed plastic waste. | $21M | Series B | Jun 25, 2025 |  |
| Steady Energy | Steady Energy aims to decarbonize the energy-intensive heating industry starting with residential and district heating. | $34.5M | Series B | Mar 05, 2025 |  |
| Boston Materials | Boston Materials manufactures Z-axis Carbon Fiber products that can revolutionize the $130B+ lightweight materials market and unlock significant GHG emissions reductions across industries. Boston Materials products add new conductivity, stiffness, and durability benefits to existing composite materials, like carbon fiber, and sheet metals. Thecompany's products are made using 100 percent reclaimed carbon fiber enabling up to 80 percent GHG emissions savings compared to standard composite materials and metals. | $13.5M | Series A | Nov 07, 2024 |  |
| Simbe Robotics | Simbe Robotics automates repetitive tasks in retail execution. Tally, performs the repetitive and laborious tasks of auditing shelves for out-of-stock items, low stock items, misplaced items, and pricing errors. Tally operates safely during normal store hours alongside shoppers and employees. | $50M | Series C | Oct 24, 2024 |  |
| XGS Energy | XGS Energy is a geothermal heat harvesting technology company. | $20M | Series A | May 21, 2024 |  |
| Equilibrium Energy | Equilibrium Energy operates at the intersection of grid variability, market volatility, economic optimization, commercial structuring, trading, and risk management, across the end-to-end power value chain. Their ambition is to become a next-generation clean power company that reshapes the energy industry. They address inquiries through onlineapplications. | $39M | Series B | Dec 26, 2023 |  |
| Clever Carnivore | Clever Carnivore is a cell-cultured meat startup that uses stem cell biology, recombinant protein, and bioengineering to create cost-effective lab grown meats. With the company's high-efficiency model, cruelty-free, environmentally friendly, and cost-competitive technology it aims to produce sausage, burgers, and chicken nuggets. | $7M | Seed | Dec 04, 2023 |  |
| Inlyte Energy | Inlyte Energy is a company that creates batteries for grid storage. Inlyte Energy's grid battery uses the most abundant commodities - iron and salt - to create an energy storage solution with the unique combination of high efficiency, long lifetime, competitive energy density, and exceptional safety. | $8M | Seed | Oct 26, 2023 |  |
| Granular Energy | Granular Energy is the platform of the future for managing and trading clean energy.​ | $7.9M | Seed | Oct 02, 2023 |  |
| Optera | Optera is a leading enterprise carbon emissions management software platform spanning all emissions categories, specializing in scope 3 and supply chain emissions management. Their AI-driven platform, database of over +10,000 suppliers, and expert team enable sustainability professionals to deliver real value to their businesses efficiently, fromregulatory compliance to deep decarbonization. We make sustainability data simpler to get, trusted to share, and ready to act on. | $12M | Series A | Sep 11, 2023 |  |

10 of 43 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Alumni Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alumni-ventures-group) — VC Fund, 8 deals together
- [Blackhorn Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/blackhorn-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [SaaS Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/saas-ventures-2) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Stout Street Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/stout-street-capital) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Mucker Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/muckercapital) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [NEXT Frontier Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/next-frontier-capital) — VC Fund, 4 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does Valo Ventures invest in?

Valo Ventures invests primarily in Energy, SaaS and Sustainability startups, most often at Series A and Series B stage. Most of the 43 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in United States. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is Valo Ventures's check size?

Valo Ventures typically joins rounds of $1.8M–$10M at Seed, $6M–$22M at Series A and $15M–$39M at Series B. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds Valo Ventures participates in.

### How do I contact Valo Ventures?

Public channels for Valo Ventures include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at Valo Ventures?

The team at Valo Ventures includes Brett Teele (Chief Financial Officer), Divya E. (Venture Capital Associate) and Julia Brady (Partner), among 9 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

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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