# Volta Circle

> Volta Circle is a VC fund in London backing Food and Beverage and E-Commerce. See 28 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: London, United Kingdom
- Total investments: 28
- Last investment: Aug 2026
- Lead investor: 7%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/voltacircle/about/
- Website: https://www.voltacircle.com/

Volta Circle is a VC fund in London focused on Food and Beverage and E-Commerce. Founded in 2019, Volta Circle is an early-stage evergreen VC investor, based in London and backed by a single LP. The firm invests in technology-driven startups across three core verticals covering food systems, circularity and climate, with a mission to enable founders to create maximum value, scale, and impact. The team is based between Geneva,Milan, London and Bangkok.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $1.1M–$12M |
| Series A | $6M–$9.6M |
| Series B | $23M–$37M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Food and Beverage | 6 | 21% |
| E-Commerce | 5 | 18% |
| Fashion | 4 | 14% |
| Software | 4 | 14% |
| Biotechnology | 4 | 14% |

56 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Series A | 9 | 32% |
| Seed | 7 | 25% |
| Series B | 2 | 7% |
| Series F | 2 | 7% |
| Pre-Seed | 1 | 4% |

10 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| United States | 13 | 46% |
| France | 4 | 14% |
| United Kingdom | 4 | 14% |
| Chile | 1 | 4% |
| India | 1 | 4% |

7 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Aradhana Lohia Sharma | Co-Founder and Co-Chairwoman | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/aradhana-lohia-sharma |
| Catia Cesari | Managing Partner | 2 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/catia-cesari |
| Suchitra Lohia | Co-Founder and Co-Chairwoman | 0 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/suchitra-lohia |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| MittiLabs | Mitti Labs is a deeptech company that leverages AI, satellite technology, and field operations to permanently reduce methane emissions from rice farming. By doing this, we unlock the potential of rice-based carbon credits for measurable climate action at scale. Loved and consumed by half the world’s population daily, rice farming has GHG emissionsequivalent to the global aviation industry, due to methane. Our work transforms a critical agricultural sector into a high-integrity source of climate impact, water savings, and farmer income. We empower smallholder farmers across the global south to adopt climate-smart practices that are measurable, traceable, and economically rewarding. Backed by leading investors, our team is building the infrastructure to scale climate-smart rice farming and unlock real impact from the ground up. | $9.5M | Series A | Aug 05, 2026 |  |
| MittiLabs | Mitti Labs is a deeptech company that leverages AI, satellite technology, and field operations to permanently reduce methane emissions from rice farming. By doing this, we unlock the potential of rice-based carbon credits for measurable climate action at scale. Loved and consumed by half the world’s population daily, rice farming has GHG emissionsequivalent to the global aviation industry, due to methane. Our work transforms a critical agricultural sector into a high-integrity source of climate impact, water savings, and farmer income. We empower smallholder farmers across the global south to adopt climate-smart practices that are measurable, traceable, and economically rewarding. Backed by leading investors, our team is building the infrastructure to scale climate-smart rice farming and unlock real impact from the ground up. | $9.5M | Series A | Aug 05, 2026 |  |
| Syntetica | Syntetica is a materials technology and climate technology company that develops chemical recycling technology for synthetic textiles. It uses proprietary green chemistry to convert nylon textile waste into virgin-quality recycled polymers, enabling circular production for the textile, automotive, and industrial materials industries. Its mission isto decarbonize synthetic materials by making high-quality recycled feedstocks commercially viable.The company's proprietary chemical depolymerization process separates and recovers Nylon 6 and Nylon 6,6 from blended textile waste that would otherwise be difficult to recycle. The process operates under low-temperature, low-pressure conditions, removes dyes and finishes, and produces recycled raw materials that can be reintroduced into manufacturing without compromising quality. Syntetica's technology supports textile-to-textile recycling and is designed to reduce carbon emissions, landfill waste, and reliance on virgin fossil-based materials. | $30M | Series A | Jul 16, 2026 |  |
| MacroCycle Technologies | MacroCycle is developing a technology to curb the usage of fossil fuel derived plastic through a circular, sustainable and zero-carbon plastic upcycling process. The company's proprietary process based on the synthesis of cyclic macromolecules enables us to produce virgin-grade recycled PET from plastic waste at lower energy use thantraditional processes. | $6.5M | Seed | Feb 06, 2025 |  |
| Syntetica | Syntetica is a materials technology and climate technology company that develops chemical recycling technology for synthetic textiles. It uses proprietary green chemistry to convert nylon textile waste into virgin-quality recycled polymers, enabling circular production for the textile, automotive, and industrial materials industries. Its mission isto decarbonize synthetic materials by making high-quality recycled feedstocks commercially viable.The company's proprietary chemical depolymerization process separates and recovers Nylon 6 and Nylon 6,6 from blended textile waste that would otherwise be difficult to recycle. The process operates under low-temperature, low-pressure conditions, removes dyes and finishes, and produces recycled raw materials that can be reintroduced into manufacturing without compromising quality. Syntetica's technology supports textile-to-textile recycling and is designed to reduce carbon emissions, landfill waste, and reliance on virgin fossil-based materials. | $4.6M | Seed | Jul 16, 2024 |  |
| Glowb | Glowb offers solar energy and battery solutions. | $1.5M | Seed | Jun 27, 2023 |  |
| Shiru | Shiru leverages computational design to create enhanced proteins that feed the world sustainably. | $10M | Convertible Note | Oct 20, 2022 |  |
| Clarity Movement | Clarity Movement transforms how governments, communities, and businesses understand and respond to air pollution with IoT-based air quality monitoring technology. Our turn-key air quality monitoring solution supplements existing regulatory monitors with networks of hundreds to thousands of continuously-calibrated air quality sensors, making airquality management more accessible, cost-effective, and actionable than ever before. Founded in 2014, we have now deployed our next-generation, highly-accurate indicative air quality monitoring networks in more than 60 countries around the world — empowering our customers to build healthier communities with better data. | $9.6M | Series A | Jul 24, 2022 |  |
| Kukua | Our entertainment and technology platform creates magical learning experiences for children and families, centred around a universe of proprietary characters. We are the creators of the Super Sema franchise, brought to life through animated series, apps and toys. | $6M | Series A | Jun 29, 2022 |  |
| FreshKet | FreshKet is a integrated workflow marketplace for fresh food suppliers and restaurants. | $23.2M | Series B | May 20, 2022 |  |

10 of 28 investments shown.

## Co-investors
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## FAQ

### What does Volta Circle invest in?

Volta Circle invests primarily in Food and Beverage, E-Commerce and Fashion startups, most often at Series A and Seed stage. Most of the 28 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 Volta Circle's check size?

Volta Circle typically joins rounds of $1.1M–$12M at Seed, $6M–$9.6M at Series A and $23M–$37M 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 Volta Circle participates in.

### How do I contact Volta Circle?

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### Who are the partners at Volta Circle?

The team at Volta Circle includes Aradhana Lohia Sharma (Co-Founder and Co-Chairwoman), Catia Cesari (Managing Partner) and Suchitra Lohia (Co-Founder and Co-Chairwoman). The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

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