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Activate Capital

Venture Capital

Accelerating the world’s transition to a sustainable, resilient economic future

Founded 2017 United States San Francisco, United States 18 employees Industrial, Information Technology +1

32

Total Investments

24

Portfolio Companies

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Exits

3

Industries

General Information

Industries Industrial, Information Technology +1
Funding Stage Series B +2

Company Overview

Founded 2017
Employees 18
Location United States San Francisco, United States
Website activatecp.com

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About Activate Capital

Activate Capital is a growth-stage venture capital firm investing in the sustainable, resilient transformation of the global economy. Our strategy centers on the belief that large-scale, climate and technology-driven shifts are underway, transforming how we power, produce, and move economic activity. We believe that this sustainability supercycle is contributing to the widespread disruption of global economic systems and represents a generational investment opportunity to rebuild core systems and infrastructure over the coming decades. Activate partners with technology companies at their inflection point, led by exceptional entrepreneurs with ambitions to build category-defining platforms of the future. Founded in 2017, Activate is led by general partners with over 100 years of combined experience investing and operating in energy and infrastructure technology companies. Over this time, the team has invested more than $1.5 billion into some of the leading companies in their sector: Tesla (TSLA), SolarCity (SCTY), SpaceX, Generate Capital, Stem (STEM), Ping Identity (PING), TPI Composites (TPIC), EnerNOC (ENOC), Capstone Turbine (CPST) and AquaVenture (WAAS). The Firm invests primarily across the US and Europe and is backed by a world-class set of global investors.

Recent Investments (32)

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Company Stage Amount Date
Series C •••••• Feb 2026
Series B •••••• Sep 2025
Portfolio company Kin
Debt Financing •••••• Sep 2025
Series Unknown •••••• Jun 2025
Late Vc •••••• Jun 2025
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Series C •••••• Jul 2024
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Series D •••••• Feb 2024
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Venture Round •••••• Oct 2023
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Series E •••••• Jun 2023
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Debt Financing •••••• Jan 2023

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