Chrysalix Venture Capital
Overview
Chrysalix Venture Capital is a venture capital firm specializing in sustainable energy technologies and industrial innovations. With over 20 years of experience, the firm focuses on investing in early-stage companies that develop market-led solutions for resource efficiency, differentiation, and sustainability across various industries. Their portfolio includes sectors such as energy, mining, transport, chemicals, building materials like steel and cement, and forestry. Chrysalix's investment strategy emphasizes technologies that enable carbon neutrality, including resource efficiency solutions, alternative fuels, materials substitution, circularity, carbon as a resource, negative emission technologies, carbon analytics, and markets. The firm primarily invests in Canada, the United States, and Europe, leveraging its global ecosystem to support startups in reducing commercialization timelines and achieving market fit. Chrysalix's approach aligns strategy, execution, and scale to turn innovation into impact, driving long-term superior value, differentiation, and returns for partners, investors, and beyond. Their experience and approach are rooted in a history of over 20 years in energy and industrial innovation, providing the knowledge and expertise to select and invest in relevant technologies for sustainable industries. The firm's commitment to advancing industrial innovation is evident in its active participation in initiatives supporting carbon-neutral strategies and carbon economy opportunities, as demonstrated by the first close of its fifth fund, the Carbon Neutrality Fund, announced in June 2023. This fund focuses on investing in early-stage companies developing technologies to enable carbon neutrality for industries such as energy, mining, transport, chemicals, building materials like steel and cement, and forestry. Chrysalix's dedication to fostering sustainable industries is further highlighted by its expanded presence in Europe and its partnerships with leading global industrial companies, top universities, climate technology accelerators, and providers of non-dilutive and growth capital. Through its strategic investments and collaborative efforts, Chrysalix Venture Capital continues to play a pivotal role in advancing sustainable industrial innovation and supporting the transition to a carbon-neutral economy.
Investment Focus
- Innovative technologies addressing resource efficiency and sustainability
- Strong management teams with a clear vision
- Scalable business models targeting large industrial markets
- Scalable business models targeting industrial sectors
- Innovative technologies with proven market traction
- Alignment with sustainability and carbon neutrality goals
- Strong management teams with a clear vision for growth
- Scalable business models addressing large industrial markets
- Potential for significant impact in resource-intensive industries
Portfolio Companies
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What sectors does Chrysalix Venture Capital invest in?
Chrysalix Venture Capital invests in Energy, Infrastructure, Materials, Utilities, Agriculture and Transportation, and is based in Vancouver, Canada. Chrysalix Venture Capital is listed as a venture capital in the ConnectSafely investor database.
What stage does Chrysalix Venture Capital invest at?
Chrysalix Venture Capital backs companies at Seed, Early Stage, Series A, Series B, Growth and Late Stage, writing cheques of 1M - 50M.
Which regions does Chrysalix Venture Capital invest in?
Chrysalix Venture Capital invests across United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Japan and Australia.
Who are the partners at Chrysalix Venture Capital?
Team members listed for Chrysalix Venture Capital include Wendy Leong (Chief Financial Officer) and Fred Beuningen (Managing Partner).
What companies has Chrysalix Venture Capital invested in?
Chrysalix Venture Capital's portfolio includes CarbonCure Technologies, Carbon Clean Solutions, Deadwood Innovations, C2CA Technology, General Fusion and Electrochaea.
How do I contact Chrysalix Venture Capital?
Chrysalix Venture Capital's contact details — including phone and LinkedIn — are listed in the ConnectSafely investor database, along with its website and the LinkedIn profiles of its partners.
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