Sustainable Conversion Ventures

Overview

Sustainable Conversion Ventures is a family office venture capital fund based in Tempe, Arizona, focusing on investments in renewable fuels and chemicals. The firm specializes in mid to late-stage investments in the renewable energy sector, particularly in biofuels and biochemicals. Their mission is to connect responsible capital with sustainable technologies and strategic partnerships. The firm's investment strategy involves making both corporate and project equity investments in emerging synthetic biology and fermentation processes ready to scale out of the lab. They also invest at the project level for fermentation and power projects. Typical characteristics of their investments include significant technical milestones reached (usually Series B or later), co-investment alongside other larger venture capital funds or strategic investors, and primary product sales dependent on commodity-based pricing rather than consumer sales models. Sustainable Conversion Ventures collaborates with municipalities to design, build, finance, and operate sustainable waste remediation solutions, including material recovery facilities (MRFs), bio-fuel production, and waste-to-energy (WTE) gasification facilities. Through public-private partnerships (PPPs), they aim to divert from traditional, tax-based funding models to accomplish needed capital projects or programs, thereby efficiently meeting regulatory benchmarks for sustainability previously only available to the private sector. The firm's components competencies are: - Mixed Waste Material Recovery Facilities (MRFs) - Waste-to-Energy (WTE) - Waste-to-Fuel (WTF) - Anaerobic Digestion

Investment Focus

• Significant technical milestones reached (usually Series B or later)
• Co-investment alongside other larger venture capital funds or strategic investors
• Primary product sales dependent on commodity-based pricing rather than consumer sales models