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Better World Ventures

VC
Austin, TXWebsite

Better World Ventures is a Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in Austin, TX investing in Other, Marketplace, Consumer. The firm typically writes $500K–$2.0M checks and has 78 portfolio companies in our records.

Check size
$500K–$2.0M
Portfolio
78 companies on record
Partners
2 listed
Stage
Pre-Seed
Sectors
Other, Marketplace, Consumer, Climate / Energy, Healthcare, AI / ML, Food / AgTech, Real Estate
HQ
Austin, TX
AUM
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-04-16

How to approach: cold outreach ok
Stage

Pre-Seed

Check Size

$500K – $2.0M

Portfolio

78+ companies

Team

2 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focused on funding companies driving measurable impact in climate resilience, sustainability, and equity-focused marketplaces.

How Better World Ventures invests

Better World Ventures is a vc firm based in Austin, TX. The firm invests at the Pre-Seed stage, with a focus on Other, Marketplace, Consumer, Climate / Energy, Healthcare. It does not invest in Consumer, Media.

Better World Ventures typically writes checks of $500K–$2.0M per investment.

Better World Ventures has backed 78 companies in our records, including ImpactShop, ReGreen Communities, Clay Health.

Partners & Team

JR

Jasmine Rivera

General Partner

Sustainability
Marketplace
Impact Investing
LB

Lyndsey Boucherle

Partner

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Marketplace
Consumer
Climate / Energy
Healthcare
AI / ML
Food / AgTech
Real Estate

Does Not Invest In

Consumer
Media

Portfolio Companies (78)

Other

IM

ImpactShop

Impact Marketplace
RE

ReGreen Communities

Climate Resilience
CL

Clay Health

Optimizing health through proactive, preventative, and personalized care.

OA

Oasys

AI-powered solutions (details limited).

VO

VO Health

HI

HiCap

NU

NuCicer

ME

Metabolic Psychiatry Labs

ED

EDEN

ON

One bio

Novel prebiotics for fiber gap ($27M Series A, Dec 2024).

How to pitch Better World Ventures
  • Raising at Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, Marketplace, Consumer — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $500K – $2.0M check.
  • cold outreach ok
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Jasmine Rivera, General Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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