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Pangaea Ventures — Seed & Series A VC Firm

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Pangaea Ventures is a Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed venture capital firm investing in AI / ML, Climate / Energy, Healthcare. The firm has 20 portfolio companies in our records.

Portfolio
20 companies on record
Partners
2 listed
AUM
$1B
Stage
Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed
Sectors
AI / ML, Climate / Energy, Healthcare, Food / AgTech, Consumer, Developer Tools
Check size
Not in our records

Last verified: 2026-10-26

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed

AUM

$1.0B

Portfolio

20+ companies

Team

2 partners

Investment Thesis

Specialist venture firm focused on materials, chemistry, and biology innovations. Strong fit for startups turning scientific breakthroughs into commercially relevant materials infrastructure.

How Pangaea Ventures invests

Pangaea Ventures is a vc firm. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed stages, with a focus on AI / ML, Climate / Energy, Healthcare, Food / AgTech, Consumer.

Pangaea Ventures manages approximately $1B in assets. Our records include 9 funds raised by the firm.

Pangaea Ventures has backed 20 companies in our records, including Ardent, Aspect Biosystems, Calysta.

Partners & Team

SA

Sarah Applebaum

Partner

MB

Mitchell Ballentine

Marketing Lead

Industry Focus

Invests In

AI / ML
Climate / Energy
Healthcare
Food / AgTech
Consumer
Developer Tools

Funds

Pangaea Ventures Fund IX

$200M2023
investing

Pangaea Ventures Fund VIII

$200M2021
closed

Pangaea Ventures Fund VII

$200M2018
closed

Pangaea Ventures Fund VI

$200M2015
closed

Pangaea Ventures Fund V

$200M2012
closed

Pangaea Ventures Fund IV

$200M2009
closed

Pangaea Ventures Fund III

$200M2006
closed

Pangaea Ventures Fund II

$200M2003
closed

Pangaea Ventures Fund I

$200M2000
closed

Recent Activity

Raised Pangaea Ventures Fund IX ($200M)

2023 · fund records

Raised Pangaea Ventures Fund VIII ($200M)

2021 · fund records

Raised Pangaea Ventures Fund VII ($200M)

2018 · fund records

Raised Pangaea Ventures Fund VI ($200M)

2015 · fund records

Raised Pangaea Ventures Fund V ($200M)

2012 · fund records

Raised Pangaea Ventures Fund IV ($200M)

2009 · fund records

Raised Pangaea Ventures Fund III ($200M)

2006 · fund records

Raised Pangaea Ventures Fund II ($200M)

2003 · fund records

Portfolio Companies (20)

Other

AR

Ardent

Climate / sustainable systems·Not stated

Advanced membrane solutions company focused on scalable carbon capture for cement, steel, and petrochemicals.

AS

Aspect Biosystems

Human health / bioengineering·Not stated

Bioprinting company developing engineered tissue therapeutics and regenerative medicine platforms.

CA

Calysta

Climate / sustainable food systems·Not stated

Cellular agriculture company producing sustainable protein through fermentation.

CA

CarbonCure

Climate / sustainable systems·Not stated

Carbon utilization company that injects captured CO₂ into concrete to reduce emissions.

CH

ChEmpower

Semiconductors / advanced manufacturing·Not stated

Semiconductor materials company replacing abrasive CMP slurries with reactive pad technology.

DI

Dioseve

Human health / bioengineering·Not stated

Biotechnology company building iPS cell-based reproductive medicine platforms.

GR

Green Theme Technologies

Climate / sustainable materials·Not stated

Sustainable textiles/materials company developing PFAS-free performance coatings.

HI

Hinalea

Semiconductors / advanced manufacturing; applied imaging·Not stated

Hyperspectral imaging company for food safety, diagnostics, and precision agriculture.

KA

KANVAS

Not stated·Not stated

Portfolio company listed by Pangaea; the portfolio page confirms the investment but does not provide a descriptive snippet in the result returned here.

ME

Membrion

Climate / sustainable systems·Not stated

Electro-ceramic desalination company for industrial wastewater treatment and resource recovery.

How to pitch Pangaea Ventures
  • •Raising at Seed, Series A, Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • •Lead with your fit in AI / ML, Climate / Energy, Healthcare — the sectors they actively back.
  • •warm intro preferred
  • •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Sarah Applebaum, Partner.
  • •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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