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Piva Capital

VC
San Francisco, CAWebsite

Piva Capital is a Seed, Pre-Seed venture capital firm based in San Francisco, CA investing in Other, Enterprise. The firm typically writes $500K–$3.0M checks and has 21 portfolio companies in our records.

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed, Pre-Seed

Check Size

$500K – $3.0M

AUM

$250M

Portfolio

21+ companies

Team

13 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

Investment Thesis

Focused on supporting deep-tech and digital innovation in industrial automation, energy, and advanced manufacturing.

How Piva Capital invests

Piva Capital is a vc firm based in San Francisco, CA. The firm invests at the Seed, Pre-Seed stages, with a focus on Other, Enterprise. It does not invest in Consumer, Crypto.

Piva Capital typically writes checks of $500K–$3.0M per investment, backed by approximately $250M in assets under management.

Piva Capital has backed 21 companies in our records, including Ambyint, Optimized Thermal Systems, Alloy Enterprises.

Meet the Team

MG

Mark Gudiksen

Managing Partner

AL

Adam Lasics

Director of Strategy and Operations

strategy
operations
firm building
investment process excellence
DA

Divina Agellon

Executive Assistant

MB

Maria Buitron

Principal

business development
energy storage
international markets
product-market expansion
RB

Roxanne Baine

Principal

RA

Ricardo Angel, PhD

CEO & Managing Partner

industrial technologies
energy
breakthrough technologies
energy transition
BC

Bennett Cohen

Partner

energy ventures
clean energy
innovation in sustainability
ID

Issam Dairanieh, PhD

Venture Partner

waste-to-value
circular economy
renewables
energy & industrial emerging tech
RS

Robert Siegel

Venture Partner

strategy & governance
physical-digital business models
entrepreneurship & innovation
SF

Steve Foster

Venture Partner

energy technology
private equity / venture capital
technology commercialization
AA

Adzmel Adznan

Co-Founder

industrial energy sector
technical & commercial experience
operational leadership
MG

Mark Gudiksen, PhD

Managing Partner

technology
company building
energy transition
new materials
industrial impact
LR

Lisa Read Blanco

Partner & General Counsel

legal counsel in VC
deal structuring
corporate governance

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Enterprise

Does Not Invest In

Consumer
Crypto

Portfolio Companies (21)

Other

AM

Ambyint

Industrial Automation
OP

Optimized Thermal Systems

Manufacturing Tech
AL

Alloy Enterprises

BO

Boston Metal

IN

INERATEC

KO

Koloma

LU

Lunar Energy

MA

Malta, Inc.

ME

Menlo Micro

NO

Novastus

How to pitch Piva Capital
  • Raising at Seed, Pre-Seed? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
  • Lead with your fit in Other, Enterprise — the sectors they actively back.
  • Size your ask to their typical $500K – $3.0M check.
  • warm intro preferred
  • Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Mark Gudiksen, Managing Partner.
  • A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.

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