True North Venture Partners — Seed & Series A VC Firm ($1.0M–$5.0M Checks)
True North Venture Partners is a Seed, Series A venture capital firm based in Chicago, IL investing in Other, Climate / Energy. The firm typically writes $1.0M–$5.0M checks and has 109 portfolio companies in our records.
- Check size
- $1.0M–$5.0M
- Portfolio
- 109 companies on record
- Partners
- 4 listed
- AUM
- $700M
- Stage
- Seed, Series A
- Sectors
- Other, Climate / Energy
- HQ
- Chicago, IL
Last verified: 2026-06-14
Seed, Series A
$1.0M – $5.0M
$700M
109+ companies
4 partners
Investment Thesis
Invests in transformative and high-growth startups in cleantech, energy transition, and scalable carbon markets solutions.
How True North Venture Partners invests
True North Venture Partners is a vc firm based in Chicago, IL. The firm invests at the Seed, Series A stages, with a focus on Other, Climate / Energy. It does not invest in Media, Consumer SaaS.
True North Venture Partners typically writes checks of $1.0M–$5.0M per investment, backed by approximately $700M in assets under management.
True North Venture Partners has backed 109 companies in our records, including Carbon Analytics, EcoCycle Energy, DeepIntent, Inc..
Partners & Team
Michael Reardon
Partner
Industry Focus
Invests In
Does Not Invest In
Portfolio Companies (109)
Other
Carbon Analytics
EcoCycle Energy
DeepIntent, Inc.
Happydemics
Otto GmbH & Co. KGaA
Adobe Audience Manager
Adobe Experience Platform
CHEQ AI TECHNOLOGIES
Localsensor B.V.
Adnami Aps
- •Raising at Seed, Series A? You're squarely in their sweet spot.
- •Lead with your fit in Other, Climate / Energy — the sectors they actively back.
- •Size your ask to their typical $1.0M – $5.0M check.
- •warm intro preferred
- •Address your outreach to a specific partner, such as Dev Gavaskar, Partner.
- •A warm introduction beats a cold email. Get matched and request an intro.
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