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True North Venture Partners

VC
Chicago, ILWebsite

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.

How to approach: warm intro preferred
Stage

Seed, Series A

Check Size

$1.0M – $5.0M

AUM

$700M

Portfolio

109+ companies

Team

4 partners

Investor activity
Investments in last 12 months: 0

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..

Meet the Team

DG

Dev Gavaskar

Partner

Low Carbon Energy Infrastructure
Advanced Fuels and Chemicals
Abundant & Safe Water
MJ

Michael J. Ahearn

Founder & Managing Partner

Low Carbon Energy Infrastructure
Abundant & Safe Water
Advanced Fuels and Chemicals
Waste Harvesting
ES

Erik Scher

Operating Partner

Waste Harvesting
Advanced Fuels and Chemicals
Abundant & Safe Water
MR

Michael Reardon

Partner

Carbon credits
Energy transition
Cleantech

Industry Focus

Invests In

Other
Climate / Energy

Does Not Invest In

Media
Consumer SaaS

Portfolio Companies (109)

Other

CA

Carbon Analytics

Carbon markets
EC

EcoCycle Energy

Energy transition
DE

DeepIntent, Inc.

HA

Happydemics

OT

Otto GmbH & Co. KGaA

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Adobe Experience Platform

CH

CHEQ AI TECHNOLOGIES

LO

Localsensor B.V.

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How to pitch True North Venture Partners
  • 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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