{"id":24867,"date":"2021-06-16T06:15:30","date_gmt":"2021-06-16T06:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rbsitsoftwaresolution.com\/blog\/g2-venture-partners-raises-500-million-to-fund-sustainable-tech.html"},"modified":"2021-06-16T06:15:30","modified_gmt":"2021-06-16T06:15:30","slug":"g2-venture-partners-raises-500-million-to-fund-sustainable-tech","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rbsitsoftwaresolution.in\/blog\/g2-venture-partners-raises-500-million-to-fund-sustainable-tech.html","title":{"rendered":"G2 Venture Partners raises $500 million to fund sustainable tech"},"content":{"rendered":"

G2 Venture Partners, a firm that spun out of Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, has raised $500 million to support entrepreneurs that aim to make existing industries more efficient, environmentally friendly and socially responsible.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

With Fund II, G2 is most bullish about technologies in transportation, logistics, manufacturing, agriculture and energy, with an increasing focus on sustainability, according to a spokesperson for the firm.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe launch of our second fund expands our ability to work with companies that are moving the needle to redefine and revolutionize their respective industries,\u201d said G2VP founding partner David Mount in a statement. \u201cWe will continue to partner with technology companies that are pushing the future of industry forward, driving economic growth with reduced resource intensity.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Investors in the new fund include Shell Ventures, Mitsui Co., Daimler AG, ABB Switzerland Ltd. and The McKnight Foundation, a G2 spokesperson told TechCrunch. John Doerr, famed investor and VC at Kleiner, also personally invested in the fund. <\/span>Doerr invested in G2VP\u2019s initial $350 million fund back in 2018<\/span><\/a>, and he\u2019s known for delivering an <\/span>emotional TED Talk<\/span><\/a> in which he argued for increased investments in clean energy.<\/span><\/p>\n

The team\u2019s interest in sustainability and cleantech goes back to Kleiner. While at Kleiner Perkins, the team led rounds in AVEVA-acquired industrial data management platform OSIsoft and solar energy company Enphase. In 2017, Doerr stepped back in<\/a> to help Enphase with another $10 million alongside T.J. Rodgers.<\/p>\n

G2 would not provide names of portfolio companies for this newest fund yet, but a spokesperson did say Fund II will be investing in a new set of companies. Any follow-on investments in companies from Fund I will be made out of that fund.<\/p>\n

The firm invested in 15 late-stage companies in Fund I and expects to invest in a similar number of companies in Fund II. G2 typically invests $10 million to $50 million in each company. Past portfolio companies include lidar manufacturer Luminar, EV tech company Proterra, computer vision solutions provider Scandit, autonomous robot company Seegrid and agricultural supply chain platform ProducePay, among others.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThis team has consistently shown vision and taken action that is ahead of the curve on many aspects of the digital industrial transition the world is in the midst of,\u201d said Robert Linck, chief investment officer of Shell Ventures, a limited partner in G2\u2019s first and second funds, in a statement. \u201cThe brain trust at this firm will be a significant asset to the new generation of technology leaders and path breakers that is emerging today.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Article source: https:\/\/techcrunch.com\/2021\/06\/15\/g2vp-vc-raises-500-million-to-fund-tech-that-make-industries-more-sustainable\/<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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