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Cerulean Ventures is a $10 million pre-seed venture capital firm that backs founders building asset-light, rapid scaling software companies focused on climate solutions. They specifically target companies applying AI to build exponential solutions for nature and climate change.
Their mission is to bring climate solutions to market quickly while fighting greenwashing and moving the climate economy beyond the green premium. Unlike traditional climate investors who focus on niche markets with green premiums or first-of-a-kind moonshots with decades-long timelines, Cerulean takes a different approach by identifying systemic leverage points where proprietary data, compute, AI scaling, and fintech solutions can rapidly scale.
Cerulean matters in the ecosystem because they focus on transforming large economic sectors that have been resistant to digital transformation, including mining, niche manufacturing, soft tropical commodities, pharma supply chains, and emerging markets of natural capital and biodiversity. They position themselves as addressing the gap in climate investing by targeting systemic change rather than status quo business model disruptions.
Cerulean Ventures invests in founders building asset-light, rapid scaling software companies that apply AI to create exponential climate and nature solutions. They focus on identifying systemic leverage points in sectors resistant to digital transformation, including mining, niche manufacturing, soft tropical commodities, pharma supply chains, and natural capital markets.
The fund operates at the pre-seed stage with a focus on companies that can leverage unique proprietary data, compute and AI scaling, and finance/fintech solutions. They define impact as creating systemic change rather than just disrupting incumbents, avoiding the traditional climate investing pitfalls of niche markets with green premiums or decades-long development timelines.

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AI-Focused Climate Investing
Specialized focus on founders applying AI to build exponential solutions for nature and climate challenges.
Systemic Market Transformation
Targets sectors resistant to digital transformation like mining, manufacturing, and commodity supply chains for maximum impact.
Founder-Led Support
Former tech founders who roll up their sleeves alongside entrepreneurs, practicing hands-on venture capital craft.
Beyond Green Premium
Moves past traditional niche climate markets to create radically new markets that value and protect nature at scale.
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