VC Funds Starting with S

THRIVE AgriFood, operated by SVG Ventures, is a premier global investment and innovation platform focusing on agtech and foodtech startups. Since its inception in 2010, THRIVE has built a robust portfolio of over 80 investments, including notable companies like Tortuga Agtech, Farmwise, and MilkMoovement. The firm is recognized as the most active AgTech investor globally, providing not just capital but also comprehensive support through its accelerator programs and strategic partnerships with leading corporations like Land O’Lakes, Bayer, and Shell. Based in Silicon Valley, THRIVE collaborates with a vast network of over 10,000 startups from 100 countries. Their investment strategy spans from Seed to Series A rounds, focusing on sustainable and innovative technologies that address critical challenges in the food and agriculture sectors. The firm also runs various programs and challenges to identify and support high-potential startups globally​. For startups, THRIVE offers extensive resources, including mentorship, market access, and corporate partnerships, designed to accelerate growth and drive impactful innovation. Their comprehensive approach ensures that startups are well-equipped to scale and succeed in the competitive agtech and foodtech landscapes.

SWaN & Legend Venture Partners is a US-based, consumer-focused venture capital fund manager headquartered in Leesburg, Virginia. It was formed in 2012 through the combination of SWaN Investors, created by the management team who founded and scaled N.E.W. Customer Service Companies, later part of Asurion, and Legend Ventures, an early-stage venture firm. The firm invests in multi-stage opportunities across the consumer sector, targeting exceptional management teams positioned to capitalize on shifts in consumer behavior. It typically takes initial non-controlling minority stakes and applies a hands-on playbook of post-investment value creation through mentorship and operating support, with partners frequently taking advisory and board roles. Core verticals include consumer brands, content and media, digital commerce and e-commerce, education technology, food and hospitality, retail services and technology, and wellness. With roughly $300M in assets under management, SWaN has backed about 38 companies and seen 4 IPOs and 7 acquisitions. Notable names include CAVA, which IPO'd on NASDAQ in June 2023, surpassed a $9 billion market cap by mid-2024 and received the firm's 'Legendary SWaN Award'; Optoro, acquired by Blue Yonder in August 2025; Airbnb; and Square. The firm is led by co-founder and Partner Anthony 'Tony' Nader alongside Partners Nick Gillette and Aaron Pollock. By combining operating heritage from scaling a major consumer-services business with patient, multi-stage capital, SWaN & Legend backs founders riding long-term shifts in how consumers spend, eat and engage.

Swanlaab Venture Factory is a venture capital firm based in Madrid, Spain, founded in 2014 with roots in both Spain and Israel, spanning Madrid and Tel Aviv. Registered with the CNMV, the firm invests in deep tech, B2B software and agri-food innovation, backing early-stage Spanish startups with strong technological differentiation and global growth potential. It typically acts as a lead investor in late-seed and early Series A rounds, with an investment range up to roughly EUR 3M and a sweet spot around EUR 1M. Beyond capital, Swanlaab positions itself as a hands-on partner offering 'smart capital,' operational support, particularly in B2B sales and go-to-market strategy, and access to a global network through its Spain-Israel connections. The firm runs four funds, including its Tech Fund II and a dedicated Search Funds vehicle, Scipio Swanlaab SF SCR, and has backed more than 30 startups plus over 25 searchers, completing several acquisitions. As of mid-2025 it counted around 63 portfolio investments, with recent 2025 activity including leading KOA Biotech's EUR 2M round in February 2025, Pack2earth's $1.86M Series A, and a Series A in flowww in March 2025. The firm is led by General Partner Juan Revuelta and Partner Verónica Trapa, who sit on its investment committees across the Tech, Agri-Food and Search funds. By bridging the Spanish and Israeli ecosystems, Swanlaab backs differentiated deep-tech and B2B founders with operational, sales-focused support.

Sway Ventures is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, with additional offices in La Jolla and London. Since its founding in 2008, Sway Ventures has been dedicated to investing in early-stage technology companies that show the potential to lead in their industries. The firm’s focus spans four core sectors: finance, real estate, retail, and supply chain technologies. Sway Ventures often acts as a company’s first investor, writing initial checks at the pre-seed or seed stages. Their support extends well beyond capital—Sway takes an active role in helping startups scale through strategic advice, revenue generation, and talent acquisition. The firm’s value-add services include aiding in channel development, funnel execution, and introducing companies to OEM brands, which accelerates their growth and market penetration. Sway’s portfolio features more than 65 investments, with notable successes like OpenGov, which was acquired by Cox Enterprises at a $1.8 billion valuation in 2024. The firm also had successful exits with companies like Surf Air Mobility and Measurabl. The investment team, led by partners such as Brian Nugent and Lani Nguyen, combines deep entrepreneurial experience with a hands-on approach to mentoring founders. Their network of advisors across sectors such as fintech, proptech, and retail further supports the startups they back, ensuring companies have the resources and guidance to succeed at every stage of growth.

Sweater Ventures, through its flagship Cashmere Fund, aims to democratize venture capital by offering access to private, high-growth companies for both accredited and non-accredited investors. Founded on the belief that VC should be available to everyone, Sweater leverages its app to pool capital from a wide base of retail investors and deploy it into consumer-focused startups. Their investments span industries like consumer goods, health tech, fintech, and SaaS, reflecting their focus on companies that directly impact everyday lives. Sweater operates with an evergreen fund model, meaning the Cashmere Fund continues to grow over time by regularly raising new capital and reinvesting into emerging opportunities. This large portfolio approach ensures diversification, mitigating some risks associated with venture investing. The fund primarily targets early-stage startups, but it also allocates capital to growth-stage secondaries and other venture capital funds as part of a broader strategy. The team at Sweater Ventures actively works to support its portfolio companies, helping them navigate the complex fundraising landscape and scale effectively. Despite tough economic conditions, Sweater's portfolio has shown positive growth, with standout companies like Accredible and others already raising follow-on rounds at higher valuations. Sweater's vision is to create a thriving community where both investors and founders can connect, fostering collaboration and growth. With a $500 minimum investment, Sweater opens doors to venture capital for everyone, reshaping the way people invest in innovation.

Sweet Capital is a private, early-stage venture capital fund founded by the creators of King.com, the company behind the global hit Candy Crush. Following the sale of King to Activision Blizzard for $5.9 billion in 2015, the founders channeled their entrepreneurial expertise into Sweet Capital. This UK-based fund focuses on backing consumer technology companies around the world, with a keen eye on startups that are transforming industries through innovation. Sweet Capital primarily invests its own capital, allowing for a flexible, founder-friendly approach. The fund is particularly focused on sectors like fintech, healthtech, gaming, consumer goods, and AI. Typical investments range from €100k to €1.5 million, with a focus on Seed, Series A, and Series B funding rounds. The firm prides itself on partnering closely with founders, leveraging the team's deep industry experience from companies like Snapchat, Uber, Facebook, and Apple to help startups grow from inception to successful exits. Sweet Capital has built a diverse portfolio of cutting-edge companies, including notable names like Yubo, a social platform for discovering friends globally, and Peanut, a social network connecting women across different life stages. The team behind Sweet Capital remains deeply committed to backing ventures that have the potential to make a significant positive impact on the world, supporting startups that resonate with the consumer technology space.

Sweetwood Ventures is a leading Israeli venture capital fund of funds and the venture arm of Sweetwood Capital, an Israel-based financial firm. Operating from Tel Aviv and Luxembourg, the firm invests through a diversified strategy that combines primary and secondary allocations into top-quartile Israeli venture capital funds with direct co-investments in leading Israeli startups. Its inaugural Luxembourg-incorporated fund of funds closed at $70M and commits capital to and alongside best-in-class Israeli VC managers over a roughly three-year investment period; its flagship series grew to around $140M. The fund is backed predominantly by European institutional investors, family offices and high-net-worth individuals, including a top-tier private Belgian bank and leading family offices in Belgium and Luxembourg. In 2022 Sweetwood launched a separate $20M vehicle, Sweetwood NextGen, led by General Partner Amit Kurz, dedicated to backing 'nano' and emerging Israeli managers, cutting checks of up to $2M into funds of $15M or smaller on the thesis that very small funds tend to outperform; it also matches angel investors' deals to create synthetic micro-funds. Across its three funds the firm has committed to multiple underlying VC funds, secondary positions and direct co-investments such as BlinkOps. It was co-founded by Manuel Sussholz, who serves as Managing Partner, alongside Samuel Cohen Solal and Amit Kurz. By blending fund-of-funds allocations, secondaries and co-investments, Sweetwood Ventures offers international investors diversified access to the Israeli venture ecosystem.

Swell Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm based in New York City, specializing in preseed and seed-stage investments. The firm was founded by Rusty Ralston and Jay Patil, who bring diverse backgrounds and a shared belief that people are the most critical factor in a startup's success. Swell focuses on companies that are not just building products but defining entire markets, particularly in sectors like B2B infrastructure, AI, healthcare, space, and commerce. Swell's unique approach is deeply rooted in their conviction that "you win with people." The firm doesn’t just provide capital; it actively helps portfolio companies build world-class teams by leveraging a vast network of top-tier talent. This hands-on involvement has been instrumental in the success of startups like Crisp, Loft Orbital, and ScienceIO—all of which have achieved significant milestones, from raising substantial funding rounds to successful acquisitions. What sets Swell apart from other VC firms is its commitment to working directly with founders to ensure they have the best teams in place. This focus on talent is coupled with a warm, approachable partnership style, making Swell a trusted ally to its portfolio companies. Despite being outsiders to the traditional VC club, Swell has built a reputation for backing extraordinary entrepreneurs and delivering strong returns for their investors.

Swiftarc Ventures is an American early- and growth-stage venture capital firm founded in 2019 by Sid Jawahar, headquartered in New York City with an additional office in Miami, Florida. The firm focuses on the next generation of consumer and consumer-health disruptors, with an emphasis on consumer technology, enterprise telehealth, beauty and wellness, and food sustainability, typically investing as a co-investor. It operates through several distinct vehicles: a roughly $25M Swiftarc Ventures Labs Fund for early-stage consumer technology; the Swiftarc Telehealth Fund, launched in January 2022 with a $75M capacity and billed as the first telehealth-focused venture fund, targeting innovation in obesity, mental and behavioral health and pediatric care driven by US healthcare-delivery legislation; and a $10M Swiftarc Beauty Fund launched in August 2021 to back female-led beauty and wellness brands. Typical check sizes range from $100K to $10M with a sweet spot around $1M. The firm has made a small number of investments, roughly seven, with notable names including Intellihealth, R-Zero, Artiphon, FlyteHealth and Pause. For transparency, founder Sid Jawahar was the subject of a 2022 Texas State Securities Board cease-and-desist and adviser-registration revocation for overvaluing a fund position, and in December 2023 was indicted in the US District Court in St. Louis on three counts of wire fraud and one count of investment adviser fraud, with an arrest in Miami in January 2024. The firm's stated focus remains consumer and consumer-health innovation across its themed funds.

Swisscom Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Swisscom AG, the leading telecom and ICT provider in Switzerland, established in 2007 by Dominique Mégret. Operating from offices in Zurich, Bern and Lausanne plus a Silicon Valley outpost, it advises investment funds for Swisscom and institutional investors, taking minority stakes in Swiss and international startups and acting as a lead investor. The firm invests in roughly 8 to 10 new companies each year for a total volume of $50 to 100M annually, with initial ticket sizes from $2M to $10M plus reserves for follow-on rounds and a sweet spot from Seed to Series C. It focuses on sectors of domain expertise, telco and IT cloud, deep tech, cybersecurity, fintech, and big data and AI-driven business models, and frequently backs Swiss university spin-offs, offering portfolio companies access to Swisscom's technical infrastructure and market channels alongside capital. Around 50% of its capital goes to the Swiss ecosystem, with the remainder deployed across North America, Europe and Israel. Since inception it has backed more than 80 technology companies and achieved roughly 40 exits, including 4 unicorns, 2 IPOs and 28 acquisitions, with notable names such as Scandit, Beekeeper, Aircall, Fireblocks, ANYbotics, Flyability and Ecorobotix. Following Mégret's 2024 departure, the firm is now led by joint Managing Partners Stefan Kuentz, Alexander Schläpfer and Pär Lange. Swisscom Ventures pairs deep telecom and deep-tech expertise with the strategic resources of Switzerland's leading ICT provider.

Switch Ventures, founded by Paul Arnold in 2014, is a venture capital firm based in San Francisco, California. The firm focuses on early-stage investments, aiming to back talented founders who diverge from conventional paths to create impactful startups. Switch Ventures has a strong commitment to diversity, with 70% of its portfolio companies founded by women or people of color. The firm has made 67 investments and achieved 10 notable exits, including companies like The Athletic, Mode Analytics, and Policygenius. Switch Ventures' diverse portfolio includes startups across various sectors such as fintech, health tech, and enterprise software. Notable investments include Pluto, Gridwise, and Turtle Health. Switch Ventures emphasizes building a strong community of founders and providing them with the support necessary to secure follow-on funding and achieve substantial growth. The firm is known for its founder-friendly approach and deep involvement in the startups it backs​.

SWS Venture Capital, founded by Steve Streit, the entrepreneur behind Green Dot, focuses on early-stage investments in consumer products and technology sectors. Established in 2018, SWS VC leverages Streit’s extensive experience in fintech and disruptive technologies, backing ambitious founders who are reshaping industries. The firm offers both active and passive investment models: in its active role, SWS partners with startups, providing not only capital but also strategic and operational guidance. As a passive investor, SWS co-invests alongside other leading venture capital firms, where it can add value through its domain expertise. SWS’s portfolio includes innovative companies like Greenlight, a financial platform for families, Gusto, a payroll and benefits platform, and Paloma Health, a telemedicine platform specializing in thyroid care. The firm’s investment strategy often centers on identifying and nurturing businesses that have the potential to scale significantly, with typical investment sizes ranging from early seed rounds to later stages through specialized SPVs. With headquarters in Los Angeles, SWS Venture Capital remains committed to driving disruption across multiple industries by supporting visionary founders with a focus on long-term growth and impactful exits.

SYD Ventures is a Sydney, Australia-based early-stage investment company founded in 2012 by serial entrepreneur Andrey Shirben. Distinct from a conventional venture fund, it describes itself as 'a startup company that just happens to invest in other startups,' prioritizing passionate, innovative teams and offering hands-on mentorship and strategic guidance alongside capital. The firm invests primarily at the pre-seed and seed stages, with a philosophy of backing 'people rather than ideas' and emphasizing interdisciplinary diversification, proactive investments and long-term partnerships in which it can be personally involved in building and scaling each venture. Check sizes typically range from $100K to $2M, and the firm generally participates as a co-investor. Although approached with hundreds of pitches each year, SYD Ventures invests in only a handful of teams meeting its stringent criteria, and its portfolio of roughly 21 companies spans Australia, Israel and the United States across sectors including enterprise software, fintech, space tech, consumer and food and agriculture technology. Its track record includes 2 IPOs and 4 acquisitions, with notable names such as Seebo, an IoT digital-twin platform acquired by Augury in May 2022; OpenLearning and Jayride, both ASX-listed; and FarmBot. The team includes founder Andrey Shirben and Gilad Grinbaum. By operating as an entrepreneurial, highly selective investor that embeds itself in each company, SYD Ventures backs a small, global portfolio of early-stage technology founders.

Symantec Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Symantec, launched in 2017 under then-CEO Greg Clark and based in Mountain View, California. Its mandate is to back cybersecurity startups and accelerate the delivery of core innovation to the security marketplace, with a focus on cybersecurity and adjacent technology areas including machine learning, advanced analytics and threat research, typically as a strategic co-investor. Distinct from a purely cash-based investor, the venture arm often contributes Symantec's technology assets and proprietary data in exchange for equity, helping startups reduce expenses and accelerate time to market through access to Symantec's Cyber Defense Platform for enterprises and Digital Safety Platform for consumers, along with AI expertise, go-to-market resources and use of its civilian threat-intelligence network. A representative deal was its 2018 backing of CyberCube Analytics, a cyber-insurance risk-modeling startup built on Symantec technology and augmented with an exclusive telemetry data license. Across its activity the firm has made roughly 22 investments in companies such as CyberCube, Vercara, DNS Made Easy, Ambit and Credit Sesame, with its latest tracked investment being Vercara in September 2024; Vercara was subsequently acquired by DigiCert. Symantec's enterprise security business was acquired by Broadcom for $10.7 billion in 2019, and the Symantec brand now operates as a division of Broadcom. By pairing capital with proprietary security technology and data, Symantec Ventures supported the next generation of cybersecurity innovators.

Symmetrical Ventures is a privately-held venture capital firm founded in late 2015 and based in New York City. It was created with the vision of partnering with creative innovators looking to transform traditional business models through disruptive technology, and combines investment capital with deep industry expertise and senior leadership relationships. The firm invests primarily at the early stage, typically Series A in US-based startups, with an inclination toward pre-revenue businesses that have a clear go-to-market strategy. It shows a strong preference for companies with elements of social good whose founders are driven by the positive difference their product can make, and its focus sectors are financial services, e-commerce, digital media, entertainment and direct-to-consumer businesses. Since inception the firm has averaged roughly one investment per month, deploying capital both as direct investments in startups and as limited-partnership stakes in venture capital funds, generally as a co-investor. It reports roughly $6.5M invested over five years generating an IRR of around 30%. Its portfolio of around 11 companies includes identity-decisioning unicorn Alloy, True Link Financial, FinTech Studios and redIQ, a real-estate analytics company acquired by Radix in 2024. Symmetrical Ventures is led by Managing Member and Co-Founder Paul Audet, a corporate M&A veteran who directed over 25 transactions worth $50 billion across two bank holding companies, alongside Principal Lloyd Lapidus, Venture Partner Adi Levanon and Paul Audet Jr. The firm backs mission-driven founders reshaping finance, commerce and media.

Synchrony Ventures is the corporate venture capital arm of Synchrony Financial, the US consumer-finance and payments company, founded in 2017 and based in San Francisco, California. It makes direct, strategic early-stage investments in companies across financial services, commerce and healthcare, looking for technologies and teams that help Synchrony better serve its customers and accelerate its pace of innovation, typically as a strategic co-investor. The firm offers portfolio companies the power of Synchrony's ecosystem, more than 70 million consumers and over 300,000 partners, to help startups scale new products and services. Within financial services it backs platforms serving consumers, small businesses and large enterprises with tailored, scalable products; in commerce it invests in next-generation platforms that engage and delight customers; and in health and wellness it backs entrepreneurs improving the care journey, with a focus on healthcare financing and payments. Synchrony Ventures invests across seed, early-stage and later-stage rounds, with a geographic focus on the United States. It has made roughly 25 investments, including identity company Prove, embedded-checkout startup Skipify, blockchain-identity infrastructure firm Magic, and rewards and data platform Drop. The unit is led by Head of Synchrony Ventures Kelly Shaw, a former Vestigo Ventures partner and co-founder of AlmaPact and Clasp, alongside investor George Kitsios. By pairing capital with access to Synchrony's vast consumer and partner network, Synchrony Ventures backs founders building the future of financing, commerce and healthcare payments.

Syncom Venture Partners, originally founded as Syndicated Communications Inc. (SYNCOM) in February 1977, is one of the oldest and most prominent minority-focused venture capital firms in the United States, headquartered in Silver Spring, Maryland. It was created with a mission to diversify the ownership of media in the US and has focused for more than four decades on early- to mid-stage investments in underserved urban segments of the media and communications industry, more recently extending into digital media, mobile technology and web-based services. The firm has managed roughly $400 to 410 million of private equity capital across multiple funds, including Syndicated Communications Venture Partners V LP, with a targeted investment range of about $5 million to $15 million along the growth-stage continuum, and it acts as a lead investor. Over its history Syncom has invested in more than 150 companies with aggregate market value exceeding $10 billion, and played an integral role in establishing some of the most successful African-American- and Hispanic-owned media and communications businesses, including BET, Radio One, TV One, XM Satellite Radio, Z Spanish Radio Network, Buenavision Cable and Iridium Satellite. The firm is led by Managing Partner and owner Terry L. Jones, a venture investor with over three decades of experience and participation in more than 125 investments; its first president and CEO, the late minority-VC pioneer Herbert P. Wilkins Sr., remained a longtime adviser. With a pioneering legacy in media ownership diversity, Syncom continues to back growth-stage media and communications companies.

Synergy Ventures is a Menlo Park, California-based venture capital firm active in medical technology and venture capital since 1996, specializing in seed and early-stage investment in the medical device, medical technology, healthcare and biotechnology sectors. The firm seeks US medical device startups that can demonstrate clinical efficacy early and that have strong potential for strategic partnership and acquisition, typically writing initial checks of $250K to $1M alongside hands-on strategic guidance, usually as a co-investor. A distinctive feature is its affiliated consulting company, Synergy Partners International, which develops investment, distribution and strategic partnering relationships between US medical technology companies and Japanese corporate and financial clients, giving portfolio companies access to Japan and Pacific Rim partnerships and acquisition opportunities. Across its Synergy Ventures funds and Synergy Partners International, the firm reports participating in over $1 billion in equity and other financial transactions involving more than 70 private US medical technology companies. Its portfolio has produced multiple IPOs and acquisitions, including Align Technology, Omnicell and Companion Medical, with notable holdings such as Pulse Biosciences, Ocugen, Endra Life Sciences, Imprimis Pharma, Aqua Metals, ClearSign and Ideal Power. The firm is led by co-founders and managing directors Allan Johnston, Ph.D., formerly head of late-stage medtech private equity at Berkeley International Capital Corporation and a program manager at SRI International, and Robert Okun, M.I.M., a veteran of Japan and Pacific Rim syndication, fundraising and strategic equity arrangements. Synergy Ventures pairs medtech investing with a unique US-Japan partnering platform.

Syngenta Group Ventures is a venture capital arm based in Basel, Switzerland, focusing on innovative agri-food technologies and business models. They aim to transform agriculture by supporting startups that address global challenges such as climate change, food security, and sustainable farming. Notable investments include Sound Agriculture, which develops climate-smart agricultural solutions; Greeneye Technology, an AI-driven precision spraying system; and BioPhero, which creates sustainable biological alternatives to chemical pesticides. The fund primarily invests in early to late-stage companies across diverse geographies, with significant activity in North America, Europe, and Asia. Syngenta Group Ventures typically takes minority equity stakes and often co-invests with other venture and corporate funds. Their strategy revolves around identifying and nurturing groundbreaking innovations that improve farming economics and productivity. The average check size varies, but they actively lead rounds, particularly in Series B and beyond. Entrepreneurs are encouraged to approach them with scalable solutions that align with their mission of sustainable and profitable agriculture. The leadership team, including Managing Directors Michael Lee and Shubhang Shankar, brings extensive expertise in venture capital, technical sciences, and agribusiness. Syngenta Group Ventures stands out for its deep industry knowledge and commitment to leveraging technology for a better agricultural future.

Systema Nova is a London-based venture capital firm investing in early-stage AI and deep-tech startups, with a particular focus on climate, fintech and healthtech. Registered at 100 Cannon Street, London, the firm is authorised and regulated by the UK Financial Conduct Authority. It backs companies at the pre-seed and seed stages, writing typical cheques in the range of roughly EUR 100k to EUR 1.5M, generally as a co-investor. Systema Nova emphasises a hands-on model that provides growth acceleration through a network of go-to-market experts and strategic support to help founders enter and scale in new markets. Its investment areas span healthtech, deeptech, artificial intelligence and sustainability. Portfolio companies include Solence, a healthcare venture that has raised about $2.1M; HyveGeo, which develops microalgae-based solutions for carbon removal and sustainable agriculture; and Diesta, a payments and reconciliation platform for the insurance industry that has raised about $5.85M alongside co-investors such as Restive Ventures, SixThirty, Westerly and Antler. The firm is led by founder and CEO Stephane Mardel and General Partner Farid Haque. It is a distinct entity from Sistema Venture Capital, the Moscow-based corporate venture arm of Sistema. By combining FCA-regulated structure, early-stage focus and operational go-to-market support, Systema Nova backs founders building AI and deep-tech solutions for climate, financial-services and healthcare challenges across Europe.

Systemiq Capital is a London-based venture capital firm focused on accelerating the transition to a sustainable, net-zero economy by investing in climate tech startups. Launched in 2018 as the investment arm of Systemiq, the firm targets early-stage companies from late seed to Series A/B funding, concentrating on sectors like sustainable food and materials, clean transportation, climate intelligence, and climate restoration. Led by industry leaders like Paul Polman and Jeremy Oppenheim, Systemiq Capital goes beyond traditional venture funding by connecting startups with a global ecosystem of corporate leaders, policymakers, and climate experts. This support helps portfolio companies navigate complex regulatory environments and scale more effectively. Their portfolio includes companies like ZeroAvia, which pioneers hydrogen-powered aviation, and Nature Metrics, which developed the world’s largest environmental DNA database to monitor biodiversity impacts. With the launch of their second fund, Systemiq Capital has secured $70 million of its $200 million target to further back climate innovators. The firm seeks to drive systemic change by supporting startups that can deliver substantial environmental impact while also generating strong financial returns.