Prithvi Ventures

Prithvi Ventures is a New York City-based climate-tech venture capital firm founded in 2020. The name Prithvi — meaning 'earth' in Sanskrit — signals the firm's mission: invest in early-stage, ambitious startups that fight climate change by driving measurable global reductions in greenhouse gas emissions. The firm's investment philosophy is to back 'boring problems with interesting solutions,' taking a deliberately monopolistic view of climate-solution market structure — preferring companies that can durably own a segment of the climate-tech stack rather than competing in crowded consumer plays. Co-founder Vivek Soni and General Partner Kunal Sethi lead the firm, which places explicit emphasis on diversity: roughly one-third of the portfolio is led by underrepresented founders, a share Fund II is designed to at least double. Fund II targets $50 million in commitments dedicated to seed-stage climate tech; the firm's total book value across 36 startups is approximately $52.3 million per Axios reporting. Prithvi has made 46 disclosed investments across cleantech, energy, food technology, agtech, SaaS, and hardware and robotics. Named portfolio companies include dClimate (decentralized climate data network), De Novo Foodlabs (alternative food technology), and Cyclops (most recent disclosed investment, February 2025). The portfolio spans environmental services, business productivity software, and food products. Prithvi's approach is systematic rather than thematic: the firm evaluates each company against quantified emissions-reduction potential and addressable market size before making an investment decision. This rigor, combined with an active LP and advisory network of climate operators and angels, allows Prithvi to provide portfolio companies with both technical credibility and access to the corporate sustainability buyers and policymakers who are most consequential for climate-tech commercial outcomes.