Activate Capital Partners

Investor type

VC

Founded

2017

AUM

$500 M

Location

San Francisco, California, United States

Investment Ticket

$10-50 m

Investment Stage

Pre-seed Seed

Region of investment

North America
Investor profile last updated: 16 August, 2026

Profile

Activate Capital is a growth-stage venture capital firm investing in the sustainable, resilient transformation of the global economy. Our strategy centers on the belief that large-scale, climate and technology-driven shifts are underway, transforming how we power, produce, and move economic activity. We believe that this sustainability supercycle is contributing to the widespread disruption of global economic systems and represents a generational investment opportunity to rebuild core systems and infrastructure over the coming decades. Activate partners with technology companies at their inflection point, led by exceptional entrepreneurs with ambitions to build category-defining platforms of the future.

Founded in 2017, Activate is led by general partners with over 100 years of combined experience investing and operating in energy and infrastructure technology companies. Over this time, the team has invested more than $1.5 billion into some of the leading companies in their sector: Tesla (TSLA), SolarCity (SCTY), SpaceX, Generate Capital, Stem (STEM), Ping Identity (PING), TPI Composites (TPIC), EnerNOC (ENOC), Capstone Turbine (CPST) and AquaVenture (WAAS). The Firm invests primarily across the US and Europe and is backed by a world-class set of global investors.

Industry

Industrial Transportation Energy CleanTech Internet of Things (IoT) Mobility

Activate Capital Partners Funds

Name Type
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Industry
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Stage
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Region
Size AUM Launch date
Activate Capital Fund I
Venture Capital (VC)
Industrial
Transportation
Energy
CleanTech
Mobility
Pre-seed
Seed
North America
$5-10 m
$200 M
November 2017

Contacts

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Raj Atluru Managing Partner at Activate Capital
Managing Partner at Activate Capital
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Caroline C. Growth Investor at Activate Capital
Growth Investor at Activate Capital
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FAQs about Activate Capital Partners

Activate Capital Partners is a venture capital firm. It backs companies at Pre-seed and Seed, writing tickets of $10-50 m.
Activate Capital Partners is located in San Francisco, California, United States.
Activate Capital Partners was founded in 2017.
Activate Capital Partners invests in companies and startups in Industrial, Transportation, Energy, CleanTech, Internet of Things (IoT), Mobility.
Activate Capital Partners invests in companies and startups in North America.
Activate Capital Partners invests in companies and startups at Pre-seed, Seed.
Activate Capital Partners usually invests $10-50 m on average.
Activate Capital Partners has around $500m assets under management.
Activate Capital Partners last fund was created/launched in 2017-11-15
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