Gigascale Capital

Gigascale Capital is a venture capital firm established in 2023, headquartered in Palo Alto, California. The firm is dedicated to investing in deep technology solutions that address climate change, focusing on sectors critical for climate impact. They back early-stage companies that are rebuilding the physical economy with solutions that are designed to be more efficient, productive, and less polluting at scale. Gigascale Capital's investment thesis emphasizes the development of economically viable and efficient clean technologies, particularly in areas where traditional methods have faced stagnation.

The firm was co-founded in 2023 by Mike Schroepfer, former CTO of Meta, alongside Victoria Beasley and Evaline Tsai. Their mission is to leverage their collective experience as founders, operators, and investors to identify and scale the next generation of climate tech companies. Gigascale Capital provides patient capital and operational expertise, actively partnering with founders to navigate the complex journey from R&D to commercial scale. They aim to support entrepreneurs in sectors such as renewable energy, market-driven carbon removal, and the reinvention of resource-intensive industries.

Gigascale Capital has made numerous investments, with a portfolio that includes companies like Cocoon (raw materials), Rhoda AI (hardware), Vor Systems (business/productivity software for renewable energy transactions), Alva Energy (energy services), Form Energy (iron-air energy storage), CFS (tokamak nuclear fusion reactors), Xcimer (laser technology for fusion energy), Terradot (carbon removal), Dioxycle (converting carbon emissions into ethylene), and Arbor (converting organic waste into clean energy). The firm typically invests in companies from pre-seed to Series A stages, primarily in the United States.

The team at Gigascale Capital comprises seasoned professionals with extensive backgrounds in technology, science, and climate industries. They bring hands-on experience in hardware product engineering, development, and commercialization, offering unrivaled ecosystem access and deep expertise to accelerate traction for their portfolio companies. Key team members include Victoria Beasley, Aaron Bernstein, Merrill Feather, Janet Frishberg, Philipp Hoffmann, John Lilly, Haley Prout, Nicolina Quickert, Mike Schroepfer, Evaline Tsai, and Kristen Winzent, many of whom have experience building, operating, and financing physical, early-stage, and R&D-driven companies.