Minerva Ventures

Minerva Ventures LLC is a strategic advisory firm dedicated to guiding businesses, climate tech innovators, and municipal/government agencies toward a more sustainable and resilient future. The firm provides resources, connections, strategies, and coaching to help clients address climate risks, identify new opportunities, and update their strategic direction in response to a changing climate. They work with a diverse range of clients, including clean technology innovators, established businesses, non-profit organizations, public agencies, and community leaders, to navigate environmental challenges and foster systemic change.

Founded in 2016, Minerva Ventures is led by Marianna Grossman, its Founder and Managing Partner. The firm operates with a vision of a human society flourishing in partnership with the planet's living systems, emphasizing human ingenuity and integrity to rethink old approaches and unleash innovation. Their mission is to help enterprises succeed and thrive while supporting their industries, customers, communities, and ecosystems. The firm's values include integrity, accountability, insight, inspiration, innovation, creativity, caring, connection, and a focus on results, celebrating diversity and social justice.

While primarily an advisory firm, Minerva Ventures also engages in direct investment activities. PitchBook identifies Minerva Ventures as a provider of environmental services that also acts as a strategic acquirer and corporation, having made several investments. Tracxn further indicates that Minerva Ventures is an active investor, primarily focusing on Seed rounds in India-based companies, with notable investments in sectors such as Logistics, Clothing, Wood Containers and Packaging, Food Products, IT Services, Retail Chains, and Waste & Water Management.

The team at Minerva Ventures, including Marianna Grossman and Senior Consultant Dinyah Rein, brings expertise in climate risk, adaptation, and resilience. Marianna Grossman, with a background in leading Sustainable Silicon Valley and corporate roles, specializes in fostering collaboration across sectors to implement solutions that enhance sustainability and build resilience. The firm's thought leadership initiatives further catalyze awareness and knowledge of climate change risks and solutions among business, government, and community leaders through dynamic presentations, events, case studies, reports, and guides.