Superorganism Research
Investment Thesis
Superorganism describes itself as the first venture capital firm dedicated to biodiversity. It backs early-stage, technology-driven companies that slow or reverse biodiversity loss, and it argues that nature and economic progress do not have to conflict. Its pitch is that more than half of global GDP (about $58 trillion, per a PwC report it cites) depends moderately or highly on nature, so companies that cut nature risk out of supply chains, food systems and products can grow quickly without waiting for policy mandates. The firm has pledged 10% of its profits to future conservation efforts.
The firm organizes its work into three themes. Extinction Drivers targets the industries most responsible for biodiversity loss (agriculture, circular economy, cities, invasive species, pollution). Climate x Biodiversity targets win-win solutions (adaptation, forests, MRV, oceans, soil, wildfire). Enabling Tech targets breakthroughs that help conservationists (AI, biomanufacturing, genomics, remote sensing, robotics, fintech).
Stage Focus
Superorganism invests at pre-seed and seed. It positions itself as an early partner that wants to be the most helpful investor on the cap table, with a network of mentors across conservation science, product strategy and corporate sustainability available to portfolio founders on demand.
Check Size
Press coverage reports initial checks of roughly $250,000 to $500,000 for pre-seed and seed companies, out of a debut fund of $25.9M.
Lead Tendency
The sources reviewed do not say whether the firm leads rounds. Lead tendency is recorded as unknown.
Recent Activity
- January 2026: closed its $25.9M debut fund. Limited partners include AMB Holdings, Builders Vision, Cisco Foundation, Stray, Understorey Ventures and Wedgetail, plus individuals such as Jeff Jordan, Sven and Kristin Lindblad, and Mark Tercek.
- As of the close, it had deployed into about 20 startups that went on to raise more than $100M in follow-on capital.
- April 2026: profiled by Vox on whether nature can be profitable without being destroyed.
- The fund is still early in its deployment period, so it is treated as actively deploying.
Portfolio Highlights
The firm's site lists 17 companies:
- Aarden: AI decision-making for land buyers
- Amini: environmental data for Africa
- Array Labs
- Bluum Bio: enzymes that break down pollutants
- Cambium Carbon
- Cecil: data infrastructure for natural capital
- Foray: cell lines from plant species
- Funga: rewilding the fungal microbiome for forests
- Inversa: luxury leather from invasive species
- LGND: infrastructure for geospatial AI
- Planet A Foods
- Rosy Soil: peat-free soil from biochar
- Spoor: AI bird detection at wind farms
- Supercool: fungi-derived proteins that nucleate snow and clouds
- Sway: plastic replacements from seaweed
- Thrive Lot: turns yards into ecosystems
- Ulysses: kilometer-scale seagrass restoration
No exits were found.
Team
- Tom Quigley, Managing Director and co-founder: conservation technologist and startup operator with over a decade at the overlap of tech and nature, including roles at Real Vision and Conservation X Labs.
- Kevin Webb, Managing Director and co-founder: over 15 years of venture and angel investing in marketplaces, hardware and biodiversity, with early investments in Ironclad, Turo and Verkada.
- Annie McCluskey, Senior Associate: background in Barclays power and utilities and the National Geographic endowment.
- Kit McDonnell, Head of Ecosystem: biotech startup operator and advisor.
- Everett Sanderson, Senior Associate: renewable energy banking and climate VC strategy.
The firm also lists a long bench of mentors, including leaders from Turo, Pachama, Colossal, Ironclad, Substack, Fauna Bio and the Nature Conservancy.
Decision Process
The firm is run by two managing directors who are co-founders. No formal committee process is published, so the process is recorded as a partnership.
Founder Preferences
The firm wants founders with wild ambition who can imagine an abundant future for humans and nature, and who are building commercial companies whose growth reduces extinction drivers or enables conservation.
Geographic Focus
The firm is based in New York. The portfolio is international, with companies working on data for Africa, seagrass restoration and global supply chains, and no geographic limit is stated.