29 VC firms investing in hr tech & future of work and climate & clean energy, ranked by portfolio depth and activity.
F4 Fund tracks 29 VC firms that actively invest in hr tech & future of work + climate & clean energy, with check sizes ranging from $5K – $15M (median: $1.5M – $1.5M). As of June 2026, and 93% lead or co-lead rounds. Rankings are based on F4's proprietary analysis of 1,358+ researched VC firms, scored by data completeness, portfolio depth, investment recency, and stage alignment.
| # | Firm | Check Size | Portfolio | Leads? | Activity | Decision | Intro |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ▶ Tola Capital Every industry will be transformed by software. Tola practices hypothesis-based investing targeting the 'enterprise scaffolding' of AI — domain-specific models, AI/ML tooling, AI SaaS applications, AI governance, and AI security — rather than foundational AI infrastructure. They back companies driving long-term, transformational change in large markets. Seattle | $1M – $15M | 52 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 2 | ▶ Delight Ventures By entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs — backing bold founders creating societal value through AI-native vertical software, momentum-driven market shifts, and Japanese founders scaling to the US. Operates both as a direct investor and as a venture builder co-creating startups from scratch. Tokyo | $67K – $670K | 50 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 3 | ▶ Avalanche VC Market avalanches—invisible but compounding structural shifts driven by demographic and technological change. Invest in technologies transforming how people learn, earn, and own. New York | $100K – $300K | 32 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 4 | ▶ MS&AD Ventures MS&AD Ventures partners with visionary entrepreneurs to create innovative solutions across insurance, financial services, healthcare, and sustainability. Backed by the 5th largest global insurance conglomerate, they bring capital plus global distribution across 47 countries. They move fast (2-week decisions), focus on partnerships over ownership, and help companies scale internationally. Menlo Park | $500K – $5M | 57 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 5 | ▶ EPIC Ventures EPIC Ventures backs early-stage technology companies building in the information economy, with a focus on enterprise SaaS, healthcare technology, cybersecurity, and future of work. The firm believes the best way to build lasting companies is through genuine partnership with founders — providing capital, strategic guidance, operational expertise, and deep network access. Founded in 1994, EPIC helped build the Utah tech ecosystem and continues to be the foundational VC of the Mountain West. Salt Lake City, UT | $500K – $5M | 70 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 6 | ▶ Knoll Ventures Back outlier B2B founders who see around corners and intimately understand customer pain points, investing at the pre-Series A stage to bridge the gap between seed and Series A — especially in underserved non-coastal markets like the Southeast US. Atlanta | $500K – $3M | 37 | Both | Active | — | Open |
| 7 | ▶ Vamos Ventures Invest in visionary founders from Latinx and diverse backgrounds building disruptive tech solutions. Capitalize on demographic trends and founder quality in systematically underestimated segments. Create alpha through early-mover advantage in overlooked founder networks. Los Angeles | $500K – $2.5M | 18 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 8 | ▶ f7 Ventures We identify exceptional operators with proven track records at scale (ex-Facebook, Google, Stripe) and catalyze their transition into founders. Periods of rapid societal behavior change spur dramatic innovation. We invest in the future of work and consumer utility, providing not just capital but operational expertise, network access, and proven playbooks from building at Facebook/Meta scale. San Francisco | $500K – $5M | 46 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 9 | ▶ Collab Capital Founders closest to the problem—particularly those from historically overlooked communities—are best positioned to solve it. We invest at the intersection of innovation and inclusion in the building blocks of shared prosperity: economic mobility, healthcare access, and community infrastructure. Perspective and proximity are power. Atlanta | $500K – $2M | 41 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 10 | ▶ Mercury Fund Mercury backs disruptive AI and Blockchain-enabled startups outside Silicon Valley, with a focus on capital-efficient founders in the Central US reimagining core industries including fintech, enterprise software, healthcare, energy, manufacturing, and logistics through their five investment themes: Work, Build, Journeys, Data, and Power. Houston | $100K – $5M | 51 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 11 | ▶ GingerBread Capital Close the funding gap for women-led ventures at early and growth stages. Investing in women is an economic opportunity, good for business, and the right thing to do. Build a portfolio of diverse founders and industries. Menlo Park | $250K – $5M | 38 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Req'd |
| 12 | ▶ Manta Ray Back mission-driven founders addressing significant global challenges through leading-edge technology. Provide flexible and patient capital, leveraging our time, resources, and networks to support portfolio company success. Focus on founders with authentic social and environmental missions alongside commercial viability. London | $250K – $3M | 55 | Both | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 13 | ▶ HI Ventures Back Latin American founders with global ambitions who use technology and AI to solve hard, inefficient markets in fintech, commerce, human capital, health, smart cities, and related large regional opportunities. Mexico City | $1M – $5M | 31 | Leads | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 14 | ▶ Syndicate One Belgium-first network-driven VC backing the most ambitious Belgian-founded tech startups at Pre-Seed and Seed. Pools capital, expertise, and network from 120+ founders, operators, and investors to help early-stage Belgian companies scale globally. Brussels, Belgium | $250K – $1.5M | 24 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 15 | ▶ Creandum We back the companies of tomorrow before it's obvious. We combine early-stage European investing with a permanent San Francisco presence to help founders build category-defining global companies. We invest in ambitious technical founders who deeply understand industry transformation. Stockholm | $200K – $10M | 36 | Leads | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 16 | ▶ Concrete Rose Capital We invest financial and social capital into exceptional ventures led by visionary, values-aligned teams. Technology is the 'new West' - we seek to broaden opportunities by partnering with pioneering founders to bring entire communities along on their journey of reimagining the world. San Francisco | $100K – $5M | 47 | Both | Active | ~2 mo | Open |
| 17 | ▶ Sidecut Ventures Sidecut Ventures backs 'coachable superheroes' — founders tackling systemic challenges in economic mobility, digital health, climate, and education. The firm's 'coach first, capital second' philosophy involves a 30-day co-operating consulting engagement before writing a check, providing operational, marketing, and storytelling support alongside capital. Tappan, NY | $5K – $375K | 10 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 18 | ▶ LatinLeap VC Invest in and scale technology businesses where artificial intelligence and data capabilities drive impact and market growth across Latin America. Latin Leap aims to help Spanish-speaking Latin America 'leapfrog' through technology investments tailored to emerging market needs, while also bridging international tech companies into the region. Medellín, Colombia | $250K – $5M | 22 | Follows | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 19 | ▶ High Street Equity Partners Exceptional talent and disruptive ideas know no borders. We invest in emerging innovation hubs where competition is low, valuations are favorable, and founders are capital-efficient. We focus on three transformative themes: Future of Work (hybrid/remote, upskilling, AI automation), Future of Care (healthcare access, value-based care, longevity tech), and Emerging Tech (AI agents, cybersecurity, clean tech). We provide not just capital but operational, sales, policy, and strategic expertise to accelerate growth. Washington | $10K – $250K | 9 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 20 | ▶ Expa We build category-defining companies through a combination of design, product, operations, and capital. We identify market gaps, pair brilliant founders with Expa's studio resources, and help them build companies that reshape entire industries. San Francisco | $500K – $5M | 60 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 21 | ▶ Ada Ventures Backing the best founders, not just the best-connected. We assess founders on their qualities, not CV or past experience. We focus on founders building solutions for climate equity, economic empowerment, and healthy ageing. London | $250K – $1M | 28 | Leads | Active | — | — |
| 22 | ▶ Picus Capital Empowering entrepreneurs to reimagine the way we live and work by investing in daring technology companies challenging the status quo with permanent capital, lifelong sparring partnership from pre-seed through IPO and beyond. Munich | $100K – $5M | 22 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 23 | ▶ Elevate Ventures Elevate Ventures partners with innovation-driven founders to provide strategic capital, mentorship, and ecosystem access. Founded by a former founder (Governor Mitch Daniels), the firm believes the best founders exhibit grit, creativity, and coachability. They invest across all sectors and geographies but maintain primary focus on Indiana and Great Lakes Region entrepreneurs building cross-sector innovations. Indianapolis | $20K – $2M | 28 | Leads | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
| 24 | ▶ Laconia Serious founders building must-have technology for mission-critical industries. We focus on B2B software companies digitizing legacy industries and transforming established workflows. Specializing in seed-stage, where hands-on operational support, sales acceleration, and capital strategy matter most. New York | $250K – $1M | 20 | Leads | Active | ~1 wk | Open |
| 25 | ▶ Tunitas Ventures Category creating companies with few to no competitors, defensible business models, and unit economics that are starting to work. Invest across all technology sectors except healthcare. Require 50x return potential. Primary value-add is helping raise Series A from the best possible investor. Menlo Park | $500K – $1.5M | 19 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 26 | ▶ Stout Street Capital Great startups can be built anywhere. We believe in founder-centric investing with operational support from a team of successful founders. We serve undernetworked geographic regions. Denver | $100K – $500K | 26 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Open |
| 27 | ▶ Tundra Ventures We invest in preseed founders with unique insight into untapped markets across three pillars: Wealth, Health, and Resilience. We prioritize BIPOC, women, non-binary, and LGBTQ+ founders solving problems for overlooked end users, bringing accelerator-style guidance and critical network access alongside capital. Minneapolis | $100K – $500K | 13 | Leads | Active | — | Open |
| 28 | ▶ TheoryForge Operator-led fund investing in ambitious founders building transformative AI applications. We partner with technical founders who understand AI/ML deeply and are solving real customer problems with capital efficiency. Great product is always the best marketing. | $200K – $500K | 38 | Both | Active | ~2 wks | Req'd |
| 29 | ▶ Sher Ventures Exceptional founders applying unique talents and backgrounds to produce disruptive and differentiated products and services. Minimum $500K ARR at entry. Generalist across AI, B2B SaaS, logistics, healthcare, and advanced manufacturing. Sugar Land, TX | $25K – $100K | 4 | Follows | Active | ~1 mo | Open |
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F4 Fund tracks 29 VC firms that actively invest in hr tech & future of work + climate & clean energy. These firms are ranked using a composite score that weighs data completeness (30%), portfolio depth (30%), investment recency (25%), and stage alignment (15%).
Based on F4's analysis, the median check size for hr tech & future of work + climate & clean energy investors is $1.5M – $1.5M, with a full range from $5K – $15M. The distribution breaks down as: 8 firms in the <$500K range, 3 firms in the $500K-$1M range, 6 firms in the $1M-$2M range, 10 firms in the $2M-$5M range, 2 firms in the $5M-$10M range.
Among the 29 firms tracked, 93% lead or co-lead rounds, and 7% typically follow. Founders seeking a lead investor should filter for firms marked "Leads" or "Both" in the rankings table above. Lead investors typically set deal terms and anchor the round.
The best hr tech & future of work + climate & clean energy investors combine domain expertise with an active portfolio in the space. Among these firms, 11% prefer warm introductions, and the average firm has 34 portfolio companies. Look for firms whose check size matches your raise, whose stage preference aligns with yours, and who have a track record of supporting companies in your sector through multiple growth phases.
Firm profiles are continuously updated through F4's research pipeline, which combines LLM-powered web research, portfolio analysis, and transcript extraction. The ranking data refreshes every 12 hours. Editorial analysis is reviewed weekly. Individual firm profiles are re-researched on a 30-day cycle or when new information surfaces.