Companies that matter.
We back purpose-driven founders
solving the world’s biggest challenges
Companies that matter.
We back purpose-driven founders solving the world’s biggest challenges
We champion technology founders creating a more sustainable, healthy and equitable planet.
The biggest companies of the decade will be built solving the world’s most pressing challenges, from climate change to mental health.
Giant Ventures is a multi-stage, thesis driven firm seeking systemic change across three themes:
• Climate
• Health
• Economic Mobility
Giant invests at Pre-Seed, Seed and Series B in Europe and the US. We’re on the ground in London, New York, California, and Copenhagen.
As former founders, we know how hard it is to create something from nothing, and so we roll up our sleeves to help Giant founders win.
Cameron McLain
Co-Founder and Managing Partner
Will Dufton
Principal
Former Founder, Radian Holdings and Former Principal, OMERS Ventures
Georgia Ritter
Head of Marketing & Community
Former AMV BBDO, Deliveroo, and Head of Marketing at Pale blue dot
Amanda Berinson
Executive Assistant
Former EA at McKinsey & Company and Operations Manager at Calculus Capital
Linda Avey
Advisory Board
Co-Founder 23andMe
Tensie Whelan
Advisory Board
Director, NYU Center for Sustainable Business and Former Rainforest Alliance President
Tommy Stadlen
Co-Founder and General Partner
Zenetta Burger
Partner
Former investor, Anthos, and former Head of Operations at Community.com
Lucy Brady
Head of Product
Former Director at Oscar Health,
U.S. Digital Service at The White House
Nicolaj Reffstrup
Venture Partner
Founder, Ganni
Lord Browne
Advisory Board
Former BP CEO, Founding Partner BeyondNetZero and Board Member, Intel & Goldman Sachs
Alice Steenland
Advisory Board
Chief Strategy and Sustainability Officer (CSO), Signify. Former CRO, AXA; former CSO, Dassault
Mohadeseh Abdullahi
Partner
Former Investor at Molten Ventures, Co-Founder Impact One at Candriam
Rob Hicks
Chief Financial Officer
Ex PwC, Strategy& and Kindred
Ben Urwin
Senior Data Engineer
Former engineer at Hipgnosis Song Management and First Derivative
Hayden Wood
Venture Partner
Former Co-Founder & CEO, Bulb
Bola Olusanya
Advisory Board
Chief Investment Officer,
The Nature Conservancy
Barry Eggers
Advisory Board
Founding Partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners
Madelene Larsson
Partner
Former product leader at Revolut and tech banking at JPMorgan
Connor Whiting
Finance Associate
Former Audit Supervisor at Ernst & Young
Harri Price
Executive Assistant
Former EA to Co-Founders at BACKED VC & Head of Investor Relations at BC Partners
Koda Wang
Venture Partner
Former CCO, Rent the Runway;
Former COO, Huffington Post
David Miliband
Advisory Board
CEO, International Rescue Committee
Former UK Foreign Secretary
Mental wellness and sleep products
TPG, Lightspeed, Insight
Capital markets platform for the clean economy
a16z, Lowercarbon Capital
Sovereign and sustainable hyperscale cloud
Blisce/, EQT Ventures, Norrsken
Residential battery storage and virtual power plant
Lerer Hippeau
Transforming pathology labs with AI agents
Fly Ventures
Modern education payments
Susa, AlleyCorp
Decentralized marketplace for climate data
CoinFund, Multicoin Capital
Social commerce for staples in Africa
Founder Collective
Shareholder communications
Atomico, Point72. Acquired by Robinhood in 2021.
AI for customer service
Tiger, Bessemer, Accel, Spark
Home renovation platform
NEA, Lerer Hippeau, Obvious
Mapping the world’s oceans
Nimble Ventures, Seagate
Predictive air quality data
firstminute, Expa
AI-driven breakthrough material discovery
AI for early wildfire detection
Salesforce Ventures, Initialized Capital
Chitosan-based biotech company
Milliken, Eni Next, Cambridge SPG
Affordable healthcare
General Catalyst
AI copilots for advanced manufacturing
Marketplace for small business acquisitions
Bloomberg
Data analytics for biomanufacturing
Y Combinator, ACME
Democratising access to social and tax benefits
Simpler, greener renovation
Firstminute Capital
Biomanufacturing development platform
Andreessen Horowitz
Stablecoins for secure cross-border payments
a16z Crypto
Home electrification marketplace
General Catalyst, Lachy Groom
Decentralized code collaboration
NFX, Galaxy
Public token offering in 2022
Portable nuclear microreactors
a16z, Union Square Ventures, DCVC
AI for cancer detection and treatment
Obvious Ventures
Soil carbon marketplace for farmers
Kinnevik, Denmark’s Green Future Fund
Decarbonising the fashion industry, with textile-to-textile recycling
End-to-end data center infrastructure
Montauk Climate
Water resilience for corporates
Base10, Y Combinator, Leonardo DiCaprio
AI-powered robotics
HCVC, MaC Ventures
Vertically integrated clean energy developer
Local Globe, DIF
EV financing platform
NYCA, Human Capital, Breyer Capital
All-in-one subscription of solar, heat pump and battery system
AI map of the world’s scientific knowledge
EIFO, Kost Capital
Money distribution made easy
Upfin, Borderless Capital
Climate risk management
Mubadala, Opera Tech Ventures
Enabling the energy system of tomorrow
Northzone
Building virtual hospital wards
Speedinvest
The AI Rights licensing platform for books
Craft Ventures, Floodgate
Reimagining Food as Medicine
Building the world's first electric business aircraft with hydrogen propulsion
AI agents for battery teams
Y Combinator
AI for climate-resilient crop development
Better Ventures
Fleet electrification
Seedcamp, 20VC, FJ Labs
AI-powered recycling marketplace
Lowercarbon
Sustainable aircraft
Soma Capital
Career mobility platform
Top tier angels
We believe talent is everywhere. Tell us your story.
For press inquiries: please email georgia@giant.vc