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
• Inclusive Capitalism
Giant invests at Pre-Seed, Seed and Series B in Europe and the US. We’re on the ground in London, New York, California, Copenhagen and Stockholm.
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
Connor Whiting
Finance Associate
Former Audit Supervisor at Ernst & Young
Amanda Berinson
Executive Assistant
Former EA at McKinsey & Company and Operations Manager at Calculus Capital
Hayden Wood
Venture Partner
Former Co-Founder & CEO, Bulb
Lord Browne
Advisory Board
Former BP CEO, Founding Partner BeyondNetZero and Board Member, Intel & Goldman Sachs
Barry Eggers
Advisory Board
Founding Partner, Lightspeed Venture Partners
Tommy Stadlen
Co-Founder and General Partner
Jia Lin Yong
Investor
Former Chief of Staff at Babylon, Sustainability & Health consulting at PwC
Georgia Ritter
Head of Marketing & Community
Former AMV BBDO, Deliveroo, and Head of Marketing at Pale blue dot
Harri Price
Executive Assistant
Former EA to Co-Founders at BACKED VC & Head of Investor Relations at BC Partners
Nicolaj Reffstrup
Venture Partner
Founder, Ganni
Linda Avey
Advisory Board
Co-Founder 23andMe
Jon Dishotsky
Partner
Former Founder & CEO, Starcity (YC S16)
Angel Investor, multiple unicorn investments
Ferdinand Vermersch
Investor
Former Associate at Vsquared Ventures
Lucy Brady
Head of Product
Former Director at Oscar Health,
U.S. Digital Service at The White House
Grant Allen
Venture Partner
Founding General Partner at SE Ventures
CEO of ABB Technology Ventures (ATV)
Bola Olusanya
Advisory Board
Chief Investment Officer,
The Nature Conservancy
Tensie Whelan
Advisory Board
Director, NYU Center for Sustainable Business and Former Rainforest Alliance President
Madelene Larsson
Principal
Former product leader at Revolut and tech banking at JPMorgan
Rob Hicks
Head of Finance & Operations
Ex PwC, Strategy& and Kindred
Ben Urwin
Senior Data Engineer
Former engineer at Hipgnosis Song Management and First Derivative
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
Alice Steenland
Advisory Board
Chief Strategy and Sustainability Officer (CSO), Signify. Former CRO, AXA; former CSO, Dassault
Mental wellness and sleep products
TPG, Lightspeed, Insight
Affordable healthcare
General Catalyst
Residential battery storage and virtual power plant
Lerer Hippeau
Fleet electrification
Seedcamp, 20VC, FJ Labs
Plant-based meat
Jay-Z, Chris Sacca, Alexis Ohanian
Mapping the world’s oceans
Nimble Ventures, Seagate
Social commerce for staples in Africa
Founder Collective
Career mobility platform
Top tier angels
Shareholder communications
Atomico, Point72. Acquired by Robinhood in 2021.
AI copilots for advanced manufacturing
Soil carbon marketplace for farmers
Denmark’s Green Future Fund
Building virtual hospital wards
Speedinvest
Simpler, greener renovation
Firstminute Capital
Biomanufacturing development platform
Andreessen Horowitz
Decentralized marketplace for climate data
CoinFund, Multicoin Capital
Sustainable aircraft
Soma Capital
Modern education payments
Susa, AlleyCorp
SME payments on the blockchain
AI for customer service
Tiger, Bessemer, Accel, Spark
All-in-one subscription of solar, heat pump and battery system
Vertically integrated clean energy developer
Local Globe, DIF
Decarbonising the fashion industry, with textile-to-textile recycling
EV financing platform
NYCA, Human Capital, Breyer Capital
Data analytics for biomanufacturing
Y Combinator, ACME
Predictive air quality data
firstminute, Expa
AI for cancer detection and treatment
Obvious Ventures
Marketplace for small business acquisitions
Bloomberg
Flexible health benefits
YC, Marc Andreessen, Keith Rabois. Exit in 2022.
Home renovation platform
NEA, Lerer Hippeau, Obvious
Co-living
NEA, Social Capital, YC. Acquired by Common.
3D printed housing
Khosla, YC
Building the world's first electric business aircraft with hydrogen propulsion
Water resilience for corporates
Base10, Y Combinator, Leonardo DiCaprio
Home electrification marketplace
General Catalyst, Lachy Groom
AI-powered battery R&D
Y Combinator
AI for climate-resilient crop development
Better Ventures
AI-powered recycling marketplace
Lowercarbon
Reimagining Food as Medicine
Democratising access to social and tax benefits
Decentralized code collaboration
NFX, Galaxy
Public token offering in 2022
We believe talent is everywhere. Tell us your story.
For press inquiries: please email georgia@giant.vc