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Piva Capital
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Piva Capital is a thesis-driven venture capital firm that invests in founders and emerging companies whose ideas are transforming the trajectory of industry. The firm backs companies with foundational, cross-industry technological solutions — seeking platforms with substantial deployment value and scalable sales potential in large markets — at the inflection of scientific breakthrough and mass market impact. Its focus spans three verticals: Future of Industry & Work (IoT, AI, robotics, automation, supply chain, additive manufacturing, security); Future of Materials & Production (specialty chemicals, new materials, resource efficiency, food and alternative proteins, waste-to-value); and Future of Energy & Mobility (energy transition, decarbonization, electrification, digitalization of mobility, smart cities). Piva targets early- to growth-stage companies at commercial inflection points, managed by executive teams with high entrepreneurial drive, and leverages a global network of domain experts across 90+ countries to help portfolio companies access new markets, leading corporations, and technical partners.
Notable quotes
“We invest in founders and emerging companies whose ideas are transforming the trajectory of industry. Their game-changing technologies are solving some of the world's greatest problems, improving the outlook for both people and planet.”
“Clearly, there has been huge progress on renewable ... but we see that now it's the right time really to be in the middle of things since there's huge potential in the next 10 to 20 years to do even more.”
“You cannot vibe-code ten thousand hours of a physical system operating in the real world.”
Team
Mark Gudiksen
Managing Partner
Adam Lasics
Partner, Strategy & Operations
Lee Larson
Investor
Recent investments
| Company | Round | Size | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lunar Energy | Series C/D | $232m | 2026-02-04 |
| Planted Solar | Series A | $12m | 2025-07-01 |
| Boston Metal | Convertible Debt | — | 2025-06-27 |
| Oobli | Series B | — | 2025-02-14 |
| Koloma | Series B | $245m | 2024-02-09 |
| INERATEC | Series B | $129m | 2024-01-16 |
| Xage Security | Series B | — | 2022-01-01 |
| Pyka | Series B | $40m | 2024-09-01 |
| Malta, Inc. | Series B | — | 2021-08-25 |
| VELO3D | Series D | — | 2021-01-01 |
Frequent co-investors
| VC firm | Deals together |
|---|---|
| Breakthrough Energy Ventures | 3 |
| Prelude Ventures | 3 |
| DCVC | 2 |
| Khosla Ventures | 1 |
| Activate Capital | 1 |
| B Capital Group | 1 |
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