Bay Bridge Ventures

Bay Bridge Ventures is a purpose-built venture capital firm focused on early-stage investments in disruptive technology startups addressing climate change. The firm is committed to generating top quartile returns for institutional investors by investing in proven and defensible technology companies with scalable business models. Bay Bridge Ventures emphasizes diversity, aiming for a team that is over 30% female and over 30% from underrepresented communities. The firm also dedicates a significant portion of its carry to philanthropic causes and pre-revenue mission-driven startups aligned with its focus areas.

The firm's investment strategy, known as the 'ESG+ Methodology,' integrates environmental, social, and governance factors into the investment process, ensuring compliance with globally accepted ESG and sustainability metrics. Bay Bridge Ventures invests in innovative entrepreneurs focused on climate technology, health innovation, and inclusive capitalism. The firm leverages advancements in foundational technologies such as AI and big data, advanced computing, sensors and IoT, high-bandwidth connectivity, energy storage, robotics, and synthetic biology to support sustainable supply chains, health innovation, education, and financial services.

Bay Bridge Ventures was founded by a diverse team of general partners with over 60 years of collective experience as investors, founders, and directors at leading institutions, including major pension plans, investment banks, mission-driven VC firms, and innovation hubs. The firm's advisors include industry leaders such as Tom Baruch, founder and managing director of Baruch Future Ventures; Carmichael Roberts, founder and managing partner of Material Impact; and Prem Ramaswami, head of Sidewalk Labs at Google. These advisors bring decades of industry and operating experience, reinforcing Bay Bridge Ventures' vision for creating an institutional, purpose-built firm that generates outsized venture capital returns through investments in startups utilizing proven climate technologies and scalable business models.