Planet Rise
Investment Details
Investor Type
Venture Capital
Asset Class Focus
ESG and Impact Investing, Private Equity, Venture Capital
Stage Focus
Seed, Early Stage, Series A, Series B, Growth, Late Stage
Geographical Focus
United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Japan, Australia, Singapore, China, India, France, Denmark, Indonesia, South Korea, Netherlands, Vietnam, Malaysia, New Zealand, Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, Norway
Industries Focus
- Technology
- Infrastructure
- Agriculture
- Construction
- Manufacturing
- Transport
- Circular Economy
- Clean Energy
- Food
- Water Treatment
- Sustainable Finance
- Industrial Processes
- Migrant Worker Rights
- Women-led Enterprises
- Building/Construction
Investment Size:
1,000,000 to 50,000,000 USD
Investor Details Founded: 2019
Planet Rise is an impact investor dedicated to supporting sustainable businesses that leverage technology to address climate change and social inequality. The firm focuses on companies with the potential to mitigate over one gigaton of greenhouse gas emissions or improve the lives of over ten million people within a decade. Their primary focus is on climate change, with a secondary emphasis on social inequality, aligning with ten of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals.
The firm's investment strategy involves providing patient capital and support to entrepreneurs primarily in Asia. They aim to decarbonize various industries, including energy, transport, manufacturing, construction, and food. Planet Rise's portfolio includes companies in clean energy, clean water, clean food, sustainable finance, migrant worker rights, and women-led enterprises. Notable investments include Ampd Energy, a clean energy platform reducing pollution on construction sites, and HydroLeap, which offers clean water treatment solutions for industrial sites.
Planet Rise's founder, Steve Melhuish, is an award-winning tech entrepreneur with 28 years of experience building businesses in Asia and Europe. He co-founded PropertyGuru in 2007 and led it as CEO for the first ten years, growing it into a proptech unicorn. In 2019, he founded Planet Rise to help companies tackle climate change and social inequality using technology. Steve serves on the board of Planet Rise and is actively involved in mentoring and investing in greentech start-ups. He is also a member of the Asian Venture and Philanthropy Network (AVPN) and Top Tier Impact (TTI).
Requirements
- Companies addressing climate change and social inequality
- Technological solutions with scalable impact
- Potential to mitigate over one gigaton of greenhouse gas emissions or improve the lives of over ten million people within a decade
- Alignment with United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
Contact
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Portfolio Companies
- Ampd Energy
- Hydroleap
- Better Bite
- Capture
- Circular
- Wavemaker Impact
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