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GSV || HOME GSV | Ground Squirrel Ventures – Emerging Markets Investing

Ground Squirrel Ventures

Ground Squirrel Ventures uses investments to foster the growth of emerging markets and to support companies that work to mitigate climate change locally, domestically, and abroad.

Our Investments

Impact-Driven Investments for Sustainable Businesses

Being a for-profit venture capital outfit is always a balancing act. On the one hand is the mission and mandate to have a positive impact, and on the other is the pragmatic reality that our capital is not unlimited. Balancing this, we seek to have a positive impact by supporting financially sustainable businesses that create healthy communities, thriving economies, and a more bountiful, natural world. We do this through direct and fund investments and collaboration with other investors and ecosystem players who share this vision.

Our portfolio is broken into the following categories:

Where We Invest

We invest primarily in climate mitigation, domestic and abroad, and in frontier markets, focused mostly in Africa with investments in Haiti, Asia, and Latin America. We also have a US Impact portfolio, with a strong focus on local investments here in Boston. We are excited about the next generation of ecosystem development and going off the VC-beaten path.

How We Invest

We seek to balance risk-adjusted investments in more mature markets, with strategic bets that support the development of nascent and overlooked ecosystems.

Funds

We invest in funds primarily focusing on climate mitigation and emerging markets

Direct Investments

We invest pre-seed to Series A, locally and abroad, with check sizes determined by geography and company stage

Quick Details

  • Globally focused with local footprint in Boston and US Impact portfolio
  • In Emerging Markets, predominately Africa focused with investments in Haiti, Latin America and Asia
  • Investing pre-seed to Series A, with a preference for seed-stage companies
  • Check sizes typically range from $25,000 - $100,000
  • Actively excited about the next generation of ecosystem development off the beaten path of the VC circuit

Guiding Principles

  • Reinvestment over extraction
  • Sustainable growth over economic maximization
  • Solutions born closest to the ground can have the greatest chance of impact and success
  • Contextualization beats one-size-fits all traditional VC
  • Use strategic capital to resource the smartest and the specialized within their field

Interested to Collaborate?

Ground Squirrel is constantly learning and interested to partner with a variety of funds, co-investors, incubators, and other ecosystem developers. Interested to connect? Reach out at contact@groundsquirrelventures.com

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