Helping ambitious startups reach their destination

At Acclimate Ventures, we specialize in early-stage investments for deep tech ventures.

Our Focus

US & UK deep tech ventures

Early stage investing in US & UK based deep tech climate ventures

Teams dedicated to solving customer problems

Leaders and teams obsessed with solving customer problems

Transformational solutions on a global scale

Transformational solutions on a global scale

Bringing Long-Term Value

Lessons from Tech

Pushing the boundaries of innovation in product and business model

Strategies & Playbooks

Opening routes to market and growth opportunities in the US and UK / Europe

Customer Discovery

Driving pilot income and converting first commercial customers

Access to Growth Capital

Connecting startups to follow-on capital and corporate partnerships for scale

Testimonials

Hear From Founders

Founder & CEO, Luminous

Jay M. Wong

Mark’s collective knowledge in tech will enable us to ship, iterate, and scale at speed. His extensive network and access to growth capital will provide long term value as we grow Luminous’ operations.
CEO and Co-Founder, Vaire Computing

Rodolfo Rosini

Mark is my sounding board and brings an army knife of product insight, operations, and access to growth capital that makes him extremely useful to Vaire Computing.
Founder and CEO, digitalheat

Matt White

Mark’s knowledge in the tech and investment worlds is invaluable. He’s very easy to speak with, always wanting to help and make useful introductions.
CEO and Co-Founder of Lume Health

Vicki Powell

Mark’s experience in Silicon Valley, offers of connections, and optimistic perspective on building hardware startups has been energizing for our founding team.
CEO and Co-Founder at Stayf

Max Zhurilo

I met Mark at Oxford University, where his deep knowledge and experience in startups helped me tremendously during Stayf’s early days. Mark later became one of our first investors, providing invaluable advice and confidence that we were on the right track
Ferveret
Liquid cooling for data centers
GridCARE
AI for grid interconnection readiness
Exowatt
Modular renewable energy for data centers
Conductor Quantum
AI for ubiquitous quantum computing
Vaire Computing
Near-zero energy computing
Ravel
Blended textile purification recycling
GridSight
AI grid management for electric utilities
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DigitalHeat
Intelligent battery-electric boilers for homes
Pila Energy
Mesh-networked residential battery storage
Sila
Next-gen battery materials
Sparkz
US-manufactured cathode material
Luminous
Robotics for solar farm installation
INVESTED ALONGSIDE

About Mark

Mark pivoted into deep tech investing after relocating from Silicon Valley to Oxford in 2022. His extensive experience building and scaling technology businesses inside Apple and Samsung have been a major asset to partnering startups. Mark’s conviction is that rapid growth and advances in data center technologies, AI, sensors, robotics, and materials are creating transformative business opportunities at a global scale.

Mark’s coordinated effort extends beyond investing into philanthropy, policy engagement, and scientific research — using multiple approaches to tackle energy growth and infrastructure challenges while helping us acclimate to our changing world.

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