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Regeneration.VC

https://regeneration.vc

Last activity: 28.08.2026

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Regeneration.VC is an early-stage venture fund supercharging consumer-powered climate innovation driven by circular and regenerative principles. Our investment strategy encompasses design (materials & packaging), use (consumer brands & products), and reuse technologies (reverse logistics & marketplaces) that generate measurable environmental impact alongside outsized return potential.

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Location: United States, California, Los Angeles

Employees: 11-50

Founded date: 2020

Investment Type: Venture Capital

Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A

Portfolio 16

Date	Name	Website	Total Raised	Location
28.08.2026	eComID	ecomid.com	$20M	Sweden
05.05.2024	Meridia	meridia.land	$5.54M	Netherland...
03.08.2023	Ambient Ph...	ambientphotonics.com	$78.5M	United Sta...
17.07.2023	Arrive	thearriveplatform.com	$16M	United Sta...
06.07.2023	Matter	matter.industries	$10.7M	United Kin...
04.05.2023	Ruminant B...	ruminantbiotech.com	$9.5M	New Zealan...
06.04.2023	Nature Coa...	naturecoatingsinc.com	$2.45M	United Sta...
23.02.2023	SmarterX	smarterx.com	$7M	United Sta...
23.02.2023	Greyparrot	greyparrot.ai	$64.28M	United Kin...
15.10.2022	TULU	tulu.io	$42M	United Sta...
12.07.2022	CleanO2 Ca...	cleano2.ca	$2.11M	Canada, Al...
13.06.2022	Smarter So...	smartersorting.com	$63.3M	United Sta...
13.06.2022	Colorifix ...	colorifix.com	$3M	United Kin...
-	PANGAIA	thepangaia.com	-	United Kin...
-	Cruz Foam	cruzfoam.com	$23.9M	United Sta...
-	Vitro Labs	vitrolabsinc.com	$53M	Canada, On...

Persons 27

Date	First Name	Last Name	Title	LinkedIn	Twitter	Email	Location
-	Stephen	Badger	-		-	-	-
-	Greta	Bertozzini	Senior Ana...	linkedin.c...	-	g***a@rege...	-
-	Leonardo	DiCaprio	Strategic ...		-	-	-
-	Reyna	Bryan	-		-	-	-
-	Tue	Mantoni	Strategic ...		-	-	-
-	Destana	Herring	-	linkedin.c...	-	d*****a@re...	-
-	Katie	Hoffman	Partner	linkedin.c...	-	k***e@rege...	-
-	Alexander	Bechelli	VENTURE PA...		-	-	-
-	William	McDonough	Strategic ...		-	-	-
-	Olivia	Dell	Partner &a...	linkedin.c...	-	o****a@reg...	-
-	Tom	Sturgess	Chairman, ...		-	-	-
-	Andy	Dunn	-		-	-	-
-	Dr.	Marta Pazo...	Strategic ...		-	-	-
-	Michael	Wandell	-		-	-	-
-	Dr.	Bill Peck	-		-	-	-
-	Martijn	Lopes Card...	Venture Pa...		-	-	-
-	Gen.	Wesley Cla...	-		-	-	-
-	Debbie	Levin	-		-	-	-
-	Dan	Fishman	General Pa...	linkedin.c...	-	d*n@regene...	-
-	Rochel	Leah Berns...	Venture Pa...		-	-	-
-	Kunaal	Patawari	-		-	-	-
-	David	Levine	Partner &a...		-	-	-
-	Pratibha	Vuppuluri	Venture Pa...		-	-	-
-	Michael	Smith	General Pa...	linkedin.c...	-	m*****l@re...	-
-	Petra	Nĕmcová	-		-	-	-
-	Johann	Boedecker	-		-	-	-
-	Maria	Llambias	Director o...	linkedin.c...	-	M***a@rege...	-

News 47

Date	Title	Description
23.04.2024	Investing in Regeneration.VC to bridge the Netherlands and US	Invest-NL is proud to announce an investment in Regeneration.VC Fund II
02.10.2023	Insetting Consumer ClimateTech	A Strategic Business Opportunity to Reimagine Consumer Industries
18.09.2023	Strategic Partnership with Circle Economy	Circle Economy and Regeneration.VC Partner to Supercharge Dutch Climate Innovation
22.06.2023	Cruz Foam Joins LVMH's Exclusive Startup Acceleration Program for Sustainable Innovation	Awarded a place in the 2023 cohort of the LVMH Open Innovation and La Maison des Startups LVMH acceleration program
30.04.2023	Ruminant BioTech develops 'game-changing' technology to cut ruminant methane emissions by 70%	The New Zealand Government commits $7.8M to Ruminant BioTech’s efforts to develop a sustained-release methane inhibitor technology for grass-fed animals
13.04.2023	Welcome Tue Mantoni	Joins Regeneration.VC as a Strategic Advisor
03.04.2023	European Commission challenged to tackle microplastic pollution	Collaborative industry white paper delivered to the European Commission ahead of upcoming microplastic regulation discussions
17.03.2023	Regeneration.VC Awarded ImpactAssets 50 2023	Regeneration.VC Named a Top 50 Emerging Impact Fund Manager Worldwide
17.02.2023	Leonardo DiCaprio's Regeneration.VC fills $1.6 million funding gap in AI recycling startup Greyparrot	Fresh funding from a global investor base including Closed Loop Partners, Cell Capital, and Tejo Ventures
17.01.2023	Consumer ClimateTech: Reimagining Consumer to Regenerate Our Planet	#ConsumerClimateTech comprises hardware and software companies generating meaningful environmental impact in and around consumer industries.
17.01.2023	Consumer ClimateTech	Reimagining Consumer to Regenerate Our Planet
11.10.2022	Could Synthetic Biology be the Key to a Circular and Regenerative Future?	Regeneration.VC Analyst Eva Wallack explores the circular and regenerative potential of synthetic biology.
20.09.2022	Costco and Albertsons are using this tech startup to reduce waste and lower carbon emissions	Whether it sits in a landfill or burns in an incinerator, trash releases harmful greenhouse gases. And much of that waste could be repurposed or recycled, if only it were better identified and sorted. Costco, Albertsons and Republic Service...
20.09.2022	TULU Topping Up Series A Funding Round with Strategic Investments from Leonardo DiCaprio-Backed VC	The in-building usage economy platform has raised fresh funds to top up its now $25M Series A funding round with new strategic investors and follow-on from existing..
20.09.2022	How to Unlock Your Company's Value in the 'Circular Economy'	Our General Partner Michael Smith was excited to talk with Jessica Abo at Entrepreneur Media about why the circular economy matters, feature our portfolio company CleanO2 Carbon Capture Technologies Inc, and our latest investment in TULU!
10.08.2022	Backing Innovation from the Ground Up	Partner Katie Hoffman is featured in Sourcing Journal's Material Innovations Report discussing the impact of our portfolio companies VitroLabs Inc, Colorifix Limited, Arrive, PANGAIA, and Cruz Foam.
11.07.2022	CleanO2 Carbon Capture Technologies Adds Luminaries William McDonough and Bill Peck to Advisory Board	Closes $2.75M CAD Seed 2 Funding Round led by Regeneration.VC
11.07.2022	CleanO2 Carbon Capture Technologies Adds Luminaries William McDonough and Bill Peck to Advisory Board, Closes $2.75M CAD Seed 2 Funding Round	Today, CleanO2 Carbon Capture Technologies ("CleanO2") announced the addition of global sustainability leader William McDonough and Twist BioSciences Co-Founder Bill Peck to its advisory board, as well as the closing of their $2.7...
06.07.2022	Hey Fashion!	Regeneration.VC advisor Johann Boedecker launches the textile and fashion platform Hey Fashion! As a collaboration between EILEEN FISHER, INC. Foundation and Pentatonic, this platform is dedicated to elevating the issue of textile waste in ...
21.06.2022	The Carbon Bridge to Circular Economies	Authored by our two rising stars, Destana Herring and Eva Wallack, this piece offers insight into the burgeoning carbon capture utilization & storage industry. Learn more about the potential for circular carbon economies, with input fro...
09.06.2022	As Markets Reel, Startups Hope for ‘Flat’ Rounds	General Partner Michael Smith states “exceptional companies are continuing to get good funding,” and we look forward to supercharging top climate innovations across the consumer landscape.
09.06.2022	Quality Fabric Of The Month: Luxury, Lab-Grown Leather	VitroLabs aims to design animal farming out of leather production. They have engineered a cell-cultivated product that begins with a cow biopsy to harvest just a few cells. Using a specialized bioreactor along with the right nutrients and s...
27.05.2022	Steal this hot new summer look (it’s bacteria)	The environmental crises linked to textiles have given rise to several firms that aim to reimagine dyeing altogether. One such company, Colorifix, just got a boost via a $22.6 million (£18 million) Series B round, led by Swedish fashion gia...
26.05.2022	From Plumber To Cleantech Inventor And Entrepreneur	In 2017, after more than a decade of tinkering and research, Cardiff co-founded Clean02, a company that sells a device able to capture commercial customers’ CO2 and turn it into useful products—soap, shampoo, fertilizer and the like—all whi...
25.05.2022	3 Ways We Can Collaborate Better for a Stronger Circular Economy - WEF	Circular economy solutions are critical for sustainable growth and climate action. But the circular economy hasn’t hastened as only 8.6% of the world is currently circular. Until recently, there have been few investors focused on circularit...
04.05.2022	Kering backs cow-free, lab-grown leather. Game changer?	Vitrolabs, a California biotech startup creating cow-free leather from cell cultures, has been working with Gucci-parent Kering to develop leather alternatives for fashion, the companies announced today.
20.04.2022	Cruz Foam’s shell-based Styrofoam alternative brings in $3.4M seed with DiCaprio and Kutcher	Plastic foam like Styrofoam is a ubiquitous, harmful and nearly immortal single-use material that is long overdue for a good, green replacement — and Cruz Foam is here to supply it. The startup creates a durable yet backyard-compostable pac...
20.04.2022	With Leonardo DiCaprio As An Advisor, $45 Million Circular/Regenerative Economy Fund Launches	Backed by an all-star roster of strategic advisors and investors including actor Leonardo DiCaprio and circular economy pioneer William McDonough, a fledgling venture capital firm just announced the final close of its first $45 million fund...
09.04.2022	Ambitious Green VC Firm Counts Leonardo DiCaprio in Its Wing	To keep its early-stage portfolio moving forward on the path of change, Regeneration.VC uses a gauge to measure regenerative impact.
09.04.2022	This VC fund is trying to clean up consumer goods for the climate	Reducing consumption is a key way to deal with climate change. Regeneration.VC, though, wants to make what we do end up needing more climate-friendly.
23.03.2022	Smarter Sorting, which leverages AI to make physical product sustainability suggestions to organizations, raises $25M	With the acceleration of digital transformation, consumer product brands are considering — or actively adopting, as the case may be — product intelligence software. Product intelligence entails gathering, acting on, and analyzing data relat...
23.03.2022	Five Game-Changing Innovations Share $525,000 Prize to End Microplastic Pollution	Pangaia x MTIX Microfiber Mitigation won a $105,000 grant for their innovative use of laser surface technology to prevent microfiber shedding.
23.03.2022	A Cosmetic Chemist Explains Why Applying Water to Skin Doesn’t Hydrate It	Advisor Marta Pazos, Ph.D., dives deep into moisturizers, skin hydration, and cosmetics. Learn more about the science behind hyaluronic acid, urea, and cellulose derivatives.
09.03.2022	The 10 Most Innovative Retail Companies of 2022	Arrive is named to the Fast Company "10 Most Innovative Retail Companies of 2022" list for bringing the sharing economy to every product category.
10.02.2022	Pangaia's Innovative, Extra-Comfortable Essentials	Textiles derived from seaweed, insulation that comes from wildflowers, and fabric infused with peppermint oil to keep it fresher.
08.02.2022	Fashion for Good Consortium building a new textile waste value chain in India	William McDonough and corporate partners are calling for industry stakeholders within the Indian textile suppliers and garment manufacturers to volunteer crucial information for an ambitious project to map the Indian textile waste landscape...
11.01.2022	Don’t Just Watch: Team Behind ‘Don’t Look Up’ Urges Climate Action	The satirical film about a comet hurtling toward Earth is a metaphor for climate change. It has broken a Netflix record and its director hopes it will mobilize public action.
21.12.2021	PANGAIA Partners With Es Devlin for a Limited-Edition Capsule	The collaborative capsule is crafted in Devlin’s signature orange color, which has enhanced the set designs of Kanye West, The Weeknd and more. The energizing color serves as a reminder for Devlin to always take action.
23.11.2021	Cruz Foam Closes $2.5M Seed Funding Round to Accelerate Circular Protective Packaging Solutions	Investors Include At One Ventures, Sony Innovation Fund, and Regeneration.VC High Profile Advisors, Awards, and ASTM Certifications Add to Momentum
04.11.2021	Is Lab-Grown Leather the Future of Luxury? This Inventor Thinks So.	Cruelty-free materials grown in a lab might be luxury's next frontier.
23.09.2021	Eliminating Styrofoam Protective Packaging	Over 380 million tons of plastic are produced every year and 50% of that for single-use purposes such as product packaging. Until now, companies have been hard-pressed to find a replacement for styrofoam for protecting fragile items like el...
20.09.2021	Agronomics leads funding round for cultivated leather firm VitroLabs	Cellular agriculture and cultivated meat investor Agronomics has led portfolio company VitroLabs’ series A funding round, it announced on Monday, with a $7m investment.
28.07.2021	Arrive Pivots From Renting Camping Gear to Licensing a Rental Platform	Arrive will operate Arrive Outdoors and a recently launched B2B service called The Arrive Platform. They've also announced the company has raised $4 million in Seed II funding led by Amino Ventures, amounting to a total of $8.75 million tot...
13.07.2021	Eddie Bauer Enters Rental Game With Arrive Outdoors	Eddie Bauer has jumped into the rental arena. The brand, which was recently purchased by Authentic Brands Group, and SPARC, its partnership with Simon Property Group, on Tuesday launched a Gear Rental program through Arrive Outdoors, a camp...
21.06.2021	Climate change is "a design project needing lots of attention" says William McDonough	Describing climate change as a "design failure," the American architect and designer said that solving it will involve "hundreds of technologies and systems."
03.12.2019	Your Next Puffer Coat Will Be Filled With Flower Petals, Not Feathers	PANGAIA, the science-forward basics line that launched last year, is addressing that gray area with its latest release: FLWRDWN, a capsule of puffers filled with natural wildflowers. It’s the rare sustainable solution that’s neither cruel t...
03.09.2019	Meet the startup turning CO2 emissions into handcrafted soap	CleanO2 has developed the technology to turn CO2 emissions from industrial furnaces and boilers into potash for use in soaps, detergents, the agricultural sector, and the pharmaceutical industry, among others, using a device called CARBiNX.

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Date	Title	Description
31.08.2026	eComID Secures $17M to Propel AI-Powered Shopping Passport, Reshaping E-commerce	eComID secures $17 million in seed funding. This capital empowers its AI-driven "Shopping Passport." The platform redefines e-commerce personalization, building a unified shopper context layer. It dramatically reduces product retu...
28.08.2026	eComID Raises USD17M in Seed Funding	eComID, a Stockholm, Sweden-based artificial intelligence e-commerce personalization startup, raised USD17m in seed funding. The round was led by Systemiq Capital, with participation from H&M Group, Stadium, CapitalT, Regeneration.VC, a...
25.08.2026	eComID Raises $17 Million Seed Funding As Shopping Passport Reaches 20 Million Monthly Shoppers And Cuts Returns 30%	eComID has raised $17 million in seed funding to expand its Shopping Passport platform globally and build what it describes as a shopper context layer for the next generation of online commerce. Systemiq Capital led the round, with particip...
04.11.2025	Deals in brief: Accel invests in Vite+ maker VoidZero, Rolo Robotics and Videotto raise seed funding, Coolmate completes Series C round, and more	VoidZero raises USD 12.5 million in Series A round VoidZero, a Singapore-based company developing next-generation open-source JavaScript tooling, has raised USD 12.5 million in a Series A funding round led by Accel, with participation from ...
24.04.2024	Amsterdam-based agtech startup Meridia raises €5.2M: Know more	Read this article in: Amsterdam-based Meridia, an AgTech company, announced that it has completed its Series A funding round with a raise of €5.2M. The funding came from a consortium of new investors, including Intercontinental Exchange (IC...
23.04.2024	Invest-NL invests €5M in Regeneration.VC Fund II to help curb greenhouse gases and promote circular economy	Read this article in: Invest-NL, a Dutch national financing and development institution, announced on Tuesday that it has invested €5M in Regeneration.VC Fund II, a venture capital fund that invests in circular and innovative climate techno...
18.09.2023	Circle Economy Foundation and Regeneration.VC Launch Strategic Partnership	Circle Economy Foundation, an Amsterdam, The Netherlands-based impact organisation, and Regeneration.VC, an early-stage venture fund, are launching a strategic partnership. This impact-oriented collaboration aims to back the most impactful ...
17.02.2023	Leonardo DiCaprio's Regeneration.VC fills $1.6 million funding gap in AI recycling startup Greyparrot	Fresh funding from a global investor base including Closed Loop Partners, Cell Capital, and Tejo Ventures
27.05.2022	Steal this hot new summer look (it’s bacteria)	Bacterial secretions might dye your future wardrobe, and that’d be an improvement. That’s because textiles usually get their hues from toxic chemicals, and the resulting wastewater — laden with dyes, acids and formaldehyde — destroys rivers...
05.05.2022	The Week in Agrifoodtech: Zepto bags $200m, Stanford launches climate change school	This week, Indian “instant delivery” e-grocer Zepto got closer to unicorn status with its Series D fundraise, while Colombia’s RobinFood raised funds to expand its ghost kitchen network across Latin America. Elsewhere, cultivated leather st...
22.04.2022	Leonardo DiCaprio Backed Climate Fund Regeneration.VC Closes $45 Million To Bring Sustainability Across Omnichannel	NEW YORK, NY - SEPTEMBER 22: Actor Leonardo DiCaprio poses for a photo following a Divest-Invest ... [+] new conference on September 22, 2015 in New York City. Leonardo DiCaprio joined leaders from the financial, faith and environmental spa...
20.04.2022	With Leonardo DiCaprio As An Advisor, $45 Million Circular/Regenerative Economy Fund Launches	Backed by an all-star roster of strategic advisors and investors including actor Leonardo DiCaprio and circular economy pioneer William McDonough, a fledgling venture capital firm just announced the final close of its first $45 million fund...
29.03.2022	Regeneration.VC Raises $45M Climate Fund, Backed By Leonardo DiCaprio	A new, Los Angeles-based Regeneration.VC said on Monday that it has raised $45M in its inagural fund, which will focus on climate investments, backed by celebrity investor and activist Leonardo DiCaprio. The fund said it will invest in thre...
-	‘Stranger Things’ Gives Netflix a Much-Needed Boost	“Stranger Things” just gave Netflix a sorely-needed win, drawing record viewership over the holiday weekend. Based on Netflix’s internal metrics, viewers watched a combined 287 million hours of season 4, volume 1 of the coming-of-age sci-fi...
-	Family of Former Activision Employee Drops Wrongful Death Lawsuit	The family of Kerri Moynihan, an Activision Blizzard employee who died by suicide during a company retreat in 2017, have reportedly dropped their wrongful death lawsuit against the Santa Monica-based video game publisher. Paul and Janet Moy...
-	Netflix’s Password Sharing Crackdown Causes Confusion: Report	Netflix’s first attempt at curbing password sharing is not garnering the company goodwill among international users. The streaming giant has been experimenting with ways to prevent password sharing among extended friends and family networks...
-	Snap Launches Travel Ad Product Amid Digital Marketing Headwinds	Social media giant Snap is launching a new advertising product for the travel industry as the company navigates an increasingly challenging digital ad market. On Wednesday, the Santa Monica-based company announced Dynamic Travel Ads, which ...
-	Halsey Finally Releasing New Song After Getting Their TikTok ‘Viral Moment’	Halsey finally got their viral TikTok moment—and with it, the release of their new single. After the singer claimed earlier this month that their record label was holding their new single hostage until they created a “fake viral” moment, Ha...
-	How Ice Cream and Celebrity Branding Got Regeneration.VC’s Dan Fishman to Focus on Climate Startups	Regeneration.VC’s Dan Fishman joined LA Venture host Minnie Ingersoll to talk about learning to scale businesses, from fashion and ice cream to climate innovation. Fishman got his start putting together brand deals for major artists, includ...
-	Meet the Culver City Startup Looking to 3D-Print ADUs in Under 24 Hours	In the wake of the pandemic, remote work forced many people to convert their living and dining rooms into home offices, something that could be problematic in more cramped living situations. Enter Azure Printed Homes—a 3D-printing construct...
-	A Look Inside eBay’s Wear ‘Em Out Fairfax Sneaker Pop-Up	When you first move to Los Angeles, one of the strangest sights is the blocks-long queues of people waiting patiently to get into a handful of micro-boutiques on Fairfax Avenue, where four doors down from the Supreme store you could go for ...

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Persons 27

News 47

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