Vectors Collective
About Vectors Collective
Mobilizing collected financing to tackle the world's pressing challenges, starting with climate change.
We believe outstanding financial returns align well with creating enduring positive environmental and social impact
Thesis and research driven climate financing solutions by partnership with world leading research institutions and think tanks
Vectors Directions
[Impact x Financial Return]
Impact
[eg. CO2 reduction ]
Investment Return
[MoM x times over y years]
Vectors Impact Pledge
Startups or projects are encouraged to pledge their future effort to maximize their intended impact.
Thesis Driven Mission Driven Investment
Mission Driven Investment
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Climate Frontier Fund
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Angel Syndicates
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Synbio x Climate case fund
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Other mission investing financial products
Community Engagement and Education
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Investment bootcamp
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Community education event
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Angel community
Think Tank
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Industry overlook: decarbonization technology / approaches
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Industry/go to market challenges
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Climate financing approaches
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Policy roadmaps
Climate Frontier Fund
Power the frontier climate solutions through investments and partnerships
Huge Emerging Market
Capable Founder
Defensible solution
Product Market Fit
Policy aligned
Climate Impact
Sector - Mission Driven Investment
Energy Transition
(27% of global GHG contribution)
Renewable energy, energy storage
Decarbonized Transportation
(16% of global GHG contribution)
Electric vehicle, hydrogen, battery value chain
Agricultural and Natural solutions
(19% of GHG contribution)
Alternative protein, agriculture innovation, blue economy, carbon sequestration
Heavy Industry and manufacturing
(31% of global GHG contribution)
Alternative plastics, alternative materials, sustainable processing
Built Environment
(7% of global GHG contribution)
Low carbon construction, energy efficiency
Integrated Solutions
Carbon Capture, circular economy, climate risk, insurance tech, green finance, behavioral change, consumer B2B, B2C solutions including carbon accounting, reporting and more
Vectors Angel Deal Team: Investment Fellowship Program
A 4+2 month investment fellowship program for aspiring angel investors, professionals and scientist to join our investment team.
Selected Current Cohort of the investment team:
Jenny Kan
Focus Area: Synthetic biology
Focuses on early-stage bio and AI/ML investments that solve problems in sustainability and health. She holds a PhD in Chemistry from Cambridge and completed her Synthetic Biology Postdoc at Caltech.
Nikodem Pancewicz
Focus Area: energy systems
Nik spent a decade in the energy sector at various multinational companies in engineering, sales, and strategy, and currently works in Business Development and Strategy at ABB. Nikodem holds a master’s degree in management from Harvard University and a master’s degree in law from Northwestern University.
Focus Area: biotechnology
Wanwipa is a MIT/Princeton trained chemical engineer. She is based in Bangkok, Thailand, as an Assistant Professor at Sirindhorn International Institute of Technology, Thammasat University, and works on different research projects related to to improve human lives, ranging from tissue engineering for healing diabetic wounds to addressing environmental problems by converting wastes to high-value products.
Wanwipa Siriwatwechakul
Matt Stone
Focus Area: Semiconductor
Matt Stone is currently a team member at Intel Capital, responsible for working with Intel Capital's portfolio companies. Matt received his master's degree in management science and engineering from Stanford University, and bachelor's degree in finance from the University of Arizona.
Long Term: Mission Driven Investment Launchpad with Full Capital Stack & Blended Financing
Leading Research Institution and Think Tank collaboration
Tackle climate challenges with blended financing
1. Identify current challenges bottlenecking climate financing and work collectively to creatively tackle the problem.
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2. Collaborate with think tank to identify potential policies or programs that might enable more climate technology adoption.
Form specific working group to identity and
launch appropriate financial products to tackle the challenge
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Venture Capital
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Growth Equity
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Project finance
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Private equity
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Insurance
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Credit
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and more…..
A research-first thesis-driven approach to deliver financial products and impact.
We embrace blended financing options to tackle specific climate finance challenges.
Climate Investment Bootcamp
A 5-weeks entry level venture investment course that targets climate vertical
Topic covered:
Instructors:
Climate investment overview
Venture investment basic with a climate focus
Legal and financial basics
Policy market driver and opportunity area deep dive
Portfolio management for climate technology companies
Professor Ilya A. Strebulaev
The David S. Lobel Professor of Private Equity and Professor of Finance, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Dr. Yixing Xu
Research Director of Breakthrough Energy Sciences
Hara Wang
Head of Investments, Third Derivatives
With real startup company live due diligence
Yijean Chow
Investment Principal, Future Energy Ventures
Alex Luce
Partner, Creative Ventures
Jason Gordon
Corporate attorney, Polsinelli
Selected Portfolio Companies
History
Late 2019
Sept, 2019
May, 2020
Sept, 2021
Sept, 2021
Dec, 2021
Jan,
2022
More mission driven investment initiatives to come!
Vectors Angel
Vectors Angel The impact investment angel syndicate groupFounded Late 2019 by Jane Ge
Vectors Collective
First investment: Huue.bio’s pre-seed round
First public investor deal selection day
First climate investment Bootcamp
Synbio x climate case fund
Climate Frontier Fund
First cohort of investment fellowship program