The Venture Collective (TVC) is a transformational, early stage venture business that is on a mission to bridge the funding gap for underrepresented founders. We are a support first, milestone driven investor who contributes capital, time, and networks to help positively impactful, fast-growing companies create long-lasting businesses. At its core, we believe that diversity is not only good for business, but necessary for societal advancement.
Our experienced team is headquartered in New York City and London, but we are excited to meet founders across the United States and United Kingdom.
Our experienced team is headquartered in New York City and London, but we are excited to meet founders across the United States and United Kingdom.
Location: United States, New York
Employees: 1-10
Founded date: 2019
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Pre-Seed; Seed; Series A
Portfolio 65
| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 19.03.2026 | Cocoon Car... | cocooncarbon.com | $20.6M | United Kin... |
| 01.10.2025 | Summer Hea... | summerhealth.com | $19.5M | United Sta... |
| 01.10.2025 | BIOS Healt... | bios.health | $5.9M | United Kin... |
| 01.10.2025 | X-energy | x-energy.com | $2.14B | United Sta... |
| 23.02.2025 | FlyteHealt... | flytehealth.com | - | United Sta... |
| 23.02.2025 | Laguna Bio | lagunabio.com | - | - |
| 29.12.2024 | InGel Ther... | ingeltx.com | - | - |
| 29.12.2024 | Caravel | caravel.bio | - | - |
| 29.12.2024 | Liferaft | liferaft.cc | - | - |
| 29.12.2024 | Mimikai | mimikai.com | - | United Sta... |
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Persons 9
| Date | First Name | Last Name | Title | Location | |||
| - | Chelsea | Eshraghi | Chief Of S... | linkedin.c... | - | c*****a@th... | - |
| - | Gina | Shekerdemi... | Founding P... | linkedin.c... | - | g**a@theve... | - |
| - | Caitlin | Herling | - | linkedin.c... | - | c*****n@th... | - |
| - | Nirmesh | Patel | VP, Invest... | linkedin.c... | - | n*****h@th... | - |
| - | Julien | Ercole | Limited Pa... | linkedin.c... | - | J****n@the... | - |
| - | Cat | Middleton | General Pa... | linkedin.c... | - | c*t@theven... | - |
| - | Kevin | Shannon | Principal | linkedin.c... | - | k***n@thev... | - |
| - | Chessica | Mirasol | Executive ... | linkedin.c... | - | c******a@t... | - |
| - | Stephanie | Sarelakos | - | linkedin.c... | - | s***h@thev... | - |
Mentions in press and media 18
| Date | Title | Description |
| 19.03.2026 | Cocoon Carbon Lands $15M, Unleashes Steel Slag for Sustainable Concrete Future | Cocoon Carbon secured $15M Series A funding. The company transforms steel slag from electric arc furnaces into a vital cement replacement. This innovative technology creates scalable, cost-competitive supplementary cementitious materials (S... |
| 19.03.2026 | Cocoon: $15 Million Raised To Address Concrete Supply Gap With Cement Substitute Technology | Cocoon Carbon, a London-based materials technology company focused on scaling alternative inputs for concrete production, announced it has raised $15 million in Series A funding. The round was co-led by 2150 and Brick & Mortar Ventures,... |
| 18.03.2026 | Cocoon Carbon Raises $15M in Series A Funding | Cocoon Carbon, a London, UK-based material company developing a cement substitute, raised $15M in Series A funding. The round was led by 2150 and Brick and Mortar Ventures, with participation from TVC (The Venture Collective), Wireframe Ven... |
| 18.03.2026 | Data centre boom fuels need for cement substitutes as London’s Cocoon Carbon lands €13 million | Cocoon Carbon, a UK company developing a scalable supply of cement substitutes, known as supplementary cementitious materials (SCMs), today announced the closing of a €13 million ($15 million) Series A round. The investment was co-led by 21... |
| 20.01.2026 | From eggs to avocados – Germany’s Orbem raises €55.5 million for AI-powered MRI expansion | Orbem, the Munich-based DeepTech company turning Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) into an AI-powered tool to reveal hidden insights in food and biology, today announced the closing of a €55.5 million Series B round to expand into the US, la... |
| 20.01.2026 | Orbem: €55.5M Series B Raised To Scale MRI-Powered AI Across Food and Healthcare | Orbem has secured €55.5 million in Series B funding to advance its goal of building a healthier and more sustainable future. The round was led by Innovation Industries and joined by Supernova Invest, with continued support from existing inv... |
| 20.01.2026 | Orbem raises €55.5M Series B to scale AI-powered MRI technology | Munich-based Orbem, a deeptech company applying artificial intelligence to magnetic resonance imaging to analyse food and biological systems, has closed a €55.5 million Series B financing round. The round was led by Innovation Industries, w... |
| 20.01.2026 | Terralayr sammelt 192 Millionen ein – Orbem streicht 55,5 Millionen ein – one.five erhält 14 Millionen | Im #DealMonitor für den 20. Januar werfen wir einen Blick auf die wichtigsten, spannendsten und interessantesten Investments und Exits des Tages in der DACH-Region. Alle Deals der Vortage gibt es im großen und übersichtlichen #DealMonitor-A... |
| 16.10.2025 | Caravel Bio Wins $7.8M NSF Grant to Pioneer Next-Generation Protein Engineering | What You Should Know: – Caravel Bio, the first joint platform for protein discovery and delivery that enables new applications of synthetic biology, today announces its selection for a $7.8M award from the U.S. National Science Foundation D... |
| 14.03.2024 | Brief: Orbillion raises new capital for predictive modeling platform to de-risk cultivated meat scaleup | Berkeley-based startup Orbillion has raised fresh capital that brings its cumulative funding to $15 million. The round follows a successful 200-liter production run which the company claims validates its predictive modeling platform for “de... |
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