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    Convective Capital

    San Francisco, California, United StatesFounded 2022

    Convective Capital is an early-stage venture capital firm that invests in hardware, software, and financial services that manage risk in the physical world, with a focus on disaster resilience and wildfire technology. Founded by Bill Clerico, the firm connects capital, people, and technology to protect against disasters.

    They made 4 investments in the last 12 months. Average disclosed round size is $31.1M (across 11 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    12

    Fund Size

    $85M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    4

    Team

    Bill Clerico

    Bill Clerico

    Founder & Managing Partner

    Kat Mañalac

    Kat Mañalac

    Partner

    Mike Trapanese

    Mike Trapanese

    Partner

    Amy Brown

    Amy Brown

    Director of Operations

    Jay Ribakove

    Jay Ribakove

    Principal

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    16 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    DDrafted AISeed$16MMay 2026
    Drafted logoDraftedSeed$1.6MDec 2025
    Gridware logoGridwareSeries B$55MNov 2025
    Seneca logoSenecaSeries B$60MOct 2025
    Windborne Systems logoWindborne SystemsSeries A—May 2024
    BurnBot logoBurnBotSeries A$20MApr 2024
    Rain logoRainSeed—Sep 2023
    Rain logoRainSeed—Sep 2023
    Pano AI logoPano AISeries A$17MJul 2023
    Windborne Systems logoWindborne SystemsSeed—Jun 2023
    Gridware logoGridwareSeed$10.5MJun 2023
    Windborne Systems logoWindborne SystemsSeries A$15M—
    Seneca logoSenecaUnknown$60M—
    Seneca logoSenecaUnknown$60M—
    Rhizome logoRhizomeUnknown——
    Gridware logoGridwareSeries A$26.4M—

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    Last updated: 20 October 2026