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    Gigascale Capital

    Palo Alto, California, United StatesFounded 2023

    Gigascale Capital is a climate-focused venture capital firm founded in 2023 by former Meta CTO Mike Schroepfer, Victoria Beasley, and Evaline Tsai. Based in Palo Alto, California, the firm invests in early-stage companies rebuilding the physical economy for climate impact across energy, factories, supply chains, and infrastructure.

    30% of their portfolio is in Climate & Energy. Deal activity increased 700% year-over-year (8 deals in the last 12 months). Average disclosed round size is $226.4M (across 27 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    18

    Fund Size

    $250M

    Top Stage

    Series A

    Last 12 Mo

    8

    Team

    Haley Prout

    Haley Prout

    Investing

    John Lilly

    John Lilly

    Investing

    Mike Schroepfer

    Mike Schroepfer

    Investing

    Olivia Strader

    Olivia Strader

    Investing

    Victoria Beasley

    Victoria Beasley

    Investing

    Aaron Bernstein

    Aaron Bernstein

    Partnerships

    Janet Frishberg

    Janet Frishberg

    Talent

    Merrill Feather

    Merrill Feather

    Marketing

    Nicolina Quickert

    Nicolina Quickert

    Operations

    Philipp Hoffmann

    Philipp Hoffmann

    Scouting

    Raylene Yung

    Raylene Yung

    Executive in Residence

    Simran Arora

    Simran Arora

    Finance

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    27 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    Fractile logoFractileSeries B$220MSep 2026
    Light Energy logoLight EnergyUnknown$46MSep 2026
    RRed MetalsSeed$10MJun 2026
    Panthalassa logoPanthalassaSeries B$140MMay 2026
    VVor SystemsPre-Seed$3MMar 2026
    Heron Power logoHeron PowerSeries D$140MFeb 2026
    Heron Power logoHeron PowerSeries B$140MFeb 2026
    Heron logoHeronSeries B$140MFeb 2026
    Panthalassa logoPanthalassaSeries B$140MJan 2026
    Heron Power logoHeron PowerSeries A$140MJan 2026
    Form Energy logoForm EnergySeries A$750MJan 2026
    Heron logoHeronSeries A$38MMay 2025
    CCfsSeries B$863MJan 2025
    CCommonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS)Unknown$863MJan 2025
    Fractile logoFractileSeed$15MJul 2024
    Arch logoArchSeed$6.2MFeb 2024
    Xcimer Energy logoXcimer EnergySeed$100MJan 2023
    Cocoon logoCocoonSeries A$20MSep 2021
    CCommonwealth Fusion Systems (CFS)Series B$1.8BJan 2021
    TTerratonSeed$11.5M—
    Cocoon logoCocoonPre-Seed$5.4M—
    Cocoon Carbon logoCocoon CarbonSeries A$15M—
    Xcimer logoXcimerSeries A$100M—
    Xcimer Energy logoXcimer EnergySeries A$200M—
    Xcimer Energy logoXcimer EnergySeries A$100M—
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    Last updated: 20 October 2026