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Piva Capital is a San Francisco-based venture capital firm investing in breakthrough technologies transforming the energy, industrial, and materials sectors across North America and Europe. The firm was founded in 2019 and is backed by global Fortune 500 energy company Petronas, among others.
Deal activity decreased year-over-year (2 deals in the last 12 months vs 5 prior). Average disclosed round size is $43.3M (across 36 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
28
Fund Size
$250M
Top Stage
Series B
Last 12 Mo
2
Team
Mark Gudiksen, PhD
Managing Partner
Issam Dairanieh, PhD
Venture Partner
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
41 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Branch Energy | Series B | $33M | Sep 2026 |
 Lunar Energy | Series D | $102M | Feb 2026 |
| PPlantible Foods | Unknown | $35M | Jan 2026 |
 Velo3D | Series D | $17.5M | Aug 2025 |
 Planted Solar | Series A | $12M | Jul 2025 |
 Boston Metal | Growth | $51M | Jul 2025 |
 Oobli | Series B | $18M | Feb 2025 |
| PPlantible Foods | Series B | $30M | Nov 2024 |
 Pyka | Series B | $40M | Sep 2024 |
 Pyka | Series B | $40M | Sep 2024 |
 Koloma | Series B | — | Feb 2024 |
| Koloma | Unknown | — | Jul 2023 |
 Alloy | Series A | — | May 2023 |
 OneRail | Series C | $42M | Nov 2022 |
| JJoywell Foods | Series B | $25M | May 2022 |
| JJoywell | Seed | $25M | May 2022 |
| Pyka | Series A | $37M | Apr 2022 |
| MMenlo Microsystems | Series C | $150M | Mar 2022 |
 Menlo Micro | Series C | $150M | Mar 2022 |
 Xage Security | Series B | $30M | Jan 2022 |
| PPlantible Foods | Series A | $21.5M | Sep 2021 |
 Plantible | Series A | $21.5M | Sep 2021 |
 Plantible | Series A | $21.5M | Sep 2021 |
| Menlo Micro | Series B | $44M | Oct 2020 |
| JJoywell Foods | Series A | $6.9M | Jul 2020 |
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Top Co-Investors
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Prelude Ventures8 shared
Breakthrough Energy Ventures6 shared
Alumni Ventures4 shared
Astanor4 shared
Build Collective4 shared
Paladin Capital Group4 shared
The Vertical Group4 shared
Fidelity Investments4 shared
Playground Global3 shared
Bessemer Venture Partners3 shared
Global Brain Corporation3 shared
GV3 shared
FTW Ventures3 shared
Eighteen94 Capital3 shared
Unshackled Ventures3 shared
CJ CheilJedang3 shared
Lerer Hippeau3 shared
Energy Impact Partners3 shared
Viola Ventures2 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026