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    Powerhouse Ventures

    Oakland, California, United StatesFounded 2013

    Powerhouse Ventures is a seed-stage venture capital firm based in Oakland, California, backing founders building digital infrastructure to rapidly decarbonize global energy and mobility systems. It operates alongside Powerhouse Innovation, a consulting arm serving major energy and technology corporations.

    Deal activity decreased year-over-year (3 deals in the last 12 months vs 6 prior). Their most common stage is seed (51% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $13.4M (across 73 rounds with reported amounts).

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    Portfolio

    74

    Fund Size

    $75M

    Top Stage

    Seed

    Last 12 Mo

    3

    Team

    Emily Kirsch

    Emily Kirsch

    Founder and Managing Partner

    Marie Thompson

    Marie Thompson

    Partner

    Kendall Cody

    Kendall Cody

    Marketing & Communications Director

    Gabe Cuadra

    Gabe Cuadra

    Principal

    Gabriel VanLoozen

    Gabriel VanLoozen

    Principal

    Shaandiin Cedar

    Shaandiin Cedar

    Principal

    Lucy Reading

    Lucy Reading

    Senior Associate

    Eric Zhang

    Eric Zhang

    Operations Associate

    Jasmine Sorrells

    Jasmine Sorrells

    Executive Assistant

    Luke Dunnington

    Luke Dunnington

    President and Founder, Intersect

    Portfolio Breakdown

    Stage Distribution

    Sector Distribution

    Investment Activity

    DealsAvg Round Size

    Portfolio

    87 investments
    CompanyRoundAmountDate
    ThinkLabs AI logoThinkLabs AISeries A$28MMar 2026
    CVector logoCVectorSeed$5MJan 2026
    thinklabs logothinklabsSeries A$28MJan 2026
    Class 3 Technologies logoClass 3 TechnologiesSeed$3.5MOct 2025
    Heron logoHeronSeries A$38MMay 2025
    Adopt AI logoAdopt AISeed$6MMay 2025
    CCheehoo Labs, Inc.Series A$10MApr 2025
    Presto logoPrestoSeed$15MFeb 2025
    Tyba logoTybaSeries A$13.9MFeb 2025
    Holiday Tribe logoHoliday TribeSeries A—Jan 2025
    SSwish ClubSeries A$4.5MJan 2025
    Adaptis logoAdaptisSeed$4MJan 2025
    Adopt AI logoAdopt AISeed—Jan 2025
    EEnergetic CapitalSeed$15MOct 2024
    Sybill logoSybillSeries A$11MJul 2024
    ThinkLabs AI logoThinkLabs AISeed$5MMay 2024
    Lil Snack logoLil SnackUnknown$3.1MApr 2024
    Axiom Cloud logoAxiom CloudSeed$5MFeb 2024
    Betty logoBettySeries A$5MJan 2024
    Lil Snack logoLil SnackSeed$3.1MJan 2024
    thinklabs logothinklabsSeed$5MJan 2024
    ProcureYard logoProcureYardSeed$1.7MJan 2024
    Holiday Tribe logoHoliday TribeSeed—Jan 2024
    Enough Energy logoEnough EnergySeed—Oct 2023
    1Bstories logo1BstoriesSeed$5.5MJul 2023
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    Last updated: 20 October 2026