About Pangaea Ventures
Hard tech.
Until it's ordinary.
Every successful technology revolution ends the same way:
Electricity was a wonder, then a utility.
Antibiotics were a miracle, then a prescription.
Smartphones were a breakthrough, then ubiquitous.
Ordinary is what a technology becomes once it is simply the way.
And it's what we invest toward: innovations leveraging advanced materials, novel chemistry, and biology that become so completely absorbed into how the world works that nobody calls them breakthroughs anymore.
Our job is getting to ordinary, sooner.
A Hard Tech
Venture Capital firm
Pangaea Ventures is a hard tech venture capital firm founded in 2000. We invest in advanced materials, novel chemistry, and biology across three areas, from our offices in Vancouver, Phoenix, and Tokyo.
Climate Innovation &
Sustainable Systems
AGRICULTURE & FOOD SYSTEMS
GREEN CHEMISTRY &
INDUSTRIAL BIOLOGY
ENERGY & GRID SOLUTIONS
CIRCULAR ECONOMY &
RESOURCE RECOVERY
Semiconductors &
Advanced Manufacturing
ADVANCED PACKAGING & PHOTONICS
SEMICONDUCTOR MATERIALS MANUFACTURING AND METROLOGY
AI INFRASTRUCTURE
PHYSICAL AI
Human Health &
Bioengineering
PREVENTATIVE CARE & DIAGNOSTICS
REGENERATIVE MEDICINE & BIOPRINTING
GENOMICS &
PERSONALIZED MEDICINE
BIOPROCESSING & BIOMANUFACTURING
For Founders
We work with founders and CEOs on the many decisions that come with scale: financing, governance, executive hires, and the customers and manufacturing partners necessary for growth. When we introduce a company to a corporate partner or co-investor, they already know we've vetted the technology. That makes the first conversation easier.
Corporate Partners
Pangaea Ventures partners with materials, chemicals, semiconductor, and industrial companies across Asia, Europe, and North America. They see technically vetted startups early, get training for their corporate venture teams, and collaborate with portfolio founders on qualifying new technology.
Our team
We've spent decades investing in hard tech, across advanced materials, novel chemistry, and biology.
Our team shares one focus: getting hard tech to ordinary, sooner.
Our values
We earn it through rigorous decisions and open, respectful communication.
Trust
We listen to different perspectives and step in for our colleagues and partners.
Collaboration
We ask better questions, share what we learn, and look for opportunities others overlook.
Curiosity
Excellence
We set specific goals, keep a growth mindset, and aim to deliver more than we promise.