ABOUT LARTA VENTURES
We invest in promising founders and startups who are working to feed, fuel, & heal the world.
Our mission is to foster science & technology innovation for a sustainable planet.
As a non-profit investor, we reinvest our growth value back unto future founders.
Larta Ventures is a subsidiary of Larta Institute. Larta Institute is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization accelerating innovation & entrepreneurship.Â
Venture Fellows
Through our Venture Fellows program, we invest in diverse innovators to pilot good ideas that help communities become more resilient in response to the impacts of climate change.
Venture Studio
Our co-creation studio model invests resources and expertise in sustainability-focused ventures to prepare them for seed or Series A funding.
Venture Fund
We invest capital into impact-driven startups alongside our active funding network.
THESIS
We invest in people & startups who do well by doing good and ask the question - can this innovation make the world a better place?
Larta Institute & Larta Ventures
OUR PIPELINE
We invest in graduates of Larta Institute's startup programs.
Our pipeline includes early-stage innovations that have received SBIR/STTR non-dilutive funding from U.S. federal agencies and then de-risked by Larta’s commercialization assistance programs.
We also invest in diverse & underserved innovators via Larta’s entrepreneur development programs, which are funded by our industry and foundation partners.
ACTIVE INVESTOR NETWORK
Larta's portfolio have raised funds from federal agencies, VCs, industry, foundations, and family offices.
Selected Larta Portfolio & Alumni
LARTA VENTURES TEAM
Founder & CEO
Rohit Shukla
Head of Programs & Evaluation
Vaishali Paliwal
Senior Manager, Larta Venture Fellows
Christina Lila Wilson
Senior Fellow, Sustainable Innovation
Lewis D. Rowe
Chief Strategy Officer
Carlos Gutierrez
Director, CleanTech & Energy
David Berokoff
Senior Advisor, Sustainability
Gunjan Siroya
