About Gigascale Capital
Gigascale Capital is a venture capital firm founded in 2023. It is primarily based out of Palo Alto, United States. As of May 2026, Gigascale Capital is an active investor, having invested in 14 companies, with 4 new investments in the last 12 months. It primarily invests in Seed round in United States based startups. Its investments are spread across a wide range of sectors from Environment Tech to High Tech and Energy Tech. Most recently it participated in the $***** Series B round of Fractile A lot of funds co-invest with Gigascale Capital, with names like Breakthrough Energy sharing a substantial percentage of its portfolio. Gigascale Capital has team of 9 people including 2 partners.Key Metrics
Team Members
Portfolio Count
Portfolio Sectors
Portfolio Locations
Rounds of Entry
Seed, Series A & 2 more
Portfolio Soonicorns
Deals in last 12 months
Gigascale Capital's List of Top Investments
Gigascale Capital has a portfolio of 14 companies. Their most notable investments are in Arch and HomeBoost.Their portfolio spans across United States, United Kingdom and France. They have invested in Environment Tech, High Tech, Energy Tech and 7 other sectors, across stages such as Seed, Series A and 2 more. Here is the list of top investments by Gigascale Capital:_1531912477249.png?format=webp&height=120&width=120){kind=logo}
1. Form Energy
Developer of iron-air energy storage system for renewable energy storage. The platform provides an iron-air energy storage system for renewable energy projects. Claims that the storage system can store power a year and is cost-effective.
Key facts about Form Energy
2. CFS
Provider of tokamak nuclear fusion reactors. It uses rare-earth barium copper oxide in high-field superconducting magnets for the working of compact fusion reactors.
Key facts about CFS
- Founded Year: 2018
- Location: Cambridge (United States)
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $2.93B
- Employee Count: 1,085 as on Apr 30, 2026
- Investors: Temasek, Mitsui and 68 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, Aug 28, 2025, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
3. Fractile
Developer of AI chips for running large AI models. The company develops data center LLM inference accelerator for models with billions or hundreds of billions of parameters
Key facts about Fractile
- Founded Year: 2022
- Location: London (United Kingdom)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series B
- Total Funding till date: $260M
- Employee Count: 89 as on Apr 30, 2026
- Investors: Inovia Capital, Founders Fund and 22 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series B, May 13, 2026, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
4. Xcimer
Developer of laser technology for commercial inertial fusion energy systems. It focuses on building high-energy laser systems to enable inertial fusion energy. The goal is to couple plasma physics and fusion confinement concepts with a lower-cost, higher-energy laser system that can scale to commercial application. It aims to deliver the future of electricity by combining proven science with breakthrough laser technology.
Key facts about Xcimer
- Founded Year: 2021
- Location: Redwood City (United States)
- Valuation: $*****
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $100M
- Employee Count: 123 as on Apr 30, 2026
- Investors: Hedosophia, Breakthrough Energy and 8 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Jun 04, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
5. Terradot
Technology solution for carbon removal. It uses Enhanced Rock Weathering process to remove carbon from the atmosphere naturally. It also measures and verifies carbon sequestration.
Key facts about Terradot
- Founded Year: 2023
- Location: Stanford (United States)
- Stage: Series A
- Total Funding till date: $58.2M
- Employee Count: 83 as on Apr 30, 2026
- Investors: Floodgate, Google and 15 Others
- Latest Funding Round: Series A, Dec 12, 2024, $*****
- Highlight: Editors' Pick
Gigascale Capital's Year-on-Year Investment Trends
Gigascale Capital has invested in 14 companies over the last 3 years, with an average of 4 new investments annually in the last 3 years. In 2025, it made 4 investments, while as of May 2026, it has made 4 investments in this year. Its most recent first time investment was in Fractile and most recent follow-on round was in CocoonCarbon.Year | No. of Investments | ||
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1st Round | Follow-on | Total | |
2026 (YTD) | 2 | 2 | 4 |
2025 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
2024 | 7 | 0 | 7 |
2023 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Gigascale Capital's Investments by Stage
Gigascale Capital has made 6 investments in Seed stage with an average round size of $5.27M, 5 investments in Series A stage with an average round size of $53.8M, 2 investments in Series B stage with an average round size of $542M and 1 investment in Series F stage with an average round size of $405M.Stage of entry | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Seed | 6 |
Series A | 5 |
Series B | 2 |
Series F | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Gigascale Capital's Investments by Sector
Gigascale Capital has a diverse portfolio, with companies operating in the Environment Tech, High Tech, Sustainability Tech, Energy Tech and Energy. Notably, it has invested in 9 Enterprise (B2B) companies, 9 Tech companies, 5 Tech hardware companies and at least 3 companies focusing on Software.Sector | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
Environment Tech | 7 |
High Tech | 7 |
Sustainability Tech | 7 |
Energy Tech | 5 |
Energy | 3 |
Others | 10 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Gigascale Capital's Investments by Geography
Gigascale Capital has made most investments in United States (10), followed by United Kingdom where it has made 2 investments.Country | No. of Investments |
|---|---|
United States | 10 |
United Kingdom | 2 |
France | 1 |
Note: We have considered here, only first round of investments
Gigascale Capital's recent investments
Gigascale Capital has made 4 investments in 2026 so far. Fractile and CocoonCarbon are the latest among them.Here are the most recent investments by Gigascale Capital:
Filter this listDate | Company | Location | Round Details | Round Amount | Co-Investors |
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May 13, 2026 | United Kingdom | Series B | 2861 | [+7] | |
Mar 18, 2026 | United Kingdom | Series A | 3099 | [+5] | |
Mar 05, 2026 | United States | Seed | 7928 | [+6] | |
Feb 06, 2026 | United States | Series B | 3214 | [+4] | |
Oct 21, 2025 | United States | Series A | 5013 | [+2] |
Team profile of Gigascale Capital
Gigascale Capital has a team of 9 members including 2 Partners, 1 Venture Partner and 2 Principals located in United States. Gigascale Capital's team sits on the board of 1 company.Here is a list of all team members in Gigascale Capital:
Name | Designation | Location | Board Memberships | Contact Details |
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Partner | San Francisco | |||
Partner | Mountain View | - | ||
Venture Partner | Seattle | - | - | |
Principal | Palo Alto | |||
Principal | San Francisco | - |
Co-investors of Gigascale Capital
Over the past 3 years, 161 investors have co-invested in Gigascale Capital's portfolio companies. This includes funds and angels.
- Invested before Gigascale Capital: Coatue, Temasek and 65 others have invested in rounds before Gigascale Capital. There are 2 companies where Coatue has invested before Gigascale Capital and 2 companies where Temasek has invested before Gigascale Capital.
- Top Co-investors of Gigascale Capital: 89 investors entered a company along with Gigascale Capital. These include investors like Breakthrough Energy (3 companies).
- Invested after Gigascale Capital: A total of 5 investors have invested in Gigascale Capital's portfolio after their investments. Top Investors include Development Bank of Japan (1 company), Andreessen Horowitz (1 company) and 2150.VC (1 company).
Recent News related to Gigascale Capital
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Fractile Secures $220M for AI Chips Amidst Intense Market DemandStartupHub.ai•May 13, 2026•Fractile, Factorial Funds, Founders Fund, Accel and 6 others
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Cocoon Carbon Raises $15M in Series A FundingFinSMEs•Mar 18, 2026•Celsius Industries, CocoonCarbon, Gigascale Capital, The Venture Collective and 4 others
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Vor Systems Raises $3M Pre-Seed to Unblock Complex Renewable Energy TransactionsBusiness Wire•Mar 05, 2026•Gigascale Capital, Virta Ventures, Vor Systems
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Heron Power Raises $140 Million in Series B FundingStartup Log•Feb 19, 2026•Heron Power, Tesla, Breakthrough Energy, Gigascale Capital and 4 others
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Arbor Energy Raises $55 Million Series A to Scale Abundant Clean Power for the AI Economyintelligence360•Nov 10, 2025•Arbor, Gigascale Capital, Voyager, Lowercarbon and 8 others
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Arbor Energy Raises $55M in Series A FundingFinSMEs•Oct 21, 2025•Arbor, Gigascale Capital, Voyager, Lowercarbon and 1 other
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Terraton Raises $11.5 Million in Seed Round for Biochar TechnologyStartup Log•Aug 28, 2025•Terraton, Gigascale Capital, Lowercarbon, Fenwick & West
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Heron Power Raises $38M Series A to Accelerate an All-Electric Future
ForexTV•May 29, 2025•Heron Power, Capricorn, Breakthrough Energy, Energy Impact Partners and 3 others
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Terradot receives $54 million in Series A fundingJinglingshuju•Dec 16, 2024•Terra.do, Ponderosa Ventures, Valor Capital Group, Gigascale Capital and 5 others
