Sophie Purdom
Managing Partner at Planeteer Capital
New York, New York
Overview
Work Experience
Managing Partner
2022 - Current
Planeteer exists to find and fund a limited set of founders with nonlinear ambition and otherworldly urgency.
Planeteer Capital helps climate founders build a better future.
Co-Founder
2020
CTVC delivers data-backed climate tech intelligence to 75,000+ investors, founders, and decision makers.
Sightline Climate clarifies climate tech expansion and deployment through data-driven insights and tactical intelligence.
Raised $7,244,994.00.
Advisor, Co-Founder
2018 - 2022
Kula Bio makes affordable, carbon-negative ammonia fertilizer powered by microbes.
Kula Bio is a company that provides sustainable biological solutions for modern agriculture.
Raised $72,128,761.00 from iSelect Fund, Neglected Climate Opportunities, Lowercarbon Capital, Taihill Venture, Collaborative Fund, Embark Ventures, Pillar VC, Ying Fund, HT Capital and BOPU.
Associate Consultant
2016 - 2018
Learned to make pretty slides, mostly in the Private Equity Group.
Sustainable investing course & book
2016 - 2018
Taught a top-rated course on sustainable investing, then wrote a book on it.
Brown University Sustainable Investment Fund
2015 - 2016
Launched Sustainable Investment Fund — an ESG-focused endowment option accessible to all donors.