Convective Capital

Convective Capital is a venture capital firm that connects capital, people, and technology to protect us from disasters, investing in hardware, software, and financial services that manage risk in the physical world. It recently announced its $85 million Fund II for disaster resilience, and invests primarily at seed while helping companies raise Series A rounds. Its portfolio spans wildfire, grid, insurance, and forestry resilience, including Burnbot, Gridware, Pano AI, Seneca, Stand, The Lumber Manufactory, and Overstory. It supports companies through Updraft, its 10,000+ person resilience network of utilities, government agencies, insurers, forestry services, fire departments, and land managers, which has generated $100 million+ in revenue for portfolio companies. Convective hosts the Red Sky Summit, its flagship gathering of the wildfire and resilience ecosystem, and publishes the Disasterproof podcast and video series and Field Notes. It specializes in hard markets that most investors shy away from, backing founders building systems that keep the world running.