TerraForge Capital

About TerraForge Capital

TerraForge Capital invests in founders building the future across energy, space, and transportation, headquartered in Boulder, Colorado, and operated under TerraForge Management, LLC. The firm views energy as "the binding constraint" underlying a unified thesis, rather than three separate bets. Its focus spans three interconnected sectors: Transportation (autonomous intelligence and novel propulsion systems), Energy (generation, storage, transmission, and distribution), and Space (microgravity manufacturing, orbital logistics, and edge compute) — together forming what it calls the infrastructure layer of the next industrial era. TerraForge's sole disclosed investment to date is Beyond Reach Labs, a space infrastructure company building deployable solar arrays and radiators for orbital power. Its investment philosophy draws on a geological metaphor — mountains forged when tectonic plates collide under pressure — reflecting a preference for backing founders who "love the climb."
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  • Schaffer Ochstein, Founder & General Partner