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Prelude Ventures

Prelude Ventures is a water-focused venture capital that has backed 1 water company since 2013. (don't) Waste Water rates its water commitment One-Off.

One-Off
Water Commitment
Type
Venture Capital
AUM
$500M
Founded
2013
HQ
San Francisco, United States
Stage
Series B - Series C
Median round
$30.2M
Portfolio
1 cos

Water Commitment Score

Tier
One-Off
1 water companies · last deal 2022 · leads ~50% of rounds · Med confidence
How this is scored ↗
as of Jun 2026 · no pay-to-rank

Compiled from official filings, third-party records, and direct intelligence from investors and founders, in Leviathan · recomputed monthly · as of Jun 2026.

How they invest

Series B1
Series C1
Median round$30.2Mrange $20.1M - $40.4M · 2 disclosed

Portfolio · 1 water companies

Arable Labs
Arable Labs develops in-field IoT weather-crop sensor stations (the Mark series) plus cloud ana
$40.4MSeries C · 2022

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Invests alongside

Grupo Jacto1xiSelect1xS2G Ventures1x Qualcomm Ventures1xMiddleland Capital1xM2O1xGalvanize Climate Solutions1xAjax Strategies1x Alumni Ventures1x

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