Investments
21Portfolio Exits
2Funds
2About True North Venture Partners
True North Venture Partners invests in and supports early stage businesses that have the potential to transform, expand and lead global industries. The firm is focused on industries such as energy, water, agriculture and waste, where the need for disruptive innovation is great and the challenges faced by entrepreneurs are daunting. True North's goal is to identify exceptionally talented entrepreneurs with the vision, drive and business potential to significantly improve the world and help them realize their dreams by providing capital and expertise.

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Latest True North Venture Partners News
Oct 21, 2020
True North Venture Partners taps into Indian market to produce syngas-based ethanol Your email: Today, DME for heavy transport - the brave new world of DME fuels and the companies bringing this new technology forward. Our guests today are Rebecca Boudreaux, CEO of Oberon Fuels and Mike Stivala CEO of Suburban Propane which just acquired a 39% stake in Oberon. Stream it here on-demand. This week, the frontiers of fermentation. Today, we're joined by Angus Ballard, president of Lallemand Biofuels & Distilled Spirits as we explore a breakthrough in one-step yeast and enzymes. Fermentation king Joel Stone of the Due Diligence Wolfpack joins to independently assess the industry impact of this advance. Stream it here on-demand. Today, biocrude. Today my special guest is Ib Johannsen CEO of Bio2Oil - and we’re going to drop into the world of hydrothermal liquefaction and the opportunities in biocrude. And Steve Csonka of CAAFI joined in the lightning round. Stream it here on-demand. ESG financing. There’s 11.6 trillion in ESG finance. What can be done to ensure you get your share? We're joined by Cindy Thyfault and Gerard Ostheimer of Global Biofuture Solutions as we explored the tools, the must-dos, the must knows. We visited biobased mandates around the world. Where are the markets you can count on, how much can you count on? 65 countries in all, We’ll be focusing especially on new information out of the Americas, Asia and the EU. —In all, there’s more than 4 billion gallons of advanced biofuels capacity operating, under construction or planned, for the California market. What’s going on? To answer that question. we were joined by Dave Rubenstein the CEO of California Ethanol & Power, an advanced biofuels project based on sugarcane in the Imperial Valley, and Mark Riedy, the dean of renewable energy project finance and a partner at Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton. — Today we’re off in search of King Tech, which is to say, what technology or set of technologies is the perfect fit. We’re looking at a very special patch of ground near Ames in the great state of Iowa, It’s a great place to build stuff — more than 60 bioeconomy plants around the state To answer that question today we have the Due Diligence Wolfpack, fangs out, thirsty for value. They are the experts you’d hire to answer these very questions, but today we get to see how they think, how they fit technologies and feedstocks and infrastructuire in a feasible way. The Wolves are: Ron Cascone, David Dodds, James Iademarco, Michele Rubico, Joel Stone and Steve Weiss.. — Today we're joined by Clariant's Paolo Corvo with some great brand new video and updates on the Clariant first commercial cellulosic ethanol project in Romania, and the new licensee project in Bulgaria. And we're joined by AlgEternal CEO David Ramjohn on how algae technology fits into a circular bioeconomy.. Looking at 11 technologies, 21 projects and 13 emerging projects, plus market drivers and economics; with Emerging Markets CEO Will Thurmond and Digest editor Jim Lane . A Special Webinar: Opportunities in renewable fuels and chemicals at the Port of Rotterdam. In this special DIGEST WEBINAR, we look at the Port of Rotterdam for project opportunities in the advanced bioeconomy. We were joined by Stijn Effting, the Port's business manager for renewable fuels and chemicals.
True North Venture Partners Investments
21 Investments
True North Venture Partners has made 21 investments. Their latest investment was in AquaHydrex as part of their Series A on January 1, 2023.

True North Venture Partners Investments Activity

Date | Round | Company | Amount | New? | Co-Investors | Sources |
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1/26/2023 | Series A | AquaHydrex | $25.08M | No | 3 | |
2/2/2021 | Option/Warrant | Nanostone Water | $0.05M | Yes | cultivateMD, True North Venture Partners, and Undisclosed Investors | 1 |
2/1/2021 | Unattributed VC - III | Synata Bio | $0.61M | No | cultivateMD, True North Venture Partners, and Undisclosed Venture Investors | 1 |
12/9/2016 | Unattributed VC - II | |||||
5/17/2016 | Series A |
Date | 1/26/2023 | 2/2/2021 | 2/1/2021 | 12/9/2016 | 5/17/2016 |
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Round | Series A | Option/Warrant | Unattributed VC - III | Unattributed VC - II | Series A |
Company | AquaHydrex | Nanostone Water | Synata Bio | ||
Amount | $25.08M | $0.05M | $0.61M | ||
New? | No | Yes | No | ||
Co-Investors | cultivateMD, True North Venture Partners, and Undisclosed Investors | cultivateMD, True North Venture Partners, and Undisclosed Venture Investors | |||
Sources | 3 | 1 | 1 |
True North Venture Partners Portfolio Exits
2 Portfolio Exits
True North Venture Partners has 2 portfolio exits. Their latest portfolio exit was Intercure on July 31, 2007.
True North Venture Partners Fund History
2 Fund Histories
True North Venture Partners has 2 funds, including TNVP Harvest Power Fund II.
Closing Date | Fund | Fund Type | Status | Amount | Sources |
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10/9/2014 | TNVP Harvest Power Fund II | Multi-Stage Venture Capital | Closed | $55.7M | 1 |
7/18/2011 | True North Venture Partners LP |
Closing Date | 10/9/2014 | 7/18/2011 |
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Fund | TNVP Harvest Power Fund II | True North Venture Partners LP |
Fund Type | Multi-Stage Venture Capital | |
Status | Closed | |
Amount | $55.7M | |
Sources | 1 |
True North Venture Partners Team
1 Team Member
True North Venture Partners has 1 team member, including former Chief Marketing Officer, Frank Cho.
Name | Work History | Title | Status |
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Frank Cho | Chief Marketing Officer | Former |
Name | Frank Cho |
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Work History | |
Title | Chief Marketing Officer |
Status | Former |