Analysis

March 14, 2023

Climate and AI startups, this growth investor wants you

Teachers’ Venture Growth currently has eight investors in Europe


Eleanor Warnock

4 min read

Avid Larizadeh Duggan, senior managing director of Teachers’ Venture Growth

The first investment made by the late-stage VC arm of one of Canada’s biggest pension funds was SpaceX.

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Eleanor Warnock

Eleanor Warnock is an advisor to VC firm Bek Ventures, and writes a newsletter on tech and writing. She was previously Sifted’s deputy editor. Find her on X and LinkedIn

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