# G2 Venture Partners (G2VP)

> G2 Venture Partners is a venture capital firm in Portola Valley, California, United States, that backs growth-stage companies, typically Series B to pre-IPO, building climate tech, energy, AI infrastructure, autonomy and industrial technology for a sustainable future.

## Main

- [Home](https://www.g2vp.com): Overview of the firm's 20-year track record, featured portfolio stories on Crusoe, Waabi, 1KOMMA5°, Enphase and Locus Robotics, a portfolio logo wall and the latest insight articles.
- [Team](https://www.g2vp.com/team): Firm origin story from Kleiner Perkins' Green Growth Fund plus biographies of partners, operating partners, principals, analysts and investor relations staff, each listing their active portfolio investments.
- [Contact](https://www.g2vp.com/contact): Office address in Portola Valley, California, with a map link, the general inquiry email address and a newsletter sign-up form.

## Services

- [Investment Focus](https://www.g2vp.com/investment-focus): Explains the firm's thesis: technology at the digital and physical intersection, Series B to pre-IPO stage criteria, efficiency and decarbonization goals, and three current megatrends including the U.S. power crunch.
- [Industrial Network](https://www.g2vp.com/industrial-network): Describes the Industrial Intelligence Network of operators, executives and advisors available to founders, with member profiles from companies such as Ford, DHL, Tesla and Hitachi, plus firm advisors.

## Trust and Credibility

- [Portfolio](https://www.g2vp.com/portfolio): Filterable directory of current portfolio companies by sector (energy, efficient compute, industrial tech, agriculture, autonomy, future of work) with M&A and IPO tags, plus earlier Kleiner Perkins investments.

## Optional

- [Insights](https://www.g2vp.com/insights): Hub for the firm's thematic research and news, filterable by Megatrends, Why We Invested, Impact, G2 Debate Series, G2 Playbook, Firm Updates and Press Releases.
- [The Need for Fast, Cheap, Reliable Energy: Why We Invested in Antora](https://www.g2vp.com/insight/the-need-for-fast-cheap-reliable-energy----why-we-invested-in-antora): Investment thesis for Antora's carbon-based thermal batteries, covering surging data center power demand, the 5 GWh POET project in South Dakota and founding team strengths.
- [Why We Invested in VAST Data](https://www.g2vp.com/insight/why-we-invested-in-vast-data): Analysis of VAST's disaggregated data architecture for AI workloads, its growth across HPC labs, GPU clouds, enterprises and physical AI, and the energy savings from reduced GPU idle time.
- [AVs Are the New EVs](https://www.g2vp.com/insight/avs-are-the-new-evs): Megatrend piece arguing that robotaxi fleets, OEM partnerships, charging buildout and fuel price volatility will drive the next wave of electric vehicle adoption after a 2026 sales dip.
- [Decarbonization Is Not on Autopilot](https://www.g2vp.com/insight/decarbonization-is-not-on-autopilot-why-efficiency-matters-more-than-ever-in-2026): Impact article detailing how the firm calculates carbon savings from efficiency investments across grid scenarios and why rising 2025 U.S. emissions make efficiency more urgent.
- [Why We Invested: Waabi](https://www.g2vp.com/insight/why-we-invested-waabi): Series C co-lead rationale for Waabi's autonomous trucking platform, covering its neural simulator, end-to-end AI model, safety approach, trucking market economics and projected emissions reductions.

## Contact

- Address (Office): 3280 Alpine Rd, Portola Valley, CA 94028, United States
- Email (General): info@g2vp.com
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/g2vp
- X: https://twitter.com/g2vpllc?lang=en