Championing the upper echelon of founders.

Echelon

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Fervo Energy
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Echelon is a highly-concentrated, early-stage fund that partners closely with founders to focus on building each and every company. We deeply engage with founders through our networks, often for several years before investing, to develop a differentiated conviction in founder potential.

What gives us conviction in founders:

OBSESSION

“What's wrong with this person?”

They are obsessed with a problem no one can solve, but if they could it would change the world.

UNIQUE FIT

“Is this the only person to build this?”

Their unique career assets make them irreplaceable to executing the company's core innovation.

CONSISTENCY

“Who is this person outside the context of their company?”

Their character traits are identical between social and fundraising settings, a proxy for maintained trust in tough times.

Our Networks

We facilitate standalone networks across data and climate that support founders and let us develop mutual conviction in each other as company-building partners.

Confidential group of 40+ founders/$6B+ market cap sharing learnings and best practices weekly

Typical Investment Structure

In our concentrated fund structure, we work closely with our founders to help build each company and create the potential for every investment to return the fund

Investment
Stage:
Formation - Seed

Initial
Investment Size:
$250k - $2M

Target
Ownership:
10% at Series A

Number
of Investments:
5-10 Per Fund