Sarah Applebaum

Partner, Pangaea Ventures · 1 appearance on the record.

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Sarah Applebaum sources and leads venture investments in hard-tech startups applying breakthrough material science, chemistry, and biology to address climate change and planetary health. She has managed investments and board roles with companies such as pH7 Technologies and Membrion, while advising through programs like Creative Destruction Lab.

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Prediction Not checkable as stated

Developing nations may leapfrog traditional fossil fuels directly to clean energy

“On the other hand, I think we're gonna see parts of the world take a different, you know, technology development roadmap than we did in North America and the U.S., where there's, You know, advancements that leapfrog that. If you go to India and you're driving …”

Sarah Applebaum Jul 7, 2025 ▶ 14:21 Investing in Hard Tech for a Sustainable Future with Pangaea Ventures

Disclosure

Pangaea spends up to 80% of diligence time evaluating management teams

“We spend 75, 80%, maybe more of our due diligence time and effort in really building relationships with and getting to know the management teams.”

Sarah Applebaum Jul 7, 2025 ▶ 5:20 Investing in Hard Tech for a Sustainable Future with Pangaea Ventures

Opinion

Japan leads globally in batteries, semiconductors, and hard tech innovation

“Japan is such a wealth of Hard tech innovation really is a world leader when it comes to innovation in areas that, you know, we seem to care a lot about, like batteries and energy storage, semiconductor manufacturing, life sciences and healthcare.”

Sarah Applebaum Jul 7, 2025 ▶ 9:07 Investing in Hard Tech for a Sustainable Future with Pangaea Ventures

Insight

Long-horizon hard tech requires either lower entry valuations or multi-year monitoring

“If we think there's. Potential for technology to be truly game changing, but there's a long commercialization road ahead of it, even if there is sort of one partner at the table that might be reflected in, you know, our expectations around valuation on entry o…”

Sarah Applebaum Jul 7, 2025 ▶ 17:24 Investing in Hard Tech for a Sustainable Future with Pangaea Ventures

Opinion

Sustainable critical metal recovery technologies will fuel the energy transition

“Critical metals and minerals and technologies that both can recover metals from waste streams, whether it's mine tailings or electronic waste or other secondary sources. But also recover metals in a more environmentally friendly and responsible way. This is re…”

Sarah Applebaum Jul 7, 2025 ▶ 20:15 Investing in Hard Tech for a Sustainable Future with Pangaea Ventures

Disclosure

Pangaea Ventures partners with large industrial and chemical corporate LPs

“We've been really fortunate over, you know, the last Decade and a half, especially with our three most recent funds to partner with world-class leading strategic corporate investors, so large industrial and chemical companies as LPs in our funds”

Sarah Applebaum Jul 7, 2025 ▶ 2:24 Investing in Hard Tech for a Sustainable Future with Pangaea Ventures

Disclosure

Pangaea primarily invests at Series A post-R&D commercialization

“We are investing at Pangaea primarily in the Series A but really what we're looking for is companies that have transitioned from primarily Research and development or scientific discovery into commercial deployment.”

Sarah Applebaum Jul 7, 2025 ▶ 3:30 Investing in Hard Tech for a Sustainable Future with Pangaea Ventures

Assertion Not checkable as stated

Major allocators still view the Canadian VC industry as an emerging market

“Our venture capital industry is more nascent than that in the US. Some LPs and major allocators actually consider Canada to still be an emerging market within this asset class.”

Sarah Applebaum Jul 7, 2025 ▶ 6:23 Investing in Hard Tech for a Sustainable Future with Pangaea Ventures

Disclosure

Pangaea Ventures opened a Tokyo office to support Japanese corporate LPs

“But last March March, 20, 24, we established a physical presence in Japan. We now have an office in Tokyo you know, not only to support our LPs and our corporate strategic partners that are based in Japan, but also to explore that market for net new investment…”

Sarah Applebaum Jul 7, 2025 ▶ 8:44 Investing in Hard Tech for a Sustainable Future with Pangaea Ventures

Disclosure

Pangaea Ventures has yet to make its first investment in Japan

“We haven't yet made any investments in Japan. We are still in the early stages of evaluating that market, you know, building relationships with entrepreneurs there, you know, we've seen some really phenomenal companies and, you know, are running them through o…”

Sarah Applebaum Jul 7, 2025 ▶ 9:52 Investing in Hard Tech for a Sustainable Future with Pangaea Ventures

Disclosure

Pangaea tracks founders for at least a year before starting due diligence

“We often Track management teams and founders for a minimum of a year before we'll start doing due diligence.”

Sarah Applebaum Jul 7, 2025 ▶ 22:29 Investing in Hard Tech for a Sustainable Future with Pangaea Ventures

Appearances (1)

Episode	Date	Speaking time
Investing in Hard Tech for a Sustainable Future with Pangaea Ventures	Jul 7, 2025	21m

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