Pangaea Ventures partners with large industrial and chemical corporate LPs
Sarah Applebaum · Investing in Hard Tech for a Sustainable Future with Pangaea Ventures · Jul 7, 2025 · at 2:24
Sarah Applebaum, Partner at Pangaea Ventures, explains the corporate LP base supporting Pangaea's recent funds.
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“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”
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