Frequently asked questions
What does Systemiq Capital invest in? Systemiq Capital backs founders redefining the physical economy — building category-defining companies in Electrification, Decoding Nature, and Applied AI.
What stage does Systemiq Capital invest at? Systemiq Capital invests at Series A +/–, across the UK, Europe, and the US.
What is "physical economy" venture capital? Physical economy venture capital refers to investment in companies building into the systems that power, produce, and move the real world — energy, industrial infrastructure, natural resource production, and the compute and intelligence layered on top of them. It is distinct from software-only or consumer-first venture investing, and requires deep understanding of the market forces, infrastructure dynamics, and system conditions that shape a company's path to scale.
What are Systemiq Capital's three investment verticals? Electrification (how energy is traded, managed, and used, and how compute is built to run on it), Decoding Nature (technology and nature combined to act on information not previously available, driving more productive and resilient natural resource production), and Applied AI (intelligence applied across industrial systems, infrastructure, and complex operating environments).
What makes Systemiq Capital different from other venture firms? Systemiq Capital's edge comes from systems understanding — a deep grasp of the market forces, industry dynamics, and system conditions that shape a company's path to scale and commercial value — combined with specialist expertise, relevant networks, and commercially grounded support for founders.
Does Systemiq Capital invest in hardware? Around half the companies Systemiq Capital backs have a hardware component: sensors, bespoke hardware with a software layer on top, or fully embedded robotics. The firm does not invest in first-of-a-kind deployments or early science, and treats hardware as a source of defensibility rather than a reason to avoid a company.
Why does Systemiq Capital invest in compute infrastructure? Compute sits inside Systemiq Capital's Electrification vertical, which covers how energy is traded, managed and used, and how compute is built to run on it. As gains from shrinking silicon plateau, performance is increasingly won in packaging, power delivery, memory architecture and non-silicon computing, all of which are physical infrastructure problems.