1955 Capital is a U.S.-based venture capital firm that invests in technologies developed in the Americas and Europe that can help solve China’s and the developing world's greatest challenges in areas like energy & environment, food safety & supply, health & education, and sustainable manufacturing.
With a first close on $200 million completed, 1955 Capital will help entrepreneurs and innovators gain direct access to these large and explosive end-markets to help accelerate technology commercialization, create jobs, and foster partnerships that will support their long-term growth and development. Doing so will help bring nations closer together by matching the ingenuity of the West with the growing survival-driven demands of the East.
The firm is founded and managed by Andrew Chung, a former general partner at Khosla Ventures, with extensive experience and proven success investing in these sectors and commercializing numerous technologies in China and other regions.
Employees: 1-10
Founded date: 2015
Investment Type: Venture Capital
Investment Stage: Series B
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| Date | Name | Website | Total Raised | Location |
| 27.04.2021 | Gridtentia... | gridtentia... | $30M | United Sta... |
| 24.03.2020 | Nature's F... | naturesfyn... | $479.76M | United Sta... |
| - | Crop Enhan... | crop-enhan... | $16.5M | United Sta... |
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| Date | Title | Description |
| 07.01.2021 | Tech Moonshots: Big Ideas for a Brighter Future (for Tony Bl... | Many of the world’s great challenges don't recognise borders and cause harm without regard for race,... |
| 01.12.2020 | Here Are Four Food Tech Trends That Will Still Be Trending I... | Consumers are increasingly aware of the role diet plays in their health. "Globally, chronic di... |
| 24.07.2020 | How Startups Should Adapt to COVID-19: Lessons from 1955 Cap... | Recently, the 1955 Capital team organized a virtual portfolio company roundtable with 11 CEO’s discu... |
| 24.07.2020 | Andrew Chung, Founder of 1955 Capital, to be Featured on &qu... | Heather Clancy of GreenBiz Group will host "This is ClimateTech," a webcast featuring Andr... |
| 24.07.2020 | Ideamensch Interview: Andrew Chung, Founder of 1955 Capital | Andrew Chung is the founder and managing partner of 1955 Capital, a venture capital firm founded in ... |
| 24.07.2020 | Andrew Chung Speaks at “This is Climate Tech” Webcast Hosted... | Andrew Chung, the founder and managing partner of the venture capital firm, 1955 Capital, has one of... |
| 24.07.2020 | Jack Ma, Bill Gates, and 1955 Capital’s Andrew Chung Invest ... | Food technology company Nature’s Fynd has secured a new round of funding led by 1955 Capital, Andrew... |
| 24.07.2020 | Andrew Chung and VCs Assess COVID-19’s Impact on the Busines... | The COVID-19 pandemic is affecting many businesses in ways we could not have imagined even just a fe... |
| 24.07.2020 | ANDREW CHUNG ON HOW STARTUPS SHOULD ADAPT TO COVID-19 | Due to the coronavirus pandemic, there has been a drop in startups which has reduced employment oppo... |
| 22.04.2020 | GreenBiz: This is Climate Tech | "Climate change is an existential threat to humanity — albeit a longer-term threat than this vi... |
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| 17.12.2020 | Nature’s Fynd closes $45m debt round to scale up its consume... | Nature’s Fynd has secured $45 million in venture debt funding from Oxford Finance and Trinity Capita... | agfunderne... |
| 02.04.2020 | Agri-foodtech VCs assess Covid-19’s impact on the sector and... | As we all “shelter in place” and “socially distance” ourselves, we are learning a lot about what we ... | agfunderne... |
| 24.03.2020 | Yahoo Finance: Andrew Chung's 1955 Capital Invests in Food T... | 1955 Capital, a global venture capital firm headed by Andrew Chung, has announced that it is making ... | 1955.capit... |
| 24.03.2020 | Nature’s Fynd rebrands from Sustainable Bioproducts, raises ... | Sustainable Bioproducts, the startup that’s using a microbe discovered in Yellowstone National Park ... | agfunderne... |
| 24.11.2019 | 1955 Capital Promotes Kathy Chen to VP; Adds Jim Hinson as C... | San Mateo, CA-based venture capital firm 1955 Capital announced that Kathy Chen has been promoted to... | finsmes.co... |
| 13.02.2019 | 60 AgriFood Tech Startups Nominated for 2019 AgFunder Innova... | *VOTING EXTENDED UNTIL MARCH 1, 9AM ET!* We’re very excited to open our Third Annual AgFunder AgriF... | agfunderne... |
| 12.02.2019 | Sustainable Bioproducts Announces $33 Million Series A Finan... | Chicago-based biotech startup, Sustainable Bioproducts, which specialises in developing new ways to ... | vegconomis... |
| 15.09.2018 | 40 AND UNDER: The Silicon Valley biotech stars who are backi... | This story is available exclusively to Insider subscribers. Become an Insider and start reading now.... | businessin... |
| 07.09.2017 | New battery technologies are getting a charge from venture i... | Venture capital investors once again are getting charged up over new battery technologies. The ques... | techcrunch... |
| 15.09.2016 | Agtech Funding Sheet: Harvard Angels Invest in IntelinAir, W... | IntelinAir, a San Jose-based automated aerial imagery analytics startup, closed its seed round consi... | agfunderne... |
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