Superorganism is a newly launched venture capital firm, touted to be the first that’s dedicated to addressing the biodiversity crisis.
How do you bridge the gap between ecology and the economy? It’s this question that guided both Kevin Webb and Tom Quigley, albeit from different perspectives. With the aim of filling this gap, Webb and Quigley founded a venture capital firm dedicated specifically to addressing the biodiversity crisis. Launched in September, Superorganism is touted as the first ever venture firm that supports startups working to prevent biodiversity loss and protect nature. The firm has an early portfolio of 11 companies, including a startup that produces leather from dangerous invasive species, and another that’s automating sustainable insect farming.
Kevin Webb and Tom Quigley launched Superorganism, a venture capital firm that is dedicated to businesses that benefit biodiversity. Image courtesy of Superorganism. Lastly, we’re obsessed with enabling technologies. Conservationists are incredible adopters of technology, and so we’re looking for the newest, most cutting-edge technologies, from AI to satellites to genomics, to see what can be really useful to people who are in the field doing the hard work. Stepping back, our role is to really help these startups as they deal with challenges unique to businesses that are interfacing with ecosystems responsibly.
I think, by virtue of being venture capitalists who say that they are motivated by biodiversity, it puts us in an interesting position. When I first started exploring this, four or five years ago, I got a lot of puzzled looks when I said I care about biodiversity. That has fortunately gotten a lot better due to COP15, CSRD , and due to all these things that are coming down the pipe. This approach is one that within the conservation community also results in us having to do some educating.
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