Keenan Kwok is a co-founder of Aera VC who simultaneously serves as Group CEO and co-founder of GetLinks, a large Asia-focused tech talent marketplace, giving him an unusual dual perspective as both an early-stage climate investor and an active tech entrepreneur building in emerging markets. He brings Web3 and blockchain themes into his talent and impact work through initiatives like GetLinks' LINKS token and metaverse HR projects, creating a differentiated angle at the intersection of future-of-work, crypto, and impact investing when evaluating startups for Aera VC.
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Aera VC
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Climate, Food & Ag, Space, Energy, Deeptech / Hardware
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Pre-Seed - Series A
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$25K - $5M
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Aera VC is the for-profit arm of a broader platform that combines venture capital with philanthropic capital, backed by Japanese cultural and educational philanthropy from the Fukutake family rather than traditional institutional investors. The fund allocates around 80% of its capital to breakthrough climate technologies like carbon-negative concrete and atmospheric carbon removal, positioning itself as a "first believer" in scientifically ambitious companies that most funds view as too early or too hard-tech heavy.
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