Nate Loewentheil is the Founder and Managing Partner of Commonweal Ventures who focuses on startups that can use government commitments in policy, spending, and regulation as growth drivers rather than obstacles, drawing from his experience as a Special Assistant to President Obama on the National Economic Council. He teaches "Technology and the American City" as an adjunct professor at Yale and writes for major outlets like The New York Times and The Washington Post, combining his venture practice with deep expertise in how cities, infrastructure, and federal programs actually work.
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Commonweal Ventures backs category-winning companies that partner with government to solve America's toughest challenges, treating government's scale, data, regulatory power, and funding as core growth levers rather than obstacles. The fund combines ex-White House tech and industrial policy leadership with a built-in "political machine room" of former EPA administrators, mayors, and policy leaders, plus systematic research showing government support underpinned 24-25% of recent unicorns, giving founders direct access to decision-makers and actionable policy intelligence through their branded "Political Capital" platform.
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