Funding

Sean O’Sullivan’s SOSV raises over $300m for new climate tech fund

VC founded in Cork raises its largest fund to date, which will focus on deep tech start-ups working in the areas of decarbonisation and re-industrialisation

Sean O’Sullivan said SOSV V will “enable an enormous amount of positive change for humanity”

SOSV, the venture capital firm originally founded in Cork as a personal investment fund for tech veteran Sean O'Sullivan, has closed a new $306 million (€287.8 million) fund.

SOSV V, which is the firm’s largest fund to date, is to focus primarily on deep tech start-ups working in the areas of decarbonisation and re-industrialisation.

The limited partners in the fund include corporates, sovereign wealth funds, institutional investors, and private family offices.

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