alliance better ventures
470 25th St, Oakland, CA, 94612, United States
Overview
Better Ventures provides funding and support to technology startups building innovative solutions to big and important problems, from work and education to health and sustainability. Given the magnitude of the these problems and the enormous market opportunities they represent, it takes the best and brightest minds armed with the best resources to address them. These are the people they seek to back – entrepreneurs committed to using the tools and methodologies of the modern technology startup to build world-changing companies that make money and do good. They're thinking big and expecting big results, and so are the entrepreneurs they back.
- Total investments
- 1
- Lead investments
- 0
- Investments · 12mo
- 1
- Active investors
- 5
Sector focus
- Finance
- Financial Services
- FinTech
- Impact Investing
- Sustainability
- Transportation
- Venture Capital
Investment portfolio
- TerraSpark
Participated · Seed · Mar 2026
TerraSpark is developing a phased approach to space-based solar power, starting with commercialisation of radio-frequency wireless energy transmission on Earth to validate safety, efficiency, and regulatory requirements. The company aims to scale from terrestrial wireless power for industrial use to orbital systems capable of delivering continuous energy independent of weather or time of day. TerraSpark cites declining launch costs and advances in satellite manufacturing and orbital robotics as enablers for its roadmap. Near-term plans include pilot applications and live demonstration use cases, an orbital technology demonstrator targeted for 2027, and initial space-to-Earth transmission in 2028. The team is led by CEO Jasper Deprez with CTO Sanjay Vijendran and COO Matthias Laug. Financially, the company has raised over €5 million in a pre-seed round to fund technology development and upcoming pilots.