Thin Air Labs Fund 1:
Investing for Impact
We are raising a $100M venture fund to invest in early-stage, entrepreneur-led innovation and technology ventures generating meaningful returns and impact on investment.
“Our strength is exclusively investing in early-stage companies and assisting them with business formation, product development and initial market traction.”
JAMES LOCHRIE, MANAGING/CAPITAL PARTNER
Investment Thesis
Founders first. Founders are uniquely capable of influencing the success of their business. We build long-term relationships by partnering their vision and expertise with ours.
Invest at the earliest stages. To generate 100x returns we invest early when most investors deem ventures too risky. We help founders gain traction and follow institutional investors in later rounds.
Diversified industries and global market potential. We look at innovative technologies across a number of sectors with global market potential.
We invest at both the venture and ecosystem levels. This de-risks and accelerates the innovation process, increasing a venture’s probability of generating outsized returns.
Return on investment is driven by the size of the impact on humans. We believe, the larger and more meaningful the human impact of the investment, the greater the probability of outsized ROI.
Focus
Location
Calgary, Prairies,
North America
Stage
Early, Seed / Seed +
Scale
Global opportunity with a path to $100M in revenue
Industry
Agnostic, diversified
technology and innovation
Sectors
High impact and emerging in Health, Talent, Games, Work,
Cities, Planet
Impact
Potential to create
human impact at scale
More than capital:
An active investment model
We believe investment opportunities are optimized with an active investment style that partners with the founder and provides the support required to reduce the risks of investments at the earliest stages. The Thin Air Labs impact team and suite of Venture Impact Services help founders navigate early stage challenges and opportunities including non-dilutive funding, product traction, brand identity and marketing strategy, talent acquisition and development, and operations - drastically reducing failure rates.
Contact Us
Are you a founder looking for funding?
Are you an investor wanting to learn more about Thin Air Fund 1? Please email Crystal to set up a meeting.
