Aera VC Scout Program

Aera VC is a globally distributed, early-stage venture capital fund headquartered in Singapore, founded in 2017 by Derek Handley and Nick Winstone. The firm specializes in deep technology investments addressing climate change, sustainability, and frontier technology. With two flagship funds demonstrating top-decile returns and a track record of backing three unicorns from seed stage, Aera has established itself as a leading global climate tech investor.

The firm's investment thesis allocates approximately 80% of capital to breakthrough climate technologies, including carbon-negative solutions, renewable energy infrastructure, sustainable materials, and climate adaptation technologies. The remaining 20% targets frontier innovations across aerospace, robotics, advanced materials, biotech, and AI applications.

Aera operates as a remote-first organization with partners, operations, and scouts distributed around the globe. The scout program leverages this distributed model to source climate and deep tech deals across multiple continents.

Aera VC focuses on investing in breakthrough climate technologies and frontier innovations. The firm allocates a significant portion of its capital to address climate change and sustainability challenges, while also exploring advancements in aerospace, robotics, and AI. This dual focus aims to generate strong financial returns while contributing positively to the environment.

Designed for Operators, Founders, Researchers, Investors, Scouts. The program is remote. Participation is generally part time.

Scouts are typically operators, founders, researchers, and investors embedded in climate tech, deep tech, and frontier technology ecosystems globally.

The scout program operates by invitation. The Aera Force DAO offers open participation through Discord-based bounties for scouting, pre-screening, and due diligence tasks.

Scouts gain access to Aera's global climate tech network, deal flow visibility, and the firm's portfolio of 29 companies including three unicorn-from-seed investments.

The program is ongoing with a rolling cohort cadence.

Aera has backed 3 unicorns from seed stage across its climate and deep tech portfolio. The firm has invested in 29 companies across clean energy, sustainable agriculture, carbon capture, aerospace, robotics, and advanced materials.