# Holocene: portfolio, investments and team > Holocene is a vc firm based in South Africa. 2 investments on record, 1 in the last 12 months, latest Nov 2025. Portfolio, stages, co-investors and team. Source: https://millionrounds.com/fund/holocene (Millionrounds; every figure on the page links to its filing or article) South Africa · [Investor](https://millionrounds.com/investors) # Holocene Last cheque observed Nov 2025; 2 cheques on record. Email Deploying now New fund $3.9B, Apr 2026 VC firm Seed Series A Climate Tech Follow Holocene and see its new cheques in your feed. [Start following](https://millionrounds.com/login?join=1&why=follow&next=%2Ffund%2Fholocene) Deploying now **50%** of best year **1** **cheques in 12 months**, 2 on record Since the last cheque **362** days **00** hrs **00** min **00** sec Median round **$1.6M** Rounds led **0 of 2** Pitch Holocene ## Holocene highlights - 01 1 cheques in the last 12 months - 02 Mostly Seed: 100% of its rounds ## What they do > Holocene closes Southern Africa's first climate tech fund HVF1 is the proof that African climate innovation can attract global capital, generate real returns, and create measurable impact, all at the same time. From their own website - **Type:** VC firm - **Cheque size:** Not stated - **Stages:** Seed Series A - **Sectors:** Climate Tech - **Based in:** Cape Town, South Africa - **Cold pitches:** Accepted ## The record Every round we can evidence, newest first **2 appearances** - **2025** 2 rounds - **Nov** **[Farm to Feed](https://millionrounds.com/company/farm-to-feed)** Seed · KE · Disrupt Africa **$1.5M** With 9 others - **Jan** **[The Awareness Company](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-awareness-company)** Seed · ZA · Disrupt Africa **$1.6M** With 5 others An announcement gives the size of the round, not the size of this investor's cheque: the only rounds that imply a cheque are those where they were the sole named investor. ## The team Named by the firm itself, on a filing, its Form ADV or its company registration **6 named** AE **Albert E. Boston** Director i Filing they signed JB **J. Brandon Haley** Managing Member of the General Partner i Filing they signed JB **John Brandon Ackerley** Director i Filing they signed JB **Julia B. Dailey** Director i Filing they signed MB **Matt Brandon Auriemma** Director i Filing they signed TH **Taylor Hughes** Officer of the Issuer's Administrator i Filing they signed We also hold **9** people at this firm from the lists this database was built from: a weaker source than the filings, since a list does not say when a title ended. Login to see them. Who backs their funds ## 1 LP on record in Holocene's funds - **Funds:** 1 The institutions that put money into its funds, which the firm then invests in companies. Source: fund news. - [**Jonathan Smit** 1 fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/jonathan-smit) Fund Vintage Committed Holocene Holocene Ventures Fund I (HVF1) - - ## What they claim to have backed From their own portfolio page (on their website) **5** of 14 we have independently watched raise [Awarenesscompany](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-awareness-company)[Farmtofeedkenya](https://millionrounds.com/company/farm-to-feed)[Faro](https://millionrounds.com/company/faro)[Reclaim](https://millionrounds.com/company/reclaim)[Switch](https://millionrounds.com/company/switch) APPLY HERE Asoba Cinergy Irokoanalytics Mazimobility Revo5 Scoothero Yongezacapital Zimifleet Weaker than a round we watched, stronger than a list somebody sold us. A firm is far less willing to put a company on its own site that it never funded. New fund on file **$3.9B** raised in Apr 2026 From its SEC filing, not a journalist: a firm that has just raised has money to deploy. ## The cheque Seed Series A Median round joined **$1.6M** the round, not its cheque Led 0 of 2 rounds **0%** - **Sole investor:** Never alone - **Last cheque:** Nov 2025 Rounds by stage said on their site - Seed said *2* - Series A said *-* Cheques by month Led Joined Dec 2023 Nov 2026 Often in the room with - [Catalyst Fund](https://millionrounds.com/fund/catalyst-fund) 2 **Pitching Holocene?** Put them on your fundraising board with this record on the card, and follow them to hear when they write a new cheque. Add to your CRM *→* ## Who they invest alongside The investors most often in the same rounds as Holocene. A count of rooms they were both in, not a relationship either has claimed. [**Catalyst Fund** VC firm **2** rounds together](https://millionrounds.com/fund/catalyst-fund) ## Recently backed The latest companies Holocene put money into. [**Farm to Feed** $1.5M · Nov 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/farm-to-feed)[**The Awareness Company** $1.6M · Jan 2025](https://millionrounds.com/company/the-awareness-company) ## Quick answers about Holocene ### What does Holocene invest in? Holocene invests most often at Seed (100% of the rounds on record), in sectors such as Climate Tech. ### How active is Holocene? 2 investments on record, 1 of them in the last 12 months. The most recent was in Nov 2025. ### What has Holocene invested in recently? Its most recent investments on record: Farm to Feed (Seed, Nov 2025) and The Awareness Company (Seed, Jan 2025). ### How big are Holocene's cheques? The median round it joins is $1.6M. ### Is Holocene investing now? Yes: it is actively investing, with 1 investments in the last 12 months. ### Who does Holocene invest alongside? Most often Catalyst Fund (2 rounds together). ### What kind of investor is Holocene? Holocene is a VC firm based in Cape Town, South Africa. ### Has Holocene raised a new fund? Its latest fund filing with the SEC was in Apr 2026, reporting $3.9B raised. ## Raising now? Find the investors who back rounds like yours, and keep every conversation on one fundraising board. Find similar investorsOpen your CRM Built from the rounds we watched, its filings and its own website, refreshed every night. [How we count](https://millionrounds.com/methodology) · [Report a correction](https://millionrounds.com/corrections?slug=holocene) · [Is this your firm? Claim it](https://millionrounds.com/claim?org=holocene)