The Westly Group
www.westlygroup.comVCMatch tracks The Westly Group as an investor focused on Energy, Mobility/Transportation, and Industrials companies, Seed and Series A rounds, North America, Silicon Valley, and San Francisco Bay Area markets, and $500k to $15m check sizes. Upload your deck to compare your startup against the full private matching profile.
Check Size
$500k to $15m
Focus Areas
Geography
North America, Silicon Valley, and San Francisco Bay Area
Investment Thesis
The Westly Group invests in exceptional entrepreneurs disrupting the world’s largest industries, with a focus on sectors that represent over 50% of global GDP. They believe in partnering with founders at critical inflection points to unlock commercialization and growth, and they advocate for ‘right-sized’ funding rounds tailored to company needs rather than VC deployment requirements.
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Investment Focus
Who should take a closer look
The Westly Group is most relevant for founders raising Seed, Series A, and Series B rounds in Energy, Mobility/Transportation, Industrials, and Cybersecurity, especially across North America, Silicon Valley, and San Francisco Bay Area, with public check-size signals around $500k to $15m.
Focus statement
Since inception in 2007, The Westly Group has focused on energy, mobility, buildings, industrial technology, and cybersecurity—sectors undergoing digitization and sustainability transformation.
Value Add
- Early-stage conviction: Invested in Tesla at 29 people (2008), Sentinel One Series A (2014), and Luminar (2017)—all became major exits/IPOs
- Flexible check sizes ($500k-$15M) enabling nimble, right-sized funding approaches versus large VC deployment models
- Sector expertise in foundational/industrial industries rather than traditional consumer tech
- Dual focus on both sustainability/climate transition and cybersecurity across physical industries
- Portfolio breadth across Seed through Series C rounds
- Recent emphasis on Physical AI and AI infrastructure applied to industrial/manufacturing sectors
Stage And Sector Fit
Portfolio Highlights
Tesla
Mobility
Sentinel One
Cybersecurity
Luminar
Mobility
Procore
Buildings Construction
Planet Labs
Enterprise
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Buildings Construction
ShotSpotter
Enterprise
Creg
Energy
+ 33 more companies in their portfolio
Investment Team
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