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title: "Twelve Below"
description: "Twelve Below is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 and based in New York, with a focus on seed-stage investing. The firm was launched by Taylor Greene and Byron Ling, both of whom previously held investing roles at Collaborative Fund, Lerer Hippeau, Canaan, and Primary Venture Partners. In Africa, Twelve Below’s recorded activity centers on Nigeria and the energy and utilities sector. Based on the investment data provided, it participated in five funding rounds for Odyssey Energy Solutions, spanning seed and Series A stages from July 2022 to May 2023. This suggests a concentrated investment pattern in distributed renewable energy infrastructure and repeated support across multiple rounds. Its public materials describe the firm as backing founders building defensible, software-enabled businesses, which is consistent with its early-stage focus. The firm’s known portfolio activity also shows repeated co-investment alongside several other venture investors, including Founder Collective, Abstract Ventures, Equal Ventures, and Union Square Ventures."
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# Twelve Below

Twelve Below is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 and based in New York, with a focus on seed-stage investing. The firm was launched by Taylor Greene and Byron Ling, both of whom previously held investing roles at Collaborative Fund, Lerer Hippeau, Canaan, and Primary Venture Partners. In Africa, Twelve Below’s recorded activity centers on Nigeria and the energy and utilities sector. Based on the investment data provided, it participated in five funding rounds for Odyssey Energy Solutions, spanning seed and Series A stages from July 2022 to May 2023. This suggests a concentrated investment pattern in distributed renewable energy infrastructure and repeated support across multiple rounds. Its public materials describe the firm as backing founders building defensible, software-enabled businesses, which is consistent with its early-stage focus. The firm’s known portfolio activity also shows repeated co-investment alongside several other venture investors, including Founder Collective, Abstract Ventures, Equal Ventures, and Union Square Ventures.

## Breadcrumbs

- [Investors](/investors)
- [Twelve Below](/investors/twelve-below)

## Summary

Twelve Below is a venture capital firm founded in 2021 and based in New York, with a focus on seed-stage investing. The firm was launched by Taylor Greene and Byron Ling, both of whom previously held investing roles at Collaborative Fund, Lerer Hippeau, Canaan, and Primary Venture Partners. In Africa, Twelve Below’s recorded activity centers on Nigeria and the energy and utilities sector. Based on the investment data provided, it participated in five funding rounds for Odyssey Energy Solutions, spanning seed and Series A stages from July 2022 to May 2023. This suggests a concentrated investment pattern in distributed renewable energy infrastructure and repeated support across multiple rounds. Its public materials describe the firm as backing founders building defensible, software-enabled businesses, which is consistent with its early-stage focus. The firm’s known portfolio activity also shows repeated co-investment alongside several other venture investors, including Founder Collective, Abstract Ventures, Equal Ventures, and Union Square Ventures.

## Recorded investments

| Product | URL | Stage | Amount | Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Odyssey Energy Solutions | /odyssey-energy-solutions | Series A | 15000000 | 2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z |
| Odyssey Energy Solutions | /odyssey-energy-solutions | Series A | 15000000 | 2023-05-01T00:00:00.000Z |
| Odyssey Energy Solutions | /odyssey-energy-solutions | Seed | 5400000 | 2023-04-01T00:00:00.000Z |
| Odyssey Energy Solutions | /odyssey-energy-solutions | Seed | 5300000 | 2022-09-01T00:00:00.000Z |
| Odyssey Energy Solutions | /odyssey-energy-solutions | Seed | 7200000 | 2022-07-01T00:00:00.000Z |

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- [Funding rounds](/funding)

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