Ramez Naam

Active Investor

Founder & Managing Partner

Seattle, Washington

Ramez Naam, Founder & Managing Partner is an active investor based in Seattle, Washington. This profile covers what Ramez Naam backs, at which stage, and how founders can reach out in 2026.

Mr. Ramez Naam is the Founder & serves as Managing Partner at PlanetaryVC. Mr. Naam serves as Advisor at Tripp. He serves as a Venture Partner at KittyHawk. He serves as an Advisor at EnergyX. He serves as an Advisor at Starlight Ventures. He serves as an Advisor at 639 Solar. He served as a Special Advisor at SK Ventures. He also served as a Board Member at E8. He also serves as an Advisor at Network Society Ventures and Nori. He served as an Advisor at Nori and Prime Movers Lab. He was an Advisor of the Kindred. He is the Co-Chair for Energy and Environment at Singularity University at NASA Ames. His seminal 2011 Scientific American article, "Smaller, Cheaper, Faster," observed that the price of solar power was dropping exponentially and would eventually be lower than that of any other energy source. He is an investor in numerous startups in the fields of energy, mobility, sustainability, and artificial intelligence. He leads syndicates where others can invest with him. Prior to his work in energy and transportation, he spent 13 years at Microsoft, where he led teams working on artificial intelligence, machine learning, cloud computing, and internet search. He's the author of more than 20 patents, many of them co-authored with Bill Gates. His software has touched the lives of more than a billion people. His work has appeared in or been quoted in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Economist, The Atlantic, Slate, Business Week, Discover, Wired, and Scientific American.

Investor type: Angel
Stages: Early Stage VentureLate Stage Venture
Invests in: SaaS & EnterpriseClimate & Energy
Location: Seattle, Washington
Typical check: $3.8M
Past investments: 9

Notable investments

Amply PowerRISC ZeroArcadia PowerSentz GlobalBright ExchangeSealedElectrumTuringWeaveGrid

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