Renew. Rethink. Reinvest.

Breathing life into purpose-driven innovators.

Respire Enterprises invests in early-stage companies built for the next generation of capitalism. We renew our commitment to business as one means for changing the world, we rethink how business has to be done, and we reinvest in leaders who are boldly redefining their categories. We work from a community-oriented stance, constantly connecting friends and colleagues on this journey.

We believe in investing in businesses built for the next generation of capitalism.

We believe in investing in and growing businesses built for the next generation of capitalism: a multi-stakeholder, climate-aware way of doing business that will alter everything from materials to industrial processes, from standards of leadership to our view of healthy competition, from customer and supplier relationships to consumption and attention to resources, both human and natural.

We believe capital will flow rapidly toward these superior business models and ways of working.

We believe capital will be allocated to sectors and businesses that are part of the solution in an outsized fashion over the next five decades. This shift will occur rapidly as the awareness of superior business models and use of materials and resources gains shape.

We believe the future is here now for these small but rapidly growing innovators.

We believe the standards of leadership, product development, and business evolution will be led by startups and smaller companies poised for growth as well as parts of established corporations. As investors, we focus on early-stage companies that we believe will grow into a burgeoning ESG market for public equities.

we work with

companies

in their earliest stages of funding and advisory board development. The founders and leaders we invest in see the world differently and sense shifts toward multi-stakeholderism naturally.
investors

who believe in our philosophy but lack the network or time to source promising companies. This active engagement multiplies our participation and impact when resourcing a company.

our investment focus

Sustainability and Environment

Solutions for all angles of climate health, from industrial waste to food systems to plant-based materials.
Underrepresented, Underestimated Creators and Consumers

Businesses built with the pain points of underrepresented consumers in mind, with a special focus on businesses built by and for women.
Stewards: Future Forward, Future Serving

Innovators with long-term horizons and a strong orientation to multiple stakeholders.