Convective Capital Fund II

About Convective Capital Fund II

Expanded from wildfire-specific firetech to all-hazard disaster resilience. Writes ~18 cheques pre-seed to Series A. LPs include Collison brothers, Arbor Day Foundation, StepStone, two insurance cos and a pension fund. Fund I had 79% seed-to-A graduation rate.

Investment Focus

Location / RegionUnited States

Funding StageSeed

Industry Focus

Climate Sustainability

Insur Tech

Investor Signals Profile

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Sweet Spot

Pre-seed to Series A founder hardening physical world against disasters

disaster resilience

firetech

climate infra

insurtech

grid hardening

Bullish Signals

$85M Fund II closed, institutional LPsblog

79% Fund I seed-to-Series A graduation rateblog

Fund I portfolio valued at $2Bblog

Insurance carriers + pension fund as LPsblog

4 Fund II deals already deployedblog

Contrarian Signals

No exits crystallised yetblog

Institutional LPs = tighter TVPI timelineblog

~18 deals, high concentration riskblog

Founder Do's

Build for wildfire, flood, storm, or grid risk

Have a physical-world protection angle

Target utilities, insurers, or gov as customers

Pre-seed to Series A stage

Leverage resilience networks for distribution

Founder Don'ts

No horizontal climate or generic AI plays

No clean-energy without resilience angle

No B2C or consumer-facing products

Key GPs & Partners

Bill Clerico

Founder & General Partner

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Kat Manalac

Partner

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Mike Trapanese

Partner

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Fund Overview

Fund Size$85M

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Key People

Bill Clerico

Bill ClericoFounder & General Partner

Kat ManalacPartner

Mike TrapanesePartner