Claremont Creek Ventures (CCV) is a seed and early-stage venture capital firm based in Oakland, California, founded in 2005. The firm specializes in investing in companies that serve essential, broad-impact industries with innovative digital solutions aimed at increasing efficiency or creating entirely new high-growth, high-margin businesses. CCV's investment strategy, known as "life cycle venturing," involves establishing in-depth, active relationships with entrepreneurs alongside or even ahead of early-stage funding events.

This approach allows the firm to provide critical capital and operational expertise during the most pivotal stages of development. The firm has invested in over 40 companies, including Clean Power Finance, EcoATM, and Natera, and currently manages more than $300 million across two funds. CCV's areas of focus include energy technology, digital healthcare, payments, commerce, and online businesses.

The firm's team comprises experienced managers and proven venture investors who share a deep commitment to helping entrepreneurs build successful companies from the ground up. CCV's investment philosophy emphasizes a flexible approach to financing, including small dollar investments, and helps establish a lean and agile approach to company building. The firm often engages in non-financial mentoring relationships with young companies even in advance of a funding event, believing that the sweat equity, relationship development, and synergy resulting from this process are invaluable to both the entrepreneur and Claremont Creek Ventures.