Trousdale Ventures

Trousdale Ventures is a global venture capital firm headquartered in Los Angeles, California, founded by CEO Phillip Sarofim. The firm focuses on identifying and partnering with visionary entrepreneurs who are building transformative companies across four core sectors: Space and Mobility, Climate Tech, Deep Tech, and Consumer. Rather than serving as a passive financial backer, Trousdale Ventures works intimately with its portfolio companies, shaping actionable goals and leveraging its network, resources, and expertise to support large-scale commercial success. The firm's investment philosophy centers on backing mission-driven founders with the potential to build enduring, generationally significant companies — what the firm refers to as 'forever companies.' Within the Consumer sector, Trousdale Ventures has made notable investments in brands reshaping everyday consumption habits. Portfolio highlights include Super Coffee, a better-for-you coffee brand that has removed over 20 million pounds of sugar from the American diet; Reel, a manufacturer of 100% bamboo paper products with biodegradable, plastic-free packaging; and Ecovative, a pioneer in mycelium-based biodegradable packaging alternatives, textiles, and high-performance foams recognized by the World Economic Forum. In the Climate Tech space, the firm has backed Solugen, a company producing safe, sustainable, and cost-effective bio-based molecules as alternatives to conventional chemicals — a sector responsible for 30% of global carbon emissions. Trousdale Ventures also played a prominent role in the Tom Ford Plastic Innovation Prize, co-sponsoring a $1.2 million award program that identified seaweed-based alternatives to thin-film plastic, in collaboration with Tom Ford Beauty, The Estée Lauder Companies, and Nike. Across its portfolio, the firm targets companies with both significant societal impact and strong financial return potential, operating at the intersection of innovation and commercial viability. Its Deep Tech investments span artificial intelligence, biotechnology, and other science-rooted technologies, while its Space and Mobility focus targets next-generation transportation and aerospace ventures. Trousdale Ventures positions itself as a hands-on, globally minded firm committed to fueling the next generation of transformative consumer and industrial companies.