Capital
Back the founder
Early-stage capital from pre-seed through Series A, with conviction in the people and the problem
engineering
serendipity
We back ambitious founders with early-stage capital, talent expertise, and the relationships that help a company move forward
Founder firstSector focusedConnected by design
More than
the first check
The work starts with you
Every founder faces a different next step, so we start by understanding yours and bring the relevant people and resources around it
Talent
Build the team
Specialist technical talent through Harrison Clarke and Arke, matched to your next stage
Connections
Open the right doors
Meet other relevant founders, investors, and potential customers. Introductions start with a shared reason and a reason to talk.
Visibility
Bring the story out
Media and community relationships that put your thinking in front of the right people
Early enough to make a difference
Alongside you as the company takes shape
- Pre-seed
- Seed
- Series A
Ourfocus
Close to what’s next
Deep relationships across distinct sectors, connected by one shared network
Aerospace & defense
The systems that move and protect our world
Energy
The technology powering what comes next
Physical AI
Intelligence that operates in the real world
Frontier AI
The next generation of intelligent systems
Infrastructure
The foundations ambitious technology needs
AI Safety
Trust and resilience as technology advances
OneRoom
Thenetwork
The right people open new doors
The most useful introduction begins with understanding both sides. We bring founders, investors and customers together around a shared sector.
Find the people for your next step
A specialist hire, an investor who understands your market, or a potential design partner. We start with the need, then make the connection.
Stay close to the builders
Connect with founders and sector specialists, exchange perspectives, and help portfolio teams meet relevant talent and commercial contacts.
Meet the people solving your problems
Connect with relevant founders, explore emerging technology, and start conversations about customer needs and design partnerships.
The Harrison Clarke Ecosystem
Harrison Clarke Ventures
Early-stage capital and the relationships to help you push the needle forward
Harrison Clarke
Build your founding technical team with specialist talent
Arke
Scale your deeptech capabilities with specialist contract talent
Inside the Silicon Mind
Bring visibility and attention to the ecosystem’s best founders and investors
Cerana Labs
A community platform for founders and investors to connect, share insight and build relationships
Meet your next partner
Theteam
The people connecting founders, investors and customers
Firas SozanCEO & Managing Partner
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Firas leads Harrison Clarke Ventures, bringing capital, technical talent and relationships together around ambitious founders. As host of Inside the Silicon Mind, he also creates a platform for the founders and investors shaping what comes next.
Connor CookFounder & investor relations
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Connor’s focus brings together founders and investors in aerospace and defense, energy, and physical AI. He connects people across the group around what they are building and who can help.
Jack ReedFounder & investor relations
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Jack’s focus spans frontier AI, infrastructure and AI safety. He builds relationships between the founders advancing these sectors and the investors and customers around them.
The gatherings
Small rooms bigger conversations
We’re developing sector-focused dinners and sessions that bring founders, investors and customers into the same conversation.
Intimate gatherings. Relevant people. Time to get beyond the introduction.
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What are you building?
Tell us about the problem you’re solving, where you are today, and the people you need around you
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