Smartville is a Carlsbad-based company founded by UCSD Center for Energy Research’s Antoni Tong, principal investigator, and Mike Ferry, the energy storage program director. They realized the need to give used electric vehicle (EV) batteries a second life.
Companies & nonprofits in the Projects portfolio
Healing To You
Healing To You is a nonprofit organization that provides mobile medical and mental health services to adults and children impacted by domestic violence.
Skuld LLC
Named after a Norse goddess of the future, Skuld’s mission is to make metal parts in an environmentally friendly and efficient manner, in an effort to save time, money, and the planet.
The Watershed Nursery Cooperative
The Watershed Nursery Cooperative, founded in 2001 by Diana Benner and Laura Hanson, provides quality native plant material and services to nearby Northern California restoration projects.
Open Heart Leaders
Open Heart Leaders is a Black woman-led community-based mental health agency in San Diego that offers culturally adaptive services in mental health, education, and wraparound services.
All Good
All Good is a Certified B Corp headquartered in Morro Bay, CA that produces personal care products such as sunscreen, deodorant, soaps, and lotions with natural and regenerative ingredients.
Tea Drops
Tea Drops is an Encinitas-based retailer of lightly sweetened loose-leaf tea pressed into a single-serving dissolvable drop, available online and in stores across the country.
Right at Home
Right at Home offers in-home care for those who are elderly and those with physical or developmental disabilities.
Vested Solutions
Founded by the Wyllie-James family in 2015, the company name, Eternal Love (doing business as Vested Solutions) comes from the family’s beliefs and love for each other. The husband-and-wife team behind this janitorial services company first met due to their shared interests in providing for unhoused people.
Northside Shack
This portfolio company has been written off per generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
Hub & Spoke Communities
Hub & Spoke Communities is a minority-owned infill housing developer that aims to make cities more inclusive and sustainable by building urban housing that integrates with the surrounding community.
SiLi-ion, Inc.
The SiLi-ion team has created a silicon additive—both easy to manufacture and cost-effective—that enables immediate improvement in battery performance.
Meet Kathy (CARE House #4)
Meet Kathy (CARE House #4) ...
Meet Anitra (CARE House #3)
Care Access Real Estate’s (CARE) third property is located in a quiet neighborhood of the Winchester area in Las Vegas, Nevada, just down the street from our first CARE home—reflecting our conviction that this location is optimal for family child care operations.
UpLyft
UpLyft® is a seated system that allows people with limited mobility to transfer themselves between their wheelchair and bed.
The Plot
This portfolio company has been written off per generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).
Maximum Fun
Maximum Fun is a Los Angeles-based podcasting company with distribution to over 100 public radio stations across the country through NPR.
Siege Electric
This portfolio company has been written off per generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP).

















