BetterWay Ventures

BetterWay Ventures is a boutique, solo-GP venture capital firm founded in 2023 and headquartered in Charleston, South Carolina. Led by GP and Founder Anthony del Porto, the firm invests at the pre-seed and seed stages exclusively in US-based hard-tech (non-software) companies operating in the green technology space. Its core thesis — which del Porto calls 'no green premium' — requires that a portfolio company's sustainable solution be economically competitive with legacy alternatives from day one, evaluated primarily through techno-economic analysis. BetterWay excludes pure software companies, consumer apps, sustainability plays requiring a green price premium, and deals requiring large-scale plant construction before demonstrating small-scale profitability. The firm typically leads pre-seed rounds and co-invests or participates at seed stage. Portfolio companies include DexMat, Ravel, and Tydra Labs. Fund size and check size are not publicly disclosed.