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Strategic partnerships for the industries that decide the next decade.

North Harbor Ventures identifies and structures cross-border partnerships and investment in energy, infrastructure, critical minerals, and defense technology — where capital, policy, and geography meet.

Focus areas

Four sectors, one thesis: hard assets, harder to replace.

We work where physical supply chains, national policy, and long-horizon capital intersect — not where they're easy, but where they're necessary.

01 — FRONTIER

Emerging Markets & Technologies

Early positioning in markets and technologies where fundamentals are shifting before capital catches up.

02 — POWER

Energy

Generation, transmission, and the infrastructure behind energy security and reliable supply.

03 — SYSTEMS

Infrastructure

Ports, rail, and the physical networks that move materials, energy, and capital across borders.

04 — SUPPLY

Critical Minerals

Sourcing, processing, and offtake for the minerals modern industry and defense depend on.

05 — DEFENSE

Defense Technology

Dual-use and defense-adjacent technology built for allied government and industrial supply chains.

Approach

We work in the field, not just the term sheet.

Recent engagement

Field notes from the delegation.

Global reach

Chicago-based. Engaged where the work is.

Our footprint follows the sectors we work in — from mineral-rich regions to energy corridors and allied defense-industrial hubs.

Active engagement Headquarters
Investment opportunities

Emerging markets, where the fundamentals are shifting first.

Reserves, corridors, and industrial policy are being redrawn in these markets now. We're positioned early, on the ground, ahead of the capital that follows.

Reconstruction & resource development

Mineral processing, energy infrastructure, and industrial capacity tied to reconstruction-linked investment.

Active — see field note above

Critical mineral supply chains

Extraction, processing, and offtake partnerships across the world's most consequential mineral belts.

Sourcing partnerships

Energy corridors & grid infrastructure

Generation and transmission projects underpinning regional energy security and cross-border power trade.

Early-stage diligence

Diversification-linked infrastructure

Ports, logistics, and industrial infrastructure tied to sovereign diversification programs.

Advisory mandates

Defense-adjacent manufacturing

Allied-aligned industrial capacity for dual-use components and defense supply chain resilience.

Early-stage diligence

Lithium & battery-metal processing

Midstream processing capacity for battery-grade minerals, closer to source than existing supply chains.

Sourcing partnerships
Get in touch

Bring us the opportunity. We'll bring the partners.

Whether you're structuring an investment, sourcing a strategic partner, or exploring a project in energy, infrastructure, critical minerals, or defense technology — we start with a conversation.

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Matt Burelbach

Founder
Based in Chicago, Illinois