The definitive list of cleantech & climate tech investors
The Freeing Energy team is helping crowdsource the definitive list of cleantech investment firms.
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The Freeing Energy team is helping crowdsource the definitive list of cleantech investment firms.
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Organizations that look at the broad spectrum of sustainability and green programs. This includes agriculture, recycling, building technologies, waste management, as well as energy.
This is a narrower filter of organizations focused on energy: fuels and electricity. This includes green hydrogen, energy, efficiency, biodiesel and, of course, electricity.
The term is not widely used but it is an apt description of the area Freeing Energy focuses on: electricity. This includes solar, wind, geothermal, storage, batteries, power electronics, and electric distribution
Check out our deep dive on the taxonomy underlying cleantech investments and investors at A blueprint for cleantech investing
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Incubators
Accelerators
Venture capital
Private equity
Project finance
Very early stage
Early stage
Mid stage
Late-stage
Longer-term, debt and tax equity focused firms looking to build and/or own projects, rather than technologies
1. Incubators
Very early stage
2. Accelerators
Early stage
3. Venture capital
Mid stage
4. Private equity
Late-stage
5. Project finance
Longer-term, debt and tax equity focused firms looking to build and/or own projects, rather than technologies
OUR LIST OF
cleantech & climate tech
If you have any firms you believe should be included in this list or you want to update an existing firm’s information, please share it in the comments section at the bottom.
| Firm | Stage/Type | Focus | Energy Tech Focus | URL | Region | Fund size: | Energy Tech Deals | Desc | Crunchbase link |
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Capricorn https://capricornllc.com. They don’t list their investments, but you can get insight from their Managing Director’s bio & Linkedin profile. https://www.linkedin.com/in/dsaluja/ They are an investor in Form Energy, which you know.
I have an idea for a new unit (ground up, new tech) that will harness wind energy and strengthen the environment around it. Who wants in?
We have developed and marketing a system ThemoGen which makes electricity from waste heat. Market is huge. We are working with many customers. We are looking for a late stage VC partner. R&D Dynamics Corp. Bloomfield, Connecticut http://www.rddynamics.com
Great Post
Aversano Air has developed the electric aircraft Spectre! 4 seats powered by the new RR electric aircraft motor to produce speeds over 300 MPH.
It’s a great source of knowledge; I think it will be helpful for lot of people who are looking for list of cleantech investors. Thank you very much for sharing this article, this is really helpful for me, thanks again!
Check out Energy Foundry, they are an evergreen fund based in Chicago
Please add Ecosystem Integrity Fund!
http://www.ecosystemintegrity.com
$400M AUM, all sustainability-focused investments. Actively allocating out of our 4th fund.
Thanks,
Geoff
Please also add EEC Ventures based in Warsaw Poland
http://www.eecventures.com
$60 AUM, active in industrial innovation in Central Europe,
Asia Clean Capital Vietnam has launched a C&I Rooftop Solar business, leveraging the experience and expertise of a China platform that has rolled out about 170MW of successful projects, primarily with reputable multinational companies. The Founders are expats who have lived, worked and built businesses in Asia for over 25 years and the Vietnam CEO is a Vietnamese American whose career comprises 15 years as an engineer with a well-know US technology company and 8 years in Vietnam working, among other things, to roll out 150MW of ground-mounted and rooftop solar. The Founders are open to discussions with interested investors.
Is this situation still operating and seeking investment?
Very helpful site! We have developed the first viable marine diesel exhaust emissions treatment system that reduces nitrogen oxides by 80%. NOx has been proven to be 300 times worse that carbon dioxide for humanity and marine exhaust is a culprit, spewing tons of NOx into the air and water annually..a serious problem. We can do better. Our Reactive Cyclical Induction system (RCI) puts vessels in conformance to new global 2021 emissions regulations and will save tons of NOx pollution every year. We have had positive and validated real-time test results, have received U.S. and EU patents, have raised $400k and are seeking $600k to $1m to further execute the project and begin marketing the system. If anyone is interested [email protected] Thank you!
Please add DeltaClimeVT accelerator, Montpelier VT: http://www.deltaclimevt.com
Please help add Amasia (Focus: Sustainability), a thesis-driven global VC firm that invests in companies that catalyze behavior change to get to a safer and more sustainable planet. http://amasia.vc
Thank you!
E8 Angels, http://www.e8angels.com, 16 year-old 110-member cleantech angel investor group, headquartered in Seattle and investing in US and Canada.
Also, our associated venture funds: Element 8 Fund 1, and E8 Ventures
Clean Energy Institute (CEI) at the University of Washington, cei.washington.edu :
“The Clean Energy Institute (CEI) at the University of Washington was founded in 2013 with funds from the state of Washington. Our mission is to accelerate the adoption of a scalable clean energy future that will improve the health and economy of our state, nation, and world. To accomplish this, CEI supports the advancement of next-generation solar energy and battery materials and devices, as well as their integration with systems and the grid. The Institute creates the ideas and educates the people needed to generate these innovations, while facilitating the pathways to bring them to market.”
VertueLab, http://www.vertuelab.org
A Portland-based non-profit fighting climate change by providing funding and holistic entrepreneurial support to cleantech startups. VertueLab’s Climate Impact Fund provides entrepreneurs with innovative climate solution technologies with pre-seed or seed stage investments. Other initiatives provide mentorship, investor-readiness coaching, proof of concept funding, investor introductions, and assistance with federal grants.
I designed a new power source in Hydro unlike anything on the market today.
My design is portable as far as the market goes it covers many applications.
Small design:
Rural areas with no public access
Off grid power
Space land rovers
Electric car power meaning no more stopping to recharge
Medium Design:
Space stations
Rockets
Colonies
Large design:
Powering cities with free energy
No more coal
No more oil.
My design can be changed in size to accommodate what the power needs are, it is a Hybrid Hydro design free clean energy no rivers or lakes needed self-contained.
I did have a working model I tested it for weeks and then I hooked it up to power 4 homes here in the Philippines it ran for 19 hours no issues but the locals here thought I was stealing their power and destroyed the unit.
The wife of one of the home owners worked for a Chinese group selling power hand tools and had bragged about what had happen and I had a visit from a man from China about 3 weeks ago letting me know the company he works for is very interested no offense to China but I don’t think I want this in their hands just yet.
I want to rebuild it in the US under better conditions and can be monitored better, and more privacy I think if I do any more building here it would bring too much unwanted attention.
I wouldn’t need much to rebuild it, sorry but funding like many is the main issue but I can have a new working unit complete in about 8 months if there’s limited shipping issues.
I have already proven to myself it works I just need to rebuild it and document it to the world there is a better way to get power.
Thank you for taking the time to read this.
Danny Lloyd
[email protected]
Very helpful list.
Wondering if you can expand on the *** ratings? What constitutes a 1 vs 5 star rating.
thanks and best regards,
Kelly
Hi Kelly, the star rating is somewhat subjective. It is meant to reflect a combination of the scale of deals and the the percent of a firm’s focus on power-tech deals (e.g. innovations in electric technologies)
Hello,
I am Bob Dildine. I have a degree in electrical engineering from the University of Texas at San Antonio, Texas. I firmly believe that solar energy can be harnessed and used to a greater degree and capacity.
Eight years ago I became disabled. While healing at home, I determined to make use of my time and began exploring solar cell outputs and configurations, solar panel designs, and solar tracking systems in order to improve solar panel efficiency and increase wattage outputs. Now, I have a design for a solar panel that I believe is an excellent choice.
Developing requires or implies testing to see what the design is producing. Observation and recording data is a part of the process. Determining the amount of change in production takes some thinking. The panel design so far has quadrupled output for the area used to implement the panel.
The tracking system for the array will support a high output for the array. Keeping the array at maximum would require a hardware change for the tracking algorithm. Basically the algorithm takes steps and then holds for a time period and then runs the algorithm again with periodic repeats of the process. Overall the implementation keeps the array in a location where it is capable of generating a high output.
Sounds pretty exciting, wouldn’t you agree?
I’d like to manufacture arrays for residential and commercial use. That endeavor will require money I don’t have so I am interested in investors who would enter into a debt equity relationship.
It stands to reason the more efficient the solar cell, the better the panel will perform. Depending on the cell type used, polycrystalline or monocrystalline, the panel’s power escalates with better performing cells. The panel I have designed reads voltage even with perovskite cells during a full moon.
During the course of building and testing panels, I applied for patents and copyrights. I greatly desire to manufacture panels and tracking systems for residential and commercial customers. A 25 square yard array should generate in excess of 3000 watts on a bright sunny day in cool weather. The same array will continue to produce power in shading with a reduced output.
I have looked at production costs, materials and facilities. I realize I will need to get UL approval for the panel and tracker. In order to bring the cost of each panel to a competitive rate, I will need to buy in volume. The initial investment to open a shop and begin production for this panel design is three million dollars. For this investment, I would produce two acres of these highly efficient arrays (two acres would sustain approximately 380 arrays). We are all aware costs have escalated with current circumstances. My target was to produce arrays for $15,000.00. I’m doing this so regular folk can have solar power for their prosperity.
I look forward to your participation in this project. Please contact me with any questions you may have.
Best regards
Bob Dildine,
Owner Biventions, LLC
Biventions.com
614-706-1179
[email protected]
Investible is based here in Sydney, Australia!
Investible is a leading early-stage investor providing early-stage founders with the intellectual and financial capital they need to scale. The Investible Climate Tech Fund is a $100M fund focused on pre-seed through to series A startups developing climate technologies. The fund invests across energy, food and agriculture, building and cities, transport, industry, and land and forest.
Hello,
Please, add Xperiment to the list.
We are a Venture Capital firm specialized in Climate tech across Agriculture, Food and Energy.
We invest in Preseed to Series A
I leave the Website https://www.xperiment.co/
Thanks
Hello,
Please add Pax Momentum to the list.
We are an accelerator focused on go to market strategies and reserve 1/3 spots for climate tech. We invest 100k. https://paxmv.com
Thanks
Investible is a leading early-stage investor providing early-stage founders with the intellectual and financial capital they need to scale. The Investible Climate Tech Fund is a $100M fund focused on pre-seed through to series A startups developing climate technologies. The fund invests across energy, food and agriculture, building and cities, transport, industry, and land and forest.
Hi Ben. I want to look into your fund, but your website seems to be totally down…Could you send me a note via email so I may share with you what we’re doing at Drop Water (www.dropwater.co)? Thanks.
Thin Line Capital (www.thinlinecapital.com) is a seed stage climate tech fund focusing 80% energy, 10% food, 10% water. Fund I is $11M.
Hi my name is Tom I am looking for a business partner who would like to build energy efficient homes. The home would be off or on grid your rough cost pr yr in Canadian climate would be around 2500.00+/- depending on charging your electric vehicle if you have one.If your in the city there would be your water and sewer charge. If you’re off grid you would need to supply your own well and field to pump out waste water.The home can be built for around 350,000.00 depending on upgrades.If your off grid you would only pay your mortgage and land taxes. Your energy bill would be far cheaper then any new home today while fighting climate change.
EEC Ventures (www.eecventures.com) is Warsaw based Central European energy-tech, cliamte-tech, industrial-tech VC fund focused on seed and round A deals. Fund is – EUR 50M
Clean Growth Fund is a cleantech venture capital specialist.
http://www.cleangrowthfund.com
I am interested in obtaining the names of investor entities whose focus is on utility-scale solar PV project financing in emerging markets in the caribbean.
The revenues for the prospective project are to be anchored by a Power Purchase Agreement with the country’s electric utility.
Climate Innovation Capital
WAVE Equity Partners is now investing from Fund III, allocating $30-35M to each company. The first has closed three new investments in Q1 2023. All companies are in early commercialization phases of innovative climate-tech products.
I am seeking pre-seed investors in a company which has invented a new green ammonia energy technology in the clean energy space. We have taken clean energy to a new level that has never been seen before. It’s not the typical Geothermal technology either.
1. What is EGX’s unique differentiation
a. Enormous energy source & density
i. Economies of scale lead to low cost of sustainable energy (below the cost of competing fossil fuel and renewable sources).
b. Global scale production capacity afforded by enormous density of energy production
c. Thermo-electric Green Fuels synthesis process
d. Smaller site footprint than utility-scale wind or solar
e. Significantly more CO2eq displacement per site than other forms of renewable energy
2. What is EGX’s planned business model
a. Bulk production of Green Fuels at a series of global facilities
b. Transportable Green Fuels with the ability to reach all global markets
c. Some locations may deliver Electrons or other local consumption products
i. However, energy production best suited for export
d. Potential expansion to additional captive-energy uses depending on market
i. Ex/ Local fertilizer production
3. What has EGX accomplished to date
a. Assembly of a world-class team of scientists, geologists, geo-physicists and drilling engineers
i. Includes internationally recognized and renowned vulcanologist John Eichelberger + 3 other PhD’s
b. Technology Design & Patent applications (73)
c. Global Geologic Assessments and scalability analysis
i. 1000+ suitable sites for our technology and production platform
d. POC Demonstration in Q3-Q4 2023
The SWAN Climate Tech Fund is located in Austin, and has made its first investment in ClearFlame Engine Technologies.
I am currently working with Volt Vision. This is a highly disruptive company in the high voltage power space. It is currently working in the mining sector allowing significant savings in power usage and efficiency but is scalable into pretty much any industry using high voltage power. Please feel free to get in touch.
SkyScroll is a unique patent-pending airborne platform, which can expand to a huge surface area in order to reflect the sun, or capture energy from the sun.
SkyScroll has potential applications in climate intervention & climate restoration, and as a platform for airborne solar power.
In particular, SkyScroll could have a significant role to play in the goal of refreezing the Arctic, which according to Sir David Attenborough “would be a huge defence against the global catastrophes currently threatened by continued global warming”.
Plse add OnePlanet.Capital – Climate Tech
Avatar Innovations & Avatar Ventures!
A clean-tech Corporate Venture Studio based out of Calgary, Canada; validated by a robust process, sponsored by industry, and capitalized by Avatar’s partners, Avatar provides the full-cycle ecosystem that successful energy innovation demands.
While the Avatar Studio prepares teams to win in the extremely competitive marketplace, Avatar Ventures is working with the investment community to prepare them for funding opportunities.
In research for my climate issue blog, I came across this new venture. After listening to the podcast, I think you should consider adding it to your list.
FYI, I will link to your list in my next blog post on Jan. 20.
Stepchange (https://www.stepchange.vc/) is an early stage venture fund founded and led by Ben Eidelson (aka ‘Climate Papa’) that “invests in product-led companies that will make a step change impact on climate. Stepchange puts product leaders at the core of everything we do—from who we invest in and how we support them, to who we seek as LPs, partners, and advisors.”
• Fund announcement – the press release includes contact information for prospective investors.
• Podcast (https://newsletter.climatepapa.com/p/introducing-stepchange) deep dive on the fund (or on Spotify, Apple, or wherever you listen to podcasts by searching for ‘Climate Papa’). Included in the podcast are interviews with the co-founders, initial recipients of the fund’s investments, and one of the fund’s co-investors, Aaref Hilaly, Partner at Bain Capital Ventures (LP), who said, “We’re thrilled and very excited for the future of Stepchange and grateful to be able to partner with you as an anchor LP in the fund, thought partner, and as a co-investor.”
🌍 Hey Freeing Energy team, check out Earth Venture Capital at https://www.earth.vc/
https://app.dealroom.co/investors/earth_venture_capital
Our team is based in Vancouver and always open to introductions and connections within the climate ecosystem.
https://www.climatedoor.com/
for breakthrough technology in wind power see WindLode.com
I am CEO of Mana Pacific Inc., a Hawaii-based Benefit Corporation focused solely on utility-scale renewable energy project development for Pacific Island Countries and Territories. We currently have 15+ projects on 11 different Pacific Island Countries (270MW PV, 390MWh BESS). Great to read the names of the investors above. We will be reaching out to some of them for project investments as well as for the A-Round equity investment we are currently pursuing.
Please add Conduit Impact fund!
We invest 2-500k per deal into uk based climate tech at seed stage.
We have about 25 companies in our portfolio and growing!
Conduit Impact fund!
Iinvest 2-500k per deal into uk based climate tech at seed stage.
We have about 25 companies in our portfolio and growing!
Hi Freeingenergy,
Surprised (and sad) to see we are missing – please add us in! Green Angel Syndicate is the largest angel syndicate in the UK focusing on green/climatetech Investments.
Website: https://greenangelsyndicate.com/
Region: UK
Deal Size: £250k – £1.5m
Description: The UK’s largest angel syndicate of investors committed to fighting climate change.
Crunchbase: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/green-angel-syndicate